• simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Animal Crossing Wii Begins Its Dominance In Japan

    If the debut of Animal Crossing: City Folk is any indication, Nintendo has another hit on its hands. City Folk landed at #1, with Wild World For the DS still in the top 30.

    City Folk for the Wii was just one of five new debuts claiming half of the top ten, beating out Square Enix's Chrono Trigger DS and The Last Remnant. Another strong Xbox 360 Japanese-style role-playing game that should help Microsoft's fortunes overseas. Former chart-topper Kirby will likely move over 500,000 copies of Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe by the end of the year.

    A handful of PlayStation 3 titles show stronger sales legs than their counterparts, potentially a good sign for Sony in Japan. Media Create sales for November 17 to 24 are after the jump. More »

    6:40 PM on Fri Nov 28 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    3,781 views, 40 comments

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Kirby Continues To Suck Yen In Japan Ultra Super Deluxe Style

    Last week's Media Create chart topper, Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe, holds on to the top spot amid plenty of new competition. Way of the Samurai 3 and Resistance 2 both debuted strong, kicking former top ten PlayStation 3 titles LittleBigPlanet and Grand Theft Auto IV out of the top ten.

    The PS3 has another new game appearing on the chart, as FIFA 09 sells enough to land at #18. Pokémon Platinum creeps ever closer to the 2 million mark and DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense 2 Shin Tantei Series: Kanezawa kankan gokkan no kyoukoku fukushuu no kage brings extra long titles from Tecmo back to the forefront.

    The rest of Japan's best sellers for the week of Nov. 10 to 16 are after the break.

    01. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) - 97,000 / 363,000
    02. Way of the Samurai 3 (PS3) - 81,000 / NEW
    03. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi (DS) - 72,000 / NEW
    04. Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 - Sabaku no Majou (DS) - 34,000 / NEW
    05. Resistance 2 (PS3) - 34,000 / NEW
    06. DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense 2 Shin Tantei Series: Kanezawa kankan gokkan no kyoukoku fukushuu no kage (DS) - 33,000 / NEW
    07. Ryuusei no RockMan 3: Black Ace (DS) - 33,000 / NEW
    08. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 30,000 / 1,159,000
    09. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) - 30,000 / 183,000
    10. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 27,000 / 1,917,000 More »

    1:40 PM on Thu Nov 20 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,035 views, 43 comments

    Most discussed DontTouchMyDaughterYouFilthyGaijin: and to all those who said LBP would be a huge hit worldwide i have to say....I TOLD YA SO! man, more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Kirby Chews Up, Spits Out Niko Bellic In Japan

    The Japanese release of Kirby Superstar Ultra, which hit stateside in September, lands with a resounding pink boom, selling over a quarter million copies. It kicks last week's champ Grand Theft Auto IV from the top of the charts. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe joins five other Nintendo DS games in the top ten, the only new debut to chart above the jump.

    Recently launched PlayStation 3 titles GTA IV, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III and LittleBigPlanet do good enough business to stay in the top ten, a feat we don't expect to see repeated next week. New releases like Samurai Dou 3, Family Ski: World Ski & Snowboard and Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren DS 2 - Sabaku no Majou will probably take up valuable chart real estate.

    The rest of Japan's best sellers for the week of Nov. 3 to 9 are after the break.

    01. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) - 266,000 / NEW
    02. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 40,000 / 1,129,000
    03. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) - 37,000 / 154,000
    04. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 37,000 / 1,890,000
    05. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) - 36,000 / 169,000
    06. Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono (DS) - 33,000 / 112,000
    07. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP) - 19,000 / 44,000
    08. Aruite Wakaru: Seikatsu Rhythm DS (DS) - 18,000 / 45,000
    09. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (PS3) - 17,000 / 52,000
    10. LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - 17,000 / 69,000 More »

    1:40 PM on Thu Nov 13 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,375 views, 66 comments

    Most discussed GregoriusH: Me and my friends once came to the conclusion that out of all the characters in all of gaming, Kirby more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Grand Theft Auto IV #1 With A Bullet In Japan

    The Bellics hijacked the top spot on Media Create's Japanese software sales chart for the week of October 27 to November 2, with Grand Theft Auto IV moving some 168,000 copies. The gross majority of those were of the PlayStation 3 variety, with the Xbox 360 SKU doing about a quarter of the business.

    The debut of LittleBigPlanet in Japan was less spectacular, nabbing the third place spot. Perhaps consumers opted to pick up those new 80GB PS3 bundles, with either LBP or Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III included.

