Famitsu: Top 100 best-selling games of 2009 (Japan)

To show how handheld games dominate the Japanese market, here are the Top 100 best-selling games of 2009 according to Famitsu.

Famitsu: Top 100 best-selling games of 2009

1. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX (Square Enix) – 4,100,968
2. [NDS] Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (Pokemon) – 3,382,597
3. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 2,485,150
4. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) – 2,311,948
5. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) – 1,698,256
6. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 1,542,806
7. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 1,298,533
8. [WII] Monster Hunter 3 (Capcom) – 968,033
9. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) – 943,615
10. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP The Best (Capcom) – 911,497 / 1,110,614 LTD

11. [NDS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Nintendo) – 717,940
12. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 588,258 / 3,555,555 LTD
13. [NDS] Professor Leyton and the Flute of Malevolent Destiny (Level 5) – 552,085 LTD
14. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days (Square Enix) – 522,260
15. [PS3] Yakuza 3 (Sega) – 509,223
16. [PS3] Biohazard 5 (Capcom) – 508,959
17. [NDS] Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) – 480,326 / 1,830,997 LTD
18. [WII] Mario Kart wii (Nintendo) – 446,447 / 2,449,762 LTD
19. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2 (Sega) – 443,216
20. [NDS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorer of Skies (Pokemon) – 417,226

21. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii (Namco) – 390,416 / 641,599 LTD
22. [PSP] Dynasty Warriors MULTI RAID (Koei) – 384,336
23. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) – 377,340
24. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam Next Plus (Bandai Namco) – 339,034
25. [PS3] Tales of Vesperia (Bandai Namco) – 337,783
26. [NDS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo) – 330,079 / 879,427 LTD
27. [NDS] Pokemon Platinum (Pokemon) – 328,490 / 2,515,827 LTD
28. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) – 320,940
29. [NDS] Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe (Nintendo) – 319,422 / 1,174,849 LTD
30. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (Bandai Namco) – 317,730

31. [WII] Animal Crossing City Folk (Nintendo) – 311,261 / 1,206,563 LTD
32. [PS2] SD Gundam G Generation Wars (Bandai Namco) – 307,754
33. [NDS] Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth (Capcom) – 303,445
34. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) – 287,399 / 5,659,586 LTD
35. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 286,634 / 3,592,834 LTD
36. [NDS] Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (Square Enix) – 259,705
37. [NDS] Animal Crossing Wild World (Nintendo) – 258,996 / 5,111,049 LTD
38. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (Konami) – 250,204
39. [PSP] Gran Turismo (SCE) – 247,869
40. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) – 246,192 / 3,563,510 LTD

41. [WII] Poke Park Wii: Pikachu's Big Adventure (Pokemon) – 243,075
42. [PSP] Dissidia: Final Fantasy (Square Enix) – 242,136 / 902,398 LTD
43. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (Konami) – 239,928
44. [WII] Monster Hunter G (Capcom) – 236,020
45. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Portable 4 (Konami) – 233,864
46. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Senki (Bandai Namco) – 233,473
47. [PSP] Tales of Versus (Bandai Namco) – 231,351
48. [PS3] Warriors Orochi Z (Koei) – 221,718
49. [NDS] Momotarou Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (Hudson) – 218,856 / 340,996 LTD
50. [NDS] Tongari Boushi: and the 365 Days of Magic (Konami) – 218,139 / 451,588 LTD

51. [WII] New Play Control: Mario Power Tennis (Nintendo) – 216,069
52. [NDS] Professor Leyton and the Last Time Travel (Level 5) – 214,474 / 842,617 LTD
53. [NDS] Super Robot Wars K (Bandai Namco) – 213,454
54. [NDS] Puyo Puyo 7 (Sega) – 210,056
55. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 2 (Bandai Namco) – 209,083
56. [360] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (Square Enix) – 208,521
57. [NDS] Taiko Drum Master DS: Big Adventure of 7 Islands (Bandai Namco) – 206,780 / 650,913 LTD
58. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3 (Koei) – 205,370
59. [NDS] Sloane and McHale's Mystery Story (Level 5) – 201,043
60. [PSP] Sengoku BASARA Battle Heroes (Capcom) – 198,799

61. [PS3] BAYONETTA (Sega) – 196,150
62. [NDS] Love Plus (Konami) – 192,207
63. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai (Bandai Namco) – 192,200
64. [NDS] The 4 Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix) – 191,020
65. [PSP] Idol Master SP Perfect Sun/Missing Moon/Wandering Star (Bandai Namco) – 189,568
66. [NDS] Wario Ware DIY (Nintendo) – 187,404
67. [NDS] Power Pro Kun Pocket 11 (Konami) – 185,644 / 284,720 LTD
68. [PSP] Persona 3 Portable (Atlus) – 183,283
69. [PSP] Mobile Suit Gundam: Senjou no Kizuna Portable (Bandai Namco) – 181,888
70. [WII] Tales of Graces (Bandai Namco) – 177,925

71. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva (Sega) – 173,834
72. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai X: 7 Soldiers of Heaven (Konami) – 171,790
73. [PS3] Tekken 6 (Bandai Namco) – 170,150
74. [NDS] Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (Nintendo) – 169,538
75. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven (NDS) – 167,273 / 396,284 LTD
76. [PS2] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2009 (Konami) – 166,085
77. [PS3] Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 (Square Enix) – 164,619
78. [NDS] SaGa 2: Goddess of Destiny (Square Enix) – 164,352
79. [NDS] Rittai Picross (Nintendo) – 161,690
80. [PS3] Demon Souls (SCE) – 159,278

81. [PS3] Street Fighter IV (Capcom) – 157,704
82. [PSP] Persona (Atlus) – 149,740
83. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) – 149,555 / 2,742,849 LTD
84. [PSP] Macross Ultimate Frontier (Bandai Namco) – 149,541
85. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires (Koei) – 146,520
86. [PSP] Let's Make a J. League Pro Soccer Club! 6 Pride of J (Sega) – 146,371
87. [WII] New Play Control: Pikmin 2 (Nintendo) – 139,560
88. [WII] Karaoke Joysound Wii (Hudson) – 139,093 / 254,144 LTD
89. [NDS] Seventh Dragon (Sega) – 137,857
90. [PSP] Boku no Natsuyasumi 4: seitouchi Shounen Tanteidan, Boku to Himitsu no Chizu (SCE) – 137,785

91. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles (SCE) – 136,657 / 339,690 LTD
92. [NDS] Beautiful Letter Training (Nintendo) – 139,619 / 561,891 LTD
93. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 6 (Konami) – 134,910
94. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 133,725 / 1,880,838 LTD
95. [NDS] Penguin no Mondai: Legend of the Strongest Penguin (Konami) – 132,515 / 287,502 LTD
96. [NDS] Welcome Back Chibi Robo! (Nintendo) – 130,092
97. [NDS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey (Atlus) – 127,946
98. [NDS] Pokemon Diamond/Pearl (Pokemon) – 127,567 / 5,751,997 LTD
99. [WII] Momotarou Dentetsu 2010 (Hudson) – 125,494
100. [360] Biohazard 5 (Capcom) – 123,817

Total number of games in the Top 100 list for each system:

[NDS] - 41 :twisted:
[Wii] - 20
[PSP] - 19
[PS3] -15
[PS2] - 3
[360] - 2 :shock:

Are people still surprised/impressed by XBOX's low sales in Japan?

FFXIII did nicely for only 2 weeks in the entire year. 110million

Misleading, you should change the topic title so it reads that this only counts Japanese sales.uyiop0t

Who compiled this list in English? There's a lot of bad translations (Yakuza 3 -- I know it's coming out in America as Yakuza 3, but still, call it by its Japanese name when we're talking about sales of the Japanese version of the game) and just general English stupidities (BAYONETTA? How about just writing Bayonetta, instead?).

Otherwise, I was surprised by absolutely nothing on that list.

EDIT: Also, they call Biohazard 5, "Biohazard 5", but Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!!, "Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story". In other words, whoever compiled this list in English should refrain from doing so in the future.

Who compiled this list in English? There's a lot of bad translations (Yakuza 3 -- I know it's coming out in America as Yakuza 3, but still, call it by its Japanese name when we're talking about sales of the Japanese version of the game) and just general English stupidities (BAYONETTA? How about just writing Bayonetta, instead?).

Otherwise, I was surprised by absolutely nothing on that list.

Seventh Dragon made the list!? And Tales of Graces? Solid. Fantastic games. Good job Japan :D

Who compiled this list in English? There's a lot of bad translations (Yakuza 3 -- I know it's coming out in America as Yakuza 3, but still, call it by its Japanese name when we're talking about sales of the Japanese version of the game) and just general English stupidities (BAYONETTA? How about just writing Bayonetta, instead?).

Otherwise, I was surprised by absolutely nothing on that list.

EDIT: Also, they call Biohazard 5, "Biohazard 5", but Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!!, "Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story". In other words, whoever compiled this list in English should refrain from doing so in the future.

Greatgone12

And why is this bothering you that much?Ragnarok1051

[QUOTE="Ragnarok1051"]And why is this bothering you that much?Greatgone12

Go Love Plus!!! :P

it is officail wii was09 , , and beyond lol , in fact nintendos software or software on nintendo wii ds , combined total out wieghs the competition by 20 titles -61 to 41

FFXIII did nicely for only 2 weeks in the entire year. 110million

Interesting how a country can differ so much in game choices. By the way, why does 77. (COD4: MW2) have Square Enix beside it?Mr_Cumberdale

I knew japan like Draon Quest games but darn it they really love it which is awesome and good to see final fanatsy XIII selling good but how copies of Mario Kart wii sold now since it release?f

11. [NDS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Nintendo) – 717,940

Thats nice to see. Im also surprised that Street Fighter4 didnt sell more there.

Misleading, you should change the topic title so it reads that this only counts Japanese sales.uyiop0t

...i didn't know famitsu did US sells as well???

....LMAO