Another week, another missed week. Sorry folks. That really kind of sets the tone for this write-up here and now, actually. See, in December, 50Hz Gamer will have been running for nearly 4 years. Over those 4 years, I've established a loyal readership of 0 and the only chance you're really reading this is through Google referrals, apparently. But that's okay, as this is maintained purely as a hobby. Trying to earn a living off this site would be like trying to draw blood from a long stale prune, but that doesn't make what I have to say any less easier, these rankings as you see them now, are going bye-byes. Yep, the only thing keeping this part of the site alive is going away... And so is this blog. Big things will be happening soon and, well, things will change. For the better, there'll still be the charts (hopefully) as well has lots of new content which I've been writing for the main site including a new series of articles. So this very well be the last Famitsu Game Rankings as we know it. It's been a good 3 year run at this and it's been fun, folks. Sorry there's no narrative of the below listing but, for the last time... Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Fire Emblem Shin Monshou no Nazo ~ Hikari to Kage no Eiyuu ~ - NDS - Simulation RPG - Nintendo - 15/07/2010
2. Dragon Quest Monster Battle Lord Victory - Wii - RPG - Square Enix - 15/07/2010
3. Jikyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2010 - PS3 - Action - Konami - 15/07/2010
4. Wii Party - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 08/07/2010
5. Last Ranker - PSP - RPG - Capcom - 15/07/2010
6. Jikyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2010 - PSP - Action - Konami - 15/07/2010
7. Inazuma Eleven 3 Sekaihe no Chousen!! Spark Bonder - NDS - RPG - Level 5 - 01/07/2010
8. Shiro Kishi Monogatari - Hikari to Yami no Kakuseizai - PS3 - RPG - Sony Computer Entertainment Japan - 08/07/2010
9. Momo Tarou Dentetsu Tag Match Yushou Doryoku Shouri no Maki! - PSP - Other - Hudson - 15/07/2010
10. Bokushou Monogatari futago no Mura - NDS - Other - MMV - 08/07/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
Another week passes us by and with it, comes another set of sales results from the far east. A number of new titles appearing this week, Inzauma Eleven 3 sits pretty on first place this week, Drum Master close behind and Blazblue grabbing 3rd place on Playstation 3 and 10th place on Xbox 360. Digimon makes a surprise appearance at #4 and Mario still hangs in there at #5. That's all there is to it, really. Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Inazuma Eleven 3 Sekaihe no Chousen!! Spark Bonder - NDS - RPG - Level 5 - 01/07/2010
2. Taiko no Tatsujin Dororon! Yokai Dai Kessen!! - NDS - Action - Bandai Namco Games - 01/07/2010
3. Blazblue: Continuum Shift - PS3 - Action - Arc Systemworks - 01/07/2010
4. Digimon Story Lost Evolution - NDS - RPG - Bandai Namco Games - 01/07/2010
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 27/05/2010
6. Love Plus+ - NDS - Other - Konami - 24/06/2010
7. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Aoki Samurai no Chousen - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
8. Egokoro Kyoushitsu - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 19/06/2010
9. Tokimeki Memoriaru Girls Side 3rd Story - NDS - Other - Konami - 24/06/2010
10. Blazblue: Continuum Shift - 360 - Action - Arc Systemworks - 01/07/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
While the west suffers through a pretty dry period of the calendar as far as games go, Japan seems to be in no such problem. How do I know this? Well, last week they managed to have a complete re-shuffle of the top 10... Well, not complete. But nearly. 70% of the table is brand spanking new games, the rest have all been shuffled out of their places from last week. So, let's get down to it then; Konami leads the new-game-revolt this week with it's creatively named re-release of Love Plus: Love Plus+. Don't worry, I had thought of several programming jokes to write here, but I'll spare you. I'm here all week, don't forget to make eye contact with your waitresses and stop playing WoW at the dinner table. Next, Capcom's Monster Hunter Frontier Online for the Play-- Wait, Xbox 360? That can't be right... A 360 game in second place... Above Mario Galaxy at #5? Gentlemen, to the doomsday bunkers. The only really other notable item is White Album, which I haven't heard of before. A quick Google search to the game's official website confirmed why it's there... Oh Japan, where did it all go wrong for you people? Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Love Plus+ - NDS - Other - Konami - 24/06/2010
2. Monster Hunter Frontier Online - Action - 360 - Capcom - 24/06/2010
3. Totoli no Atelier ~ Arando no Renkinjutsushi 2 - PS3 - RPG - Gust - 24/06/2010
4. Tokimeki Moriaru Girls Side 3rd Story - NDS - Other - Konami - 24/06/2010
5. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 27/05/2010
6. Hatsune Miku Project Diva (Okaitoku Han) - PSP - Action - SEGA - 24/06/2010
7. White Album: Tsujirirareru Fuyu no Omoide - PS3 - Adventure - Aqua Plus - 24/06/2010
8. Egokoro Kyoushitsu - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 19/06/2010
