Hooray for numbers! In today’s edition we have some numbers on the Nintendo WiFi Connection Online Activity from this week showing that Dual Screen-gamers love trading and fighting with Pokémon online.
Newcomer Pokémon: Battle Revolution for the Wii is doing a great job as well, it’s doing even better than Mario Strikers Charged Football. That same Italian plumber from the popular soccer game did a succesful eighth party with more than 550.000 copies sold. The Wii is still selling good in Japan with 6 to 1 compared with the PlayStation 3 in June. Do they even know that the PS3 is out yet? All numbers, software charts, most wanted lists and much more after the hoop.
Nintendo WFC Online Activity - Week ending July 1st
1. Pokémon Diamond & Pearl - 2,316,551 connections
2. Animal Crossing: Wild World - 389,543 connections
3. Pokémon Battle Revolution - 321,820 connections
4. Mario Kart DS - 320,544 connections
5. Metroid Prime Hunters - 243,274 connections
6. Mario Strikers Charged Football - 206,454 connections
7. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker - 107,495 connections
8. Jump! Ultimate Stars - 100,555 connections
9. Transformers: Autobots & Deceptions - 78,615 connections
10. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - 70,352 connections
How are the latest online releases doing?
Europe | Puzzle League DS | 20,339 connections
USA | Pokémon Battle Revolution | 321,820 connections
Japan | Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Komorebi no Tani, Seseragi no Uta | 564 connections
Japan | KuriKuri DS: Otasuke Island | 103 connections
Virtual Console Top 5 - Genesis
1. Sonic the Hedgehog
2. Gunstar Heroes
3. Golden Axe
4. ToeJam & Earl
5. Altered Beast
Famitsu Most Wanted: What Japanese gamers need
1. (1 / 1) Dragon Quest IX NDS Square Enix 2.258
2. (2 / 2) Final Fantasy XIII PS3 Square Enix 2.180
3. (3 / 3) Biohazard 5 PS3 Capcom 1.673
4. (5 / 5) Monster Hunter 3 PS3 Capcom 1.265
5. (4 / 4) Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 Konami 1.187
6. (7 / 7) Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors Wii Square Enix 947
7. (6 / 6) Super Robot Taisen: Original Generations PS2 Banpresto 902
8. (9 /11) Super Smash Bros. Brawl Wii Nintendo 834
9. (11/10) Everybody’s Golf 5 PS3 Sony 806
10. (8 /Zelda no Densetsu: Phantom Hourglass NDS Nintendo 785
11. (10/ 9) Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII PSP Square Enix 718
12. (12/12) Lost Odyssey Xbox 360 Microsoft 685
13. (14/15) Devil May Cry 4 PS3 Capcom 633
14. (13/13) Final Fantasy Versus XIII PS3 Square Enix 625
15. (15/16) Doubutsu no Mori [Animal Crossing] Wii Nintendo 581
16. (16/14) Subarashiki Kono Sekai: It’s a Wonderful World NDS Square Enix 542
17. (24/20) Last Remnant PS3 Square Enix 537
18. (23/25) Final Fantasy IV NDS Square Enix 462
19. (20/24) Halo 3 Xbox 360 Microsoft 456
20. (17/17) Gran Turismo 5 PS3 Sony 431
Sales from Germany
1) Mario Party 8
2) Brain Training
3) The Sims 2 Fashion Pack
4) SingStar Pophits
5) World of Warcraft
6) Anno 1701
7) Colin McRae Dirt
9) WoW: Burning Crusade
10: Animal Crossing Wild World
Sales from Spain
1) Pro Evo 6 (PS2)
2) SingStar Pophits
3) Pro Evo 6 (PSP)
4) Brain Training
5) Wii Play
6) Pokemon Ranger
7) Runaway 2
9) Mario Strikers Charged
10) DBZ: Shin Budokai 2
UK, all prices
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