Channel Surfing: Virtual Console/WiiWare Sales Chart, W/E Feb 8th, 20 - News
by VGChartz Staff , posted on 20 February 2009 / 8,270 Views
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[url=http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=2775]December, 2008[/url]
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Today we present to you the American and PAL sales for the week ending February 8th in the Americas, and February 9th in PAL. Unfortunately no Japan data is available, but instead I'm giving you a top 20 for the other two regions. Titles in bold italic were released during the tracking period.
TW | Americas WiiWare Games | Publisher | Weekly | Total | Revenue |
1 | Tetris Party | Hudson | 4,800 | 110,400 | $1,324,800 |
2 | My Aquarium | Hudson | 4,300 | 131,400 | $657,000 |
3 | World of Goo | 2D Boy | 4,000 | 117,900 | $1,768,500 |
4 | CueSports -- Pool Revolution | Hudson | 3,200 | 27,600 | $138,000 |
5 | Snowboard Riot | Hudson | 2,600 | 2,600 | $26,000 |
6 | Dr. Mario Online Rx | Nintendo | 2,500 | 235,900 | $2,359,000 |
7 | Fun! Fun! Minigolf | Shin'en Multimedia | 2,300 | 25,000 | $225,000 |
8 | Midnight Bowling | Gameloft | 2,300 | 57,800 | $462,400 |
9 | Target Toss Pro: Bags | Incredible Tech. | 2,200 | 44,300 | $310,100 |
10 | Brain Challenge | Gameloft | 2,100 | 47,500 | $475,000 |
11 | Sandy Beach | Konami | 2,000 | 14,100 | $70,500 |
12 | My Pokemon Ranch | Nintendo | 2,000 | 191,400 | $1,914,000 |
13 | Defend Your Castle | XGen Studios | 1,800 | 216,400 | $1,082,000 |
14 | Wild West Guns | Gameloft | 1,600 | 80,000 | $800,000 |
15 | TV Show King | Gameloft | 1,300 | 196,500 | $1,965,000 |
16 | Tiki Towers | Real Arcade | 1,200 | 21,500 | $107,500 |
17 | Bomberman Blast | Hudson | 1,200 | 61,400 | $614,000 |
18 | Mega Man 9 | Capcom | 1,200 | 113,300 | $1,133,000 |
19 | Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King | Square Enix | 1,200 | 170,100 | $2,551,500 |
20 | Pong Toss: Frat Party Games | JV Games | 1,000 | 71,700 | $573,600 |
TW | PAL WiiWare Games | Publisher | Weekly | Total | Revenue |
1 | World of Goo | 2D Boy | 3,300 | 39,800 | 597,000 € |
2 | My Aquarium | Hudson | 3,200 | 128,600 | 643,000 € |
3 | FUN! FUN! Minigolf | Shin'en Multimedia | 2,700 | 17,900 | 143,200 € |
4 | TV Show King | Gameloft | 2,500 | 208,600 | 2,086,000 € |
5 | Pop Them, Drop Them SAMEGAME | Hudson Soft | 1,900 | 4,100 | 20,500 € |
6 | Brain Challenge | Big Blue Bubble | 1,700 | 39,700 | 397,000 € |
7 | Bomberman Blast | Hudson | 1,400 | 51,000 | 510,000 € |
8 | Tetris Party | Hudson | 1,400 | 53,700 | 644,400 € |
9 | Cue Sports-Snooker vs Billards | Hudson | 1,300 | 28,700 | 229,600 € |
10 | My Pokemon Ranch | Nintendo | 1,200 | 97,800 | 978,000 € |
11 | Family Glide Hockey | Arc System Works | 1,100 | 2,300 | 11,500 € |
12 | The Incredible Maze | Digital Leisure | 1,100 | 35,400 | 177,000 € |
13 | Wild West Guns | Gameloft | 1,000 | 75,900 | 759,000 € |
14 | Lost Winds | Frontier | 900 | 166,200 | 1,662,000 € |
15 | FFCC: My Life as a King | Square Enix | 900 | 123,000 | 1,845,000 € |
16 | Defend Your Castle | XGen Studios | 800 | 61,800 | 309,000 € |
17 | Sudoku Challenge! | Digital Leisure | 800 | 9,100 | 45,500 € |
18 | Art Style: ORBIENT | Nintendo | 800 | 8,100 | 48,600 € |
19 | Space Invaders Get Even | TAITO | 800 | 24,900 | 124,500 € |
20 | Pit Crew Panic! | Hudson Soft | 700 | 12,100 | 60,500 € |
- Tetris, My Aquarium, and World of Goo maintain their hold on the top three spots in the Americas, though World of Goo has slipped to third. Tetris is only 8th in PAL, but World of Goo and My Aquarium still have the top two spots locked down there.
