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Nintendo is back at the top of the Japanese software chart after last week's PS3 shake-up.
Six of the top 10 games were for the DS, which continues to fly off shelves in its hundreds of thousands after the launch of the DSi across the region.
A new Kirby DS game entered in the top spot, followed by Rhythm Tengoku, Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode and Pokémon Platinum all on the same system.
Last week's leader, Grand Theft Auto IV on PS3, fell to five, ahead of Valkyrie Profile on DS and a "PSP the Best" version of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G.
Then came Personal Trailer: Walking on DS at eight - the game with the pedometer peripheral, then another version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue at nine.
LittleBigPlanet just managed to stay in the top flight at 10, as its lifetime sales in the region reach 69,000.
The Wii managed to reclaim its title as best selling console in Japan, but at 24,726 sales was chased hard by PS3 and Xbox 360, the numbers for which continue to climb.
- Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) - 265,654
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) - 39,891 (lifetime: 1,129,000)
- Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) - 37,411 (lifetime: 154,000)
- Pokémon Platinum (DS) - 36,670 (lifetime: 1,890,000)
- Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3) - 35,851 (lifetime: 169,000)
- Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono (DS) - 32,569 (lifetime: 112,000)
- Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP) - 19,048 (lifetime: 44,000)
- Personal Trainer: Walking (DS) - 18,465 (lifetime: 45,000)
- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III (PS3) - 16,927 (lifetime: 52,000)
- LittleBigPlanet (PS3) - 16,905 (lifetime: 69,000)
- DS - 113,278
- PSP - 43,726
- Wii - 24,726
- PS3 - 18,354
- Xbox 360 - 12,759
- PS2 - 5743
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Der_tolle_Emil
17/11/08 @ 14:59
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I expected LBP to sell better. Does it just look like the Japanese might like it or is it one of those games that never sell that much in a single week but never really manage to fall out of the top 20 either?
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ryohazuki1983
17/11/08 @ 15:03
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Slipped from 3rd to 10th, so doesn't seem like its gonna hang around, but who knows. Crazy that a title called Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode sold more than twice as much as LBP and outsold GTAIV
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canIdoyabombsforya
17/11/08 @ 17:09
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LBP is the best game on the PS3. Shame it isn't selling well, already in the bargain bins at supermarkets and being thrown in for free with PS3 bundles. So it seems blu-ray movies are still the system seller, very sad.
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Mr_Majestik
17/11/08 @ 17:23
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Japenese never buy western games in big numbers. The fact that there's two games by British developers in the top 10 is pretty amazing.
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I think the assumption is that the Japanese are hardcore gamers. I'm not so sure, their market seems to have been dominated more by kiddie games in recent years.
LBP could be a slow burner as more people realise that it's not all about creation and is in fact a superb platformer...Sony didn't spell this out very clearly. |
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makeamazing
17/11/08 @ 19:51
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I personally didnt think Mario was all that... but still different people have different tastes.
Perhaps it wont do as well as Sony hoped... I'm sure it will do a couple of million, but perhaps they were hoping for alot more. Still anything over a million is generally considered a good success. I am about to test out LBP tonight (got it for xmas for the kids ;D |
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You lot are pretty prejudiced aren't you? Japanese gamers are free to buy anything they want to. It's not like charts anywhere else are much better? As for LBP, I don't know about you, but Gamemaker has been around for ages. LBP should have been free and for the PC, like Ragdoll Kung Fu before it.
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CannonAnBall
17/11/08 @ 21:50
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EG these days....
"...if it's on the ps3 it's bound to be shit. Not tried it myself but it's shit" |
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makeamazing
17/11/08 @ 22:09
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@Pulsar_t Games Factory has been around longer and is much better :D
Back on topic, not sure why its not selling in Japan... will be interesting to see in the coming weeks what happens to it...I suspect it will drop out of the top ten next week though...shame. Wonder how it is selling worldwide.. |
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Kenshin001
18/11/08 @ 01:53
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LBP simply isn't that good a game period. I can't even get a 4 playuer game together anymore as there is rarely anyone online to play with. The user created levels are also extremely dull (yes I've played the top ten rated ones).
Lol, do you ever tire of posting FUD? Perhaps the reason you can not get a 4 player game together is because you have no friends. |
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