The DS Owns Japan

This week's Japanese Top-10 looks like this (sales are shown This Week (Total Sales) ):

1. Animal Crossing : Wild World - NDS - 82.000 - (2.117.000)
2. More DS Brain Training - NDS - 71.000 - (1.505.000)
3. Samurai Warriors 2 - PS2 - 49.000 - (474.000)
4. English Training DS - NDS - 42.000 - (617.000)
5. Prof. Kawashima’s Brain Training : How old is your brain ? - NDS - 41.000 - (1.683.000)
6. Mobile Suit Gundam Climax U.C. - PS2 - 34.000 - (191.000)
7. Children of Mana - NDS - 27.000 - (129.000)
8. Valkyrie Profile : Lenneth - PSP - 21.000 - (91.000)
9. Mario Kart DS - NDS - 19.000 - (1.171.000)
10. Monster Hunter Freedom - PSP - 17.000 - (558.000)

This is the reason I'm excited for #2 and #5 to come to the US in April and May of this year -- any game, whether it's really a game or not (these are not really games, but exercises intended to improve brain function), that sticks on the top ten charts for months on end simply SCREAMS buy me. And they're not even RPGs (if they were, that doesn't really SCREAM buy me, persay, since those crazy Japaners love their RPGs).

It's also scary to note that both Brain Training games have outsold Mario Kart by a good margin. This is one of the best Mario Karts ever made, by the way, and it's being beaten by a non-game. THAT is cool.



Source: Jeux-France