PSP and DS Japan overall number of games sold.

[scdoanintendo]

Have not seen this posted so if it's a double post please lock. From the-magicbox.com

Here are the sales figures of Nintendo DS game titles in Japan as of April 11, 2005.

1. Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 711,424
2. Sawaru Made in Wario (Nintendo) - 710,371
3. Pokemon Dash (Pokemon) - 323,741
4. Daigassou! Band Brothers (Nintendo) - 166,071
5. Catch! Touch! Yoshi (Nintendo) - 163,963
6. Touch! Kirby (Nintendo) - 127,690
7. Another Code: Futatsu no Kioku (Nintendo) - 104,114
8. Chokkan Hitofude (Nintendo) - 102,330
9. Kimi no tame nara Shineru (Sega) - 97,629
10. Puyo Puyo Fever (Sega) - 82,898
11. Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta (Spike) - 76,724
12. Pac Pix (Namco) - 70,514
13. Harvest Moon: Corobockle Station (Marvelous) - 56,987
14. Prince of Tennis: 2005 Crystal Drive (Konami) - 49,385
15. Egg Monster Hero (Square Enix) - 49,131
16. Mr. Driller Drill Spirits (Namco) - 47,976
17. Zoo Keeper (Success) - 45,412
18. Meteos (Bandai) - 39,232
19. Mahjong Taikai (Koei) - 34,545
20. Spiderman 2 (Taito) - 26,633
21. The Urbz: Sims in the City (EA) - 24,685
22. Kamen Genei Satsujin Jiken (Genki) - 10,254
23. Cool 104 Joker & Setline (Aruze) - 9,613
24. Electroplankton (Nintendo) - 5,545
25. Yakuman DS (Nintendo) - 4,791
26. Tiger Woods PGA Tour (EA) - 3,381
27. Space Invaders DS (Taito) - 3,249

- Here are the sales figures of PlayStation Portable game titles in Japan as of April 11, 2005

1. Minna no Golf Portable (SCE) - 337,972
2. Ridge Racers (Namco) - 274,682
3. Shin Sangoku Musou (Koei) - 268,514
4. Tales of Eternia (Namco) - 157,043
5. Piposaru Academia (SCE) - 108,599
6. Metal Gear Acid (Konami) - 99,871
7. Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan Daijiten (Namco) - 98,109
8. Gagharv Trilogy (Bandai) - 89,202
9. Doko Demo Issho (SCE) - 86,255
10. Mahjong Fight Club (Konami) - 77,137
11. Popolocrois Monotagari (SCE) - 70,364
12. Namco Museum (Namco) - 61,895
13. Armored Core: Formula Front (From Software) - 58,288
14. Bleach: Heat the Soul (SCE) - 52,140
15. Puyo Puyo Fever (Sega) - 49,345
16. Sargetchu! P (SCE) - 42,674
17. Lumines (Bandai) - 37,271
18. Vampire Chronicles: The Chaos Tower (Capcom) - 37,184
19. Rengoku: The Tower Purgatory (Bandai) - 36,424
20. Need for Speed Underground Rivals (EA) - 25,689
21. Soukyuu no Fafner (Bandai) - 25,622
22. Mahjong Taikai (Koei) - 15,264
23. Mobile Train Simulator + Densha de Go! (Onegakukan) - 12,861
24. Puzzle Bobble Pocket (Taito) - 11,943
25. Sangokushi V (Koei) - 9,910
26. AI Shogi (Marvelous) - 9,684
27. Shinten Makai: Generation of Chaos IV Another Side (Idea Factory) - 9,534
28. AI Mahjong (Marvelous) - 8,649
29. AI Igo (Marvelous) - 8,479
30. Kollon (Cyberfront) - 8,184
31. Wipeout Pure (SCE) - 5,772
32. Harukanaru Toko no Naka de: Iroetebako (Koei) - 1,559

