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Big in Japan October 7-14: Bravely Default, Resident Evil 6

New Square Enix RPG at top spot and above Resident Evil 6 and new Namco Bandai RPG; 3DS XL back in high sales groove.

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The latest role-playing game from Square Enix was Japan's flavor of the week for the October 7 to October 14 period, followed by Resident Evil 6, a few others from Namco Bandai.

Quirky JRPGs beat out zombies and soccer last week in Japan.
Quirky JRPGs beat out zombies and soccer last week in Japan.

According to the latest Media Create numbers, Bravely Default: Flying Fairy was at first place on the software charts with 141,529 units sold. The 3DS RPG is a new IP from Square Enix and features turn-based combat, a brave and default stance switch system, and multiple job classes to mix and match. The collector's edition of the game features a poster, a soundtrack album, an art book, and an exclusive cover.

Past top spot holder Resident Evil 6 went down a notch from the past week. The PS3 version of the game sold 92,921 units while the Xbox 360 version was at 34th place with no sales number stated. For more information on Resident Evil 6, check out GameSpot's review and video feature.

Namco Bandai's new RPGs made their debuts for the week. Project X Zone for the 3DS was at third place with 85,539 units sold while Tokitowa was at fifth place with 32,215 units sold. The former is a strategy RPG where characters from Sega, Capcom, and Namco Bandai team up and fight in a newly created universe, while the latter is a fully 2D-animated RPG that combines turn-based and action elements.

The 3DS did well sales-wise due to Bravely Default and Project X Zone being released for the platform. The XL version topped the list at 52,079 units while the regular version sold 27,221 units. The PS3 moved 26,312 units while the PSP was at 15,585 units. The PS Vita was still at 6,134 units, a low number compared to its older cousin.

Top Japan Game Sales of October 7-14

Software
Rank / Title / Publisher / Platform / Sales Unit
1. Bravely Default: Flying Fairy / Square Enix / 3DS / 141,529
2. Resident Evil 6 / Capcom / PS3 / 92,921
3. Project X Zone / Namco Bandai / 3DS / 85,539
4. Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 / Konami / PS3 / 50,144
5. Tokitowa / Namco Bandai / PS3 / 32,215
6. New Super Mario Bros. 2 / Nintendo / 3DS / 29,651
7. Wagamama Fashion: Girls Mode / Nintendo / 3DS / 22,195
8. Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! / Namco Bandai / 3DS / 18,458
9. Rock Smith / Ubisoft / PS3 / 13,964
10. Diabolik Lovers / Idea Factory / PSP / 13,173

Hardware
3DS XL – 52,079
3DS – 27,221
PS3 – 26,312
PSP – 15,585
PS Vita – 6,134
Wii – 4,476
Xbox 360 – 2,400
PS2 – 911
DSi -282
DSi XL - 255

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Great! I'm very happy that BD is selling well, this increase the chances for an european version :)

.....and come on SE, you can port it to the Vita, right? Come on!

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@MalakTawus

If it utilizes both screens then it probably won't, at least the Vita is capable of AR because I know that's used in BD.

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@MalakTawus Why a port when you could just ask for a new game instead?

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@leeko_link Obviously since i want to play BD on Vita (yup, i don't like 3ds too much tbh), that's why i want a port :)

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"Oh you're big in Japan, tonight, big in Japan, be tight, ooh the Eastern Sea's so blue" haha =)

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PSP still outselling the Vita even in Japan!

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monster hunter. vita needs it

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@robbiejones @SadPSPAddict

yes but 3DS gets it

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Even if this game does not come to Europe i hope it goes to North America at least it will be in English

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Bravely Default better come stateside.

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@soulless4now And in Europe.

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Is default getting a US release? it is squar enix.

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Bring Bravely Default and Project x Zone and I'll gladly through money for those games! But not until December, because I'm broke until then XP

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@Phoenix-Ho-Yoku Geez, don't all of those big sh1ts leave your a55 gaping wide open?

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yes finally some one understand i mean i glade these games are doing good in japan; shit i love japan, but let the world be involve in these fantasy worlds that we cannot normal see with our own eyes. i mean come on

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@blacksayian xenoblade chronicles only took about a year so its possible you might see one in the next few years.

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These new RPGs need to get localized! Please!

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they actually released the game without changing its name!

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@Halloll yeah i thought they'd give it a different title before releasing it

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They better give us Project X Zone and Bravely Default, or else I will write angry letters to their respective places of business. And then deliver those angry letters via a T-shirt cannon launching a Pepsi bottle through their windows with the note wrapped around the Pepsi bottle and tied with a nice blue ribbon.