    With seven new releases snatching top ten spots, best sellers like Wii Fit and Wii Music get bumped from the top ten. Will the latter recover?

    01. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) - 133,000 / NEW
    02. Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono (DS) - 80,000 / NEW
    03. LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - 52,000 / NEW
    04. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 47,000 / 1,854,000
    05. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) - 40,000 / 116,000
    06. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 39,000 / 1,089,000
    07. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (PS3) - 35,000 / NEW
    08. Grand Theft Auto IV (X360) - 34,000 / NEW
    09. Aruite Wakaru: Seikatsu Rhythm DS (DS) - 26,000 / NEW
    10. Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu + (DS) - 26,000 / NEW More »

    1:40 PM on Thu Nov 6 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    5,854 views, 91 comments

    Most discussed jurb: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (X360) LOL. more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Japanese Gamers Choose Girly Fashion Over Wii Music

    Last week's Japanese software chart champ Wii Music might not have the legs of Nintendo's other first party Wii efforts if its second week performance is any indication. The music game dropped to fifth place amid new competition from Nintendo's own Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode and Atlus' Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Abaddon Ou. The latter would've topped the charts, if both the limited edition and regular edition were counted as one release by Media Create, for the record.

    Not much else in the way of exciting software sales battles, but, hey, NBA Live 09 charted. So... there's that.

    01. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (DS) - 76,000 / NEW
    02. Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Abaddon Ou (PS2) - 63,000 / NEW
    03. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 53,000 / 1,806,000
    04. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 44,000 / 1,051,000
    05. Wii Music (Wii) - 37,000 / 129,000
    06. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 2 (PSP) - 27,000 / 86,000
    07. Devil Summoner: Kuzunoha Raidou tai Abaddon Ou Special (PS2) - 25,000 / NEW
    08. Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS) - 19,000 / NEW
    09. Bleach: Soul Carnival (PSP) - 18,000 / NEW
    10. Wii Fit (Wii) - 15,000 / 2,756,000 More »

    2:40 PM on Thu Oct 30 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    3,238 views, 46 comments

    Most discussed lonecow12: I was in Tokyo last week and I remember them advertising Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode and thinking it looked like more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Wii Music Hits High Note On Japanese Sales Charts

    Wii Music, as you may already know, topped Japanese sales charts in its debut week. While the Media Create numbers skew a bit lower than what Famitsu had to say, Wii Music won the sales chart crown handily, pushing Pokémon Platinum back to the number two spot.

    It will be interesting to see what kind of legs Wii Music has, considering how well Nintendo fare like Mario Kart DS and Wii Play continues to sell.

    01. Wii Music (Wii) - 92,000 / NEW
    02. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 72,000 / 1,754,000
    03. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 2 (PSP) - 59,000 / NEW
    04. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 51,000 / 1,007,000
    05. Culdcept DS (DS) - 50,000 / NEW
    06. Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters (PS2) - 43,000 / NEW
    07. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PS2) - 27,000 / 184,000
    08. Macross Ace Frontier (PSP) - 26,000 / 129,000
    09. Wii Fit (Wii) - 18,000 / 2,740,000
    10. Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2) - 13,000 / 462,000 More »

    1:40 PM on Thu Oct 23 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,266 views, 111 comments

    Most discussed qBIRD: silly Japanese..game is lame. more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Japan Still Loves Giant Mechs, PSPs

    With little in the way of new releases from October 5th to the 12th in Japan, Macross Ace Frontier made securing the first place spot on the Media Create sales charts look easy. It might have something to do with the game being rather good and the continued popularity of the PSP.

    Other notable titles are notable for their absence; Disaster: Day of Crisis for Wii and Cross Edge for PS3 drop off the top thirty, making for a rather poor performance for both titles in Japan. Fortunately for Mario Kart Wii, that cleared some space, giving it a new showing in the top ten. People love wheels!

    01. Macross Ace Frontier (PSP) - 104,000 / NEW
    02. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 86,000 / 1,681,000
    03. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 49,000 / 955,000
    04. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PS2) - 48,000 / 157,000
    05. Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2) - 23,000 / 450,000
    06. Wii Fit (Wii) - 16,000 / 2,722,000
    07. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 10,000 / 1,809,000
    08. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Major League 3 (PS2) - 8,000 / 26,000
    09. Dragonball DS (DS) - 8,000 / 123,000
    10. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (DS) - 8,000 / 383,000 More »

    1:40 PM on Thu Oct 16 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,575 views, 59 comments

    Most discussed malio: Japan Top 10 = Handhelds and last-gen graphics consoles. What the hell is going over there? more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    Pokémon Returns To Power On Japanese Software Charts

    Pokémon Platinum is back. It beat out one of Japan's other favorite series, yet another Dynasty Warriors for the PlayStation 2, to return to the number one spot after a week off. There's little else in the way of exciting new debuts, but we unfortunately see Disaster: Day of Crisis slip further down the charts. Poor Monolith Soft... they worked so hard!