9. Boku no Natsuyasumi Portable 2 Nazo Nazo: Shimai to Sanbotsusen no Himitsu! - PSP - Adventure - Sony Computer Entertainment Japan - 24/06/2010
10. Ghost Trick - NDS - Adventure - Capcom - 19/06/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
Another week has past, another set of sales are in. So here they come; Mario reclaims top-spot this week, Capcom's adventurous puzzle mystery game; Ghost Trick starts off on the right foot at number 2. Nintendo's artistic game comes in third. Xenoblade drops to #5 after a strong start last week, Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 reaches a new low at #6 this week and Tomodachi Collection celebrates it's 1 year anniversary within the top 10 and makes it 1 place higher than last week. Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 27/05/2010
2. Ghost Trick - NDS - Adventure - Capcom - 19/06/2010
3. Egokoro Kyoushitsu - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 19/06/2010
4. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City - PS3 - Action - Take 2 - 10/06/2010
5. Xenoblade - Wii - RPG - Nintendo - 10/06/2010
6. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 18/04/2010
7. Tamagocchi no Pichi-Pichi Omesecchi - NDS - Simulation - Bandai Namco Games - 17/06/2010
8. World Soccer Winning Eleven - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/5/2010
9. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
10. Hakuoki Junsouroku - PS3 - Adventure - Idea Factory - 17/06/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
Well guys, E3's big announcements have been and gone. And just like Microsoft's press conference, you'll find no 360 games here. (Hold for canned laughter) On a more serious note, here comes the week in gaming spending in the land of Japan. Xenoblade manages to out-do Super Mario Galaxy 2, the first game to do so since it was launched a few weeks back, but it seems more amazing that Take 2's GTA series almost did that as well, with Episodes from Liberty City, the DLC expansions all on one disc; coming in at a nice 3rd place. That even bested Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 which comes in at fourth. Other notable additions to the list this week is huge sandbox title; Just Cause 2. As always, you can find the full list, sans actual sales numbers (unfortunately), below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Xenoblade - Wii - RPG - Nintendo - 10/06/2010
2. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 27/05/2010
3. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City - PS3 - Action - Take 2 - 10/06/2010
4. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
5. Rockman Zero Collection - NDS - Action - Capcom - 10/06/2010
6. Just Cause 2 - PS3 - Acion - Square Enix - 10/06/2010
7. Fairy Tail Portable Guild - PSP - Action - Konami - 03/06/2010
8. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
9. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
This week, Mario takes up the top spot again, either a clever play-on-words or more what I suspect is a confusion of two similar sounding words crops up in #2 this week, Dragon Quest at #3. Other news, Lost Planet 2 re-enters the top 5 and speaking of re-entries, Tomodachi Collection is back in the top 10. Metal Gear Solid holds steady, gaining a place from last week and Japan's obsession with Pachinko pushes another PSP game into the top 10. that's about it, full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 27/05/2010
2. Fairy Tail Portable Guild - PSP - Action - Konami - 03/06/2010
3. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
4. Saka tsuku DS World Challenge 2010 - NDS - Sports - SEGA - 27/05/2010
5. Lost Planet 2 - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 20/05/2010
6. Hisshou Pachinko Pachisuro Koryaku Series Portable Vol 1. Shinseiki EVANGELION ~ Tamashii no Kiseki ~ - PSP - Other - D3 Publisher - 03/06/2010
7. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker - PSP - Action - Konami - 29/04/2010
8. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
9. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
10. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
Midweek already. Doesn't time fly? Anyway, this week: Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 has been dethroned by... Well, a couple of games. Pushing it all the way down to mid-week, so for once, we have a more-or-less complete shake-up of the charts. It'll come as no surprise to readers from outside the EU what this week's number 1 spot is; yep, it's that intergalactic plumber in Super Mario Galaxy 2, Metal Gear Solid is down in the lower-end of the table, Lost Planet remains optimistic at #6 and surprises of surprises as 2 Xbox 360 games exist on the top 10. full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2 - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 27/05/2010
2. Super Robot Taisen OG Saga Masouki Kami The Lord of Elemental - NDS - RPG - Bandai Namco Games - 27/05/2010
3. Medarott DS: Kaputo/Kuwagata Version - NDS - RPG - Robot Company - 27/05/2010
4. Saka tsuku DS World Challenge 2010 - NDS - Sports - SEGA - 27/05/2010
5. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
