3DS, Nintendo lead Japan's 30 best-selling games of 2011

The top two spots in Japan's 2011 list of best-selling games are taken by a pair of Nintendo 3DS games: Mario Kart 7, with more than 1.6 million sold, and Super Mario 3D Land with more than 1.08 million sold. In third is Capcom's Monster Hunter Tri-G for 3DS, followed by 27 more titles for 3DS, DS PSP, Wii and PS3. These include From Software's Dark Souls and Square Enix's Final Fantasy XIII-2.

Check out the entire list, provided by Media Create of Japanese Hardware Sales fame, below!

1. Mario Kart 7 1,160,169 3DS / Nintendo

2. Super Mario 3D Land 1,080,192 3DS / Nintendo

3. Monster Hunter 3G 985,498 3DS / Capcom

4. Final Fantasy Type-0 746,203 PSP / Square Enix

5. Final Fantasy XIII-2 704,236 PS3 / Square Enix

6. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd 682,651 PSP / Capcom

7. Rhythm Heaven 654,403 Wii / Nintendo

8. Tales of Xillia 627,346 PS3 / Namco Bandai

9. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 Professional 602,664 DS / Square Enix

10. Wii Sports Resort 579,220 Wii / Nintendo

11. Wii Party 546,738 Wii / Nintendo

12. Kirby's Return to Dreamland 537,128 Wii / Nintendo

13. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D 483,432 3DS / Nintendo

14. Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy 465,198 PSP / Square Enix

15. Dynasty Warriors 7 455,996 PS3 / Tecmo Koei

16. Just Dance Wii 453,411 Wii / Nintendo

17. Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. 453,084 PS3 / Tecmo Koei

18. Nintendogs + cats 443,400 3DS / Nintendo

19. Pokémon Black/White 433,876 DS / Nintendo

20. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 425,771 PS3 / Konami

21. The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z 423,972 PS3 / Namco Bandai

22. Yakuza of the End 416,050 PS3 / Sega

23. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd HD Ver. 415,943 PS3 / Capcom

24. Dragon Quest Anniversary Collection 403,953 Wii / Square Enix

25. Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity 376,534 PSP / Sega

26. Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle 361,503 3DS / Level 5

27. Dark Souls 353,549 PS3 / From Software

28. AKB1/48: I Fell in Love With an Idol in Guam 350,350 PSP / Namco Bandai

29. Kirby: Mass Attack 349,899 DS / Nintendo

30. The Little Battlers 346,608 PSP / Level 5

Reader Comments (43)

#4 placement better ensure a localization for type-0!

@Shoyz

It would help make up for the travesty that was FF13.

*In before FernandoRocker*

But but. Nintendo is doooo....

;)

But the 3DS was doomed and Nintendo was going third party!

Oh, beaten!

@FernandoRocker

http://i.imgur.com/eeWlF.gif

Enough already.

@FernandoRocker
If you keep posting that same old "joke", the one getting beaten is going to be something else rockero fracasado naco asqueroso de mierda.

@FernandoRocker *taps foot for Shockwave's response*

This is like a bad sitcom.

@FernandoRocker Yo te odio

@FernandoRocker

+1 Fernando

@eNriqeu
Just what we needed, a Sony fanboy!

@FernandoRocker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TTSGA.gif

Enough already.

Glad to see that Dark Souls did well. I'm really looking forward to the third installment. Perhaps Donut Souls.

Wait, wait. Dolphin's Souls. Because dolphins are awesome.

@moro Darker Souls. Dragon Souls, Damn Souls or since there is no need to change the name again, Dark Souls II

@Vidaluko

It's the third game in the series though, so...Dark Souls 360?

1.16 Million copies is not 1.6 Million copies

Wait - the top game only did 1.6 million in sales? Only two games broke 1 million this year? That earthquake took a strip out of the gaming community - that's for sure. These numbers are downright anemic compared to past years.

Of course - 1.6 million is nothing to slouch at - but we forget the credit -crushing 3.8 million copies of Monster Hunter 3 Freedom sold last year, as well as 2 million+ copies *each* for Pokemon Black and White. In fact - I think the top ten broke 1 million last year.

In 2009, DragonQuest IX sold 4 million+ - and I think the top 4 or so were all 2 million+ sellers (New SMB, Tomodachi, HeatGold/SoulSIlver etc.)

@Kagiroi I don't think it's really the earthquake - look at the games you listed from previous years, there's nothing that big was even released this year. (Well, I guess Mario Land is sort of equivalent to New SMB, but it's pretty early in the system's life.)

Gratz Nintendo, but honestly I gotta say go Xillia!

Dohohoho and people said the 3ds was doomed

Vita needs Tales, Dark Cloud, FF, Monster Hunter, MGS and Zone of the Enders... it is possible, right?

@eNriqeu

Zone of the Enders 3DS has already been teased...

Wow, no Skyward Sword on this list?
But the Ocarina of Time remake is?

Odd...

Keep in mind that OoT came out a lot earlier in the year than Skyward Sword.

@KaBob799
Also keep in mind that Skyward Sword sold absolutely f*** all in Japan.

Depressing, but Japan doesn't usually buy the console Zelda games as much as Western audiences.

I'm really happy to see Rhythm Heaven Fever so high on that list. It would be nice if North America gave it as much love when it comes out in February.

@tehtimeisnow post/avatar

@tehtimeisnow go back to your iCoffin.

PS4 is DOOOOOMED!

... oh wait sorry, I came back from the future, forget what i said..

I've never thought about it, but is apple even that big in Japan?

Skyward Sword is doooooomed!

It is a shame it never sold well. The past couple of Zelda games have not sold as well as the others however in my opinion the past couple of Zelda games have not been as good as the others.

@conman30 Zelda doesn't actually do that well in Japan. They said Skyward Sword was the fastest selling Zelda ever, though.

@Supermanisdead

Maybe its a sign to go back to the pre Ocarina gameplay. Kind of like they did with NSMB.

@Roto13
Fastest selling as in, it sold all the units it was going to in one single week? :)

Seriously, I just looked up and I guess it sold something like 250k overall? Compared to random other games that's pretty good - and depending on what the number actually was, maybe not far off the bottom of this chart - but it is disappointing that Japan doesn't like Zelda enough to compare with big hit games like those near the top of the list. Especially when it's the most innovative Zelda game since the N64 and probably the single best use of the Wii remote control.

Top 40 lists are dooooooooomed!

GOOOO Xillia!

@KaBob799

The ratio between PC and Mac sales are about the same as they are in the US, but I don't think the iPhone is as big.

Not 1 360 game on that list. Crazy !!!

@tehtimeisnow
God I hate Mac whores.

I'll take one Xillia with localization please.

@KaBob799 Yes, Apple in general (including iPhone) is big in Japan. Don't know how it compares percentage-wise, maybe not as much as the US? No idea.

(Obvious troll is obvious, incidentally.)

Clearly, this is impossible. I have it on good authority that Apple killed portable gaming with the iphone, and 3DS is a flop :p. Move along, we're being lied to by anti-Apple corporations :P

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3DS, Nintendo lead Japan's 30 best-selling games of 2011

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