Nintendo's Wii Sports Resort Storms Japan

By Adam Riley 06.07.2009 16

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The latest Media Create Top 50 has shown Wii Sports Resort (C3 hands-on here)has romped to No.1 in its first week of release over in Japan, showing that although sales in general may have been rather lacklustre for the Wii console and its line-up over there in recent months, cleary gamers are eager to get their hands on this Wii Sports successor and its MotionPlus add-on.

Be sure to check out the results below that also highlight how the Wii hardware was not really increased as much as some thought it might be:

Media Create Top 50 - 22nd-28th June, 2009
1.) Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 359,690 | NEW
2.) Tomodachi Collection (Friend Collection) (NDS, Nintendo) - 71,692 | 174,000
3.) Atelier Rorona: Alchemist of Arland (PS3, Gust) - 43,243 | NEW
4.) Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Mono. 2 (PSP, Acquire) - 38,614 | NEW
5.) BlazBlue (PS3, Arc System Works) - 33,768 | NEW
6.) BlazBlue (360, Arc System Works) - 24,812 | NEW
7.) Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (NDS, Square Enix) - 22,114 | 479,000
8.) Agarest Senki Zero (PS3, Compile Heart) - 14,466 | NEW
9.) Monster Hunter Portable 2 G (BEST) (PSP, Capcom) - 12,985 | 762,000
10.) Sloane and MacHale's Mysterious Story (NDS, Level 5) - 12,537 | 156,000
11.) Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (PSP, Marvelous) - 12,500 | NEW
12.) Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) - 11,000 | 3,433,000
13.) Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (NDS, Capcom) - 7,900 | 268,000
14.) Pokemon Platinum (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 7,900 | 2,428,000
15.) Really? Really! Realia DS (NDS, Kadokawa Shoten) - 7,900 | NEW
16.) Akira Tago's Mind Exercises Vol. 1: Puzzle Solving Journey Around the World (NDS, Level 5)
17.) Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable (PSP, Capcom) - 6,500 | 38,000
18.) Kono Aozora ni Yakusoku o - Tenohira no Rakuen (PSP, TGL) - 6,500 | NEW
19.) Mamoru-Kun wa Nowarete Shimatta! (360, Grev Ltd.) - 6,500 | NEW
20.) Wand of Fortune (PS2, Idea Factory) - 5,900 | NEW
21.) Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Empires (PS3, Koei) - 5,600 | 128,000
22.) Time Leap (360, Prototype) - 5,600 | NEW
23.) Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 5,400 | 2,271,000
24.) Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky (NDS, The Pokemon Company) - 5,400 | 357,000
25.) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii, Namco Bandai)
26.) Bionic Commando (PS3, Capcom) - 5,400 | NEW
27.) Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (NDS, Nintendo) - 5,400 | 648,000
28.) Infinite Space (NDS, SEGA) - 5,400 | 48,000
29.) Evangelion: Jo (Prologue) (PSP, Namco Bandai)
30.) Wanted: Weapons of Fate (PS3, Spike) - 3,100 | NEW
31.) Bionic Commando (360, Capcom) - 4,000 | NEW
32.) Metal Fight Beyblade (NDS, Hudson)
33.) WarioWare: DIY (NDS, Nintendo)
34.) New Play Control! Pikmin 2 (Wii, Nintendo)
35.) Under the Moon: Crescent (PS2, Dimple Entertainment) - 3,700 | NEW
36.) Dragon Ball Kai: Saiyajin Raishuu (NDS, Namco Bandai)
37.) Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot (BEST) (PS3, Konami)
38.) Pro Yakyuu Team o Tsukurou! 2 (NDS, SEGA)
39.) New Play Control! Chibi-robo! (Wii, Nintendo)
40.) Rhythm Paradise (NDS, Nintendo) - 3,700 | 1,749,000
41.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
42.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)
43.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
44.) Monster Hunter G (Wii, Capcom)
45.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo)
46.) Sengoku Basara: Battle Heroes (PSP, Capcom)
47.) Arc Rise Fantasia (Wii, Marvelous)
48.) Inazuma Eleven (NDS, Level 5)
49.) Memories Off After Rain (PSP, 5pb) - 2,700 | NEW
50.) Fushigi Yuugi DS (NDS, Idea Factory) - 1,800 | NEW
XX.) Kirby Super Star Ultra (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,100 | 1,116,000
XX.) Animal Crossing Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) - 4,700 | 5,022,000
XX.) Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! G.P. Gakuen Princess Portable (PSP, GN Software) - 2,700 | NEW
XX.) Himehibi: New Princess Days!! Zoku! Ni-Gakki (PS2, Takuyo) - 1,900 | NEW
XX.) Eureka Seven: New Wave Graduation, Welcome Price 2800 (PS2, Bandai Namco Games) - 1,700 | NEW
XX.) Extreme Racing: Pure (360, Disney Interactive Studios) - 1,100 | NEW
XX.) Wanted: Weapons of Fate (360, Spike) - 1,100 | NEW
XX.) Extreme Racing: Pure (PS3, Disney Interactive Studios) - 990 | NEW
XX.) Eureka Seven: New Vision, Welcome Price 2800 (PS2, Bandai Namco Games) - 960 | NEW
XX.) Maruhan Pachinko & Pachi-Slot Hisshou Guide Kyouryoku: The Pachinko Hall (NDS, Nippon Ichi Software) - 840 | NEW
XX.) D.C. II P.S. Da Capo II Plus Situation, Kadokawa the Best (PS2, Kadokawa Shoten) - 830 | NEW
XX.) Battlefield: Bad Company, EA Best Hits (PS3, Electronic Arts) - 620 | NEW
XX.) MySims Racing (NDS, Electronic Arts) - 510 | NEW

