Thursday 18 September 2008

Pokemon Platinum Hits 1 Million in Two Days


It looks like Japan has PokeFever, having releases just two days ago, the latest title in the Pokemon range, Pokemon Platinum, has sold nearly a million copies in just two days. It looks like the Japanese really do "gotta catch em all".

According to figures from Media Create, the pocket monster game sold 963,000 copies in the week ending September 14, easily outselling all of the other titles in the top 10 combined.

Pokeon Platinum is a spin off of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, judging from these figures the Japanese cant get enough of it.

Here's this week's Japanese top ten list in full:
    01. Pokemon Platinum (Nintendo, DS) 963,000 / NE
    02. Quiz Magic Academy DS (Konami, DS) 119,000 / NEW
    03. Infinite Undiscovery (Square Enix, 360) 90,000 / NEW
    04. One Piece Unlimited Cruise: Episode 1 - Nami ni Yureru Hihou (Namco Bandai, Wii) 61,000 / NEW
    05.
    Rhythm Heaven Gold (Nintendo, DS) 56,000 / 723,000
    06. Wii Fit (Nintendo, Wii) 25,000 / 2,635,000
    07. D.Gray-man: Sousha no Shikaku (Konami, PS2) 15,000 NEW
    08. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) 14,000 / 1,762,000
    09. Daigasso! Band Brothers DX (Nintendo, DS) 14,000 / 340,000
    10. J-League Winning Eleven 2008 Club Championship (Konami, PS2) 13,000 / 148,000
Source: CVG

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