Japanese Software Sales / Week Feb10-16

[BlueFire]

Source: MagicBox

-- 1 Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Bandai PS2 FIG 369,268 369,268
-- 2 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Square GBA S.RPG 225,993 225,993
-- 3 Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team 2 Sega PS2 SLG 124,857 124,857
-- 4 Anubis: Zone of the Enders Konami PS2 ACT 57,350 57,350
-- 5 Venus & Braves: Goddess & Prophesy of Ruin Namco PS2 S.RPG 48,206 48,206
-- 6 Metroid Fusion Nintendo GBA ACT 48,156 48,156
-- 7 Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers EA Square PS2 ACT 41,691 41,691
1 8 Devil May Cry 2 Capcom PS2 ACT 33,533 394,005
5 9 Pocket Monster Sapphire Pokemon GBA RPG 27,050 1,994,220
6 10 Pocket Monster Ruby Pokemon GBA RPG 26,530 1,951,215
4 11 Taikou no Tetsujin Namco PS2 MUS 24,829 435,562
-- 12 Gun Survivor 4: Biohazard Capcom PS2 STG 19,595 19,595
3 13 Nintendo Puzzle Collection Nintendo GC PZG 18,289 52,665
8 14 Makai Senki Disgaia Nippon Ichi PS2 S.RPG 15,588 85,881
10 15 Pawapuro Kum Pocket 5 Konami GBA SPT 13,233 133,068
7 16 Nobunaga's Ambition Soutenroku Koei PS2 SLG 12,585 90,469
9 17 007: NightFire EA Square PS2 ACT 12,349 60,507
11 18 World Soccer Winning Eleven 6 Final Evolution Konami PS2 SPT 11,387 585,907
14 19 Rachet & Clank Sony PS2 ACT 8,448 488,883
2 20 Exciting Pro Wrestling 4 Yuke's PS2 SPT 8,014 51,632
15 21 Actual Combat Pachislot Moujyuous Sammy PS2 TBG 7,768 267,301
21 22 Kirby Star: Fountain of Dreams Nintendo GBA ACT 6,908 616,034
18 23 Final Fantasy X (Mega Hits) Square PS2 RPG 6,705 36,711
20 24 Shin Sangoku Musou 2 (Mega Hits) Koei PS2 ACT 6,617 12,247
13 25 Armored Core 3 Silent Line From Software PS2 ACT 6,451 146,003
12 26 Operator's Side Sony PS2 A.AVG 6,437 32,843
17 27 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Premium Edition Konami PS SPT 6,412 34,795
16 28 Momotarou Dentetsu 11 Hudson PS2 TBG 5,881 376,765
24 29 Kingdom Hearts Final Mix Square PS2 A.RPG 5,423 342,323
19 30 Bakusou Dekotora Legend 3 Spike PS2 RAC 5,314 55,044
23 31 Legend of Zelda: Baton of Wind Nintendo GC A.RPG 5,156 606,386
26 32 Battle Network Rockman EXE 3 Capcom GBA A.RPG 4,917 378,995
-- 33 Spider-Man Capcom PS2 ACT 4,827 4,827
27 34 Million God JAB PS2 TBG 4,355 85,856
44 35 Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 Nintendo GBA ACT 4,240 348,963
28 36 Mario Party 4 Nintendo GC ETC 4,000 745,021
31 37 Tales of Destiny 2 Namco PS2 RPG 3,908 847,838
30 38 Unlimited: SaGa Square PS2 RPG 3,424 394,360
32 39 Inu Yasha: Naraku's Invitation Trap Takara GBA TBG 3,292 29,184
35 40 Sarugetchu 2 (PS2 the Best) Sony PS2 ACT 3,224 73,744
37 41 Everybody's Golf 3 (Mega Hits) Sony PS2 SPT 3,116 178,432
34 42 Sonic Advance 2 Sega GBA ACT 3,025 112,969
36 43 SuperLite 1500 Series The Tetris Success PS PZG 2,992 373,285
29 44 Devil May Cry (Mega Hits) Capcom PS2 ACT 2,927 74,117
33 45 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 9 Definitive Edition Konami PS2 SPT 2,916 107,672
25 46 DogStation Konami PS2 SLG 2,892 7,937
48 47 From TV Animation One Piece Treasure Battle Bandai GC ACT 2,720 210,646
38 48 Puyo Puyo Sun Sega PS PZG 2,620 7,863
22 49 Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball Tecmo XB SPT 2,590 97,919
53 50 Toruneko's Great Adventure 3: Mysterious Dungeons Enix PS2 RPG 2,451 527,362

[GameKinG]

Wel, DOA has dropped like a egg, and Metroid Fusion doing pretty well for a japanese market. Though that doesnt factor in what part of the week it came out in...

[Perfect Stu]

ZOE2, although not doing bad, should be doing better....

[fingersman]

Wow .......Mario Party is still selling relatively well considering the amount of time has been on the market, plus it's not what I would call a A+ game or a game with lasting appeal. ( sometimes the mini games get old fast...they shoudl have had more)

[Dyne]

5 9 Pocket Monster Sapphire Pokemon GBA RPG 27,050 1,994,220
6 10 Pocket Monster Ruby Pokemon GBA RPG 26,530 1,951,215

Damn, 4 million. Then look at

23 31 Legend of Zelda: Baton of Wind Nintendo GC A.RPG 5,156 606,386

:unsure:

It's a an demonstration of the Gamecube's current performance, that's for sure.

