Media Create Sales 4/14 - 4/20

[Cheesemeister]

01./01. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 201,508 / 795,000
02./02. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) - 123,855 / 1,714,000
03./00. [NDS] We're Fossil Diggers (Nintendo) - 35,363 / NEW
04./04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 32,445 / 1,897,000
05./03. [PS2] Musou Orochi: The Evil King Returns (Koei) - 24,474 / 308,000
06./05. [NDS] Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (Pokémon) - 21,364 / 457,000
07./13. [NDS] DS Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) - 15,254 / 149,000
08./09. [WII] Deca Sporta (Hudson) - 14,161 / 148,000
09./10. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 12,703 / 1,575,000
10./14. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 11,669 / 2,924,000

11./07. [PS2] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami)
12./15. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo)
13./06. [NDS] Tottado! Yowiko's Deserted Island Life (Bandai-Namco)
14./16. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
15./08. [PSP] Star Ocean 2: Second Evolution (Square-Enix)
16./12. [NDS] SimCity DS 2: From the Past to the Future (EA)
17./11. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 5 (Konami)
18./17. [NDS] Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land (Banpresto)
19./20. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
20./19. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo)
21./00. [NDS] Phoenix Wright: Gyakuten Revival (Capcom)
22./23. [NDS] Kanji Brain Test 2.5M (IE Institute)
23./22. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo)
24./24. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS (Bandai-Namco)
25./27. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous Entertainment)
26./00. [NDS] Phoenix Wright 2 (Capcom)
27./25. [NDS] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo)
28./00. [NDS] DS Bookkeeping, Level 3 (Square-Enix)
29./21. [NDS] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Bandai-Namco)
30./31. [PSP] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (Bandai-Namco)
31./26. [PS3] Armored Core for Answer (From Software)
32./39. [NDS] More English Training (Nintendo)
33./45. [NDS] Pokémon Diamond (Pokémon)
34./28. [NDS] Case Closed! The Missing Professor and the Puzzling Tower (Bandai-Namco)
35./32. [PSP] Echochrome (Sony)
36./41. [NDS] Kanji Test 2 (Rocket Co.)
37./30. [PS2] Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion: Lost Colors (Bandai-Namco)
38./33. [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (Sega)
39./38. [NDS] Shugo Chara! Three Eggs and the Joker in Love (Konami)
40./35. [NDS] Time Hollow: Seeking the Lost Past (Konami)
41./34. [WII] Mario Party 8 (Nintendo)
42./47. [NDS] My Housekeeping Diary (Nintendo)
43./00. [NDS] Pokémon Pearl (Pokémon)
44./48. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo)
45./36. [NDS] Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant DS (Sega)
46./00. [NDS] Powerful Pro-kun Pocket 10 (Konami)
47./37. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco)
48./42. [PSP] Musou Orochi (Koei)
49./43. [PS2] Monster Hunter 2: Dos (Capcom)
50./00. [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix)

NDS - 30
WII - 7
PS2 - 5
PSP - 5
PS3 - 3



*Adjusted LTD numbers from Media Create 2007 report here.

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. PSP   -    85,421 |    85,721 | 1,400,922 |  9,065,999
2. NDS   -    44,551 |    47,158 | 1,197,047 | 22,370,097
3. WII   -    44,241 |    46,296 | 1,190,598 |  5,806,757
4. PS3   -     7,438 |     8,232 |   373,563 |  2,015,234
5. PS2   -     6,545 |     6,834 |   190,898 | 21,117,938
6. 360   -     1,076 |     1,147 |    50,721 |    558,061

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Software numbers are typically posted on Wednesday nights at about midnight Eastern.
Hardware numbers are typically posted Thursday nights at about 9:20 PM Eastern.

[CurseoftheGods]

Wow @ Mario Kart.

[Kyoufu]

Gogo Monster Hunter!

[Dai Kaiju]

Heh, 'we're fossil diggers'.

[MisterHero]

Yay Mario Kart go go go!

[Raw64life]

Strange how Mario Kart DS is basically unfazed by Mario Kart Wii.

[Saitou]

Outside of the top2, a pretty 'low' sales volume, it seems.

[Cheesemeister]

Heh, 'we're fossil diggers'.

