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Japanese Sales | Nintendo DS Battles On Through Shortages

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Update - Finally the full list we have been waiting for is here, thanks to Media Create:

Hardware - This Week | Last Week | Total 2007 Sales | Lifetime Sales

1.) Nintendo DS Lite - 136,846 | 201,177 | 1,240,434 | 8,663,758
2.) Wii - 63,618 | 78,550 | 667,096 | 1,586,739
3.) PlayStation Portable - 34,505 | 32,175 | 337,618 | 4,869,747
4.) PlayStation 3 - 20,676 | 23,431 | 199,410 | 656,968
5.) PlayStation 2 - 16,192 | 16,033 | 165,629 | 20,320,488
6.) Xbox 360 - 5,210 | 4,811 | 57,827 | 322,529
7.) Game Boy micro - 953 | 884 | 11,198 | 571,128
8.) Game Boy Advance SP - 843 | 980 | 8,136 | 5,924,019
9.) GameCube - 347 | 383 | 3,806 | 4,173,274
10.) Nintendo DS - 153 | 121 | 714 | 6,583,069
11.) Game Boy Advance - 40 | 36 | 368 | 8,823,477

That means, for those interested in keeping track, the DS duo is now at 15,246,827, whilst the GBA collective is sat at 15,318,624, meaning that other than a complete miracle for the GBA systems, the DS brothers will stampede past next week.

Software 12th-18th February, 2007 - This Week | Total Sales

1.) Professor Layton and the Mysterious Village (NDS, Level 5) - 136,736 | NEW
2.) Tales of Destiny 2 (PSP, Bandai Namco) - 73,022 | NEW
3.) Bleach DS 2nd: Kokui Hirameku Requiem (NDS, Sega) - 45,486 | NEW
4.) Death Note (NDS, Konami) - 44,600 | NEW
5.) Soul Cradle: Sekai wo Kurau Mono (PS2, Nippon Ichi Software) - 43,253 | NEW
6.) Picross DS (NDS, Nintendo) - 41,105 | 156,664
7.) Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker (NDS, Square Enix) - 39,598 | 1,134,069
8.) Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) - 39,128 | 1,043,683
9.) Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) - 29,342 | 908,774
10.) More Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 28,254 | 3,991,966

11.) New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)
12.) Wario: Master of Disguise (NDS, Nintendo)
13.) Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On (NDS, Marvelous Interactive) - 25,000 | 131,000 < 89% of stock sold >
14.) Animal Crossing Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)
15.) Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (NDS, Nintendo)
16.) General Knowledge Training (NDS, Nintendo)
17.) Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (PS2, Capcom)
18.) Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)
19.) Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo)
20.) Pok

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Laurelin is offline. Laurelin on 16.02.2007 at 17:15#1

Professor Layton does indeed look very good. I said earlier, that it has some magic in the background-plates like Studio Ghibli does, looking very similar. Maybe that adds too.

Why is Lumines 2 selling so low and why don't they have more stock? Having roughly 10.000 initial stock is not that much. I thought, that part 1 was a good seller/game on PSP?

I find your lack of faith disturbing!
 
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Guest is offline. Guest on 16.02.2007 at 17:38#2

Demo of the game

 
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Zapp is offline. Zapp on 16.02.2007 at 17:47#3

42% i think its pretty good!

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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 17.02.2007 at 00:57#4

Some good DS sales there.


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oni-link is offline. oni-link on 17.02.2007 at 01:00#5

Just another day of PSP being owned by NDS, in Japan!!! Sony, should just euthanize the system!

 
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Adam Riley is offline. Adam Riley on 17.02.2007 at 13:02#6

With any luck Professor Layton will reach 100,000 by the end of the sales week and nab the top spot from Tales of Destiny 2 Smilie

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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 17.02.2007 at 14:10#7

oni-link said:
Just another day of PSP being owned by NDS, in Japan!!! Sony, should just euthanize the system!

The PSP is selling very well, above average for a handheld 2 years on the market, it's just that the DS sales are nothing we have ever seen before. Although the PSP's software sales worldwide leave alot to be admired.

What's Nintendo's next big in-house game on the DS and Wii? Anybody know Smilie

( Edited on 17.02.2007 13:11 by Hulkamania )


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Zapp is offline. Zapp on 17.02.2007 at 17:36#8

Probably Final Fantasy & Dragon Quest Smilie

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Adam Riley is offline. Adam Riley on 17.02.2007 at 18:02#9

For the DS it's Yoshi's Island, which is coming very soon. As for Wii, Fire Emblem and Mario Party 8.

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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 17.02.2007 at 21:39#10

Hi Sexy!!! said:
Probably Final Fantasy & Dragon Quest Smilie

Hum FF & DQ are in-house Nintendo's games Smilie

Cheers Raz, all them should be big big sellers.

What's the next third party title? Is there anything before Final Fantasy on April 24th?


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Adam Riley is offline. Adam Riley on 17.02.2007 at 22:46#11

On the DS there's always Front Mission 1st and Heroes of Mana, both set for March in Japan from Square Enix.

On the Wii there's a fishing game from Hudson and Dragon Quest Swords from S-E.

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Guest is offline. Guest on 21.02.2007 at 16:33#12

1.) Professor Layton & the Mysterious Village (NDS, Level 5)

Hooray! Now, translate it and bring it over here bitches.

