Famitsu’s ranking of Japan’s top 100 best selling games of 2010 has found its way online, and seems to reveal the Japanese gaming market has devolved into a staid mixture of endless RPG franchises and Mario games…
1. [NDS] Pokemon Black/White (Pokemon) – 4,914,813
2. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (Capcom) – 3,480,989
3. [WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) – 1,599,845 / 4,084,995
4. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) – 1,539,228
5. [NDS] Dragon Quest VI (Square Enix) – 1,297,344
6. [NDS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 (Square Enix) – 1,276,303
7. [NDS] Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo) – 1,196,148 / 3,508,096
8. [WII] Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo) – 900,539
9. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3 Spark/Bomber (Level 5) – 890,440
10. [WII] Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) – 849,664 / 2,148,19711. [PSP] Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker (Konami) – 780,969
12. [WII] Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo) – 753,019
13. [PSP] Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep (Square Enix) – 733,248
14. [PSP] God Eater (Bandai Namco) – 617,828
15. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo) – 577,042 / 2,119,848
16. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) – 559,968
17. [PS3] Yakuza 4 (Sega) – 557,771
18. [PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage (Koei Tecmo) – 553,229
19. [PS3] Gran Turismo 5 (SCE) – 545,127
20. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 527,874 / 2,977,63621. [PSP] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airu Village (Capcom) – 516,000
22. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Superior Silver (Pokemon) – 506,507 / 3,889,104
23. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G PSP The Best (Capcom) – 498,178 / 534,323
24. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs (Pokemon) – 495,493
25. [WII] Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo) – 422,045
26. [PSP] God Eater Burst (Bandai Namco) – 408,395
27. [NDS] The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (Nintendo) – 404,964 / 725,904
28. [PS3] Sengoku BASARA 3 (Capcom) – 384,632
29. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) – 366,594
30. [NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) – 355,639 / 6,015,22531. [WII] Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo) – 353,798
32. [PSP] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva 2nd (Sega) – 341,663
33. [NDS] Ni no Kuni (Level 5) – 332,311
34. [WII] Dragon Quest Monsters: Battle Road Victory (Square Enix) – 307,453
35. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge: The Ogre (Level 5) – 295,996
36. [PS3] Tales of Graces F (Bandai Namco) – 288,395
37. [PS3] Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition (Capcom) – 279,951
38. [NDS] Taiko Drum master DS Doloron! Yokai Daikessen! (Bandai Namco) – 279,568
39. [NDS] One Piece Gigant Battle! (Bandai Namco) – 265,653
40. [PSP] Kurohyou! Yakuza New Chapter (Sega) – 264,76641. [NDS] Egoko Classroom DS (Nintendo) – 262,797
42. [PSP] Tactics Ogre (Square Enix) – 256,102
43. [PS3] White Knight Chronicles 2 (SCE) – 249,350
44. [NDS] Tongari Boushi and the Magic Shop (Konami) – 248,261
45. [PS3] Gundam Musou 3 (Bandai Namco) – 248,194
46. [NDS] Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hero of Light and Shadow – 247,248
47. [PS3] Another Century’s Episode R (Bandai Namco) – 245,301
48. [PSP] AKB1/48: If you love an idol (Bandai Namco) – 235,944
49. [PSP] Keion! Afterschool Live (Sega) – 231,976
50. [NDS] Super Kaseki Horida (Nintendo) – 223,14151. [NDS] Kingdom Hearts re:coded (Square Enix) – 221,399
52. [NDS] Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo) – 213,191
53. [PS3] Jikkyo Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) – 212,871
54. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2daime (Bandai Namco) – 209,201 / 418,284
55. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami) – 206,786
56. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) – 206,057 / 1,904,313
57. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) – 203,160
58. [NDS] Inazuma Eleven 2 Fire/Blizzard (Level 5) – 201,773 / 1,145,388
59. [PS3] Call of Duty Black Ops subtitled edition (Square Enix) – 198,374
60. [NDS] Love Plus+ (Konami) – 188,54161. [PS3] End of Eternity (Sega) – 184,662
