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One Million Brains Trained
Surprise DS hit reaches platinum.
by Anoop Gantayat

November 9, 2005 - No one can deny that Nintendo is doing its part to make the Japanese smarter, and keep its investors happy in the process. Reports from Japan reveal that the company has managed to ship a million copies of Nou wo Kitaeru: Otona no DS Training to Japanese retailers. That's right, Nintendo's DS brain training game is the the biggest thing to ever hit the Japanese DS. It's the DS's Seaman.


Following its release on 5/19 of this year, Nou wo Kitaeru has proven a consistent seller for the big N, remaining on the top ten list out of Media Create nearly every week. The game has proven a particular hit amongst older audiences and has, along with Nintendogs, been offered by Nintendo as evidence that its strategy of expanding the game market is working.
Nintendo will release a sequel, Motto Nou wo Kitaeru, on 12/29. The original title will be released in America under the name Train Your Brain in 2006.
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"It's the DS's Seaman"
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quick, inject it into a PSP egg so we can have a perfect hybrid!

also :
Shiko shiko Troll no DS training : [standard #14] 1 million smart(er) (non-)gamers - was the correct answer.
 
DCharlie said:
quick, inject it into a PSP egg so we can have a perfect hybrid!

also :
Shiko shiko Troll no DS training : [standard #14] 1 million smart(er) (non-)gamers - was the correct answer.
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It's funny because I was actually going to use that as my topic line.

On another note, Seaman sold well? I honestly had no idea.
 
*adds to IGN wishlist*
I'll buy it just to try and counteract the fact that I probably become just a little bit stupider at least 65% of the time I try to have reasoned arguments about anything related to politics, philosophy, etc. and it never gets past the ad hom-flinging stage.
 
clearacell said:
*waits for the SHIPPED not SOLD argument*
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It is shipped...

Last week's Media Create chart brings it at 720K. So about 280K left in stores, although there are probably way less since MC does not cover every sale.
 
Keep in mind that MC are just numbers from certain stores and not all of Japan. There's discrepencies. I'm fairly sure that they're near 900000 by now. Anyway, at the rate the games are selling, i doubt they won't sell thru those 1 million.
 
koam said:
On another note, Seaman sold well? I honestly had no idea.
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Like mad. It did something like 540k, then another 11k for Christmas Seaman, then 32k more for Seaman 2001.

I was over there right when it came out and it was actually selling out pretty regularly at my local shops.
 
ioi said:
Well according to Everything and Nothing which seems to be pretty accurate, it's sold around 882k upto the 6th November:

http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japweekly.php?date=38662

Nintendogs is also at 940k
Wario Ware Touched at 950k
Super Mario 64 DS at 920k
and Brain Training Gentle at 760k

all I can say is WOW and well done to DS :-)
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Wait! What? That's 5 potential million sellers by the end of the year, 8 if Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Pokemon follow their pattern sales. O_O
 
i think they'll all pass a million, and MK:DS will before it's finished as well

Japan is DS land at the moment, Nintendo are really destroying the PSP
 
ioi said:
Well according to Everything and Nothing which seems to be pretty accurate, it's sold around 882k upto the 6th November:

http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japweekly.php?date=38662

Nintendogs is also at 940k
Wario Ware Touched at 950k
Super Mario 64 DS at 920k
and Brain Training Gentle at 760k

all I can say is WOW and well done to DS :-)
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it talks about data direct from publishers and cesa, so are these sold to retail figures as opposed to sold by retail? (i think charts from media create, famitsu and dengeki are sold by retail figures)

where's Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislot Simulator Osu! Banchou? it sold around 100k in the media create chart but doesn't appear here.
Code: 
Daredemo Asobi Taizen DS Nintendo 1 69,750 69,750
Beatdown PS2 Capcom 1 40,750 40,750
Tamogotchi DS Bandai 8 31,750 371,250
Wanda and the Colossus PS2 Sony 2 29,750 184,000
Train Your Brain DS Nintendo 25 23,500 882,000
Brain Training Portable PSP Sega 3 23,000 93,750
Brain Flex DS Nintendo 19 20,500 757,500
Pokemon Torouze DS Nintendo 3 19,000 123,500
Famicom Mini Super Mario Bros GBA Nintendo 91 15,500 1,107,750
Dragonball Z Sparking PS2 Bandai 5 14,750 484,500
Super Princess Peach DS Nintendo 3 14,500 74,000
Batallion Wars GC Nintendo 2 12,000 40,000
Nintendogs DS Nintendo 29 10,750 940,750
Jump Super Stars DS Nintendo 13 6,500 497,250
Mushi King GBA Sega 20 5,250 641,750
Dynasty Warriors 5 Moushoden PS2 Koei 8 4,750 336,250
Dr Mario & Panel De Pon GBA Nintendo 8 4,500 115,250
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 UE PSP Konami 8 4,500 187,250
Wario Ware Touched DS Nintendo 49 3,500 949,000
Mario Tennis Advance GBA Nintendo 8 3,500 82,750
Super Mario 64x4 DS Nintendo 49 3,250 922,000
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 PS2 Konami 14 3,000 856,000
Gundam Battle Tactics PSP Bandai 7 2,250 68,000
Super Robot Taisen J GBA Banpresto 8 2,250 168,000
Gyakuten Saiban DS Capcom 8 2,250 94,000
Pokemon XD: Gale Of Darkness GC Nintendo 14 1,750 261,500
Tales of Legendia PS2 Namco 11 750 344,000
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny PS2 Bandai 11 500 177,000
 
Comparing to other games, i'm wondering if Brain Training can track like Smash Bros which did 1.97m over in Japan!!!

