Japan's top 100 bestselling DS games (2006)

As the fateful day of stuffing, cranberry sauce and cheap Cava approaches, so the TV schedules will start to fill up with those evening-long list programmes hosted by marginal funnymen such as Jimmy Carr. Surely it can't be long before we get a top 100 list of top 100 shows?

Also getting into the spirit, albeit with a gaming twist, is Japanese geek mag Famitsu, which through some devilment of modern science (also known as electronic point of sales systems – Ed), has compiled a top 100 list of the bestselling DS games in Japan ever (as of mid-November 2006).

It's no surprise to see Nintendo rules the list, with the nine of the top ten, although how Namco Bandai's Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop managed to sell over a million copies is beyond us.

Other interesting points to note are the weak performance of games such as Metroid Prime Hunters (number 68) and Star Fox Command (number 70). Despite selling well in Western markets, the Japanese tend not to enjoy games with first-person 3D graphics. Also, Western-developed fodder such as The Sims 2, FIFA and Need for Speed doesn't feature in this list at all.

1) More Brain Training (Nintendo) - 3,417,956
2) New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) - 3,351,234
3) Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo) - 3,335,195
4) Pokémon Diamond / Pearl (Nintendo) - 3,060,032
5) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo) - 2,837,394
6) Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 1,626,242
7) English Training (Nintendo) - 1,408,243
8) Nintendogs (Nintendo) - 1,335,185
9) Big Brain Academy (Nintendo) - 1,299,188
10) Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop (Bandai) - 1,110,046
11) WarioWare: Touched! (Nintendo) - 1,013,297
12) Super Mario 64 DS (Nintendo) - 960,718
13) Tetris DS (Nintendo) - 889,178
14) Final Fantasy III (Square Enix) - 860,490
15) Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team (Nintendo) - 751,848
16) Pokémon Ranger (Nintendo) - 629,103
17) Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi (Nintendo) - 586,211
18) 42 All-Time Classics (Nintendo) - 572,915
19) Tamagotchi Connection: Corner Shop 2 (Bandai) - 568,820
20) Jump! Super Stars (Nintendo) - 549,265
21) Common Knowledge Training (Nintendo) - 444,812
22) Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time (Nintendo) - 416,479
23) Mario Slam Basketball (Nintendo) - 348,649
24) Pokémon Dash (Nintendo) - 348,376
25) Kirby & the Power Paintbrush (Nintendo) - 315,211
26) Dragon Ball Z: Supersonic Warriors 2 (Bandai) - 298,440
27) Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (Square Enix) - 293,970
28) Pokémon Link (Nintendo) - 293,807
29) Children of Mana (Square Enix) - 280,775
30) Zaidan Houjin Nippon Kanji Nouryoku Kentei Kyoukai Kounin: KanKen DS (Rocket Company) - 222,443
31) Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 3 (Tomy) - 220,928
32) Kirby Squeak Squad (Nintendo) - 219,807
33) Digimon Story (Bandai) - 213,770
34) Yoshi Touch & Go (Nintendo) - 197,337
35) Super Princess Peach (Nintendo) - 196,641
36) Mushi King (Sega) - 191,388
37) Mogitate Tingle no Barairo Rupee Land (Nintendo) - 181,000
38) Densetsu no Stafi 4 (Nintendo) - 164,950
39) Daigassou! Band Brothers (Nintendo) - 164,166
40) Sudoku Master (Hudson) - 153,819
41) Naruto RPG 2: Chidori vs Rasengan (Tomy) - 131,748
42) Power Pro Kun Pocket 8 (Konami) - 122,788
43) Naruto: Saikyou Ninja Daikesshuu 4 (Tomy) - 120,154
44) Tales of the Tempest (Namco) - 117,971
45) Phoenix Wright - 117,784
46) Unou no Tatsujin (Namco) 116,506
47) Harvest Moon DS for Girls (Marvelous) - 112,503
48) Minna no DS Seminar: Kanpeki Kanji Ryoku (TDK) - 111,817
49) Eyeshield 21: Max Devil Power (Nintendo) - 110,260
50) Kanji Sonomama DS Rakubiki Jiten (Nintendo) - 109,182
51) Harvest Moon: Colobocle Station (Marvelous) - 107,136
52) Rockman EXE 5 DS Twin Leaders (Capcom) - 106,526
53) Trace Memory (Nintendo) - 105,452
54) Rune Factory (Marvelous) - 104,037
55) Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour (Konami) - 102,249
56) Mushiking 2 (Sega) - 102,185
57) Feel the Magic (Sega) - 100,263
58) Pac Pix (Bandai Namco Games) - 98,650
59) Phoenix Wright Best Price (Capcom) - 95,148
60) BLEACH DS (Sega) - 95,044
61) Polarium (Nintendo) - 94,947
62) SD Gundam G Generation DS - 94,317
63) Rockman ZX (Capcom) - 93,972
64) Power Pocket Koushien (Konami) - 93,220
65) Egg Monster Hero (Square Enix) - 92,096
66) Ochaken no Heya DS (MTO) - 89,800
67) Kirarin Star Revolution Kira Kira Idol Audition (Konami) - 89,690
68) Metroid Prime Hunters (Nintendo) - 89,662
69) Atsumare! Power Pocket no Koushien DS - 88,147
70) Star Fox Command (Nintendo) - 86,588
71) Chou-Gekijou-Ban Keroro Gunsou: Enshuu Dayo! Zenin Shuugou (Bandai Namco Games) - 83,771
72) Gekitou! Custom Robo (Nintendo) - 83,365
73) Project Hacker (Nintendo) - 83,144
74) Naruto RPG 3 (Tomy) - 80,974
75) Kenshuui Tendo Dokuta [ Lifesigns ] (Spike) - 76,786
76) DS Talking Travel Software Vol. 4 America - 74,853
77) Puyo Puyo Fever (Sega) - 74,218
78) Atama Scan (Sega) - 72,343
79) DS Rakubiki Jiten (Nintendo) - 71,557
80) World Soccer Winning Eleven DS (Konami) - 68,789
81) Doraemon: Nobita no Kyouryuu 2006 DS (Sega) - 61,635
82) Meteos (Bandai Namco Games) - 57,880
83) Point Blank DS (Bandai Namco Games) - 57,865
84) Chousoujuu Mecha MG (Nintendo) - 57,815
85) Gintama DS: Yorozuya Daisoudou (Bandai Namco Games) - 54,249
86) Cooking Mama (Taito) - 51,712
87) Tennis no Oujisama 2005 DS (Konami) - 51,658
88) Choco Inu no Omise (TDK Core) - 50,958
89) DS Talking Travel Software Vol. 3 Korea - 49,714
90) Ouendan (Nintendo) - 49,236
91) Futari wa PuriCure Max Heart DANZEN (Bandai Namco Games) - 47,848
92) Magical Starsign (Nintendo) - 46,820
93) Jissen Pachislot Fist of the North Star DS (Sega) - 46,353
94) Resident Evil Deadly Silence (Capcom) - 46,280
95) Jissen Pachislot Fist of the North Star SE (Sega) - 45,956
96) San Ex Land Theme Pack de Asobou (MTO) - 45,301
97) Bomberman (Hudson) - 44,608
98) Phoenix Wright Justice for All Best Price (Capcom) - 44,608
99) Mawashite Tsunageru Touch Panic (Nintendo) - 43,921
100) Kanpeki Kanji (TDK Core) - 43,664

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