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Samurai Nintendo's weekly ranking shows only the GameCube games ranked in the top 50 of video games sales in Japan. For the major part, it is based on the ranking from Dengeki [Den], with sometimes additional numbers from Enterbrain's Famitsu [Ent] and Media-Create [Med] (which also provides our hardware ranking). Please consult the archives for previous rankings.


It will soon be time to say byebye to Jikkyou... and to put back our good old "No GameCube game in the charts" sign.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from June 5 to June 11
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
48 ∨ 38 Jikkyou Powerful Major League Konami baseball 5    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 132,027 | 2.PSP 21,656 | 3.PS2 18,981 | 4.GBASP 4,116 | 5.GBM 1,654 | 6.DS 1,371 | 7.X360 1,100 | 8.GC 961 | 9.GBA 36 | 10.XBOX 20


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Jikkyou has all the chart for itself to use as a playground, there's no other GameCube game. So have fun little baseball game !

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from May 29 to June 4
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
38 ∨ 25 Jikkyou Powerful Major League Konami baseball 4    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 135,614 | 2.PSP 24,595 | 3.PS2 18,513 | 4.GBASP 4,364 | 5.GBM 1,270 | 6.X360 1,245 | 7.DS 1,159 | 8.GC 798 | 9.XBOX 43 | 10.GBA 30


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Eh ? Whatever happened to Jikkyou, it suddenly went up by 50 places. Got love all the sudden. It might be that Konami didn't expect the game would sell so well and they had to put more copies on the market.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from May 22 to May 28
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
25 ∧ 76 Jikkyou Powerful Major League Konami baseball 3    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 285,025 | 2.PSP 27,227 | 3.PS2 19,798 | 4.GBASP 6,652 | 5.DS 4,126 | 6.GBM 2,013 | 7.X360 1,242 | 8.GC 1,116 | 9.GBA 44 | 10.XBOX 8


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Empty.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from May 15 to May 21
No GameCube game in the charts.
 
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 160,182 | 2.PSP 24,457 | 3.PS2 20,633 | 4.DS 16,867 | 5.GBASP 6,174 | 6.GBM 2,245 | 7.X360 1,403 | 8.GC 1,051 | 9.GBA 25 | 10.XBOX 20


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Surprinsingly, Konami's baseball game made it in the top 10 this week. The GameCube will surviiiive.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from May 8 to May 14
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
10 ⇒ new Jikkyou Powerful Major League Konami baseball 1 13.484 [Ent] 13.484 [Ent]
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 91,895 | 2.PSP 27,127 | 3.PS2 21,138 | 4.GBASP 6,317 | 5.DS 3,438 | 6.GBM 2,628 | 7.X360 1,355 | 8.GC 1,069 | 9.GBA 40 | 10.XBOX 36


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The ranking was left shamefully unattended for a month so we will never know about Odama's results, but they sure weren't impressive.


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We saw it coming, it finally happened: not a single GameCube is to be found on this week's ranking. Odama was released on April 14, we'll see if this has any effect at all next week.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from April 3 to April 9
No GameCube game in the charts.
 
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 154,731 | 2.DS 49,825 | 3.PSP 30,565 | 4.PS2 28,896 | 5.GBASP 5,211 | 6.GBM 3,103 | 7.X360 1,940 | 8.GC 1,224 | 9.GBA 110 | 10.XBOX 46


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...the harder the fall.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from March 20 to March 26
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
41 ∨ 30 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 10    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
Unavailable


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The higher the rise...

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from March 13 to March 19
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
30 ∧ 34 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 8    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
Unavailable


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The good thing about being the only recent GameCube game available is that you don't risk any competition from your own team. And as such, Super Mario Strikers even enjoys a little progression this week, a purple drop in an ocean of Playstations and handhelds.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from March 6 to March 12
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
34 ∧ 37 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 8    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DSL 89,790 | 2.DS 48,947 | 3.PSP 40,091 | 4.PS2 22,476 | 5.GBASP 4,235 | 6.GBM 3,020 | 7.GC 1,360 | 8.X360 1,296 | 9.GBA 65 | 10.XBOX 63


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Bad surprise: Baten Kaitos II is already out of the ranking, even though it was published by Nintendo it didn't help a bit. The Baten Kaitos franchise seems as popular in Japan as Viewtiful Joe and that tells a lot...

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from February 27 to March 5
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
37 ∨ 30 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 7    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
Coming Soon !


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Welcome Baten Kaitos II ! Thanks to you, the ranking looks a bit less dull, although your initial results seem to hint you won't stay long enough to make a significant change. May we be wrong !