And Favorite Japanese games of 2004

- Famitsu magazine has recently conducted a reader survey for the Top 10 favorite games in 2004, Square Enix's Dragon Quest VIII for PS2 is chosen as readers' favorite game last year, here are the details:

1. Dragon Quest VIII (PS2, Square Enix) - 9.36 / 10 points
- Pros: Great graphics, intense battles, interesting action
- Cons: Easy to get lost in the field, battles too long
2. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (PS2, Konami) - 9.27 / 10 points
- Pros: Many new abilities, interesting history, good graphics
- Cons: Too difficulty, story too short, bad camera angles
3. Dragon Quest V (PS2, Square Enix) - 9.13 / 10 points
- Pros: Good graphics, great monster animation, one does not recognize the game is a remake
- Cons: Not enough extra features, game price too high (8190 yen),
4. Gyakuten Saiban 3 (GBA, Capcom) - 9.10 points
5. Ridge Racers (PSP, Namco) - 9.04 points
6. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 11 (PS2, Konami) - 9.03 points
7. Dead or Alive Ultimate (Xbox, Tecmo) - 9.03 points
8. Phantom Brave (PS2, Nippon Ichi) - 9.03 points
9. Onimusha 3 (PS2, Capcom) - 8.97 points
10. Grand Theft Auto Vice City (PS2, Capcom) - 8.95 points
11. Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap (GBA, Nintendo) - 8.87 points
12. Ninja Gaiden (Xbox, Tecmo) - 8.86 points
13. Halo 2 (Xbox, Microsoft) 8.84 points
14. Legend of Zelda: The Four Swords + (GC, Nintendo) - 8.83 points
15. Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenka Zousei (PS2, Koei) - 8.83 points
16. Pawapuro Kun Pocket 1 & 2 (GBA, Konami) - 8.83 points
17. Tales of Rebirth (PS2, Namco) - 8.81 points
18. Metroid Zero Mission (GBA, Nintendo) - 8.80 points
19. Winning Eleven 8 (PS2, Konami) - 8.77 points
20. Sawaru Made in Wario (NDS, Nintendo) - 8.74 points

-I'm surprised in some of the low numbers of DS (Electro Plankton) and PSP (Wipeout Pure) titles.

 

[Monsta Mack]

This doesnt' reflect the impact Nintendogs did in Japan though.

 

[tauruskatt]

[quote name='scdoanintendo']

-I'm surprised in some of the low numbers of DS (Electro Plankton) and PSP (Wipeout Pure) titles.[/QUOTE]

*exactly* my first thoughts...it's a shame to see lumines rank so closely above darkstalkers, it's quite superior (imo), but I suppose being able to multiplayer more often helps with a portable fighter. Untold Legends isn't even on there? or do I not know my japanese release titles? (it's SOE, I can't imagine a NA release only).

 

[Quackzilla]

Those numbers seem odd, I know for a fact that Wipeout, which was one of the more popular titles at the Japanese launch, sold a lot more copies than that.

 

[gokou36]

[quote name='tauruskatt'] (it's SOE, I can't imagine a NA release only).[/QUOTE]

SoE is american based. Maybe they haven't finished translation.

 

[scdoanintendo]

[quote name='Quackzilla']Those numbers seem odd, I know for a fact that Wipeout, which was one of the more popular titles at the Japanese launch, sold a lot more copies than that.[/QUOTE]

It's all here at

http://the-magicbox.com/gaming.htm

and the-magicbox.com is a reliable source. I'm thinking wipeout and electro plankton may of just been released in Japan since it is as of April 11.

 

[Quackzilla]

Heh, didn't see the date.

 

[CapAmerica]

man, thouse are good numbers for Nintendo.

 

[Roufuss]

Japan's favorite game of 2004 was Dragon Warror 8?

I'm so surprised!

Basacially, as good as both these systems are, the final vote in Japan will come down to "Which system will receive a new Dragon Warrior", since they've loved that game for almost 15 years now.

Weird to see Ridge Racer as number 5, though.