[Chris1964]

Media Create July 19-25

01. / 04. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 98.564 / 446.306 (-13%)
02. / 00. [PSP] Fate/Extra (Marvelous Entertainment) - 72.170 / NEW
03. / 07. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) - 44.451 / 693.353 (-3%)
04. / 01. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo) - 39.459 / 175.826 (-71%)
05. / 02. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) - 35.795 / 171.578 (-74%)
06. / 06. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 29.184 / 80.962 (-44%)
07. / 03. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 28.258 / 148.457 (-76%)
08. / 11. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 21.313 / 714.000 (+18%)
09. / 05. [PSP] Last Ranker (Capcom) - 20.741 / 81.498 (-66%)
10. / 00. [NDS] Katekyoo Hitman Reborn! DS Flame Rumble XX: Kessen! Real 6 Chouka (Takara Tomy) - 19.540 / NEW

11. / 00. [NDS] Quiz! Hexagon II (Bandai Namco)
12. / 12. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco)
13. / 09. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment)
14. / 08. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness (SCE)
15. / 16. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo)
16. / 00. [PSP] Trick x Logic: Season 1 (SCE)
17. / 00. [360] Ninety-Nine Nights II (Konami)
18. / 17. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo)
19. / 10. [PSP] Momotaro Railway Tag Match: Friendship - Cooperation - Winning Volume! (Hudson)
20. / 00. [NDS] TV Anime: Fairy Tale Gekitou! Madoushi Kessen (Hudson)
21. / 18. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo)
22. / 22. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo)
23. / 00. [PS3] Class of Heroes 2G (Acquire)
24. / 25. [NDS] Digimon Story: Lost Evolution (Bandai Namco)
25. / 28. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom Unite [PSP the Best Reprint] (Capcom)
26. / 27. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo)
27. / 19. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
28. / 21. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial: Girl's Side 3rd Story (Konami)
29. / 13. [NDS] Odoru Daisousasen The Game: Sensuikan ni Sennyuu Seyo! (Bandai Namco)
30. / 00. [NDS] Densha de Go! Special Version: Revived! Showa Yamanote Line (Square Enix)
31. / 14. [PSP] Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive (Bandai Namco)
32. / 23. [NDS] Love Plus + (Konami)
33. / 38. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
34. / 33. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix)
35. / 29. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (Pokemon Co.)
36. / 40. [NDS] Tamagotchi no Pichi Pichi Omisecchi (Bandai Namco)
37. / 32. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva [Dekkai Ohaidoku-han / Ohaidoku-han] (Sega)
38. / 37. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami)
39. / 00. [WII] Lost in Shadow (Hudson)
40. / 42. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo)
41. / 44. [NDS] Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective (Capcom)
42. / 24. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
43. / 26. [NDS] Keshisasu-Kun: Battle Kas-tival (Konami)
44. / 35. [PSP] My Summer Vacation Portable 2: The Mysterious Sisters and the Secrets of the Sunken Ship (SCE)
45. / 34. [PS3] Atelier Totori: Alchemist of Arland 2 (Gust)
46. / 30. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Blue Samurai Challenge (Konami)
47. / 00. [PSP] Pop 'n Music Portable [Best Selection] (Konami)
48. / 20. [NDS] Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakugami Susanoh Shuurai! (Hudson)
49. / 41. [WII] Xenoblade (Nintendo)
50. / 00. [PS3] Blur (Square Enix)

00. / 00. [ALL] Weekly Software Sales (All Publishers) - 954.520 / 30.888.041 (-23%)


