Top selling Japanese games of 2003
Famitsu have released the list of the 30 best selling games of 2003
Mainly dominated by PS2 titles there is still 12 GC/GBA titles in there. Square Enix top the list with 1.9million sales of Final Fantasy X-2 whilst there GC outing of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles made it to 26th position notching up a respectable 310,000 sales. Whilst bringing up the rear is Nintendos Kirbys Air Ride with 265,000 sales
Nintendos Biggest release of 2003 in Japan Mario Kart Double Dash made it into 13th position with 461, 000 sales from just 6 weeks of sales. (current sales show MKDD is up to just short of 600,000 sales) Whilst Pokemon ruby and sapphire came in 2nd place with 1.5million sales although they were released in 2002.
Check out the rest of the chart for yourself below
1 Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2, Square Enix) – 1,901,126
2 Pocket Monster Ruby / Sapphire (GBA, Nintendo) – 1,458,689
3 Shin Sangoku Musou 3 (PS2, Koei) – 1,173,102
4 World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 (PS2, Konami) – 1,074,274
5 Everybody’s Golf 4 (PS2, Sony) – 810,641
6 Mobile Suit Gundam Encounter in Space (PS2, Bandai) – 568,172
7 Dragon Quest Monsters Caravan Heart (GBA, Square Enix) – 566,201
8 Dragon Ball Z Budokai (PS2, Bandai) – 538,734
9 Star Ocean Till the End of Time (PS2, Square Enix) – 520,899
10 The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Alpha (PS2, Banpresto) – 499,430
11 Let’s Make a J. League Pro Soccer Club 3 (PS2, Sega) – 498.214
12 Made in Wario (GBA, Nintendo) – 492,581
13 Mario Kart Double Dash!! (GC, Nintendo) – 461,289
14 Shin Sangoku Musou 3 Moushouden (PS2, Koei) – 455,009
15 Devil May Cry 2 (PS2, Capcom) – 442.059
16 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 10 (PS2, Konami) – 430,461
17 Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA, Square Enix) – 420,540
18 Super Mario Advance 4 (GBA, Nintendo) – 411,546
19 Mobile Suit Gundam Z AEUG Vs Titan (PS2, Bandai) – 411,389
20 Rockman EXE 4 Tournament Red Sun / Blue Moon (GBA, Capcom) – 384,593
21 Gran Turismo 4 Prologue (PS2, Sony) – 382,471
22 Taikou no Tetsujin (PS2, Namco) – 374,354
23 Pokemon Colosseum (GC, Pokemon) – 358,237
24 Biohazard Outbreak (PS2, Capcom) – 322,379
25 Taikou no Tetsujin New Songs of Spring Festival (PS2, Namco) – 321,922
26 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles (GC, Square Enix) – 310,674
27 Mario Party 5 (GC, Nintendo) – 302,532
28 Legend of Zelda Four Swords (GBA, Nintendo) – 268,957
29 Nechu Professional Baseball 2003 (PS2, Namco) – 266,947
30 Kirby’s Air Ride (GC, Nintendo) – 265,083