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April 18th, 2008, 22:10
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It looks like just the same old stuff for Wii sales in Japan last week. Wait a minute -- what's that, you say? Mario Kart Wii (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/mario-kart) dominated Japan? Sure enough, sitting pretty at the top of the charts is Nintendo's famous kart racer, with almost half a million copies sold in its first week.
Despite the Mario Kart bump, the Wii only took third place in hardware. Considering that Japanese gamers love them some handhelds, though, that's not too much of a surprise. One little observation that may floor you, on the other hand, is that Brawl was already overtaken by Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G in total sales.
See it to believe it after the break.
Hardware:
PSP: 85,721
Nintendo DS: 47,158
Wii: 46,296
PlayStation 3: 8,232
PlayStation 2: 6,834
Xbox 360: 1,147 Software:
01.(__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii --- 594,000 (New)
02.(01) [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G --- 222,000 / 1,590,000
03.(02) [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns --- 56,000 / 283,000
04.(07) [WII] Wii Fit --- 31,000 / 1,865,000
05.(06) [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage --- 30,000 / 436,000
06.(08) [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life --- 26,000 / 65,000
07.(04) [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 --- 22,000 / 102,000
08.(03) [PSP] Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution --- 18,000 / 108,000
09.(10) [WII] Deca Sports --- 17,000 / 133,000
10.(09) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl --- 14,000 / 1,563,000
11.(05) [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 5
12.(11) [NDS] Sim City DS 2: From the Past to the Future
13.(23) [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training
14.(13) [WII] Wii Sports
15.(16) [WII] Wii Play
16.(15) [NDS] Mario Kart DS
17.(12) [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land
18.(__) [NDS] Oshiri Kajiri Mushi's Rhythm Lesson DS
19.(17) [NDS] Mario Party DS
20.(21) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
21.(14) [NDS] Mobile Suit Gundam 00
22.(24) [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World
23.(34) [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M
24.(19) [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS
25.(20) [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
26.(26) [PS3] Armored Core for Answer
27.(22) [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends
28.(18) [NDS] Case Closed! The Missing Professor and the Puzzling Tower
29.(__) [360] Turok
30.(28) [PS2] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors
[Via NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10744560&postcount=1)]
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It looks like just the same old stuff for Wii sales in Japan last week. Wait a minute -- what's that, you say? Mario Kart Wii (http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/tag/mario-kart) dominated Japan? Sure enough, sitting pretty at the top of the charts is Nintendo's famous kart racer, with almost half a million copies sold in its first week.
Despite the Mario Kart bump, the Wii only took third place in hardware. Considering that Japanese gamers love them some handhelds, though, that's not too much of a surprise. One little observation that may floor you, on the other hand, is that Brawl was already overtaken by Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G in total sales.
See it to believe it after the break.
Hardware:
PSP: 85,721
Nintendo DS: 47,158
Wii: 46,296
PlayStation 3: 8,232
PlayStation 2: 6,834
Xbox 360: 1,147 Software:
01.(__) [WII] Mario Kart Wii --- 594,000 (New)
02.(01) [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G --- 222,000 / 1,590,000
03.(02) [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns --- 56,000 / 283,000
04.(07) [WII] Wii Fit --- 31,000 / 1,865,000
05.(06) [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage --- 30,000 / 436,000
06.(08) [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life --- 26,000 / 65,000
07.(04) [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 --- 22,000 / 102,000
08.(03) [PSP] Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution --- 18,000 / 108,000
09.(10) [WII] Deca Sports --- 17,000 / 133,000
10.(09) [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl --- 14,000 / 1,563,000
11.(05) [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 5
12.(11) [NDS] Sim City DS 2: From the Past to the Future
13.(23) [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training
14.(13) [WII] Wii Sports
15.(16) [WII] Wii Play
16.(15) [NDS] Mario Kart DS
17.(12) [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land
18.(__) [NDS] Oshiri Kajiri Mushi's Rhythm Lesson DS
19.(17) [NDS] Mario Party DS
20.(21) [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.
21.(14) [NDS] Mobile Suit Gundam 00
22.(24) [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World
23.(34) [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M
24.(19) [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS
25.(20) [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games
26.(26) [PS3] Armored Core for Answer
27.(22) [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends
28.(18) [NDS] Case Closed! The Missing Professor and the Puzzling Tower
29.(__) [360] Turok
30.(28) [PS2] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors
[Via NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=10744560&postcount=1)]
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