Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze has debuted on the Japanese charts in second place, after Dragon Quest Monsters 2. Not bad at all for our swinging simian friend.

Overall it was a very good week for Nintendo in Japan, who dominated the chart with nine of the top ten being Nintendo titles.

Here is the full list of top 10 software sales for this week (lifetime sales in brackets)

1) Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru & Luca’s Wonderful Mysterious Keys (3DS) – 118,427 (562,083)
2) Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Wii U) – 35,717 (New)
3) A-Ressha De Ikou 3D (3DS) – 27,009 (New)
4) Kirby: Triple Deluxe (3DS) – 23,017 (440,131)
5) Yokai Watch (3DS) – 22,230 (423,836)
6) Magi: Aratanaru Sekai (3DS) – 15,793 (New)
7) Puzzle & Dragons Z (3DS) – 15,462 (1,359,241)
8) Puyopuyo Tetris (3DS) – 13,717 (58,345)
9) Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS Full Boost (PS3) – 13,704 (313,291)
10) Pokemon X & Y (3DS) – 12,750 (3,950,322)

And here are the hardware sales, where the 3DS still reigns supreme (last week’s sales in brackets)

1) 3DS LL – 27,650 (36,306)
2) PlayStation Vita – 17,081 (16,951)
3) 3DS – 12,066 (12,002)
4) PlayStation 3 – 10,226 (10,240)
5) Wii U – 8,782 (7,180)
6) PSP – 2,944 (2,948)
7) PlayStation Vita TV – 1,267 (1,331)
8) Xbox 360 – 256 (194)

Let us know your thoughts about these top ten lists in the comments below. Will you be picking up DKC: Tropical Freeze when it releases tomorrow?

Source: CVG