Nintendo's Smash Bros. Keeps Wii Ahead of the Pack in Japan

Update, 14/02/08: The Media Create Top 50 is now in, plus hardware, confirming that Smash Bros. on Wii has indeed broken the million mark in its second week on sale. Check out the list below:

Media Create Top 50:
7th-12th February, 2008

Position	Title/System/Publisher	Sales (Plus Total Where Available & Commentary)
1.)	Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)	251,789 | 1,071,000
2.)	Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition, The Axis' Threat (PSP, Bandai-Namco)	122,522 | NEW
3.)	Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo)	65,163 | 1,421,000
4.)	Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, Capcom)	32,045 | 237,000
5.)	Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS, Nintendo)	25,899 | 200,000
6.)	Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)	20,978 | 2,759,000
7.)	L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen's Trap (NDS, Konami)	20,493 | NEW
8.)	Family Ski (Wii, Bandai-Namco)	18,108 | 42,000
9.)	Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2, Bandai-Namco)	16,562 | 133,000
10.)	Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo)	16,488 | 1,617,000
11.)	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP, Capcom)	Back up three places
12.)	Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo)	Jumping back up from No.21
13.)	World Soccer Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP, Konami)	Slipping three spots
14.)	Disgaea 3 (PS3, Nippon Ichi Software)	Down from No.6 in its second week
15.)	Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)	Climbing up five
16.)	Assassin's Creed (PS3, Ubisoft)	Slipping seven in just its second week
17.)	Haruhi Suzumiya's Wonderment (PS2, Banpresto)	Quickly down from No.4
18.)	Professor Layton and the Devil's Box (NDS, Level 5)	Slipping down just one
19.)	Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (NDS, Bandai-Namco)	Holding steady
20.)	Final Fantasy IV (NDS, Square-Enix)	Back up two
21.)	Drum Master DS (NDS, Bandai-Namco)	Sliding three, but still holding strong
22.)	New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)	Jumping back up nine places
23.)	Dragon Quest IV (NDS, Square-Enix)	Slinking its way back up three
24.)	Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo)	Up four places
25.)	Mario Party 8 (Wii, Nintendo)	Back up four
26.) 	Major Wii Throw! Gyro Ball!! (Wii, Takara-Tomy)	New entry
27.)	After-School Boy (NDS, Konami)	Down two places
28.)	Nep League DS (NDS, Jaleco)	Falling four
29.)	Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (NDS, IE Institute)	Back up three and looking like being a lingerer, like its predecessor
30.)	Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)	Non-mover
31.)	Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (Wii, Nintendo)	Falling four and definitely negatively impacted upon by the arrival of the DS game
32.)	Professor Layton and the Curious Village (NDS, Level 5)	Slinking up one
33.)	DS Literature Collection (NDS, Nintendo)	Jumping back up seven
34.)	Devil May Cry 4 (360, Capcom)	Plummeting from its début position of No.7 as people plump for the PS3 edition instead
35.)	Coded Soul (PSP, Konami)	Lower than expected new entry
36.)	Yakuza 2 (The Best) (PS2, Sega)	Up two places
37.)	More Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo)	Back up two places
38.)	Need For Speed: Pro Street (PS3, EA)	Quickly down from No.15
39.)	Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (NDS, Konami)	Slipping four places
40.)	Transformers THE GAME (PS3, Activision)	New entry
41.)	Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2, Konami)	Climbing two
42.)	Rune Factory 2 (NDS, Marvelous Interactive)	Actually climbing back up two. Could this have some longevity after all?
43.)	Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition (The Best) (PS2, Capcom)	Up five places on the back of new interest in the series
44.)	Call of Duty 4 (PS3, Activision)	Sliding eight spots
45.)	Sight Training (NDS, Nintendo)	Holding steady
46.)	More English Training (NDS, Nintendo)	Back up a place
47.)	Kanji Test 2 (NDS, Rocket Company)	Slipping just one
48.)	My Housekeeping Diary (NDS, Nintendo)	Falling seven
49.)	MySims (NDS, EA)	Re-entry
50.)	Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo)	Re-entry

