Japanese magazine Famitsu reported this week the best selling portable games from April 1st through September 30th. These lists are a fun way to see the big sellers on DS, GameBoy Advance and PSP.
1. DS New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo – 3,150,716
2. DS Pokemon Diamond / Pearl – Pokemon – 1,586,360
3. DS More Brain Age – Nintendo – 1,570,965
4. DS Brain Age – Nintendo – 919,443
5. DS Animal Crossing – Nintendo – 891,674
6. DS Tetris DS – Nintendo – 851,294
7. DS Final Fantasy III – Square Enix – 771,925
8. DS English Training – Nintendo – 686,212
9. DS Talking DS Cooking Navi – Nintendo – 525,268
10. DS Tamagotchi Corner Shop 2 – Bandai Namco – 519,127
11. DS Pokemon Ranger – Pokemon – 434,283
12. DS Mario Kart DS – Nintendo – 364,641
13. GBA Mother 3 – Nintendo – 360,964
14. DS Mario Basketball 3 on 3 – Nintendo – 318,871
15. PSP SD Gundam G Generation Portable – Bandai Namco – 255,493
16. DS Digimon Story – Bandai Namco – 204,755
17. GBA Rhythm Tengoku – Nintendo – 172,710
18. DS Starfy 4 – Nintendo – 158,856
19. PSP Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable – Konami – 149,190
20. DS Nintendogs – Nintendo – 144,385
21. PSP Dragonball Z – Bandai Namco – 139,765
22. DS Tingle RPG – Nintendo – 136,670
23. DS Sudoku – Hudson – 136,236
24. PSP LocoRoco – SCE – 124,970
25. DS Naruto 4 DS – Takara Tomy – 116,243
26. PSP Tekken Dark Resurrection – Bandai Namco – 112,197
27. PSP DQ&FF in Itadaki Street Portable – Square Enix – 109,859
28. PSP Derby Stallion P – Enterbrain – 105,708
29. PSP Monster Hunter Portable – Capcom – 104,680
30. DS Kanji-input Easy Dictionary – Nintendo – 103,238
31. PSP Kazuo (aka Sudoku) – SCE – 102,684
32. DS Children of Mana – Square Enix – 99,801
33. DS DS Seminar: Kanji Power – TDK Core – 95,579
34. PSP My Summer Vacation Portable – SCE – 94,978
35. GBA Famicom Mini Super Mario Brothers – Nintendo – 94,528
36. DS Clubhouse Games – Nintendo – 93,917
37. PSP Tales of Phantasia Full Voice – Bandai Namco – 93,351
38. DS Megaman ZX – Capcom – 91,846
39. DS Mushiking 2 – Sega – 89,609
40. DS Rune Factory – MMV – 87,965
41. DS Metroid Prime Hunters – Nintendo – 87,542
42. DS Big Brain Academy – Nintendo – 87,320
43. DS Teadog’s Room DS – MTO – 82,889
44. DS Phoenix Wright (best price) – Capcom – 81,765
45. PSP Brain Trainer Portable 2 – Sega – 81,571
46. DS Project Hacker – Nintendo – 81,220
47. DS Starfox Command – Nintendo – 80,483
48. DS Power Pro-kun’s DS Koushien – Konami – 79,992
49. DS Naruto RPG 3 – Takara Tomy – 77,560
50. DS Kirarin Revolution: Idol Audition – Konami – 74,891
51. GBA Mother 1+2 (value selection) – Nintendo – 74,541
52. PSP Bleach Heat the Soul 3 – SCE – 74,384
53. DS Wario Ware Touched – Nintendo – 74,165
54. PSP Monster Hunter Portable (the best) – Capcom – 73,332
55. DS Tamagotchi Corner Shop – Bandai Namco – 73,040
56. PSP Aha Taiken – Sega – 72,827
57. DS Super Mario 64 DS – Nintendo – 68,189
58. DS Kanji Test DS – Rocket Co. – 67,153
59. DS Travel Phrasebook DS 4: America – Nintendo – 66,615
