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Japan Weekly Chart, Ending 6th May 2012

Hardare:

1: 3DS - 95,409 (+31%)
2: PS3 - 22,700 (+12%)
3: PSP - 19,140 (-17%)
4: Wii - 15,369 (+64%)
5: PSV - 10,670 (-15%)
6: DS - 1,850 (+18%)
7: X360 - 1,354 (+5%)

Software:

1: (Wii) Mario Party 9 - 144,875
2: (PS3) Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - 52,447
3: (3DS) Fire Emblem: Kakusei - 42,392
4: (3DS) Super Mario 3D Land - 28,570
5: (3DS) Mario Kart 7 - 23,041
6: (3DS) Kid Icarus: Uprising - 18,776
7: (3DS) Monster Hunter 3G - 16,560
8: (3DS) Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - 13,866
9: (PSP) Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child! - 10,186
10: (Wii) Wii Sports Resort - 10,079

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360GamerFG5158d ago ShowReplies(3)
LX-General-Kaos5158d ago (Edited 5158d ago )

Another supreme victory for the Nintendo Brand.

The Nintendo 3DS entertainment system has done an amazing job outselling all competing platforms in combined unit sales.

The Nintendo 3DS entertainment system went on record to rise an astonishing %31 for the week. Joining in on the Nintendo action was the Nintendo Wii entertainment system following up with a massive %64 increase over the week.

On the software side of things the Nintendo brand proves to be as dominant as ever. Landing 8 seats out of 10 on the charts above, an amazingly well played achievement unlocked for Nintendo software. Proving to the world yet again that critically acclaimed AAA quality Nintendo exclusives titles, and competitive business and pricing are what is needed to lead the industry today.

A very good time to be a Nintendo Elite gamer. Especially if you live in Japan.

Rated E For Everyone

ThePsychoGamer5158d ago (Edited 5158d ago )

To bad there policy of restricting gamers rights by region locking there system will only do harm to the industry.

ronin4life5157d ago (Edited 5157d ago )

Harm to the industry financially? I don't think so.(at least not Nintendo...)
Region locking is crap, though...-_-;

The thing is, despite the gba and ds, Nintendo is not really well known for region free gaming like Sony is. This really won't affect a large number of people.

It has affected me, as I bought another 3ds just to play monhan (and other games down the line, but for now mon hun and demo off the eshop). That money could have been spent on a crapton of software instead. ^_^;

Darth Stewie5158d ago

Wow 3DS and PS3 continue to stay on top in Japan.

OmegaSaiyanX5158d ago

Japan is such a small country why do people keep treating it as though its a whole planet or something??

Looking at sales in Japan alone is pointless, thats like looking at the UK only sales its pointless.

silvacrest5158d ago

since the UK and japan are usually regarded as the second and third biggest market for games, the US really is the world for you, isn't it?

dcbronco5157d ago

Yeah, they are small. 130 million people is nothing. And the third largest economy in the world. Pfft. Who cares.

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AWBrawler5157d ago

Japan is loving the 3DS and PS3 I see

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot61d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle60d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7760d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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FuRyu's Exstetra RPG Gets HD Remaster on Steam in English This Summer

FuRyu revealed on Friday its Exstetra fantasy role-playing game is getting an HD remaster that will launch this summer on Steam.

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Why the Wii is Such a Nostalgic System in 2026

The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.

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ActualWhiteMan67d ago (Edited 67d ago )

Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.

jznrpg66d ago

My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.

Smellsforfree66d ago

Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.

Loktai66d ago

Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.