Look for the first few weeks:

Code: 
Super Smash Bros					Train Your Brain
Week	Date		Weekly	Total		Date		Weekly	Total
1	25/01/99	218,000	218,000		23/05/05	52,500	52,500
2	01/02/99	132,750	350,750		30/05/05	49,250	101,750
3	08/02/99	89,750	440,500		06/06/05	36,750	138,500
4	15/02/99	86,500	527,000		13/06/05	39,500	178,000
5	22/02/99	58,000	585,000		20/06/05	41,000	219,000
6	01/03/99	39,000	624,000		27/06/05	37,500	256,500
7	08/03/99	39,000	663,000		04/07/05	34,000	290,500
8	15/03/99	25,750	688,750		11/07/05	35,750	326,250
9	22/03/99	43,000	731,750		18/07/05	26,500	352,750
10	29/03/99	43,500	775,250		25/07/05	24,500	377,250
11	05/04/99	30,000	805,250		01/08/05	24,500	401,750
12	12/04/99	47,250	852,500		08/08/05	24,250	426,000
13	19/04/99	16,000	868,500		15/08/05	45,000	471,000
14	26/04/99	38,000	906,500		22/08/05	49,500	520,500
15	03/05/99	60,500	967,000		29/08/05	39,250	559,750
16	10/05/99	70,750	1,037,750	05/09/05	39,750	600,000
17	17/05/99	19,500	1,057,250	12/09/05	37,750	633,500
18	24/05/99	16,500	1,073,750	19/09/05	37,250	678,250
19	31/05/99	21,500	1,095,250	26/09/05	45,000	725,250
20	07/06/99	17,500	1,112,750	03/10/05	24,750	751,750
21	14/06/99	14,250	1,127,000	10/10/05	23,000	774,750
22	21/06/99	17,000	1,144,000	17/10/05	29,750	804,500
23	28/06/99	14,750	1,158,750	24/10/05	28,000	832,500
24	05/07/99	9,000	1,167,750	31/10/05	26,000	858,500
25	12/07/99	10,750	1,178,500	07/11/05	23,500	882,000
26	19/07/99	10,750	1,189,250	
27	26/07/99	16,500	1,205,750	
28	02/08/99	11,750	1,217,500	
29	09/08/99	15,500	1,233,000	
30	16/08/99	20,750	1,253,750	
31	23/08/99	18,250	1,272,000	
32	30/08/99	14,250	1,286,250	
33	06/09/99	13,000	1,299,250	
34	13/09/99	14,750	1,314,000	
35	20/09/99	14,500	1,328,500	
36	27/09/99	17,750	1,346,250	
37	04/10/99	16,000	1,362,250	
38	11/10/99	18,000	1,380,250	
39	18/10/99	17,000	1,397,250	
40	25/10/99	14,000	1,411,250

It's definitely catching up !!!

Source: http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japcomp.php?name1=Super+Smash+Bros&name2=Train+Your+Brain
 
They are still estimated i think, but based on a number of different sources such as retail figures as you say.


ziran said:
it talks about data direct from publishers and cesa, so are these sold to retail figures as opposed to sold by retail? (i think charts from media create, famitsu and dengeki are sold by retail figures)

where's Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislot Simulator Osu! Banchou? it sold around 100k in the media create chart but doesn't appear here.
Code: 
Daredemo Asobi Taizen DS Nintendo 1 69,750 69,750
Beatdown PS2 Capcom 1 40,750 40,750
Tamogotchi DS Bandai 8 31,750 371,250
Wanda and the Colossus PS2 Sony 2 29,750 184,000
Train Your Brain DS Nintendo 25 23,500 882,000
Brain Training Portable PSP Sega 3 23,000 93,750
Brain Flex DS Nintendo 19 20,500 757,500
Pokemon Torouze DS Nintendo 3 19,000 123,500
Famicom Mini Super Mario Bros GBA Nintendo 91 15,500 1,107,750
Dragonball Z Sparking PS2 Bandai 5 14,750 484,500
Super Princess Peach DS Nintendo 3 14,500 74,000
Batallion Wars GC Nintendo 2 12,000 40,000
Nintendogs DS Nintendo 29 10,750 940,750
Jump Super Stars DS Nintendo 13 6,500 497,250
Mushi King GBA Sega 20 5,250 641,750
Dynasty Warriors 5 Moushoden PS2 Koei 8 4,750 336,250
Dr Mario & Panel De Pon GBA Nintendo 8 4,500 115,250
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 UE PSP Konami 8 4,500 187,250
Wario Ware Touched DS Nintendo 49 3,500 949,000
Mario Tennis Advance GBA Nintendo 8 3,500 82,750
Super Mario 64x4 DS Nintendo 49 3,250 922,000
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9 PS2 Konami 14 3,000 856,000
Gundam Battle Tactics PSP Bandai 7 2,250 68,000
Super Robot Taisen J GBA Banpresto 8 2,250 168,000
Gyakuten Saiban DS Capcom 8 2,250 94,000
Pokemon XD: Gale Of Darkness GC Nintendo 14 1,750 261,500
Tales of Legendia PS2 Namco 11 750 344,000
Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny PS2 Bandai 11 500 177,000
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