Japan's Top 50 Games of 2007

[BreakABone]

1 Wii Wii Sports Nintendo 12/2/2006 1,911,520
2 PSP Monster Hunter Freedom 2 Capcom 2/22/2007 1,489,898
3 Wii Wii Play Nintendo 12/2/2006 1,487,484
4 DS Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Time Exploration Battalion Pokemon 9/13/2007 1,256,516
5 DS Mario Party DS Nintendo 11/8/2007 1,232,644
6 DS New Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 5/25/2006 1,176,939
7 DS Pokemon Diamond/Pearl Pokemon 9/28/2006 1,094,389
8 Wii Mario Party 8 Nintendo 7/26/2007 1,053,934
9 DS Dragon Quest IV Square Enix 11/22/2007 1,052,827
10 DS Brain Age 2 Nintendo 12/29/2005 1,033,933
11 DS Mario Kart DS Nintendo 12/8/2005 910,771
12 DS Yoshi Island DS Nintendo 3/8/2007 896,814
13 DS Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo 11/23/2005 858,501
14 DS The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass Nintendo 6/23/2007 839,395
15 DS Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker Square Enix 12/28/2006 825,065
16 Wii Wii Fit Nintendo 12/1/2007 818,166
17 DS Professor Layton and the Curious Village Nintendo 2/15/2007 765,758
18 PSP Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Square Enix 9/13/2007 753,939
19 Wii Super Mario Galaxy Nintendo 11/1/2007 747,684
20 DS Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day Nintendo 5/31/2007 729,313
21 PS2 Warriors Orochi Koei 3/21/2007 649,570
22 DS Kanshu Nihon Joshiki-ryoku Kentei Kyokai: Imasara Hito ni wa Kikenai Otona no Joshiki-ryoku Training DS Nintendo 10/26/2006 622,018
23 DS Professor Layton and The Devil's Box Level-5 11/29/2007 615,338
24 DS More Adult DS Training For People Who Are Bad at English Nintendo 3/29/2007 615,338
25 DS Brain Age Nintendo 5/19/2005 607,441
26 PS2 Winning Eleven: Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 Konami 11/22/2007 545,024
27 DS Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings Square Enix 4/26/2007 524,009
28 DS Adult DS Training For People Who Are Bad at English Nintendo 1/26/2006 521,419
29 DS Ace Attorney: Apollo Justice Capcom 4/12/2007 515,417
30 Wii Super Paper Mario Nintendo 4/19/2007 499,639
31 Wii Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Square Enix 7/12/2007 486,222
32 DS Final Fantasy IV Square Enix 12/20/2007 447,087
33 PS2 Super Robot Taisen OG - Original Generations Banpresto 6/28/2007 435,411
34 DS Itadaki Street DS Square Enix 6/21/2007 413,537
35 PS2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Capcom 1/25/2007 412,100
36 DS Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates Square Enix 8/23/2007 389,845
37 DS Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus/Leo/Dragon Capcom 12/14/2006 374,504
38 PS3 Hot Shots Golf 5 Sony 7/26/2007 372,895
39 DS My Household Budget Diary Nintendo 7/12/2007 369,459
40 DS Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan DS Namco Bandai 3/15/2007 364,198
41 Wii Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Nintendo 11/22/2007 363,101
42 DS Kirby Squeak Squad Nintendo 11/2/2006 362,124
43 DS Zaidan Hojin Nihon Kanji Noryoku Kentei Kyokai Koshiki Soft: 200-man-nin no KanKen Tokoton Kanji-nou IE Institute 11/9/2006 350,531
44 Wii WarioWare: Smooth Moves Nintendo 12/2/2006 348,485
45 PS2 SD Gundam G Generation Spirits Namco Bandai 11/29/2007 343,807
46 PS2 Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix + Square Enix 3/29/2007 337,091
47 DS Momotaro Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan Hudson 4/26/2007 334,044
48 PS3 Dynasty Warriors 6 Koei 11/11/2007 332,168
49 DS Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis Nintendo 4/12/2007 306,176
50 PS3 Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Namco Bandai 3/1/2007 306,114

IGN has the top 100 list.
http://ds.ign.com/articles/845/845164p1.html

Not that it is surprising but the pony you want to back in Japan is the DS.

[Bond]

Is Wii Sports not packaged with the Wii in Japan?

[Jason1]

Is Wii Sports not packaged with the Wii in Japan?

Correct, im pretty sure it wasnt.

[Yoda9864]

It was certainly not bundled with it.

[Yoda9864]

On another note, why do we not have Wii Fit yet? They can't localize that game in one month?

[BreakABone]

On another note, why do we not have Wii Fit yet? They can't localize that game in one month?
Perfectly honest with you, they didn't need it.

Mario seems to have been strong enough to carry them through the holiday season. It also helps that the console can't be found in stores. :p

We got Smash Bros in Feb which will "help" the Wii continue its momentum.

So really, it makes sense to position it lower into the year.
Also from what I heard it does have a lot of text and an additional channel.

Is Wii Sports not packaged with the Wii in Japan?
And no, Nintendo figured Japan was the only place they could get away without bundling the game.
And they seem to have been correct.

[Angrist]

I think they still have Balance Board production issues and that's why you and we have to wait for Wii Fit.

Now that it's a succes, I assume they're opening another factory to build those BBs. :)

[bobcat]

How times have changed......once dominated by Sony, now Nintendo. Seriously who would have guessed