Smash Bros. Keeps Wii Above the Pack in Japan Again #1 at Nintendo Cubed3

The full Media Create Top 50 and hardware data is now in, showing that not only has Super Smash Bros. Brawl managed to stave off the threat of Atlus's dungeon crawling RPG sequel, Etrian Odyssey 2, but Wii clings onto the No.1 spot on the hardware side. Check out all the data below:

Media Create Top 50:
18th-24th February, 2008

Position	Title/System/Publisher	Sales (Plus Total Where Available & Commentary)
1.)	Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo)	77,525 \| 1,291,000
2.)	Etrian Odyssey II: The Royal Grail (NDS, Atlus)	68,913 \| NEW
3.)	Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo)	61,922 \| 1,546,000
4.)	Musou Orochi (PSP, Koei)	46,667 \| NEW
5.)	Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (NDS, Marvelous Interactive)	44,721 \| NEW
6.)	Winning Eleven: PlayMaker 2008 (Wii, Konami)	36,067 \| NEW
7.)	Lost Planet: Extreme Condition (PS3, Capcom)	22,696 \| NEW
8.)	Bioshock (360, Spike)	17,808 \| NEW
9.)	Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo)	17,077 \| 2,798,000
10.)	Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS, Nintendo)	14,932 \| 236,000
11.)	Family Ski (Wii, Bandai-Namco)	Back up five places and bodes well for the other 'Family' games coming from the developer, since this could easily reach 100,000 sales
12.)	Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo)	Holding steady for another week
13.)	Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 2nd Season (NDS, Konami)	Falling fast, down from its d�but position of No.3 last week, now sitting at about 50,000 units sold
14.)	Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo)	Non-mover and over 1.6 million now
15.)	Poison Pink (PS2, Banpresto)	Falling fast, down from No.4
16.)	Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP, Capcom)	Down one and likely to disappear once the special edition arrives in the near future
17.)	Iron Pachi-Chonmage 14: Pachinko Mask Rider (PS2, Hackberry)	New entry
18.)	Burnout Paradise (PS3, EA)	New entry and following in Need for Speed's footsteps by hitting higher than expected, selling around 10,000 copies
19.)	L, the Prologue to Death Note: Rasen's Trap (NDS, Konami)	Sliding a further six places
20.)	New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo)	Dipping just one in a week where Super Mario Galaxy drops out of the Top 30
21.)	Devil May Cry 4 (PS3, Capcom)	Quickly down from No.9 after a good start and now over 275,000 units
22.)	Mobile Suit Gundam: Gihren's Ambition, The Axis' Threat (PSP, Bandai-Namco)	Bombing its way down from its d�but placing of No.7
23.)	Last Escort 2: Sweet Thorns Late at Night (PS2, D3 Publisher)	New entry
24.)	NiGHTS into Dreams (PS2, Sega)	New entry for this port of the original
25.)	Naruto: Shippuuden Dairansen! Kage Bunshin Emaki (NDS, Takara-Tomy)	Quickly down from No.10 in its second week
26.)	Hisshou Pachinko/Pachislo Capture Series DS, Vol. 1 (NDS, D3 Publisher)	New entry
27.)	Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo)	Dropping nine spots, but at 2.85 million now, it should easily reach three million eventually
28.)	Drum Master DS (NDS, Bandai-Namco)	Falling eleven
29.)	Populous DS (NDS, EA)	New entry, and with English text hidden in the Japanese ROM, this looks like it will receive a European release after all! Famitsu states this sold 6,700 units
30.)	World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (PSP, Konami)	Slipping ten places, and around 125,000 units according to Famitsu data
31.)	Burnout Paradise (360, EA)	New entry
32.)	Professor Layton and Pandora's Box (NDS, Level 5)	Dropping eight places and struggling to match the sales of its predecessor
33.)	Digimon Championship (NDS, Bandai-Namco)	Falling quickly from its d�but placing of No.11
34.)	Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo)	Sliding five places
35.)	Tales of Destiny: Director's Cut (PS2, Bandai-Namco)	Quickly down from No.22 in its third week
36.)	Dragon Quest IV (NDS, Square-Enix)	Dropping ten spots now, but may be resurrected when Dragon Quest V arrives
37.)	Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo)	Sliding a further nine and will only creep to a million if it magically gets a boost during Golden Week
38.)	Final Fantasy IV (NDS, Square-Enix)	Falling fast now, down eleven places
39.)	Detective J.B. Harold's Casebook: Murder Club (NDS, fonfun)	New entry
40.)	Nep League DS (NDS, Jaleco)	Down five places
41.)	Disgaea 3 (PS3, Nippon Ichi Software)	Shooting downwards from last week's No.23
42.)	Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (NDS, IE Institute)	Down twelve places
43.)	Dance Dance Revolution Supernova 2 (PS2, Konami)	New entry
44.)	Ebi Kore+ Kimi Kiss (PS2, Enterbrain)	This week's biggest fall, down from No.5!
45.)	Mario Party 8 (Wii, Nintendo)	Falling hard, down from No.31
46.)	Professor Layton and the Curious Village (NDS, Level 5)	Now sliding away again, down from No.34
47.)	Assassin's Creed (PS3, Ubisoft)	Quickly down from No.25
48.)	World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (PS2, Konami)	Falling eight places
49.)	Yakuza 2 (PS2, Sega)	Slipping twelve
50.)	Doraemon Baseball: Dramatic Stadium (NDS, Bandai-Namco)	Down eleven spots

