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One year of Wii software in Japan - Media Create LTDs

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Jonnyram

Member
Numbers up to 2 December 2007, first week in parentheses.

--- Simulation
Pokemon Battle Revolution 319000 (68000)
Densha de Go! Shinkansen Ex 12000 (3000)
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki 62000 (22000)
Boku to Sim no Machi 23000 (8000)
Sangokushi 11 with Power Up Kit 6000 (1000)
--- Simulation RPG
Fire Emblem Akatsuki no Megami 158000 (75000)
--- Action
Super Paper Mario 465000 (144000)
Super Mario Galaxy 432000 (251000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Neo 143000 (67000)
Biohazard 4 Wii Edition 124000 (44000)
One Piece Unlimited Adventure 102000 (40000)
Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Sensen 0079 94000 (46000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Meteo 77000 (40000)
Elebits 66000 (6000)
SD Gundam Scad Hammers 48000 (9000)
Bomberman Land Wii 38000 (6000)
Super Monkey Ball Uki Uki Party Daishuugou 37000 (4000)
Red Steel 36000 (9000)
Sengoku Musou Katana 35000 (17000)
Sonic to Himitsu no Ring 30000 (11000)
Kororinpa 30000 (2000)
Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi 28000 (8000)
Caduceus Z 26000 (4000)
Kekkaishi 20000 (11000)
Pirates of the Caribbean World's End 13000 (4000)
Negima!? Neo Paktio Fight!! 8000 (4000)
Wing Island 8000 (<1000)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 7000 (2000)
Dewy's Adventure 5000 (1000)
Spongebob 3000 (<1000)
Barnyard 2000 (<1000)
Go! Go! Minon <1000
Sengoku Basara 2 Heroes 9000
Dragon Blade <1000
Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 7000 (3000)
--- Fighting Action
Naruto Shippuuden Ex 112000 (46000)
Bleach Wii 76000 (14000)
Guilty Gear XX &#923;Core 3000 (<1000)
Naruto Shippuuden Ex2 24000
--- RPG
Opoona 5000 (3000)
--- Action RPG
Zelda TP 508000 (139000)
Dragon Quest Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors 477000 (305000)
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 6000 (2000)
--- Adventure
Forever Blue 49000 (19000)
Zak & Wiki 16000 (8000)
Ginka 14000 (10000)
Necronesia 13000 (2000)
Detective Conan 12000 (4000)
The Dog Island 11000 (3000)
Ratatouille 1000 (<1000)
--- Educational
Big Brain Academy 237000 (42000)
--- Puzzle
Puyo Puyo! 23000 (4000)
Sudoku 4000 (<1000)
Jigsaw Puzzle: Dog of the Day <1000
Takoron <1000
--- Sports
Wii Sports 2250000 (176000)
Mario & Sonic Olympics 103000 (63000)
Gegege no Onitarou 3000 (2000)
SSX Blur 2000 (<1000)
Swing Golf Pangya 70000 (17000)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08 1000 (<1000)
Swing Golf Pangya 2nd Shot! 6000
Mario Strikers Charged 86000 (28000)
Mezase!! Tsuri Master 75000 (19000)
Bass Fishing Wii 6000 (2000)
Simple Wii Series Vol.1 The Minna de Bass Tsuri Taikai 2000 (<1000)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii 120000 (48000)
Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 Wii 23000 (7000)
Hajime no Ippo Revolution 53000 (25000)
--- Shooting
Shin Chuukadaisen: Michael + Mei Mei no Bouken <1000
Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles 117000 (83000)
Ghost Squad 45000 (20000)
--- Race
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Excite Truck 76000 (20000)
GT Pro Series 29000 (8000)
G1 Jockey Wii 21000 (6000)
Need for Speed Carbon 19000 (4000)
Monster 4x4 World Circuit 9000 (1000)
Cars 5000 (1000)
Simple Wii Series Vol.1 The Minna de Kart Race 3000 (1000)
--- Table games
Jissen Pachislot: Fist of the North Star Wii 5000 (2000)
Mario Party 8 905000 (265000)
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou 57000 (8000)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 44000 (11000)
Mah Jong Taikai Wii 14000 (2000)
--- Etc
Hajimete no Wii 1832000 (174000)
Odoru Made in Wario 499000 (64000)
Ennichi no Tatsujin 100000 (11000)
Crayon Shinchan 56000 (4000)
Raving Rabbids 13000 (1000)
Furu Furu Park 4000 (<1000)
Wii Fit 261000
Cooking Mama 21000 (4000)
 
L

Lobster

Banned
A lot of games sold more then what I thought..

