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"There are some caveats to consider, but first place is first place. Media Create's Japanese software sales chart (as detailed by Gamasutra) shows Microsoft's absurdly popular sci-fi shooter in first place having sold 59,000 copies in the last week. It's a relatively modest debut in a sluggish sales period, but Halo 3 is one of a scant few titles to ascend the chart and indeed, the wall of apathy Japanese gamers have constructed around all things Xbox.Master Chief even managed to best Nintendo's Pok&amp;eacute;mon franchise, if only because of Nintendo's habit of splitting each installment into two similar but separate versions. With 55,000 units sold, P&amp;oacute;kemon Mystery Dungeon 2 nips at Halo 3's heels in second place -- had its sales been combined with its counterpart, Master Chief would be finishing the foreign fight sans legs. Of course, that's nothing $300 million can't replace."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/04/japanese-halo-3-finishes-the-foreign-fight-in-first-place/>