Makes more sense than 'holders'.

[KGKK]

Wow at Monster Hunter.

[Saitou]

Heh, 'we're fossil diggers'.

Mining for coal?

[Flakster99]

We're fossil diggers. This title happily reminds me of Earthbound. ;)

[SunkisTim535]

So next week Mario Kart will outsell Galaxy? Is this the first time MK has outsold a main Mario game?

[kassatsu]

Wow at Monster Hunter.

I still don't see why people are "wowing" at MHP2G. This was expected.

:bow

[donny2112]

All 6 Wii games are in the top 12. I think the Wii needs more games.

[batbeg]

Hudson must be real happy with Deca Sports.

And wow at We're Fossil Diggers performing at all. I know it's Nintendo published, but it just looks so mediocre.

[dr3upmushroom]

What ever happened to SMG? I know it's been off the charts for a while. Also what's up with Ace Attorney games popping up.

[davepoobond]

So next week Mario Kart will outsell Galaxy? Is this the first time MK has outsold a main Mario game?

also the first game that has Luigi on the box that outsells a main Mario game

;)

[donny2112]

Is this the first time MK has outsold a main Mario game?

GBA:
Mario Kart > Super Mario Advance 1-4 (not combined)

GCN:
Mario Kart > Sunshine

N64:
Mario Kart > Mario 64

NDS:
NSMB > *
Mario Kart > Mario 64 DS

The answer is "no." ;)

What ever happened to SMG? I know it's been off the charts for a while.

It's still off the charts. 894K through March 30th and selling << 20K per month.

Also what's up with Ace Attorney games popping up.

Budget-Budget re-releases.

[donny2112]

GBA Mario Kart Super Circuit   262K ..  80K ..  50K ...  938K (20041226)
GCN Mario Kart: Double Dash!!  179K ..  68K ..  40K ...  826K (20051225)
N64 Mario Kart 64              160K .. 193K .. 108K ... 1.71m (19991226)
NDS Mario Kart DS              224K .. 160K .. 285K ... 2.94m (20080406)

[Golden Darkness]

Also what's up with Ace Attorney games popping up.

Those are "NEW BEST PRICE" releases from Capcom. Last week was Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney and Justice for All, and this week will be Trials and Tribulations and Apollo Justice. All priced at 2000 yen I think.

Edit: Beaten.

[Jiggy]

Poor Star Ocean 2. Guess it was an inevitable fate with Monster Hunter around.

[Case]

smash still in the top 10, nice

[SunkisTim535]

GBA: Mario Kart > Super Mario Advance 1-4 (not combined) GCN: Mario Kart > Sunshine N64: Mario Kart > Mario 64 NDS: NSMB > * Mario Kart > Mario 64 DS The answer is "no." ;)

Umm... actually none of that is true except Mario Kart DS > Mario 64 DS.

[PantherLotus]

What happened to the PS3 game?

[Kyoufu]

What happened to the PS3 game?

Valkyria? That came out yesterday.

[dr3upmushroom]

Fucking ridiculous, I still don't see how NSMB can sell over 4 million and SMG is barley getting to 1 million.

Also at the budget-budget release. Good to see them selling though

[PantherLotus]

GBA Mario Kart Super Circuit 262K .. 80K .. 50K ... 938K (20041226) GCN Mario Kart: Double Dash!! 179K .. 68K .. 40K ... 826K (20051225) N64 Mario Kart 64 160K .. 193K .. 108K ... 1.71m (19991226) NDS Mario Kart DS 224K .. 160K .. 285K ... 2.94m (20080406)

it's almost time for an icon chart (like FF and SMB)

[donny2112]

Umm... actually none of that is true except Mario Kart DS > Mario 64 DS.

Nuh-uh!

:P If you're referencing worldwide numbers, I'm only talking about Japan here.

[batbeg]

Poor Star Ocean 2. Guess it was an inevitable fate with Monster Hunter around.

Isn't this about how the first one did?

EDIT: Oh, it's a bit worse. Too bad, but at least it isn't a huge dropoff.

[perfectchaos007]

PSP continues to dominate on the hardware end. On the software end....not so much. Except Monster Hunter of course. Where would PSP be without Monster Hunter?