NDS - 21
PSP - 12
WII - 9
PS3 - 6
360 - 1
PS2 - 1


HARDWARE

__________________________________________________________________
|System |  This Week  |  Last Week  |        YTD  |         LTD  |
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|  NDS  |     47.450  |     47.097  |  1.326.031  |  30.605.111  |
|  PSP  |     29.578  |     27.941  |  1.184.652  |  14.927.740  |
|  WII  |     21.092  |     22.239  |    886.880  |  10.492.079  |
|  PS3  |     19.420  |     19.473  |    813.563  |   5.314.930  |
|  360  |      6.056  |      5.936  |    123.649  |   1.333.321  |
|  PS2  |      1.475  |      1.558  |     49.912  |  21.660.089  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
| DSiLL |     24.189  |     25.884  |    707.105  |   1.214.012  |
|  DSi  |     18.202  |     16.318  |    487.259  |   4.826.205  |
|  DSL  |      5.059  |      4.895  |    131.667  |  17.979.423  |
------------------------------------------------------------------
|  PSP  |     28.747  |     26.786  |  1.143.859  |  14.811.192  |
| PSPgo |        831  |      1.155  |     40.793  |     116.548  |
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D a t a b a s e
Media Create Sales: Japanese Sales database

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[Mr. Pointy]

Wii Party still kicking ass. Hopefully this'll mean NdCube will get the chance to do something more hardcore, since they're headed by the former Quest CEO.

[Busaiku]

Nice to see Super Mario Galaxy 2 go up.

[Grimmy]

Not bad for Fate/Extra.

[Ruud_Luiten]

Mariokart! <3

[thestopsign]

Galaxy 2 is either getting a bump from the upcoming holidays already, or there is some sort of new ad campaign for it. Anyone from J-GAF notice anything?

[RpgN]

Not bad for Fate/Extra.

Duckroll is not going to be amused :lol

[Segata Sanshiro]

Galaxy 2 is either getting a bump from the upcoming holidays already, or there is some sort of new ad campaign for it. Anyone from J-GAF notice anything?

Well, they're still showing the commercials, but they're the same ones. Could be because the kids started summer vacation last week?

[duckroll]

Niinou has cemented his position in Image Epoch as the MVP in the company. The 3 games he has his name on either as director or producer, are also the 3 biggest titles the developer has put out so far. It seems likely that they will also be the only 3 games from the developer which surpasses 100k in lifetime sales.

[perfectchaos007]

Oh yeah I definitely think SMG2 will reach 1mil by years end. With the holiday rush still to come and potentially more people buying the game along with the system...I see it happening.

Well, they're still showing the commercials, but they're the same ones. Could be because the kids started summer vacation last week?

what!? Do Japanese schools go year-round? There used to be some schools like that here in Texas but not many exist anymore. They did have a shit ton of breaks throughout the year though so we all still spent the same ammount of time in school

[sphinx]

I am not good at making sales analysis like some here but is Wii party doing well enough?

Wii series are supposed to well "millions", I have doubts this will get past 800k. It seems to me like Wii Music all over.

[duckroll]

I am not good at making sales analysis like some here but is Wii party doing well enough? Wii series are supposed to well "millions", I have doubts this will get past 800k. It seems to me like Wii Music all over.

It is tracking nothing like Wii Music at all. More like Wii Sports Resort.

[Cygnus X-1]

08. / 11. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 21.000 / 714.000 (+17%)

Best news of the week for me.

[Laguna]

I am not good at making sales analysis like some here but is Wii party doing well enough? Wii series are supposed to well "millions", I have doubts this will get past 800k. It seems to me like Wii Music all over.

Wii Music is a whole different story since it was a holiday season title in 2008 and sales went down very quickly. Wii Party on the other end was released in the middle of the year and seems to have some steady decent sales and most likely will get a holiday season push later this year. Over one million LTD and 800k by the end of the year is more than likely in my opinion.

[Segata Sanshiro]

Oh yeah I definitely think SMG2 will reach 1mil by years end. With the holiday rush still to come and potentially more people buying the game along with the system...I see it happening. what!? Do Japanese schools go year-round? There used to be some schools like that here in Texas but not many exist anymore. They did have a shit ton of breaks throughout the year though so we all still spent the same ammount of time in school

The Japanese school year is pretty much year round. They get about six weeks off in the summer (but most of them attend cram school during at least part of that time) and a week off in the winter for New Year's holidays, and that's about it. They sometimes might get a week or two before the new school year begins in April, but not usually.

