DS sweeps Japan's top 10, FF3 DS release helps.

[Julius Seeker]

Japan's charts are 100% owned by the Nintendo DS with much of the games selling millions of copies, and FF3 DS debuting with a half a million sales. Not much of a surprise considering it has dominated for more than a year and has been selling out for all of this year.

#1 Final Fantasy III (NDS, Square Enix) - 503,051 units
#2 New Super Mario Bros. (NDS, Nintendo) - 65,556 [2,901,264] units
#3 Rune Factory: Shin Bokujou Monogatari (NDS, Marvelous) - 42,210 units
#4 Kahashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Motto Nouo Kitaeru Otona DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 41,784 [3,073,195] units
#5 Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (NDS, Nintendo) - 37,326 [384,045] units
#6 Tamagotchi no Puchi Puchi Omisecchi Gohi-Kini (NDS, Namco Bandai) - 30,504 [430,934] units
#7 Mario Basket 3-on-3 (NDS, Nintendo) - 30,355 [233,762] units
#8 Oide yo Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing: Wild World] (NDS, Nintendo) - 30,023 [3,149,130] units
#9 Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu: Nouwo Kitaeru Otona no DS Training (NDS, Nintendo) - 22,866 [2,736,150 ] units
#10 Eigoga Nigatena Otona no DS Training: Eigo Duke (NDS, Nintendo) - 17,465 [1,401,669] units

The North American market is much more rounded between the three companies. These sales were for the month of July whereas the Japanese ones were for the past week

1. NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 300,000
2. PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: LIBERTY C 183,000
3. PS2 CARS 121,000
4. NDS BRAIN AGE: TRAIN YOUR BRAIN 120,000
5. NDS BIG BRAIN ACADEMY 118,000
6. GBA CARS 115,000
7. 360 CHROMEHOUNDS 111,000
8. 360 LORD OF THE RINGS: BATTLE F 108,000
9. PS2 NARUTO: ULTIMATE NINJA 104,000
10. 360 PREY 103,000
11. NDS NINTENDOGS 102,000
12. PS2 STAR WARS: BATTLEFRONT II 82,000
13. PS2 GUITAR HERO BUNDLE 80,000
14. PS2 GOD OF WAR 74,000
15. GCN CARS 65,000
16. PS2 GRAND THEFT AUTO: SAN ANDRE 63,000
17. PS2 MIDNIGHT CLUB 3: DUB ED REM 61,000
18. GBA SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 59,000
19. PS2 PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: T 56,000
20. NDS MARIO KART 53,000
21. NDS ANIMAL CROSSING: WILD WORLD 51,000
22. NDS CARS 48,000
23. GBA POKEMON EMERALD 48,000
24. PS2 KINGDOM HEARTS II 46,000
25. 360 ELDER SCROLLS IV: OBLIVION 45,000

[SineSwiper]

Christ, quit buying old games! On that note, nobody cares about GameTap, because we can do the same thing with an emulator!

[Zeus]

Christ, quit buying old games! On that note, nobody cares about GameTap, because we can do the same thing with an emulator!

If the current games aren't as good, then you buy the re-releases of the old stuff. There are still spectacular games being released (Shadow of the Colossus, Guitar Hero), but they're getting buried and less often than the many sports, racing, GTA-clones, and me-too RPGs out there.

Besides, FF3 has never been released here and hadn't seen a release since the NES in Japan, it's gonna sell.