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If you live in Japan, chances are you eat a lot of sushi, drink a lot of sake, and play a helluva lot of Nintendo DS and Wii games. According to the latest sales numbers, Nintendo is just printing Yen by the boatloads. Take a look at the chart:

  1. Gyakuten Saiban 4 (Phoenix Wright) (Capcom, DS) - 250,186 (New)
  2. Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (Nintendo, DS) - 92,017 (New)
  3. Wii Sports (Nintendo, Wii) - 41,035 (1,356,966)
  4. Yoshi's Island DS (Nintendo, DS) - 40,974 (670,432)
  5. Wii Play (Nintendo, Wii) - 28,394 (1,147,811)
  6. Prof. Layton and the Mysterious Village (Level 5, DS) - 25,548 (417,682)
  7. More English Training (Nintendo, DS) - 25,264 (109,909)
  8. Musou Orochi (Koei, PS2) - 23,067 (538,869)
  9. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 4 (baseball) (Konami, PS2) - 19,816 (101,868)
  10. Watashi no Relaxuma (Rocket Co, DS) - 18,734 (New)

Is the fact that Wii Sports and Wii Play are the only two Wii titles in the top 10 a concern or red flag to anyone else?

 


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quadmonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 12:58
quadmonkey
Um...Im a little more concerned that there are no PS3 games and Xbox 360 games (big surprise).
Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 12:58
Snaileb
"Is the fact that Wii Sports and Wii Play are the only two Wii titles in the top 10 a concern or red flag to anyone else? "

*RAISES HAND*
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:04
galagabug
can u even just go out and buy wii-sports?

is the pack-in just so awsome that people feel the need to have multiple copies?

or is it that wiimotes and wii consoles are still sellin like hotcakes that gets these guys on the charts..
World Famous's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:05
World Famous
I could be wrong, but I believe the Wii is sold without Wii Sports included in Japan.
Jaded Alyx's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:06
Jaded Alyx
Thing is, there are no 360 or PS3 games in the top THIRTY.
Chibi_Zero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:23
Chibi_Zero
Summa is right. Wii Sports isn't a pack-in title over in Japan.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:28
BahamutZero
wow I can't believe nobody here's played watashi no relaxuma it's the bomb fo shizzle
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:31
BahamutZero
check out the action filled high-intensity gameplay

BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:32
BahamutZero
PS the title literally mean "I am relaxing" or "I have posession of relaxation"
mandlebaum123's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:41
mandlebaum123
Is anybody concerned that AGAIN Summa tries to inject some sort of bad spin on good news for nintendo?
KilgoreTrout XL's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:49
KilgoreTrout XL
Mandlebaum123: No. The Wii kinda sucks. No offense, of course, but six months and all we have is the pack-in and (an admittedly very good) Zelda? That just doesn't cut it. Hey, I played Altered Beast on my new Genesis as much as the next guy, but it wasn't exactly NHL 95.

I'm wondering if anyone's getting sick of reading about the weekly japanese hardware sales. No matter how hard I try, I just can't make myself give a shit about them.
zsavior's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 13:59
zsavior
I think the Red Flag should be raised that neither the 360 nor the PS3 with Flashy graphics and "sophisticated" game play can even crack the market. If people choose to play thoes games that is what people choose.

The real question should be why no other games are selling. But then we would have to examine flaws in other companies other than Nintendo, and where is the fun in that amirite!

Because the way I am looking at it right now, no console is doing very hot. So if people want to keep things in perspective you might want to check out the industry in a whole and wonder why many places just aren't giving a damn.
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 14:10
brad drac
Why should it raise any flags? Wii sports is, with good reason, the most popular on the console and wii play comes with controllers. It's perfectly understandable that these would be the top sellers for the wii. As to why there aren't more wii games, 2 reasons:

1.) Waaaaaaaaay more people have DSes than Wiis, so it's only natural that DS software sells better.
2.) Super paper mario wasn't released over there until today.

Either better reasoning or less spin, please.
BahamutZero's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 14:25
BahamutZero

STFU.jpg
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 14:57
BluDesign
A dude dressed up as Doremon. I don't think there's things much gayer than that.
Joe Burling's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 15:31
Joe Burling
dvddesign, there is always something gayer...

yamabushi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 16:20
yamabushi
Kilgore is much right, 'More English Training' - 'Watashi no Relaxuma' ?? are those even games? Who Gives A Shit Indeed.
Tron Knotts's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 16:38
Tron Knotts
I think it raises a huge red flag..... of victory.

This might be the beginning of the end of the "fantasy" game (meaning games for teenage boys' power fantasies) being the industry standard.

