[PantherLotus]

Feature Chart: Top 10 "Tales of..." LTD

RNK  SYS  TITLE                                 PUBLISHER               THIS WEEK / LTD
1.  [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable               (SEGA)                   148,230 / 490,000
2.  [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and  (Nintendo)               144,905 / NEW
3.  [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold                  (Nintendo)               130,412 / 343,000
4.  [360] Tales of Vesperia                    (Namco Bandai Games)     108,328 / NEW
5.  [NDS] Dragon Quest V                       (Square Enix)             72,598 / 1,019,000
6.  [NDS] Sangokushi Taisen Ten                (SEGA)                    32,734 / NEW
7.  [NDS] Summon Night 2                       (Namco Bandai Games)      29,715 / NEW
8.  [WII] Wii Fit                              (Nintendo)                27,414 / 2,470,000
9.  [WII] Mario Kart Wii                       (Nintendo)                22,739 / 1,656,000
10. [PS3] Soul Calibur IV                      (Namco Bandai Games)      22,575 / 97,000

11. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15      (Konami)
12. [NDS] Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch R2  (Namco Bandai Games)
13. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2 G         (Capcom)
14. [NDS] Daigasso! Band Brothers DX          (Nintendo)
15. [WII] Wario Land: Shake It!               (Nintendo)
16. [PS2] Soukoku no Kusabi: Scarlet Fragment (Idea Factory )
17. [PSP] Gundam Battle Universe              (Namco Bandai Games)
18. [NDS] Monster Farm DS 2: Yomigaeru! Maste (Tecmo)
19. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training DS        (Nintendo)
20. [WII] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Ecli (Nintendo)
21. [WII] Wii Sports                          (Nintendo)
22. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master 2                 (Namco Bandai Games)
23. [PS2] Persona 4                           (Atlus Co. )
24. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portabl (Konami)
25. [360] Soul Calibur IV                     (Namco Bandai Games)
26. [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Ru (Takara Tomy)
27. [NDS] Densetsu no Stafi: Taiketsu! Dire K (Nintendo)
28. [WII] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15      (Konami)
29. [PS3] SIREN: New Translation              (SCEI)
30. [WII] Super Mario Stadium: Family Basebal (Nintendo)

31. [NDS] Mario Kart DS                       (Nintendo)
32. [NDS] Mame Goma 2: My Kid is Number One!  (TDK Core)
33. [WII] Wii Play                            (Nintendo)
34. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Pat (Konami)
35. [NDS] Wantame Variety Channel             (Capcom)
36. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros.               (Nintendo)
37. [NDS] Ron-Q! Highland in DS - Poo Poo Far (3 O'Clock)
38. [WII] Family Trainer                      (Namco Bandai Games)
39. [NDS] Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure       (Nippon Ichi Software)
40. [NDS] Kirarin * Revolution: Minna de Odor (Konami)
41. [NDS] Derby Stallion DS                   (Enterbrain)
42. [NDS] Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2    (Atlus Co. )
43. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond                     (Nintendo/Pokemon Co.)
44. [PSP] Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki the  (Falcom)
45. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl             (Nintendo)
46. [NDS] We are Fossil Diggers               (Nintendo)
47. [WII] Imabikisou: Kaimei Hen              (SEGA)
48. [NDS] Tottadoo! Yoiko's Deserted Island L (Namco Bandai Games)
49. [NDS] Major DS: Dream Baseball            (Takara Tomy)
50. [WII] Lost in Blue Wii                    (Konami)

NDS - 25
WII - 12
PSP - 5
PS2 - 3
PS3 - 3
360 - 2

Hardware - This Week | Last Week |       YTD |        LTD
1. NDS   -    60,434 |    57,398 | 1,938,946 |  23,111,550
2. PSP   -    58,501 |    61,181 | 2,510,556 |  10,112,156
3. WII   -    38,506 |    41,109 | 1,947,145 |   6,563,305
4. 360   -    24,962 |     5,359 |   120,598 |     627,939
5. PS3   -     9,673 |     9,508 |   618,991 |   2,260,667
6. PS2   -     8,503 |           |   235,686 |  21,162,723

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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.
• Historic Famitsu Data Compiled by Garaph.
• All charts belong to LotusCharts and will be linked accordingly.

[mckmas8808]

WOAH!

