Japan Weekly Sales (May 22nd – May 28th)

This week was big for both the DS and PSP. Yes, that’s right, the PSP got a game in the top 10! New Super Mario Bros. launched for the Nintendo DS and Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable hit the PSP.

01. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. – 899,518 [NEW]
02. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Training 2 – 86,451 [2,367,429]
03. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Training – 62,616 [2,282,759]
04. (PSP, Square Enix) Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable – 48,342 [NEW]
05. (DS, Nintendo) Tetris DS – 46,809 [545,666]
06. (PS2, Enterbrain) Kimikiss – 42,127 [NEW]
07. (PS2, Konami) World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 – 38,419 [694,927]
08. (DS, Nintendo) English Training DS – 37,222 [1,092,496]
09. (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World – 36,610 [2,746,097]
10. (PS2, Konami) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Major League – 32,742 [155,557]

DS Lite – 285,025 [1,920,493]
PSP – 27,227 [3,482,646]
PS2 – 19,798 [22,360,570]
GBA SP – 6,652 [15,643,793]
DS – 4,126 [6,526,951]
GBM – 2,013 [507,824]
X360 – 1,242 [120,410]
GCN – 1,116 [4,104,205]
GBA – 44 [???]
Xbox – 8 [474,533]

New Super Mario Bros. did astronomical numbers. In one week, it has sold more than Super Mario Sunshine did in total in Japan. Obviously Nintendo’s strategy of luring in non-gamers with the Brain Training games has worked. Now they’re buying “real” games too! New Super Mario Bros. is the first traditional 2D sidescrolling Mario game since Super Mario World for the SNES 15 years ago. Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable is a board game featuring characters from the universes of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.

The DS Lite has reached even higher numbers this week, likely due to New Super Mario Bros. The DS is basically confirming earlier reports that it’s not being produced any more. The PSP saw a sales increase as well, maybe owing to the debut of a game combining the two most popular franchises in Japan – Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. The other handhelds, the three designs of the Game Boy Advance, stayed basically the same. Actually, they should do that for the NGage over here… I’d buy one.

The PS2 is still selling pretty well in Japan. You’d think everybody would have one by now! The Xbox 360 and GameCube look like they’re in a struggle against each other while the Xbox has given up all hope. Yay to the eight people who bought one this week in Japan! They should take a picture of each person who does and give them a medal or something!

Via Media-Create

This week was big for both the DS and PSP. Yes, that’s right, the PSP got a game in the top 10! New Super Mario Bros. launched for the Nintendo DS and Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable hit the PSP.

01. (DS, Nintendo) New Super Mario Bros. – 899,518 [NEW]
02. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Training 2 – 86,451 [2,367,429]
03. (DS, Nintendo) Brain Training – 62,616 [2,282,759]
04. (PSP, Square Enix) Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable – 48,342 [NEW]
05. (DS, Nintendo) Tetris DS – 46,809 [545,666]
06. (PS2, Enterbrain) Kimikiss – 42,127 [NEW]
07. (PS2, Konami) World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 – 38,419 [694,927]
08. (DS, Nintendo) English Training DS – 37,222 [1,092,496]
09. (DS, Nintendo) Animal Crossing: Wild World – 36,610 [2,746,097]
10. (PS2, Konami) Jikkyou Powerful Pro Major League – 32,742 [155,557]

DS Lite – 285,025 [1,920,493]
PSP – 27,227 [3,482,646]
PS2 – 19,798 [22,360,570]
GBA SP – 6,652 [15,643,793]
DS – 4,126 [6,526,951]
GBM – 2,013 [507,824]
X360 – 1,242 [120,410]
GCN – 1,116 [4,104,205]
GBA – 44 [???]
Xbox – 8 [474,533]

New Super Mario Bros. did astronomical numbers. In one week, it has sold more than Super Mario Sunshine did in total in Japan. Obviously Nintendo’s strategy of luring in non-gamers with the Brain Training games has worked. Now they’re buying “real” games too! New Super Mario Bros. is the first traditional 2D sidescrolling Mario game since Super Mario World for the SNES 15 years ago. Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable is a board game featuring characters from the universes of Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy.

The DS Lite has reached even higher numbers this week, likely due to New Super Mario Bros. The DS is basically confirming earlier reports that it’s not being produced any more. The PSP saw a sales increase as well, maybe owing to the debut of a game combining the two most popular franchises in Japan – Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. The other handhelds, the three designs of the Game Boy Advance, stayed basically the same. Actually, they should do that for the NGage over here… I’d buy one.

The PS2 is still selling pretty well in Japan. You’d think everybody would have one by now! The Xbox 360 and GameCube look like they’re in a struggle against each other while the Xbox has given up all hope. Yay to the eight people who bought one this week in Japan! They should take a picture of each person who does and give them a medal or something!

Via Media-Create