manaphyMany major titles were released this week. Seven new titles ranked in this week’s top 10 ranking, and Pokemon Ranger: Battonage won this week’s #1 title.

Pokemon Ranger: Battonage is compatible with Pokemon Diamond and Pokemon Pearl, also for the Nintendo DS, allowing players to transfer the egg of the legendary Pokemon Manaphy to a Pokemon Diamond or Pokemon Pearl game.

The ranking is as follows:

1.*NEW* Pokemon Ranger (DS)
2.*NEW* Deca Sports (Wii - see a first look of Deca Sports on Epileptic Gaming’s YouTube channel)
3.*NEW* Armored Core For Answer (PS3)
4.*NEW* Sim City DS2 (DS)
5.*NEW* Tales of Rebrith (PSP)
6. Wii Fit (Wii)
7. DS Bimoji Training (DS)
8. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
9. Dramatic Dungeon Sakura Wars (DS)
10. Crayon Shin-Chan: Arashi wo Yobu cinema land Kachinko Gachinko Daisakusen (DS)

Source: Famitsu



The Nintendo DS’s newest Touch! Generation series title DS Bimoji Training earned #1 for this week’s game sales ranking.

Two new titles based on Manga ranked #6 and #7 (see Shugo Chara and Hayate the Combat Butler). Otherwise, other released titles seem consistent.

The ranking is as follows:

1. *NEW* DS Bimoji Training (DS)
2. Yakuza 3 (PS3)
3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4. Wii Fit (Wii)
5. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam Special (PS2)
6. Daito Giken Koushiki Pachislot simulator Shin Yoshimune (PS2)
7. Hayate no Gotoku! Ojyousama Produce Daisakusen Boku Iro ni Somare! Oyashiki hen/Gakkou hen (DS)
8. Shugo Chara! 3ttu no Tamago to Koisuru Joker (DS)
9. Wii Sports (Wii)
10. Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Wii)

Source: Famitsu



Yakuza 3 (Ryuu gaGotoku Kenzan!) has earned the #1 position of this week’s game sales ranking. Yakuza 3 takes place in Edo era right after the battle of Sekigahara in 1605. The main character that player can control is Musashi Miyamoto, a legendary samurai.

This is a little offtopic, but there is a film adaptation of the game. Takashi Miike who is known as one of the best Japanese horror director who directed Audition, the best horror film ever made in the past 10 years.A new title, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption earned #3 for this week’s game sales ranking.

The ranking is as follows:

1. *NEW* Yakuza 3 (Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan!) (PS3)
2. Dynasty Warriors Gundam Special (PS2)
3. Wii Fit (Wii)
4. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
5. *NEW* Metroid Prime 3 Corruption (Wii)
6. Soma Bringer (DS)
7. Wii Sports (Wii)
8. Warrior Orochi (PSP)
9. *NEW* Doraemon Nobita to Midori no Kyojinden DS (DS)
10. *NEW* Minnna no Jyoushiki TV (DS)

Source: Famitsu



For those people who have read previous weekly game sales rankings, you can see that there is one factor that greatly affects the sales ranking. That’s the characters in the game. Although those titles do not last long on the chart, it is still a reason that many Japanese people (mostly otaku people) buy games.

For this week’s ranking, three new titles showed up. On the other hand, Wii Fit and other Wii basic titles sell constantly. This tells how popular the Nintendo Wii is in Japan right now.

The ranking follows:

1. *NEW* Dynasty Warriors Gundam Special (PS2)
2. Wii Fit (Wii)
3. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
4. *NEW* Soma Bringer (DS)
5. *NEW* Idol Master -Live For You!- (XBOX 360)
6. Warriors Orochi (PSP)
7. Sekaijyu no Meikyuu: Shoou no Seihai (DS)
8. Bokujou Monogatari: Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi (DS)
9. Wii Sports (Wii)10. Winning Eleven Playmaker 2008 (Wii)

Source: Famitsu



Seikaijyu no Meikyu (aka Etrian Odyssey) for Nintendo DS, as many people in Japan expected, has earned #1 position of this week’s Famitsu game sales ranking.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl barely held onto its #1 position for this week, too.

Seven new titles showed up in this week’s ranking. The PSP title Warriors Orochi, which was expected to become one of the major titles ranked #4 this week.

The ranking as follows:

1. *NEW* Sekaijyu no Meikyuu: Shoou no Seihai

2. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
3. Wii Fit
4. Warriors Orochi
5. *NEW* Winning Eleven Playmaker 2008
6. Bokujyou Monogatari: Kirakira Taiyou to Nakama tachi
7. Lost Planet Extreme Edition
8. BIOSHOCK
9. Wii Sports
10. Pachinko Kamen Rider: Shocker Zenmetsu Daisekusen Pachitte chonmage Tatsujin 14

Source: Famitsu



Super Smash Bros. Brawl kept the #1 Famitsu sales position this week. There are five new titles that ranked top 10 of this week. PS2 title Poison Pink earned the #3 position this time around.

Even though Devil May Cry 4 sold 2 million copies in 3 weeks, DMC4 dropped out out this week’s ranking.

The ranking follows:

1. Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. Wii Fit
3. *NEW*Poison Pink
4. *NEW*Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side Second Season
5. *NEW*Kimikiss eb! Collection
6. Mobile Suit Gundam Giren’s Ambition Menace of Axis
7. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
8. Wii Sports
9. *NEW*NARUTO Shippuu Den Dairansen Kagebunshin Emaki
10. *NEW* Digimon Championship

Source: Famitsu



Believe it or not, Wii Fit finally lost the number one position in this week’s Famitsu weekly rankings. This week’s #1 is given to Super Smash Bros. Brawl–as we expected it to be one of the major titles for this month.

Devil May Cry 4 for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 also showed a decent sales score. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi is another popular title that is based on a popular light novel titled Haruhi Suzumiya written by Nagaru Tanigawa.

The ranking as follows:

1. *NEW* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
2. *NEW* Devil May Cry 4 (PS3)
3. *NEW* Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi
4. *NEW* Tales of Destiny director’s cut edition
5. Wii Fit
6. *NEW* Disgaea 3
7. *NEW* Devil May Cry 4 (XBOX360)
8. *NEW* Assassin’s Creed
9. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
10. Pro Evolution Soccer Ubiquitous Evolution 2008/02/07

Source: Famitsu