[Agent Icebeezy]

aberration week has started

[Slurmer]

I overrated Tales, thought it would do 130k. Will be tough to reach their worldwide goal I think.

edit: not saying those are bad numbers, just thought it would sell more

[JDSN]

aberration week has started

Thats really the only way to describe it.

[schuelma]

I overrated Tales, thought it would do 130k. Will be tough to reach their worldwide goal I think. edit: not saying those are bad numbers, just thought it would sell more

It did as well as anyone could have hoped- it sold to 1/6th of the userbase in one week.

[rakka]

FE, Vesperia :]

[DiddyBop]

what is this summon night 2? wasnt one released in japan and more recently in NA under the name twin age? is this summon night 2 more of a traditional rpg? if so i hope atlus hops on that.

[Zophar]

ToV not even in the top 3 for launch week? Yikes.

[jimbo]

So is ToV offically the biggest first week a 360 game has done in Japan to date?

[Kusagari]

ToV not even in the top 3 for launch week? Yikes.

It had the best 360 launch ever, didn't it? Blue Dragon did like 80k it's first week right or am I remembering wrong?

[jj984jj]

Go ToV, FE, and DQV!

[Mr Killemgood]

So is ToV offically the biggest first week a 360 game has done in Japan to date?

Using Media Create numbers, it's about 25,000 units higher than Blue Dragon's first week. I wonder if it can beat BD's second week that was around 25,000 units.

[Zophar]

It had the best 360 launch ever, didn't it? Blue Dragon did like 80k it's first week right or am I remembering wrong?

The number is good, I had just assumed it was the biggest title coming out this week.

[Rpgmonkey]

DQV passed 1,000,000!

[DMPrince]

PSU is the new MH. good showing for TOV and stay strong SCIV

[FateBreaker]

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Tales of Vesperia!!!

[Anth]

what is this summon night 2? wasnt one released in japan and more recently in NA under the name twin age? is this summon night 2 more of a traditional rpg? if so i hope atlus hops on that.

It's an SRPG series with four entries, that only came out in Japan and is actually somewhat popular there. Twin Age is just a spinoff.

I played the first part on the DS, and it turned out to be somewhat simple in gameplay, with slight dating game tendencies.

[viciouskillersquirrel]

DQV passed 1,000,000!

First thing I noticed too. How many does that make now? How is the DS comparing to stuff like the NES, SNES, PS1 and PS2 in terms of million sellers?

[ivysaur12]

Fire Emblem! PSP! Tales! DQV!

AHHH!

[Kandrick]

04. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai) - 108,000 / NEW

Thats not bad i guess, anyone has japan xbox 360 total system numbers.

[Jammy]

Japan has good taste again.

[D-Pad]

Go! Go! Fire Emblem! Awesome sales all around.

[ivysaur12]

Gah, I completely didn't see Rhythm Heaven. Nice work.

[Aaron Strife]

First thing I noticed too. How many does that make now? How is the DS comparing to stuff like the NES, SNES, PS1 and PS2 in terms of million sellers?

I'm not sure how many million sellers there are on DS in general, but comparing the sales for Dragon Quest V within the series (numbers from Wikipedia):

SNES - 2.8 million
PS2 - 1.64 million
DS - 1.01 million

Not too bad for a game that's been up to bat twice already.

[Jonnyram]

04. [360] Tales of Vesperia (Namco Bandai) - 108,000 / NEW

Surprise Encounter!

[justchris]

I'm not sure how many million sellers there are on DS in general, but comparing the sales for Dragon Quest V within the series (numbers from Wikipedia): SNES - 2.8 million PS2 - 1.64 million DS - 1.01 million Not too bad for a game that's been up to bat thrice.

Wow, and it still hit ~73k this week? It may make 1.3 million by the time it's done selling, maybe more if it has extreme legs.

[PantherLotus]

I'm not sure how many million sellers there are on DS in general, but comparing the sales for Dragon Quest V within the series (numbers from Wikipedia): SNES - 2.8 million PS2 - 1.64 million DS - 1.01 million Not too bad for a game that's been up to bat twice already.