62. [PSP] Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X (Bandai Namco) – 180,650
63. [PSP] Kenka Bancho 4 ~One Year War~ (Spike) – 179,354
64. [PS3] Gekijouban Macross F ~Itsuwari no Utahime~ Hybrid Pack (Bandai Namco) – 178,125
65. [PS3] Lost Planet 2 (Capcom) – 174,865
66. [NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies Ultimate Hits (Square Enix) – 171,940
67. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami) – 170,033
68. [NDS] Harvest Moon: Twin Villages (Marvelous Entertainment) – 169,171
69. [PSP] Gundam Assault Survive (Bandai Namco) – 166,683
70. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2010 (Konami) – 163,62071. [NDS] Super Robot Wars L (Bandai Namco) – 161,387
72. [PS3] Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope International (Square Enix) – 158,067
73. [PS3] Super Street Fighter IV (Capcom) – 153,924
74. [PSP] Valkyria Chronicles 2 (Sega) – 153,487
75. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 151,816 / 2,032,654
76. [WII] Momotaro Dentetsu 2010 (Hudson) – 148,988 / 274,482
77. [PSP] Phantasy Star Portable 2nd (Sega) – 147,311 / 590,527
78. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) – 145,761 / 3,709,271
79. [PSP] The 3rd Birthday (Square Enix) – 145,263
80. [WII] Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Capcom) – 145,14981. [PSP] Lord of Arcana (Square Enix) – 142,388
82. [WII] Xenoblade (Nintendo) – 141,059
83. [NDS] Tokimeki Memorial Girls Side 3rd Story (Konami) – 140,063
84. [NDS] Etrian Odyssey III (Atlus) – 139,576
85. [PS3] Dead Rising 2 (Capcom) – 138,691
86. [PSP] Ace Combat X2: Joint Assault (Bandai Namco) – 136,806
87. [PS3] NieR Replicant (Square Enix) – 134,015
88. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010: Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) – 130,291
89. [PSP] Shining Hearts (Sega) – 130,258
90. [NDS] Masked Rider Gun Bride Battle War (Bandai Namco) – 126,92891. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots PS3 The Best (Konami) – 125,259 / 189,973
92. [PSP] Last Ranker (Capcom) – 123,381
93. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom) – 123,192
94. [WII] Taiko Drum Master Wii 3daime (Bandai Namco) – 121,668
95. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto Episodes from Liberty City (Take 2 Interactive Japan) – 120,600
96. [PSP] Eiyuu Densetsu: Zero no Kiseki (Nihon Falcolm) – 118,520
97. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games) – 114,671
98. [NDS] Medarot DS Kabuto/Kuwagata (Rocket Company) – 114,401
99. [NDS] Okamiden (Capcom) – 113,198
100. [WII] Sengoku BASARA 3 (Capcom) – 111,948Hardware
NDS – 2,963,709 / 32,124,298
PSP – 2,890,476 / 16,276,931
WII – 1,728,293 / 11,230,292
PS3 – 1,558,480 / 5,949,887
360 – 208,790 / 1,406,663
PS2 – 92,149 / 21,895,911PS2 Top 3
1. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 Samurai Blue Challenge (Konami) – 72,438
2. Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 (Konami) – 72,004
3. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Konami) – 47,269 / 107,158360 Top 3
1. Monster Hunter Frontier Online (Capcom) – 123,192
2. Kinect Adventure! (Microsoft) – 71,030
3. Halo Reach (Microsoft) – 53,126
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Mayoiga Full of Mystery
Boku Academia: Battle for All Truly Heroic
The Empire of Corpses Gorily Grim
One Piece: Burning Blood Total Bikini Madness
Bakuon!! Wild & Rough
Milky Mimi Ero-Figure Deliciously Creamy
Dead or Alive Ero-SFM Doubly Dirty
Flying Witch “Cute But Boring…”
Phantasy Star Online 2 Phantastic: “What About the West!?”
Shounen Maid “A Fujoshi Delight”
Terra Formars Live Action Web Drama Announced
Dragon Quest Heroes II Quite Monstrous
KumaMiko Lovingly Innocent
Aqua Onahole Parody Hopefully Moist
A-Size Classmate Profusely Petite
One Day With Maria Raunchy & Romantic
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 Raises Its Voice
Hai-Furi in Troubled Waters
Kasumigaoka Utaha Cosplay Pretty Pure
Goddess of 2ch “Another Bathing Beauty!”
Tantalizing Hestia Cosplay Busts Out
Kashiwazaki Sena Cosplay Pure & Innocent
Minami Kotori Casino Girl Cosplay Takes No Chances
Shimakaze Cosplay by Ema Sakura
Harley Quinn Cosplay by Miyuko Colorfully Crazy
Sonico Ero-Cosplay by Yuka Hoshikage Super Sexy
Kasugano Sora Bunny Girl Cosplay Absolutely Admirable
Goddess of 2ch: “Barely Legal Beauty!”
I have no problem with this.
Nice to see FF13 bribed someone to be on the list.
One non-Japanese game up there or so.
I also noticed that. I wasn't aware the english video game market has such a small audience in japan.
