Japanese software sales: Self-improvement is key

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Feb 27th 2006 at 2:00PM }

Since it wouldn't be right to discuss the weekly Japanese hardware sales without also mentioning the accompanying software sales, we've decided to dredge up the numbers for the week ranging from 13 February to 19 February. Though DS games take up half of the chart, the top spot was claimed quite comfortably by Capcom's Monster Hunter 2.

The ranking, according to number of units sold, is as follows:

Monster Hunter 2 (PS2): 362,173
Brain Training 2 (DS): 64,856
English Training (DS): 52,481
Animal Crossing: Wild World (DS): 50,808
Bleach - Hanatareshi Yabou (PS2): 41,480
Brain Training (DS): 33,194
Monster Hunter Portable (PSP): 27,823
Mario Kart DS (DS): 15,832
Siren 2 (PS2): 12,911
World Soccer Winning Eleven 9: Bonus Pack (PS2): 12,087

It seems that when they're not busy hunting monsters, Japanese gamers are constantly seeking to improve themselves by training their brains and learning new languages. There's a lesson in that. Somewhere...

[Thanks Khurrum for reminding us!]

Tags: DS, DS Lite, DsLite, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DS Lite, NintendoDs, NintendoDsLite

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

mandarin @ Feb 27th 2006 3:30PM

Wow shes kinda cute...

polly @ Mar 2nd 2006 1:02PM

Think they'll bring English Training to the States? I have some friends that could use it. Seriously though, foreign language training games sounds pretty slick.

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