Japan Charts Nov. 5-11: Mario Party DS celebrates

No halo 3?

Ratchet & Clank at #10?! Well, I guess the Japanese really don't like shooters.

looks like the xbox is all but dead in japan

Solid sales for MPDS

I envy all thos who have Mario G!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree with dr.corndog, i played both version of dynasty warriors...uhh..

Why on earth is a Dynasty Warriors game sitting at the top of the list?

fr33_loader > A better question is, "Seriosuly, don't people get tired of Halo?" No offense, but Mario does something new each game, and adds gameplay mechanics. What new thing has Halo introduced? Last I checked, Halo 1 introduced nothing more than a generic FPS to the Xbox, Halo 2 added duel weilding (which has been done before, Perfect Dark 64 did it), and 3 added items. Combine all that and all it really says is its the same generic game, but a little quirk that makes killing things last a bit longer. Multiplayer really saves the game, but maybe Japan isn't into online play as much as we are, Or maybe has a bigger market for things that aren't extremely violent but are really fun to play, or perhaps something that has a strong storyline. Just because you don't like those games doesnt mean other people do, so grow up. I wonder how well Mario Party Advanced did, since I noticed the card game didn't over too well here. Mario Galaxy, FFTA2, Castevania, Suspense Detective, and maybe even Ratchet and Clank (if i ever get a PS3). 360 should be glad they got a Dynasty Warriors on their system to help boost their sales more.

jazziey "bah to ps3...." PS3 hasn't won anything any region yet.

Don't pay too much attention to this unless you live in Japan.The Japanese have a special taste for Domertic(inner-country) products.That's why the 360 isn't that popular there and I believe no American game title has made the chart..........Mario Party DS.....lol,get frikkin' Halo 3,I don't see how Japan can resist like all American products,sucks for them.

tman978: If Wii Sports is free and Wii Play is a freebie for a Controller, How can they be on the list? I never understand that. Wii Sports isn't packaged with the wii in Japan, and Wii Play, is a 50 USD game with a free controller.

If Wii Sports is free and Wii Play is a freebie for a Controller, How can they be on the list? I never understand that.

I really want Final Fantasy Tactics A2 to come to the US!

What is it with all the fan boyism, It doesn't matter what console you play on all that matters is the overall quality of the games. & Big_Gamer_Al the japanese aren't in to kiddy things at all, they're all gaming mad, and they play games for reason to have fun just one look at the chart and you can that.

I wish they'd bring this Suspense Detective Series over here. I keep seeing its name.

The Japanese like kiddy things

I don't get japan.....they are a casual market but they buy Dynasty Warriors? I guess it is understandable because Im a ninty fan and even I like dynasty warriors. But still.....

All my friends have a DS, and so do I. So perhaps when the holiday linup ends (and we all have money again), we'll pick up Mario Party DS. I think it's a step foreward for the franchise, becuase I really don't like the console Mario Parties anymore.

Are you lot that ignorant to think that no one buys Dynasty warriors games? Its huge in Japan. In the UK, its also quite a big thing too.

OUt of all those the games I am going to buy are only Ratchet and Clank and SMG :P

So much for 360's one week reign over the PS3. Dynasty Warriors skyrocketed the PS3.

Strange, GS tells us good news of the PS3...... Well it had to happen sometime.......

Recently as yesterday i just picked up Zelda Phantom Hourglass for my DS and i'm sure having a blast with it, i'm also SO getting Mario Party DS! Go Nintedo!

Mario FLOP

"This is kinda funny. Last week gamespot ran this info with the headline being the 360 outsells the PS3 by a couple hundred consoles for the first time ever. Now they post the data for the week of Nov 5-11, and no mention of hardware sales. Completely missing from this article. Could it be that the 360 was beaten bloody? Check the numbers on vgchartz.com. The PS3 outsold the 360 9 to 1 last week (something like 63000 to 6800 consoles). I don't think gamespot is purposely suppressing this type of data, but you have to wonder sometimes." Of course they are, Gamespot receives a fat check in the mail every month to not report positive PS3 news.

aren't all the minigame compilations getting to people yet?!

Well maybe this will teach people that the Japanese chart only effect the japanese people. I mean look at these games. Dynasty Warriors???? Yeah you sell me on that one.

Seriously, people dont get tired with Mario?

It's kinda disappointing that Mario Galaxy is being outsold by a freaking Dynasty Warriors game.

Yeah Dynasty Warriors 6! I am so pumped for that game right now, and it's lookin good and sitting pretty. I bought Super Mario Galaxy and its AMAZING. Mario Party DS will be mine.

haha, congrats ds! :D

For all of the crying going on how many of you have played Mario Party DS?

bah to ps3....

Because all the haters out there still want the PS3 to fail Mark_HD. Wish people would just play games on what they want and stop all the fanboyism.

Where are the Hardware sales? The title should be like "PS3 sales beat Wii and Xbox 360 combined with just 1 day of sales for the 399 40GB PS3"

This is very disappointing , but I think that the reason Mario Party DS outsold Galaxy in the 3rd week is because the DS is way more popular than the Wii in Japan. I really hope that SMG is back on top next week, but Mario Party DS is very popular casual franchise on the most popular videogame system in Japan, so I wouldn't count on that.

I don't know if this is good news or bad news for Mario...

This is actually more disappointing than good news. I can't believe Super Mario Galaxy, as superb and critically acclaimed of a game as it is, has fallen off the charts so quickly. This wouldn't surprise me if a game like Super Smash Bros. Brawl had came out, but Mario Party DS?! I'm scratching my head at this one.

YAY! GO NINTENDO!

I'm getting Galaxy in the morning, sleep is not as important as Mario

What's with SMG in Japan? They'll buy as many copies of Mario Party DS as they can find, but when it comes to an actual Mario platformer (an incredibly good one at that) they hardly even take a second look at it. I suppose it's the fact that Super Mario Galaxy isn't selling as well as it SHOULD is what is bothering me... because it's still selling very well.

yeah thats right. galaxy is one hell of a game. i cant get enough of it. im anxious to see how america's week compares...

This is kinda funny. Last week gamespot ran this info with the headline being the 360 outsells the PS3 by a couple hundred consoles for the first time ever. Now they post the data for the week of Nov 5-11, and no mention of hardware sales. Completely missing from this article. Could it be that the 360 was beaten bloody? Check the numbers on vgchartz.com. The PS3 outsold the 360 9 to 1 last week (something like 63000 to 6800 consoles). I don't think gamespot is purposely suppressing this type of data, but you have to wonder sometimes.

I'm not surprised by the chart at all japan went mobile years ago apart from final fantasy it's very rare to see a none handheld game top of the charts. People who are saying third is dissapionting for mario galaxy it isn't for saying how mobile japan is third is, third is not bad at all and i doubt nintendo will be bothered they're dominateing the chart.

mario only sold 50k more then a 360 game??? whats going on in Japan?

I can already see a Mario Party 10 in the future... that will be something.

A quarter million is a lot mario of games.

Mario Party DS beat out Mario Galaxy? Wow that's suprising. Mario Party is alot of fun though especially if you got others to play with you.

As far as console games go in Japan, I think 325k for SMG is pretty darn good, remember, Sales went down in japan with the so called "gamers drift" , Oh well, I told them many times, revise your pricing scheme people ... games are way too expensive, they are not selling enough because people want to get them but can't, they don't have the money ... Anyway .. W00t .. at least SMG will break the barrier of 500 k when it finally stops selling.

i cant believe so many people like mario party its mediocre at best