2 games on the list were supposed to be bigger hits then that..the publishers screwed up shipping.

:(

Poor Umbrella Chronicles and DQ:S...your publishers really dropped the ball :(
 
D

duckroll

Member
Jonnyram said:
Numbers up to 2 December 2007, first week in parentheses.

--- RPG

Opoona - 5,000 (3,000)

--- Adventure

Forever Blue - 49,000 (19,000)
Zak & Wiki - 16,000 (8,000)
Ginka - 14,000 (10,000)
Necronesia - 13,000 (2,000)
Detective Conan - 12,000 (4,000)
The Dog Island - 11,000 (3,000)
Ratatouille - 1,000 (<1,000)
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Wow, Fragile doesn't stand a chance. 10k lifetime confirmed. :(
 
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thestopsign

Member
Lobster said:
A lot of games sold more then what I thought..

2 games on the list were supposed to be bigger hits then that..the publishers screwed up shipping.

:(

Poor Umbrella Chronicles and DQ:S...your publishers really dropped the ball :(
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Well, considering Umbrella Chronicles is now above 160,000 in Famitsu numbers, I think it did okay. It will continue to climb as well. Probably end up around 220k-230k. I don't know how Square-Enix dropped the ball on Dragon Quest Swords, though.

Edit: Stump, Resident Evil debuted about 20k higher in Famitsu numbers. Also it has two more weeks of sale added on top of that. The cut-off date for these numbers is December 2nd, while we have numbers through the 17th or something like that.
 
L

Lobster

Banned
Stopsign said:
Well, considering Umbrella Chronicles is now above 160,000 in Famitsu numbers, I think it did okay. It will continue to climb as well. Probably end up around 220k-230k. I don't know how Square-Enix dropped the ball on Dragon Quest Swords, though.
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Square Enix didn't ship enough copies for the following weeks and the game dropped like 10 tonne boulder.

Umbrella Chronicles had a great first week but didn't get enough copies shipped out for the following weeks. Viink always reported sold out but the MC/Famitsu data reported low sales :( It could have reached 200k much more quicker and would have been reaching 300k right now if Capcom had done a good job at shipping.
 
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AnimeTheme

Member
Lobster said:
Square Enix didn't ship enough copies for the following weeks and the game dropped like 10 tonne boulder.
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SE just didn't ship enough for the first week. After that, the game was quickly losing steam, and was actually having a price collapse.
 
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thestopsign

Member
Hero of legend said:
Alright Jonny, do one for PS3 games and then 360 for comparison.
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I'm pretty sure that this is a Wii exclusive for now. It's not just a Wii compilation of already known data, but this also tracks what each game did off the charts.
 
B

Boerseun

Banned
JGaf should proceed to their nearest store and buy:

Caduceus (aka Trauma Center)
Dewey's Adventure
Dragon Quest Swords
Elebits
Excitetruck
Forever Blue
Fire Emblem
Guilty Gear
Kororinpa
Legend of Zelda:Twilight Princess
Opoona
Resident Evil:Umbrella Chronicles
Sonic and the Secret Rings
Super Mario Galaxy
Zack & Wiki

Start with Mario.

GO NOW.

Linkzg said:
I just remembered that Gundam game for the Wii, BRING THAT OVER TO THE STATES ALREADY!
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Yes, Scad Hammers AND 0079. And bring them to PAL land too.
 
I

IzumiK

Banned
Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou 57000 (8000) > Cooking Mama 21000 (4000)

That's the best part of this list.
 
D

DeaconKnowledge

Member
AnimeTheme said:
SE just didn't ship enough for the first week. After that, the game was quickly losing steam, and was actually having a price collapse.
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The first week would be the most important because that's when the most copies are sold. Once DQS flooded the used retail channel there was zero incentive to buy new.
 
Eteric Rice

Eteric Rice

Member
DeaconKnowledge said:
The first week would be the most important because that's when the most copies are sold. Once DQS flooded the used retail channel there was zero incentive to buy new.
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Pretty much.

This is why you don't make games 10 hours long with no replay value.
 
