Japan game charts: July 10-16

By Walt Wyman, GameSpotPosted Jul 21, 2006 2:27 pm PT

Latest chapter of Konami's cartoonish baseball franchise hits a home run as notables from last week drop off this week's tallies.

Media Create's weekly software sales figures are in, and topping the list is Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyu 13--which, despite its title, proved not to be jinxed. The baseball simulation from Konami, released on July 13, sold 152,000 copies in its first three days on the market.

Jikkyou's success came in spite of some fierce competition from other high-profile new releases, such as Ape Escape: Million Monkeys and LocoRoco. However, compared to two previous Powerful Pro Yakyu titles, 13 seems to have lost some of the series' fire. Pro Yakyu 11 and 12 sold 205,000 and 278,000 copies, respectively, during their debut weeks.

A number of new titles jostled for position in the top 10. Xenosaga Episode III, which debuted at the number two spot last week, plunged down to the 16th position, as New Super Mario Bros. was bumped from its position atop the charts. Persona 3 stole a bit of Motto Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training's thunder, dropping it from third to fifth place. Tekken: Dark Resurrection took a beating, plummeting from fourth to 14th.

43 Comments

  • ApeEscapeExpert

    Posted Nov 7, 2006 11:13 pm PT

    This is Impossible! It can't take a year to translate and rate Ape Escape Million Monkeys! It only takes months! NOT A YEAR! It takes 4 days for ESRB to rate E or T on Ape Escape Million Monkeys. Gamespot, is this real information or are you trying to scare the hell out of me?

  • ApeEscapeExpert

    Posted Nov 6, 2006 10:01 pm PT

    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
    WHY SCEA WHY?! WHY PUSH THE FCKING DATE TO THE END OF 2007?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! YOU PROMISED THAT IT WILL COME ON DEC 2006 AND NOW DEC 2007?! I pity you! I RATHER GET THE JAPANESE VERSION RATHER THE US VERSION FILLED WITH POOR VOICING ACTING!!!!! YOU ARE DISAPPOINTING MILLIONS OF APE ESCAPE FANS!

  • ApeEscapeExpert

    Posted Oct 4, 2006 10:43 pm PT

    Good Ape Escape! and Sony!

  • elythemonkey

    Posted Aug 2, 2006 2:08 am PT

    Unlike the American lineup, the Japanese lineup of games for the 360 is mediocre. Hell if i was a Japanese gamer i would avoid the 360, thank God i'm not.

  • mayiyahe

    Posted Aug 1, 2006 3:26 am PT

    Not a xbox game up there... Yay!

  • SOLIDUS_SNAKE

    Posted Jul 31, 2006 3:53 pm PT

    its weird how most of the games are on handheld systems

  • ApeEscapeExpert

    Posted Jul 30, 2006 11:43 pm PT

    I am terribly confused... Is the US version for Ape Escape Million Monkeys coming out in August 31, 2006 or December 30, 2006? Please reply back.... I really appreciate it!

  • Car200N

    Posted Jul 28, 2006 2:54 pm PT

    Yeah Ape Escape!!

    ...yes..
    ..I still play Ape Escape...

  • Havoc19

    Posted Jul 27, 2006 8:50 pm PT

    sony is still dominant ofcourse

  • Ponsardin

    Posted Jul 26, 2006 8:17 am PT

    DS Training 2 is still powerful, but deserves that for its quality. And why Project Hacker: Kakusei isn't in the GameSpot database yet?!?

  • rey06

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 6:34 am PT

    wow. no comment

  • Maquis_UK

    Posted Jul 25, 2006 6:08 am PT

    wow all the hype for Locoroco.. and where did it go..? nowhere LMFAO @ psp.

  • tyler2010

    Posted Jul 23, 2006 3:01 pm PT

    Good to see PSP and PS2 up there

  • relset

    Posted Jul 23, 2006 5:51 am PT

    oops..I don`t even know at least one of them...maybe mario !!

  • Mechakucha

    Posted Jul 23, 2006 4:37 am PT

    Poor poor Xenosaga. The series started off with some much promise.. now it got ended only half way through and the final game is 16th after only two weeks. Oh well, time to move on.

  • Optimusv2

    Posted Jul 22, 2006 4:34 pm PT

    When Blue Dragon comes out it will most definetly be on this sales chart in a top 3 spot atleast just wait and see.

  • rokkuman09

    Posted Jul 22, 2006 9:53 am PT

    What's project Hacker d00d its game for H4x0rZ swweet lol

  • kinncolts

    Posted Jul 22, 2006 9:50 am PT

    "Japanese don't want blood soaked FPS or the same old sports games. They want to expand their minds and try new things"...

    wow....okay then wat did PS2 or PS1 the best selling consoles in Japan offer that was new and mind-expanding????????......

    oh and the best selling games in Japan .....rpg's....u know the kind where its the same story over and over again that offer nothing new!

    (young boy or girl...attacked or has ammnesia and then goes on epic quest and defeats a great evil and totally saves the world!!!)

    for once stop bashin other companies and bein an ignorant fanboy

    for the record i like Japanese rpg's..and own a DS which i luv

  • solidusScott

    Posted Jul 22, 2006 3:03 am PT

    i need to get a ds, but im not giving up my psp for one like others.

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