@Fryfat2: Nintendo was demoing the English version at their PAX booth.

Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): You started losing it with the "Achievements" though. And the DLC. Well played though.

FP_slomo788

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): RAAAGE!

FP_slomo788

@FP_slomo788: I'm a liar :D

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): It also has Achievements and there's 4 sizable DLC planned for this spring that will bring 20 hours of game play each and add other continents like Asia, South America, Australia, and even Antarctica. They'll be epic!

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@UltimateIdiot: It's only like P-snap in that you take pictures... In that way, Dead rising and Fatal Frame are like P-snap too... No, it's not a rail photography game like P-snap, you have a little bit more freedom to walk around and take your pictures, even though some of it IS on a jeep.

@Fryfat2: They only ruin the gaming industry when they make those non-games the focus of their gaming division like another company does.

@Lazlo: Hakuna Matata is a saying in one of the major African languages... Swahili, maybe? I don't remember. Disney doesn't own that any more than they own the term "magic" though they're always on about how magical their movies and theme parks are.

bobtheduck

Wait, Clannad as in KEY Visual Novel Clannad?

Lyrai

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Wow I didn't know half of all this. You just sold me Afrika you bastard!

FP_slomo788

@tonka_92: You have to mate different species of animals to produce hybrids that you can use as RTS pieces in a persistent MMORTS game. It's quite robust and is hosted on PS3 DEDICATED server farms. The best part of the game is that you can trade your creatures by emailing character cards you customize over the net or even use the EyeToy to scan it in. There's a remote play feature that allows you to level up using the PSP and you can even level up when your not playing your PSP as long as it remains connected to the PS3. One of the killer features of the game is it's functionality with home. when you buy your apartment in home, If you have Afrika installed on your Hard Drive then the patio on your home apartment has a panoramic view of the savanna with all your animals roaming in it. Other home players can have an African safari through your world and even leave gifts.

...You can also take pictures of animals but who cares about that shit when you can do all the stuff above. Day One Purchase!

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

bad company? really? cool.

rianfrost

@MOP88:

Just give it time... ;)

VladMalice

And Tales has fallen off of the Charts.
Next week maybe?
Of course not.

Ad-hominem

we should see about some federal aid for these guys - send em some ca$h so they can get something other then a portable or a PS2

TheLegendof_Erick

Afrika is a casual non-game, Sony is ruining the gaming industry.

@scotty: What makes you think there will be an english Rhythm Tengoku? We never got it for GBA :( Not that it mattered, it was still fun, it's just a pain to import.

Fryfat2

@Lazlo: It's Hakuna Matata in other parts of Asia, not Japan. Disney didn't invent the phrase, you should probably do some research on it.

LittleBigPlaneteer

@VladMalice: Not until the Wii is used to show tech demos and videogames are revealed to be the secret cure against cancer. THEN you can expect Satan's balls to shrivle.

MOP88

@tonka_92: It's like pokemon snap except you're in africa.

UltimateIdiot

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under):

HAHA! So true.... so very true...

VladMalice

@VladMalice: Now all they need is a school girl outfit DLC and BF:BC will really rake in the sales!

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@SaanZ: Well, let's not get crazy here... there's a difference in being in top 10 and being in the top 30 :(

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

What IS Afrika about anyway?
what do you do in it???

tonka_92

I thought it was called Hankuna Matata over there? Or did Disney sue the pants of them?

Lazlo

Can't believe BF:BC is that high.

Whats with this generation? The 360 is getting all the RPG hype and the PS3 is selling shooters....!?

Hell freeze over yet?

VladMalice

So the PS3 and 360 have the same number of games in the top 30.. Thats... better than before.

SaanZ

Everyone better buy Rhythm Heaven when it comes here! >:( You better!

scotty

Rhythm Tengoku is good stuff.

Ravioli_Sumo

Good to know that when the forces of fate and the ferocity of tigers clash, it's a real upper. Otherwise I'd be sorely disappointed.

Grahamunculus

IIRC Afrika only had half a week to sell due to launch date. Still not bad for a niche game like that.

Candlejack

Good to see Rhythm Tengoky there.. that game is great!

CockroachMan

Too Human doesn't even deserve to be purchased that much. It doesn't deserve a place on that list. But, alas, that won't change anything.

Xemnas

In all fairness, Rhythm Tengoku Gold is a pretty great game.