- Snowboard Riot cracks the top 5 in the Americas in its first week, though we'll have to see how long it can stay up there. (Last week, we estimated 3,000 first week sales for the game.)
- The other new American release, Lonpos, didn't chart (less than 1,000 sales).
- Sandy Beach at 11th, released a month ago, is the next most recent release in the American chart, with nothing in between even close.
- Nothing new for WiiWare released in PAL last week, but for recent PAL releases, Pop Them Drop Them Samegame and Family Glide Hockey hold onto their spots pretty well in their second week, with only small drops.
TW | Americas Virtual Console Games |
Platform | Publisher | Weekly | Total | Revenue |
1 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | NES | Nintendo | 12,800 | 1,061,900 | $5,309,500 |
2 | Super Mario Bros. | NES | Nintendo | 8,400 | 1,009,800 | $5,049,000 |
3 | Super Mario World | SNES | Nintendo | 3,900 | 691,700 | $5,533,600 |
4 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | NES | Nintendo | 3,500 | 513,300 | $2,566,500 |
5 | Pac-Man | NES | Namco Bandai | 2,900 | 418,000 | $2,090,000 |
6 | Legend of Zelda, the | NES | Nintendo | 2,800 | 472,500 | $2,362,500 |
7 | Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream | NES | Nintendo | 2,700 | 491,100 | $2,455,500 |
8 | Mario Kart 64 | N64 | Nintendo | 2,700 | 613,500 | $6,135,000 |
9 | Donkey Kong | NES | Nintendo | 2,600 | 301,800 | $1,509,000 |
10 | Super Mario 64 | N64 | Nintendo | 2,600 | 570,900 | $5,709,000 |
11 | Donkey Kong Country | SNES | Nintendo | 2,200 | 334,500 | $2,676,000 |
12 | Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the | N64 | Nintendo | 2,000 | 443,000 | $4,430,000 |
13 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | MS | Sega | 1,700 | 44,500 | $222,500 |
14 | Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars | SNES | Nintendo | 1,700 | 174,700 | $1,397,600 |
15 | Tecmo Bowl | NES | Tecmo | 1,600 | 237,000 | $1,185,000 |
16 | Galaga | NES | Namco Bandai | 1,300 | 129,000 | $645,000 |
17 | Castlevania III | NES | Konami | 1,100 | 9,200 | $46,000 |
18 | Excitebike | NES | Nintendo | 1,100 | 149,400 | $747,000 |
19 | Sonic the Hedgehog | MS | Sega | 1,000 | 103,700 | $518,500 |
20 | Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, the | SNES | Nintendo | 1,000 | 315,100 | $2,520,800 |
TW | PAL Virtual Console Games |
Platform | Publisher | Weekly | Total | Revenue |
1 | Super Mario Bros. 3 | NES | Nintendo | 4,100 | 460,900 | 2,304,500 € |
2 | Super Mario Bros. | NES | Nintendo | 3,000 | 397,200 | 1,986,000 € |
3 | Sonic the Hedgehog | MS | Sega | 1,900 | 83,300 | 416,500 € |
4 | Super Mario World | SNES | Nintendo | 1,800 | 339,100 | 2,712,800 € |
5 | Super Mario 64 | N64 | Nintendo | 1,700 | 326,100 | 3,261,000 € |
6 | Secret of Mana | SNES | Square Enix | 1,500 | 20,000 | 160,000 € |
7 | Sonic Chaos | MS | Sega | 1,500 | 1,500 | 7,500 € |
8 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | N64 | Nintendo | 1,400 | 268,800 | 2,688,000 € |
9 | Wonder Boy in Monster Land | MS | Sega | 1,300 | 4,200 | 21,000 € |
10 | Mario Kart 64 | N64 | Nintendo | 1,000 | 334,200 | 3,342,000 € |
11 | Alex Kidd in Miracle World | MS | Sega | 900 | 95,900 | 479,500 € |
12 | Super Mario Bros. 2 | NES | Nintendo | 800 | 203,300 | 1,016,500 € |
13 | Mario Golf | N64 | Nintendo | 800 | 3,600 | 36,000 € |
14 | Pac-Man | NES | Namco Bandai | 700 | 138,600 | 693,000 € |
15 | Sonic the Hedgehog | GEN | Sega | 700 | 176,400 | 1,411,200 € |
16 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | MS | Sega | 700 | 5,400 | 27,000 € |
17 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | SNES | Nintendo | 700 | 192,900 | 1,543,200 € |
18 | Donkey Kong Country | SNES | Nintendo | 700 | 159,300 | 1,274,400 € |
19 | The Legend of Zelda | NES | Nintendo | 600 | 106,600 | 533,000 € |
20 | Super Mario RPG | SNES | Nintendo | 600 | 66,300 | 596,700 € |
- Mario continues to rule the Virtual Console scene in both the Americas and PAL, with Nintendo owning 11 of the top 12 spots in the Americas and 12 of the 20 spots in PAL.