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apujanata

Member
List of some games that has not been updated in Famitsu Top 30 for a long time (and also didn't show up in the Famitsu 1H07 portable sales), or who have significant increase compared to the last time they show up in Famitsu Top 30 list.

Code: 
2006 Release :
Swing Golf Pangya 70000 (17000)
SD Gundam Scad Hammers 48000 (9000)

2007 Release :
Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi 28000 (8000)
Sonic to Himitsu no Ring 30000 (11000) (Sonic and the Secret Rings ??)
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki 62000 (22000) (aka Harvest Moon : Tree of Peace ??)
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 44000 (11000)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii 120000 (48000)
Sengoku Musou Katana 35000 (17000)
Mario Strikers Charged 86000 (28000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Neo 143000 (67000)

I was surprised at the Jikkyou game, since the last time it show up on Famitsu Top 30 is July 29, 2007 (second week after release), at 63K sales #, and has not show up ever since.
 
Eteric Rice

Eteric Rice

Member
apujanata said:
List of some games that has not been updated in Famitsu Top 30 for a long time (and also didn't show up in the Famitsu 1H07 portable sales), or who have significant increase compared to the last time they show up in Famitsu Top 30 list.

Code: 
2006 Release :
Swing Golf Pangya 70000 (17000)
SD Gundam Scad Hammers 48000 (9000)

2007 Release :
Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi 28000 (8000)
Sonic to Himitsu no Ring 30000 (11000) (Sonic and the Secret Rings ??)
Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki 62000 (22000) (aka Harvest Moon : Tree of Peace ??)
Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race 86000 (30000)
Momotarou Dentetsu 16 44000 (11000)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii 120000 (48000)
Sengoku Musou Katana 35000 (17000)
Mario Strikers Charged 86000 (28000)
Dragonball Z Sparking Neo 143000 (67000)

I was surprised at the Jikkyou game, since the last time it show up on Famitsu Top 30 is July 29, 2007 (second week after release), at 63K sales #, and has not show up ever since.
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Goes with my theory that many Wii games are slow burners due to many Wii owners not keeping up on what games are coming out and when.
 
M

Manjimaru

Member
Stats :D
Total SW: ~11 087 500
Number of games: 93
Average: ~119 220

TOP 15 Publishers:
Code: 
	Publisher	Games	  Total		Median
 1	Nintendo	 17	8 294 000	487 882
 2	Namco-Bandai	 10	  658 000	 65 800
 3	Square-Enix	  1	  477 000	477 000
 4	Capcom		  4	  266 000 	 66 500
 5	Konami		  5	  221 000	 44 200
 6	SEGA		  6	  216 000	 36 000
 7	Hudson		  7	  199 500	 28 500
 8	Takara-Tomy	  2	  136 000	 68 000
 9	MMV		  3	   82 000	 27 333
10	Koei		  5	   81 000	 16 200
11	Tecmo		  2	   76 000	 38 000
12	Ubisoft		  3	   58 000	 19 333
13	Banpresto	  1	   56 000	 56 000
14	AQ Interactive	  1	   53 000	 53 000
15	E.A Japan	  5	   52 000	 10 400

