Most Popular WiiWare Games in North America (11th June)

My Pokemon Ranch, TV Show King, and Table Tennis in the top 6?
Toki Tori, Pop, and Lost Winds (highest scored games on this site) are 7th, 8th, and 9th?
oh god.

pokemon ranch??
well i think all the kids hae downloaded
my favs are in the 1 & 2

sorry i forgot mm where i can see the EU and japan top 10 lists?

I'm still surprised Star Soldier R is ranked so low. But I always remember that Axelay didn't sell very well back in the Super NES days either and look how fantastic it was. Shooters have always been a very unappreciated genre.

lost winds placing makes me sad

so worth the download

it is very easy and they could have done more but its better than tv show king at least

Lostwinds... 7? Toki Tori... 8?? My Pokemon Ranch... 3!?!?!

WTH.

IDK why everyone is so shocked with this list. Pokemon is popular and games dont have to have good quality to sell. Oh and x.SuperMario.x dont forget the bet.

I just wish they would get Gyrostarr and the Tetris game out already. Every week I wait and every week I'm disappointed.

Pokemon Ranch was #7 after 12 hours, #4 after 36 hours, and now, 48 or so hours after release, it's #3. It's a meteoric rise to #1.

Family Table Tennis is actually doing better than most, holding its position. (It was #4 at one point in the week.) Casual and 500 points = Epic Win, apparently.

I'm baffled that Protothea is beating Star Soldier R. Star Soldier's cheaper and has online high scores. But Protothea, you can play for more than 5 minutes... So it wins?

The price points are interesting too. 500 point games make the top 5 (er, 6.. ), while 700 and 800 point games make the bottom 5.

Nice chart and analysis!

@ Corbie-
the VC is filled with SHMUPs.
so i suspect most people interested would have bought one from the VC long before WiiWare rolled around.

I am sad that Pokemon Rnach is so high, even though i expected it. I am happt yo see Toki Tori move up and Critter round Up move down though!

#12 star soldier R
#8 Toki Tori
#3 My Pokémon Ranch!?!?!?!?!

More people need Toki Tori. Oh well, that's their problem.

It disgusts me that Pokemon Ranch got to #3 so fast.

Im not really bothered by Pokemon Ranch being so high. Pokemon is still popular and regardless of whether or not the players Diamond and Pearl boxes were filled, a few fanatic fans can still have fun with it.

The european list for comparison:

1) LostWinds
2) Final Fantasy CC: My life as king
3) Tv Show King
4) Dr. Mario & Germ Buster
5) Toki Tori
6) Star Soldier R
7) Actionloop Twist

Poor Toki Tori. This is why NA are getting crapped on, because devs are sick of them not buying quality games and only going for the hyped up stuff.

Bring on 7 WW games tonight, WE'LL BUY THEM!

I changed my settings to UK and got a slightly different list with Tv Show king in 2nd place.

So I would guess there is one NoE list and one for the countries supplied by Bergsala. (Norway, Sweden, FInland, Denmark and Greece)
Bergsala also has it's own region on Mii Contest Channel, looks like it's treated like a separate region.

Odd, I wonder why. Because it surely can't be a language thing. Because then pretty much every country in Europe would require its own list.

Totally agree with Dr Mario's position, but Pop and Lostwinds should have been higher...

That's about right, and I have no problems with the list. There's bound to be a few games misplaced from our perspective, and these offenses aren't so bad. Of course My Pokemon Ranch is number 3! I'm surprised it's not 2 or 1. But that'll come with time.

Pokemon Ranch is now #2 according to the Wii Shop. Will it beat Dr. Mario next week? who knows.

@dbolt
Damn...who keeps buying it? Curse you, "???"!! Now Nintendo will make "Pokemon Ranch 2: Now With Some Interaction!" instead of another Zelda or Mario.

3 (N) - My Pokémon Ranch
Not Surprised with this one...its a pokemon game nuff said, they always sell alot.

5 (4) - TV Show King
Die!!!!!!!

8 (11) - Toki Tori

7 (5) - LostWinds

I think the ranking gets lower if not enough people buy the game in a while.

I was a big Game Boy Color fanatic when I was in high school, but whenever I went to Walmart to look for games, it royally ticked me off that OVER HALF OF THE GAMES ON THE SHELF WERE POKEMON GAMES!!!

I hated Pokemon. Walmart was the only shop I had access to at the time. I probably missed out on a whole lot of great games [like Toki Tori, for instance] due to the limited shelf space being crowded with junk. Blame this as the reason the US got the bloated N64 Pokemon Puzzle League instead of the awesome SNES Tetris Attack. Pokemon is attractive to little kids and pre-teens, and that is why it sells so big. Kid's perspective: "If all my friends at junior high have pokemon trainers, then by gosh, I'm gonna beg my mommy and daddy to go to the store and buy it." My perspective: "Most of my current peers at work and in school are playing stuff like GTA4 and Halo3, but I do not like those games, and furthermore, Sony and Microsoft are evil, greedy empires, so I will get my fix with with wholesome Nintendo goodness."

Well, Ninty is evil too, but Mario is where my heart lies, so I've got to stick with it.

But please, no Pokemon. Urg, just when I thought it was over, Pokemon is going one decade strong and making a comeback! Pass the trashcan plz, if Pokemon Ranch beats DrMario for the #1 slot, I just may need to hurl!

@ StarDust

Not evil. It's just business.

Here's the list, as of June 15:

1. My Pokemon Ranch (improved by 2)
2. Dr. Mario Online RX (fallen 1)
3. Defend Your Castle (fallen 1)
4. FFCC: My Life as a King (same)
5. TV Show King (same)
6. LostWinds (improved by 1)
7. Family Table Tennis (fallen 1)
8. Toki Tori (same)
9. Protothea (improved by 1)
10. Pop (fallen 1)
11. V.I.P. Casino: Blackjack (same)
12. Critter Round-Up (improved by 1)
13. Star Soldier R (fallen 1)