 
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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 21.02.2007 at 16:34#13

Cheers Raz, thanks alot.

Another solid week for Nintendo it seems, a shame though Hotel Dusk seems to have not re-entered the top 10, lack of interest? low stock?


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
 
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Guest is offline. Guest on 21.02.2007 at 16:41#14

Hulkamania said:
Cheers Raz, thanks alot.Another solid week for Nintendo it seems, a shame though Hotel Dusk seems to have not re-entered the top 10, lack of interest? low stock?

Probably because professor Layton is so so awesome. Why would you buy Hotel Dusk if that AWESOME game just came out?

 
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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 21.02.2007 at 16:44#15

Bart. said:
Hulkamania said:Cheers Raz, thanks alot.Another solid week for Nintendo it seems, a shame though Hotel Dusk seems to have not re-entered the top 10, lack of interest? low stock?
Probably because professor Layton is so so awesome. Why would you buy Hotel Dusk if that AWESOME game just came out?

You really do seem to love this game, Bart.

Have you imported?


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
 
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Adam Riley is offline. Adam Riley on 21.02.2007 at 18:50#16

I've been playing it lately, and damn you either need a guide for the questions or know Japanese VERY well! So I've missed out on the story, but the game is split into numerous video clips (all fully voiced), followed by static scenes where you click on random areas of the place you're currently in to collect special coins, talk to locals and, of course, gain access to the puzzles.

Very pleasing stuff indeed, and damn the soundtrack is so good! Smilie Deserves to have long legs like Brain Training...

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Guest is offline. Guest on 21.02.2007 at 18:57#17

Hulkamania said:
Bart. said:
Hulkamania said:Cheers Raz, thanks alot.Another solid week for Nintendo it seems, a shame though Hotel Dusk seems to have not re-entered the top 10, lack of interest? low stock?
Probably because professor Layton is so so awesome. Why would you buy Hotel Dusk if that AWESOME game just came out?
You really do seem to love this game, Bart.Have you imported?

Playing the demo and seeing this game in action made me cum loads. It is THE game for the DS ever.

Damnit Adam! I nearly came again.Smilie Don't make me import this game and make me miss out on the -I'm sure- wonderful dialogue!

 
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Megadanxzero is offline. Megadanxzero on 21.02.2007 at 20:50#18

I'm not getting this whole Professor Layton thing... The characters look awful and the name makes it sound incredibly boring...

Still a proud member of the 'omfg amazing water in games' society
 
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tiamat1990 is offline. tiamat1990 on 22.02.2007 at 05:30#19

Nintendo DS Lite - ~150,000 (suffering from shortages)
PlayStation Portable - ~35,000 (boosted by Monster Hunter Portable 2's impending release)

Wow....

 
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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 22.02.2007 at 19:57#20

Don't want to give you's all the numbers that Raz's job Smilie.

But it's the same old story DSlite thomps PSP, and Wii outsells the PS3, and well the 360 isn't worth mentioning.


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
 
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Dr_R is offline. Dr_R on 23.02.2007 at 11:11#21

So the DS (phat and lite) are a measley 71,767 units short of surpassing sales totals for the GBA line. Astounding!!!

That makes the DS a mere 5,073,661 units shy of selling more than the PS2!!! Can Nintendo do it?

Also combined sales of Nintendo hardware exceeded the sale of all other hardware by 126,217!!!

( Edited on 23.02.2007 10:14 by Dr_R )

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Monkey Wii. Pokémans is offline. Monkey Wii. Pokémans on 23.02.2007 at 11:43#22

Some first day sales for next week:

MHP 2 PSP | 500K
FE Wii | 50K
Naruto Wii | 20K
Sim City DS | 20K
Metal Slug PSP | 10K

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The Croft is offline. The Croft on 23.02.2007 at 16:02#23

39/50 on Nintendo formats, that's just bloody CRAZY.

A shame that Zelda is at N0.41, come on now there is no excuse not to buy this. It's also a shame at the sheer amount of titles that have still to reach US, never mind Europe that are in the Japanese top50.

Onto first day sales, great figures for all the games, and WHOA! 500k for Monster Hunter on the PSP. Jeppers.

( Edited on 23.02.2007 15:04 by Hulkamania )


Mike Gee of iZINE said, "...The Verve, as he promised, had become the greatest band in the world. Most of the critics agreed with him. Most paid due homage. The Verve were no longer the question mark or the cliché. They were the statement and the definition."
 
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Adam Riley is offline. Adam Riley on 23.02.2007 at 23:54#24

The full first day sales are:

1.) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (incl. Bundle) (PSP, Capcom) - over 500,000 units
2.) Fire Emblem: Akatsuki no Megami (Wii, Nintendo) - ~50,000
3.) Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX (Wii, Takara Tomy) - ~20,000
4.) Sim City DS (NDS, EA) - ~20,000
5.) Trigger Heart Exelica (DC, Warashi) - ~10,000
6.) Riot Act (aka Crackdown) (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - ~10,000
7.) Metal Slug Complete (PSP, SNK Playmore) - just under 10,000

Smilie

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Agahnim2 is offline. Agahnim2 on 28.02.2007 at 02:41#25

is there a preview/review of this professor dayton? i havn't heard much about it so i just wondered..

 

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