Game sales by region: who printed which demonimation of money?

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Game sales by region: who printed which demonimation of money?

Posted Nov 3rd 2007 1:00PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: News, Sales

We know that Nintendo's games are awesome and all, but we can't help but feel that their constant monopoly on DS game sales must make compiling sales lists dull. "Nintendo ... Nintendo ... another Nintendo." In North America., all five of the top five DS games sold this week are first-party; only one in the UK comes from another publisher. If we had an impish sense of humor (check) and access to near-unlimited funds (dang) we'd go buy 50,000 copies or so of something like Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Trials and Tribulations just to mess with the charts. As it stands, in NA and the UK, the big winners are both Brain Ages and Phantom Hourglass. And, we suppose, the people who bought those and can feel like they're on the victorious team.

In Japan, a detective game from Tecmo sits at the top spot, followed by Final Fantasy Tactics A2. This report conflicts with the report yesterday that had FFTA2 at the top-- maybe DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense sells better on Amazon (from whence the results for this study are tallied) than other retailers. Check after the break for the full top-five lists!
North America
1. Brain Age 2 (Nintendo)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)
3. Brain Age (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Flash Focus (Nintendo)

Japan
1. DS Nishimura Kyotaro Suspense Shin Tantei Series: Kyoto Atami Zekkai no Kotou - Satsui no Wana (Tecmo)
2. Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Fuuketsu no Grimoire (Square Enix)
3. DS Bungaku Zenshuu (Nintendo)
4. Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Koushiki Soft: 250-Mannin no KanKen (IE Institute)
5. Eigo ga Nigate na Otona no DS Training: Motto Eigo Zuke (Nintendo)

UK
1. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
2. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
3. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo)
4. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
5. 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo)

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11-03-2007 @ 2:49PM

Nigeria said...

Have enough brains been trained yet?

11-04-2007 @ 9:46AM

ChrisG said...

Haha, excellent image, JC.

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