June 14th, 2002 (12:00am) - The Japanese sales charts are in for the week of June 3rd to the 9th. The chart is dominated by PS2 and PSX titles with a few Nintendo titles here and there. With the GameCube price drop in effect software sales in for Nintendo have not taken an increase despite hardware sales shooting up, but you cannot deny the staying power of Nintendo game like Animal Forest and Melee. Xbox titles are are absent from the Top 50.
1: Shaman King – PSX – 90,210/90,210
2: Winning Eleven 6 – PS2 – 50,106/808,282
3: Dragon Quest Monsters 1 & 2 - PSX – 48,591/166,102
4: Tottoko Hamu Tarou 3 – GBA – 27,058/113,308
5: Project FIFA World Cup – PS2 – 17,020/53,501
6: Castlevania: White Night Concerto – GBA – 14,367/14,367
7: World Fantasia – PS2 – 12,766/12,766
8: 2002 FIFA World Cup – PS2 – 12,647/106,642
9: Hikaru Go - PSX – 10,085/44,043
10: F1 2002 – PS2 – 10,046/10,046
11: Rockman EXE 2 – GBA – 8,069/365,797
12: Winning Eleven 2002 - PSX – 7,798/80,247
13: Rockman Zero - GBA – 7,350/166,311
14: From TV Animation:One Piece Grand Battle 2 – PSX – 7,080/514,631
15: The Prince of Tennis:Genius Boys Academy – GBA – 5,469/175,809
16: Kingdom Hearts – PS2 – 5,451/764,390
17: Raging Bless – PS2 – 5,271/5,271
18: Necchu Pro Baseball 2002 - PS2 – 5,228/209,364
19: Animal Forest+ – GC – 4,483/469,315
20: Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren’s Ambition - PS2 - 4,323/335,131
21: Final Fantasy XI - PS2 – 3,974/93,662
22: Captain Tsuba – PSX – 3,839/42,964
23: Make Your Dream Home - PS2 – 3,505/3,505
24: Fire Emblem – GBA – 3,310/228,383
25: Disney Golf Classic - PS2 – 3,205/8,971
26: Winning Eleven - GBA – 3,167/23,524
27: Konohana 2 - PS2 – 3,142/17,680
28: Super Mario Advance 2 - GBA – 3,042/551,664
29: Crazy Taxi - GC – 2,956/8,645
30: Super Robot Wars Impact – PS2 – 2,949/574,897
31: Jikkyu World Soccer 2002 - PS2 – 2,905/17,021
32: Pachislot Emperor: Golgo 13 - PSX – 2,849/9,678
33: Biohazard - GC – 2,845/186,758
34: Simple 2000 Vol. 5 The The Block Kuzushi Hyper - PS2 – 2,355/4,939
35: Tekken 4 – PS2 – 2,310/314,788
36: Soccer Tsuku 2002 J-League - PS2 – 2,263/476,139
37: Super Smash Bros. DX - GC – 2,233/1,080,015
38: Power Pro Ken Pocket 4 - GBA – 2,217/206,606
39: Runabout 3 Neo Age - PS2 – 2,145/16,502
40: Dramatic Soccer Game - PS2 – 2,065/21,621
41: Sandglass of Summer - PS2 – 2,013/10,869
42: Zettai Zetsumei - PS2 – 1,991/104,464
43: 2002 FIFA World Cup - GC – 1,922/11,101
44: Great Detective Conan - PSX – 1,585/47,461
45: DDRMAX - Dance Dance Revolution 6th Mix - PS2 – 1,563/18,782
46: SuperLite 1500 Series The Tetris – PSX – 1,538/290,210
47: Doshin the Giant - GC – 1,525/115,899
48: The Prince of Tennis - PSX - 1,513/163,657
49: Nobunaga’s Ambition Arashi Seki – PS2 – 1,500/92,466
50: Shin Sangokumusou 2 - PS2 – 1,487/848,200
Perhaps Nintendo’s former president Hiroshi Yamauchi was right, Sqaure’s Final Fantasy XI is doing terribly.
