Weekly Famitsu (Vol 815 - 7/30) reviews<
>PS2 Neverland Senki Zero 7 / 5 / 4 / 6 - 22 <
>PS2 Full House Kiss 7 / 6 / 7 / 7 - 27 <
>PS2 Gradius V 8 / 7 / 8 / 9 - 32 gold <
>PS2 Simple 2000 Series Vol.56: The Survival Game 6 / 5 / 4 / 5 - 20 <
>PS2 Tenchu Kurenai 9 / 7 / 8 / 7 - 31 silver <
>GC Paper Mario RPG 9 / 8 / 8 / 8 - 33 gold <
>XB X2: Wolverine's Revenge 7 / 5 / 6 / 7 - 25 <
>XB Voodoo Vince 6 / 7 / 6 / 7 - 26 <
>XB Magic: The Gathering - Battlegrounds 7 / 6 / 6 / 7 - 26 <
>GBA Zoktai: Zoku Bokura no Taiyou 8 / 7 / 9 / 8 - 32 gold <
>GBA Gakkou no Kaidan: Haykkuyoubako no Fuuin 6 / 5 / 6 / 5 - 22 <
>GBA Naruto RPG 8 / 7 / 7 / 8 - 30 silver <
>GBA Fullmetal Alchemist 7 / 7 / 8 / 7 - 29 <
>GBA Dragonball Z: The Legacy of Goku II International 7 / 7 / 7 / 7 - 28 <
>GBA Puyo Puyo Fever 7 / 8 / 7 / 7 - 29 <
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>Famitsu 2004 Q1-Q2 sales summary<
>Software top 100<
> platform title publisher sold (total to date) <
>1 GBA Pokemon Fire Red & Leaf Green Pokemon 2,136,737 <
>2 PS2 Dragon Quest V Square-Enix 1,572,497 <
>3 PS2 Sengoku Musou Koei 1,002,312 <
>4 PS2 Jissen Pachislot: Fist of the North Star Sammy 588,634 <
>5 GBA Famicom Mini: Super Mario Brothers Nintendo 553,360 <
>6 PS2 Derby Stallion 04 Enter
ain 546,393 <
>7 PS2 Onimusha 3 Capcom 537,485 <
>8 PS2 Winning Eleven 7 International Konami 521,610 <
>9 PS2 Dragonball Z2 Bandai 504,759 <
>10 PS2 Super Robot Wars MX Banpresto 494,039 <
>11 GBA Kirby: Kagami no Meikyuukan Nintendo 430,763 <
>12 PS2 SD Gundam G Generation Seed Bandai 405,852 <
>13 GC Pikmin 2 Nintendo 381,565 <
>14 GBA Rockman EXE 4 Tournament Blue Moon & Red Sun Capcom 374,026 (909,862) <
>15 PS2 Grand Theft Auto Vice City Capcom 367,302 <
>16 PS2 Shin Sangoku Musou 3 Empires Koei 297,395 <
>17 PS2 Monster Hunter Capcom 267,661 <
>18 PS2 Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission Square-Enix 265,636 <
>19 PS2 Gran Turismo 4 Prologue SCE 255,786 (746,967) <
>20 PS2 Shinsengumi Genki 242,893 <
>21 PS2 Hajime no Ippo 2 Victorious Road ESP 208,208 <
>22 GC Mario Kart Double Dash!! Nintendo 200,960 (768,809) <
>23 PS2 Minna no Golf 4 SCE 200,677 (1,075,929) <
>24 GC Mario Part 5 Nintendo 196,813 (677,866) <
>25 GBA Pokemon Ruby & Sapphire Pokemon 196,397 (5,098,617) <
>26 PS2 Let's make a J.League Pro Soccer Club! '04 Sega 194,275 <
>27 GBA Famicom Mini: The Legend of Zelda Nintendo 193,158 <
>28 PS2 Xenosaga Episode 2: Jenseits von Gut und Bose Namco 183,614 <
>29 GC Donkey Konga Nintendo 167,568 (405,968) <
>30 GBA Famicom Mini: Ice Climber Nintendo 167,019 <
>31 PS2 Puyo Puyo Fever Sega 165,968 <
>32 GBA Gyakuten Saiban 3 Capcom 158,239 <
>33 GBA Dragonball Z Banpresto 155,085 <
>34 PS2 Kinniku Man Generations Bandai 153,359 <
>35 GBA Naruto 2 Tomy 152,899 <