TOP 50 Games:
Code: 
	Name						 Publisher        FW	  LTD			
 1	Wii Sports					  Nintendo	176000	2250000
 2	Hajimete no Wii					  Nintendo	174000	1832000
 3	Mario Party 8					  Nintendo	265000	 905000
 4	Zelda TP					  Nintendo	139000	 508000
 5	Odoru Made in Wario				  Nintendo	 64000	 499000
 6	Dragon Quest Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors	Square-Enix	305000	 477000
 7	Super Paper Mario				  Nintendo	144000	 465000
 8	Super Mario Galaxy 				  Nintendo	251000	 432000
 9	Pokemon Battle Revolution			  Nintendo	 68000	 319000
10	Wii Fit						  Nintendo	261000	 261000
11	Big Brain Academy				  Nintendo	 42000	 237000
12	Fire Emblem Akatsuki no Megami			  Nintendo	 75000	 158000
13	Dragonball Z Sparking Neo			Namco-Bandai	 67000	 143000
14	Biohazard 4 Wii Edition				   Capcom	 44000	 124000
15	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakkyuu Wii		   Konami	 48000	 120000
16	Biohazard Umbrella Chronicles			   Capcom	 83000	 117000
17	Naruto Shippuuden Ex				Takara Tomy	 46000	 112000
18	Mario & Sonic Olympics				  Nintendo	 63000	 103000
19	One Piece Unlimited Adventure			Namco-Bandai	 40000	 102000
20	Ennichi no Tatsujin				Namco-Bandai	 11000	 100000
21	Kidou Senshi Gundam MS Sensen 0079		Namco-Bandai	 46000	  94000
22	Mario Strikers Charged				  Nintendo	 28000	  86000
23	Donkey Kong Taru Jet Race			  Nintendo	 30000	  86000
24	Dragonball Z Sparking Meteo			Namco-Bandai	 40000	  77000
25	Bleach Wii					    SEGA	 14000	  76000
26	Excite Truck					  Nintendo	 20000	  76000
27	Mezase!! Tsuri Master				   Hudson	 19000	  75000
28	Swing Golf Pangya				   Tecmo	 17000	  70000
29	Elebits						   Konami	  6000	  66000
30	Bokujou Monogatari Yasuragi no Ki		     MMV	 22000	  62000
31	Tamagotchi no Pika Pika Daitouryou		Namco-Bandai	  8000	  57000
32	Crayon Shinchan					 Banpresto	  4000	  56000
33	Hajime no Ippo Revolution			AQ Interactive	 25000	  53000
34	Forever Blue					  Nintendo	 19000	  49000
35	SD Gundam Scad Hammers				Namco-Bandai	  9000	  48000
36	Ghost Squad					    SEGA	 20000	  45000
37	Momotarou Dentetsu 16				   Hudson	 11000	  44000
38	Bomberman Land Wii				   Hudson	  6000	  38000
39	Super Monkey Ball Uki Uki Party Daishuugou	    SEGA	  4000	  37000
40	Red Steel					  Ubisoft	  9000	  36000
41	Sengoku Musou Katana				    Koei	 17000	  35000
42	Sonic to Himitsu no Ring			    SEGA	 11000	  30000
43	Kororinpa					   Hudson	  2000	  30000
44	GT Pro Series					     MTO	  8000	  29000
45	Eyeshield 21: Field Saikyou no Senshitachi	  Nintendo	  8000	  28000
46	Caduceus Z					    Atlus	  4000	  26000
47	Naruto Shippuuden Ex2				Takara Tomy	 24000	  24000
48	Boku to Sim no Machi				 E.A Japan	  8000	  23000
49	Puyo Puyo!					    SEGA	  4000	  23000
50	Jikkyou Powerful Major League 2 Wii		   Konami	  7000	  23000
 
S

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Manjimaru, you might want to replace "average" with "median" or "high-low drop average". Average really isn't applicable to such small datasets.

Eteric Rice said:
Goes with my theory that many Wii games are slow burners due to many Wii owners not keeping up on what games are coming out and when.
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I don't think the existence of slow-burning games on the Wii does anything to support that there are more slow-burning games on the Wii than other consoles. Someone like donny, Josh, or Moor Angol would probably be able to calculate the "average percentage of sales done off-charts" or even "average leg length" to test it, though.

RiZ III said:
Not even one million seller? Or am I not seeing it?
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Two right now (Wii Sports, Wii Play), although Mario Party 8 will break 1mln in January and Wii Fit could easily hit 1mln over the next 3-4 months.
 
Z

Zombie James

Banned
Manjimaru said:
TOP 50 Games:
Code: 
	Name						 Publisher        FW	  LTD			
 1	Wii Sports					  Nintendo	176000	2250000
 2	Hajimete no Wii					  Nintendo	174000	1832000
 3	Mario Party 8					  Nintendo	265000	 905000
 4	Zelda TP					  Nintendo	139000	 508000
 5	Odoru Made in Wario				  Nintendo	 64000	 499000
 6	Dragon Quest Masked Queen and Tower of Mirrors	Square-Enix	305000	 477000
 7	Super Paper Mario				  Nintendo	144000	 465000
 8	Super Mario Galaxy 				  Nintendo	251000	 432000
 9	Pokemon Battle Revolution			  Nintendo	 68000	 319000
10	Wii Fit						  Nintendo	261000	 261000
11	Big Brain Academy				  Nintendo	 42000	 237000
12	Fire Emblem Akatsuki no Megami			  Nintendo	 75000	 158000
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Third parties? Hello?
 