Many of them also attend classes six days per week, though usually Saturdays are kind of a fun day with mostly PE and club-related activities.

[Cygnus X-1]

The Japanese school year is pretty much year round. They get about six weeks off in the summer (but most of them attend cram school during at least part of that time) and a week off in the winter for New Year's holidays, and that's about it. They sometimes might get a week or two before the new school year begins in April, but not usually. Many of them also attend classes six days per week, though usually Saturdays are kind of a fun day with mostly PE and club-related activities.

Holy crap. How can people over there sustain such pressures? I mean: I had 5 days per week school, 1 week off in November, 2 weeks off for Christmas, 1 week off in March, 10 days off for Easter and 10 weeks off in Summer.

[sphinx]

It is tracking nothing like Wii Music at all. More like Wii Sports Resort.

yeah, it seems I am out of touch with MC info.

It's just, I don't know, I thought it would sell faster. I do know that these titles sell on the long run so we'll see how it fares in the next months.

Do you guys have some kind of LTD prediction for Wii party based on the 4 weeks it has been tracked?

[Pureauthor]

Holy crap. How can people over there sustain such pressures? I mean: I had 5 days per week school, 1 week off in November, 2 weeks off for Christmas, 1 week off in March, 10 days off for Easter and 10 weeks off in Summer.

Frankly, a lot of them can't.

[Cygnus X-1]

Frankly, a lot of them can't.

Maybe this rhythm has the big advantage to prepare student to face up universities as difficult as the one in Tokyo, for example.

I remember that when I went from high school to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology studying Chemistry, I was traumatized. The first year, I could sleep only 4-5 hours per night.

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

PS3 Pawapuro 77% drop is way too steep, it was expected for the PSP version to have better legs, but 77% can't be just that, any reports it was sold out last week?

Interesting non-drop for Inazuma 3 and Galaxy 2 bump. Image Epoch-wise, not bad drop for Last Ranker (kinda like the start, its not good but its not as bad as I thought it was going to be) and good Fate start, Marvelous catches a break between it and HM.

[Busaiku]

Yeah, after an 81% drop in its second week, followed by a 53% drop, with a shipment of 1 million, I have to think that Inazuma Eleven stabilized due to a price collapse.
Can anyone confirm this?

[duckroll]

Yeah, after an 81% drop in its second week, followed by a 53% drop, with a shipment of 1 million, I have to think that Inazuma Eleven stabilized due to a price collapse. Can anyone confirm this?

Why couldn't it have stabilized naturally?

[Busaiku]

It just seems weird to me, but I guess the smaller absolute number would allow for a natural stand.
But still, with that big shipment, I've gotta wonder.

[duckroll]

It just seems weird to me, but I guess the smaller absolute number would allow for a natural stand. But still, with that big shipment, I've gotta wonder.

I don't think the shipment size has any real impact on consumer habits at all. Most of the people buying any game know nothing about the shipment volume or anything like that. Retailers only panic with price drops when they feel they have something heavily stocked which is not moving. If it is moving at a steady rate similar to previous experiences with the franchise, there is no reason why a retailer would drop the price.

[Spiegel]

Famitsu has Last Ranker with 76k units sold. That's not that far from Breath of Fire V (88k first week)

Top 30

http://www.famitsu.com/game/rank/top...8126_1134.html

[Zerodoppler]

Tower of Shadow not even in the top 30? Ouch!

[Acosta]

Nice to see Last Ranker in that position.

[Road]

I am not good at making sales analysis like some here but is Wii party doing well enough? Wii series are supposed to well "millions", I have doubts this will get past 800k. It seems to me like Wii Music all over.

After 3 weeks:

Wii Sports Resort	103,000	/	617,000
Wii Fit Plus		118,000	/	610,000
Wii Fit			124,000	/	535,000
Mario Party 8		104,000	/	504,000

Wii Party	  	 99,000	/ 	446,000 <----

Wii Sports		 70,000	/	318,000

It is barely doing worse than other Wii titles; it also should benefit from the upcoming holiday. Nothing to "worry" about yet.