Media Create Hardware Chart

Format	This Week	Last Week	2008 Sales	Lifetime Sales
Wii	81,737	94,473	624,719	5,240,879
PlayStation Portable	75,912	72,528	620,689	8,222,283
Nintendo DS	60,464	67,472	659,818	21,832,869
PlayStation 3	23,985	41,796	241,351	1,883,027
PlayStation 2	11,038	12,115	94,565	21,021,602
Xbox 360	3,615	6,060	32,976	540,317

Expect more updates later in the week...

Update, 13/02/08: The early Famitsu numbers for the week have now been released, showing a strong 2nd week for Smash Bros. on Wii. Check out the results below:

Early Famitsu Numbers:
3rd-9th February, 2008

Position	Title/System/Publisher	Sales (Plus Total Where Available & Commentary)
1.)	Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)	266,000 | 1,082,000
2.)	Giren no Yabou Axis no Kyoui (PSP)	108,000 | NEW
3.)	Wii Fit (Wii)	76,000 | 1,375,000
4.)	Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)	36,000 | 249,000
5.)	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS)	25,000 | 202,000
6.)	Wii Sports (Wii)	18,000 | 2,732,000
7.)	L The Prologue to Death Note (NDS)	17,000 | NEW
8.)	Tales of Destiny Director's Cut (PS2)	17,000 | 114,000
9.)	Mario Party DS (NDS)	16,000 | 1,592,000
10.)	Wii Play (Wii)	15,000 | 2,183,000
11.)	Family Ski (Wii)	14,000 | 38,000
12.)	Assassin's Creed (PS3)	14,000 | 51,000
13.)	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP)	13,000 | 1,613,000
16.)	Mario Kart DS (NDS)	12,000 | 2,834,000
17.)	Disgaea 3 (PS3)	12,000 | 68,000
18.)	Professor Layton and the Devil's Box	8,200 | 746,000
19.)	New Super Mario Bros. (NDS)	7,000 | 5,083,000
20.)	Devil May Cry 4 (360)	7,000 | 47,000
21.)	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (Wii)	6,600 | 505,000
23.)	Need For Speed: ProStreet (PS3)	6,400 | 26,000
24.)	Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)	6,300 | 867,000
25.)	Doraemon Baseball (NDS)	6,200 | 158,000
26.)	Need For Speed: ProStreet (PS2)	6,100 | 22,000
27.)	Coded Arms Contagion (PSP)	6,100 | NEW
29.)	Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS)	5,900 | 4,585,000
30.)	My Household Diary (NDS)	5,700 | 423,000
XX.)	Major	5,300 | NEW
XX.)	Convoy (PS3)	3,600 | NEW
XX.)	Battlestations Midway	2,300 | NEW
XX.)	Onechanbara (Wii)	2,200 | NEW
XX.)	Convoy (PS2)	2,100 | NEW
XX.)	Princess Maker 5	1,000 | NEW

In addition to this, Famitsu's early hardware numbers look like this:

• Wii - 83,000
• PlayStation Portable - 72,000
• Nintendo DS - 57,000
• PlayStation 3 - 21,000
• PlayStation 2 - 9,800
• Xbox 360 - 2,900

Stick around for another update tomorrow...

Original Story, 12/02/08: Following a strong start last week, Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii has already broken the million mark in Japan. The game sold a mammoth 820,000 copies according to Media Create in its first week, despite reports of severe shortages of the title. However, Nintendo is now reporting that it has now sold 1,080,000 units of the immensely popular fighting title that this time round also features Snake and Sonic the Hedgehog since it launched back on 31st January, eleven days ago. This sets a new sales record for a Wii game in Japan, with it being the quickest to reach the million mark, even proving a faster seller than Wii Fit, which took only a month to hit the same milestone.

Western gamers must wait for Nintendo of America to release the Wii game on 9th March, whilst those in PAL territories still await a final release date.