The 100 Best Selling Games In Japan Last Year

Enterbrain, publisher of game mag Famitsu, has complied its game software sales data for last year in Japan. Which game was the biggest seller? Which games bombed? All that, and more.

(By “more,” we mean those in-between games that did okay. Hooray for them!)

Here’s the crunched numbers:

1. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G

Sales: 2,452,111

Life to date: 2,452,111

2. Pokemon Platinum

Sales: 2,187,337

Life to date: 2,187,337

3. Wii Fit

Sales: 2,149,131

Life to date: 2,967,297

4. Mario Kart Wii

Sales: 2,003,315

Life to date: 2,003,315

5. Dairantou Smash Brothers X

Sales: 1,747,113

Life to date: 1,747,113

6. Rhythm Tengoku Gold DS

Sales: 1,350,671

Life to date: 1,350,671

7. Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome

Sales: 1,176,082

Life to date: 1,176,082

8. Animal Crossing: City Folk

Sales: 895,302

Life to date: 895,302

9. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe

Sales: 855,427

Life to date: 855,427

10. Wii Sports

Sales: 841,736

Life to date: 3,306,470

11. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots

Sales: 686,254

Life to date: 686,254

12. Dissidia Final Fantasy

Sales: 660,262

Life to date: 660,262

13. Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage

Sales: 636,777

Life to date: 636,777

14. Phantasy Star Portable

Sales: 633,954

Life to date: 633,954

15. Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou

Sales: 628,143

Life to date: 628,143

16. Mario Kart DS

Sales: 621,890

Life to date: 3,317,318

17. Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii

Sales: 602,625

Life to date: 2,593,294

18. Mario Party DS

Sales: 599,621

Life to date: 1,832,265

19. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode

Sales: 549,348

Life to date: 549,348

20. Super Robot Taisen Z

Sales: 480,093

Life to date: 480,093

21. Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken

Sales: 444,133

Life to date: 444,133

22. Chrono Trigger

Sales: 433,988

Life to date: 433,988

23. DS Bimoji Training

Sales: 425,272

Life to date: 425,272

24. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX

Sales: 424,477

Life to date: 424,477

25. Musou Orochi: Maou Sairin

Sales: 411,019

Life to date: 411,019

26. New Super Mario Bros.

Sales: 377,034

Life to date: 5,372,187

27. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Sales: 376,632

Life to date: 376,632

28. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Gundam

Sales: 357,783

Life to date: 357,783

29. Animal Crossing: Wild World

Sales: 338,531

Life to date: 4,852,053

30. Wii Music

Sales: 323,882

Life to date: 323,882

31. Devil May Cry 4

Sales: 310,102

Life to date: 310,102

32. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009

Sales: 297,896

Life to date: 297,896

33. Persona 4

Sales: 294,214

Life to date: 294,214

34. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3

Sales: 286,901

Life to date: 286,901

35. Derby Stallion DS

Sales: 286,682

Life to date: 286,682

36. Gundam Musou Special

Sales: 277,182

Life to date: 277,182

37. Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan!

Sales: 270,438

Life to date: 270,438

38. Mario Party 8

Sales: 256,832

Life to date: 1,310,766

39. Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Ken

Sales: 252,309

Life to date: 252,309

40. Gundam Battle Universe

Sales: 252,092

Life to date: 252,092

41. Taiko no w69 slot Tatsujin Wii

Sales: 251,183

Life to date: 251,183

42. Layton Kyouju to Akuma no Hako

Sales: 250,616

Life to date: 865,954

43. Taiko no Tatsujin DS

Sales: 245,829

Life to date: 524,827

44. Deca Sporta

Sales: 241,701

Life to date: 241,701

45. Boura wa Kaseki Holder

Sales: 240,176

Life to date: 240,176

46. Tongari Boushi no Mahou no 365 Nichi

Sales: 233,449

Life to date: 233,449

47. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

Sales: 231,056

Life to date: 594,157

48. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd

Sales: 230,499

Life to date: 1,720,397

49. Inazuma Eleven

Sales: 229,011

Life to date: 229,011

50. Wii Zapper with Link’s Crossbow Training

Sales: 227,621

Life to date: 227,621

51. Pocket Monsters Diamond / Pearl

Sales: 227,226

Life to date: 5,624,430

52. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Spec III

Sales: 223,837

Life to date: 223,837

53. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special

Sales: 223,328

Life to date: 223,328

54. Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Toki no Tankentai / Yami no Tankentai

