Japan likes Mario more than Street Fighter

February 20th, 2009 Posted in Nintendo, Nintendo DS, PC, PSP, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Sales

Recent software sales are in and Japan has spoken, they are much more fond of Mario than the Street Fighter series.

This comes as news after Mario & Luigi RPG3 for the Nintendo DS hit Japanese shelves and then proceded to beat out Street Fighter 4 for the number 1 spot by a pretty big margin.

Top 10, courtesy of Kotaku, below:

01. Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!! (DS) – 193,000 / NEW
02. Street Fighter IV (PS3) – 86,000 / NEW
03. Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren no Yabou – Axis no Kyoui V (PSP) – 40,000 / NEW
04. Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren no Yabou – Axis no Kyoui V (PS2) – 38,000 / NEW
05. Street Fighter IV (Xbox 360) – 38,000 / NEW
06. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PSP) – 27,000 / 175,000
07. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PS2) – 25,000 / 170,000
08. Demon’s Souls (PS3) – 22,000 / 62,000
09. Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (PSP) – 22,000 / 280,000
10. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS) – 20,000 / 156,000

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4 Responses to “Japan likes Mario more than Street Fighter”

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    February 20th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

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  2. talis Says:

    February 20th, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    This artical is such crap. It doesn’t take into account that how many more people especially in japan have the ds over the ps3. Or the price difference on the games. So this is artical shows nothing of a comparison between the two games populartiy other than the reduculous popularity of the ds.



  3. Jeff Baker Says:

    February 21st, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    It also didn’t take into account the fact that Street Fighter IV sold out pretty much everywhere in Japan. It’s called satire my friend.



  4. Paul Says:

    February 21st, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    I’m getting mario brothers asap, its a awesome game.



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