Japan Weekly Software Ranking (Jan 19 – Jan 25)

Koei’s Zill O’ll Infinite Plus, a port of a 2005 PS2 game (which in turn is another port of a 1999 PSOne game), made a surprisingly strong debut with more than 25,000 copies sold in its first week, which apparently is 70% of its initial shipment. I really like the look of the game and hope this means a real sequel is in the work. Dissidia Final Fantasy still doing well with around 18,000 copies sold. Check out the top 10 after the jump or view the full ranking here.

Software

Media Create

This Wk Last Wk Title Platform Publisher Release Date This Wk Sales Life To Date
1 (1) Wii de Asobu Mario Tennis GC Wii Nintendo 14/01/09 32,000 88,000
2 Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo Wii Bandai Namco 22/01/09 26,000 26,000
3 (12) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Wii Namco Bandai 11/12/08 26,000 317,000
4 Zill O’ll Infinite Plus PSP Koei 22/01/09 25,000 25,000
5 (5) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP The Best) PSP Capcom 30/10/08 25,000 357,000
6 (6) Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS Nintendo 31/07/08 21,000 1,614,000
7 (9) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo 01/12/07 20,000 3,196,000
8 (4) Dissidia Final Fantasy PSP Square Enix 18/12/08 18,000 866,000
9 (2) Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor DS Atlus 14/01/09 18,000 74,000
10 (8) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo 23/10/08 17,000 685,000

Updated every Thursday, full chart viewable here.

MediaWorks

This Wk Last Wk Title Platform Publisher Release Date This Wk Sales Life To Date
1 (2) Wii de Asobu Mario Tennis GC Wii Nintendo 14/01/09 31,560 88,236
2 Zill O’ll Infinite Plus PSP Koei 22/01/09 27,337 27,337
3 (5) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP The Best) PSP Capcom 30/10/08 26,267 344,027
4 Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou Wii Kadokawa Shoten 21/01/09 24,954 24,954
5 (10) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Wii Namco Bandai 11/12/08 22,878 359,861
6 Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo Wii Bandai Namco 22/01/09 22,669 22,669
7 (1) Megami Ibunroku: Devil Survivor DS Atlus 14/01/09 19,917 79,658
8 (8) Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS Nintendo 31/07/08 18,700 1,556,143
9 (4) Dissidia Final Fantasy PSP Square Enix 18/12/08 18,450 872,942
10 (7) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo 23/10/08 17,994 693,326

Updated every Friday, chart in Japanese viewable here.

Enterbrain*

This Wk Last Wk Title Platform Publisher Release Date This Wk Sales Life To Date
1 (2) Wii de Asobu Mario Tennis GC Wii Nintendo 14/01/09 31,000 86,000
2 Zill O’ll Infinite Plus PSP Koei 22/01/09 29,000 29,000
3 (10) Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Wii Namco Bandai 11/12/08 27,000 344,000
4 (7) Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP The Best) PSP Capcom 30/10/08 25,000 343,000
5 Fragile: Sayonara Tsuki no Haikyo Wii Bandai Namco 22/01/09 23,000 23,000
6 (6) Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode DS Nintendo 23/10/08 20,000 707,000
7 (8) Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS Nintendo 31/07/08 20,000 1,520,000
8 Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidou Wii Kadokawa Shoten 21/01/09 19,000 19,000
9 (9) Wii Fit Wii Nintendo 01/12/07 17,000 3,109,000
10 Left 4 Dead Xbox 360 Electronic Arts 22/01/09 17,000 17,000

Updated every Wednesday, chart in Japanese viewable here.

*Unofficial figures, to be updated when I have the magazine in hand.

Amazon Japan

1 Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete [First Print with Final Fantasy XIII Trial Version] PS3 Square Enix
2 Monster Hunter G (Starter Pack) Wii Capcom
3 Dragon Quest IX: Hoshizora no Mamoribito DS Square Enix
4 Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope [Special Edition] Xbox 360 Square Enix
5 Ryu ga Gotoku 3 [Special Edition] PS3 Sega
6 Death Smile Arcade Stick Xbox 360 Hori
7 Demon’s Souls PS3 SCEJ
8 Mario & Luigi RPG 3!! DS Nintendo
9 Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution 2009 PSP Konami
10 World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 PS2 Konami

Amazon Japan chart is updated hourly, the latest chart can be viewed here.

Hardware

Media Create

Rank Platform This Wk Sales Last Wk Sales Change
1 Nintendo DSi 51,618 62,525 (10,907)
2 PSP 38,280 42,559 (4,279)
3 Wii 26,770 32,333 (5,563)
4 PS3 17,708 20,690 (2,982)
5 DSL 13,686 18,809 (5,123)
6 Xbox 360 7,663 9,576 (1,913)
7 PS2 5,077 5,760 (683)

Enterbrain*

Rank Platform This Wk Sales Last Wk Sales Change
1 Nintendo DSi 45,000 60,000 (15,000)
2 PSP 41,000 48,000 (7,000)
3 Wii 26,000 31,000 (5,000)
4 PS3 17,000 19,000 (2,000)
5 DSL 14,000 21,000 (7,000)
6 Xbox 360 7,100 7,600 (500)
7 PS2 5,900 7,000 (1,100)

*Unofficial figures, to be updated when I have the magazine in hand.

One Response to “Japan Weekly Software Ranking (Jan 19 – Jan 25)

  1. Ahmad Yasser

    That Zill’O game looks good, is it coming to the US?

    January 31st, 2009 at 8:43 pm

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