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[Jonnyram]

If we just count this 7 games (Pokemon is for Pokémon Compagny) the total sales for Nintendo in 2006 is 14,683,255. And it's not finished, and it's not all.

Actually, not quite. Several of the games you listed were released in 2005, but you are counting their LTD as part of the 2006 total. Specifically, Brain Age, More Brain Age and Animal Crossing were all massive sellers in 2005. Mario Kart DS not so much, but it still sold a fair bit before the year ended.

 

[Jonnyram]

Oh yeah, there is a rumour that "More More Brain Age" is coming out in February.
It's been found on a Japanese Ryuta Kawashima wiki, but it's unconfirmed for now.

 

[cvxfreak]

I wonder if they're going to bring Brain Age to the Wii like with BBA.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

Oh yeah, there is a rumour that "More More Brain Age" is coming out in February.
It's been found on a Japanese Ryuta Kawashima wiki, but it's unconfirmed for now.

Another 4 million seller.

 

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Oh yeah, there is a rumour that "More More Brain Age" is coming out in February.
It's been found on a Japanese Ryuta Kawashima wiki, but it's unconfirmed for now.

Jesus 3rd coming imminent...

 

[BrodiemanTTR]

Nintendo shouldn't push too hard with just Brain Age, and sequelize it to the point of irrelevance. I think instead they should be working on that next big non-gamer hit that will draw the Brain Age and Animal Crossing crowd without making them think, "Hey, I just bought this."

 

[cvxfreak]

Famitsu numbers equivalent to this week for Media Create: 2006/12/18 - 12/24

1. (DS / Pokemon) Pokemon D/P - 429.017 / 4.177.587
2. (DS / Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros - 185.021 / 3.737.742
3. (PS2 / S-E) Seiken Densetsu 4 - 169.031 / new
4. (DS / Nintendo) Kirby Squeak Squad - 164.328 / 661.835
5. (DS / Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 142.863 / 514.700
6. (Wii / Nintendo) Wii Sports - 142.157 / 456.731
7. (PSP / Konami) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops. - 138.632 / new
8. (DS / Nintendo) Animal Crossing - 131.806 / 3.600.419
9. (Wii / Nintendo) Wii Play - 126.161 / 421.182
10. (DS / Sega) Love & Berry - 117.919 / 752.289
11. (DS / Nintendo) Common Sense Training - 108.683 / 842.537
12. (DS / CapCom) Rockman Pegasus/Dragon/Leo - 104.438 / 181.590
13. (DS / Nintendo) More Brain Training - 98.204 / 3.675.411
14. (PSP / BandaiNamco) Tales of the World - 97.156 / new
15. (DS / Nintendo) Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000 DS Kondate Zenshuu - 68.507 / 164.821
16. (DS / Nintendo) Mario Kart DS - 66.260 / 1.757.843
17. (DS / Spike) Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS - 61.496 / new
18. (DS / BandaiNamco) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini - 60.848 / 698.844
19. (PS2 / Sega) Ryu ga Gotoku 2 - 54.011 / 416.645
20. (DS / Nintendo) Brain Training - 53.159 / 2.971.041

Thanks to Moor-Angol.

 

[The_lascar]

but you are counting their LTD as part of the 2006 total.

No.

1/ Pokemon Diamond & Pearl (NDS, Nintendo) 3,748,570
2/ Brain Training 2 (NDS, Nintendo) 3,577,207
3/ New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) 3,552,721
4/ Animal Crossing Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) 2 298 856 [3,468,613]
5/ Final Fantasy XII (PS2, Square-Enix) 2,296,003
6/ Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) 1,906,541 [2,917,882]
7/ English Training (NDS, Nintendo) 1,436,748
8/ Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) 1,022,008 [1,691,583]
9/ Winning Eleven 10 (PS2, Konami) 1,018,101

10/ Tetris DS (NDS, Nintendo) 889,178

3,577,207+3,552,721+2,298,856+1,906,541+1,436,748+1,022,008+889,178 = 14,683,255

 

[Frankfurter]

Wow, Tamagotchi 2 @ 700k. Could make its way to nearly a million in the next months.