[cvxfreak]

Wii Party is most definitely going to surpass 1 Million units. It'll be one of the secondary sellers during the winter holiday, perhaps behind whatever Nintendo plans on making the big Wii holiday title (Super Donkey Kong Returns?).

[Cosmonaut X]

Wii Party is most definitely going to surpass 1 Million units. It'll be one of the secondary sellers during the winter holiday, perhaps behind whatever Nintendo plans on making the big Wii holiday title (Super Donkey Kong Returns?).

Possibly Zelda, given that it is now "TBA" for Japan (but still "2011" for everywhere else) or Kirby, I would think.

[Dapperk]

After 3 weeks: Wii Sports Resort 103,000 / 617,000 Wii Fit Plus 118,000 / 610,000 Wii Fit 124,000 / 535,000 Mario Party 8 104,000 / 504,000 Wii Party 99,000 / 446,000 <---- Wii Sports 70,000 / 318,000 It is barely doing worse than other Wii titles; it also should benefit from the upcoming holiday. Nothing to "worry" about yet.

Consering the price it should be doing better though. Most of the other games on your list retailed at higher prices, with bundled peripherals.

It'll probably do near a mil regardless.

[Cosmonaut X]

Consering the price it should be doing better though. Most of the other games on your list retailed at higher prices, with bundled peripherals. It'll probably do near a mil regardless.

...except that Wii Party is also being sold as a bundle - the Wii Party + Pink Remote and Wii Party + White Remote bundles.

Do we have a breakdown on the bundle sales after the first day/first week?

[Chris1964]

Wii Music is a whole different story since it was a holiday season title in 2008 and sales went down very quickly. Wii Party on the other end was released in the middle of the year and seems to have some steady decent sales and most likely will get a holiday season push later this year. Over one million LTD and 800k by the end of the year is more than likely in my opinion.

Make that end of summer.

[Frillen]

I am not good at making sales analysis like some here but is Wii party doing well enough? Wii series are supposed to well "millions", I have doubts this will get past 800k. It seems to me like Wii Music all over.

You're in for a surprise.

[desu]

Tower of Shadow not even in the top 30? Ouch!

Doesnt seem so, sucks! (but expected)

[Chris1964]

Famitsu (as of 18/07/10)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|    |[GCN]Mario Sunshine| [WII]Mario Galaxy |[WII]Mario Galaxy 2|       difference      |
|    |     (19/07/02)    |    (01/11/07)     |     (27/05/10)    |                       |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  SMG2-SMS |  SMG2-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  280.610|  280.610|  256.431|  256.431|  337.569|  337.569|     56.959|     81.228|
|  2 |  102.576|  383.186|   78.439|  334.690|  116.153|  453.722|     70.536|    119.032|
|  3 |   59.975|  443.161|   43.317|  378.007|   71.803|  525.525|     82.364|    147.518|
|  4 |   39.562|  482.723|   37.484|  415.491|   49.304|  574.829|     92.106|    159.338|
|  5 |   43.921|  526.644|   36.354|  451.845|   38.461|  613.290|     86.646|    161.445|
|  6 |   22.794|  549.438|   48.750|  500.595|   30.470|  643.760|     94.322|    143.165|
|  7 |   18.588|  568.026|   70.541|  571.136|   21.122|  664.882|     96.856|     93.746|
|  8 |   13.739|  581.765|  109.029|  680.165|   15.513|  680.395|     98.630|        230|
|  9 |    9.891|  591.656|   67.519|  747.684|         |         |           |           |
| 10 |    8.929|  600.585|   62.017|  809.701|         |         |           |           |
| 11 |    8.820|  609.405|   17.617|  827.318|         |         |           |           |
| 12 |    6.827|  616.232|   16.643|  843.961|         |         |           |           |
| 13 |    5.927|  622.159|    9.056|  853.017|         |         |           |           |
| 14 |    6.146|  628.305|    7.234|  860.251|         |         |           |           |
| 15 |    5.194|  633.499|    6.344|  866.595|         |         |           |           |
| 16 |    5.112|  638.611|    5.868|  872.463|         |         |           |           |
| 17 |    4.366|  642.977|    4.357|  876.820|         |         |           |           |
| 18 |    2.156|  645.133|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 19 |    2.651|  647.784|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 20 |    2.721|  650.505|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 21 |    3.481|  653.986|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 22 |    4.446|  658.432|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 23 |    9.965|  668.397|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
| 24 |    9.043|  677.440|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Year|   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |  SMG2-SMS |  SMG2-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  677.440|  677.440|  747.684|  747.684|  680.395|  680.395|      2.955|    -67.289|
|  2 |   84.358|  761.798|  197.442|  945.106|         |         |           |           |
|  3 |   28.191|  789.989|         |         |         |         |           |           |
|  4 |        -|        -|         |  977.953|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| LTD|        -|  789.989|        -|  977.953|        -|  680.395|   -109.594|   -297.558|
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1. [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 162.111 / 1.639.921
2. [NDS] Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 120.062 / 1.162.478
3. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 256.431 / 977.953
4. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - 280.610 / 789.989
5. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 337.569 / 680.395

