It was a holiday week in Japan, and that lifts Wii Party back to the top.
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The Japanese holiday known as Obon has helped lift the country from its rather dry spell of software releases. In fact, quite a few titles for Nintendo’s systems saw noticeable increases last week.
Recapturing the top spot after a short hiatus is Nintendo’s Wii Party, seeing a massive 51% increase in sales. The game managed to move 124,000 units for the week, bringing its lifetime-to-date sales in the country to 736,000. Next week it should surpass Super Mario Galaxy 2 as the best-selling Wii game released this year in Japan.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Capcom’s Sengoku Basara 3 for the PlayStation 3 slides 38% to 35,324, while Level 5’s Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark/Bomber saw a modest 16% increase in sales. The new Inazuma Eleven finished the week with sales just over 28,000.
Tales of Phantasia for the PSP was last week’s best-selling game, and it slips three spots to the fourth position this week. Sega’s Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 ruled the roost a few weeks ago, but continues its descent down the charts as it slides 4-5. Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy 2 also climbs up one spot this week. Mario’s new game sees an increase in sales this week, bringing its lifetime-to-date total to just short of 770,000 units.
This week’s biggest mover is Nintendo’s Art Academy, rebounding all the way from 19-7. Art Academy has been a slow burner in Japan, debuting with sales of just over 20,000 units, and has finally managed to break the 125,000 mark in its ninth week. The game managed to move a little over 16,000 units last week, and if its legs are any indication, Art Academy may be sticking around the charts for quite some time.
Another big jumper can be found in the eight position as Friend Collection leaps 18-8. This week the game manages to squeeze past the 15,000 mark due to a 32% increase in sales. Rounding out the top 10 are Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory and Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battles With the Ghouls, both of which were around the 15,000 mark for the week.
Outside of the top 10, many of Nintendo’s games saw increases. New Super Mario Bros. Wii returned to the top 20, as did Mario Kart Wii.
On the hardware side of things, the Nintendo DS line of systems ended the week with sales just over 57,000. The best-selling model was the Nintendo DSi LL, followed closely by the Nintendo DSi. The Wii, on the other hand, was outpaced again as the PlayStation 3 managed to outsell it by almost 8,000 units, ending the week with sales of just over 25,000 in total.
Media Create August 9-15
01. / 02. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 124.489 / 736.207 (+51%)
02. / 03. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 35.324 / 335.044 (-38%)
03. / 05. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! Spark / Bomber (Level 5) - 28.215 / 779.842 (+16%)
04. / 01. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco) - 27.822 / 136.179 (-74%)
05. / 04. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2 (Sega) - 24.017 / 301.349 (-33%)
06. / 07. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) - 20.873 / 769.769 (+25%)
07. / 19. [NDS] Art Academy (Nintendo) - 16.895 / 125.316 (+62%)
08. / 18. [NDS] Friend Collection (Nintendo) - 15.243 / 3.379.263 (+32%)
09. / 13. [WII] Dragon Quest: Monster Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) - 14.803 / 220.443 (+12%)
10. / 16. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Dororon! Battle With the Ghouls!! (Bandai Namco) - 14.299 / 176.340 (+17%)
11. / 12. [NDS] Tetris Party Deluxe (Hudson) - 13.833 / 27.849 (-1%)
12. / 00. [PSP] Corpse Party: Blood Covered - Repeated Fear (5pb.) - 13.566 / NEW
13. / 15. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) - 13.558 / 129.012 (+10%)
14. / 08. [NDS] Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo) - 12.719 / 225.730 (-20%)
15. / 09. [WII] Sengoku Basara 3 (Capcom) - 12.160 / 77.369 (-21%)
16. / 24. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 11.105 / 2.901.033
17. / 14. [NDS] Kamen Rider Battle: Ganbaride Card Battle Taisen (Bandai Namco) - 10.762 / 87.969 (-17%)
18. / 11. [NDS] Heart Catch PreCure! Oshare Collection (Bandai Namco) - 10.398 / 25.489 (-31%)
19. / 22. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment) - 10.333 / 129.209
20. / 25. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - 10.069 / 3.964.859
Titles in Top 20 by Platform
Nintendo DS - 9
Nintendo Wii - 6
Sony PSP - 4
Sony PlayStation 3 - 1
Sony PlayStation 2 - 0
Microsoft Xbox 360 - 0
Japan Video Game System Sales
1. Nintendo DS (All Models) - 57,582
2. Sony PSP (All Models) - 36,342
3. Sony PlayStation 3 - 33,057
4. Nintendo Wii - 25,072
5. Microsoft Xbox 360 - 5,065
6. Sony PlayStation 2 - 1,675
Topic: Media Create Sales: August 9-15 (Read 2324 times)
