Nintendo Dominates Japanese Sales Charts

May 11, 2007 at 8:08 PDT – Source: Gamasutra

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Nintendo sweeps the top 21 in game sales for "Golden Week".

Nintendo's been going strong in Japan for awhile now, thanks to the phenomenon known as the DS Lite, and growing interest in Wii. During Japan's "Golden Week" series of holidays, the top 21 selling games were all for Nintendo platforms. Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, for Nintendo DS, took the top spot with 109,326 units. Super Paper Mario was the top selling Wii game, coming in at number two overall with 90,151 units sold. The first non-Nintendo platform game on the list is Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2nd for the PSP, and ranks in twenty-second. Check out the top ten below:

  1. [NDS] Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (Square-Enix) - 109,326
  2. [WII] Super Paper Mario (Nintendo) - 90,151
  3. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 84,782
  4. [NDS] Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo) - 58,948
  5. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 58,718
  6. [NDS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo) - 57,741
  7. [WII] Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo) - 55,165
  8. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 51,681
  9. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu DS: Tokyo & Japan (Hudson) - 45,662
  10. [NDS] More Brain Age (Nintendo) - 44,047

Mike Sklens, INACTIVE

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