[king zell]

Sengoku Basara 3 (this week biggest release)

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13368

Project Diva 2nd hits Japan

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13364

alot more releases for the week

http://www.true-gaming.net/home/13361

[cvxfreak]

:lol @ 230 unit difference between Galaxy and Galaxy 2 eight weeks in.

[Cosmonaut X]

:lol @ 230 unit difference between Galaxy and Galaxy 2 eight weeks in.

It's obviously going to start falling behind sharply, but I still wonder how far it will go when all is said and done...

[donny2112]

SMG2-SMG

Well, it made it past the peak of the hump. Should fall behind ~100K over the next two weeks. It'll have to make it to ~1m to not be the worst legs of a 3-D Mario platformer game. Decent shot at it, though.

[BishopLamont]

Well, it made it past the peak of the hump. Should fall behind ~100K over the next two weeks. It'll have to make it to ~1m to not be the worst legs of a 3-D Mario platformer game. Decent shot at it, though.

With the slight chance of a Christmas minibump, it just might make it there. Hopefully the 3DS doesn't spoil the party.

[Road]

Chris, do you still update the NSMB - NSMBWii table?

If yes, can you post it? Thanks.

[BishopLamont]

Chris, do you still update the NSMB - NSMBWii table? If yes, can you post it? Thanks.

Both games took about half a year to reach 4M, but NSMB DS was still posting 20k~ each week, while NSMBW is already posting sub 10k. DS hardware sales versus Wii hardware sales is probably the biggest factor in the games' legs.

Edit: Oops forgot about SMG2, thats probably the bigger factor, going by the odd slide to oblivion after the game released. :lol

[Chris1964]

