bestsellers
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America’s Pastime Is Japan’s Biggest Seller Right Now
High-definition, big headed baseball is currently the hottest thing in Japanese video games. Konami’s latest cartoonish baseball sim, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2011, is the country’s number one game.
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Japan’s Bestsellers Highlight Our Gaming Cultural Divide, One More Time
What’s selling well in Japan these days? The likes of Meruru no Atelier: Arland no Renkinjutsushi 3, Steins;Gate and a new Gundam game for the PlayStation Portable. I know. Exciting, right?
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Japan Falls In Love With The Naughty Akiba’s Strip
A game about stripping the clothes off of vampires in otaku haven Akihabara is Japan’s best-selling game right now, the curious and cleverly titled Akiba’s Strip for PSP. That game easily beat the new Dead or Alive and Valve’s Portal 2 overseas.
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With PSP Sales Like These In Japan, Who Needs The NGP?
Yes, yes, it was a Nintendo DS game that managed to outsell everything else in Japan this week – Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional – but it was the continued strength of PSP hardware in Japan that seemed most impressive.