Despite even Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto expressing disappointment over sales of
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess on the Wii in Japan, the first
Zelda title on the Nintendo DS (to be known as
Phantom Hourglass in the West) has enjoyed a strong opening performance with 303,000 units sold over the last week. These numbers are all the more impressive as the game was released on Saturday the 23rd, compared to the other new releases which all came out on Thursday the 21st.
The second highest new entry is the first iteration of Square Enix’s popular board game series
Itadaki Street for the Nintendo DS, with 149,000 unit sales. The game features both
Dragon Quest and Mario characters and is the first major co-production between Square Enix and Nintendo since
Super Mario RPG in 1996. (Although Square Enix did develop minor hit
Mario Hoops 3 on 3 for Nintendo last year.)
The strong performance of the top two titles have had only a moderate effect on sales in the rest of the chart, with tactical role-playing game sequel
Growlanser VI on the PlayStation 2 registering only 27,000 unit sales at number five.
The fourth highest new entry is
Hajime no Ippo Revolution for the Wii at number six, with 25,000 unit sales. The game is the latest adaptation of the popular boxing anime known as Fighting Spirit in the West (although previous games from the series have been marketed as
Victorious Boxers in the West).
The fifth new entry in the top ten is
Mana-Khemia on PlayStation 2 at number eight, with 21,000 unit sales. The game is a spin-off from Gust’s
Atelier series of role-playing games and has not yet been confirmed for a Western release.
In what has been a busy week for new releases, PlayStation 3 exclusive
FolksSoul (aka
Folklore) from Sony has debuted at number eleven, with less than 18,000 unit sales. Although Xbox 360 exclusive
Trusty Bell (aka
Eternal Sonata) has dropped out of the top thirty, from its debut at number two last week, PlayStation 3 game
Ninja Gaiden: Sigma has fallen only as far as number nineteen, from its debut at number three.
There is still one Xbox 360 title in the top thirty though, with
Saints Row entering the charts at number twenty-five. For the first time this year, though, there is not a single PSP title in the top thirty, although the effect this will have on hardware sales will not be evident until additional sales data is revealed tomorrow.
| TW | LW | Title | Publisher | Format | Weekly Sales |
| 1 | NE | Zelda no Densetsu: Mugen no Sunadokei | Nintendo | DS | 303,000 |
| 2 | NE | Itadaki Street DS | Square Enix | DS | 149,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Miru Chikara wo Jissen de Kitearu: DS Ganriki Training | Nintendo | DS | 44,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Wii Sports | Nintendo | Wii | 34,000 |
| 5 | NE | Growlanser VI: Precarious World | Atlus | PS2 | 27,000 |
| 6 | NE | Hajime no Ippo Revolution | AQ Interactive | Wii | 25,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Hajimete no Wii | Nintendo | Wii | 22,000 |
| 8 | NE | Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsu Shitachi | Gust | PS2 | 21,000 |
| 9 | 5 | Motto Nou o Kitaeru Otona DS Training | Nintendo | DS | 20,000 |
| 10 | 7 | New Super Mario Bros. | Nintendo | DS | 18,000 |
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