Wii has Romance of the Three Kingdoms from Koei (a strategy game..somewhat like Fire Emblem if I'm thinking of the right game..but its been awhile) and Sonic & The Secret Rings in March in Japan. Neither are huge series. Sonic games usually sell in the 100,000 to 200,000 range in Japan. The Genesis never took off in Japan, Saturn was their best system in Japan, and it never even sold 6 million units, so Japanese gamers don't have the western infatuation with the "Blue One". You're right though, these are not huge games, so sales may slow a bit. But they are not 'small games' either. They are..sleepers, alot will depend on how they are reviewed in Famitsu. I'd say those games are worth a 5,000 to 10,000 unit spike for one week if hardware sales were slowing down. Romance comes out next month, Sonic comes out like the third week of March. Sonic might sell 50,000 in week one, Romance could sell 30,000-75,000 or so in week one. One or both could show up in the top 10 for a week. Both should show up in the Japanese top 30. Then again, I don't think Wii supply is near demand yet in Japan because Wii Sports continues to sell at 60-65% of the hardware rates (its done this since January). http://wii.ign.com/index/release.html?constraint.eq.game.locale=ja (for the release dates)
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