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Media Create 1 May - 7 May

Jesus.

The only thing standing in the way of the Wii in matching the success of the DS is the size of Japanese apartments. People will have to knock down walls to play Wii Tennis together.
 

Rur0ni

Member
Battersea Power Station said:
Jesus.

The only thing standing in the way of the Wii in matching the success of the DS is the size of Japanese apartments. People will have to knock down walls to play Wii Tennis together.
I think you have a point.
 
29 GBA Famicom Mini Super Mario Bros

:lol

Even that old thing came back for the Nintendo party.

It outsold the entire PSP library for ther week, with the exception of 3 games.


And winning 11 dropped like a rock, while Tetris barely went down.
 

neo2046

Member
Lo-Volt said:
Oh my God, Nintendo! What happens when the Wii hits Japan?
mrock8ml.gif
?
haha, need that Reggie @E3 05 gif besides this one :lol
 

Galactic Fork

A little fluff between the ears never did any harm...
Aren't the sales high because it's golden week? I mean BT2 was over 100k! I wouldn't expect anything near this high next week. COM just keeps chuggin along don't it?
 

Rock_Man

Member
neo2046 said:
02 NDS Brain Age 2 - 112,392 [2,164,256]

To reach 4 million this year it will have to sell 53,993 on average each week from now. With a huge boost in December I can't see how that could not happen.
 

cvxfreak

Member
Dark Dragon said:
hey cvx have you posted the april famitsu chart yet? :)

I usually post them within a half hour of getting them (thanks to translation work). GAF will get it shortly after I do. :)
 

yayaba

Member
1. Smash Bros Brawl
2. The return of PIT
3. DS sells like a mofo and can't stop
4. NSMB is coming out THIS week in the US
5. DS Lite in the US in JUNE
6. SUPER MARIO GALAXY
7. NEW PHOENIX WRIGHT, new Yoshi's Island, Super Paper Mario, Twilight Princess, etc.

OMG I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE BLOW UP-TON
 

ioi

Banned
HOLY FUCKING CRAP

I go to bed for 7 hrs and wake up to all this!!

I expected titles to jump for golden week but not DOUBLE. And 275k for DSL??? So over 300k for DS + DSL? That is just insane. Wait till Mario Bros hits.

And yes, I said a couple of months ago that BT 1 & 2 and Animal Crossing will all do 4m and I still stand by that.
 
Minor point: That should be Ochaken... (my daughter is in to that game.)

19 NDS Ochainu no heya DS -> 19 NDS Ochaken no heya DS
 

Jiggy

Member
So, uh... how many people live in Japan, anyway? I mean, just due to a limited population, DS sales have to slow down eventually...
 

E-phonk

Banned
Jiggy37 said:
So, uh... how many people live in Japan, anyway? I mean, just due to a limited population, DS sales have to slow down eventually...


Not when they release the DSLite Famitsu
 

MrSardonic

The nerdiest nerd of all the nerds in nerdland
neo2046 said:
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/ranking.html

01 NDS TETRIS DS - 160,148 [378,247]
02 NDS Brain Age 2 - 112,392 [2,164,256]
03 PS2 Winning Eleven 10 - 100,860 [561,409]
04 NDS Brain Age - 84,075 [2,136,857]
05 NDS Animal Crossing - 83,564 [2,645,481]
06 NDS Pokemon Ranger - 69,415 [496,834]
07 NDS English Training - 59,614 [998,343]
08 NDS Mario Kart DS - 37,037 [1,353,596]
09 GBA MOTHER 3 - 34,591 [291,428]
10 PS2 Dragon Quest Youth Yangus & Fushi no Dungeon - 33,279 [215,237]



#11 to #30 later
or if any other people can help ?

holy shit. amazing DS hardware and software sales. Nintendo essentially has five 1m+ sellers including three 2m+ sellers in the top 10.

DSL is never going to make it to Europe :(
 

cvxfreak

Member
Jiggy37 said:
So, uh... how many people live in Japan, anyway? I mean, just due to a limited population, DS sales have to slow down eventually...

127 Million

A little less than half of the US population, but greater than any country in Europe. Obviously densities greatly differ.
 

Rock_Man

Member
ioi said:
HOLY FUCKING CRAP

I go to bed for 7 hrs and wake up to all this!!

