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New Super Mario Bros Wii Continues To Stomp The Competition

Posted July 14, 2010 by M.H. Williams

Titles for Nintendo’s Wii and DS system continue to own the market in Japan. New Super Mario Bros Wii is the ongoing sales leader for 2010, despite actually being released 2009, according to Famitsu data [thanks 1UP]. The game has sold 1,401,895 copies in this year alone, and broke 3 million copies sold after only seven weeks on the market. It also pushed more hardware, with 700,000 Wiis sold during its launch month of December.

The rest of the chart is populated by sequels and proven franchises, with Namco Bandai’s God Eater being the only non-sequel that came out this year. The title placed ninth on the charts with 605,316 units sold.

Classic franchise entries included Dragon Quest VI, Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver, Yakuza 4 and Monster Hunter Freedom. The other interesting non-sequel was Nintendo’s Tomodachi Collection, which was released last year to great sales in Japan. The game cleared 1 million copies in Japan for the first half of 2010.

The rest of the chart follows:

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 1,401,895

2. Dragon Quest VI (Square Enix, DS): 1,293,916

3. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (Square Enix, DS): 1,194,584

4. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo, DS): 1,012,437

5. Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix, DS): 728,286

6. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (Konami, PSP): 727,823

7. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii): 695,295

8. Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo, Wii): 613,290

9. God Eater (Namco Bandai Games, PSP): 605,316

10. Yakuza 4 (Sega, PS3): 552,531

11. Fist of the North Star (Tecmo Koei, PS3): 544,807

12. Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Nintendo, DS): 475,275

13. Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver (Nintendo, DS): 393,862

14. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo, DS): 376,054

15. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 366,833

16. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 329,570

17. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Capcom, PSP): 294,446

18. Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (Capcom, PS3): 258,961

19. Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix, PS3): 193,179

20. Inazuma Eleven 2 (Level-5, DS): 186,066

 

M.H. Williams has been writing in some form or another for ten years and has been a hardcore gamer since the NES first graced American shores.  You can catch him on Twitter as @AutomaticZen, Google+ as himself, or on his personal Facebook page.