Final Fantasy fighter 'Dissidia' tops Japanese charts

by Alexander Sliwinski on Dec 29th 2008 11:16AM

Proving that if you slap "Final Fantasy" on anything it'll sell, PSP-exclusive Dissidia took the top sales spot in Japan for the week ending Dec. 21. The "Smash Bros. of Final Fantasy characters" sold an impressive 489,126 copies in its debut week, topping the first-week sales of Final Fantasy Crisis Core by 3,000 units, according to PSPHyper.

Dissidia also translated into hardware sales for the PSP, summoning the masses to purchase 145,957 units -- a 104% increase from the prior week. Check out the top 10 selling games in Japan for the week ending Dec. 21 after the break.

[Via PSP Fanboy]

Dissidia Final Fantasy (PSP) -- 489,126
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (PS3) 176,448
Kirby Super Star (DS) -- 149,643
Animal Crossing: City Folk (Wii) -- 144,530

Tales of Hearts (DS) -- 123,622
Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS) -- 99,887

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 (PS2) -- 99,696

Pokemon Platinum (DS) -- 85,849

Fate/Unlimited Codes (PS2) -- 82,873

Momotarou Dentetsu: 20-Shuunen (DS) -- 79,717

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Tags: Dissidia, Dissidia-Final-Fantasy, Fighting, Final-Fantasy, japan, PSP, Square-Enix

Reader Comments (52)

i imported the game, and it's surprisingly good.

i had my doubts about whether or not it would be worth my time, but i've already sunk a good 20 hours into the title, and i'm having a ball.

the combat system is rather interesting, and the game is simply Square's version of Smash Bros, but with WAAAAY more depth to the combat.

there's lots of items and unlockables, but it's a shame that i don't speak Japanese, as the finer subtleties of the game are lost on me.

this title went from a "maybe i'll rent," when it comes out in the States, to a "must buy" when it hits our shores.

i don't know why joystiq is implying that the game is terrible in their write up.

while yes, you can slap Final Fantasy on a title and it will sell (ie, Crystal Chronicles), sometimes it DOES go right (ie, Crisis Core, Dissidia). this rampant pessimism plaguing the gaming industry needs to stop. i swear, if every game doesn't revolutionize the genre/industry, then people think it's not worth anything.

there IS such a thing as simply having a good time with a game. Dissidia is a good time, with the only negative being that the enemies can be dirty bastards and kill you within moments of a match sometimes. of course, you can do the same, so i suppose it IS still fair...

i'm playing through final fantasy ix right now and holy shit it is SO GOOD

ffix remake please jesus christ, i don't even care if they just remake the sprites to actually look like people since the backgrounds are already beautiful

i would kill for an HD final fantasy with pre-rendered backgrounds

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