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | 2009 Sales | Lifetime Sales
1.) Nintendo DS (all models) - 45,480 | 45,995 | 1,656,077 | 26,775,712
2.) PlayStation Portable - 26,789 | 27,884 | 1,161,805 | 12,519,908
3.) Wii - 21,790 | 19,386 | 622,169 | 8,101,146
4.) PlayStation 3 - 11,310 | 10,359 | 589,937 | 3,212,405
5.) Xbox 360 - 5,766 | 6,734 | 229,608 | 1,059,045
6.) PlayStation 2 - 3,578 | 3,770 | 132,459 | 21,531,988
XX.) Nintendo DSi - 39,885 | 40,464 | 1,363,629 | 2,594,988
XX.) Nintendo DS Lite - 5,595 | 5,531 | 292,448 | 17,595,253

In addition to this, Media Create has revealed that Wii Sports Resort had an 84.98% sell-through and that 296,000 separate Wii MotionPlus attachments were sold for those that wanted to enjoy the experience in multiplayer mode. Additionally sales of Nunchuks increased from 8,000 to 27,000, whilst Wii Remote sales jumped from 13,000 to 30,000 for the week.

Finally, below are the backlogged sales that have been missed over the past few weeks, for those that are interested. Just click on the 'spoiler' link to reveal data from 25th-31st May when Kingdom Hearts and Ace Attorney Investigations were released, right through to 15th-21st June where Nintendo's 'Tomodachi (Friends) Collection' for DS hit No.1.

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C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10

Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10 (7 Votes)

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Keven is offline. Keven 06.07.2009#1

Wii Sports is a good game because:

1) It was free

2) It was sort of a "demo" game

Making a new Wii Sports that is an actual game and not just a demo is weird to me. But, oh well, if one of my friends get it, I'll check it out.


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Robertd1138 is offline. Robertd1138 06.07.2009#2

I just reserved mine on Amazon yesterday. I can't wait. It will be my first purchase for the Wii since Christmas.

 
Guest 06.07.2009#3

Also because it's fun to play (in multiplayer).

I'm looking forward to playing the new ones (with somebody).

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 07.07.2009#4

Making a new Wii Sports that is an actual game and not just a demo is weird to me.

No more weird then any other sports game.

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meeto_0 is offline. meeto_0 07.07.2009#5

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Darkflame said:
Making a new Wii Sports that is an actual game and not just a demo is weird to me.

No more weird then any other sports game.

I dont think thats an entirely fair comment. Bought Grand slam tennis and that is a far more complete package then the whole of wii sports. Simply because it has a career mode and more depth as far the sport is concerned: singles, double as well as mini games, Online, different surfaces and so on.

