Wii Party Big in Japan
Latest in the line of first-party Wii titles moves nearly a quarter-million units.

July 15, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Wii Party crashed the Japanese software chart, debuting at number one for the week ending July 11. The minigame bonanza sold 235,000 units in its first week, according to Media Create.

Wii Play's numbers we comfortably ahead of last week's other major debut, Sony's White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness for PS3. The game sold an impressive 176,000 units.

Media Create's Top 10:
1. Wii Party (Nintendo) - Wii - 235 000
2. White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness (SCE) - PS3 - 176 000
3. Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) - NDS - 98 000
4. Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment) - NDS - 64 000
5. Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) - NDS - 31 000
6. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - Wii - 26 000
7. Crackdown 2 (Microsoft Game Studios) - Xbox 360 - 15 000
8. Friend Collection (Nintendo) - NDS - 13 000
9. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami) - PS3 - 12 000
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami) - PSP - 12 000

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