Games used to be cool in the Atari era. Everyone played them. Then as graphics got better and controls got more complex, games got nerdier. Adults became ashamed to play them. Girls started to see them as excluding and stupid. Only teenage boys remained.

Imagine how much that would have sucked if it happend to the film industry, if the only kinds of movie that made money and won any acclaim were made for the Sci-Fi channel. That would suck. And that is what I have seen happen to gaming over the years. It has been sad to witness.

The Wii is taking things back to the old school, the not just for nerds school, and it is awesome.

I freaking love it!
Todd Umbarger's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 17:06
Todd Umbarger
Red flag? Perhaps there's only a minority complaining about the Wii's "lack of games" because Wii owners still love the games they already own. Nowadays I play Wii Golf more than Tiger '07 and I paid $50 less for it (and Tiger is by no means a bad game).

And if you don't own Elebits yet, you're cheating yourself.
MyNameIsFred's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 17:13
MyNameIsFred
Japan is so dumb, they wouldn't know good games if it hit them in their buts.
yamabushi's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 17:19
yamabushi
Trons right, What was cooler than combat the Wii sports of its day? And who didnt love sitting down with Mom and Dad and little Sis to play Pitfall or Asteriods late into the night?
mandlebaum123's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 17:22
mandlebaum123
If you believe that the wii has only wiisports and zelda, than I can understand why you think the wii sucks. Too bad neither are true.
Coolio McAwesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 17:30
Coolio McAwesome
Why would anyone be "concerned" that there are only two Wii titles in the top ten? I didn't see any PS3 or 360 games in the top ten. In fact, I only saw one PS3 game in the top FIFTY! Wii Sports sold more copies this week in Japan than any ten PS3 games combined! In what reality is this a "red flag" for Nintendo!?!

For those that lack the cognitive capacity to understand even the most basic of concepts; these sales figures are good news for Nintendo, and bad news for Sony and Microsoft. The fact that anyone could put negative spin on it regarding Nintendo is laughable.

ZealousD's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 17:49
ZealousD
"Is the fact that Wii Sports and Wii Play are the only two Wii titles in the top 10 a concern or red flag to anyone else?"

Like others have said, why should this raise a red flag? Shouldn't the fact that there's not a SINGLE PS3 or 360 title within the top THIRTY raise a much greater flag?

Summa, are you "in character" whenever you bash Nintendo like this? Are you like the Steven Colbert of gaming blogs? I find it hard to believe you could be this stupid.
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 18:19
subnet6
I'm just glad to see there aren't any knuckle dragging shooters creeping into the japanese consciousness. The fact that the US market has degraded to exactly 2.5 popular genres is mortifying. I just hope the success of the Wii pushes more interesting developers to localize their games stateside. I would kill for a Wii-sports sequel with racquetball or a more fleshed out version of Wii-play ping pong. There is nothing else like games that actually use the movement capabilities well. A classic dual shock style controller honestly feels antiquated after you get used to the 'mote. I put in Battalion Wars the other night to freshen up in anticipation of the coming sequel and the game seemed so disconnected. I wanted to be able to point at the screen exactly where I wanted to go and shoot and it just got frustrating, it was like there was this invisible barrier between myself and the game. I can't wait for the new BWii.
comradetrotskii's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 18:20
comradetrotskii
Im not concerned about the Wii having two games in the top ten. What concerns me is that those two games are overblown tech demos.

I'm as big a Nintendo fanboy as anyone here. I'm also a gamer. Being both is becoming increasingly difficult.

As fun as those games were for a week I want some 'real' games now.
CatalystMan's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 18:56
CatalystMan
Why the hell is Musou Orochi selling? Its a freaking Dynasty/Samurai warrior game. Thats right, both. At the same time.
tehArtist's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/19/2007 23:07
tehArtist
WHAT??!?!

Did I just see a little 'wii praise' from summa? or is it soo late and after many hours of studying my eyes are playing tricks?
Mxyzptlk's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2007 01:01
Mxyzptlk
I think the "not enough new games" complaints towards both the Wii and PS3 are way overblown myself. I've got plenty of stuff to play on the Wii (granted I did get it very late), and quite a few PS2/PC titles I still need to go back to. Are gamers just too impatient nowadays and want instant gratification?
The CronoLink's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2007 01:48
The CronoLink
Damn you, Geese, I pray you rot in Hell!!!

Can't get enough of N. When is Smash Brawl coming?
MrHappySunshine's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2007 15:41
MrHappySunshine
I think some of you just have to much damn time on your hands that's why everyone's complaining about a lack of games. Hell I know buying games is fun if they sold them on the side of the street from guys who wear shadey clothes I'd probably be gamewhore.
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