After a brief Wii-flavored hiccup, the DS muscled its way back to dominance in Japan this week. Again. Do I hear a bunch of bloggers getting ready to revisit the “DS cannibalizes Wii sales” stories? Zelda: TP is no longer on this list, so maybe, maybe not.
The top 10 from Media Create (via Kotaku):
1. Pok̩mon Diamond (DS) Р123,573 / 2,119,848
2. Pok̩mon Pearl (DS) Р97,409 / 1,766,776
3. Kirby Squeak Squad (DS) – 92,173 / 557,634
4. Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren (DS) – 88,242 / new
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) – 77,761 / 3,617,021
6. Love and Berry DS Collection (DS) – 72,841 / 608,545
7. Jump Ultimate Stars (DS) – 71,339 / 349,979
8. Wild Arms 4 (PS2) – 70,476 / new
9. Wii Sports (Wii) – 69,923 / 318,473
10. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii) – 67,607 / new
11. Common Knowledge Training (DS)
12. Wii Play (Wii)
13. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
14. Yakuza 2 (PS2)
15. Healthy Support Recipe 1000 DS (DS)
16. Puyo Puyo! (DS)
17. Gundam SEED Destiny Federation vs Z.A.F.T. II PLUS (PS2)
18. More Brain Age (DS)
19. Naruto Shinobi Retsuden (DS)
20. Ryuusei no Rockman Pegasus (DS)
I once saw a Japanese surgeon cure a man of a malignant tumor using nothing but Trauma Center, a fully charged DS Lite and a stylus. True story.
14 of the top 20 are DS. 3 are Wii. That gives Nintendo 85% of the top 20. Crazy.
Look at Pokemon go! Almost at the 4 mil mark. We sure could use that "It Prints Money" gif.
What both astonishes and rejoices me is that Animal Crossing: Wild World is still in the top 20!Like Scott, that is the one DS game that I keep coming back to. What is it with picking and selling fruit that is so compelling to us?? I'll never know!
wow talk about domination.