Japanese game sales breakdown

Currently the market for video games is a fantastic one, as always, but with an unlikely master in chief. As opposed to being fronted by one of the next gen consoles like the Nintendo Wii or the Sony PS3, the majority of top selling games are for the Nintendo DS the innovative hand-held.

1. Pokémon Diamond (DS) - 123,573 / 2,119,848
2. Pokémon Pearl (DS) - 97,409 / 1,766,776
3. Kirby Squeak Squad (DS) - 92,173 / 557,634
4. Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren (DS) - 88,242 / new
5. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) - 77,761 / 3,617,021
6. Love and Berry DS Collection (DS) - 72,841 / 608,545
7. Jump Ultimate Stars (DS) - 71,339 / 349,979
8. Wild Arms 4 (PS2) - 70,476 / new
9. Wii Sports (Wii) - 69,923 / 318,473
10. Pokemon Battle Revolution (Wii) - 67,607 / new
11. Common Knowledge Training (DS)
12. Wii Play (Wii)
13. Animal Crossing Wild World (DS)
14. Yakuza 2 (PS2)
15. Healthy Support Recipe 1000 DS (DS)
16. Puyo Puyo! (DS)
17. Gundam SEED Destiny Federation vs Z.A.F.T. II PLUS (PS2)
18. More Brain Age (DS)
19. Naruto Shinobi Retsuden (DS)
20. Ryuusei no Rockman Pegasus (DS)

The Nintendo DS defends its "king of the mountain" status well up to position 8, where a PS2 title weasels its way in. All in all the DS holds 14 of the top 20 selling games in Japan right now and that is quite an achievement for a hand-held, to have such a dominance over the marketplace.

Data received from EG here (For less Japanese inclined readers here)

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