 

[AnimeTheme]

I'm not making estiamtes this time just providing these figures so yall can make your own comparisons with last week to give an idea of how this week turned out...
COMGNET raw: 12/25-12/31

                                        [U]this week vs. last week[/U]
1  DraQue Monsters ~ Joker        1449  New
2  Wii Play	                                  226  217
3  Wii Sports	                  215  229
4  yakuza THE BEST                     184  ???
5  Seiken Densetsu 4	                  165  518
6  New Super Mario Bros.             165  295
7  Yakuza 2	                  122  126
8  Animal Forest DS	                  119  260
9  東北大学未来科学技術共同 DS...  111  ???
10 Kirby Star	                  109  361
11 Pocket Monster Diamond           99  306
12 Mario Kart DS	                   91  148
13 Need For Speed Carbon            82  New
14 Pocket Monster Pearl                81  225
15 東北大学未来科学技術共同 DS... 79  ???
16 World Tales: Radiant Mythology 77  479
17 M.S. Gundam SEED Z.A.F.T.2+  74  140
18 Odoru Made in Wario (Wii)	   73  96
19 平成教育委員会DS                     69
20 監修日本常識力検定協会い DS...  66  ??

Either the list is fake or the figures must be messed up in some ways. The last-week sales don't even match last-week MC chart.

 

[Magicpaint]

12. (DS / CapCom) Rockman Pegasus/Dragon/Leo - 104.438 / 181.590

Not too bad when you actually combine the three version, this week actually was higher than the last which is a good sign that this could possibly crawl to their expected 500K figure or near that when it's all said and done. Three versions was definitely an overkill though and Capcom shouldn't do that again. Ever.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Rockman D/P/L probably is the first game i see that sells more the 2nd week than the 1st one...

 

[The_lascar]

Rockman D/P/L probably is the first game i see that sells more the 2nd week than the 1st one...

You know Brain Training ?

 

[Magicpaint]

Rockman D/P/L probably is the first game i see that sells more the 2nd week than the 1st one...

Didn't Mario Kart DS do that last year?

 

[The_lascar]

24. PS2 Yakuza (BEST) 28966 / 216655

19. (PS2 / Sega) Ryu ga Gotoku 2 - 54.011 / 416.645

Great for Sega

 

[Magicpaint]

Great for Sega

Yup. I want Ryu Ga Gotoku 2 localised.

 

[jarrod]

Yakuza's success is really surprising actually... Nagoshi's got the magic touch it seems.

 

[elostyle]

Either the list is fake or the figures must be messed up in some ways. The last-week sales don't even match last-week MC chart.

It's data from one chain. As always.

 

[Moor-Angol]

Didn't Mario Kart DS do that last year?

No, 2nd week is usually less than the first one (MK sold over 200k the first week)

You know Brain Training ?

BT has strong legs, but 2nd week was slower than its debut. It became a hit in August 2005, 3 months after the release and, of course, after that, it sold more than the first week many times


Rockman DS debuts at 77k and second week is over 100k, very impressive result (especially for a 3rd party game)

 

[donny2112]

Either the list is fake or the figures must be messed up in some ways. The last-week sales don't even match last-week MC chart.

Did you even look at the dates? We don't even have a "last-week MC chart," yet.

BT has strong legs, but 2nd week was slower than its debut.

Media-Create numbers:

Brain Training:
16 May - 22 May 42509
23 May - 29 May 47861

Gentle Brain Training:
27 Jun - 3 Jul 72656
4 Jul - 10 Jul 75156

New Year's is probably helping Rockman have a higher second week, though.

 

[cvxfreak]

Didn't realize Jump Ultimate Stars already surpassed its prequel. It's performing the way most thought the original would.

 

[AnimeTheme]

Did you even look at the dates? We don't even have a "last-week MC chart," yet.

The "last-week" I mean is 12/18-12/24 on MC.

http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html

The last-week figures on the "COMGNET raw" chart (it's for 12/25-12/31, so "last-week" should mean 12/18-12/24) are way OFF the MC version... unless I read the "COMGNET raw" in a wrong way (they said "this week vs. last week"... so for example the figures for Wii play are 226 this week and 217 last week... right? That chart still confuses me lol :lol )

 

[Bo130]

Didn't realize Jump Ultimate Stars already surpassed its prequel. It's performing the way most thought the original would.

Yeah, I still remember how I was surprised of the short legs of such a game. I would've bet a year-long ban that it'd pass the million with no problems at all. Luckily I didn't do the bet . Great games, though, both of them

 

[ksamedi]

Wii sports will hit 3 million, maybe 4, im sure of it.

 

[cvxfreak]

Wii sports will hit 3 million, maybe 4, im sure of it.

It does have that Brain Age kind of feel to it. Would be the first console launch million seller since Super Mario 64 in Japan, unless you count the DS's SM64DS and Wario Ware.

