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Studio Ghibli Game Takes 2nd To Monster Hunter Portable 3rd

Level 5 and Studio Ghibli collaboration Ni no Kuni hit the Nintendo DS in Japan this week. It appears to have done many favours for the DS overseas, but it was still Monster Hunter Portable 3rd in first place.


December 2, 2010
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Gran Turismo 5 Laps The Competition In Japan

PlayStation 3 real driving simulator Gran Turismo 5 is off to a great start in Japan, with first week sales topping 430,000 copies, knocking former champ Call of Duty: Black Ops down to sixth place.


November 25, 2010
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Call Of Duty: Black Ops Fever Comes To Japan

The best-selling game in Japan this past week was an American-made game, with Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops nabbing the first place spot on the country’s sales charts. Just how well did Black Ops do?


November 19, 2010
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Tactics Ogre Takes Japan By Storm

The Ogre Battle series has still got it in Japan, with the latest entry in Square Enix’s tactical role-playing game series getting a great start on the PSP.


November 12, 2010
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Fallout: New Vegas Drop Mini-Nuke On Japan’s Sales Charts

The most exciting new addition to this week’s Japanese game sales chart is the appearance of Fallout: New Vegas. Looks like that “protest” against Japanese role-playing games campaign worked.


November 5, 2010
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God Eater Bursts Mario’s Chances At A Sales Chart Combo

Two games, one for the PSP, one for the PlayStation 3, helped kick Mario’s latest game from its perch at the top of Japan’s best-selling games chart. Who’s responsible for Super Mario Collection for the Wii settling for third?


October 29, 2010
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PlayStation Move Games, Super Mario Collection Do Battle In Japan

After five weeks at the top of Japan’s sales charts, Pokemon Black and Pokemon White have met their match – Mario. Nintendo’s budget-priced Super Mario Collection for the Wii has landed in Japan and has dominated the competition.


October 22, 2010
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Not Even Kirby Can Stop Pokemon’s Reign In Japan

Pokemon Black and Pokemon White continue to be super effective at maintaining a stranglehold on Japan’s software sales charts, easily moving past 4 million copies sold overseas and handily defeating Kirby’s Epic Yarn for the Wii.


October 19, 2010
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Japanese Sales Charts Pokemon Black, White, Red Dead All Over

Nintendo’s Pokemon Black and Pokemon White enjoy another first place showing in Japan this week, nearly another quarter of a million copies sold to Nintendo DS owners overseas. The monster hunting game easily takes down newcomer Red Dead Redemption in Japan.


October 8, 2010
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Pokemon Black & White Sales Still Super Effective In Japan

Another week, another few hundred thousand copies of Pokemon Black and White snapped up by Japanese gamers. The Nintendo DS game appears to be on track to break the 4 million mark any minute now.