Most Popular WiiWare Games in America (16th July)

Oh my.
Am I the only one that feels bad for Toki Tori?

The list looks about right though.
Each of those games are in their position for a reason.

Yeah, for example, star solider R is in such a low place because it consists of two levels, costs 8 dollars, and is only meant for star solider fans which isnt even that much.

Interesting that Cocoto Fishing and Block Breaker Deluxe move as if they're joined at the hip. They launched the same week and have stayed close to each other ever since.

MLE made it to 16, eh? I'm sure it'll climb higher than that by next week.

Star Soldier... There's got to be a lesson learned from that. Gyrostarr shows that it's not "shumps don't sell"... Lostwinds shows that it's not "short play time = low sales"... I wonder what it is... probably "Don't advertise the fact your game only lasts 5 minutes, tops."

WHY DOES EVERYONE BUY BAD GAMES???????? Toki Tori and SSR need to be waaay higher up

I'm anxiously awaiting the follow-up to My Pokemon Ranch - it's called "My Pokemon Nothing!" There's no gameplay or interactivity whatsoever - it's just the word "Pokemon" displayed on one of your Wii screens! For just 1000 Wii points! Since people will buy ANYTHING with the word "Pokemon" on it, Nintendo decided to forgo making another barely-improved Pokemon Box with bad, bad graphics, and is just focusing on Pokemon's money-magnetic logo this time! Whoopee! Coming to Wiiware this Christmas, right after "Butt Scratcher," "Income Tax Return Filer" and "Total Disappointment Simulator #25!"

It's too bad that Star Soldier will never go any higher.

Also, where is the Major League Eating review?

The Major League Eating review is taking a while....
The game had a lot to digest.

See what I did there?

I also wonder why Toki Tori is ranked 15. It is such a beautiful game with long playing time and very nice graphics. It's, in addition to "Adventures of Lolo" on the VC, clearly one of my favourite games. Perhaps the puzzle genre is not as popular as I thought. Or they had better named it "Poke-Tori" or "Pikatoki-Chu Torimon".

@x.supermario.x Almost punny. I too await the review because I have some points and some free time next week. (I hope for Strongbad rather than PLATTCHEN next week, but either would be OK)

I am starting to think this is simply total sales. Goes for both VC and WiiWare. You would think there would be more chnage than there is with these lists. Or is it just me that thinks this?

@ Objection_Blaster- Yeah, I punned. It's like pwned, but punnier.

It's not total sales--it's definitely weekly sales. Or else the new games wouldn't jump up so high so fast, and we wouldn't see so much movement.

If the games are in order in the Popular Titles section of Shop Channel, then the European list is as follows:

1. My Pokemon Ranch
2. LostWinds
3. Pop
4. FFCC:MLaaK
5. Cocoto Fishing Master
6. Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
7. Star Soldier R
8. Toki Tori
9. TV Show King
10. Block Breaker Deluxe
11. Actionloop Twist

(Yeah, only 9 games here in Europe)

The VC sales are deffinitely weekly since every week one of the new games shows up and is then gone within the next two weeks.

At least Star Soldier seems to be doing okay in Europe.

I'd love to see some developers create games consisting of one or two sporting activites similar in fashion to those included within the original Wii Sports (mini games that require limited skill).

I'm sure I'm not the only adult with a full-time+ job that enjoys a little down time, but doesn't feel like investing a substantial amount of time in learning and/or completing a game.

I realize Wii Sports Resort will soon be released, but I think there are still additional sports activites that could be replicated for nitch markets with minimal effort at a low cost. If anything, the development of such mini games would be great marketing for a start-up developer.

On another note...

My four year-old son loves that Polemon Ranch game (regardless of the fact that the interactivity is extremely limited). He can't wait to see the new Pokemon that arrive each day.

Despite having our own title on the service, it doesn't bother me one bit to echo the recommendation that everyone go buy Toki Tori.

It really is a great game and we've had a blast with it here at the XGen office.

@ttplayer and everyone disappointed in SSRs sales trouble. I'd gladly buy SSR, if it costed 200-300 points less or had a campaign mode.

As for spogs, I knew it'd conquer Toki Tori eventually. It's quite sad how such a clever, unqiue game is surpassed by such a turd.

And yea, where's the Major League Eating Review?

@Xgen. Glad to hear a developer praising Toki Tori! Your game is great too!

If I could I'd buy toki tori a million more times to move it up to number 3 because Pokemon and dr.mario aren't moving no matter what.

@All sympathizers of Tof Toki Tori

Oi, I hear ya it sad to see a good game like that thrown to the wayside for lesser games like Spogs. Sadly, I am amongst the ummm...G-D darnit, I had a brain drain! I haven't bought Toki Tori either, and I'm sorry(I can never talk fancy when I wanta).

@Mr. Cheez

That's the kind of thinking that causes the downfall of great games such as SSR!

There was a point to me saying all this but I suddenly lost the capability for complex thought.

MLE its gonna b on top 5 for sure!

no sarcasm here

SSR should have been priced at 500 points. It definitely would have sold much better. I love the game personally, but the general public definitely would have felt better about buying the game if it didn't cost such an odd number of points.

However, I am in utter shock that SPOGS surpassed Toki Tori. wtf?

Hahaha I think that My Pokemon Ranch will always stay at #1 sadly.

Pop's been EU's #2 for 3 days, I'm hoping it'll pass MPR soon.

@XGen It takes a big (you know what i mean) developer to make recommendations and you chose a good one. Though next time you comment, feel free to talk about your next project!

And here comes the current Norwegian list:
1) Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
2) LostWinds
3) Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
4) Star Soldier R
5) TV Show King
6) My Pokémon Ranch
7) Toki Tori
8) Actionloop Twist
9) Block Breaker Deluxe
10) Pop

@Mr. Cheez

What are you talking about? I am not disappointed abot star soliders sales. I am just saying it got what was coming towards it. I fine its over price for just a time attack shooter.