    Nintendo's New Super Mario Bros. finds its way back onto the top 30, continuing a bazillion week streak of eyebrow raising sales.

    01. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 122,000 / 1,595,000
    02. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PS2) - 110,000 / NEW
    03. Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2) - 60,000 / 426,000
    04. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 54,000 / 906,000
    05. Wii Fit (Wii) - 21,000 / 2,706,000
    06. Jikkyou Powerful Major League 3 (PS2) - 18,000 / NEW
    07. To Love Ru Trouble: Doki Doki! Rinkaigakkou-Hen (PSP) - 16,000 / NEW
    08. Ikkitousen: Eloquent Fist (PSP) - 15,000 / NEW
    09. World Destruction: Michibi Kareshi Ishi (DS) - 15,000 / 71,000
    10. Dragonball DS (DS) - 12,000 / 115,000 More »

    4:30 PM on Thu Oct 9 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    2,549 views, 39 comments

    Most discussed DJNX: Wow! When will kids get tired of Pokemon? more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    'Disaster: Day Of Crisis' Debuts Appropriately In Japan

    It wasn't the best first week for Nintendo and Monolith Soft's Disaster: Day of Crisis in its native land. The Wii survival adventure landed at the number ten spot, trounce by new Super Robot Taisen and Kinnikuman entries on the PlayStation 2. Also beating out Disaster were new PS3 titles Aquanaut's Holiday and Cross Edge, the multi-publisher fan service-filled RPG that pits Prinnies against Darkstalkers' most be-fanged characters. Or something!

    The good news for Nintendo is that Wii titles don't always have their best showing in the first week. Disaster may reverse its fortunes on next week's Media Create sales chart. Or maybe the week after that. We'll see.

    1. Super Robot Taisen Z (PS2) - 366,493 / NEW
    2. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 195,479 / 1,474,000
    3. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 65,257 / 852,000
    4. World Destruction: Michibi Kareshi Ishi (DS) - 55,938 / NEW
    5. Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix Max 2 Tokumori (PS2) - 35,240 / NEW
    6. Dragon Ball DS (DS) - 29,879 / 102,000
    7. Cross Edge (PS3) - 22,386 / NEW
    8. Wii Fit (Wii) - 21,261 / 2,684,000
    9. Aquanaut's Holiday: Kakusareta Kiroku (PS3) - 17,646 / NEW
    10. Disaster: Day of Crisis (Wii) - 14,310 / NEW More »

    1:40 PM on Mon Oct 6 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    3,095 views, 44 comments

    Most discussed Lider: I'm really glad that SuperRobot Taisen Z is doing well. it's a great game. I hope that Banpresto can keep more »

  • simple 2000: the japanese software chart

    'Pokémon Platinum' Transforms Into 1.2 Million Copies

    Pokémon Platinum has gone well past platinum now, with another 300K being snapped up by Nintendo DS owners in Japan according to this week's Media Create sales chart. The top spots are dominated by DS software, with new debut Dragon Ball DS settling for second place.

    The PlayStation 3 version of Eternal Sonata enters the charts with just 34,000 copies sold. Not bad for a year-old Xbox 360 port, but not quite as good as the game's original debut. Hey, hardware bundles help!

    01. Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 315,000 / 1,278,000
    02. Dragon Ball DS (DS) - 72,000 / NEW
    03. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 63,000 / 787,000
    04. Eternal Sonata (PS3) - 34,000 / NEW
    05. Quiz Magic Academy DS (DS) - 29,000 / 148,000
    06. Wii Fit (Wii) - 28,000 / 2,663,000
    07. Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! Battle Arena (PSP) - 25,000 / NEW
    08. Samurai Dou Portable (PSP) - 17,000 / NEW
    09. One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou (Wii) - 15,000 / 76,000
    10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) - 14,000 / 1,776,000 More »

    1:40 PM on Thu Sep 25 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    3,205 views, 59 comments

    Most discussed Does Not Equal (ダズナット): Wii Play, Wii Sports, Mario Kart DS. Is there some sort of shelf life for those? Do they expire after so more »

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • next »

  • 1-10 of 31 for "simple 2000: the japanese software chart"