DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the number 6 best selling game in Japan from 3/3/2008 to 3/9/2008 is "Soma Bringer" with over 17,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales is over 71,000 copies. It is a very popular RPG game.

In 9th place is "Doraemon Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden DS" with over 14,000 copies sold during that period. This is a very elegant action game from SEGA based on the popular Doraemon comic/anime.

In this reported week, 2 games from DS is in the top 10 spots. 16 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 8 belong to Wii games.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the number 4 best selling game in Japan from 2/25/2008 to 3/2/2008 is "Soma Bringer" with over 53,000 copies sold during that period. It is a highly acclaimed RPG game.

In 7th place is "Sekaiju no Meikyuu II Shoou no Seihai" with over 22,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales is over 108,000.

In 8th place is "Bokujou Monogatari Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi" with over 19,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales is over 55,000.

In this reported week, 3 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 13 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 7 belong to Wii games.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the number 1 best selling game in Japan from 2/18/2008 to 2/24/2008 is "Sekaiju no Meikyuu II Shoou no Seihai" with over 85,000 copies sold during that period. It is a highly anticipated RPG game.

In 6th place is "Bokujou Monogatari Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi" with over 36,000 copies sold during that period. This is a simulation game

In this reported week, 4 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 11 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 6 belong to Wii games.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the 4th best selling game in Japan from 2/11/2008 to 2/17/2008 is "Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side 2nd Season" with over 35,000 copies sold during that period. It is a dating simulation game.

In 7th place is "Mario and Sonics at the Olympic Games" with over 19,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales number over 220,000.

In 9th place is "Naruto Shippuden Dairansen! Kakebunshin Emaki". It is a action RPG game based on the popular Naruto comic.

In 10th place is "Digimon Championship". It is a simulation game based on the popular Digimon anime.

In this reported week, 4 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 14 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 7 belong to Wii games.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the 5th best selling game in Japan from 2/4/2008 to 2/10/2008 is "Mario and Sonics at the Olympic Games" with over 24,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales number over 200,000.

A new adventure game called "L the Prologue to Death Note Rasen No Wana" came in at 7th. In case you don't know, "Death Note" is a very popular comic in Japan. It talks about a notebook dropped by demon. The owner of the notebook can write any person's name on it and that person will die. One of the most outstanding characters is "L". He is a genius detective who vows to find out the killer behind the large amount of unknown deaths of criminals. And the real killer is actually the owner of the "Death Note". "L" wins over many comic fans with his genius way of solving problems and eccentric behavior. This game is actually about a side story centered around him and it has no relationship with "Death Note" at all.

Mario Party DS came in at ninth. It is going strong and had sold 1.5 million copies already in Japan.

In this reported week, 3 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 11 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 7 belong to Wii games.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the 9th best selling game in Japan from 1/28/2008 to 2/3/2008 is "Mario and Sonics at the Olympic Games" with over 30,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sales number over 170,000.

Mario Party DS came in fourteen. It is going strong and had sold 1.5 million copies already in Japan.

In this reported week, the top spots all belong to Sony and Microsoft games. Super Smash Bros for Wii did come in first and Wii Fit came in fifth. Only 1 game from DS is in the top 10 spots. 11 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 8 belong to Wii games.

A real hidden gem is "Houkago Shounen". It came in at number 22. There is a lot of praise for this game.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the 2nd best selling game in Japan from 1/14/2008 to 1/20/2008 is "Mario and Sonics at the Olympic Games" with over 90,000 copies sold during that period.

Mario Party DS came in third. It is going strong and had sold 1.5 million copies already in Japan.

"Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako" came in 7th. I have a brief game guide here. There is a link to the web trial version of the game as well.

15 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 6 belong to Wii games. 9 of the top 10 games belong to Nintendo platforms.

DS Game Sales Data in Japan

According to Famitsu, the best selling game in Japan from 12/17/2007 to 12/23/2007 is "Final Fantasy IV" with over 300,000 copies sold during that period.

Mario Party DS came in second. It is going strong and had sold a million copies already in Japan.

The Dragon Quest IV DS game dropped to the 6th on the sales chart.

At the 9th place is a baseball game based on the "Dorabase" manga. It is a spinoff of the popular "Doraemon" manga. I think I will talk about this game in my next post.

18 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 6 belong to Wii games. 9 of the top 10 games belong to Nintendo platforms. This is pretty big.

DS Game Sales Data from Japan

According to Famitsu, the best selling game in Japan from 12/10/2007 to 12/16/2007 is Mario Party DS with over 160,000 copies sold during that period. The accumulated sale so far since its release is over 760,000 copies.

The Dragon Quest IV DS game came in 4th on the sales chart. This is a remake of the classic role playing game on the DS platform.

"Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako" came in 5th. This is the second of the three Professor Layton game produced by Level 5 for NDS. It is translated as "Professor Layton and the Pandora Box". The game story line centers around Professor Layton's adventure in solving various mysteries. The game play consists of many mini-games and puzzles.

14 of the top 30 game sales spots belong to DS games while 8 belong to Wii games. It seems like Nintendo is going to do quite well over this past holiday season.