Topic: Japanese Weekly Software and Hardware Charts for Jan. 21-27

[famicomplicated]

The week soon to be known as β€œThe calm before the Brawl.”
 http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/newsArt.cfm?artid=15237

 Nothing too surprising this week.  Wii Fit is still selling its $80 boxes at an incredible rate and Wii Sports is still  going strong. There was, however, an unusual influx of PlayStation titles, including the latest version of the ever-popular soccer simulator Winning Eleven on PSP.    

Monster Hunter Portable on PSP is almost neck and neck with Mario Party DS in terms of weekly and overall sales, jostling for the No.6 position.    

Sales / Total Sales
 01. Wii Fit (Wii) – 89,000 / 1,283,000
 02. Winning Eleven: Ubiquitous Evolution 2008 (PSP) – 77,000 / New Entry
 03. Lucky Star (PS2) – 72,000 / New Entry
 04. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) – 50,000 / 140,000
 05. Wii Sports (Wii) – 26,000 / 2,714,000
 06. Mario Party DS (DS) – 22,000 / 1,581,000
 07. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (PSP) – 21,000 / 1,555,000
 08. Doraemon Baseball (DS) – 20,000 / 138,000
 09. Yggdra Union (PSP) – 17,000 / New Entry
 10. Professor Layton and the Devil's Box (DS) – 15,000 / 746,000
   

This is all insignificant however, to what will no doubt be unprecedented sales of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, which was released here in Japan on the 31st. Initial reports say all of the initial shipment was sold out within days. The lengths that the Tokyo branch of NWR had to go to in order to secure a copy is testament to how in demand the game was at launch.    

On the hardware side of things, the Wii was lagging behind the PSP again this week, which is also reflected in the total-to-date sales of the system. Naturally the DS is the clear leader, and has already passed the half-million mark in 2008 alone.    

Weekly Sales (Year-to-Date Sales)
 1. DS – 79,370 (532,000)
 2. PSP – 77,933 (472,000)
 3. Wii – 74,544 (450,000)
 4. PS3 – 34,363 (175,000)
 5. PS2 – 11,364 (71,000)
 6. Xbox 360 – 4,296 (23,000)

[Kairon]

Are you the entirety of the NWR Tokyo Branch Mr. James Charleton?

[Shecky]

Heh, I was about to comment on this "Tokyo Branch" as well

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

The Tokyo Branch should've went to the No More Heroes launch and asked Suda "NO BLOOD?  WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING?"

[Kairon]

Yeah, then the Tokyo branch would've been able to stock up on enough toilet paper for a month!

[BlackNMild2k1]

But why is the Tokyo Branch a week late with this report?
Did you ship this news over on a  boat with all the Wiis that we've been waiting for?

edit: forgot to put a somewhere in this post. Don't want it to be taken too seriously

*cough*Brawl sold 820k 1st week*cough*  

[famicomplicated]

Haha, yes the Tokyo Branch sure is lonely....

I was going to pick up the 3,000 rolls of NMH toilet paper left after the event, but i was already stocked up, thanks to the week of Mexican food I had the week before.

[Kairon]

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Originally posted by: super_famicomplicated
Haha, yes the Tokyo Branch sure is lonely....

I was going to pick up the 3,000 rolls of NMH toilet paper left after the event, but i was already stocked up, thanks to the week of Mexican food I had the week before.

Where did the Tokyo Branch find Mexican Food in Japan?