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Skyward Sword Sells Close To 200,000 In Japan

Joshua Spudic
By Joshua Spudic

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is finally available to purchase worldwide. Like the US and Europe, the game is selling well in its native land of Japan. How much exactly? Well, in its first week on the market, it has debuted with 194,978 units sold, according to numbers by Media Create. It had stiff competition from 7th Dragon 2020 and Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, which also debuted this week.

It didn’t have a prolonged effect on Wii sales, though. The Wii moved 20,148 units, which is doubled from last week, but most Zelda fans in Japan already own a Wii, so this was expected. Another piece of Nintendo hardware, the Nintendo 3DS, managed top spot this week, with 120,920 units moved, leaving the Playstation duo of the PS3 and PSP far behind.

Below are the hard numbers of Japanese sales between Nov 21 and Nov. 27, all from Media Create (via Andriasang):

Software:
01. Zelda Skyward Sword (Nintendo, Wii): 194,978
02. 7th Dragon 2020 (Sega, PSP): 122,498
03. Saint Seiya Senki (Namco Bandai, PSP): 66,557
04. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 61,710
05. Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami, PS3): 61,192
06. Little Battler eXperience Boost (Level-5, PSP): 60,727
07. Weiss Schwarz Portable (Namco Bandai, PSP): 47,586
08. Uta no Prince Sama Music (Broccoli, PSP): 38,918
09. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai, Wii): 32,098
10. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Subtitled Version (Square Enix, PS3): 29,726
11. One Piece Gigant Battle 2 (Namco Bandai, DS): 27,379
12. Pop’n Music Portable 2 (Konami, PSP): 20,965
13. Ni no Kuni (Level-5, PS3): 20,185
14. Kirby Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 19,527
15. Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, PSP): 16,655
16. Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend (Sega, PSP): 16,322
17. Pokepark 2 Beyond the World (Pokemon, Wii): 14,710
18. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, Wii): 14,013
19. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 13,756
20. Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (Cacpom, PS3): 13,233

Hardware:
1. 3DS: 120,920
2. PS3: 34,031
3. PSP: 33,151
4. Wii: 20,148
5. DSi LL: 2,237
6. X360: 1,678
7. PS2: 1,294
8. DSi: 993
9. DS Lite: 35

Joshua Spudic
Joshua Spudic
Josh is the name, writing is my game... well my degree will say that. But, when uni gets me down (and it does), there is no better way that to grab a chair, sit back and slicing up some DarkspawnI started my gaming interest back in the good old 16 bit era with the Sega Mega Drive and Sonic The Hedgehog 2. I was roughly five years old. To this day I still try to fire up the dusty companion and speed through the wacky and bright levels, jumping on some Badniks, collecting those damn Chaos Emeralds. Then I moved onto Sony's disk based console the Playstation (thanks to my uncle). Since then I have picked up each of Sony's consoles from the 5th to current generation that has been released in Australia (with more to come).In terms of writing about games, I am quite new to the field. I started out late last year with my own blog before deciding to move to greener pastures. I have written a few reviews for the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable. Features as well. I hope I can flex my muscles while writing with Capsule Computers.If I'm not gaming, however, I'm writing narratives. I am currently trying to kickstart a high fantasy novel (which, hopefully, turns into a complex RPG) that I want done in five years or so. My passion of writing has been there for a long time and has flourished as I grew. I'm into the fantasy genre, both games and novels, and thoroughly enjoy a deep and complex RPG, whether it comes from the East or West.Oh and anime is awesome!

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