Kotaku
Another week of Japanese sales charts, another week of Nintendo domination. Ten of the top ten games sold during the week of 1/1 to 1/7 are all for a Nintendo platform—8 Nintendo DS games, 2 Nintendo Wii games.
Here are the top ten games sold in Japan, according to Media Create, for the first week of 2007.
1. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (DS) 266,827 / 860,820
2. Wii Sports (Wii) 166,011 / 732,719
3. Wii Play (Wii) 141,702 / 664,512
4. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 128,211 / 3,986,506
5. General Knowledge Training (DS) 109,752 / 1,063,093
6. More Brain Training (DS) 99,320 / 3,805,787
7. Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS) 94,917 / 3,843,832
8. Pok
mon Diamond (DS) 94,370 / 2,479,819
9. Kirby Squeak Squad (DS) 93,522 / 836,588
10. Pok
mon Pearl (DS) 78,398 / 2,054,443
You know you want to continue reading to see what made the top 20, so...
11. Mario Kart DS (DS)
12. Jump Ultimate Stars (DS)
13. Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 2 (Wii)
14. Wario Ware Smooth Moves (Wii)
15. Brain Training (DS)
16. Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops (PSP)
17. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii)
18. Love & Berry DS (DS)
19. Yakuza 2 (PS2)
20. Kanji Recognition (DS)
The top 50 looks only slightly more varied, with a smattering of PS2 titles. Sadly, no Xbox 360 or PS3 titles made the top 50 cut.
