Late breaking news
Saturday, September 27th, 2008Pokemon Platinum for Nintendo DS is still the best-selling game in Japan this week, selling 315,000 units — in total, almost 1.3 million in just nine days. A director’s cut of the earlier Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, the game has been relatively untroubled by the rest of the week’s new releases. The highest new entry, at number two, is Namco Bandai’s Dragon Ball DS (aka Dragon Ball: Origins), …
The Xbox 360 has managed to outsell the PlayStation 3 for the second consecutive week in Japan, although sales are down on the previous week across the board. As Pokemon Platinum still rides high in the software charts the Nintendo DS was again the best-selling platform of the week, despite sales falling by around 2,500 units to a total of 61,242. As PSP hardware sales continued their decline, …
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Anims popularity has exposed more Westerners to Japan as evidenced by Astro Boy and Nintendos multi-billion dollar Pokmon franchise. It has also created an increased awareness and interest in the Japanese language and its culture.
I MAY have mentioned this in a previous column: Im a huge fan of Japanese games, movies and culture in general. So much so that I am busy learning to speak the language. It was with all this in mind that I bought Okami for the PS2.
These days, if youre a monster collecting game, youd better be prepared for the inevitable comparisons with the behemoth that is Pokemon. The original Spectrobes held its own last year with enough originality to distinguish itself from other kiddy fare.
The calendar says it’s late September. But, believe it or not, it’s time to start working on that holiday wish list.