Namco Bandai drums up Japanese sales for 12/8 - 12/14
by Randy Nelson 
{ Dec 19th 2008 at 7:56PM }
Japanese gamers evidently don't want to work; they just want to bang on the virtual drum all day. Or, more specifically, the Wii release of Namco's Taiko no Tatsujin, which barely eked out a first-place spot over Animal Crossing: City Folk in Media Create's Japanese software sales charts for December 8 through 14. In all, four Wii titles and six DS games comprised the top 10.
- Taiko no Tatsujin (Wii): 106K
- Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii): 98K
- Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS): 95K
- Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS): 63K
- Penguin no Mondai: Saikyou Penguin Densetsu! (DS): 59K
- Professor Layton and the Final Time Journey (DS): 58K
- Pokémon Platinum (DS): 58K
- Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS): 45K
- Wii Fit (Wii): 43K
- Mario Kart Wii (Wii): 34K
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
goldeneyesoldier (noble prophet of rant and ownage) @ Dec 19th 2008 8:05PM
where ma hardcore titles :( neways looks innovative
Markez (Anti-Panda Death Murder Squadron) @ Dec 19th 2008 10:45PM
Well the game in the screenshot looks pretty hardcore. And by hardcore, I mean seizure inducing.
bigsofty @ Dec 20th 2008 8:41AM
And we should give a shit about these figures why?!?!
Superstar90 @ Dec 19th 2008 8:09PM
Japan has the 3rd Prof. Layton game and we don't even have the second yet!!! Argh!!!
Sora @ Dec 19th 2008 8:09PM
"Japanese gamers evidently don't want to work; they just want to bang"
*childish giggle*
Sora @ Dec 19th 2008 8:10PM
Also, was this the NINTENDO top 10, or the entire Japanese top 10?
Fernando Rocker @ Dec 19th 2008 9:00PM
Entire Japan top 10.
Moptimus Slime @ Dec 19th 2008 8:20PM
Hmm, hopefully if Rhythm Tengoku and Taiko no Tatsujin continue to sell well, they'll show up on American shelves
hurricane @ Dec 19th 2008 9:01PM
That reminds me of Donkey Konga. A lot.
John Z @ Dec 19th 2008 9:18PM
It should. Donkey Konga used the Taiko engine.
mr nimblewick @ Dec 19th 2008 9:30PM
Wow, I want 1, 3, 6, 8 and I have 9 and 10.
Maybe I should live in Japan.
t_m @ Dec 19th 2008 10:36PM
I'm surprised joystiq missed the chance at a flamebait post title to bring in the fnaboys and the hits.
From the original:
"Nintendomination. That would be the word for what Nintendo has done to the Media Create software charts this week; every title in the top ten is on a Nintendo platform and seven of them are published by Nintendo/Pokemon.
It gets better (or worse if you're not working Nintendo systems right now). Seven of the top ten titles have sold more than half a million units, and four of those have already sold more than a million!
Just looking at the LTDs for the top ten this week is a mind-boggling affair: it represents over 10.4 MILLION units of software sold on Nintendo platforms, and all of them games that have been out for a year or less. That is staggering."
Quattro @ Dec 20th 2008 2:45AM
I expect to see Gundam Musou 2 up there on the next one.
Bowser Rogozhin @ Dec 20th 2008 6:11AM
I thought the 360 was making headway in Japan? Not a title in the top ten, the top thirty even. Makes me glad to see the Japanese can spot a stinker though.
Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Dec 20th 2008 6:22AM
I am always surprised to see that Japs have so many adult - or rather age neutral - games...
Why over here all we have the kids constantly screaming "where ma hardcore!!" and business which tries to please them?
goldeneyesoldier (noble prophet of rant and ownage) @ Dec 20th 2008 8:31AM
its always good for a console if it has a diversified lineup which is doing well,another indication of nintendo's sucess.however different people have different tastes,a "kid" that screams "where ma hardcore titlez zomg gimmeh" might just be smart enough to know the wii's potential as a gaming machine with past offerings such as super mario galaxy,ssbb,metroid prime 3,zelda tp etc. And for god sakes nintendo STARFOX WII ALREADY.not everyone may line up for hours at a convention to play "Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode"