Japan has always had mad love for theirDoragon Kuesutogames, so it should be no surprise to anyone that the newly released DS remake of the 1990 Famicom title has sold out in some locations, and 597,000 copies have been sold this past week. I bet Square Enix is excited, as this is only thefirst of several remakeson the way.
Wired’s Game|Lifemakes an excellent point about the likelihood of Square Enix titles coming to the Wii’s Virtual Console. With well over half a million units sold of a DS remake in one week, why bother with the Virtual Console? They can just retool the oldies and make a lot more money.
Hit the jump to see the top ten list of Japanese game sales for last week.
- [NDS] Dragon Quest IV (Square-Enix) – 597,000 / NEW02. [PS2] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) – 294,000 / NEW03. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2008 (Konami) – 141,000 / NEW04. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) – 110,000 / 460,00005. [PS2] Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess (Square-Enix) – 68,000 / NEW06. [WII] Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games (Nintendo) – 63,000 / NEW07. [NDS] Dinosaur King: The Seven Fragments (Sega) – 57,000 / NEW08. [NDS] Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk × Shinobi (Capcom) – 37,000 / NEW09. [NDS] Mega Man Star Force 2: Berserk × Dinosaur (Capcom) – 37,000 / NEW10. [PS2] Pachinko Assassin III: Iron Pachi-Chonmage 13 (Hackberry) – 36,000 / NEW