Sales: 215,513

Life to date: 1,472,029

55. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 15

Sales: 213,551

Life to date: 213,551

56. Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Koushiki Soft: 250-Mannin no KanKen

Sales: 213,088

Life to date: 324,351

57. Tales of Symphonia: Knight of Ratatosk

Sales: 212,408

Life to date: 212,408

58. Miru Chikara wo Jissen de Kitearu: DS Ganriki Training

Sales: 209,812

Life to date: 939,125

59. Gundam Musou 2

Sales: 206,438

Life to date: 206,438

60. Super Mario Stadium: Family Baseball

Sales: 204,553

Life to date: 204,553

61. Shirokishi Monogatari: Inishie no Kodou

Sales: 203,033

Life to date: 203,033

62. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5

Sales: 199,789

Life to date: 199,789

63. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP The Best)

Sales: 199,117

Life to date: 199,117

64. Super Mario Galaxy

Sales: 197,422

Life to date: 945,106

65. J. League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship

Sales: 196,788

Life to date: 196,788

66. Grand Theft Auto IV

Sales: 195,779

Life to date: 195,779

67. World Soccer Winning Eleven Ubiquitous Evolution 2008

Sales: 190,140

Life to date: 190,140

68. Dragon Ball DS

Sales: 185,229

Life to date: 185,229

69. Touhoku Daigaku Mirai Kagaku Gijutsu Kyoudou Kenkyuu Center Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nou wo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training [Brain Age 2]

Sales: 184,560

Life to date: 4,967,131

70. Ganbaru Watashi no Kakei Diary

Sales: 180,563

Life to date: 550,022

71. Tottado! Yowiko no Mujintou Seikatsu

Sales: 179,007

Life to date: 179,007

72. Tales of Hearts (Anime Movie Edition / CG Movie Edition)

Sales: 176,526

Life to date: 176,526

73. Quiz Magic Academy DS

Sales: 175,636

Life to date: 175,636

74. Final Fantasy IV

Sales: 175,388

Life to date: 622,475

75. Ryuusei no RockMan 3: Red Joker

Sales: 174,426

Life to date: 174,426

76. Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren no Yabou – Axis no Kyoui

Sales: 174,107

Life to date: 174,107

77. Super Robot Wars A Portable

Sales: 171,475

Life to date: 171,475

78. Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Sales: 163,010

Life to date: 163,010

79. Layton Kyouju to Fushigi na Machi

Sales: 162,839

Life to date: 928,597

80. Musou Orochi

Sales: 162,403

Life to date: 162,403

81. Dragon Quest IV: Michibikareshi Monotachi

Sales: 161,783

Life to date: 1,214,610

82. Tales of Vesperia

Sales: 161,070

Life to date: 161,070

83. SimCity DS 2: Kodaikara Mirai e Tsudzukumachi

Sales: 159,245

Life to date: 159,245

84. Penguin no Mondai

Sales: 154,987

Life to date: 154,987

85. Tamagotchi Kira Kira Omisecchi

Sales: 154,939

Life to date: 154,939

86. Bokujou Monogatari: Kira Kira Taiyou to Nakama Tachi

Sales: 154,525

Life to date: 154,525

87. Macross Ace Frontier

Sales: 149,131

Life to date: 149,131

88. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida or 2

Sales: 146,767

Life to date: 146,767

89. Sekaiju no Meikyuu 2: Shoou no Seihai

Sales: 145,421

Life to date: 145,421

90. Star Ocean The Second Evolution

Sales: 143,424

Life to date: 143,424

91. Nintendogs (Shiba & Friends / Dachs & Friends / Chihuahua & Friends)

Sales: 142,591

Life to date: 1,850,984

92. Tales of Destiny Director’s Cut

Sales: 142,301

Life to date: 142,301

93. Valkyria Chronicles

Sales: 141,589

Life to date: 141,589

94. Touhokudai Gaku Mirai Kagakugijutsu Kyoudoukenkyuu Center: Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju no Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training [Brain Age]

Sales: 140,992

Life to date: 3,750,890

95. Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi

Sales: 139,425

Life to date: 139,425

96. Saka-Tsuku DS: Touch and Direct

Sales: 137,051

Life to date: 137,051

97. Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono

Sales: 136,948

Life to date: 136,948

98. Ryu ga Gotoku 2 (PlayStation2 the Best)

Sales: 136,809

Life to date: 201,866

99. KanKen DS 2 + Jouyou Kanji Jiten

Sales: 136,750

Life to date: 297,873

100. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008

Sales: 135,128

Life to date: 680,152

Famitsu’s Top 100 [PS3 Hyper]