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Latest Japanese Sales Charts - Week Ending April 18

The Japanese charts still seem to be suffering a late spring stupor with unit sales still only 51% of the weekly average. Even though the latest Kirby title has gone str...
The Japanese charts still seem to be suffering a late spring stupor with unit sales still only 51% of the weekly average. Even though the latest Kirby title has gone straight into number it sold only 189,000 units – 24,000 less than the last entry in the series. Likewise other new entries such as anime license Crayon Shin-chan and Crimson Sea 2 sold only 19,000 and 18,000 units, respectively. As a result hardware sales are largely identical to last week with the PlayStation 2 losing only a little of its lead with 48.59% of the market, followed by the Game Boy Advance at 44.25%, GameCube at 6.14%, Xbox at 0.52% and PS one at 0.32%.
TW LW Title Publisher Format Release Date
1 NE Hoshi no Kirby: Kagami no Daimeikyuu Nintendo GBA 2004.04.15
2 1 Dragon Warrior V Square Enix PS2 2004.03.25
3 NE Crayon Shin-chan: Arashi wo Yobu Cinema Land no Dai Boken Marvelous Entertainment PS2 2004.04.08
4 2 Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. Nintendo GBA 2004.02.14
5 NE Crimson Sea 2 Koei PS2 2004.04.15
6 5 Pokémon Fire Red The Pokémon Company GBA 2004.01.29
7 7 Shin Sangoku Musou 3: Empires Koei PS2 2004.03.18
8 6 Nobunaga no Yabou: Tenka Sousei Koei PS2 2004.04.01
9 RE Pro Baseball Spirits 2004 Konami PS2 2004.03.25
10 8 Monster Hunter Capcom PS2 2004.03.11
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