The Japanese top 30

New entry DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou – Satsui no Wana rises to the top of the Japanese charts this week, knocking Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor down to number two.

Other new releases entries Arcana Heart for PS2 lands at number five, while Lair on the PS3 takes the seventh spot.

As has become familiar in the Japanese charts, Nintendo platform games lead the pack, with an impressive 15 DS and five Wii titles within the top 30.

The Japanese top 30, courtesy of

Kotaku:

1) DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou – Satsui no Wana (DS) – 61,000 / New

2) Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (PS2) – 47,000 / 251,000

3) Gundam Battle Chronicle (PSP) – 28,000 / 114,000

4) Pokmon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (DS) – 26,000 / 502,000

5) Arcana Heart (PS2) – 23,000 / New

6) Pokmon Mysterious Dungeon: Shadow Expedition Party (DS) – 22,000 / 440,000

7) Lair (PS3) – 22,000 / New

8) ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat (DS) – 17,000 / 67,000

9) KanKen DS 2 + Jouyou Kanji Jiten (DS) – 16,000 / 67,000

10) Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (DS) – 16,000 / 631,000

11) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi: Mina San Kyu (DS)

12) Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (PSP)

13) Mario Party 8 (Wii)

14) Tashiten: Tashite 10 ni Suru Monogatari (DS)

15) Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 (PS2)

16) Dragon Ball Z: Sparking! Meteor (Wii)

17) Mario Kart DS (DS)

18) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops+ (PSP)

19) Wii Sports (Wii)

20) New Super Mario Bros. (DS)

21) My Housekeeping Diary (DS)

22) Taiko Drum Master DS (DS)

23) Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken 2 (PS2)

24) Brain Age 2: More Training In Minutes A Day (DS)

25) Project Gotham Racing 4 (Xbox 360)

26) Namco Museum DS (DS)

27) Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)

28) Arabians Lost: The Engagement on the Desert (PS2)

29) Wii Play (Wii)