>36 GC Pokemon Colosseum Pokemon 152,307 (637,993) <
>37 GBA Mario & Luigi RPG Nintendo 152,091 (426,901) <
>38 GC Naruto 2 Tomy 149,621 (372,942) <
>39 PS2 Phantom Brave Nippon Ichi Software 148,295 <
>40 PS2 Star Ocean 3 Director's Cut Square-Enix 145,151 <
>41 GC Custom Robo Battle Revolution Nintendo 142,364 <
>42 GBA Famicom Mini: Donkey Kong Nintendo 138,952 <
>43 PS2 Pachislot Tokondensho: Inoki Festival Success 134,468 <
>44 PS2 Armored Core Nexus From Software 132,177 <
>45 PS2 Fullmetal Alchemist Square-Enix 131,289 (252,651) <
>46 GBA Fullmetal Alchemist Bandai 130,271 <
>47 PS2 Katamari Damacy Namco 128,973 <
>48 PS2 Taiko no Tatsujin 3 Namco 127,546 (565,464) <
>49 GBA Power Pro-kun Pocket 6 Konami 115,538 (251,973) <
>50 GC The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords+ Nintendo 114,784 <
>51 GBA Famicom Mini: Ganbare Goemon Nintendo 112,862 <
>52 PS2 Pro Baseball Spirits Konami 112,239 <
>53 PS2 EyeToy:Play SCE 111,922 <
>54 PS2 Shadow Hearts 2 Aruze 110,074 <
>55 GBA Rockman Zero 3 Capcom 107,901 <
>56 PS2 Necchu! Pro Baseball 2004 Namco 107,399 <
>57 GBA Famicom Mini: Xevious Nintendo 106,520 <
>58 PS2 Sega Ages 2500 Series Vol.11: Fist of the North Star Sega 106,242 <
>59 GBA Super Mario Advance 4 Nintendo 104,353 (561,448) <
>60 PS2 Taiko no Tatsujin: Waku Waku Anime Matsuri Namco 104,050 (195,159) <
>61 PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam Z Gundam AEUG vs Titans Bandai 103,552 (638,667) <
>62 PS2 Biohazard Out
eak Capcom 103,219 (437,681) <
>63 GC Wario World Nintendo 103,103 <
>64 GBA Famicom Mini: Bomberman Nintendo 101,967 <
>65 GBA Konshiki no Gashbell! Banpresto 101,802 (232,970) <
>66 GBA Famicom Mini: Pacman Nintendo 100,640 <
>67 GBA Mario vs. Donkey Kong Nintendo 99,518 <
>68 PS2 One Piece Grand Battle! 3 Bandai 98,988 (319,711) <
>69 GBA Super Donkey Kong Nintendo 97,457 (245,742) <
>70 PS2 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 10 - 2003 Memorial Edition Konami 95,493 (198,185) <
>71 PS2 Momotaro Dentetsu 12 Hudson 95,000 (301,064) <
>72 PS2 Konshiki no Gashbell! Tag Battle Bandai 93,349 <
>73 GBA Tennis Prince 2004 Glorious Gold & Stylish Silver Konami 93,285 <
>74 GBA Famicom Mini: Excite Bike Nintendo 92,550 <
>75 PS2 Kaidou Battle 2 Chain Reaction Genki 91,428 <
>76 PS2 Ratchet & Clank 2 SCE 87,305 (223,535) <
>77 GBA Densetsu no Stafy 2 Nintendo 86,860 (385,827) <
>78 GBA Crayon Shin-chan: Adventures in Cinema Land Banpresto 84,492 <
>79 GBA Korokke! 3 Konami 84,394 (184,772) <
>80 GBA Slime Mori Mori Dragon Quest Square-Enix 83,971 (321,623) <
>81 GBA Famicom Mini: Mappy Nintendo 82,473 <
>82 GBA One Piece Going Baseball Bandai 81,100 <
>83 PS2 Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenka Sousei Koei 79,577 <
>84 GC Atsumare!! Made in Wario Nintendo 79,189 (376,000) <
