Nintendo sweeps Japanese sales charts
According to the latest Media Create charts, Nintendo platforms completely dominated the market last week in Japan, with all of the top ten games being Wii or DS releases. It may not have been the busiest week in terms of sales -- the best-selling game was the newly-released Taiko no Tatsujin Wii at 106,000 copies -- but that's still a pretty wacky achievement.
Of the ten games on the list, seven were published by Nintendo, and an eighth, Professor Layton and the Final Time Travel, is from a series published by Nintendo outside of Japan. The full top ten, including four Wii games, is after the break.
Of the ten games on the list, seven were published by Nintendo, and an eighth, Professor Layton and the Final Time Travel, is from a series published by Nintendo outside of Japan. The full top ten, including four Wii games, is after the break.
Gallery: Taiko no Tatsujin Wii
- Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Namco Bandai, Wii): 106,000
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (Nintendo, Wii): 98,000
- Kirby Super Star Deluxe (Nintendo, DS): 94,000
- Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode (Nintendo, DS): 63,000
- Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (Konami, DS): 59,000
- Professor Layton and the Final Time Travel (Level-5, DS): 58,000
- Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo/The Pokemon Company, DS): 58,000
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo, DS): 45,000
- Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii): 43,000
- Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) 34,000











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ramuji @ Dec 18th 2008 8:24PM
I went to my local electronics store on Thursday fully intending to purchase Taiko no Tatsujin Wii, but they were completely out of stock.
Walked out with Let's Tap, Tenchu, and a Wiimote charger.
Mr Khan @ Dec 18th 2008 9:17PM
Let's Tap? Hell, i didn't know it was out yet. You should post a review or something
ramuji @ Dec 18th 2008 9:24PM
I'll try to post my impressions here a bit later (busy getting ready for a job interview at the moment), but probably not a full-fledged review.
Russ Carroll @ Dec 19th 2008 11:41AM
Capcom's fighter didn't chart well...I think that was the disappointment of the week from the charts...I was hoping it would :(.