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Virtua Tennis 4 aces the PS Vita chart

I have no idea why (apart from it being cheap and there being no recent new releases) other than lots of gamers recently expressing their love for the full-res graphics and overall brilliance of the game's world tour stylings, but Sega's Virtua Tennis game is back on top of the Vita charts, some 40 weeks after its release.

That, Sonic Racing at No. 2 and Super Monkey Ball make it a pretty happy chart for Sega, Uncharted is now the only original launch game in the top 10, which should give them high hopes for PSO2. Sony's All-Stars Battle Royale is leaving the charts at a rate of knots, while Virtue's Last Reward makes a welcome reappearance down in the teens.

1 VIRTUA TENNIS 4: WORLD TOUR EDITION SEGA 2 40
2 SONIC & ALL STARS RACING TRANSFORMED SEGA 7 11
3 FIFA 13 EA SPORTS 5 21
4 ASSASSIN'S CREED III LIBERATION UBISOFT 6 16
5 LITTLEBIGPLANET PS VITA SONY COMPUTER ENT. 4 22
6 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED ACTIVISION 3 14
7 NEED FOR SPEED MOST WANTED EA GAMES 1 16
8 SUPER MONKEY BALL: BANANA SPLITZ SEGA 15 17
9 LEGO THE LORD OF THE RINGS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE 8 13
10 UNCHARTED: GOLDEN ABYSS SONY COMPUTER ENT. 9 52

 Leisure software charts compiled by Chart Track, (C)2013 UKIE Ltd

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