Japanese hardware sales, Aug. 20 - Aug. 26: Labor of love edition

The reason why the GBA micro and the DS phat sales areg oing up can be resumed in 3 word:Weird Japannese Fetish.

Oh crap my post is plagued by grammatical errors again.

I meant “words” and ops it seems a space was eaten up there.

I like the parrot... I used to have one, but someboy stole it... who the fuck stole a parrot??!

oh, it wasn't stole, I believe the parrot just decided to get the hell away from you, even animals, damn...

That was a low blow Noshino. Poachers are scum.

Hey.. you didnt add me to your Wii =( I want to trade tokens in MP3:C

Yeah, I did. I even sent you a Voucher already.

hey get me in on the MP3 token trading i want to get the mii bobblehead!

why do we always get these stupid japanese charts?? Who cares about sales outside america? Where are the US charts?? YOu guys just post these because you are all nintendo fanboys!!

t_m,

You sir, are an idiot.

For the hundreth time. The Japanese track their sales on a weekly basis. The NPD numbers come out monthly and people have to PAY for them. There are no US weekly sales, dumbass.

Thanks alot jerk. I didnt get into the beta and I have a gold account. Maybe you should read the conditions on the website before you signed up. You are a disgrace to the xboxlive community. If you didnt sign up maybe that code would have went to somebody who needed it. (Like me)

They can choose how much to make of each region each month.

The charts are the rebound for Joystiq I take it.

what holiday?

Yeah what holiday? And when do holidays effect sales I mean besides Christmas or black friday?

"Obon is a festival with origins in the Buddhist urabon ceremony of giving offerings to one's parents and other ancestors. In addition, native traditions have become intermixed with Buddhist practice in the present-day Obon. Although it is not a national holiday, many companies close their offices, and people return to their ancestral homes in the country, resulting in traffic jams and overcrowding on the railways both at the beginning and at the end of the August Obon. Bonfires guide the spirits of the departed home. Priests read from the scriptures for the souls; relatives place offerings in front of altars. At the end of the period, a second round of fires guides the spirits back to the other world. Around this time, a special form of communal dancing, bon odori, is popular, with many communities hosting events in public parks to the accompaniment of live or recorded music. The traditional date of Obon was the fifteenth day of the seventh month according to the lunar calendar; after Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar, some people continued to celebrate it on the traditional date, while most adopted either July 15 or August 15 (which is close to the traditional date). In recent years, with a decline in religious observance, the August date has become predominant. In addition, the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak around this time, and since Japanese tradition associates "shooting stars" with the spirits of the departed, this meshes nicely with an August obon." - wikipedia

423 people agree with ya...;)

Hell yeah!

I've been playing Metroid Fusion and Final Fantasy 6 on my GBA all week. MF in particular is an awesome game.

To be honest, though i love my DS lite, I actually sped much more time playing on my GBA micro. Its just so much more convienient to carry around everywhere.

Plus my girlfriend has kinda been hogging the DS recently...

I actually got mine months ago, but still. t_m, you need to get Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones if you've not already.

Sorry for the double post, but you can get it for $10 new at Best Buy. I'd hate to hear you bought it used for twice as much at Gamestop.