So, I got some free time at work the other day, got bored (waiting for Jeanne d'Arc)... and, here we go. I had been doing some translations for the 2006 top 500 chart, and then I ended up going back to work on some older charts, and I ended up putting together a list of the best-selling DS games in Japan right now. No one's posted something along these lines in a while (Dalthien used to have a thread where he updated these, but that's been dead for a while), so it seemed like something worth putting up.
I've included, to the best of my ability (there are so many non-gamey things with similar names that sometimes it's hard to keep track of them), all of the DS games above 100,000. It's basically an arbitrary number, and there are plenty of successful games right below that mark (ie Mega Man ZX), but I had to draw the line somewhere.
Here they are by game name, publisher, total sales, and an asterisk to indicate whether it's a non-game or not.
I've included, to the best of my ability (there are so many non-gamey things with similar names that sometimes it's hard to keep track of them), all of the DS games above 100,000. It's basically an arbitrary number, and there are plenty of successful games right below that mark (ie Mega Man ZX), but I had to draw the line somewhere.
Here they are by game name, publisher, total sales, and an asterisk to indicate whether it's a non-game or not.
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Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Versions Pokemon Co. 5,397,204
New! Super Mario Brothers Nintendo 5,038,171
Brain Age 2 Nintendo 4,806,586 *
Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo 4,542,211
Brain Age Nintendo 3,609,898 *
Mario Kart DS Nintendo 2,763,660
English Training Nintendo 2,051,037 *
Nintendogs Nintendo 1,708,393
Common Sense Training Nintendo 1,538,618 *
Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker Square Enix 1,458,149
Mario Party DS Nintendo 1,440,738
Big Brain Academy Nintendo 1,426,671 *
Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon 2 Nintendo 1,302,059
Tetris DS Nintendo 1,232,061
Wario Ware Touched! Nintendo 1,123,507
Dragon Quest IV Square Enix 1,123,243
Tamagotchi: Corner Shop Namco Bandai 1,110,046
Kirby: Squeak Squad Nintendo 1,060,257
Super Mario 64 DS Nintendo 1,042,322
Oshare Majo Love & Berry Sega 1,039,669
Final Fantasy III Square Enix 1,003,829
Yoshi's Island 2 Nintendo 896,814
Cooking Navi Nintendo 876,246 *
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Nintendo 839,395
Professor Layton and the Curious Town Level-5 791,563
Jump! Ultimate Stars Nintendo 789,445
Tamagotchi: Corner Shop 2 Namco Bandai 780,711
Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon: Blue Pokemon Co. 761,617
Flash Focus: Vision Training Nintendo 729,313 *
Professor Layton and Pandora's Box Level-5 673,980
Pokemon Ranger Pokemon Co. 643,776
Tokoton Kanji Brain IE Institute 621,885 *
More English Training Nintendo 615,338 *
Clubhouse Games Nintendo 598,055
Megaman Star Force Capcom 593,675
Kanken DS Rocket Company 570,662 *
Jump! Super Stars Nintendo 549,265
Final Fantasy IV Square Enix 527,131
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings Square Enix 524,009
Apollo Justice, Ace Attorney Capcom 515,417
Mario Basket 3-on-3 Nintendo 466,676
1,000 Recipes Nintendo 431,003 *
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time Nintendo 417,391
Itadaki Street DS Square Enix 413,537
Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Square Enix 389,845
My Housekeeping Diary Nintendo 369,459 *
Moji Pittan DS Namco Bandai 364,198
Pokemon Dash Pokemon Co. 348,285
Kanji Quiz DS Rocket Company 340,429 *
Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan Hudson 334,044
Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney Capcom 315,966
Kirby: Canvas Curse Nintendo 315,211
Dragon Ball Z: Bukuu Ressen Namco Bandai 313,505
Kageyama Math Drills Shogakukan 308,595 *
Mario vs Donkey Kong 2 Nintendo 306,176
Harvest Moon: The Island I Grew Up On Marvelous 304,348
Taiko Drum Master DS Namco Bandai 303,461
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime Square Enix 293,970
Pokemon Trozei Pokemon Co. 293,807
Wario: Master of Disguise Nintendo 289,872
Final Fantasy Tactics A2 Square Enix 287,871
Children of Mana Square Enix 281,083
Super Robot Wars W Banpresto 278,027
Puyo Puyo! Sega 267,995
Picross DS Nintendo 266,641
SD Gundam G Generation Cross Drive Namco Bandai 263,076
Magic Taizen Nintendo 262,464
IQ Supplement DS Spike 258,476 *
MegaMan Star Force 2 Capcom 250,497
Tingle RPG Nintendo 232,038
Heisei Board of Education DS Namco Bandai 226,124 *
Kanji Brain IE Institute 221,184 *
Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 3 Takara Tomy 220,928
Ouendan 2 Nintendo 218,248
Digimon Story Namco Bandai 217,986
Hotel Dusk: Room 215 Nintendo 212,712
Tamagotchi 3 Namco Bandai 204,744
Power Pro Pocket 10 Konami 200,192
Toeic Test DS Training IE Institute 199,793 *
Yoshi's Touch and Go Nintendo 197,337
Tales of Innocence Namco Bandai 196,913
Super Princess Peach Nintendo 196,641
Tales of the Tempest Namco Bandai 196,073
Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer Sega 195,052
SimCity DS EA 193,826
The World Ends With You Square Enix 192,955
Mushi King: Road to Greatest Champion Sega 191,388
Digimon Story 2: Sunburst/Moonlight Namco Bandai 185,110
Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber Nintendo 179,452
Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney 3 Capcom 170,826
Legend of Starfi 4 Nintendo 167,136
Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney 2 Capcom 164,484
Daigasso! Band Brothers Nintendo 164,166
Puzzle Series Vol. 3: Sudoku Hudson 163,037
Sangokushi Taisen DS Sega 161,493
World Soccer Winning Eleven DS Konami 145,228
Power Pro Pocket 9 Konami 144,631
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Tales Square Enix 139,944
Naruto: Shinobi Retsuden Takara Tomy 137,669
Dragon Ball Z Harukanaru Densetsu Namco Bandai 136,441
Chibi Robo: Park Patrol Nintendo 134,506
Kyotaro Nishimura Mystery Tecmo 133,000
Naruto RPG 2 Takara Tomy 131,748
Dinosaur King Sega 131,496
Minna no DS Seminar TDK Core 129,988 *
Mushi King 2 Sega 128,569
Rune Factory Marvelous 125,445
Power Pro Pocket 8 Konami 122,788
Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 4 Takara Tomy 121,149
Etrian Odyssey Atlus 119,584
Kanji-input Easy Dictionary Nintendo 119,523 *
Right Brain Master: Mistake Museum Namco Bandai 117,849 *
Planet Puzzle League Nintendo 117,414
Dorabase: Dramatic Stadium Namco Bandai 115,000
Harvest Moon for Girls Marvelous 112,811
Eyeshield 21: Max Devil Power Nintendo 110,260
Custom Robo Arena Nintendo 109,279
DS Literature Collection Nintendo 109,000 *
Crayon Shinchan DS Banpresto 107,127
Mega Man Battle Network 5: Double Team Capcom 106,526
Harvest Moon DS Marvelous 106,230
Trace Memory Nintendo 105,452
Tea Dog's Room DS MTO 105,258
Right Brain Master: Mistake Museum 2 Namco Bandai 103,262 *
Bleach DS 2nd Sega 102,055
ASH: Archaic Sealed Heat Nintendo 101,774
Kirarin * Revolution: Idol Audition Konami 101,750
Feel the Magic XX/YY Sega 100,263