Heard wii resort has more options of how to play each sport but now I will have to pay for this so I will be far more critical if its lacking.
Does it have online play?

 
WP-Final is offline. WP-Final 07.07.2009#6

Wii Sports Resorts has 12 sport categories compared to the originals 5. This, and the fact that WM+ is said to make some of the games amazing to play (table tennis), then I can easily see this being worth the price.

Plus, I still believe that Wii Sports wasn't free. The price of the Wii would have been cheaper if it was sold seperately I think.

 
irfy is offline. irfy 07.07.2009#7

Just read the IGN AU review and thats gotta be a joke right?

 
WP-Final is offline. WP-Final 07.07.2009#8

Irfy said:
Just read the IGN AU review and thats gotta be a joke right?

IGN AU Wii Sports Resort Review. Score = 6.5/10
Yeah, I\'d wait for more reviews. I loved the first so I can\'t see myself being disappointed with this one.

ONM gave the game 94%, but since they\'re biased, I\'ll wait for more credible reviews.

( Edited 07.07.2009 15:11 by wAyNe - sTaRT )

 
meeto_0 is offline. meeto_0 07.07.2009#9

Why does the AU IGN review have to be a joke or over looked. Because it gave a nintendo in house game less then 9?

Reading the review it seems to highlight legitimate concerns. We all knew some of the "sports" would be crap and so it seems. Also depth of how you can enjoy these sports is still a problem. But now we have to pay for this game, it isnt free. It has to be reviewed with this in mind.

 
WP-Final is offline. WP-Final 07.07.2009#10

I think the AU reviewer thought that each game on WSR should be as big as a stand alone sports game. It's like he went into the review with the intention of bitching about everything. He wasn't a fan of the first WiiSports so I don't know why he bothered reviewing the game since he had obviously formed an opinion before even playing it.

 
jesusraz is offline. jesusraz 08.07.2009#11

wAyNe - sTaRT said:
I think the AU reviewer thought that each game on WSR should be as big as a stand alone sports game. It's like he went into the review with the intention of bitching about everything. He wasn't a fan of the first WiiSports so I don't know why he bothered reviewing the game since he had obviously formed an opinion before even playing it.

That sort of review bugs me - it's like EDGE giving Another Code: R 4/10 as it was reviewed by someone that doesn't like adventure games and thought the game was too text-heavy Smilie

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Guest 08.07.2009#12

If it's reviewed honestly, I don't see the problem. I could just as well complain about a guy reviewing all RPG games because he is in love with the genre.

In both cases I adjust my want-o-meter accordingly.

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 08.07.2009#13

Another Code is great.
Edge hasnt been trustworthy for review scores for quite sometime now.
Great at articals, but reviews are never that good.


In both cases I adjust my want-o-meter accordingly.

I know its cheap of me, but this is relivent;

Please folks, check out my site;
www.rateoholic.co.uk

Its a site for people to review games,films etc then it tries to match your taste to other reviewers.

So, effectively, its doing the "want-o-meter" adjustment for you Smilie

Yeah, sorry to plug my own site, but it should be just perfect for situations where you like a particular genre and want to see reviews by other reviewers that share your taste.

(the sites in beta at the moment, the new version will be a lot more slick once I'm finished).

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Guest 08.07.2009#14

Yes I checked that site out. Why are there only cd reviews from 60 years ago though? (may be an exaggeration)

 
meeto_0 is offline. meeto_0 08.07.2009#15

Whats with motion plus and its inability to stay calibrated. It gets in the way when Im playing with it and its a problme for wii resort so I read.

I have a feeling this wont be a problem for the PS3 wand.

 
Darkflame is offline. Darkflame 09.07.2009#16

Its not a problem, not according to any reviews I read.
Remember analogue sticks have to \"know\" a natural position? If you turn something on with them off center, it gets mixed up? Well, this is kinda like that.

Bart.... said:
Yes I checked that site out. Why are there only cd reviews from 60 years ago though? (may be an exaggeration)

Probably because theres only about 5 reviewers at the moment Smilie
And one accidently posted everything on the forum, rather then the site itself. (still gota copy that all over)


( Edited 09.07.2009 00:37 by Darkflame )

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