Media Create has just published the Japanese software charts for April 5th – 11th, and to the surprise of absolutely nobody, Nintendo is at the top. Again.

Full list after the cut.

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii) – 37,000
2. Fist Of The North Star (PS3) – 34,000
3. Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (PSP) – 31,000
4. Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (PS3) – 31000
5. Friend Collection (DS) – 23,000
6. Pokemon Ranger: Tracks Of Light (DS) – 20,000
7. Etrian Odyssey III (DS) – 19,000 (107,000)
8. Yakuza 4 (PS3) – 18,000 (519,000)
9. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 15,000 (181,8000)
10. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP) – 11,000

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and Monster Hunter Freedom Unite PSP The Best have apparently shipped more than 3.5 million units between themselves in Japan, Capcom said in a press release today.

The game originally launched March 2008 in the country, and hit western shores earlier this month.

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A pretty hefty update for the European PlayStation Store this week, including the full version of Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, lots of Tiger Woods stuff, the Sacktue of Liberty, and more downloadable full games than you can sack a sackboy at!

Playable Content

• James Pond 2: Codename Robocod PS1 game (£3.99)
• Numblast full game (£3.99)
• Punisher: No Mercy full game (£6.29)
• Topotai full game (£7.99)
• Red Baron demo (free)

Add-on Content

• Lots of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 DLC (varies)
• LittleBigPlanet Statue of Liberty costume (free)
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Speed Pack expansion (£4.79)
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Monarch Signature Livery pack (free)
• 4x Dynasty Warriors 6 armor packs (free)
• Guitar Hero DLC (continued)
• Rock Band DLC (continued)

PSP Content

• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite full game (£24.99)
• Numblast full game (£3.99)
• Donkey Xote full game (£7.99)
• Super Hind full game (£15.99)
• James Pond 2: Codename Robocod PS1 game (£3.99)
• Rock Band Unplugged DLC (continued)

Rock Band DLC

Vans Warped Tour 3 Pack (£2.49)

• “Sweet Talk” — Dear and the Headlights (£0.99)
• “Hey John, What’s Your Name Again?” — The Devil Wears Prada (£0.99)
• “Image of the Invisible” — Thrice (£0.99)

Foreigner Pack (£2.49)

• “Blue Morning, Blue Day” (£0.99)
• “Feels Like the First Time” (£0.99)
• “Headknocker” (£0.99)

• “Weapon of Choice” — Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (£0.99)

Guitar Hero DLC

Epitaph Punk-O-Rama pack (£4.39)

• “21st Century Digital Boy” — Bad Religion (£1.59)
• “Linoleum” — NOFX (£1.59)
• “Ruby Song” — Rancid (£1.59)

Videos

• WipEout HD Fury expansion trailer
• Battlefield 1943 Coral Sea Challenge trailer
• MotorStorm Pacific Rift Adrenaline expansion trailer
• 3x Batman: Arkham Asylum trailers
• Bayonetta Second Climax trailer
• Mini Ninjas gameplay video
• Astro Tripper trailer

Rock Band Unplugged DLC

• “Losing My Religion” — REM (£0.99)
• “Sin Wagon” — Dixie Chicks (£0.99)
• “Still Alive” — GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton (£0.99)

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As was announced earlier today, PAL territorites will be getting Monster Hunter Freedom Unite come this spring. The series has been extremely successful in Japan, becoming the number one Playstation Portable franchise there.

Worldwide the series is also doing very well, with almost 8 million copies sold. It has been so successful that it has inspired seminars, festivals and of course, its own merchandise line.

When it ships it’ll have 500 hours of gameplay and with new monsters, missions and tools. In addition, it’ll have the Via Ad-Hoc functionality, giving gamers the ability to team up and take down the beasts with their friends (up to three at a time). And if that isn’t enough, there’s a AI Felyne companion that can be used to acquire more items for the player, and players can share them by transferring data through the PSP.

Add to that the ability to save to a memory stick (and saving you load time) and being able to transfer over data from MHF2 and I have quite the feeling that this’ll become yet another enjoyable time sinkhole for fans of the series and newcomers alike.

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