Top 30 has been updated and Super Monkey Ball Rumble debuts at #30. At first I thought that is really low for a Super Monkey Ball game, but than I found out that the last two Super Monkey Balls haven't even made it to the Top 30. So Super Monkey Ball is surprisingly not that popular in Japan (at least not recently).

The good news for Sega is that I think most of the games are clearly not too expansive to make and despite mid sales, they can their teams develop a new one. 

Kind of the same progress, Nintendo develops their smaller games too, not with the biggest budgets, nor the biggest sales usually, but it does seem to satisfy them enough.

Honestly, Capcom would learn a lot by still nourishing their smaller franchises is such ways.

Yeah Capcom has mostly been coasting on by with their less expensive IPs (Mega Man, Ace Attorney) by just rereleasing their older games (still hoping we get a Viewtiful Joe Collection in the near future). So I feel creating new entries shouldn’t be such a gamble for Capcom.

Top 30:

01./00. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo) {2024.06.27} (¥5.980) - 88.425 / NEW
02./06. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 8.977 / 7.815.790 (+47%)
03./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 7.473 / 5.884.212 (+21%)
04./01. [PS5] Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition # (From Software) {2024.06.21} (¥8.200) - 6.993 / 31.005 (-71%)
05./03. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo) {2024.05.23} (¥5.980) - 6.457 / 193.142 (-10%)
06./08. [NSW] Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 5.037 / 3.554.008 (+9%)
07./17. [NSW] Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} (¥5.980) - 4.438 / 994.862 (+46%)
08./14. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope! (Konami) {2023.11.16} (¥6.300) - 4.367 / 1.076.481 (+34%)
09./16. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980) - 3.807 / 1.877.772 (+23%)
10./13. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 3.679 / 5.532.620 (+10%)
11./12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 3.271 / 3.591.728 (-4%)
12./15. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 3.162 / 4.322.055 (+1%)
13./02. [NSW] Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (Atlus) {2024.06.14} (¥8.980) - 3.154 / 42.345 (-57%)
14./18. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 3.044 / 5.362.214 (+28%)
15./09. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom) {2024.06.14} (¥2.990) - 2.955 / 17.384 (-30%)
16./19. [NSW] Super Mario Party # (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 2.935 / 2.302.531 (+26%)
17./04. [PS4] Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition # (From Software) {2024.06.21} (¥8.200) - 2.566 / 9.574 (-63%)
18./21. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) - 2.423 / 1.461.492 (+16%)
19./23. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 2.322 / 1.341.042 (+21%)
20./22. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) - 2.247 / 1.294.062 (+10%)
21./11. [PS5] Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (Atlus) {2024.06.14} (¥8.980) - 2.184 / 24.275 (-37%)
22./30. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 2.016 / 2.304.159 (+26%)
23./25. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! (Nintendo) {2024.03.22} (¥5.980) - 1.927 / 183.826 (+2%)
24./00. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) - 1.775 / 1.121.758 (+27%)
25./29. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom # (Nintendo) {2023.05.12} (¥7.200) - 1.762 / 1.992.801 (+6%)
26./00. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo) {2023.07.21} (¥5.980) - 1.713 / 1.220.607 (+12%)
27./00. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) {2024.02.29} (¥8.980) - 1.651 / 339.168 (+41%)
28./27. [PS5] Stellar Blade (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2024.04.26} (¥8.164) - 1.644 / 107.649 (-8%)
29./26. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 [Special Price] (Sega) {2022.11.17} (¥3.500) - 1.619 / 173.312 (-10%)
30./00. [NSW] Super Monkey Ball: Banana Rumble (Sega) {2024.06.25} (¥4.990) - 1.499 / NEW

NSW - 25
PS5 - 4
PS4 - 1

Super Monkey Ball will rise

It is a great game , I love it

When does the new famitsu come out?

edit:  they are out. Here:

https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/famitsu-sales-7-1-24-7-7-24

ps5 less than 30k, switch around 52k