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Media Create 01/14/08 - 01/20/28 Japanese Sales: An Attempt to Recover

After feeling the fierce drop of the post-holiday shopping season, the Japanese market had some life instilled in it due to a new release reaching up to #2 on the charts. Overall, however, it's just mediocre/standard non-holiday numbers that will dominate the next couple weeks until Super Smash Bros. Brawl hits.

Japan's top-seller once again is our favorite non-game, Wii Fit, selling 92k copies. Coming in second is the aforementioned new release, the NDS version of Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games, with 90k copies. Rounding out the top five are Mario Party DS (NDS - 33k), Wii Sports (WII - 30k), and Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP - 24k).

As for hardware, the numbers are pretty much comparable to last week.
This Week - Last Week: +/-
DSL: 88,575 - 97,369: -8,794
WII: 81,638 - 84,530: -2,892
PSP: 79,923 - 96,159: -16,236
PS3: 38,117 - 38,907: -790
PS2: 13,539 - 14,499: -960
360: 4,552 - 4,690: -138

Like last week, there's again not really much to say about this week sales, other than that Wii Fit is still selling pretty well, and first week sales for Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games hit 90k. With the Wii version hanging around 500k, the NDS version should be somewhere above that figure. Also, because of the lower sales, we're seeing more of a variety in the top fifty.

Thanks to Cheesemeister at NeoGAF for translation, compilation and the boxarts.
Media Create Rankings
GPara: Media Create Top 30 with links to product sites

For Top 10, Numbers: Current Week / Lifetime to Date

01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 92,471 / 1,194,000
02. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 89,909 / NEW
03. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 33,003 / 1,560,000
04. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 30,458 / 2,689,000
05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 23,614 / 1,534,000
06. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 22,032 / 730,000
07. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 21,662 / 559,000
08. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 19,149 / 488,000
09. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 18,066 / 1,161,000
10. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 15,789 / 835,000
11. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
12. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
14. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
15. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
16. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
17. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
18. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
19. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
20. [PS2] School Days L×H (Interchannel-Holon)
21. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix)
22. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
23. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
24. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
25. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
26. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
27. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
28. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
29. [360] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
30. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto)
31. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
32. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
33. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
34. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
35. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
36. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
37. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
38. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
39. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
40. [NDS] MySims (EA)
41. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
42. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (Konami)
43. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
44. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
45. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
46. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaiki da (Sony)
47. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
48. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
49. [PS2] Juiced 2 (THQ Japan)
50. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)

Number of Games in Top 50 Per System:
NDS - 26
WII - 9
PS2 - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

Hardware Numbers:
DSL 88,575
WII 81,638
PSP 79,923
PS3 38,117
PS2 13,539
360 4,552

[Last Week's Media Create Numbers]
01./01. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 92,471 / 1,194,000
02./00. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 89,909 / NEW
03./02. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 33,003 / 1,560,000
04./03. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 30,458 / 2,689,000
05./05. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 23,614 / 1,534,000
06./06. [NDS] Prof. Layton and Pandora's Box (Level 5) - 22,032 / 730,000
07./04. [NDS] Final Fantasy IV (Square-Enix) - 21,662 / 559,000
08./09. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 19,149 / 488,000
09./07. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) - 18,066 / 1,161,000
10./11. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 15,789 / 835,000

11./10. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
12./08. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13./12. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
14./17. [NDS] Prof. Layton and the Curious Village (Level 5)
15./16. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
16./14. [PS3] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
17./13. [NDS] Rune Factory 2 (Marvelous Entertainment)
18./20. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
19./18. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
20./00. [PS2] School Days L×H (Interchannel-Holon)
21./15. [PSP] Star Ocean 1: First Departure (Square-Enix)
22./24. [WII] Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo)
23./21. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
24./35. [NDS] DS Literature Collection (Nintendo)
25./00. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
26./25. [NDS] Tales of Innocence (Bandai-Namco)
27./26. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
28./23. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
29./22. [360] Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (Activision)
30./19. [PS2] Super Robot Wars OG Gaiden (Banpresto)
31./29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami)
32./39. [PSP] Haruhi Suzumiya's Promise (Bandai-Namco)
33./42. [PS2] Yakuza 2 (Sega)
34./34. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
35./32. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
36./37. [NDS] Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo)
37./27. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 Prologue (Sony)
38./33. [PSP] Hot Shots Golf Portable 2 (Sony)
39./28. [NDS] Nep League DS (Jaleco)
40./00. [NDS] MySims (EA)
41./30. [WII] Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Capcom)
42./00. [NDS] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters World Championship 2008 (Konami)
43./40. [PS3] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 (Koei)
44./36. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
45./47. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
46./44. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaiki da (Sony)
47./00. [NDS] English Training (Nintendo)
48./00. [NDS] Brain Age (Nintendo)
49./00. [PS2] Juiced 2 (THQ Japan)
50./41. [NDS] Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon: Time Expedition Party (Pokémon)

NDS - 26
WII - 9
PS2 - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 4
360 - 1

DS Lite 88,575
Wii 81,638
PSP 79,923
PS3 38,117
PS2 13,539
Xbox 360 4,552

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    Remino52 | January 26, 2008
    Just the same games are amazing.
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    Japan will have a field day when Super Smash Bros. Brawl is released!

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