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Well, I'll be... Wii Music debuts at no. 1 in Japan photo

Japan's software sales numbers for the week of October 13-19 say that Nintendo's Wii Music sold 92,000 copies in its first week in Japan. Did you see that coming?

It even passed up the relatively hot Pokémon Platinum, which has already racked up 1.75 million sales in Japan. New titles like Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 2, Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters, and Culdcept DS all rank in the top 10 this week, but they're no match for the mighty casual Wii title.

One of my favorites, Rhythm Tengoku Gold, continues to sell well, coming in at no. 4 this week with 51,000 units moved and just over a million copies total sold. Finally, Wii Fit is still charting, still going strong with 2,740,000 silly scales sold. 

Top ten listed after the jump, courtesy of Chart Get!

01. [WII] Wii Music (Nintendo) 92,000 / NEW
02. [NDS] Pokémon Platinum (Pokémon) 72,000 / 1,754,000
03. [PSP] Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 2 (Sony) 59,000 / NEW
04. [NDS] Rhythm Tengoku Gold (Nintendo) 51,000 / 1,010,000
05. [NDS] Culdcept DS (SEGA) 50,000 / NEW
06. [PS2] Kidou Senshi Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters (Namco Bandai) 43,000 / NEW
07. [PS2] Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (KOEI) 27,000 / 184,000
08. [PSP] Macross Ace Frontier (Namco Bandai) 26,000 / 130,000
09. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) 18,000 / 2,740,000
10. [PS2] Super Robot Wars Z (Namco Bandai) 13,000 / 462,000







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Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools. Meet the rest of the team



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Red TheHaze Veron's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 11:05
Red TheHaze Veron
Cue the apocalypse starting in 3... 2... 1....
Prince Ghidorah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 11:08
Prince Ghidorah
Cue the "Wii is for babies and only has two good games and doesn't have any brown/gray games about space marines hate in 3...2...1"
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 11:10
king3vbo
I kind of expected it
Jim's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 11:34
Jim
lets wait for next week, when 91,999 people try to sell their used game ;)
Danmartigan's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 11:39
Danmartigan
does japan just hate video games now? I don't get it.
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 11:52
BlackSheep
still jealous about them getting culdcept ds :(
Xhumation's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 12:35
Xhumation
You know I kinda expected the japanese to turn their back on Nintendo for once but..I guess not.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 12:48
Jonathan Holmes
It's not important that Wii Music was number one in Japan last week, it's important that Rhythm Tengoku Gold sold way more than 92,000 copies in it's first week in Japan.

If RTG ends up being more successful than Wii Music, that will hopefully send the message to Nintendo to make more games like RT, and less like Wii Music.
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 12:57
John B
More importantly, I want to see how well GHWT and RB2 do on the Wii, especially now that with respect to content they're supposed to be on par with PS3/XB360. I can only hope that they totally crush Wii (Hate) Music.
Jonathan Holmes's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 13:25
Jonathan Holmes
Well, since GHIII sold tons more on the Wii than it did on the PS3, I expect GH:WT will do the same.

Personally, I don't see Wii Music and GH:WT as being in the same genre, not in the same that RTG and Wii Music are.
Clbull's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 13:26
Clbull
To be honest, I am not surprised that Wii Music sold well, but I feel like Nintendo hasn't made an excellent game for the hardcore fans in the last few years.

I haven't played Wario land: The Shake Dimension (name of the game in the UK) but if Wario Land 4 has taught me anything, then it would be nowhere near as awesome as the first 3 Wario Land games were.

I haven't seen many amazing games on the Wii, except for Metroid Prime 3, Zelda - Twilight Princess and Brawl, but I think Nintendo is focusing a bit too hard on the casual market, especially with the DS.
Big Evil's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 13:37
Big Evil
Meh, it was always going to sell huge. RTG is selling well :D
catsithx's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 13:56
catsithx
Well lets look at were there any other games out there worth buying at all. and if your answer is no then there is your answer why it's number one. Next week there will be a new number one so life will go on people.
Brian Szabelski's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 13:59
Brian Szabelski
Go, go RTG!

Also, in case you were wondering, Wario Land: Shake It! sold 20,000 copies in the US. Grand total. The game is good, but a commercial failure.
parrothead's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 14:11
parrothead
Wii Play is out of the top 10!!
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 14:50
Dan CiTi
It's the best game you'll ever play. Wii Music = perfect
John B's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/24/2008 15:32
John B
Dan, what are you smoking and why aren't you sharing any?!
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2008 06:22
Burnt Meatloaf
Psst... Transbot:

Springsteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2008 10:34
Springsteen
Well well, quite honestly, I would've loved if Wii Music was really the car crash it seemed to be. Afterall, it would probably make Nintendo shift gears back to the new Zelda and an optionally-waggly F-Zero.

But hell, the little "game" is fun. It's not what you've come to expect from a videogame, but it's so lighthearted and surprisingly addictive in a weird way that the apparently inexist replay value acquires an infinite multiplier.

It's not the kind of game you LONG to play, but once you pop it in, it's bound to be a blast. Specially in a big group. Things get frantic and even if the result is abominable everyone will laugh when the drummer goes nuts and tosses the whole music down the drain. It happens quite often.

There's an easygoing sense of freedom that detaches the game from rhythm games, that actually are all about hitting notes quasi-randomly most of the time. Don't get me wrong, I love Guitar Hero and Rock Band just as much as anyone who cares for good music, but that's what those games are all about, good music. Sure, it's 80% of the fun, but it actually annoys when people complain about Wii Music's waggly gameplay and harken to the greatness of gameplay depth of other rhythm games that surpass nothing but those falling numbers games from old cellphones, like someone said.

Wii Music feels like a MUSICAL game. Not a game that revolves around music. And that's a very ingenious thought from Miyamoto, that ceases not to amaze us. The game's presentation at E3 was a mess only because of inapt players, for the game plays much better than it would appear. The music list is VERY underwhelming, which is a huge hit to overall quality, as well as a hefty price tag for what's offered, but the game grows on you. There's room for improvement and I surely would like to see a sequel in Wii2.

In my honest opinion, it's worth a 7. But Nintendo has shown that it may be difficult to quantify a game's worth considering both single player and multiplayer experience. Besides, it's deffinitely not for rhythm-capped people. Don't even bother trying if your definition of "rhythm" is plucking coloured circles as they appear. You will get frustrated. Seriously. My grandma did. Although she had a blast strumming her guitar aimlessly.
Prince Ghidorah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/25/2008 11:35
Prince Ghidorah
Well said, Springsteen. Also I saw you at the United Center in Chicago years back. Awesome show. You must have played for three hours and then closed with "Born to Run" on the second encore.
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