1. [NDS] Pokemon Black/White (Pokemon) – 4,914,813
(Nothing surprising about that...)
NDS – 2,963,709 / 32,124,298
(Considering how the PSP is doing in Japan, this is a bit shocking...)
This is a very good time for me right now, seeing such a list, I have no problem with it either...
49. [PSP] Keion! Afterschool Live (Sega) – 231,976
56. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) – 206,057 / 1,904,313
yeah that's how it should be
LOL
22. [NDS] Pokemon Heart Gold/Superior Silver (Pokemon) – 506,507 / 3,889,104
Superior Silver
56. [PS3] Final Fantasy XIII (Square Enix) – 206,057 / 1,904,313
i dunno, i'd take lightning over k-on any day.. sales indicate interest in a game, not how great it is. i've never played a game based off of an anime that was better than any final fantasy i've played. (well i haven't played 14.. make that FF rpgs then!)
if they made a guitar hero-like k-on game, yeah, i'd play it, i'm into games like that. but i'm going to get bored of a game in which they just sing and play music and dress up..
The 360 at the very end with 3 titles makes you laugh and makes it almost "worth it" seeing the obligatory 4-14yo nintendo games dominating the charts.
And the comments/comment rating shows you the age range is just htat, 5-14yo's.
judging from how high some games are on the list, go include moe-loving otaku as well..
Where is Call of Duty: Black Ops? Them Japs don't know what their missing. Nazi zombies rule!
59. [PS3] Call of Duty Black Ops subtitled edition (Square Enix) – 198,374
Where the hell is Madden 11?
No PC games. so disapoint
@5:57 Oh, OK. I guess I'm going blind. I just looked at that Kochiya cosplay, so that might be the cause. fap fap fap...
Peace Walker and Birth By Sleep is kinda low for me...
those two were pretty good games over here on this side of the world. they're not for everyone, but they're good.
It's 'Soul Silver' not 'Superior Silver' o _o
I don't think Pokemon Black/White deserved the top place.
For me, it was a big disappointment of the series.
Hear hear!
And it's not 'Heart Gold' but 'Hyper Gold'!
I loose respect for the Japanese every time I see a list of the games they all like the best.
I'd most likely loose respect for the West if I saw lists of the top games here to. I can only imagine it would be full of call of duties.
Proper RPG's (ie: TES + ME), a few RTS and a few MMO's are the only good games. Almost every other genre is boring, or gets boring fast.
Well, it's just tastes. Really. I don't criticize people's interests.
too bad for you... everyone has different interest
lol u fail, calling BS just cause u dont like certain genres
gotta agree i prefer games with a certain depth tho
Taste doesn't say shit about quality. Just judge everything accordingly in it's own genre, and then place them in a top 100 chart.
For those who are too dumb to understand:
If Star Craft 2 deserves a 9.5, because it's better than an average RTS. And CoD deserves a 9, Star Craft tops it, it's as easy as that.
I don't know why people nowadays have this defense mechanism to say "each their own", like it isn't about quality anymore, but personality...
But that "judging" is subjective. Just because something is popular doesn't mean that everybody will agree so. Music is a prime example of this. You get so many elitists that think that commercial pop/radio music is trash, yet that type of music is one of the most successful in terms of how much it sells and how much money it makes. Sure, lets say musician A gets 10 while musician B gets 9. Does that mean that A is better than B? Because those ratings would be based purely on the subjective opinions of the writer. Art is another prime example of this. Many artist "elites" would say that anime styled art is garbage, yet most (or all) people here would argue otherwise.
Because the games we enjoy are expressed with how we feel, not what numbers are displayed for the game...
Quality is only a matter of opinion.
@bazzbrick waaaaah, noone likes your games.
Because people like TK-Chan like to be incorrigible butthurt twats.
You call my rating subjective, while it's the most objective of all.
So, if it's about taste, which is true, if you're the ONLY GUY IN THE WHOLE WORLD, then why do you even need a top 100 chart?
You don't need to care what OTHER people think, only what you're thinking yourself.
Don't start about art with me. That's a misconception too. People think it's all about subjectivism, but there are certain rules to emotions. Like how you can achieve emotions by applying what kind of music. You think these stuff all come at random? People actually THINK about it. You think Pokémon would be a great game if creators didn't analyze it to the most little detail in the game? There's a reason why a reviewer should deconstruct a game, and analyze WHY people like a certain something.
This isn't some sort of "gamer's diary". It's a representation of standard of how games SHOULD be made. And I'm not even talking about a popularity contest here...
I don't even understand what you are talking about anymore...
