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on 05.05.2008 at 15:50
Posted by Adam Riley (jesusraz)
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Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo, Media Create, Japanese Sales
Posted by Adam Riley (jesusraz) Tags:
Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo, Media Create, Japanese Sales Recent News
The latest Media Create charts have now been released, showing the Mario Kart Wii is on the cusp of breaking a million in sales in just a short time, whilst the Nintendo DS continues to slide, now placing lower than Wii on the hardware front. Check out the results below:
Media Create Top 50:
Stick around for another update next week...
Media Create Top 50:
21st-27th April, 2008
| Position | Title/System/Publisher | Sales (Plus Total Where Available & Commentary) |
| 1.) | Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) | 151,918 | 947,000 |
| 2.) | Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP, Capcom) | 92,656 | 1,807,000 |
| 3.) | Valkyria Chronicles (PS3, Sega) | 77,267 | NEW |
| 4.) | Drum Master DS: Seven Island Adventure (NDS, Bandai-Namco) | 55,950 | NEW |
| 5.) | Summon Night (NDS, Banpresto) | 37,856 | NEW |
| 6.) | Wii Fit (Wii, Nintendo) | 36,851 | 1,934,000 |
| 7.) | We're Fossil Diggers (NDS, Nintendo) | 22,319 | 58,000 |
| 8.) | Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (NDS, The Pokémon Company) | 19,553 | 477,000 |
| 9.) | DS Beautiful Letter Training (NDS, Nintendo) | 17,879 | 167,000 |
| 10.) | Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (PS2, Koei) | 14,897 | 322,000 |
| 11.) | Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (360, UbiSoft) | New entry |
| 12.) | Naruto: Shippuuden Shinobi Retsuden II (NDS, Takara-Tomy) | New entry |
| 13.) | Deca Sporta (Wii, Hudson) | Down from No.8 |
| 14.) | Wii Sports (Wii, Nintendo) | Falling four places |
| 15.) | Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii, Nintendo) | Sliding out of the Top 10 for the first time, down six |
| 16.) | Vantage Master Portable (PSP, Falcom) | New entry |
| 17.) | Wii Play (Wii, Nintendo) | Falling five spots |
| 18.) | Mario Kart DS (NDS, Nintendo) | Sliding four |
| 19.) | Detective Saburou Jinguuji DS: Inextinguishable Heart (NDS, ArcSystemWorks) | New entry for the follow-up to Jake Hunter |
| 20.) | Yatterman DS: Surprising, Startling Battle (NDS, Takara-Tomy) | New entry |
| 21.) | Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (PS2, Konami) | Quickly down ten places |
| 22.) | SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (NDS, EA) | Falling six |
| 23.) | H2O Plus (PS2, Kadokawa Shoten) | New entry |
| 24.) | Prism Ark: Awake (PS2, Kaga Create) | New entry |
| 25.) | Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution (PSP, Square-Enix) | Dropping ten spots |
| 26.) | Frontlines: Fuel of War (360, THQ) | New entry |
| 27.) | Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice (NDS, Capcom) | Re-entry at a budget price |
| 28.) | Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life (NDS, Bandai-Namco) | Down from No.13 |
| 29.) | Edel Blume (PS2, Idea Factory) | New entry |
| 30.) | Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (NDS, Banpresto) | Falling from No.18 |
| 31.) | Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations (NDS, Capcom) | Re-entry for the newly reduced price version of the game that still has not seen a European release |
| 32.) | New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) | Falling from No.19 |
| 33.) | Dream Cat DS (NDS, Sega) | Surprisingly low new entry for what SEGA was hoping would be the cat version of nintendogs in terms of popularity |
| 34.) | Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (NDS, IE Institute) | Dropping hard, down from No.22 |
| 35.) | Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (PS3, Konami) | Quickly down from No.17 after a strong first few weeks |
| 36.) | Animal Crossing: Wild World (NDS, Nintendo) | Down from No.23 |
| 37.) | Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright (NDS, Capcom) | Falling from No.21 in its second week of ultra-budget release |
| 38.) | Mario Party DS (NDS, Nintendo) | Falling eighteen places |
| 39.) | Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (NDS, Marvelous Entertainment) | Falling back down fourteen places |
| 40.) | Math Test DS (NDS, Rocket Co.) | New entry |
| 41.) | Ace Attorney Phoenix Wright: Justice for All (NDS, Capcom) | Second week for the second Ace Attorney game at a new price, down from No.26 |
| 42.) | Pénélope tête en l'air (NDS, Tecmo) | Disappointingly low new entry for the game based on a French series of books/cartoons that have been very popular in Japan |
| 43.) | Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (NDS, Nintendo) | Falling from No.27 |
| 44.) | Pokémon Diamond (NDS, The Pokémon Company) | Falling eleven places after a slight revival |
| 45.) | That's QT (NDS, Koei) | New entry |
| 46.) | Echochrome (PSP, Sony) | Falling from No.35 |
| 47.) | History Test DS (NDS, Rocket Co.) | New entry |
| 48.) | DS Book-keeping, Level 3 (NDS, Square-Enix) | Quickly down from No.28 in just its second week |
| 49.) | More Brain Training (NDS, Nintendo) | Sliding five places |
| 50.) | Kanji Test 2 (NDS, Rocket Co.) | Down from No.36 |
Media Create Hardware Chart
| Format | This Week | Last Week | 2008 Sales | Lifetime Sales |
| PlayStation Portable | 92,411 | 85,421 | 1,493,333 | 9,094,927 |
| Wii | 48,796 | 44,241 | 1,239,394 | 5,855,554 |
| Nintendo DS | 42,435 | 44,551 | 1,239,482 | 22,412,533 |
| PlayStation 3 | 9,107 | 7,438 | 382,670 | 2,024,346 |
| PlayStation 2 | 7,108 | 6,545 | 198,006 | 21,125,043 |
| Xbox 360 | 1,283 | 1,076 | 52,004 | 559,345 |
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mOojc Reply Quote #1
L95 Assassin
4511 
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06.06.2004 
mOojcGood to see the new Drum Master doing well. 
