Damn. It seems Nintendo really can do no wrong in Japan when it comes to their DS handhelds. The latest DS iteration, the DSi LL, debuted at the top of Media Create's Japanese hardware charts by selling almost three times the number of units each of the rest of the top five consoles did.

The powers and resources of the NPD, Enterbrain, and GfK Chart-Track have all come together and the results are in - Dragon Quest IX dominated the global sales charts spanning over three months ending September of this year. What's more amazing is that the DS-exclusive title has only been released in Japan. See how the others fared.

Let's head over to the gaming Mecca and see what our fellow gamers in Japan have been getting busy with. According to this latest report from Famitsu publisher, Enterbrain, the Pocket Monsters show some strength as Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai tops the sales chart in the week of March 30th to April 26th. More in the full article.

It's a pretty well-known fact that the Japanese are crazy about Monster Hunter, in fact, the franchise has sold millions of games in Japan alone. Now another title joins the mix to add to that immense number. This time it's a port of the old PS2 Monster Hunter G to the Nintendo Wii, and it lives up to its family's elite reputation, selling 92,000 copies at Day 1. Capcom must be clicking its heels in delight.

Whos' Number 1 for Famitsu for 2008? All was revealed at the Famitsu Awards, and the Monster Hunters still proved to be the favorite as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G takes the top spot as Game of the Year.

And the PS3 finally did it! Not only did it sell more PS3 units this past month of March, it also outsold the perpetual winner of hardware sales, Nintendo's Wii! This is no joke, people. The great, white Wii has been defeated -- at least for the month of March.

The virus is spreading and Japan is about to be overrun by zombies...in a manner of speaking. The newly-launched Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox 360) took the Japanese gaming scene by storm from March 2nd to the 8th. Figures inside.

Enterbrain's figures for overall January sales in Japan are out! For the second month counting, Dissidia is on top of the food chain once more. Tetsuya Nomura should be happy - here's hoping this nudges him further into resurrecting plans for a sequel. For those who are asking, yes, Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode is still going strong. Gurlz, reprezent!

For over a year now, it's been the same old story in Famitsu's Most Wanted list: Japanese gamers who took part in their polls voted Final Fantasy XIII as the most anticipated title. It's claimed the throne for over twelve months already, but that's changed now. What are Japanese gamers looking forward to the most these days? Dragon Quest IX for the DS. Yeah, leave it to the Japanese gamers to replace an RPG with another RPG - another Square Enix RPG, for that matter - on their most wanted list.

The NPD Group, Chart Track, and Enterbrain put their heads together again and released their second Top Global Markets Report. The report details videogame sales in the US, UK, and Japan and lists the top five best selling games for Q3 of this year. First place went to EA's Madden 09 (Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, PC, PS3, PS2)