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more about #thejapanesesoftwarechart Random J: New Super Mario Bros. Wii pushes UNITS! Considering how ridiculously well New Super Mario Bros. DS sold, and how it continues to make appearances in t... more » Fluorine: @Ueziel: Totally agreed, but I refuse to promote that lameness. Truly, his douchebaggery knows no bounds. more » no97830: It is not about casual or not casual game anymore. The NSMB and Zelda Spirit Track is able to sell well both to hardcore gamer and also casual gamer. ... more » panikt: Nintendo to game industry is like Apple to IT industry. They just need to release high quality products here and there and people will buy them like ... more » Adhominem: Nintendo is printing money left and right. New Super Mario Bros was developed in 1/4th the time compared to FFXIII and probably an even smaller percen... more » roxaskey: um, Wii Sports Resort is not a DS game. more » Johnny_Under: I wonder if this has anything to do with reports that FFXIII is little more than a series of hallways leading to FMV sequences. more » fire_works_are_pretty: We have officially entered into the 4th year of the Wii victory train. All haters and fanboys are invited to keep their heads and arms extended out of... more » dagamer34: Who would have bought the game this week that didn't want it last week? Sounds more like limited supplies than anything else. As such, this article do... more » Ryan Rihan: That's unbelievable. I'm totally shocked but in a good way. The double whammy of Mario and Zelda overtaking a huge franchise like FF in only its secon... more » Windrummerboy: I have a very important message: I own a Wii and its cool, I own a DS and it is cool. but... Fuck all of you casuals. that is all. flame on! more » AnonUserAnonymous: Cant say Im suprised. NSMB is a top notch game. Every Wii owner should own it. more » ReynaldoRiv: And now we know, when an irresistible force meets an immovable object Nintendo wins. more » ThisLife17: If FFXIII ever hits 2mil - well... it'll be crazy since 50% of the people who own a PS3 have the game as well. Seems like a long-shot since the dropp... more » Karlott: With seemingly every Japanese citizen owning at least 2 DS's, the bigger surprise to me is that Zelda didn't move more copies. more » RoboticSpacePenguin: Just finished NSMBW with my sister and her fiance over the holiday weekend. Definitely the best couch multiplayer game I've played in a long time. F... more » Sleet: This was predicted. Mario is a long-seller, while Final Fantasy is a game that is pretty much only bought by its fans. Its millions and millions of ... more » Veritas7Ax: Of course people will buy New Super Mario Bros. Wii. It's one of a few very rare GOOD games on the Wii in the neverending tidal wave of HORRIBLE games. more » ThirzaLepidus: Wow, XIII is the only game that isn't on a Nintendo console this week too. (Top 10 anyway) 3 Wii, 6 DS, 1 PS3 in the top 10... When the only thing t... more » legendnthemaking: If Sony can't beat Nintendo with a FF game in Japan then I'm sorry, there is no beating them. Face it, no matter how many of us cry, moan or wonder wh... more » -
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Mario, Zelda Strike Down Final Fantasy XIII In Japan
After a debut week as impressive as an Odin summon, Final Fantasy XIII's second week on the market in Japan shows that Lightning's sales legs that aren't quite as impressive as Mario's. More » -
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Final Fantasy XIII Versus The Competition, By The Numbers
Square Enix released Final Fantasy XIII last week, a release that, in its first four days, sold more than 1.5 million copies. But how did the competition fare with the Final Fantasy sales juggernaut vying for Japanese gamer's yen? More » -
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Holds Onto #1 In Japan
New Super Mario Bros. Wii continues its strong sales performance in Japan, moving the Wii game well past the million mark with another 431,000 copies sold. You know, maybe Nintendo should make *more* Mario games! More » -
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New Super Mario Bros. Wii Leads The New Of The New
Nintendo released New Super Mario Bros. Wii in Japan last week, giving the console its biggest first-week software sales in the country to date, more than 950,000 copies sold, according to Media Create. More » -
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Professor Layton Schools Competitors On Sales, Nintendo Conquers Chart
Level 5's latest Professor Layton puzzle-adventure, Layton Kyouju to Majin no Fue, debuts at the top of Japan's video game software sales charts, another 300,000 Nintendo DS games added to the series' impressive sales. More » -
