Oh man. I swear I have an ulcer or something in my stomach after the amount of pain I just felt. Final Fantasy XIII, most of it is damn fun and I'd recommend anyone to play it... So long they get someone else to do the utterly painful and tedious bosses in the game. The summon battles? Not fun at all. Not sure who thought they were a good idea, but I believe this person should not have a future in game design. Please give that post to a monkey, they will serve a far greater purpose. Also, CiNG died. Sad times. But looking up, here's the Japanese game charts last week for your amusement. List below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kiseki - NDS - Action - Pokemon Company - 06/03/2010
2. .hack//Link - PSP - RPG - Bandai Namco Games - 04/03/2010
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
4. Makoto Osa no Yabou: Tentou - PS3 - Simulation - Koei - 04/03/2010
5. Dragon Quest IX Hoshizora no Mamori Jin (Ultimate Hits) - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 04/03/2010
6. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
7. Kenka Banchou 4 ~ Ichinensai Sensou ~ - PSP - Adventure - Spike - 25/02/2010
8. God Eater - PSP - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 04/02/2010
9. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
10. BioHazard 5 Alternative Edition - PS3 - Adventure - Capcom - 18/02/2010
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
Hey everyone. Did you lot hear about that whole Infinity Ward raid? I do believe Activision is now more powerful than the police, FBI and even Hulk Hogan transformed into a giant fists-made-of-cats-firing tank. Also, possible Portal 2/Half Life 2 Episode 3 teaser on-going. All pretty interesting. Just a heads up; Final Fantasy XIII will be dropping next week... So expect a lack of timely Japanese sales charts. As for this week; some new-comers I've never heard of take top-spot, the usual suspects stalk the list and some unusual ones too. Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Mugen's Frontier Exceed Super Robot Taisen OG Saga - NDS - RPG - Bandai Namco Games - 25/02/2010
2. Kenga Banchou 4 ~ Ichinen Sensou ~ - PSP - Adventure - Spike - 25/02/2010
3. God Eater - PSP - Action - Bandai NAmco Games - 04/02/2010
4. BioHazard 5 Alternative Edition - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 18/02/2010
5. Minna no Tennis Portable - PSP - Action - Sony Computer Entertainment Japan - 25/02/2010
6. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Ninendo - 03/12/2009
7. Fushigi no Dungeon Fuuraibou no Shiren 4: Kami no Me to Akuma no heso - NDS - RPG - Spike - 25/02/2010
8. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
9. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
10. Dragon Quest VI Maborushi no Daichi - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/02/2010
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
Good week! How's everyone doing? Good? Great! Well, let's look at the chart this week. Oh, Resident Evil gets top spot, which is slightly surprising, since I was sure everyone had enough of Resident Evil 5 the first time it came out. But add some otherwise DLC content and the prelude of motion controls and would you look at that; top spot. No wonder Square re-releases their games all the time. It's a lucrative business, it seems. We wouldn't much stand it in the west, though. God Eater, Mario and Dragon Quest all fill up subsequent places. Heavy Rain comes in at a somewhat underwhelming 6th place, what with it being the only PS3 game this year I've remotely even cared about. Pokemon and Zelda make a return to the top 10 as well. That's about it, folks. Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. BioHazard 5 Alternative Edition - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 18/02/2010
2. God Eater - PSP - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 04/02/2010
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
4. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/01/2010
5. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
6. Heavy Rain: Kokoro no Kishimutoki - PS3 - Adventure - Sony Computer Entertainment Japan (SCEJ) - 18/02/2010
7. Yuugiou Five Days World Championship 2010 Rebirth of Arcadia - NDS - Card Game - Konami - 18/02/2010
8. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
9. Zelda no Densetsu Daichi no Kiteki - NDS - RPG - Nintendo - 23/12/2009
10. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - NDS - RPG - Pokemon Company - 12/09/2009
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
Wondering what the Japanese gamer is currently playing? Well, by the looks of this chart, stuff you probably don't have yet. God Eater still sits atop of the chart this week, expect to see this game a lot on this chart. Star Ocean 4 International slips more-or-less out of the charts from last week (or should I say two weeks ago), a snazzy black Wii box couldn't really help Kiu no Reginleiv enter the charts any higher than 8th spot, but it was able to grab one space higher than the latest Dragonball game on the DS. Guest apperances from Wii Fit Plus, Tomodachi Collection and Dragon Quest VI, full list after the break:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. God Eater - PSP - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 04/02/2010
2. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/01/2010
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Acton - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
4. Tennis no Oujisama motto Gakuensai no Oujisama: More Sweet Edition - NDS - Adventure - Konami - 11/02/2010
5. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
6. Quiz Magic Academy DS ~ Futatsu no Jikuu Ishi - NDS - Quiz - Konami - 11/02/2010
7. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
8. Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International - PS3 - RPG - Square Enix - 04/02/2010
9. Kiu no Reginleiv - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 11/02/2010
10. Dragonball DS2 Totsugeki! Red Ribbon Gun - NDS - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 11/02/2010
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
Recently, upon viewing the depressing sitemeter stats for 50Hz Blogger, I've noticed a lot of hits from people looking for "Famitsu Game Ranks"... It never once occurred to me that this name, which was a sort of funny translation/accreditation ("Famitsu" being the people who publish the figures, "Game" derived from "Game Soft[ware]" in the original articles titles and "(Sales) Ranking[s]" also derived from the title of the original Famitsu articles), seems to make up a rather mis-leading title. I could change the title, but after so long... I don't think it's worth loosing the possibly 1 or 2 people who actually read this on a regular basis.
Mind-implosion out of the way, onto last week's news! God Eater munches on first place, knocking down Dragon Quest VI (which would have been top last-last week had I posted the top 10... Oops.) Star Ocean 4, which missed a golden opportunity to use "Interstellar" instead of "International" drops at #3. Mario Bros, Tomodachi Collection are about average, End of Eternity which started well last-last week at #2 is now at lowly 6th and the last notable: Kingdom Hearts finds it's way into the bleeding hearts column, as it is careering out of the top 10. Full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. God Eater - PSP - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 04/02/2010
2. Dragon Quest VI: Maboroshi no Daichi - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/01/2010
3. Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International - PS3 - RPG - Square Enix - 04/02/2010
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
5. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
6. End of Eternity - PS3 - RPG - SEGA - 28/01/2010
7. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
8. Pop 'n Music Portable - PSP - Konami - 04/02/2010
9. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - PSP - Action RPG - Square Enix - 09/01/2010
10. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 25/06/2009
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
Boom. In brief: Mario at number one, reclaiming top spot. Valkyria 2 has strong start, Kingdom Hearts slipping to mid-table, Wii Sports Resort, MHP 2nd G, Wii Fit Plus, Tomodachi Collection rank in high. Full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
2. Senshou no Valkyria 2 Gallia: Ouritsu Shikan Kakkou - PSP - RPG - SEGA - 21/02/2010
3. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical nanoha A's Portable: The Battle of Aces - PSP - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 21/02/2010
4. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
5. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - PSP - Action RPG - Square Enix - 09/01/2010
6. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
7. Biohazard: Darkside Chronicles 0 Wii - Simulation - Capcom - 14/01/2010
8. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 25/06/2009
9. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP The Best) - PSP - Action - Capcom - 24/12/2009
10. Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - NDS - RPG - Pokémon Company - 12/09/2009
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
We meet again, dear reader. Another week has come and gone as it has done in Japan as well. And as a result; here's some sales charts from our Asian gaming cousins. Although Final Fantasy XIII had a rip-roaring start in December, you'll hardly find it on our top 10 this week. Same can't be said about Square's other chart-topper this month; Kingdom Hearts sits pretty on top. Selling a cool 500k over the first two days of sale, heaven knows how many units it's shifted now. New Super Mario Bros. Wii still can't find the push to reclaim the top spot, however, I hardly think Nintendo is loosing any [Birth by] Sleep about it, mind you. What with it selling 3 million units total and with it, becoming the fastest selling Wii game so far. Other notable appearances: Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles has a good start at #3 and CiNG/Nintendo's latest collaboration/sequel to Hotel Dusk; Last Window enters the chart at #9. Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - PSP - Action RPG - Square Enix - 09/01/2010
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
3. BioHazard / Darkside Chronicles - Wii - Shooter - Capcom - 14/01/2010
4. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nitnendo - 18/06/2009
5. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
6. Tekken 6 - PSP - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 14/01/2010
7. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 25/06/2009
8.Zelda no Densetsu Daichi no Kiteki - NDS - RPG - Nintendo - 23/12/2009
9. Last Window: Mayonaka no Yakusoku - NDS - Adventure - Nintendo - 14/01/2010
10. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - NDS - RPG - Pokemon Company - 12/09/2009
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
How's everyone enjoying their own little mini-ice age? Seems Japan's coping with it by keeping close to the warming glow of TFT screens this week as they buy heavily into Square Enix's latest instalment to the Kingdom Hearts series. Can't remember the last PSP game that topped the chart, Monster Hunter 2nd G perhaps? Either way, New Super Mario Bros. has now been dethroned by two Square Enix games over the last few weeks, Final Fantasy XIII the only game to do so before it. I'm betting though, that it probably won't last (see: #8). Nothing else really surprising or interesting to point out this week, Fantasy Star Portable 2 enters the top 10 for the first time. Full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep - PSP - Action RPG - Square Enix - 09/01/2010
2. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
3. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
4. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
5. Zelda no Densetsu Daichi no Kiteki - NDS - RPG - Nintendo - 23/12/2009
6. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - NDS - RPG - Pokemon Company - 12/09/2009
7. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 25/06/2009
8. Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - RPG - Square Enix - 17/12/2009
9. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) - PSP - Action - Capcom - 24/12/2009
10. Fantasy Star Portable 2 - PSP - RPG - SEGA - 03/12/2009
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
As we wave goodbye to 2009, Japan's video game sales charts bring us sweet nostalgic memories of 2009. Returned have old heroes of weeks gone by; Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and Mario Kart Wii lingering in the bottom of the table. It's pretty much the same-old, same-old for the rest of the chart, however. With Nintendo otherwise dominating, Final Fantasy continuing to slip down the chart, Pokemon also sees a decline down the chart. Full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
2. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
3. Zelda no Densetsu Daichi no Kiteki - NDS - RPG - Nintendo - 23/12/2009
4. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
5. Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - RPG - Square Enix - 17/12/2009
6. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 25/06/2009
7. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - NDS - RPG - Pokemon Company - 12/09/2009
8. Inazuma Eleven 2 ~ Kyoui no Shinryakusha ~ Fire/Blizzard - NDS - RPG - Level Five - 01/10/2009
9. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) - PSP - Action - Capcom - 24/12/2009
10. Mario Kart Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 10/04/2008
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday.)
New Years is nearly apon us, so let us see what Japan will be playing in the coming year. Final Fantasy XIII, despite selling 1 and a half million units last week has slipped to mid-table. Is it stock shortages? Is it just that everyone who wants the game has basically bought it by now? Who knows. All I know is that New Super Mario Bros. Wii is still topping the table. No surprises at number 2 with The Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks (EN locale), Nintendo also take away the bronze medal for their troubles as well with Tomodachi Collection being persistent as usual. Other than FFXIII, all games are for Nintendo consoles and 60% of the overall list is Nintendo-made games as well. I know we joke about Nintendo's pools of money... But hell, they must really, really be raking it in. Full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
2. Zelda no Densha Daichi no Kiteki - NDS - RPG - Nintendo - 23/12/2009
3. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
4. Final Fantasy XIII - PS3 - RPG - Square Enix - 17/12/2009
5. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver - NDS - RPG - Pokemon Company - 12/09/2009
6. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
7. Inazuma Eleven 2 ~ Kyoui no Shinryakusha ~ Fire/Blizzard - NDS - RPG - Level Five - 01/10/2009
8. Wii Sports Resort - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 25/06/2009
9. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii - Dodon to 2 Daime! - Wii - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 19/11/2009
10. Leyton Kyoujya to Mashin no Kiteki - NDS - Adventure - Level Five - 26/11/2009
[Source: Famitsu]
Famitsu Game Rankings are sales figures collected and compiled by Japanese magazine company; Famitsu. They are generally posted every Wednesday and reflect the sales of games from the past week. All sales dates are Japanese dates and may not reflect release dates from other regions. 50Hz Blogger transliterates these lists and places them on the blog every week. Check back every Wednesday for updates. (Sometimes there may be an unexpected delay, in which case readers may find them appear on a Thursday or Friday... Not saying which weeks though...)
