The Thirty Top-Selling Games in Japan of 2009

[Dogasu]

Pokemon games are in bold:

30. SD Gundam G Generation Wars
Launch: 8/6/09
2009 Sales: 306,985
Life-to-date: 306,985

29. Gyakuten Kenji
5/28/09
313,891
313,891

28. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode
10/23/08
314,832
861.393

27. Gundam VS. Gundam NEXT PLUS
12/3/09
323,531
323,531

26. Pokémon Platinum
8/13/08
325,911
2,536,712

25. Tales of The World: Radiant Mythology 2
1/29/09
339,523
339.523

24. Tales of Vesperia (PS3)
9/17/09
352,961
352,961

23. Rhythm Heaven Gold
7/31/08
361,292
1,763,270

22. World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2010
11/5/09
370,831
370,831

21. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii
12/11/08
375,895
625,391

20. Pokémon Fushigi no Dungeon
4/18/09
383,226
383,226

19. Shin Sangoku Musou MULTI RAID
2/26/09
397,080
397,080

18. Mario Kart Wii
4/10/04
404,751
2,447,964

17. Fantasy Star Portable 2
12/3/09
415,522
415,522

16. Layton Kyoujyu to Majin no Fue
11/26/09
481,311
481,311

15. Wii Fit
12/1/07
499,251
3,470,235

14. Ryu ga Gotoku 3
2/26/09
525,826
525,826

13. Biohazard 5 (Resident Evil 5)
3/5/09
552,553
552,553

12. Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
5/30/09
571,981
571,981

11. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!!
2/11/09
708,311
708,311

10. Inazuma Eleven 2
10/1/09
851,175
851,175

9. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G [PSP the Best]
10/30/08
878,880
1,080,715

8. Monster Hunter 3 (-tri)
8/1/09
949,095
949,095

7. Wii Fit Plus
10/1/09
1,205,424
1,205,424

6. Final Fantasy XIII
12/17/09
1,455,505
1,455,505

5. Wii Sports Resort
6/25/09
1,499,058
1,499,058

4. New Super Mario Bros. Wii
12/03/09
1,897,089
1,897,089

3. Tomodachi Collection
6/18/09
2,059,236
2,059,236

2. Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver
9/12/09
3,301,873
3,301,873

1. Dragon Quest IX
7/11/09
4,089,136
4,089,136

Source

 

[Blazaking]

...Woah.

In just 3 months, HGSS beat Platinum's 1 year's worth of sales.

 

[Takoto]

I laugh how Final Fantasy is still really high, even though everyone thinks the game is horrible...

 

[Soulweaver]

HGSS on the second place. Nice. When was the Dragon Quest released?

I laugh how Final Fantasy is still really high, even though everyone thinks the game is horrible...

I believe it goes like this...
1. You play some earlier FF games and like them
2. You hear that FF XIII is crap
3. You don't believe, because you liked the earlier ones
4. You go buy the game
5. You play the game
6. You find out that it's crap and say it to others

 

[Dogasu]

I laugh how Final Fantasy is still really high, even though everyone thinks the game is horrible...

I think the more impressive feat is the fact that the game ranked so high despite only being out for less than two weeks.

And a lot of people are actually enjoying it. I'm one of them. Of course, it also helps if you go into the game with an open mind and don't instantly dismiss anything that's different as being "bad."

When was the Dragon Quest released?

July.

 

[Ghost]

Not bad, Pokémon. A 2nd place ranking and 3 placing overall.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Well, well! HG/SS is at 2nd place. This makes me look forward to the English version more!

 

[Flare Blitz]

Holy shit, Gyakuten Kenji/Ace Attorney Investigations got in the top 30? Awesome sauce.How the hell did Radiant Mythology outsell Platinum? It was an escort title too. Then again, it was released last year. I'm not surprised about HGSS being 2nd and 3 Pokemon titles overall being in the top 30, I'm happy that franchise is loved by many.