I expected titles to jump for golden week but not DOUBLE. And 275k for DSL??? So over 300k for DS + DSL? That is just insane. Wait till Mario Bros hits.

And yes, I said a couple of months ago that BT 1 & 2 and Animal Crossing will all do 4m and I still stand by that.

Do you go to bed when you know there's a new chart coming up?? ;)

BT 1 & 2 will not stop at 4 million by the way. (I know you didn't say that either)
 

ioi

Banned
Rock_Man said:
Do you go to bed when you know there's a new chart coming up?? ;)

BT 1 & 2 will not stop at 4 million by the way. (I know you didn't say that either)

Well I'd been up late the last few days with all this news and miss the best stuff by the look of it!!

And yes, those titles will EASILY do 4m. Comfortably. Will modify some charts in a bit to show just how much ownage we have here.

Amazing. Sony must be shitting themselves.


The thing that impresses me most is that with all this doom and gloom about non-games and people complaining about them, Nintendo come along and show the most impressive portfolio of "real-games" I've ever seen on Wii and DS at E3, and hardly any non-games at all (even though you just know Nintendogs, Brain Training sequels are in the works).

I'm afraid Japan is Nintendo's at the moment. Not even Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest can change that. The lineup is just so strong all across the board, and both on Wii and DS.

Upcoming DS games:

Over 2m
Pokemon D/P
Brain Trainings
New Super Mario Bros

Over 1m
Nintendogs 2
Yoshi's Island 2

Over 500k
Kirby DS (maybe 1M)
Final Fantasy III
Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Jump Superstars 2

Over 250k
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
Starfox DS (maybe more)
Diddy Kong Racing (maybe more)
Mario vs DK 2
Mario Hoops 3 on 3


And for Wii you have the likes of already:

Smash Bros Brawl
Super Mario Galaxies
Zelda: Twilight Princess


This is just the beginning I'm afraid. I predicted in the other thread I think sales this gen in Japan will look like:

DS: 26m
Wii: 23m
PS3: 14m

And I can see that being the case. I can see the DS at 13m by December (just over 2 years!!) and who knows just how big Wii will be.
 

Roders5

Iwata een bom zal droppen
Seriously, how can Nintendo make enough of these things considering its launching everywhere else shortly? Also, when the hell is the pink one coming? (for my gf
i swear
)
 
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Deleted member 1235

Unconfirmed Member
If I was Iwata I'd get drunk at a party and tell my employees that the first person to release a training title that sells under a million gets a yacht.

I want to draw some kind of Pearl harbour comparison somehow.
 

lancubap

Member
Nintendo OWN Japan with Nintendo DS now. What will happen with Wii ?

I think that we will see something like when the original Super Mario Bros. came out...
 
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Deleted member 284

Unconfirmed Member
Roders5 said:
Seriously, how can Nintendo make enough of these things considering its launching everywhere else shortly? Also, when the hell is the pink one coming? (for my gf
i swear
)
Never underestimate the Chinese!
 

MrSardonic

The nerdiest nerd of all the nerds in nerdland
what a crazy turnaround Nintendo are having. Wii is far from a sure thing right now but it will obviously do far better than the GC, and the DS is simply beyond anything the industry has ever seen...it took a little while to get going but it's unstoppable now. The momentum means the hardware is just going to suck all kinds of games towards it.
 

Barf_the_Mog

powerless or are they? o_O
No way Brain Training 2 can reach 4 million by the end of this year. If there were only 12 million DS units sold (just an estimate) than that would mean 1 out of every 3 owners would own that game. I think it'll pass 3 million, but 4?
 

ziran

Member
the androgyne said:
NOVEMBER.jpg


I'm going to have to update this .. scratch out kutaragi and replace with peter moore :)
from seeing loads of your pics i have to say your photoshop skills are excellent!!!



btw, is it possible to put reggie on the left, i think he's taller.
 

ioi

Banned
Everything and Nothing has been updated:

http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japweekly.php?date=38844

And top 20 games of 2006 so far are:

