Another fine week has passed us gentlemen and gentleladies. We move closer and closer to the 2010 World Cup in Africa and the Japanese game-buying public seem to reflect the increasing excitement for the event. The Official Fifa World Cup game entered the charts last week, but stood very little chance against the might of Japan's favourite football simulator; Winning Eleven (or as it's more commonly known over here; Pro Evolution Soccer). So popular is this game, that it not only appeared once, not twice, but three times in the top-ten. One of which being for a system long but past it's time, the Playstation 2. Sorry to take up the entire opening paragraph with this news, but it's pretty impressive. Other notable mentions are Lost Planet 2, especially it's Xbox 360 version, which ranked 3 places lower than it's PS3 counterpart and Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 seems to still be a beast still with much selling power left to give. Full list below;

Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Lost Planet 2 - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 20/05/2010
2. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
3. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
4. Lost Planet 2 - 360 - Action - Capcom - 10/05/2010
5. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - PSP - Action - Konami - 29/04/2010
6. Hakane no Renkinjyutsushi Full Metal Alchemist Yakusoku no Jitsuhe - PSP - RPG - Bandai Namco Games - 20/05/2010
7. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PSP - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
8. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
9. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS2 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010

[Source: Famitsu]

Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.