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3DS definitely is getting love from devs and that's really good thing, I better start saving some money for it :) And it's really saying something about Vita if it doesn't sell even in Japan where they seem to just love Sony and Nintendo, and Xbox 360 is only 1/3 below Vita and Japan seems to really hate 360. It's really sad, Vita seems like a really nice piece of hardware, but it's just not powerful machine and cool features like touch screen and two analog sticks that sell it, it's the games. Sony just seemed to believe it would sell because it's more powerful than 3DS, they don't seem to be focusing on the thing that actually sells game consoles, and those're the games. Good lineup for release is really good way to sell them and planning ahead, getting devs to make games for it, but in my opinion there hasn't been a game that's worth the console price yet nor is there coming one.

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again and rpg worth of note are on handhelds, and consoles get the crap left over.... **** you square

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Never heard of it before, but I want to play Bravely Default for its art style alone! ...And I'm sure there are other reasons I'd like to play it if I knew more about it. *Begins scouring the internet for information.*

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Square better bring Bravely Default over here. We NA and EU 3DS owners are thirsty for a really good RPG, especially a new IP.

Oh Vita. You poor, flogged horse. It probably is going get scorched during the Holidays in Japan because there is nothing big coming and then 3DS is getting Monster Hunter 4 in March which will be the first sprinkles of dirt on the Vita's corpse in Japan.

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This should explain the japanese market:3DS XL – 52,0793

DS – 27,221

PS3 – 26,312

PSP – 15,585PS

Vita – 6,134 4 out of 5 top hardware sold is handheld. This is why the WiiU will be great in japan and is designed for Japan. Just such different markets.

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@superfly18

Yep ... American Market is all about shooter and sand box games ...

So it is really two different market

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I thought Dark Souls, Catherine and Lolipop Chainsaw were all good...

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@Adam_GI of those 3 only one did much better outside of japan and one was 'meh anyways.

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I was missing out on alot. I think I am going to get me a 3DS. There are so many good games that I wanted to play on it.

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And the chances of us getting Bravely Default or Project X Zone: Near nil.

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Don't know about Bravely Default (although Square's been finding success on the 3DS so I don't see why not) but the director of Namco-Bandai wants Project x Zone to be localized, and it's usually Namco that holds back their games.

Plus it was developed by Monolithsoft and last game they released did very well world wide.

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@abHS4L88 Yeah, I wish they would've localized that one Gundam game they made a few years back.

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Bravely Default, RE6, and Project X Zone topping the charts.

I hope we get BD and PXZ here as well. I'm also interested in seeing what Tokitowa is, as it's number 5.

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@kabuto1990 Oh you poor thing. Weren't you warned not to get that Vita?

That's OK. Us 3DS fans will welcome you with good RPGs!

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"Bravely Default" uses big-headed Lego-like characters in the game, but the box art is great. Akihiko Yoshida's art usually is. In fact, if Square released an "animated art" game (like Okami) full of Yoshida's art -- which offered similar gameplay to what Dark Souls and Skyrim provide -- they could call it "Vagrant Story II" and it would be glorious.

Not gonna hold my breath waiting for that to happen, though. Sigh.

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Remember when Sony said the Vita was selling well?

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@PillyChickle

Are you sure they didn't say, "Well, it's selling."

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We need RE6 on the PC already, Capcom please hurry the hell up or it will be buried by Halo 4, Black Ops 2, assassins creed 3 and and and Dead space 3 :/

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@Printul_Noptii RE6 did what it did already

beside it will still sell crap on pc's anw,nobody gives a fck for these kind of games on pc and they sell crap compared to consoles.

just stick to what your good at....dota,fps and strategy and f2p crap mmo;s

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@Phoenix-Ho-Yoku yup mate you have very valid points :D But I am a longtime RE fan and I actually enjoyed RE5 on the PC especially mercenaries and online co-op and I will not get the Xbox version because if there is a PC version I will always go for the PC version but by the time it will arrive on the PC no one will care so much anymore thats what I fear :[ and I also hope they will drop the GFWL crap and bring it on steam seriously GFWL is so crap on the PC it almost hurts, its like the retarded version of Xbox Live only for PC.

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@Printul_Noptii "its like the retarded version of Xbox Live only for PC"... so youre saying its exactly the same then?

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@Printul_Noptii Yes we need, but for different reasons :D

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Vita's behind the PSP...again! This is bad.

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thats no surprise even the psp had better games starting by 2 god of war games an unmatched Castlevania and Street fighter alpha max 3 to start with oh and tons of metal gears so yeah.. not much of a surprise if you ask me..

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Oh man I had so much fun with SFA 3 Max! Especially two on one. I loved fighting two guys at once. That just made me feel like one bad MoFo.

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Japan gets all of the fantastic games. Give me Project X Zone, that is all I want.

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