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Japan Still Loves Soccer, Favors PlayStation Games
Last week, Japan's video gaming populace snatched up enough copies of Konami soccer sim World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 to put it in first place. This week, Sega's J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6: Pride of J scores. More » -
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Konami Kicks Bayonetta Off Top Of Japan's Game Charts
Last week's queen of Japan's video game sales charts Bayonetta didn't have the legs to stay on top for very long. Konami's latest soccer game, World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010, is this week's new software champ. More » -
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Forza 3 Makes Inroads Into Japanese Game Chart
Forza Motorsport 3 gives the Xbox 360 a rare top ten placement on Media Create's weekly list of the bestselling games in Japan. It's one of a handful of new debuts that came nowhere near unseating Pokemon as software champ. More » -
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Nathan Drake Charts Among Japan's Bestselling Games
Nathan Drake makes double the appearance on this week's list of the top thirty game in Japan, his two PlayStation 3 adventures selling well, but not nearly well enough to dethrone the Pokemons. More » -
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Japan Snaps Up A Lot More Pokemon Heart & Soul
Nintendo shows this week's Japanese software chart its Pokemons, once again proudly displaying them atop Media Create's list of bestselling video games overseas. It's nearest competitor? Once again, Wii Fit Plus. More » -
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Wii Fit Plus Takes Japan by Storm
The release of Wii Fit Plus has been met with open arms in Japan. The newest Wii Balance Board-powered fitness game from the house of smiles sold more than 340,000 copies in its first week on sale. More » -
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Japan Chooses Miis! Pokemon Is Defeated!
Who can dethrone Pokemons Heart Gold and Soul Silver in Japan? Only Tomodachi Collection, the Mii collecting game for the Nintendo DS that shipped in June, a title that led a slow week of releases that included Halo 3: ODST. More » -
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Tales Of Vesperia Just Can't Beat Those Pokemons In Japan
It was a big, big week for new software releases in Japan, with six new titles landing in the top ten. But nothing could dethrone last week's software co-champs, Pokemon Soul Silver and Pokemon Heart Gold. More » -
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Pokemon Silver & Gold Remakes Steal Gundam's Top Spot In Japan
Last week, Bandai's latest Gundam game for the PlayStation 3 took the top spot on Japan's list of bestselling games. Typically, that territory is saved for Nintendo DS and Wii games. Well, things are back to normal. More » -
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New PS3 Helps Gundam Rocket To Top Of Japanese Game Charts
Thanks to a spike in Japanese PlayStation 3 sales, the platform claims the top spot in this week's Media Create software sales chart with Mobile Suit Gundam Senki Record U.C. 0081, one of two new PS3 games to chart highly. More » -
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Nintendo Still Sitting Pretty Atop Japanese Game Charts
No new Japanese video game release can topple the Nintendo DS powerhouse that is Tomodachi Collection, the Mii collecting game that sits, once again, atop the weekly Media Create sales chart. It's certainly not for a lack of new releases... More » -
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Nintendo's Mii Collecting Game Still A Big Hit In Japan
When Nintendo describes its software as "evergreen," it means games like the Nintendo DS title Tomodachi Collection, which was released mid-June and sits atop this week's Japanese software sales chart. More » -
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Japan Still Lovin' The PS2, Still Buyin' Gundam
The power of the PlayStation 2 and the appeal of Gundam is still strong in Japan. Or at least the fan base of each is, as PS2 software sits atop this week's weekly Japanese software sales chart. More » -
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Monster Hunter Slays Dragon Quest IX In Japanese Sales Chart
Who can end Dragon Quest IX's chart topping run in Japan? As expected, it's Monster Hunter 3, the Wii sequel to the bestselling slay and loot series that has seen monstrous success on the PSP. More »
