Not to sure about that. Every Japanese I know that plays FF’s also plays the DQ games, and  FFIX was once pushed back because they didn’t want to release it to close to DQVII, obviously because they share(d) a fanbase.

During the years, unlike the DQ franchise, the FF franchise has become a lot smaller in Japan. In my opinion because they are all too different and sometimes fans can relate to it anymore, while DQ has always kept that traditional style, but I would be suprised if they didn’t share a big fanbase anymore. Ussually when people are done with a RPG and love the genre, they move to the next one and on the Wii there just aren’t many of them, and the few B-tiers (Graces, Xenoblade) that have been released and have all underperformed.

The DS does have a lot of RPG's though, including some remakes and weldone spin-offs of the DQ franchise that where released before the mothership title was released.

I don't buy that many games for the PSP and DS as I could, because I'm more into home consoles and when I'm at home I prefer to play a game behind my TV, but as JRPG consoles you could easily rely on one of them.

If I had rely on the Wii for my Jrpg's, asuming the few one's that are released are of my taste, I would be playing one every half year

Reported.

@Soriku

KH3 will be on Ps360 though

DQ's grown because it's maintained it's core audience through the years while simultaneously expanding into new players.  I'd agree, this is something FF hasn't done so well... again it's more comparable to something like Mario.  It's an established nostalgic player base mixed with a fresh young player base. And really, DQ changes quite a bit between installments itself, it's really a misnomer to imply it doesn't.  DQV, DQVII and DQIX are just as different as FFV, FFVII and FFIX for example, if not moreso.

And pointing to Tales or Monolith Wii RPGs as underperforming doesn't really account for much when those same exact things have underperformed equally or worse on DS (Tales of Hearts, Tales of Innocence, Soma Bringer, etc).  And yet, somehow DS is still home to the best selling Dragon Quest ever... think about that, it's pretty easy to guess why that is...

i got a sneak peak, and guess who's doin well :D

phew Gt kinda worried me for a sec there :P

back to good numbers and MH..well it's a monster. I'm also impressed by Godeater, despite MH it's also getting good numbers as well. Good to see

Yup Kirby, mario, and GT5 :D:D:D