Nintendo Strong in Japan with Animal Crossing Wii

The Media Create charts have now been updated to include the latest data, showing just how well Animal Crossing Wii and Chrono Trigger DS have done following their strong first day figures. Animal Crossing may have only sold through just over 40% of its initial stock, but clearly Nintendo is pre-empting a massive burst of activity towards Christmas. Square Enix, on the other hand, seems to have pitched the level of Chrono Trigger just right, selling through nearly 70% of its initial stock and leaving room for a second strong week of ~100,000+ before pumping more into the market. The SNES original sold more than two million copies, whilst the PSone re-release did not fare anywhere near as well. This really impressive DS edition definitely deserves to at least pass the million mark before the year's end. On the hardware front, the DSi has stabilised somewhat around the 90,000 mark, whilst the DS Lite is boosted by extra stock and will likely continue to sell well until early next year thanks to the impending re-release of the GBA original edition of Rhythm Tengoku.

Media Create - 17th-24th November, 2008
1.) Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii, Nintendo) - 305,180 | NEW (41.27% sell-through)
2.) Chrono Trigger (NDS, Square Enix) - 270,868 | NEW (69.82%)
3.) Kidou Senshi Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam (PSP, Bandai Namco) - 266,932 | NEW (69.63%)
4.) The Last Remnant (360, Square Enix) - 101,543 | NEW (68.85%)
5.) Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct (NDS, SEGA) - 71,661 | NEW (49.43%)
6.) Kirby Super Star Ultra (NDS, Nintendo) - 55,470 | 418,573 (70.17%)
7.) Wagamama Fashion: Girl's Mode (NDS, Nintendo) - 25,275 | 208,706 (92.02%)
8.) Rhythm Heaven (NDS, Nintendo) - 24,731 | 1,184,167 (93.51%)
9.) Pokémon Platinum (NDS, The Pokémon Company) - 24,173 | 1,941,290 (95.80%)
10.) Way of the Samurai 3 (PS3, Spike) - 19,641 | 100,687 (90.42%)
11.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 18,000 | 2,732,000
12.) Tongari Boushi to Mahou no 365 Nichi (NDS, Konami) - 18,000 | 76,000
13.) Prinny (PSP, Nippon Ichi Software) - 18,000 | NEW
14.) Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (PS3, SCE) - 16,000 | 95,000
15.) Koihime Musou (PS2, Yeti) - 16,000 | NEW
16.) Otomedius (360, Konami) - 16,000 | NEW
17.) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP, Capcom) - 16,000 | 67,000
18.) Fushigi no Dungeon Fuurai no Shiren DS 2: Sabaku no Majou (NDS, SEGA) - 16,000 | 63,000
19.) DS Nishimura Kyoutarou Suspense 2 (NDS, Tecmo) - 11,000 | 36,000
20.) Ryuusei no Rockman 3: Black Ace (NDS, Capcom) - 88,000 in total between this and the Red Joker edition
21.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 9,500 | 1,829,000
22.) Wii Music (Wii, Nintendo) - 9,000 | 198,000
23.) Rachet & Clank: Maru Hi Ignition (PSP, SCE) - 9,000 | NEW
24.) Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3, Capcom) - 8,000 | 179,000
25.) The Shield of AIGIS (PS2, Alchemist) - 8,000 | NEW

Stick around for another update next week...