@Reject: There has been no big 3rd party game released in Japan for the Wii, maybe that explains the shameful sales. On the other hand, the HD consoles have been seeing hit after hit. The only reason the Wii is succeeding in Japan is because of Nintendo themselves, otherwise no one would have bought a Wii.
Whenever third parties start taking the Wii seriously as the console leader it is, then they will start seeing good sales. That is save for Konami and SE. Capcom is starting to show at least Japanese Wii gamers some respect, here in the West, not so much.
Proud poster of the 10000th reply at the Official Smash Bros Update Thread.
tag - "I wouldn't trust gamespot, even if it was a live comparison."
Bets with Conegamer:
Pandora's Tower will have an opening week of less than 37k in Japan. (Won!)
Pandora's Tower will sell less than 100k lifetime in Japan.
Stakes: 1 week of avatar control for each one.
