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Here Are Japan's Best Selling Games Of 2012
It turns out the Japanese are still really into Pokémon.
The list comes from Japanese gaming site 4Gamer.net, with helpful translations from Siliconera. It's always interesting to see what Japanese gamers are into compared to us over here in North America. For example, Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb sold better than Resident Evil: Revelations for 3DS. The list below contains the top 30 best selling games, and their units sold for 2012.
- Pokémon Black/White 2 - 2,919,977
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 1,969,955
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 1,743,791
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D - 919,870
- Resident Evil 6 - 833,012
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors - 828,150
- Mario Kart 7 - 748,797
- Super Mario 3D Land - 689,374
- Mario Party 9 - 641,348
- Dragon Quest X - 609,783
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - 602,058
- Yakuza 5 - 518,224
- Dragon’s Dogma - 467,375
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - 455,268
- Tales of Xillia 2 - 428,913
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star - 402,133
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 - 399,340
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity - 373,699
- New Super Mario Bros. U - 369,392
- Wii Sports Resort (w/ MotionPlus pack-in) - 358,627
- The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z - 344,018
- Pokémon Conquest - 341,250
- Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb - 340,533
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - 338,889
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - 338,812
- Run for Money Tousouchuu - 337,472
- Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition - 321,959
- Kid Icarus: Uprising - 316,133
- Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu/Raimei - 314,016
- Resident Evil: Revelations - 296,040
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