Top selling games in Japan so far this year

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alfredofroylan on 13 April 2009

Quite interesting even with the bad moment Nintendo holds 5 of the 10 spots

http://www.ps3center.net//news/2722/top-selling-games-so-far-this-year-in-japan/

1. 467,891 DS - Mario & Luigi RPG 3
2. 459,876 PS3 - Yakuza 3
3. 428,545 PS3 - Resident Evil 5
4. 356,305 PSP - Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST)
5. 355,784 PSP - Shin Sangoku Musou: Multi Raid
6. 301,609 Wii - Wii Fit
7. 300,753 DS - Rhythm Heaven
8. 296,037 PSP - Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2
9. 243,240 DS - Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode
10. 220,550 Wii - Taiko no Tatsujin Wii

2 Wii, 2 PS3, 3 PSP, 3 DS games. Taiko is doing good, for a game based on cute japanese drums being in the same list as high profile-budget games like Yakuza 3 and RE 5 is quite good.

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Maynard_Tool on 13 April 2009

pretty even

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outlawauron on 13 April 2009

There is some balance in the force.

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darconi on 13 April 2009

Uh, someone else notice that something's off?

VGC: Taiko Drum Master Wii : 486,798

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ClaudeLv250 on 13 April 2009

Taiko Wii came out last year, the sales on the list are all legs. The only games that have had better legs this year so far are Monster Hunter and Rhythm Heaven.

Speaking of legs, I swore Radiant Mythology 2 crossed 300k already. Looks like its legs got cut from under it. No Tales game this gen as cracked 300k yet...I have to wonder how Namco feels about that since the PS2 games did it back to back to back. At least Graces is going to change that.

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outlawauron on 13 April 2009

No, Taiko is sitting at 247k according to VGC.

Here is VGC's top ten so far for this year. Now we must know that this is up until week ending April 5th. So everything should be higher than the numbers in the OP.

Pos

Console

Name

Year

Total

1

Mario & Luigi 3

502,392

2

Yakuza 3

461,514

3

Resident Evil 5

439,209

4

Monster Hunter Freedom 2nd G

365,253

3,069,154

5

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce

355,814

6

Tales of The World Radiant Mythology 2

321,891

7

Wii Fit

307,183

3,331,962

8

Rhythm Heaven Gold

302,051

1,669,480

9

Taiko Drum Master Wii

247,422

486,798

10

Wagamama Fashion: Gals Mode

238,805

791,426

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darconi on 13 April 2009

Ah gotcha, didn't release it released that long ago.

Is anyone else but me amazed that in short order, the highest selling 3rd party console game in Japan is going to be Taiko Drum Master Wii? Beating out Yakuza/RE4? (woops, looks like still some ways to go vs MGS4)

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blackstar on 14 April 2009

yakuza and RE are nice numbers , I think the shipments numbers are higher by 150k or 100k at least.

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