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I think NSMB just beat SMW's sales this week.

I think AC topped DQ8 this week.

It's a Christmas (Easter?) miracle!

 

[Y2Kev]

Zelda isn't in the top 30?

 

[Desperado]

Pokemon is gonna pass 4m next week. Insane.

 

[pilonv1]

Zelda isn't in the top 30?

Cue Kermit.

 

[sprsk]

Where do you see BD soft and 360 hardware numbers duck?

 

[thestopsign]

Most of the games in the Top 30 are probably above 20,000. So I wouldn't be surprised to see Zelda around 20,000 also. Even so, I was hoping for better sales.

 

[aeolist]

Don't worry guys! Lost Odyssey will save the 360 in Japan!

*one month later*

Don't worry guys, Trusty Bell will save the 360 in Japan!

 

[AniHawk]

NSMB is pretty much on track to be the second-highest selling Super Mario game ever (in Japan). It's 4.1 for Super Mario Land. I don't think it'll hit the original Super Mario Bros.'s 6.8m though.

 

[duckroll]

Where do you see BD soft and 360 hardware numbers duck?

http://ameblo.jp/sinobi

 

[Kuroyume]

What a weird country...

 

[RamzaIsCool]

Dudes, the DS doing great is fun and all.....but it doesn't bode well for next gen titles comming out of Japan. The problem isn't that the DS is selling great, but the thing is the rest sucks saleswise....and that can't be good!!!

 

[bigmakstudios]

wtf @ Japan... why are they buying Wii Play over Zelda!!?? GAH!!! O_O

 

[AniHawk]

Dudes, the DS doing great is fun and all.....but it doesn't bode well for next gen titles comming out of Japan. The problem isn't that the DS is selling great, but the thing is the rest sucks saleswise....and that can't be good!!!

The Wii's not doing so bad. At least, compared to the PS3 or 360.

 

[Link]

NSMB is pretty much on track to be the second-highest selling Super Mario game ever (in Japan). It's 4.1 for Super Mario Land. I don't think it'll hit the original Super Mario Bros.'s 6.8m though.

Was SMB included with the Famicom in Japan? And if so, are those sales included? Or did SMB just sell like absolute gangbusters back in the day?

 

[Kandinsky]

Chocobomba!

 

[Tempy]

Wow, even that PSP title at #24 beat Blue Dragon and Zelda.

 

[sprsk]

wtf @ Japan... why are they buying Wii Play over Zelda!!?? GAH!!! O_O

It comes with a controller.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Don't worry guys! Lost Odyssey will save the 360 in Japan!

*one month later*

Don't worry guys, Trusty Bell will save the 360 in Japan!

:lol

 

[Vic]

I think AC topped DQ8 this week.

Someone said it that last week

 

[plagiarize]

okay. last week i fought the evidence that zelda was bombing in japan, talking about tie ratios and stuff.

this week...

no fighting it.

zelda=bomba.

 

[BorkBork]

Actually those charts tell me Nintendo is smart with Wii....non-games ala DS ftw...

 

[Y2Kev]

okay. last week i fought the evidence that zelda was bombing in japan, talking about tie ratios and stuff.

this week...

no fighting it.

zelda=bomba.

bomba!!

Console gaming actually MIGHT be "dead" as we know it. Like, I know lots of sensationalist trolls say it, but maybe...maybe it is.

....maybe.

*squinty eyes*

 

[AniHawk]

Wow, even that PSP title at #24 beat Zelda.

Stop it. STOP IT!

 

[Odysseus]

bomba!!

Console gaming actually MIGHT be "dead" as we know it. Like, I know lots of sensationalist trolls say it, but maybe...maybe it is.

....maybe.

*squinty eyes*

d-e-d


dead

 

[Game-Biz]

http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/ranking.html

1. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Diamond - 123,573 / 2,119,848
2. (DS, Pokemon) Pokemon Pearl - 97,409 / 1,766,776
3. (DS, Nintendo) Kirby Squeek Squad - 92,173 / 557,634
4. (DS, Sega) Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren - 88,242
5. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Brothers - 77,761 / 3,617,021
6. (DS, Sega) Love and Berry DS Collection - 72,841 / 608,545
7. (DS, Nintendo) Jump Ultimate Stars - 71,339 / 349,979
8. (PS2, SCE) Wild Arms 4 - 70,476
9. (Wii, Nintendo) Wii Sports - 69,923 / 318,473
10. (Wii, Pokemon) Pokemon Battle Revolution - 67,607

 

[SuperBanjo]

Yeah, I'm wondering if Japan just isn't interested in consoles anymore or something.