Famitsu (as of 18/07/10)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|    |     [NDS] NSMB    |[WII] Mario Galaxy |  [WII] NSMB Wii   |       difference      |
|    |     (25/05/06)    |    (01/11/07)     |     (03/12/09)    |                       |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Week|  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |  Weekly |   LTD   |NSMBW-NSMB | NSMBW-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |  865.024|  865.024|  256.431|  256.431|  936.734|  936.734|     71.710|    680.393|
|  2 |  315.197|1.180.221|   78.439|  334.690|  464.824|1.401.558|    221.337|  1.066.868|
|  3 |  242.932|1.423.153|   43.317|  378.007|  570.512|1.972.070|    548.917|  1.594.063|
|  4 |  204.007|1.627.160|   37.484|  415.491|  513.080|2.485.150|    857.990|  2.069.659|
|  5 |  169.852|1.797.012|   36.354|  451.845|  255.494|2.740.644|    943.632|  2.288.799|
|  6 |  153.047|1.950.009|   48.750|  500.595|  128.503|2.869.147|    919.088|  2.368.552|
|  7 |  132.375|2.082.434|   70.541|  571.136|  133.606|3.002.753|    920.319|  2.431.617|
|  8 |  120.220|2.202.654|  109.029|  680.165|  115.704|3.118.457|    915.803|  2.438.292|
|  9 |  146.837|2.349.491|   67.519|  747.684|   89.809|3.208.266|    858.775|  2.460.582|
| 10 |  114.471|2.463.962|   62.017|  809.701|   61.762|3.270.028|    806.066|  2.460.327|
| 11 |  103.008|2.566.970|   17.617|  827.318|   59.213|3.329.241|    762.271|  2.501.923|
| 12 |  119.991|2.686.961|   16.643|  843.961|   48.967|3.378.208|    691.247|  2.534.247|
| 13 |  115.335|2.802.296|    9.056|  853.017|   41.672|3.419.880|    617.584|  2.566.863|
| 14 |   66.336|2.868.632|    7.234|  860.251|   41.263|3.461.143|    592.511|  2.600.892|
| 15 |   72.235|2.940.867|    6.344|  866.595|   37.521|3.498.664|    557.797|  2.632.069|
| 16 |   51.643|2.992.510|    5.868|  872.463|   37.252|3.535.916|    543.406|  2.663.453|
| 17 |   52.070|3.044.580|    4.357|  876.820|   51.839|3.587.755|    543.175|  2.710.935|
| 18 |   54.595|3.099.175|        -|        -|   49.454|3.637.209|    538.034|          -|
| 19 |   51.541|3.150.716|        -|        -|   38.684|3.675.893|    525.177|          -|
| 20 |   37.678|3.188.394|        -|        -|   30.736|3.706.629|    518.235|          -|
| 21 |   39.915|3.228.309|        -|        -|   26.092|3.732.721|    504.412|          -|
| 22 |   30.564|3.258.873|        -|        -|   39.125|3.771.846|    512.973|          -|
| 23 |   33.482|3.292.355|        -|        -|   39.087|3.810.933|    518.545|          -|
| 24 |   31.940|3.324.295|        -|        -|   15.597|3.826.530|    502.235|          -|
| 25 |   26.939|3.351.234|        -|        -|   13.713|3.840.243|    489.009|          -|
| 26 |   23.777|3.375.011|        -|        -|   12.883|3.853.126|    478.115|          -|
| 27 |   32.086|3.407.097|        -|        -|   10.092|3.863.218|    456.121|          -|
| 28 |   28.132|3.435.229|        -|        -|    9.145|3.872.363|    437.134|          -|
| 29 |   45.298|3.480.527|        -|        -|    7.614|3.879.977|    399.450|          -|
| 30 |   72.194|3.552.721|        -|        -|    7.068|3.887.045|    334.324|          -|
| 31 |  185.021|3.737.742|        -|        -|    7.311|3.894.356|    156.614|          -|
| 32 |   80.472|3.818.214|        -|        -|    7.874|3.902.230|     84.016|          -|
| 33 |  130.021|3.948.235|        -|        -|    6.487|3.908.717|    -39.518|          -|
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|Year|   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |   YTD   |   LTD   |NSMBW-NSMB | NSMBW-SMG |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
|  1 |3.818.214|3.818.214|  747.684|  747.684|2.485.150|2.485.150| -1.333.064|  1.737.466|
|  2 |1.176.939|4.995.153|  197.442|  945.106|1.423.567|3.908.717| -1.086.436|  2.963.611|
|  3 |  377.034|5.372.187|         |         |         |         |           |           |
|  4 |  287.399|5.659.586|         |  977.178|         |         |           |           |
|  5 |  183.104|5.842.690|        -|        -|         |         |           |           |
|----|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|-----------|
| LTD|        -|5.842.690|        -|  977.178|        -|3.908.717| -1.933.973|  2.930.764|
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01. [NFC] Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - / 6.810.000
02. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 865.024 / 5.842.690
03. [NGB] Super Mario Land (Nintendo) - / 4.190.000
04. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 936.734 / 3.840.243
05. [NFC] Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo) - / 3.840.000
06. [SFC] Super Mario World (Nintendo) - / 3.550.000
07. [NGB] Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins (Nintendo) - / 2.700.000
08. [NFC] Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) - / 2.650.000
09. [SFC] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (Nintendo) - / 1.770.000
10. [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 162.111 / 1.639.921
11. [NFC] Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - / 1.630.000
12. [NGB] Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land (Nintendo) - / 1.590.000
13. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) - 256.431 / 977.178
14. [GCN] Super Mario Sunshine (Nintendo) - 280.610 / 789.989
15. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 337.569 / 680.395

[sphinx]

.

