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Japanese Charts: Tomodachi Connection Sells 102,000 In First Week

Nintendo's Tomodachi Connection (a.k.a. Friend Connection), a DS game that allows players to import their Miis to the handheld, is off to a flying start in Japan with 102,000 sold in its opening week.

Kris Graft, Contributor

June 25, 2009

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Nintendo's Tomodachi Connection (a.k.a. Friend Connection), a DS game that allows players to import their Miis to the handheld, is off to a flying start in Japan with 102,000 sold, according to Media Create's weekly charts ended June 21. Released on June 18, Friend Connection lets users interact with their Wii-based Mii avatars on the DS (or create new ones), buying them clothes, feeding them, and generally keeping the Miis happy. There is no release date announced for North America. Cacpom's newly-released fighter Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable for PSP was a distant second for the week, with 34,000 units sold. The only other new top 10 game released during the week was the DS game Akira Tago's Mind Exercises Vol. 1 from Level 5, which sold 10,000 units. Completely gone from the top 10 charts was last week's number one game, Infinite Space from Sega. The game dropped to the 18th spot. Nintendo's Play on Wii: Chibi-Robo!, Namco Bandai's Evangelion: Jo, and Marvelous' Arc Rise Fantasia also dropped out of the top 10 from the prior week. Below are the Japanese sales charts for the week ended June 21:

LW

TW

Title

Publisher

Platform

Weekly Sales

NEW

1

Tomodachi Connection

Nintendo

DS

102,000

NEW

2

Fate/Unlimited Codes Portable

Capcom

PSP

34,000

2

3

Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days

Square Enix

DS

27,000

3

4

Sloan to MacHale: Nazo No Monogatari

Level 5

DS

15,000

5

Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best)

Capcom

PSP

14,000

4

6

Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth

Capcom

DS

11,000

NEW

7

Akira Tago's Mind Exercises Vol. 1

Level 5

DS

10,000

8

8

Wii Fit

Nintendo

Wii

10,000

5

9

Koei's Shin Sangokumusou 5: Empires

Koei

PS3

9,000

18

10

Pokemon Platinum

Nintendo

7,000

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Kris Graft is publisher at Game Developer.

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