For the chart which is probably too big for this page -
http://lotuscharts.blogspot.com/2008...s-history.html

Here ya go:

Famitsu: 1. Dragon Warrior VII 3.893.293 2. Dragon Quest VIII 3.538.860 3. Dragon Quest VI 3.081.975 4. Dragon Quest V 2.800.000 5. Dragon Warrior Monsters 1.911.107 6. Dragon Quest Vr PS2 1.611.974 7. Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 1.592.728 8. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 1.458.149 9. Dragon Quest IVr DS 1.201.771 10. Dragon Quest I+II SFC 1.200.000 11. Dragon Quest IVr PS1 1.173.670 12. Dragon Quest III SFC 1.010.989 Magicbox: DQ III 3.8 million DQ IV 3.1 million DQ II 2.4 million DQ 1.5 million

[Hcoregamer00]

Holy moly, Phantasy Star PSP is on fire.

[Tenbatsu]

Fatal frame 4 gone?

[PantherLotus]

Fatal frame 4 gone?

sitting in 20th.

[Error]

do those Vesperia numbers include the bundle? 108k is not bad at all, but I was predicting 120k at least.

[RobertM]

It's nice to see PSP rise up this much.

[FateBreaker]

do those Vesperia numbers include the bundle? 108k is not bad at all, but I was predicting 120k at least.

yeah I asked that in the previous thread. anyone know?

[Jonnyram]

do those Vesperia numbers include the bundle? 108k is not bad at all, but I was predicting 120k at least.

It's Media Create, so I think so. They usually do.

[Hcoregamer00]

It's nice to see PSP rise up this much.

Not really, considering userbase size, the PSP should be doing MUCH better.

[Defuser]

Not bad for phantasy star,it's doing MHP1 numbers.

[gantz85]

Not really, considering userbase size, the PSP should be doing MUCH better.

Why though? PhantasySP has outperformed its predecessors and MH2P is the established king of the genre; it does well enough to be the Pepsi to MH2P's Coke.

[Fafalada]

Not really, considering userbase size, the PSP should be doing MUCH better.

Hasn't PSUP already outsold the combined LTD of the entire series across the platforms it released on by now? Sounds like a pretty remarkable thing, especially for a port.

[Hcoregamer00]

Hasn't PSUP already outsold the combined LTD of the entire series across the platforms it released on by now? Sounds like a pretty remarkable thing, especially for a port.

Why though? PhantasySP has outperformed its predecessors and MH2P is the established king of the genre; it does well enough to be the Pepsi to MH2P's Coke.

My post was not a reference to the Phantasy Star for the PSP.

It was in reference to the Software sales compared to the installed base. Since RobertM's original post was not a specific post that talked about Phantasy Star's sales.

[Aeana]

I'm not sure how many million sellers there are on DS in general, but comparing the sales for Dragon Quest V within the series (numbers from Wikipedia): SNES - 2.8 million PS2 - 1.64 million DS - 1.01 million Not too bad for a game that's been up to bat twice already.

Famitsu also said that it's outpacing DQ4 DS by two weeks. Pretty neat.

[Rpgmonkey]

Famitsu also said that it's outpacing DQ4 DS by two weeks. Pretty neat.

I think that says a lot for how VI is going to sell (though personally I expect it to outsell the previous two regardless of this apparent trend). :)

[Aaron Strife]

15. [WII] Wario Land: Shake It! (Nintendo)

Come on, hang in there. You can do it, man! We believe in you!

I think that says a lot for how VI is going to sell (though personally I expect it to outsell the previous two regardless of this apparent trend).

VI was the best-selling SNES game so that wouldn't be terribly surprising.

[kassatsu]

Go Phantasy Star. I just got lvl 60 tonight :)

[Jonnyram]

I dunno, V is basically still the most popular, in terms of being a fan favourite, so I think VI might not sell as much this time around.

[Pachael]

When was the last time that a Sega game topped the Media Create charts two weeks in a row? ;p

I think even they are surprised with the sales for it - there's surely going to be a follow up.

[rykomatsu]

Code Geass @ #12 is one of the higher placing adv games based on an anime in recent years, isn't it?

[Olaeh]

Great to see FE get some solid sales :) All around a pleasing chart this week. Hopefully IU can keep the 360 momentum going in Japan, if not just a little.

[Hcoregamer00]

When was the last time that a Sega game topped the Media Create charts two weeks in a row? ;p I think even they are surprised with the sales for it - there's surely going to be a follow up.

Yeah, too bad it wont include Phantasy Star V as a bonus.

[distantmantra]

Code Geass @ #12 is one of the higher placing adv games based on an anime in recent years, isn't it?

It's not an ADV game, it's a mini-game collection.