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Japanese Charts, Yu-gi-oh and Battle Masters Hit for PSP (with video)

The Japanese charts are an odd mix this week with Dark Souls way out in front, Gears of War 3 doing well on Xbox and several classics charting high. On the PSP front, two new Konami games waded into the top 10. A new Yu-Gi-Oh game made the top three, Yu-gi-oh 5D's Tag Force 6 sold 65,000 copies while Busou Shinki Battle Masters Mk.2 sold 32,000.





Elsewhere in the charts, the budget edition of Monster Hunter Portable 3 is also new, but only sold around 15,000 copies, presumably as the whole of Japan already owns it. The PSP itself managed to shift another 28,000 units, not bad for a machine that will be phased out in less than three months.

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