Atheist Jew

Clannad?

don't suppose we'll be getting that stateside....

Tietsu

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Wow! That sounds amazing.

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): lol,

well shit.

bialia

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): are you taking the piss?

if not, sign me up!

(confused)

bialia

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Holy crap! I thought it was just a photography game but damn!

excel_excel

@CockroachMan: *Tengoku

CockroachMan

@Ad-hominem: Yeah, I jumped on the list wanting to see how Tales was faring... out of the top 30 in 2 weeks... oh well.

zoesch

@mfwahwah: What Fryfat2 was saying might have been a joke... you know, poking fun at the people that say the same thing about games on some other systems.

Adam In Texas

@Fryfat2: Afrika is a casual non-game, Sony is ruining the gaming industry.

That is such a ****ing ignorant statement. You call yourself a gamer?

I hope they localize this game in NA, I REALLY want to play Afrika, and no, I won't import it because I like to understand my games :S

mfwahwah

Wow Bad Company is a suprise the Japanese are more and more becoming accepting of American Style Games.

Barf#1

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Well thats bleeding great. We've got the awesome version of Afrika you imagined and the average version available

excel_excel

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): SONUVABITCH!

excel_excel

This is unacceptable. Afrika has been out for more than a couple of days and no review on Kotaku. Is there any problem in completing the 'game' :-) ?

talk2sk

@Lyrai: Seeing a Visual Novel of Clannad's caliber up there makes me happy.

Turambar

@UltimateIdiot:

My Afikamons, let me show you them.

LanciePants

Hey Japan! Try something new, you might like it.

Keep your politics out of my video games. Please

@Lazlo: Hakuna Matata was for US and Europe. In Japan, the name was always Afrika. However, as Japan wouldn't be release anywhere out Japan i think they won't be sued.

And that's really a shame.

Cess007

@Fryfat2: It's been announced for a 09 release since E3

Hyperfludd

what, no Tales of Vesperia

Nacht

@Barf#1: Oh, first person shooters are American style games? Didn't catch that in the news...

Candlejack

That "Hakuna Matata" for Ps3 sounds good, I still have fond memories of the stampede level on the Super Nintendo game where Mufasa is killed.

VakeroRokero

@Candlejack:

Change the word "American" to "Westernized" and I think you'll see what he was implying. It's clear that Westerners favor that genre over most others, just like it's clear a mech/robot game would be considered a "Japanese style game".

LittleBigPlaneteer

@Candlejack: I doubt that I would call Afrika a niche title. It is probably the most advertised PS3 game ever in Japan. Yeah, more advertisements than MGS4. Still not Nintendo or Monster Hunter level but if you ever needed a proof that advertising works, this is it.

develin

@LittleBigPlaneteer: Who does research on hakuna matata? Everything you need to know is in the song. It means no worries for the rest of your dayyyyyyyyys.

AndroidKing

By the way, did anybody notice that there are as many PS3 titles in the top 25 as there are XBox titles. Ok XBox titles are MUCH lower, but considering the humilating sales that ain't a bad result. Maybe all those that picked up an XBox for Tales of Vesperia bought another game ;)

develin

While I appreciate that Clannad's doing well, my mind is still boggled at how a version for the X360 got approved. I mean, eroge on X360 would be the niche among the niche when it comes to games...

gokieks

@gokieks: Well it is something that really sells in Japan, so maybe Microsoft has spent some money that was rather convincing. Or it is just that you can convert a PC title to a XBox title in minutes (well not really but compared to the PS3). Or it is just the lack of those titles, that appealed to the developers....

develin

Maybe Tales of Vesperia is doing so well it is in -10th position? After all, this is supposed to be the ultimate top reason to bring the 360 around to critical mass in Japan, right?

endekks

Well no. Japanese like to whore special edition stuff. I went to a Gundam Museum convention thing and one guy bought 1/10th of a certain model. Needless to say he didn't seem to need help carrying all those boxes to the register. ToV was special edition and a few guys probably bought most of them and are trying to sell them for high prices now or later.

gtr06

hey..that's odd Nintendo and Sony splitting up the top 10, 5 for each company's console/handheld, Good Job sir good job

FP Bleentastic has cake

It's not weird that Sigma Harmonics is doing so badly, because, no matter how original the premise, it is a severely flawed game, which is a bit too much of a chore to play

Zolbrod