Damn, Galaxy 1 hasn't reached a million in Famitsu? I remember some media create info stating it passed that mark loooong ago, like a year perhaps?

any chance Galaxy 2 will surpass Galaxy 1 when all is said and done?

[Eteric Rice]

The Japanese school year is pretty much year round. They get about six weeks off in the summer (but most of them attend cram school during at least part of that time) and a week off in the winter for New Year's holidays, and that's about it. They sometimes might get a week or two before the new school year begins in April, but not usually. Many of them also attend classes six days per week, though usually Saturdays are kind of a fun day with mostly PE and club-related activities.

No wonder suicide rates are so high. Fuck that shit. :\

[Chris1964]

Next week releases (05/08/10)

[NDS] Monster Farm DS 3 (Tecmo) - 07/08/10
[NDS] Battle Spirits: Digital Starter (Bandai Namco)
[NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco)
[NDS] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)
[NDS] Mame Goma 3: Kawaii ga Ippai (Columbia Music Entertainment)
[NDS] Chou Kowai Hanashi DS: Ao no Shou (Alchemist)
[NDS] Jewel Pet: Mahou no Oheyya de Issho ni Asobou! (MTO)
[NDS] Oshare Princess DS: Oshare ni Koi Shite! [Best] (Culture Brain)

[PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco)
[PSP] Oretachi no Sabage Versus (Best Media)
[PSP] StormLover (D3 Publisher)
[PSP] Simple 2000 Series Portable Vol. 1: The Mahjong (D3 Publisher)
[PSP] Simple 2000 Series Portable Vol. 2: The Shogi (D3 Publisher)
[PSP] Simple 2000 Series Portable Vol. 3: The Honto ni Atama o Tsukau Action - Dead Head Fred (D3 Publisher)
[PSP] Hayari Gami 3: Police Station Mystery Incident [Best Price!] (Nippon Ichi Software)
[PSP] Undead Knights [Koei Tecmo the Best] (Koei Tecmo)
[PSP] Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines [Ubi the Best] (Ubisoft)

[WII] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson)

[PS3] Assassin's Creed II: Special Edition (Ubisoft)

[360] Assassin's Creed II: Special Edition [Platinum Collection] (Ubisoft)
[360] Magna Carta II [Platinum Collection] (Bandai Namco)

[PS2] J-League Winning Eleven 2010: Club Championship (Konami)
[PS2] Persona 3: Fes [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.)
[PS2] Persona 4 [PlayStation 2 the Best] (Atlus Co.)
[PS2] Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires [Playstation 2 the Best] (Koei Tecmo)

[yurinka]

After 3 weeks: Wii Sports Resort 103,000 / 617,000 Wii Fit Plus 118,000 / 610,000 Wii Fit 124,000 / 535,000 Mario Party 8 104,000 / 504,000 Wii Party 99,000 / 446,000 <---- Wii Sports 70,000 / 318,000 It is barely doing worse than other Wii titles; it also should benefit from the upcoming holiday. Nothing to "worry" about yet.

But Wii Party isn't bundled with anything, nope?

[Chris1964]

But Wii Party isn't bundled with anything, nope?

Were Mario Party 8, Wii Sports or standalone Wii Fit Plus bundled with anything?

There are 3 versions of Wii Party
standalone
bundle with blue wiimote
bundle with white wiimote

I'm not sure if the 2 bundles are limited editions or in full production.

[Hero of Legend]

Wait, there's a third Monster Rancher for DS coming out?

Didn't Cing develop the last one? Did they work on the first, and who's behind the third then?