 

[Meier]

The "last-week" I mean is 12/18-12/24 on MC.

http://www.m-create.com/jpn/s_ranking.html

The last-week figures on the "COMGNET raw" chart (it's for 12/25-12/31, so "last-week" should mean 12/18-12/24) are way OFF the MC version... unless I read the "COMGNET raw" in a wrong way (they said "this week vs. last week"... so for example the figures for Wii play are 226 this week and 217 last week... right? That chart still confuses me lol :lol )

That literally means 226. 226 copies sold at one store in a certain chain. Nothing beyond that.

Where the heck are the new m-create numbers? Is this the week we don't get em and two are combined next week?

 

[mariok]

When come brain training 2 to the usa and europe?

 

[AnimeTheme]

That literally means 226. 226 copies sold at one store in a certain chain. Nothing beyond that.

Ooops that chart just refers to 1 store...? LOL stupid me I thought it meant 226k :lol I briefly saw u guys talking about 1449"k" for DQM:J in previous posts, so I thought it meant "k".

Where the heck are the new m-create numbers? Is this the week we don't get em and two are combined next week?

There is usually a slight delay for MC in big holiday period.

 

[Joe Molotov]

I'm glad Square2005 didn't do his extrapolations this week so people didn't get confused. :lol

 

[Moor-Angol]

Nintendo shouldn't push too hard with just Brain Age, and sequelize it to the point of irrelevance. I think instead they should be working on that next big non-gamer hit that will draw the Brain Age and Animal Crossing crowd without making them think, "Hey, I just bought this."

i don't think Nintendo has been pushed hard BT franchise, in Japan the sequel came very soon, just after 7 months, but in 2006 nothing has arrived, even if there is a rumor for a new game coming on February.

in the West they only brought the first one, which is, honestly, very poor compared to the sequel (tests are doubled and Dr.Mario Touched Version bonus is very sweet).

of course we all are waiting for Japanese Training...

 

[iifu]

I wonder if they're going to bring Brain Age to the Wii like with BBA.

I think Brain Age works better on a handheld to be honest, mainly because of the ability to write and draw using the stylus. I know you can easily emulate this with the wiimote but it still doesn't give you the same feeling as holding a DS horizontally in your hand and writing with the stylus does. Also, Brain Age is encouraged to be played every day for a short amount of time, which is easier on a portable that you can take with you wherever you go and play on the train or during your lunch break at work. BBA is more like a collection of mini-games, so it makes more sense to bring that to Wii. It's also much more playful in style so it can easily be made into a sort of party game if you will. And we all know we need more party games on Wii. :lol

 

[Moor-Angol]

I think Brain Age works better on a handheld to be honest

I agree with you

DS is perfect for BT as Wii is perfect for Sports and Play

 

[ethelred]

Not too bad when you actually combine the three version, this week actually was higher than the last which is a good sign that this could possibly crawl to their expected 500K figure or near that when it's all said and done. Three versions was definitely an overkill though and Capcom shouldn't do that again. Ever.

Yeah, the three versions thing definitely turned out to be a bad idea. Hopefully it continues to perform well despite that, as I'd hate to see Capcom's DS support cut off, and that basically hinges on its two big new games -- Star Force and Gyakuten Saiban 4.

It'll be interesting to see MMSF's third week numbers.

 

[cvxfreak]

Yeah, Rockman is a little puzzling. I was expecting the three versions to rival Monster Hunter Portable's phenomenal success on the PSP. I think they'll go on to sell for the whole month of January. Hopefully with only two versions this time, saving the third for half a year later or something.

 

[ethelred]

Yeah, Rockman is a little puzzling. I was expecting the three versions to rival Monster Hunter Portable's phenomenal success on the PSP. I think they'll go on to sell for the whole month of January. Hopefully with only two versions this time, saving the third for half a year later or something.

Right. If you're going to do three versions, at least take the Pokemon approach -- two at one time, with the third coming after a significant delay and with some revisions incorporated, so that you can get some of the people who bought the first two to snag the third as well.

Three at one time just appears to have been overkill. But yes, hopefully they'll continue to sell throughout January and come out as a good success in the end.

 

[lyre]

Has there been any Capcom DS game with legs at all (I can't seem to remember any atm)? Capcom really needs to take a few lessons on how to properly milk their games again, maybe even take a few notes from Nintendo. But regardless, I have little hope for Star Force (well I didn't have hope for it at all since its first shots were shown). "/

 

[cvxfreak]

Phoenix Wright The Best has pretty good legs. It's been selling for most of the year IIRC, even after the sequel came out.

 

[mutsu]

Three at one time just appears to have been overkill. But yes, hopefully they'll continue to sell throughout January and come out as a good success in the end.

Nintendogs much?

But that's probably a different story/game/genre.

