Japanese sales charts, May 15-21: .hack on top
by Jennie Lees 
{ May 26th 2006 at 9:02AM }
This week a new release has sped straight to the top of the chart -- .hack//GU Vol 1: Saitan (Rebirth in the west) dominates the charts with over 90,000 sales. There are two forthcoming sequels in this branch of the popular .hack franchise, though we have to wonder if Bandai will release a corresponding tie-in MMO.1. .hack//GU Vol 1: Saitan [PS2]
2. Brain Age 2 (Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS) [DS]
3. Tetris DS [DS]
4. Brain Age: Train your Brain in Minutes a Day (Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training) [DS]
5. World Soccer Winning Eleven 10 [PS2]
6. Animal Crossing: Wild World [DS]
7. Jikkyou Powerful Major League [PS2]
8. Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke [DS]
9. Pokémon Ranger [DS]
10. Mario Kart DS [DS]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zero_ @ May 26th 2006 9:12AM
Someone has seriously got to investigate Brain Training in Japan. It's been in the Top 10 for way to long than any game should.
White Rose Duelist @ May 26th 2006 9:37AM
Can't wait for .hack//G.U. Stateside. The first series was fantastic - my only complaint was that each volume was too short (could have been on two discs instead of four). Good enough that FF12 looks like it *ahem* borrowed a bit from the series. This one looks to be even better.
GamerG @ May 26th 2006 10:46AM
not a single PSP game on the list...
Sony could be in serious trouble if that dominance is again shown with the Wii over the PS3
Chidade @ May 26th 2006 10:51AM
I'd love to see a .hack MMO be made, but it wouldn't really be the same unless it was played virtual reality-style, like the players do in the anime/manga.
Also, after seeing all the problems in the game, I'd be a bit worried about plugging in, heh.
Greg2k @ May 26th 2006 10:52AM
Wow, the DS is DOMINATING!
Matters @ May 26th 2006 12:36PM
Does that surprise you GamerG? There is almost never a PSP title in the top 10 list. It's only happened a handfull of times and it never seems to last longer than a week each time.
Nintendo Kiddy @ May 26th 2006 12:41PM
Only nintendo dominates the charts because they have all the best games. Just as its always been.
Nintendo = teh wiin.
schuyler @ May 26th 2006 2:44PM
they said there going to make a MMO
Kaioh @ May 26th 2006 5:13PM
There already is a .hack MMO, it's called .hack//FRAGMENT, and it came out in Japan late last year, I believe. I am still waiting to see if it comes out in America or not. I had heard that it would, however, I also heard rumors that it was in beta testing hell. The game is for PS2, and I heard it doesn't need a the hard drive, either, since all the information is stored on the server side.
Tameaome @ May 27th 2006 6:41AM
.hack//FRAGMENT won't come out for the US since it already bombed in sales in japan
Mabui @ May 27th 2006 8:21AM
At least Tetris, Mario Kart, and Pokemon ranger are there to represent actual games. The rest is just basically software for the Nintendo DS.. which is starting to get a little sad in my personal opinion but oh well I suppose that will be the same trend of Wii dominates
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