J

Jokeropia

Member
_leech_ said:
Third parties? Hello?
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Third parties predominantly put their eggs in the PS3 basket. (Nevertheless, DQ Swords > all PS3 games.)
Stumpokapow said:
Two right now (Wii Sports, Wii Play), although Mario Party 8 will break 1mln in January and Wii Fit could easily hit 1mln over the next 3-4 months.
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It wouldn't surprise me if Wii Fit hit a million in a few weeks. Galaxy has got a shot over the next 3-4 months.
 
T

Tyrone Slothrop

Banned
wii software numbers never cease to baffle me. its almost in inverse proportion with hardware sales in regard to some of the biggest titles

at this rate you'd think wii sports 2 would be out, with another well on its way next year
 
S

Stumpokapow

listen to the mad man
Tyrone Slotheop said:
at this rate you'd think wii sports 2 would be out, with another on its way next year
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Except that Nintendo has historically been disinclined to do rote sequels except for with Mario Party. Virtually every other Nintendo franchise has at least two years between sequels and substantial improvements made or new content added. Hence why there's one of each Mario sports title per generation, one-two Zelda titles, one or so Mario title, etc.

But they are continuing their "Wii *" line. Wii Music is the next one after Wii Fit.
 
P

Pellham

Banned
X26 said:
Looking at these numbers it's hard to believe it's the best selling console
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I'm sure the software numbers for the PS2 when it had a 4 million userbase weren't as pretty either (in fact they were probably much worse).
 
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linsivvi

Member
X26 said:
Looking at these numbers it's hard to believe it's the best selling console
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Only if you ignore Nintendo games. I doubt any publisher sold 8 million plus copies of software on the PS2 in its first year.
 
S

starship

psycho_snake's and The Black Brad Pitt's B*TCH
Manjimaru said:
Stats :D
Total SW: ~11 087 500
Number of games: 93
Average: ~119 220
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This is really low.
Through Dec. 2nd, Wii was at 3,945,429 so it means its tie ratio was 2.81.
This is really really low given the fact that nearly 0.5 of that came from Wii Play too.
Wii Software sales in Japan is pathetic.
 
D

duckroll

Member
Manjimaru said:
TOP 15 Publishers:
Code: 
	Publisher	Games	  Total		Median
 1	Nintendo	 17	8 294 000	487 882
 2	Namco-Bandai	 10	  658 000	 65 800
 3	Square-Enix	  1	  477 000	477 000
 4	Capcom		  4	  266 000 	 66 500
 5	Konami		  5	  221 000	 44 200
 6	SEGA		  6	  216 000	 36 000
 7	Hudson		  7	  199 500	 28 500
 8	Takara-Tomy	  2	  136 000	 68 000
 9	MMV		  3	   82 000	 27 333
10	Koei		  5	   81 000	 16 200
11	Tecmo		  2	   76 000	 38 000
12	Ubisoft		  3	   58 000	 19 333
13	Banpresto	  1	   56 000	 56 000
14	AQ Interactive	  1	   53 000	 53 000
15	E.A Japan	  5	   52 000	 10 400
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S-E is at #3 with just 1 game. Ouch for all other third parties. :(
 
C

ccbfan

Member
Wow, I never noticed Wii software is so ridiculesly top loaded.

1 Wii Sports Nintendo 176000 2250000
2 Hajimete no Wii Nintendo 174000 1832000
3 Mario Party 8 Nintendo 265000 905000


2250000 + 1832000 + 905000 = 4,987,000

4,987,000 / 11,087,500 = .44978

So basically 45 percent of all Wii software is from these 3 games.

Wow, thats crazy consider one is a basically a controller packed with a 10 dollar game and all three are party games.

Maybe the whole "electronic board game" idea isn't so far fetch.
 
E

EDarkness

Member
I don't feel bad for third parties at all. How much shovelware, ports, and how many low budget games do people have to put up with? I don't see third parties putting their best foot forward, either. Hopefully 2008 will be better, but based on my discussions with Japanese gamers many feel the quality of Wii games to be not so good. I admit that this is only a small sample of gamers, but that much has been consistent between my students. Sure there have been some games that have fallen through the cracks, but overall what have been the big budget, high quality games released on the Wii by third parties? Most of these companies should be happy their games sold as much as they have. Third parties should be considering how to improve their image on the Wii, but that will take a lot of effort and I wonder how many of them really want to bother with that.

Though, I would love to see where the PS2 was at this point in its lifetime.
 
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