But damn, Zelda just dropped like a rock.

 

[MrSardonic]

Blue Dragon bombs. Zelda bombs. PS3 software bombs.

the sales are quite low this week

They are pretty high when you consider:

Pokemon/NSMB have been out for a while and already sold 3.5m before this week.
Only one DS game is a new entry.
Next week is crazy week.

I don't think it'll hit the original Super Mario Bros.'s 6.8m though.

If only they'd bundled it with the DSL

 

[Yamauchi]

9/10 ABANDON SHIP

NINTENDO 3rd PARTY CONFIRMED AM TOTAL

 

[Tempy]

Stop it. STOP IT!

I said WOW.

 

[Illuminati]

Well that about wraps it up for MS in Japan for the 2nd or 3rd time.

I said WOW.

That's not a GPS thing is it?

 

[Jonnyram]

New games like Kabutore, that sold 20k, didn't even make the top 30.
We're talking very high volume this week. I wonder if the top 50 will pacify anyone, even.

 

[AniHawk]

Pokemon/NSMB have been out for a while and already sold 3.5m before this week.
Only one DS game is a new entry.
Next week is crazy week.

next week is crazy week, but we wont have those numbers for about two weeks.

 

[AniHawk]

Who would've ever thought that Sega would actually release games that sold THAT well again in Japan and on a Nintendo system

 

[Reilly]

I said WOW.

What game is that?

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

PS3's third parties must be so pissed at Sony right now.

 

[Tempy]

What game is that?

24. MAPLUS Portable Navigator (PSP)

 

[Christopher]

Holy shit I hope that if Zelda sells so bad they'll whore of the licence like they do to their other franchises to CAPCOM. 3D Zelda Capcom make it happen!

 

[GhaleonEB]

But they confirmed beforehand the 80K last week included the ~30K in bundles.

Now you see the fallacy in thinking Blue Dragon would have an impact beyond one week. 360 HW ~8K confirmed.

It wasn't a falacy, it was a possibility, if a remote one. Sure doesn't look good for hardware tomorrow. :lol

 

[BorkBork]

24. MAPLUS Portable Navigator (PSP)

:lol :lol :lol Oh the irony.

 

[Reilly]

24. MAPLUS Portable Navigator (PSP)

Oh...

I thought it was some sort of SMT/Persona game :lol

 

[Barf_the_Mog]

You know, Gaffers can keep telling themselves that Zelda isn't as popular in japan as it is in the West, but the fact remains that Zelda is Nintendo's most ambitious and most immersive game for the Wii. I weep for Japan.

 

[Xavien]

If BD couldn't save the 360 in japan, i don't think anything will. Bebpo must be in convolutions right now :lol

Still the lack of Zelda in those charts is extremely worrying, but atleast Nintendo has pretty much the rest of the chart, Microsoft doesn't have anything else out there.

If Microsoft is to have a 'chance' at Japan, they'll need to launch 3-5 Games aimed at the Japanese market all within 1 month of each other and perhaps bundle one of them with the 360.

But... quite frankly its no use, Nintendo has Japan by the proverbial Balls.

 

[Dimmuxx]

Holy shit I hope that if Zelda sells so bad they'll whore of the licence like they do to their other franchises to CAPCOM. 3D Zelda Capcom make it happen!

Zelda is selling like crazy is the rest of the world though

 

[Odysseus]

At this rate, the next Zelda might be a Wii port of Tetra's Trackers.

 

[StephaneC]

that's wild arms 5 not 4

zelda and blue dragon out :/ poor chart

 

[KeithFranklin]

So with Wii Sports still leading the way and about the same as last week does that mean Wii sold about 80K this week. Whats that give it 450K through Dec 17.

 

[AniHawk]

Holy shit I hope that if Zelda sells so bad they'll whore of the licence like they do to their other franchises to CAPCOM. 3D Zelda Capcom make it happen!

Miyamoto's not gonna let go of the main Zeldas or main Marios.

I would be interested in Flagship's shot at a 3D Zelda though. Much more interested in one by, say, Kamiya.

 

[Dante]

PS3's third parties must be so pissed at Sony right now.

It's not like they are releasing any games now.

 

[EphemeralDream]

Amazing that all 3 Ryuusei no Rockman's placed. Crazy Japan.

If console gaming is truly dying in Japan, then boy is it going to be a different scene come next generation.

 

[KeithFranklin]

You know, Gaffers can keep telling themselves that Zelda isn't as popular in japan as it is in the West, but the fact remains that Zelda is Nintendo's most ambitious and most immersive game for the GCN. I weep for Japan.

Corrected it for you.