Weekly Japanese software charts: Baseball and roleplaying hit the heights

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All change at the top of the Japanese software charts for March 29 - April 4, as the increasingly popular Etrian Odyssey role-playing series' third entry took its place at number one.

Players set up a guild of warriors and adventurers, and then choose a merry band from among them to lead on mission after mission.

Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 was the week's other big debut, allowing owners to play the part of a baseball athlete or a team coach. The title also goes to show that there's life still in the PlayStation 2, with the game's sales propelling the PS2's version into the top 10.

The last time there were any PlayStation 2 titles in the Japanese top 50 was three weeks ago in the chart of March 8-14. Those two niche games were at 27 and 35 respectively, not even close to the top 10.

The presence of five new titles in the top 10 pushed Wii Fit Plus into 11th place, having sold an estimated 1.8 million copies so far.

01) Etrian Odyssey III: Visitor from the Starry Ocean (DS): 88,000 (88,000)
02) Fist of the North Star: Warriors (PS3): (72,000) (457,000)
03) Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (PS3): 57,000 (57,000)
04) Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (PSP): 51,000 (51,000)
05) New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii): 42,000 (3,617,000)
06) Friend Collection (DS): 35,000 (3,067,000)
07) Yakuza 4: Heir to the Legend (PS3): 34,000 (501,000)
08) Pokemon Ranger: Paths of Light (DS): 33,000 (360,000)
09) Dead or Alive: Paradise (PSP): 32,000 (32,000)
10) Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (PS2): 21,000 (21,000)

Unit sales are rounded to the nearest 1,000.
Source: Media Create.