[GameKinG]

Originally posted by Dyne
5 9 Pocket Monster Sapphire Pokemon GBA RPG 27,050 1,994,220
6 10 Pocket Monster Ruby Pokemon GBA RPG 26,530 1,951,215

Damn, 4 million. Then look at

23 31 Legend of Zelda: Baton of Wind Nintendo GC A.RPG 5,156 606,386

:unsure:

It's a an demonstration of the Gamecube's current performance, that's for sure.

That pokemon is more popular the emperor of japan? Yes, it does prove that.

[DeathsHand]

Originally posted by GameKinG
That pokemon is more popular the emperor of japan? Yes, it does prove that.

or that even Zelda's sales are a bit meh and it's dropped like a rock on the sales charts...

Pokemon on GBA has nothing to do with Gamecube's performance ;) :sneaky:

[Jason1]

Well its obvious the Japanese are still obsessed with pokemon. I just dont see those games selling even close to that good here in the States, I think pokemon's popularity has dropped big time here in the states.

[tarakan69]

It's good to see that DOAX Volleyball is sucking the big one... Hope the X-Box manages to sell on QUALITY games... this one just doesn't cut it. A damn dating sim with a vollyball minigame...

[Jonbo298]

I'm surprised to see Zelda falling off so quickly. Then again, enough Japanese people should already own this game, so it would kind of make sense for it to fall off. But I dunno. I think Zelda sales in the US will be great for a month or 2, but it will probably fall off fast since enough gamers own the game and there isn't a cheat code that could "ruin" the game and make most gamers think their copy is shot, so they have to run out and buy another copy. *cough GT...you know what I'm talking about;):D...ummm....COUGH!*

[GameKinG]

Originally posted by DeathsHand
or that even Zelda's sales are a bit meh and it's dropped like a rock on the sales charts...

Pokemon on GBA has nothing to do with Gamecube's performance ;) :sneaky:

Eh, they slowly went down. Zelda hasnt been a very popular game in japan, at least not as much as people would blow it up to be. Not nearly at the stature of FF sales, or DQ.

[Dyne]

600,000 in three months in one area is very good for a Gamecube game.

[Mushlafa]

Originally posted by Jonbo298
But I dunno. I think Zelda sales in the US will be great for a month or 2,

I dont... first of all... i dont know that many people that own a gamecube.. and second.. the people that do own it... ive heard them say something to someone.. like.. did you see the new zelda game? Its so bad... i walked up to him and asked him why he thought that.... he sais cause the graphics are bad... i sais ur an idiot and went to nba.com :unsure:

But i dont think its gonna appeal to people older than like 12.....

[GameKinG]

Actually those sales only count for all of January and what the sales week ended at in February. Zelda came out last year. I dont know the official sales but they should be somwhere from 750,000 - 850,000.

[Dyne]

I bet some people are going to buy a cube just for Zelda. The number of preorders is also nothing to scuff at.

[Perfect Stu]

Anyone who doesn't think Zelda won't be a big success in NA must be misinformed...

-preorders alone should swallow first shipped copies
-Zelda always has been a success in NA
-Gamecube fans have been waiting for this game for almost TOO long

[Mushlafa]

but the fact that a lot of zelda fans wont like it cause its cel shaded might not have it be as big as say OoT or i dunno.. other zelda titles..

[Jason1]

Im sure zelda will sell quite well in the states, but not as well as it could have im sure. I hate to say it, but there are a lot of idiots out there that wont look past the graphics.

[Perfect Stu]

Originally posted by Jason1
Im sure zelda will sell quite well in the states, but not as well as it could have im sure. I hate to say it, but there are a lot of idiots out there that wont look past the graphics.

yeah...so many idiots...not just the ones you mentioned, but others, too! like the ones with one-tracked minds who won't look at anything outside of Nintendo.

[BreakABone]

Well, the only thing, Nintendo could hope for are that a lot of people are taking by it's animaiton and whatnot.

It's rather weird, I went to EBGames on Saturday with my friend to look for his GCN, and Zelda looks cool and all but just looks like no comepetiton standing next to the Halo 2 video that was playing.

[Joeiss]

I saw a commercial for WW, and trust me, people will not overlook it because of the graphics. They will probably buy it because of it, lol. Seeing the graphics in motion on a TV is beaut-e-ful.

[DeathsHand]

Nobody I know likes the new look of Zelda except like 2 people... And one of them might not like the new look, but he has it pre-ordered either way...

I went to the mall with a group of friends and they had the Zelda demo set up so I was playing it and 2 peepsles I was with thought it looked so stupid, the other didn't seem to like the new look either, and he also wasn't happy that there was no jump button (he hasn't played the N64 games)... *shrugs*

I've only ran into one guy who likes the new look, and another person I know has it pre-ordered, but I'm not sure if he likes the new look or if he just wants it because it's Zelda...

I'm sure Zelda will still sell good enough though :p And even if it doesn't I don't care cuz I'll still enjoy it

[GameKinG]

Yeah, one of the main reasons Im buying it is the graphics. There so COOL!

As long as I get my copy, I don't care about anything else.

[tarakan69]

IMO Zelda will sell and will sell a lot... only problen it won't move the number of systems people will want.