6. Lost Planet 2 - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 20/05/2010
7. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
8. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - PSP - Action - Konami - 29/04/2010
9. Death Smiles II X Makai no Merry Christmas - 360 - Shooting - Cave - 27/05/2010
10. Alan Wake - 360 - Adventure - Microsoft - 27/05/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
Another fine week has passed us gentlemen and gentleladies. We move closer and closer to the 2010 World Cup in Africa and the Japanese game-buying public seem to reflect the increasing excitement for the event. The Official Fifa World Cup game entered the charts last week, but stood very little chance against the might of Japan's favourite football simulator; Winning Eleven (or as it's more commonly known over here; Pro Evolution Soccer). So popular is this game, that it not only appeared once, not twice, but three times in the top-ten. One of which being for a system long but past it's time, the Playstation 2. Sorry to take up the entire opening paragraph with this news, but it's pretty impressive. Other notable mentions are Lost Planet 2, especially it's Xbox 360 version, which ranked 3 places lower than it's PS3 counterpart and Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 seems to still be a beast still with much selling power left to give. Full list below;
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Lost Planet 2 - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 20/05/2010
2. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
3. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS3 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
4. Lost Planet 2 - 360 - Action - Capcom - 10/05/2010
5. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - PSP - Action - Konami - 29/04/2010
6. Hakane no Renkinjyutsushi Full Metal Alchemist Yakusoku no Jitsuhe - PSP - RPG - Bandai Namco Games - 20/05/2010
7. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PSP - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
8. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
9. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
10. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Souki Samurai no Chousen - PS2 - Action - Konami - 20/05/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
It's Wednesday, and you know what that means. That's right, another week where the only update is this! Hurray! Anyway, #1 and #2 this week shouldn't surprise, an unusual 3rd place makes an appearance besting the onslaught of Nintendo games that dominate the charts once again. The world cup video game makes it in #8 this week, Street Fighter IV keeps it's head above the water and Nier Replicant just about holds on. Well, that's about it. Check out the full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
2. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - PSP - Action - Konami - 29/04/2010
3. Hakuoki Yuugiroku - PSP - Adventure - Idea Factory - 13/05/2010
4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
5. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
6. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2010
7. Mario Kart Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 10/04/2010
8. 2010 FIFA World Cup Minami Africa Taikai - PS3 - Action - EA - 13/05/2010
9. Super Street Fighter IV - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 28/04/2010
10. Nier Replicant - PS3 - RPG - Square Enix - 22/04/2010
[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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
Nintendo. That is all you really need to know about this list before you look at it. 6 of 10 of these games are Nintendo titles, the rest mopped up by Square Enix, Capcom and Konami. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker still can't top Dragon Quest this week, Mario also has two big titles in the top 5, with Mario Kart having a really strong resurgence of sales in Japan recently, not sure why. I was under the impression that everyone who had a Wii in 2008 had to get Mario Kart Wii... It was one of the strongest titles of that year on the Wii. Either way, Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver versions re-enter the top 10 again this week as well. Full list below:
Rank / Title / Platform / Genre / Developer / Sale date (JP)
1. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 - NDS - RPG - Square Enix - 28/04/2010
2. Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker - PSP - Action - Konami - 29/04/2010
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 03/12/2009
4. Mario Kart Wii - Wii - Action - Nintendo - 10/04/2008
5. Tomodachi Collection - NDS - Other - Nintendo - 18/06/2009
6. Wii Fit Plus - Wii - Other - Nintendo - 01/10/2009
7. Pokemon Ranger: Hikari no Kisaki - NDS - Action - Pokemon - 06/03/2010
8. Super Street Fighter IV - PS3 - Action - Capcom - 28/04/2010
9. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2010 - PSP - Action - Konami - 01/04/2010
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.) 50Hz Gamer has no affiliation with Famitsu or Famitsu's parent company; Enterbrain.