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from February 20 to February 26
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
16 ⇒ new Baten Kaitos II Nintendo RPG 1    
30 ∨ 18 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 6    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DS 47,462 | 2.PSP 31,742 | 3.PS2 24,104 | 4.GBASP 4,964 | 5.GBM 3,175 | 6.GC 1,836 | 7.X360 1,203 | 8.GBA 113 | 9.XBOX 61


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*Zzzz...*

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from February 13 to February 19
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
18 ∨ 14 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 5    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DS 52,099 | 2.PSP 27,430 | 3.PS2 23,433 | 4.GBASP 5,553 | 5.GBM 2,941 | 6.GC 1,814 | 7.X360 1,314 | 8.GBA 105 | 9.XBOX 92


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*Still sleeping*

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from February 6 to February 12
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
14 ∧ 16 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 4    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.PSP 24,977 | 2.PS2 22,383 | 3.DS 10,223 | 4.GBASP 5,405 | 5.GBM 2,934 | 6.GC 2,025 | 7.X360 1,288 | 8.GBA 150 | 9.XBOX 54


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*Gone hibernating*

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from January 30 to February 5
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
16 ∨ 12 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 3    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.PSP 25,905 | 2.DS 25,321 | 3.PS2 24,780 | 4.GBASP 5,649 | 5.GBM 3,199 | 6.X360 2,194 | 7.GC 2,138 | 8.GBA 115 | 9.XBOX 101


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Many new entries pushed Super Mario Strikers downards and crushed Mario Party 7 out of the chart as expected. On a brighter note, the DS beats once again expectations and ridicule recent pessimistic analyses.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from Janury 23 to January 29
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
12 ∨ 2 Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 2    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DS 106,081 |2.PSP 30,657 | 3.PS2 24,580 | 4.GBASP 5,946 | 5.GBM 3,042 | 6.GC 3,036 | 7.X360 1,976 | 8.GBA 179 | 9.XBOX 128


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Here comes a new challenger ! just in time to save the GameCube from disgrace. Super Mario scores big this week at the second place of the Japanese sales ranking. On the other side, Mario's been partying too hard and is bound to leave the ranking with a hangover. We also learn from Dengeki Super Mario Stadium's final numbers 229.000 units, about a quarter of a million. Not too good.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from Janury 16 to January 22
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
2 ⇔ new Super Mario Strikers Nintendo soccer 1 71.000 [Den]  
47 ∨ 33 Mario Party 7 Nintendo mini-games 11    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DS 64,515 | 2.PSP 38,271 | 3.PS2 26,135 | 4.GBASP 7,912 | 5.GBM 4,653 | 6.GC 4,490 | 7.X360 3,616 | 8.GBA 236 | 9.XBOX 83


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And down again. But this time sales for the PSP and DS are even at least, and just equally low.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from December 9 to January 15
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
33 ∨ 17 Mario Party 7 Nintendo mini-games 10    
45 ∨ 25 Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 Tomy fighting 8    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.PSP 57,686 | 2.DS 54,284 | 3.PS2 39,076 | 4.GBASP 9,982 | 5.GBM 6,341 | 6.X360 6,107 | 7.GC 5,465 | 8.GBA 233 | 9.XBOX 119


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It's like a boat, up and down, up and down, up and down, up and do... buuh, buuh... *rushes to open the scuttle*

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from December 2 to January 8
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
17 ∧ 20 Mario Party 7 Nintendo mini-games 9 34.466 [Ent] 393.201 [Ent]
25 ∧ 29 Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 Tomy fighting 7 23.878 [Ent] 273.850 [Ent]
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.PSP 132,757 | 2.DS 91,379 | 3.PS2 80,886 | 4.GBASP 17,443 | 5.GC 13,423 | 6.GBM 11,818 | 7.X360 7,477 | 8.GBA 564 | 9.XBOX 156


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Bleach got flushed, drawing Mario Party 7 and Naruto 4 downward in the trail of its wirlwind. As for the hardware sales... the DS is a monster and it eats alive all the other consoles.

GAMECUBE BEST WEEKLY SALES: from December 26, 2005 to January 1, 2006
rank before title company genre weeks in this week sales total sales
20 ∨ 8 Mario Party 7 Nintendo mini-games 8    
29 ∨ 14 Naruto Gekitou Ninja Taisen 4 Tomy fighting 6    
_____ __ _____________________ _______ ___________ __ _____________ _____________
HARDWARE SALES
1.DS 390,181 | 2.PSP 110,741 | 3.PS2 78,646 | 4.GBASP 15,998 | 5.GC 12,579 | 6.X360 12,300 | 7.GBM 11,234 | 8.GBA 447 | 9.XBOX 121



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