Media Create Hardware Chart

Format	This Week	Last Week	2008 Sales	Lifetime Sales
Wii	63,504	78,583	766,806	5,382,966
PlayStation Portable	53,373	59,654	733,716	8,335,310
Nintendo DS	50,151	62,362	772,331	21,945,382
PlayStation 3	14,060	17,637	273,048	1,914,724
PlayStation 2	9,634	11,266	115,465	21,042,502
Xbox 360	2,001	2,198	37,175	544,516

Some other random numbers, based on Famitsu data, can be found below, which also shows the difference in hardware numbers between the two sales trackers:

Tales of Destiny Director's Cut (PS2) - 6,800 | 130,000
Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA 2 (PS2) - 6,200 | NEW
Burnout Paradise (360) - 4,500 | NEW
Space Invaders Extreme (NDS) - 3,800 | NEW
Keiji J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Satsujin Club (NDS) - 3,500 | NEW
Space Invaders Extreme (PSP) - 2,500 | NEW
Stuntman: Ignition (PS3) - 900 | NEW

Wii - 63,000
PlayStation Portable - 51,000
Nintendo DS - 48,000
PlayStation 3 - 13,000
PlayStation 2 - 7,800
Xbox 360 - 2,400

Expect another update next week...

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BrawlBumBoy on 28.02.2008 at 11:29#1

Yay for Brawl! You keep that top spot!

My pictures wont appear so heres a smiley

Dr_R on 28.02.2008 at 11:36#2

36K for Pro Evo Wii. Anyone willing to comment on whether that's good or bad? I'm just not sure.

"This man has advanced communist views ... He dresses in a bohemian fashion both at his office and in his leisure hours."

erv on 28.02.2008 at 11:49#3

1.5 million times wii fit? whoa...

jb on 28.02.2008 at 12:07#4

Smash Bros: Wow! Slowing the pace a little but seriously solid sales, good to see.

Dr_R said:
36K for Pro Evo Wii. Anyone willing to comment on whether that's good or bad? I'm just not sure.

Ya, seems not too bad for initial sales, hopefully it will pick up. From what I've seen it's definitely revised the way we play footy on the console front.

erv said:
1.5 million times wii fit? whoa...

Given its price it's surprising, but it's Japan, so it's less surprising. Good to see it doing so well though Smilie

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Ph00p on 28.02.2008 at 13:19#5

I usually beat off with my Wii too you know, its quite fun Smilie .

Great wording of the headline Smilie

No surprises there though that Brawl is pwning all the n00bs on the charts.

( Edited 28.02.2008 12:19 by Ph00p )

Mandown on 28.02.2008 at 13:25#6

The Pro Evo number is a positive one I think. I am not sure where they are in their J League season but that will effect sales I imagine. We know it\'s a good game at least.

ONM gave it 90/100 I see.

( Edited 28.02.2008 12:28 by Linkyshinks )

Birdo Is A Tranny on 28.02.2008 at 18:08#7

Ph00p said:
I usually beat off with my Wii too you know, its quite fun .
Great wording of the headline
No surprises there though that Brawl is pwning all the n00bs on the charts.

eww well at least you wont stain your wii Smilie

( Edited 28.02.2008 17:08 by iangennery )

Satoshi on 28.02.2008 at 18:11#8

jb said:
erv said:
1.5 million times wii fit? whoa...
Given its price it's surprising, but it's Japan, so it's less surprising. Good to see it doing so well though

Not that surprising - its only �40 in Japan - about �10 more than most games and about the same price as square enix games.(SE likes to charge a lot for their DQ and FF series)

Great for brawl but its a shame about Mario Galaxy....

Avoid Games Like the Plague, productivity++

Zapp on 29.02.2008 at 14:24#9

WOW.... The sales have gone down a bit.. nearly catching Wii Fit!

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SuperLink on 29.02.2008 at 14:26#10

Super Smash Bros. Brawl on it's Japanese sales ~ "Above the pack? What pack?"

Hahahaaa! What a guy! I love him so!

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The Wandering Sword on 29.02.2008 at 16:38#11

SuperLink said:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl on it's Japanese sales ~ "Above the pack? What pack?"
Hahahaaa! What a guy! I love him so!

pack of what?

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Birdo Is A Tranny on 29.02.2008 at 17:08#12

The Wandering Sword said:
SuperLink said:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl on it\'s Japanese sales ~ \"Above the pack? What pack?\"
Hahahaaa! What a guy! I love him so!

pack of what?

superlink\'s saying that brawl is head of the rest (ahead of the pack) he\'s being smart when he says it. it no suprise that brawl is at the top and owning the competition

( Edited 29.02.2008 16:09 by iangennery )

Jacob4000 on 29.02.2008 at 17:37#13

I'm really looking forward to seeing how Brawl's North American release will be. It doesn't have Christmas to help like Galaxy did, but I imagine it will still outdue it.

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Cheesing it up on 29.02.2008 at 17:59#14

In other news, the PSP has outsold the DS for another week.

THE COMEBACK BEGINS NOW.

I just completed pokemon yellow! 151 pokemon seen and caught.
Surely that's worth a star?

fenixazul on 29.02.2008 at 19:57#15

Smells like cheese said:
In other news, the PSP has outsold the DS for another week.
THE COMEBACK BEGINS NOW.

Another week?

mOojc on 01.03.2008 at 00:49#16

Woo go SSBB.

rammpeth on 01.03.2008 at 21:50#17

im starting to worry about how much the psp is selling these days

mOojc on 02.03.2008 at 00:27#18

Unless the PSP sells more than the DS (by a considerable margin) for at least a year or so, there is no need to worry at all. The fact that though the PSP may beat the DS on some weeks, that win is only be a few thousand units.