Japan game charts: May 29-June 4

yay, i love Metroid prime huntesr!!!, 4 star mwuhahahaha!!!

lol, do u guys know ,that the 360 sells the same amount of consoles as a gamecube in japan in a week lol, yes daed or alive 4 made it to to #4 , which was quite good, the aim is to get more rpg to satisfy japanese gamers :), neway hyrray for nintendo, im abig N fan myself, got 360 , its class :), well im off to play halo 2 now laterz :)

We should give a damn about what the Japanese play because they influence over two-thirds of the console market's direction. Unless you don't mind waiting 3-4 years for another Halo, praying for Psychonauts 2, or, y'know, whatever they're making in the UK these days.

everyone keeps asking where the 360 games are on this list. well i know where they are.....on the store shelves!!! haha... go nintendo!!!!! and uhum..sony....Wiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!

Expected. ^_~ Go DS!

VladimrCrow.....why should you care about what Japan plays? Come on...Chun Li is your freakin icon!

If a console in Japan is big (like DS) it means Japanese developers will make games for the system. As you can see, DS owning the charts means support for the PSP won't get any better soon (over there of course). That's why Microsoft is trying hard to sell their system in ***. PS2 had alot of Japanese exclusives that sold well all over the world, whereas Xbox... yada yada yada, you know the rest of the story.

Wow... the Japanese must be very smart by now.

they love their ds......

Wow! 7 of the 10 games are for the 360! And I don't even see a DS game in sight! Good job, 360! That's about the 1,000,000,000th time you have been first in game sells in Japan! Congratulations!

they love their mario

ds is ownin

I'm so glad Microsoft will lose in Japan because I will not have see MS try to make those old cutesy games redone for Xbox360. Japan might be the motherland but they're not the originators of video games.

NSMB sold 1.2 million in 2 weeks so far in Japan :D << LINK REMOVED >>

Just two PS2 games and both sport themed? Where did JRPGs go? Oh, and I have another doubt, if these people only buy games for portable systems when do they work? Seems out of home not. Farewell~~!!

I'd like to see worldwide software sales comparisons between DS and PSP. We know DS is ahead in hardware, but they must be destroying in software also.

We pretty much owe ourselves to japan, as it is the video game motherland. I still give them props and I love anime, dig their art and their style. Maybe a little crazy, but definately a country of the imagination. looks like it will be hard for MS to make a claim there...

It's "only-for Japan" games... They TOO CRAZY...

it's funny to see how far we have come graphically with next-gen...but the land of video games still favors the old fun of Mario

Pokemon? DBZ? Card games? FF? No thanks.

Good to see New Super Mario Brothers at the top of the list. We need more 2D games like this.

Wha :o !?!?!

mitroid prime at fourth place???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thats the biggest suprise so far this year.

Go go Nintendo Rangers...They're lovin' the morphin' ball in Japan!

The DS is doing great!

Wow the Xbox 360 is really owning in Japan.... they're definitely gonna be market leaders next gen.

The reason that you should care what the Japanese are doing is that everything comes from there first. Games, Anime, and even mobile phones if something get big in Japan most of the time it will get big here. Need I say Pokemon, Yu-Gi-oh and DBZ. Games like FF, Mario or DQ. Where games from the US stay in the US like Halo.

vladimircrow wrote: Why should I give a damn about what the Japanese play? haha i kno!!! i dont care bout that!! it doesnt change tha way, i play games...

Why should I give a damn about what the Japanese play?

Wow, forget DS, that's old news, the real news is that Metroid Prime Hunters is actually selling well in Japan. The Japanese hated the GC primes (as well as FPS's in general). Maybe the Japanese are finaly starting to warm up to western-style games, eh?

HOLLY CRAP! DS has taken up 7 spots! I knew it was popular but not THAT popular. Man, DS is selling like crazy!

they sure like their ds.

what the heck with ds kicking ps2 ass so bad...? it`s more like ds is kickin 360 ass REAL bad

DS is kicking PS2 ass so bad. Where are the japanese 360 games in the lis??

Yay for DS and Japan!

The 360 already made the chart... Dead or Alive 4 when it first came out debuted on the chart at the #4 spot just wait till Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey come out.

Remember just like Nintendo has said before " We own the portable gaming market"

no 360 games?! im shocked *end of sarcasm*

i was wondering where most of my rivals for metroid prime hunters were coming from

:shock: the DS is ownig Japan!

Good ol' Nintendo

the DS rules in japan

wow, DS ownes Japan.... no surprise there, but wait!!!!! a PSP game!!! omg now thats a suprise!!!! :o

Hey man, KimiKiss was pretty good. Only problems there were in it was the lack of a Tsundere character and the underclassman character's ending sucked. I liked Tsuyokiss better though.

what the... a DATING SIM was in number 6 last week (or month or whatever)???? Soooooo freaking weird.

OMG a first person shooter selling good in japan. That like finding a English version of Earthbound.

Come on I want 2 see a 360 game on this chart, please at least once!!!!!

When you spend as much time on trains etc, portables are the best. When your homes are small and you might have to fight over the tv to play games, portables are the perfect solution. Some may think that Japanese gamers only play DS games but the main reason games like brain training are selling in incredible numbers is because they were able to draw in adults who didn't play games earlier (the new demographic/the previous non gamers). The trick will be to keep feeding those people with similar games.

cool to see a PSP game though maybe we will see 360 games when Blue Dragon comes and I guess thats all...360 is doomed in japan unless Blue Dragon is freakin unbelievable

Hate to say it, but what a predictable list.