Super Smash Bros. Brawl gets pushed down by Beautiful Writing and Japanese gangsters.
This week shows yet again how strong the casual market is in Japan. Nintendo’s own calligraphy and Chinese character training game stormed right to the top, just ahead of the new PlayStation 3 Yakuza title.
Wii Fit also continued to impress, heading slowly but surely towards the two million mark. Meanwhile, Wii Sports continues its phenomenal sales, which could make it seem like a system pack-in, despite it not being so in Japan.
Metroid Prime 3, which made a bold entry at No. 5 last week, slipped to No. 11 this week. Even Everyone's General Knowledge Training TV slid way down to No. 14, despite it being predicted to be another big seller with the casual/family market.
Sales this week / Total sales to date
01. [NDS] Beautiful Kanji Training (Nintendo) – 66,000 / New Entry
02. [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (Sega) – 46,000 / 227,000
03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 45,000 / 1,704,000
04. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 41,000 / 1,449,000
05. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco) – 24,000 / 213,000
06. [NDS] Shugo Character! The Three Eggs… (Konami) – 20,000 / New Entry
07. [PS2] Daito Giken Koushi Pachislot Simulator… (Paon) – 18,000 / New Entry
08. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 17,000 / 2,855,000
09. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Shining Sun and Friends (Marvelous) – 11,000 / 93,000
10. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) – 11,000 / 2,271,000
This week we have the year-to-date hardware sales and they show what a close race it is between the Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and the Wii.
Hardware - This Week / Total 2008 Sales
1. PSP - 57,651 / 918,997
2. WII - 55,845 / 944,254
3. NDS - 53,266 / 926,177
4. PS3 - 14,934 / 322,510
5. PS2 - 9,930 / 146,810
6. Xbox 360 - 1,744 / 44,092
