Pit and Pokémon Share Strong March Sales in Japan

Not in the top spot though

by James Newton Fri 6th Apr 2012

Pokémon Conquest — aka Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition in Japan — was the best-selling Nintendo title in the Land of the Rising Sun last month.

The strategy crossover was released on 17th March, meaning it shifted 242,192 units in two weeks. In third place was Kid Icarus: Uprising, with 144,468 sales in the ten days following its 22nd March release.

Top dog was PS3's One Piece and Dynasty Warriors mash-up One Piece Pirate Musou, which racked up an impressive 770,873 sales after its release on 1st March.

Here's Japan's top ten best-selling games for March 2012:

[PS3] 01. One Piece Pirate Musou (Namco Bandai, 03.01.2012): 770,873
[NDS] 02. Pokémon Conquest (Pokémon, 03.17.2012): 242,912
[3DS] 03. Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo, 03.22.2012): 144,468
[PSP] 04. Shining Blade (Sega, 03.15.2012): 138,959
[3DS] 05. Hatsune Miku And Future Stars Project Mirai (Sega, 03.08.2012): 111,465
[3DS] 06. Mario & Sonic at London Olympics (Sega, 03.01.2012): 105,454
[PSP] 07. Yakuza Black Panther 2 (Sega, 03.22.2012): 94,833
[PSP] 08. Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica Portable (Namco Bandai, 03.15.2012): 78,575
[3DS] 09. Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 76,850 (total 1,289,794)
[PS3] 10. Street Fighter X Tekken (Capcom, 03.08.2012): 72,079

[source andriasang.com]

James started his career in video games as News Editor on Nintendo Life. Since leaving in 2012 to join Nintendo of Europe, James has risen through the ranks to become NoE's Senior Product PR & Corporate Communications Manager.

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LonelyGreyWolf
Fri 6th Apr 2012

Oh, very amusing! Very amusing indeed!

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XCWarrior
Fri 6th Apr 2012

Not a Vita game in sight. Is that doing well? I know only 1 person who owns one.

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Jamouse
Fri 6th Apr 2012

Yeah! Go One Piece!

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Raghav
Fri 6th Apr 2012

Yeah Pokemon Conquest and Kid Icarus Uprising rule

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RevolverLink
Fri 6th Apr 2012

It was always going to be a race for second in Japan with One Piece in the mix.

Not that they're wrong for loving it over there; OP has become an obsession of mine over the past month.

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MasterGraveheart
Fri 6th Apr 2012

Yikes... Japan sure likes their licensed games, don't they?

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misswliu81
Sat 7th Apr 2012

that pic says it all really. but again, good to see the 3DS doing well over there. hope that Hatsune Miku And Future Stars Project Mirai gets localised in the west later this year.

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LzWinky
Sat 7th Apr 2012

@XCWarrior: Reports show that the Vita is getting its *ss kicked around by the 3DS in the land of the rising sun. Seems like Sony was focusing too much on the Western audience and lost Japan because of it

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pastasauce
Sat 7th Apr 2012

@MasterGraveheart One Piece is awesome.

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nfzeta007
Sat 7th Apr 2012

@pastasauce Agreed, it took people long to get into it, (it took me a while too just not as long) but One Piece is a masterpiece, in my opinion its better than Bleach by a good bit and better than Naruto as well, plus its been running longer.

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Objection
Sun 8th Apr 2012

thats why i cant get into any of those series, they are way too damn long. ive read the first hundred or so of One Piece and Naruto and watched a dozen of each of the three, but i dont think anything should be 600 chapters or episodes long. thats just ridiculous. (imo)

kudos to the ps3 game though, hope its actually a decent one this time. also, i hope kid ick does better. it really deserves good sales, Ninty and Sora put a lot of work into it and it shows.