60. PSP Naruto: Narutimate Portable – Bandai Namco – 59,070
61. DS Keroro Gunsou – Bandai Namco – 57,603
62. DS Brain Stress count: Head Scan – Sega – 54,780
63. PSP Valkyrie Profile Lenneth – Square Enix – 54,430
64. DS Right Brain Master: Gun Bullet Trainer – Bandai Namco – 54,336
65. GBA Pokemon Emerald – Pokemon – 53,746
66. DS Right Brain Master: Spot the Difference – Bandai Namco – 52,992
67. PSP Talkman – SCE – 52,135
68. DS Mario & Luigi RPG 2 – Nintendo – 51,379
69. GBA Crayon Shin-chan – Banpresto – 51,280
70. PSP Valhalla Knights – MMV – 49,107
71. PSP Everybody’s Gold Portable (the best) – SCE – 47,068
72. DS Magical Vacation: When the 5 Stars Align – Nintendo – 45,713
73. PSP Pachislot! Fist of the North Star SE – Sega – 44,951
74. PSP Evangelion 2: Man-made World another cases – Bandai Namco – 44,922
75. PSP Ridge Racers 2 – Bandai Namco – 44,812
76. DS Travel Phrasebook DS 3: S.Korea – Nintendo – 44,750
77. DS Dragonball Z – Bandai Namco – 44,570
78. DS San-X Land – MTO – 44,349
79. PSP Dokodemo Issho: Let’s School! – SCE – 44,229
80. PSP Goku Makaimura – Capcom – 43,875
81. DS Turn! Connect! Touch Panic – Nintendo – 43,730
82. DS Giant Mecha MG – Nintendo – 43,397
83. GBA Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green – Pokemon – 42,991
84. DS Cooking Mama – Taito – 42,518
85. DS Pachislot! Fist of the North Star SE – Sega – 40,073
86. DS IQ Teacher DS – IE Institute – 39,925
87. PSP Shin Sangoku Musou 2nd Evolution – Koei – 39,919
88. PSP Winning Eleven 9 Ubiquitous (the best) – Konami – 39,679
89. PSP Everybody’s Map – Zenrin – 39,265
90. DS Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon Blue – Pokemon – 38,553
91. DS Travel Phrasebook DS 2: China – Nintendo – 38,377
92. DS Right Brain Kids DS – IE Institute – 37,468
93. PSP Daito Pachislot: Osu Banchou Portable – Daito – 37,420
94. PSP Mah Jong Fight Club (the best) – Konami – 36,975
95. DS Gintama DS – Bandai Namco – 36,883
96. DS Touch! Bomberman Land – Hudson – 36,054
97. DS Simple series 8: The Judge – D3 Publisher – 34,855
98. DS DS Seminar: English Power – TDK Core – 33,805
99. DS Chocodog’s Shop – TDK Core – 33,620
100. PSP Taiko Drum Master Portable 2 – Bandai Namco – 33,021
Neogaf tallies up the sales per handheld:
NDS: 16,145,458 | 83.06%
PSP: 2,442,842 | 12.56%
GBA: 850,760 | 4.38%
Total: 19,439,060
To get a picture of what’s hot in Japan this month, see this overall top 10 from bestsellers of last week from October 9th through October 15th.
1. Pok̩mon Diamond РNDS Р159.000 Р(1.234.000)
2. Final Fantasy V Advance – GBA – 125.000 – (125.000)
3. Pok̩mon Pearl РNDS Р116.000 Р(1.097.000)
4. Dragon Ball Z : Budokai Tenkaichi 2 – PS2 – 68.000 – (332.000)
5. New Super Mario Bros. – NDS – 41.000 – (3.274.000)
6. Kanji Test DS – NDS – 37.000 – (120.000)
7. More DS Brain Training – NDS – 26.000 – (3.314.000)
8. Bleach : Blade Battlers – PS2 – 25.000 – (25.000)
9. Animal Crossing : Wild World – NDS – 24.000 – (3.329.000)
10. Everybody’s Tennis – PS2 – 23.000 – (439.000)