The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that we haven't reported on the Japanese software and hardware charts every week recently, mainly because very little has changed. Despite that, we thought that we'd share the latest results, as at the very least the software chart includes some interesting games that we're pretty sure will only be experienced, outside of Japan, by the most dedicated importers.
In terms of software, Pokémon Black and White 2 is still very much at the top of the tree, with lifetime sales comfortably beyond two million. The cross-platform title from Professor Layton developers Level-5, Time Travelers, appears twice in the top 10 on both 3DS and PS Vita, while Mario Party 9 on Wii sneaks onto the list. Overall, eight of the top ten games are on Nintendo systems.
[NDS] 01. Pokemon Black & White 2 (Pokemon, 06.23.2012): 113,901 (2,331,128)
[3DS] 02. Taiko Drum Master Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Bamco Nandai, 07.12.2012): 63,388 (NEW)
[3DS] 03. Pocket Soccer League Calciobit (Nintendo, 07.12.2012): 26,015 (NEW)
[3DS] 04. Little Battler eXperience Baku Boost (Level-5, 07.05.2012): 19,468 (75,082)
[3DS] 05. Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D: (Square Enix, 05.31.2012) 15,717 (828,359)
[PSP] 06. Toriko Gourmet Survival 2 (Namco Bandai, 07.05.2012): 15,672 (59,462)
[3DS] 07. Etrian Odyssey IV (Atlus, 07.05.2012): 14,221 (111,363)
[PSV] 08. Time Travelers (Level-5, 07.12.2012): 9,887 (NEW)
[3DS] 09. Time Travelers (Level-5, 07.12.2012): 9,761 (NEW)
[WII] 10. Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 8,740 (477,170)
The hardware chart once again has 3DS on top, with a dip in sales that may see a bump once the new XL model arrives on 28th July: Nintendo's handheld outsold all other systems combined by a small margin (last week's sales are in parenthesis).
Nintendo 3DS: 46,633 (51,930)
PlayStation 3: 15,218 (14,297)
PlayStation Vita: 11,388 (11,544)
PlayStation Portable: 11,170 (10,627)
Wii: 6,660 (6,654)
Xbox 360: 686 (711)
Nintendo DSi: 430 (455)
PlayStation 2: 451 (474)
[source andriasang.com]
Comments 18
Still no surprise here.
had no idea Tim Travellers was crossplatform. I think that should happen more.
Nope, all expected. I live in Japan and can vouch for it
Really looking forward to seeing how Luigi's Mansion 2 and Bravely Default do when released in a few months.
EDIT: also of note, almost all the games on the chart are portables, very indicative of the Japanese market now.
Ouch for Time Travelers :/; there goes our chance to see it arriving here...
Bamco Nandai? Or Namco Bandai...
I WANT ETRAIN Odyssey IV Please! I Want it NOW!!
No! Sell good time travelers, I need to play you.
Sigh Etrian Odyssey.. I loved the series, but as it has become apparent Nintendo doesn't want the europeans to play the good games, so I'll never be able to experience this new installement. Oh well.. At least the pokemon game seems pretty decent from what I've seen.
Whenever I see japanese charts I always end up noticing how Xbox 360 sells awfully there. I remember hearing something along the lines of 50% of sales are nintendo's 49% are sony and the remaining 1% is microsoft. Mainly because the first 2 are Japanese-based companies. (Sony started there, and moved to the U.S. )
Doesn't Nintendo publish the pokemon games in Japan? I know TPC license and advertise them but isn't the actual publishing done by Nintendo?
Still selling PS2's at a good rate? Why couldn't the GameCube still be around. There would still be good games coming out for it like Madden 13 just like PS2.
GOOD LORD DEM 3DS SALES ARE MORE THAN THE PS3 AND PSP VITA COMBINED
Nice to see a Wii title in the top 10 list. Vita's hardware numbers are really low.
They better bring Time Travelers here....
2.300eccecc for B/W2.
Men i am really sad for haters.
How is it the Wii, and even the DSi, still manage to sell anything at all?
I really want Time Travelers to sell.to sleep loads of tiles.
grrr october is to long for pokemon black 2 & white 2 i just download the japenese version later today so it keep me hold for the english version
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