7.)We're Fossil Diggers (NDS, Nintendo) 22,319 | 58,000
Wah?
7.)We're Fossil Diggers (NDS, Nintendo) 22,319 | 58,000
Wah?
aburnett Reply Quote #3
L9 Peahat Larva
80 21 30.09.2007 noneThe Ds has sold more than the PS2 - I think that perhaps 22mil is enough Nintendo. DS2?
Darkflame Reply Quote #4
L52 Donkey Kong
1002 66 07.12.2004 noneNot till sales start slowing.
And they show no sign of that.
Plus, the DS has a lot more potential left unexplored.
(online stuff especialy).
And they show no sign of that.
Plus, the DS has a lot more potential left unexplored.
(online stuff especialy).
IxisNaugus Reply Quote #5
L4 Buzz Bomber
35 20 18.10.2007 IxisNaugus (Ixis will do)Mario Party DS is still there!? Good lord
Phoenixus Reply Quote #6
L72 Samus
2141 405 30.04.2007 S.JWhen Dragon Quest 9 hits...hoo boy, those DS sales will shoot right back up.
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If you are one of the many complaining about lack of great Wii games, and you don't own Okami, then pipe down and go buy it.
Phoenixus' Reader Reviews, a new one each Wednesday! This week; Bloody Roar: Primal Fury.
Little Pet Project of mine; Each Blog with Parts of a Story, Enjoy!
; Segments 1,2,3,4
If you are one of the many complaining about lack of great Wii games, and you don't own Okami, then pipe down and go buy it.
jesusraz Reply Quote #7
News Editor
10731 434 22.01.2003 noneNintendo's projection is to sell another 25 million Nintendo DS systems around the world during this financial year...and remember that DS hasn't even had a price-drop in Japan yet! 
Cubed³ Senior Editor :: Lead Writer :: News & Interviews Editor
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Laurelin Reply Quote #8
L62 Metal Sonic
1508 81 08.05.2006 nonePhoenixus said:
When Dragon Quest 9 hits...hoo boy, those DS sales will shoot right back up.
When Dragon Quest 9 hits...hoo boy, those DS sales will shoot right back up.
Yes, that's a good point.
Is there a source for the good sells of PSP? Still Final Fantasy Crisis Core?
I find your lack of faith disturbing!
Robertd1138 Reply Quote #9
L13 Spore Spawn
122 20 17.07.2007 none1. I don't understand how Hunter 2G is doing so well still when it is a remake of Hunter 2. How many did the first hunter 2 sell?
2. Considering that the Nintendo DS has sold over 20 million, I would assume at this point those people are now buying the PSP because they already have a DS. How many people are in Japan anyways?
3. The important thing is that the Wii is close to outselling the PS3 3:1 in total sells.
2. Considering that the Nintendo DS has sold over 20 million, I would assume at this point those people are now buying the PSP because they already have a DS. How many people are in Japan anyways?
3. The important thing is that the Wii is close to outselling the PS3 3:1 in total sells.
jesusraz Reply Quote #10
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10731 434 22.01.2003 noneCrisis Core on PSP sold around 750,000-800,000 in Japan, making it probably the fourth biggest PSP game so far, behind the three Monster Hunter Portable titles.
Monster Hunter Dos on PS2 sold something like 650,000-700,000 I think (can't remember exactly). Monster Hunter Portable has just about crept over the million mark.
Cubed³ Senior Editor :: Lead Writer :: News & Interviews Editor
Monster Hunter Dos on PS2 sold something like 650,000-700,000 I think (can't remember exactly). Monster Hunter Portable has just about crept over the million mark.
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Laurelin Reply Quote #11
L62 Metal Sonic
1508 81 08.05.2006 noneI see...
I find your lack of faith disturbing!
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