[Link]

Umm... actually none of that is true except Mario Kart DS > Mario 64 DS.

Actually, you're wrong. The original Mario Kart also sold something close to 4 million copies.

[Jiggy]

Isn't this about how the first one did? EDIT: Oh, it's a bit worse. Too bad, but at least it isn't a huge dropoff.

No, actually you're more right than I was. I thought I had remembered SO1 doing much better out of the gate for raw numbers, but after going to look back, that wasn't the case. Perhaps subconsciously all I remembered was SO1 opening with a six-figure number and SO2 only having a five-figure number.


Edit: Not to mention SO1 looked like a far more substantial remake and had the advantage of being near the holidays. So this isn't too bad at all, I suppose.

[PantherLotus]

Valkyria? That came out yesterday.

no, that other one?

[xero273]

no, that other one?

what other one?

[donny2112]

no, that other one?

Rainbow Six Vegas (BEST)?

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/game/docs/ship/
Those were the only two releases this week. ;)

[MisterHero]

Fucking ridiculous, I still don't see how NSMB can sell over 4 million and SMG is barley getting to 1 million. Also at the budget-budget release. Good to see them selling though

Besides the obvious sales prevalence of one platform over another, I honestly think that it has to do with how multiplayer the game is. As phenomenal as SMG's 1P game is, its "Dual-star co-op" is nowhere as ridiculously fun as NSMB's VS. Mode.

NINTENDO DO YOU HEAR ME

I WANT MOAR

[Innotech]

PSP continues to dominate on the hardware end. On the software end....not so much. Except Monster Hunter of course. Where would PSP be without Monster Hunter?

see: Ps3

[fistfulofmetal]

see: Ps3

Not really.

[Jasoncheng]

Wii Sports...after 6 weeks over 3M?

[Jiggy]

Fucking ridiculous, I still don't see how NSMB can sell over 4 million and SMG is barley getting to 1 million.

NSMB:

-Has been out a year and a half longer
-Is on a system with a bigger install base
-Costs less to buy
-Is 2D, which generally makes for tighter platforming (no issues with judging depth, etc.)
-Has a title that blatantly harkens back to the original Super Mario Bros., which to Japan (and everywhere, really) is of legendary stature
-Is a portable title, which means that relatives/spouses/etc. might own one copy each instead of having one disc to a family

And most importantly, of course, NSMB's Fire Flower grants a powerup that lasts until you get hit, rather than that time-limited stuff in SMG. :(

[Agent Icebeezy]

Wii Sports going up should mean a slight surge of Wii hardware.

[Vinnk]

Not really.

Yeah, it wouldn't be that bad. It was holding it's own before Monster Hunter. Not winning but still relevant.

[Vinnk]

Wii Sports going up should mean a slight surge of Wii hardware.

I am not sure if they apply as directly anymore. I recently saw a shopper buy Wii systems with Deca Sports instead.

[Case]

I recently saw a shopper buy Wii systems with Deca Sports instead.

were they high?

[Innotech]

I am not sure if they apply as directly anymore. I recently saw a shopper buy Wii systems with Deca Sports instead.

the success of that game is refreshing. have you tried it?

[Link]

were they high?

Everyone has said Deca Sports is actually very good, so I'm not sure what you mean.

[batbeg]

Everyone has said Deca Sports is actually very good, so I'm not sure what you mean.

You sure? I just noticed this is weird, but IGN had their review up and it was something real low like 4-6 I think. It's gone now, though, maybe they put it up too early. I was hoping it'd be good though - maybe it still is, I've never liked IGN's reviews anyway, but just throwing that out there.

[Case]

You sure? I just noticed this is weird, but IGN had their review up and it was something real low like 4-6 I think. It's gone now, though, maybe they put it up too early. I was hoping it'd be good though - maybe it still is, I've never liked IGN's reviews anyway, but just throwing that out there.

yea that was the only review id seen of it and they basicly said it was terrible. But maybe they were the only ones that thought it was that bad

[Vinnk]

were they high?

Have you played it? It's a lot of fun. It deserves it's sales. Wii Sports got pretty poor reviews too.

It's not a fantastic game but 10 sports (none of which are in Wii Sports) in one package is a great deal.

[AAK]

RIP: Yakuza