Monster Hunter Tri Japanese cover.
The highly anticipated Nintendo Wii exclusive game, Monster Hunter Tri, is by far the best-selling game in Japan for the week ending August 2nd. The latest in the popular Monster Hunter series managed to rake in 520,000 copies sold on its debut week. Here are the top ten best-selling video games in Japan last week, according to Media Create:
1. Monster Hunter Tri (Nintendo Wii) – 520,000
2. Dragon Quest IX (Nintendo DS) – 180,000
3. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo DS) – 82,000
4. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo Wii) – 65,000
5. Puyo Puyo 7 (Nintendo DS) – 52,000
6. Gears of War 2 (Xbox 360) – 49,000
7. Hissho Pachinko Pachisuro Kouryaku Series Vol.14 Cr Shinseiki Evangelion Saigo no Shisha (Playstation 2) – 42,000
8. Armored Core 3 Portable (PSP) – 41,000
9. Okaeri! Chibi-Robo! Happy Richie Oosouji (Nintendo DS) – 23,000
10. To Heart 2 Protable (PSP) – 21,000
Translated From: Inside-Games
Aside from Monster Hunter Tri, five other games debuted on the top ten after launching in the same week: Puyo Puyo 7, Gears of War 2, Hissho Pachinko Pachisuro Kouryaku Series Vol.14 Cr Shinseiki Evangelion Saigo no Shisha, Armored Core 3 Portable and To Heart 2 Protable. Tomodachi Collection on the Nintendo DS also surpasses half a million sold in Japan with 82,000 copies sold last week.
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sooo it wasnt a million as capcom stated?
it shipped a million !!!
Thats beast when does it come out in USA
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