Pos Name Console Publisher Yearly Total
1 Final Fantasy XII PS2 Square 2,249,000 2,249,000
2 Brain Training 2 DS Nintendo 1,963,250 2,421,750
3 Animal Crossing: Wild World DS Nintendo 1,435,750 2,905,750
4 Brain Training DS Nintendo 1,101,500 2,381,000
5 English Training DS Nintendo 1,067,000 1,067,000
6 Mario Kart DS DS Nintendo 575,000 1,449,000
7 World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 PS2 Konami 566,000 566,000
8 Samaurai Warriors 2 PS2 Koei 551,500 551,500
9 Monster Hunter 2 PS2 Capcom 550,000 550,000
10 Pokemon Rangers DS Nintendo 527,000 527,000
11 Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII PS2 Square 491,000 491,000
12 Tetris DS DS Nintendo 410,750 410,750
13 Monster Hunter Portable PSP Capcom 352,000 643,500
14 Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams PS2 Capcom 332,500 332,500
15 Mother 3 GBA Nintendo 319,500 319,500
16 Brain Flex DS Nintendo 286,000 1,231,750
17 Mario + Luigi 2: Partners In Time DS Nintendo 283,000 429,250
18 Tamogotchi Connection: Corner Shop! DS Bandai 263,000 1,081,750
19 Seiken Densetsu DS: Children Of Mana DS Square 246,000 246,000
20 Nintendogs DS Nintendo 241,250 1,288,250

http://everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japyearly.php?year=2006



And the top 30 DS games in Japan to date:

Animal Crossing: Wild World DS Nintendo 2,905,750
Brain Training 2 DS Nintendo 2,421,750
Brain Training DS Nintendo 2,381,000
Mario Kart DS DS Nintendo 1,449,000
Nintendogs DS Nintendo 1,288,250
Brain Flex DS Nintendo 1,231,750
Tamogotchi Connection: Corner Shop! DS Bandai 1,081,750
English Training DS Nintendo 1,067,000
Wario Ware Touched DS Nintendo 1,021,250
Super Mario 64 DS DS Nintendo 968,750
Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Blue DS Nintendo 759,750
Daredemo Asobi Taizen DS Nintendo 575,250
Jump Super Stars DS Nintendo 556,250
Pokemon Rangers DS Nintendo 527,000
Mario + Luigi 2: Partners In Time DS Nintendo 429,250
Tetris DS DS Nintendo 410,750
Pokemon Dash DS Nintendo 400,250
Kirby: Canvas Curse DS Nintendo 333,250
Pokemon Trozei DS Nintendo 304,750
Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest 2 DS Enix 299,750
Dragonball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 DS Bandai 270,750
Seiken Densetsu DS: Children Of Mana DS Square 246,000
Naruto 3 DS Tomy 229,000
Yoshi: Touch and Go DS Nintendo 221,500
Super Princess Peach DS Nintendo 205,250
Jam With the Band DS Nintendo 199,500
Mushi King: Greatest Champion DS DS Sega 187,500
Naruto RPG 2 DS Tomy 143,000
Powerful Pro Pocket 8 DS Konami 133,250
Harvest Moon: Colobocle Station DS Victor Interactive 132,000
 

Barf_the_Mog

powerless or are they? o_O
I'm going to ask you again after this new media create came out...do you think Animal Crossing can surpass FF XII in 2006 sales?
 

ioi

Banned
Barf_the_Mog said:
I'm going to ask you again after this new media create came out...do you think Animal Crossing can surpass FF XII in 2006 sales?

Not quite.

I think 2.4m for FFXIII and about 2.3m for AC (plus 1.5m last year) 3.8m total.
 
Barf_the_Mog said:
I'm going to ask you again after this new media create came out...do you think Animal Crossing can surpass FF XII in 2006 sales?


It just might, it just might, thing is you never know with these crazy Nintendo games
 

ttk

Member
This must stop, right now.
I can't dance around in my underwear and sing songs of joy anymore.

Although I do that all the time anyway..
 

Rock_Man

Member
Barf_the_Mog said:
No way Brain Training 2 can reach 4 million by the end of this year. If there were only 12 million DS units sold (just an estimate) than that would mean 1 out of every 3 owners would own that game. I think it'll pass 3 million, but 4?

Not if DS goes down to weekly sales of around 100k or less soon. The big question is when that´s gonna happen. If it sells 200k every week for the rest of the year, DS will reach 15m.. ;P
 

ioi

Banned
Rock_Man said:
Not if DS goes down to weekly sales of around 100k or less soon. The big question is when that´s gonna happen. If it sells 200k every week for the rest of the year, DS will reach 15m.. ;P

There's a good chance it wont drop sub 100k this year to be honest.

And you have to see another 2m+ being sold in Nov / Dec alone.
 
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