I'm surprised Bayonetta isn't on the list. I thought it had high sales and FFXIII only came out this month while Bayonetta came out a few months ago. I
m also happy that ToV, Taiko, FFXIII, Fantasy Star, and Layton got in, though I'm not surprised about these either, except for Fantasy Star. As for the other titles, I don't really care for them and it was expected. (358/2 days was okay.)

The only ones I didn't expect were Gyakuten Kenji and ToTW:RW. I knew Gyakuten Kenji was second to KH in the opening month, but I didn't think it were that popular since Gyakuten Saiban 4/Apollo Justice sold the best out of the Gyakuten Series and Gyakuten Kenji was a spin-off. Then again, it had Edgeworth.

 

[Grave-E]

It's kind of irritating how that lazy (and completely unnecessary!) Mystery Dungeon rehash scored as high as it did. Either people seriously crave more-of-the-same, or the cheesy allure of...flying flower-dog things is too much to resist.

Nice to see that Mario and Luigi's third handheld RPG scored as high as it did though. They'll be Fawfuless from now on, but I'm looking forward to more from the series. The incentive to make another is certainly there.

Also, the name of that Kingdom Hearts game? Always a laugh.

 

[Soulweaver]

July.

Okay. Then HGSS stands out well, having been released two months later and still reaching 3/4 of Dragon Quest's amount of sold games

 

[ashfangirl]

Whoo! Mario And Luigi RPG3!!! (It's called Bowser's Inside Story in America.)

 

[Galactic Tomahawk]

23. Rhythm Heaven Gold

This pleases me greatly.

Edit: Also happy to see how well PSP2 did.

 

[Mijzelffan]

Is there also a list in which Heartgold and soulsilver are counted seperately?

 

[Jesse GS the II]

To everyone who's worried about Pokémon possibly ending in the not-too-distant future, I say "bah". The #2 best-selling game of the year does not suddenly stop for no reason.

Hell, Platinum came out almost a year and a half ago and it still cracked the top 30. That's pretty darn impressive. Keep 'em coming, Nintendo!

 

[Chebon]

To everyone who's worried about Pokémon possibly ending in the not-too-distant future, I say "bah". The #2 best-selling game of the year does not suddenly stop for no reason.

Hell, Platinum came out almost a year and a half ago and it still cracked the top 30. That's pretty darn impressive. Keep 'em coming, Nintendo!

Agreed.
If they were smart (which they are) they would continue dishing out the games. Look at all this income, damn lol.

Can't wait for HgSs, english releases.

 

[Dogasu]

Is there also a list in which Heartgold and soulsilver are counted seperately?

Not that I've seen. Doing so would effectively halve the number we see, placing both games further back on the list.

HGSS stands out well, having been released two months later and still reaching 3/4 of Dragon Quest's amount of sold games

True, but DQIX still whipped its ass when it comes to being the fastest-selling DS game ever.

 

[Daxdiv]

Nice list, glad to see Pokemon hold it's own on it, along with the Edgeworth game, Prof. Layton, Mario, and Dragon Quest IX doing well. It still show that Pokemon is a force to be reckoned with.

 

[Rex Kamex]

To everyone who's worried about Pokémon possibly ending in the not-too-distant future, I say "bah". The #2 best-selling game of the year does not suddenly stop for no reason.

Hell, Platinum came out almost a year and a half ago and it still cracked the top 30. That's pretty darn impressive. Keep 'em coming, Nintendo!

I do wish, though, that they'd stop it with the main games (Red, Green, Blue, Gold, Ruby, Diamond, etc.) and stop making new Pokemon after the fifth generation and expand the Pokemon game franchise in newer ways.

EDIT: An interesting way to spend my 100th post...

 

[Railith]

The top 10 games are not super surprising. I'm glad the Pokeman games are still trucking along, but this just means the issues with the games will not be corrected.