Monster Hunter 3G sells out in Japan

Japan game sales for December 05-11:

01./00. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G # (Capcom) {2011.12.10} (¥5.800) - 521.959 / NEW 
02./01. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) - 183.834 / 607.453 (-57%)
03./03. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 89.743 / 724.611 (+21%)
04./00. [PS3] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) {2011.12.08} (¥7.980) - 75.865 / NEW 
05./02. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.12.01} (¥8.380) - 56.584 / 406.340 (-84%)
06./00. [NDS] Magician's Quest: Oshare na Mahou Tsukai (Konami) {2011.12.10} (¥4.980) - 46.042 / NEW 
07./00. [PS3] Dragon Ball Z: Ultimate Tenkaichi (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.12.08} (¥7.330) - 44.593 / NEW 
08./07. [WII] Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Nintendo) {2011.10.27} (¥5.800) - 44.570 / 327.487 (+63%)
09./00. [360] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks) {2011.12.08} (¥7.980) - 37.037 / NEW 
10./14. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo) {2011.10.13} (¥5.800) - 30.935 / 279.272 (+71%)
11./13. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} (¥4.800) - 30.826 / 2.086.603 (+61%)
12./12. [WII] PokePark 2: Beyond the World (Pokemon Co.) {2011.11.12} (¥5.800) - 30.512 / 120.189 (+53%)
13./00. [WII] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) {2011.12.08} (¥5.800) - 30.222 / NEW 
14./00. [PSP] Toaru Kagaku no Chou Denjihou # (Kadokawa Games) {2011.12.08} (¥6.279) - 29.016 / NEW 
15./00. [NDS] Metal Max 2: Reloaded # (Enterbrain) {2011.12.08} (¥6.090) - 24.233 / NEW 
16./19. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Remote Plus (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) - 23.163 / 703.242 (+46%)
17./17. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Definitive Edition # (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.11.23} (¥5.040) - 21.471 / 70.237 (+29%)
18./05. [WII] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword # (Nintendo) {2011.11.23} (¥6.800) - 19.947 / 247.116 (-38%)
19./16. [NDS] One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 - New World # (Bandai Namco Games) {2011.11.17} (¥5.230) - 18.696 / 179.052 (+11%)
20./06. [WII] Itadaki Street Wii (Square Enix) {2011.12.01} (¥6.090) - 16.580 / 44.220 (-40%)


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Capcom reported that they shipped just a tad over 500k for the initial shipment of MH3G for the 3DS, with sales stating that it sold 520k for the week ending on December 11th. Sales of the 3DS had the biggest week in it's short history selling almost 380k (about 10 thousand more than it's launch week) systems during the release of MH3G.

It looks like Monster Hunter is to Japan what Mario Kart is to the United States. Judging from success like this, I'd bet that the 3DS is here to stay for along time.

Everyone have a great weekend!