The newest numbers for weekly Japan sales are out, and surprising absolutely no one, Nintendo’s 3DS, fueled by the hysteria that the launch of the ‘New’ models brought on about, is at the very top, selling more than every other system on the market combined, and then some.

On the software side, things are equally predictable, with Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, and Youkai Watch 2 all ensuring the 3DS does not slip up there either. The highest charting new entry is Chaos Rings for the PS Vita, which is a port of the popular iOS game by Square Enix.

On the other end of the spectrum, the Xbox One, which had a dismal launch to begin with in the region, is now competing with the Vita TV in its quest for irrelevance, and is selling less than a thousand units a week- the Xbox 360 took years before it reached this point. Microsoft has claimed that it is unhappy with the system’s performance in the region and that it is looking at reversing the trend, so let’s hope they do that soon. A competitive Xbox One in the region is good for everyone.

Japan’s software sales for the week of August 18th to 24th have been revealed courtesy of Media Create and much to the surprise of no one, Level 5’s Youkai Watch 2 is still on top. It sold 77,465 units and has notched up 2,289,983 units over its lifetime. It’s a major success over the original over the original.

Meanwhile, Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us: Remastered has debuted in Japan for the PS4 and managed to sell 30,587 units in its first week. Diablo III also made its debut with 15,816 units sold and interestingly enough, Nintendo’s Hyrule Warriors dropped down to seventh place in the charts. It managed to sell 15,142 units with lifetime sales at 84,232 units. It’s not bad but considering the hype and overall positive response in its first week, it seems a bit sobering.

Regardless, Nintendo’s still dominating in the charts. Yoshi’s New Island sold 12,931 units (lifetime units at 157,092) and Mario Kart 8 sold 12,075 units for lifetime sales of 639,710 units.

Nintendo had an excellent week in Japan for both software and hardware sales according to the latest Media Create sales charts for the period of August 11th to 17th. While the main focus was on Hyrule Warriors, which debuted at 2nd place with more than 69,000 units sold, it was actually Youkai Watch that was the star.

The 3DS sequel has been out for a while now but has only recently crossed 2.2 million units sold. It sold 118,526 units last week and yes, it’s lifetime total is now nearly twice that of the original (which stands at 1.245 million units and is currently in 9th place).

Other big releases included Yoshi’s New Island with 29,933 units sold (lifetime sales at 144,162) and Mario Kart 8 with 28,221 units sold (with lifetime sales at 627,635 units). The PS Vita had a surprisingly tame week despite the launch of Monster Hunter Frontier G which sold 21,169 units in its debut week. What are your thoughts on the success of Hyrule Warriors and Youkai Watch 2? Let us know below.