No one NEEDS the ranking. It's a list made according to how the blogger (or whoever made this list) felt would be in a right place. It allows the readers to perhaps know about games they never heard of that might be doing well.
I'm so lost as to what you are trying to say right now.
I'm reading your message as "Whichever game gets higher grade, it's better"
If you're still reading this: basically, people always think in terms of "It's a personal opinion, so you can afford everything, even though something sucks, if you like it, it's good". In a way, you can interpret things like that. But a lot of us seems to forget that a review, or things that require scepticism, is a device to tell you what people in general like, not how the reviewer liked a game. If you review like that, then you'd better off with not reviewing, since a thought is ALWAYS personal. Why do you need to announce it, unless people are interested in what you think.
People also forget that if you judge things in a way you like, you are practically supporting the things that most people appreciate, since the probability is the biggest that you'll belong to the biggest group too. If you don't review in a way how other people could think, (for instance, you despise RTS, and you like FPS), you end up making the illusion that a game is better, even for those who like RTSes. What people need to learn to do, is to compare in the same genre, then put the scores up a chart accordingly. Otherwise, you'll end up eleminating great games, just because YOU personally didn't like it.
It's not "just" a blog. It's Famitsu, the biggest gaming magazine in Japan. So how can you say that "people don't need the list". I assume that people read magazines of CRITICS, to know a score that's objective? Not to see what a CERTAIN reviewer liked, isn't it? But nowadays, one tend to act eccentric, and it's all about "to each their own"... Sigh.
At the end of the day it's all about the amount of people who share similar interests and opinions there are vs. the divided. It's an unfortunate truth but there ya go. And this is always a case by case basis based on what the majority likes in any given place.
So if you don't like this list here, that's fine. Hey, no one person will say this list is perfect I'm sure each of us could say "um, take [that] out" or "put [that] in," however you shouldn't let the list tell you that just because what you like didn't sell well or at all in Japan doesn't mean it sucks. Whatever experience you have with that game, will determine the quality of that game overall. Generally, that's how a game used to be judged (pre internet).
sales don't usually indicate how good a game is either. for example i like pokemon, and i like kingdom hearts, and if you ask me to rate them by how much i liked them, i would rate kingdom hearts higher. but see, pokemon sold more because more kids and longtime fans bought it. hell, i'm waiting for the english release.
so don't you all get your undies in a twist just because kiddy gamers with rich parents determined this list. try voting with your own wallet sometime if you really have a problem with the list.
inc Xbox fanboi wars
I'll just cheer very publicly for Valkyria Chronicles 2, Inazuma Eleven series and Hatsune Miku.
I really liked White, what was your problem with it?
It didn't feel like Pokemon.
Felt... unoriginal, or something.
I don't know how to describe it, but it didn't have the Pokemon feel I got from the previous few games.
Like the whole game was made up of random ideas mashed together into a cartridge.
It's Soul Silver and Heart Gold.
You have to right to talk back since you still think FFIII was a SNES release from the beginning.
Same with Soul Edge vs Soul Blade.
I'm pretty sure he put superior instead of soul due to the fact that silver outsold gold by a ton.
Oh wow. SoulSilver/Lugia fanboys are so mad HeartGold master race beats them up they gotta do things like this.
Can't stand a "mano-a-mano"? Totally tol'd.
If HeartGold is still pretty much equal to the original GBC game, Lugia fans would rather get the HeartGold just to get the Lv 70 Lugia at the end. =P
Pokemon first... well in the west its not much better with Black Ops.
Nintendo's safest bet: Mario
But oh my christ, 5 titles....
8 titles with Mario ._.
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At least in the west you have a more diverse gaming market whereas Japanese gamers won't embrace nearly any foreign IP.
there's no reason to believe that just because they don't, doesn't mean they refuse to. There could just be not much appealing to them. I personally have more Japanese games. It's not like I'm avoiding western games, I just like diversity and so one or two FPS is enough, so I don't need the majority of popular western games.
In Japan, American games are a niche and American developers make no effort to tweak their games to general Japanese tastes. They don't even change the cover artwork, so that American games are the only ones with scowling steroid freaks on the cover among the rows and rows of bright and cheerful Japanese games.
Black Ops worries me much more than Pokemon.
Pokemon can be explained because there are millions upon millions of *children* given Wii and DS systems for Christmas and birthdays. After all, children were gaming's original core audience since the NES.
But Black Ops's sales implies there are millions of basement-dwelling neckbeards in the U.S.. Either that or there are millions of children and teens playing M-rated games. I think the reality is a bit of both, and neither are healthy.
Yes, how dare anyone over 18 play a shooter. Just the thought is disgusting!