Famitsu Sales: Week 03, 2026 (Jan 12 - Jan 18)

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konnichiwa said:

Mano777 said:

Reading the messages made me curious, what were the Japanese charts like 20 years ago?

1996

1	NEW	SAT	Street Fighter Alpha	Capcom	45,509	45,509	1996/01/26
2	NEW	SAT	Guardian Heroes	Sega	43,007	43,007	1996/01/26
3	NEW	PS1	4th Super Robot Wars S	Banpresto	40,686	40,686	1996/01/26
4	2	SFC	Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Revelation	Enix	12,330 -13%	793,424	1995/12/09
5	NEW	SFC	Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshoki	Koei	11,220	11,220	1996/01/26
6	NEW	PS1	Sidewinder	Asmik	10,064	10,064	1996/01/26
7	4	SAT	Sega Rally Championship	Sega	8,244 -33%	128,862	1995/12/29
8	NEW	SAT	Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.08: Lion Rafale	Sega	6,697	6,697	1996/01/26
9	NEW	NGE	Real Bout Fatal Fury	SNK	6,233	6,233	1996/01/26
10	5	SAT	Virtua Fighter 2	Sega	6,197 -21%	256,011	1995/12/01
11	4	SFC	Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest	Nintendo	6,178 -12%	330,949	1995/11/21
12	NEW	SAT	Virtua Fighter CG Portrait Series Vol.07: Shun Di	Sega	5,915	5,915	1996/01/26
13	9	PS1	Battle Arena Toshinden 2	Takara	5,369 -32%	92,677	1995/12/29
14	1	SAT	Mobile Suit Gundam	Bandai	4,941 +0%	88,697	1995/12/22
15	14	PS1	Policenauts	Konami	4,913 -73%	23,422	1996/01/19
16	6	SFC	Tengai Makyou Zero	Hudson	4,732 -14%	39,212	1995/12/22
17	11	PS1	Street Fighter Alpha	Capcom	4,122 -47%	82,384	1995/12/22
18	NEW	SFC	Super Baseball Road	Banpresto	3,822	3,822	1996/01/26
19	11	PS1	Ridge Racer Revolution	Namco	3,731 -46%	160,764	1995/12/03
20	6	SFC	Super Fire Pro Wrestling X	Human	2,857 -42%	49,563	1995/12/22
21	3	SFC	Super Momotaro Dentetsu DX	Hudson	2,775 -8%	73,174	1995/12/08
22	NEW	PS1	LifeScape: Seimei 40 Okunen Haruka na Tabi	Media Quest	2,202	2,202	1996/01/26
23	11	PS1	Suikoden	Konami	2,184 -57%	36,109	1995/12/15
24	15	SAT	Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner	Atlus	1,965 -71%	88,613	1995/12/25
25	NEW	PS1	Descent	Soft Bank	1,929	1,929	1996/01/26
26	RE	PS1	Epidemic	Sony Music Entertainment	1,874	18,081	1995/12/29
27	11	SFC	Romancing SaGa 3	Square	1,820 -44%	175,589	1995/11/11
28	6	SFC	SD Gundam G Next	Bandai	1,765 -8%	36,089	1995/12/22
29	9	SAT	Galactic Attack	Taito	1,720 -14%	61,709	1995/09/14
30	19	SFC	Super Puyo Puyo 2	Compile	1,046 -80%	64,745	1995/12/08

2006

1	–	NDS	Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day!	Nintendo	142,775 -55%	878,646	2005/12/29
2	–	NDS	Animal Crossing: Wild World	Nintendo	64,242 -58%	1,556,133	2005/11/23
3	1	NDS	Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!	Nintendo	61,313 -53%	1,363,980	2005/05/19
4	1	NDS	Mario Kart DS	Nintendo	43,874 -71%	993,981	2005/12/08
5	1	PS2	Kingdom Hearts II	Square Enix	32,066 -68%	1,049,336	2005/12/22
6	1	NDS	Big Brain Academy	Nintendo	30,242 -69%	1,085,063	2005/06/30
7	NEW	PS2	Gun Parade Orchestra: Shiro no Shou	Sony Computer Entertainment	30,148	30,148	2006/01/12
8	3	NDS	Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time	Nintendo	28,759 -76%	279,973	2005/12/29
9	8	PSP	Monster Hunter Freedom	Capcom	23,395 -28%	317,581	2005/12/01
10	2	NDS	Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop	Bandai	22,732 -74%	936,590	2005/09/15
11	2	PS2	Front Mission 5: Scars of the War	Square Enix	16,552 -60%	183,245	2005/12/29
12	3	NDS	Nintendogs: Labrador / Dachshund / Chihuahua & Friends	Nintendo	16,440 -74%	1,086,942	2005/04/21
13	3	NDS	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team	Pokemon Co.	15,985 -71%	642,181	2005/11/17
14	3	GBA	Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team	Pokemon Co.	14,763 -71%	625,769	2005/11/17
15	NEW	PS2	Sega Rally 2006	Sega	14,358	14,358	2006/01/12
16	4	PS2	Yakuza	Sega	13,734 -49%	307,082	2005/12/08
17	3	NDS	Clubhouse Games	Nintendo	13,165 -68%	389,101	2005/11/03
18	NEW	360	Enchanted Arms	From Software	12,858	12,858	2006/01/12
19	1	PS2	Tales of the Abyss	Namco	12,854 -59%	523,695	2005/12/15
20	8	PS2	Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3	Bandai	12,831 -71%	301,129	2005/12/22
21	6	GBA	Mega Man Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar / Cybeast Falzar	Capcom	11,945 -67%	509,796	2005/11/23
22	7	PS2	Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix [1/1][Ultimate Hits]	Square Enix	10,913 -39%	128,529	2005/09/08
23	NEW	PS2	Hisshou Pachinko Pachi-Slot Kouryaku Series Vol.02: Bomber Powerful & Yume Yume World DX	D3Publisher	10,782	10,782	2006/01/12
24	NEW	360	Project Gotham Racing 3	Microsoft Game studios	10,623	10,623	2006/01/12
25	3	GBA	Famicom Mini 01: Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	10,245 -58%	1,085,435	2004/02/14
26	5	PS2	Momotaro Dentetsu 15: Godai Bombie Toujou! no Kan	Hudson	9,764 -61%	219,359	2005/12/08
27	1	PSP	Brain Trainer Portable	Sega	9,467 -48%	230,385	2005/10/20
28	NEW	PSP	The Legend of Heroes III: Song of the Ocean	Bandai	9,141	9,141	2006/01/12
29	NEW	PS2	NeoGeo Online Collection Vol.2: The Last Blade 1 + 2	SNK Playmore	8,473	8,473	2006/01/12
30	11	NDS	Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime 2	Square Enix	8,439 -73%	240,024	2005/12/01

Thank you for posting this.  This is my point exactly.  Look at the diversity in Publisher and consoles and titles.  It wan't a one publisher takes all world.  It was exciting and healthy.  There are freaking Neo Geo games on here!  Now look at Japan.  Just Nintendo everything.  On this site when I point it out, all you get is... well its Sony's fault.  Like climb out of the Sony vs Nintendo thing for a second and look at the whole picture holistically.  The world is bigger than just two companies.