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Wii Sports Hits Three Million Mark in Japan

The Hazard | May 30, 2008 | News | Wii 
After a little while, it has been noticed by the JMC(Japan Media Create) sales trackings that Wii Sports has topped over three million sales in Japan, more than a year after its release, in end 2006.
With the Wii having recently crossed the six million mark in system sales in its home territory, it's reasonable to say that one in two Wii owners in Japan picked up Wii Sports with the console. While Wii Sports is bundled with the Wii in America, in Japan it's sold separately for 4,800 yen.

Aside from the Wii getting its first triple platinum game, the week was pretty uneventful as far as sales go, with drops in all numbers, hardware and software.

Topping the software chart for the week was Sega's first DS version of Let's Make a Pro Baseball Team. In its first week, it sold 59,321, good enough to push the big three of the software charts down a notch. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G took second with 51,370 sales, followed by Mario Kart Wii at 47,758 units and Wii Fit at 36,455 units.

The rest of the top ten was all DS and Wii. Nintendo's DS revival of Glory of Hercules came in at 5 with 23,155 units sold in its first week, beating Nintendo's DS handwriting software, DS Bimoji Training, which sold an additional 15,282 units. Hiiro no Kakera DS, from Idea Factory, debuted at 7 with 15,261 units, besting Totsugeki Famicom Wars VS (Nintendo, Wii, 15,123), Meccha! Taiko Drum Master DS Adventure on the 7 Islands (Namco Bandai, DS, 13,762), and Link's Crossbow Training (Nintendo, Wii, 11,757).
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    slumpy monkey | May 30, 2008
    Well, it doesnt really count seeing as it comes with the wii.
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      ZaikXory | May 30, 2008
      The thing is that the Japanese release of the Wii didn't come with Wii sports. Only the international releases did.
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    DusktoDawn | May 31, 2008
    Did the wii sports come out after the console in japan?
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      gotenks992 | May 31, 2008
      I think it came out at the same time but it was never packaged with the console in Japan.

      Pretty successful game if you ask me.

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