Yakuza 3 tops Japanese charts
March 13th, 2008 @ 08:22

From here. Sega wins with its crime action title. Looks as though Brawl and Wii Fit have hit the ceiling. Figures from Media Create for the week ending March 9.
01./00. [PS3] Yakuza 3: Kenzan! (Sega) - 181,000 / NEW
02./02. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 50,000 / 1,408,000
03./03. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 49,000 / 1,659,000
04./00. [PS2] Gundam Musou Special (Bandai-Namco) - 39,000 / 189,000
05./00. [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 32,000 / NEW
06./09. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 19,000 / 2,838,000
07./04. [NDS] Soma Bringer (Nintendo) - 17,000 / 68,000
08./00. [NDS] Doraemon: Nobita and the Green Giant DS (Bandai-Namco) - 17,000 / NEW
09./07. [PSP] Musou Orochi (Koei) - 16,000 / 87,000
10./00. [WII] Everyone’s General Knowledge Training TV (Nintendo) - 14,000 / NEW
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March 13th, 2008 at 10:12 am
Yes! Yakuza ftw! \o/
March 13th, 2008 at 11:42 am
Yay!
Most interesting positions there though are 5 and 10. Nintendo spent big on the supposedly casual-pleasing General Knowledge Training, advertising the life out of it on TV, billboards, the works. Probably expecting a Brain Training-like success. It’s too early to tell that it won’t have legs, but that’s a very poor start.
They buried Metroid (Nintendo Japan has always hated the franchise) and it got to number 5.
These two things prove the audience for Wii and DS isn’t the same. Could be a bit of a lesson for Nintendo, that.
Anyway, congrats to Sega - hopefully this means we’ll see a translation sooner rather than later.