>85 GC Mobile Suit Gundam: Senshitachi no Kiseki Bandai 79,029 <
>86 GBA Mario Golf GBA Tour Nintendo 78,486 <
>87 PS2 Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne Maniax Atlus 77,791 <
>88 GBA Pokemon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire Pokemon 74,721 (391,692) <
>89 PS2 Front Mission 4 Square-Enix 72,832 (242,438) <
>90 PS2 Sakura Taisen Monogatari: Mysterious Paris Sega 72,713 <
>91 PS2 Soccer Life! Banpresto 72,592 <
>92 GBA Famicom Mini: Dr.Mario Nintendo 72,556 <
>93 PS2 007 Everything or Nothing EA 71,373 <
>94 GBA Yugioh Duel Monsters Expert 3 Konami 70,518 <
>95 GC Metal Gear Solid Twin Snakes Konami 69,927 <
>96 PS2 Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana Gust 69,766 <
>97 GBA Metroid Zero Mission Nintendo 68,582 <
>98 GBA Famicom Mini: Star Soldier Nintendo 68,098 <
>99 PS2 Popolocrois: The Law of the Moon SCE 67,246 <
>100 GBA Harvest Moon Mineral Town for Girls Marvellous Entertainment 66,592 (102,386) <
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> Hardware Sales <
> platform, 2004 Q1-Q2 sales, 2003 Q1-Q2 sales <
>1 PlayStation 2 1,365,260 1,382,233 <
>2 Gameboy Advance SP 1,295,460 1,279,689 <
>3 Nintendo Gamecube 340,204 286,024 <
>4 Gameboy Advance 158,516 895,879 <
>5 Xbox 18,239 66,108 <
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>Number of titles by hardware in top 100 <
>1 PlayStation 2 50 <
>2 Gameboy Advance 38 <
>3 Nintendo Gamecube 12 <
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>Number of titles per software maker <
>maker, no. of titles in top 100 <
>1 Nintendo 28 <
>2 Bandai 9 <
>3 Konami 8 <
>4 Capcom 7 <
>5 Square-Enix 6 <
>6 Sony Computer Entertainment, Namco, Banpresto, 5 each <
>9 Pokemon 4 <
>10 Koei & Sega, 3 each <
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>Original titles' sales <
>platform title publisher sold position in top 100 <
>PS2 Monster Hunter Capcom 267,661 17 <
>PS2 Shinsengumi Genki 242,893 20 <
>GC Donkey Konga Nintendo 167,568 29 <
>PS2 Phantom Brave Nippon Ichi Software 148,295 39 <
>PS2 Katamari Damacy Namco 128,973 47 <
>PS2 EyeToy:Play SCE 111,922 53 <
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>Comparison to last year<
> sales, no. of titles in 2004 Q1-Q2, no. of titles in 2003 Q1-Q2 <
>2 million and above, 1, 0 <
>1 - 2 million, 2, 3 <
>500,000 - 999,999, 6, 3 <
>100,000 - 499,999, 57, 59 <
>Total units: 28.38 million, 26.35 million <
>The market has increased 7.7% on the same period last year.<
> "As long as there are dreamers who have the courage to follow their dreams, there will be heroes. And as long as there are people who pursue the unkown, there will be new stories to be told...and new adventures to be had." ~ Skies of Arcadia Legends <
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