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Mario and Zelda Dominate Japanese Year-End Sales Charts
« on: January 04, 2010, 09:38:15 AM »
The last full week of 2009 are taken over by the plucky plumber and the hero of time, as well as other Nintendo titles.
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=20710

 According to Japanese Media Crate data, New Super Mario Bros. Wii was the best-selling title for the week of December 21 to the 27th, selling 506,000 copies.  The latest Mario title has sold 2.44 million copies since its release in Japan on December 3rd.  The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks debuted in the second spot with 291,000 copies sold.   In the number 3 spot was another Nintendo title, Friend Connection for the DS. The title managed to sell 227,000 copies, for a total of 2.317 million copies sold. In the fifth spot was Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver with 125,000 copies sold, for a grand total of 3.456 million copies sold.   Other Nintendo titles in the chart include Inazuma Eleven 2, Wii Sports Resort, Wii Fit Plus, and Professor Layton and the Demon's Flute.  Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 was the only third-party Wii title to make an appearance.    


The full Media Crate chart is as follows:    


       


  • 1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 506,000 (2,440,000)
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  • 2. Zelda Spirit Tracks (Nintendo, DS): 291,000
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  • 3. Friend Collection (Nintendo, DS): 227,000 (2,317,000)
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  • 4. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, PS3): 189,000 (1,690,000)
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  • 5. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (Nintendo, DS): 125,000 (3,465,000)
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  • 6. WiiFit Plus (Nintendo, Wii): 114,000 (1,315,000)
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  • 7. Inazuma Eleven 2 (Level-5, DS): 99,000 (908,000)
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  • 8. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 72,000 (1,568,000)
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  • 9. Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Namco Bandai, Wii): 64,000 (200,000)
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  • 10. Professor Layton and the Demon's Flute (Level-5, DS): 64,000 (559,000)
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Pedro Hernandez
NWR Staff Writer

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Re: Mario and Zelda Dominate Japanese Year-End Sales Charts
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2010, 10:19:17 PM »
You forgot to mention how 37 of the top 50 games are on a Nintendo platform for that week
How the Wii outsold even the DS for that week
or how the Wii doubled the sales of PS3 and DS doubled the sales of PSP.
Nintendo is on fire in Japan

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=18481.msg575647#msg575647

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Re: Mario and Zelda Dominate Japanese Year-End Sales Charts
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2010, 10:25:26 PM »
Japan lies directly on the Ring of Fire, supported by Third Pillars.
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