AdmiralViscen
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Bravo to Yakuza.
Airkiru said:Yakuza 3! It will do 300k.
Well, that settles it... Japanese peer pressure is going to force me (and those like me) to buy that game.cvxfreak said:It teaches you how to write Chinese characters beautifully. Penmanship matters. I've heard that Japanese and Chinese consider the ability to write neat kanji a sign of intelligence.
Shiggy said:How many copies were sold of Yakuza 2? 600k?
Terrell said:I am concerned that Smash Bros. dipped below Wii Fit, I do not want to see that being an indicator that Smash hit its peak.
 ▼ Ryu ga Gotoku [B]7140Y[/B] 05.12.08 [B]345,323[/B]
 ▼ Ryu ga Gotoku(The Best!) [B]1890Y[/B] 06.10.26 [B]484,199[/B]
 ▼ Ryu ga Gotoku 2 [B]7140Y[/B] 06.12.07 [B]572,917[/B]
 ▼ Ryu ga Gotoku 2(The Best!) [B]1890Y[/B] 07.12.06 [B]111,314[/B] (still going on)
 ▼ Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! [B]7980Y[/B] 08.03.06 [B]220,000[/B] (still going on)
Taiko 2 DS on Golden Week could be really big, I wonder if Namdai has prepared the launch properly this time (no bugs, recalls and soldouts).cvxfreak said:
Airkiru said:Yakuza 3! It will do 300k.
Pachael said:I know 'Beautiful Character Writing' sounds so much more classy, but it's really 'Handwriting Training' :lol
ZealousD said:Calligraphy Training?
Now that makes sense. Still doesn't explain why it sold so well.Pachael said:I know 'Beautiful Character Writing' sounds so much more classy, but it's really 'Handwriting Training' :lol
Unfortunately, it'll likely be pretty low in 2 or 3 weeks. You can replace "Yakuza" in that quote above with a number of titles from the past 14 months and it would have been valid at the time they had come out. :/GrimtekP21 said:Lets go Yakuza! Hopefully the sales don't have a sudden drop off next week though. Its nice to see a PS3 game so high up in the charts
Kurosaki Ichigo said:Severe drop for Family Ski, could it still be low on supplies? Vinnk check?
Stumpokapow said:Face Training is another example where the translation recklessly divorces the actual cultural meaning of the game's title from the apparent title that we read.
Bust Nak said:Go Yakuza 3!
AdmiralViscen said:Bravo to Yakuza.
Elbrain said:Go Yakuza keep on trucking!
donny2112 said:Is Yakuza 3 going to be the Media-Create threads' version of Uncharted in the PAL threads?
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
Baiano19 said:Good question, and with NPD not counting Wii Fit, it could be very hard to estimate.
It's just the current torchbearer. You likely will see similar comments made on previous PS3 chart-toppers in older threads.donny2112 said:Is Yakuza 3 going to be the Media-Create threads' version of Uncharted in the PAL threads?
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
XiaNaphryz said:It's just the current torchbearer.
XiaNaphryz said:It's just the current torchbearer. You likely will see similar comments made on previous PS3 chart-toppers in older threads.
Even if NPD did count Wii Fit as a game, it would eventually fall out of the top 10 (maybe) and we still wouldn't have European numbers. So no matter what NPD does, our only worldwide source would be Nintendo's fiscal reports.Baiano19 said:Good question, and with NPD not counting Wii Fit, it could be very hard to estimate.
I think Wii Fit will prevail in the end.
cvxfreak said:It teaches you how to write Chinese characters beautifully. Penmanship matters. I've heard that Japanese and Chinese consider the ability to write neat kanji a sign of intelligence.
Kurosaki Ichigo said:RGG2 seems out of reach, but Kenzan looks likely to pass RGG full-priced release at a higher price. Then we should count on a budget re-release (possibly two going by shelf life it could enjoy? 2980Y and 1890Y later on for example) to improve its numbers a little. Seems all depends on legs (how is word of mouth with this one?).
Severe drop for Family Ski, could it still be low on supplies? Vinnk check?
VeritasVierge said:Now that makes sense. Still doesn't explain why it sold so well.
Mike Works said:just curious, which do you guys think will sell more (lifetime);
Smash Brothers or Wii Fit
1) in Japan
2) worldwide
?
Segata Sanshiro said:As for Bimoji Training, I was in a department store with a Japanese colleague as I needed her help getting a cell phone. While we waited for them to activate the phone, I pointed at the nearby display of Bimoji and asked what it was. She called it "Beautiful Letters Training", so I suspect the translation used in the OP is closer to the meaning than simply saying "Handwriting".
For sure. I think my colleague just couldn't find the exact English word she was looking for.cvxfreak said:I didn't use the word "Letters" because in the technical sense of the word, letters only refer to alphabetic systems, of which kanji isn't.
Errr, I thought the comment I was quoting was referring to the zealous posters on this board rallying around a particular title because it's doing well on the sales charts?Kaervas said:No, it's the third installment of one of the best game series ever.
If everything goes well in japan, with some luck we will have a translated version here in the west.
Yeah! That stylus actually looks really good, too, and I don't normally go in for gimmick styli.Vinnk said:The "Bi" (美 in Bimoji means "beauty" or "beautiful". So I think the translation in the OP is accurate or at least more accurate than simply "handwriting training". The fact that you make your characters beautiful and artistic is highly emphasized and it comes with a stylus that looks like a calligraphy brush.
MisterHero said:good going for mp3 in japan. retro deserves it for their hard work.
donny2112 said:Perhaps that's because it should be Facening Training?
You're not alone. I consider MP3 the pinnacle of what the Wii is all about so far, aside from Wii Sports, and soon to be, Wii Fit which are on the other side of the Wii coin.beef3483 said:Yes they do. Prime 3 was my GOTY 2007.
PantherLotus said:I think the year vs. year results will continue to shadow each other and we'll see the Wii around 52-55k and the PS3 right around 18-23k.
XiaNaphryz said:Errr, I thought the comment I was quoting was referring to the zealous posters on this board rallying around a particular title because it's doing well on the sales charts?
And success in Japan doesn't necessarily mean they'll bring the game over to the US immediately - that's more US sales related than Japan. Look how long it took Sega to bother with Yakuza 2 with caveats (no dub cast to reduce costs, etc, not that I'm complaining about that).
Minsc said:Looking at this graph, it appears that the Wii has been on a steady decline, does it have anything to prevent it from continuing back to the depths from which it rose not too long ago? I guess Mario Kart will help for a little while if that's due in Japan next month.
It seems more like to see the Wii continue to drop based on that chart, depending on how many weeks until something new is out (or that Golden Week, I forget when that is), we may see it get to 30K or below I think.
what are you talking about? The wii hasnt been in a decline. Unless you mixed up 2007 with 2008 or something, in which case it STILL isnt in a decline. Honestly not sure what youre seeing.Minsc said:Looking at this graph, it appears that the Wii has been on a steady decline, does it have anything to prevent it from continuing back to the depths from which it rose not too long ago? I guess Mario Kart will help for a little while if that's due in Japan next month.
It seems more like to see the Wii continue to drop based on that chart, depending on how many weeks until something new is out (or that Golden Week, I forget when that is), we may see it get to 30K or below I think.