L'institut Media Create dévoile le classement des meilleures ventes de jeux vidéo au Japon. Dragon Quest Monsters réalise la plus grosse vente d'un jeu 3DS en première semaine (devant Monster Hunter 3G) et s'écoule à plus d'un demi million d'exemplaires. Face à cet ouragan, les autres nouveautés se montrent extrêmement discrètes :

01./00. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) - 513,183 / NEW
02./01. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom) - 82,985 / 385,025
03./02. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) - 41,479 / 143,124
04./05. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 19,627 / 400,390
05./00. [3DS] Guild01 (Level 5) - 14,790 / NEW
06./00. [PS3] Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken F - Legend of the End of the Century Savior (SEGA) - 13,758 / NEW
07./10. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 10,018 / 1,605,114
08./00. [PSP] Soukoku no Kusabi: Hiiro no Kakera 3 - Ashita e no Tobira (Scarlet Fragments 3 - Doors to Tomorrow) (Idea Factory) - 10,008 / NEW
09./07. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 9,654 / 400,999
10./14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 7,771 / 1,728,338
11./00. [PSP] Abunai: Koi no Sousa Shitsu (Danger! Love Investigation Room) (QuinRose) - 7,349 / NEW
12./13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 7,001 / 1,465,659
13./03. [PSP] Uta no * Prince-Sama: Debut (Ah! My Prince's Song: Debut) (Broccoli) - 5,445 / 66,821
14./23. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 4,374 / 176,356
15./04. [360] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom) - 4,372 / 33,397
16./22. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 4,201 / 953,286
17./00. [PSP] BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend (Arc System Works) - 3,982 / NEW
18./21. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) - 3,974 / 284,552
19./00. [PSP] Tsuyo Kiss 3 Gakki Portable (Revolution) - 3,376 / NEW
20./15. [PSP] My Sister Can't Be This Cute Portable Can't Possibly Continue (Namco Bandai) - 3,216 / 63,144