 

[starship]

Famitsu numbers equivalent to this week for Media Create: 2006/12/18 - 12/24

1. (DS / Pokemon) Pokemon D/P - 429.017 / 4.177.587
2. (DS / Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros - 185.021 / 3.737.742
3. (PS2 / S-E) Seiken Densetsu 4 - 169.031 / new
4. (DS / Nintendo) Kirby Squeak Squad - 164.328 / 661.835
5. (DS / Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 142.863 / 514.700
6. (Wii / Nintendo) Wii Sports - 142.157 / 456.731
7. (PSP / Konami) Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops. - 138.632 / new
8. (DS / Nintendo) Animal Crossing - 131.806 / 3.600.419
9. (Wii / Nintendo) Wii Play - 126.161 / 421.182
10. (DS / Sega) Love & Berry - 117.919 / 752.289
11. (DS / Nintendo) Common Sense Training - 108.683 / 842.537
12. (DS / CapCom) Rockman Pegasus/Dragon/Leo - 104.438 / 181.590
13. (DS / Nintendo) More Brain Training - 98.204 / 3.675.411
14. (PSP / BandaiNamco) Tales of the World - 97.156 / new
15. (DS / Nintendo) Kenkou Ouen Recipe 1000 DS Kondate Zenshuu - 68.507 / 164.821
16. (DS / Nintendo) Mario Kart DS - 66.260 / 1.757.843
17. (DS / Spike) Nounai Aesthe: IQ Suppli DS - 61.496 / new
18. (DS / BandaiNamco) Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini - 60.848 / 698.844
19. (PS2 / Sega) Ryu ga Gotoku 2 - 54.011 / 416.645
20. (DS / Nintendo) Brain Training - 53.159 / 2.971.041

Thanks to Moor-Angol.

Its already 3m seller.

 

[Throwaway123456789]

Nintendo needs to release this in Japan:

Billion-seller confirmed!

 

[MrSardonic]

Famitsu numbers equivalent to this week for Media Create: 2006/12/18 - 12/24

1. (DS / Pokemon) Pokemon D/P - 429.017 / 4.177.587
2. (DS / Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros - 185.021 / 3.737.742
8. (DS / Nintendo) Animal Crossing - 131.806 / 3.600.419
13. (DS / Nintendo) More Brain Training - 98.204 / 3.675.411
16. (DS / Nintendo) Mario Kart DS - 66.260 / 1.757.843
20. (DS / Nintendo) Brain Training - 53.159 / 2.971.041

Still incredible to see the success of these games on DS. Massive sales for each one and still selling well in the top 20.

 

[Cosmonaut X]

Still incredible to see the success of these games on DS. Massive sales for each one and still selling well in the top 20.

Definitely. I'm particularly impressed by Mario Kart's legs - it looks like it might even break 2,000,000 eventually, which is simply astonishing. It's already nearly doubled Super Circuit's sales, and breaking through 2 million would - IIRC - put it close to MK64.

 

[donny2112]

TThe last-week figures on the "COMGNET raw" chart (it's for 12/25-12/31, so "last-week" should mean 12/18-12/24)

It does not. It means that those are the sales at the Comgnet chain for Dec. 25-31. We don't have a M-Create chart covering those dates, yet.

When come brain training 2 to the usa and europe?

Not soon enough.

 

[cvxfreak]

Definitely. I'm particularly impressed by Mario Kart's legs - it looks like it might even break 2,000,000 eventually, which is simply astonishing. It's already nearly doubled Super Circuit's sales, and breaking through 2 million would - IIRC - put it close to MK64.

MK64 is at 2.24 Million according to Magic Box. Yeah, MKDS will surpass it sooner or later. Super Mario Kart is another beast altogether, at 3.82 Million. But NSMB is about to surpass that.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

this bumping of the thread... without the new charts... iz causing me

I must kill... murdar...

Give me the charts!

 

[jj984jj]

Looks like Nintendo iNSIDE did some New Years coverage:

http://www.nintendo-inside.jp/news/198/19802.html

 

[dirtmonkey37]

I didn't read some of the above posts....


Can someone explain to me what happened to this weeks Media Create sales figures?

 

[cvxfreak]

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

Last year's chart for this week came out on the 7th in Japan. The one for next week came out on the 12th.

So expect Media Create's chart on Sunday and the next one at normal time. Probably no update today!

.

 

[Fuzzy]

I didn't read some of the above posts....


Can someone explain to me what happened to this weeks Media Create sales figures?

Holiday delayed them until the weekend just like last year.

 

[Segata Sanshiro]

Damnit cvxfreak! Can't you offer us any ideas why the charts aren't up yet? COME ON, MAN!