- Sonic Chaos gets into the top 10 in PAL in its first few days on sale, but didn't break into the top 20 in the Americas after its first week (less than 1,200 sales). This fits with the general trend of Sonic titles in particular and Sega system titles in general being more popular in PAL than in the Americas.
- Castlevania III continues to slide down the Americas charts, probably falling out after a couple more weeks. Recent releases in PAL, Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Mario Golf, move down a little bit but should stick around for a few more weeks.
Hope you enjoyed the charts this week, hopefully it can continue again as a weekly feature. Thanks to TWRoO and Michael and their helpers for collecting the PAL data. As always, if you want to help collect Nintendo Channel data, send TWRoO a PM if you have a PAL Wii and myself a PM if you have an American or Japanese Wii. As you can tell by the lack of Japanese figures this week, I *really* need a reliable volunteer with a Japanese Wii.
The sneak peek for next week for those who've actually stuck through it to read the entire article: LIT for WiiWare has sold approximately 4,000 in its first week on sale in the Americas.
Keith Jackson
kjackson@vgchartz.com
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TWR - Does helping require being able to access the Nintendo channel once a week? I would like to help, but can't do that due to lack of net access for my Wii in term time
Actually Nintendo takes close to double that for VC, though the number is close for WiiWare.
Budgets - no idea but most are pretty small.
@EssosDeeos.... No idea how much they cost to make, it will vary greatly I assume, some of the puzzlers probably cost tiny amounts of money.
And I believe Nintendo gets 30% of the revenue from the 3rd part Virtual Console games.... but I am not certain that is repeated for Wiiware.
TV show king is great for a family game if you've got enough controllers. It's pretty dull on its own.
Question, though this maybe should be a separate forum post - how much do these cost to make (average), and how much of the revenue stays with Nintendo?
I can't bring myself to understand why TV show king is so appreciated.
@freetalk.
Punch-Out hasn't even got any Nintendo channel data yet... arguably, if it is a game with very low playtime per person, it could be selling ok (like Pacman only appeared 2 months ago because it is played for only just over 1 hour per person)
And it does occasionally appear in the top 20 for some of the smaller regions... so it is probably not too far under the radar in the larger regions.
Even so, you are correct... it is not really that popular here, the same with Megaman 9, which didn't really make much of an impact here except in Sweden and Norway. (where it still charts high)
I had an editorial kicking around in my head wondering if the success of Punchout and Sin & Punishment on VC led to Nintendo green-lighting their sequels. Should revisit that someday if I ever have time. :P
Super Mario 3 and Super Mario World are amazing but I prefer All-stars :)
If you haven't played Super Mario 3, you are missing out. It is the best stand alone Mario game I've ever played (I've never played Galaxy). I'd say it is easily my favorite NES platformer, also.
OP, interesting numbers. It's good to see my favorite Wiiware game on top in America. Tetris Party is the best Tetris ever made, IMHO. The only thing wrong with it - it's not portable.
It's strange that Punch Out, which has done better in America than any VC game has done in Europe, isn't even in the PAL VC top 20.
I actually prefer Super Mario World, but it's 800 points vs. 500 for SMB3.
Super Mario Bros. 3 is incredible. I might have to get it just to see what the fuss is about. Although I have a huge list of other games I want first.
It's a pretty rough estimate, but better than nothing. You can read more in the methodology links.
@famousringo - I usually calculate everything weekly, so in one sense it's better to make 4 articles out of the same amount of work. But I agree you can see more in the monthly charts at times -- though it can make it harder for new releases to chart against the old guard too.
Hold on a second, since when were we able to track WiiWare/VC games? I've always heard that it wasn't possible.
VGChartz is amazing! You guys rock!
My helpers now consist of pimouss, Okr and EssosDeeos is my new friend. Many thanks to them.
If anyone else can help (particularly Australians/N.Z.ers) pleas PM me.
I didn't mind the monthly updates, actually. It gave a good perspective on what games are serious sellers and what games are a flash in the pan. If it's less stress for you, I say go with the monthly schedule.
Mostly just the usual Hudson games + World of Goo holding strong at the top. That's nice start for LIT. I think that 800 point price was a good move on WayForward's part.