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Here Are Japan's Best Selling Games Of 2012

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by Kyle Hilliard on January 26, 2013 at 06:41 PM

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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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by xl9 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 06:53 PM

Now I really want New Leaf
by osirishawk Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 06:56 PM

Glad to see RE 6 up there, really loved that game, think it took too much heat for not enough good reasons.
by Tim Gruver Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 06:58 PM

Pokemon makes total sense for Japanese sales, honestly. Surprised to see Kid Icarus still being on top 30 list. I really really want to add at least one statistic for the U.S.'s New Leaf sales list.
by Data Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:00 PM

And the Japanese do not like North American made games at all. Interesting to see how different we all are.
by LGAR Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:01 PM

New Leaf is still killing the sales. Also I think Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate/3g sold way more. I swear it was a million seller in the first month.

Edit: Ah the 3 U/g is the WiiU numbers. 3g came out in 2011 when it sold millions. Still selling very well probably cause of the WiiU release and 3g being a "best price" game now
by Greelax Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:01 PM

Aww, where's Tokyo Jungle?
by styx971 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:08 PM

i want a NA yakuza 5 release date -_-
by Zebastian von Kane Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:09 PM

Not a lot of diversity if you ask me.
by Zero Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:11 PM

I wish I lived in Japan. Earlier releases and that weirdness would be right up my alley and such.
by grimmfeather Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:12 PM

This was a fun read. I feel like my gaming tastes are more in line with this list as opposed to the American one.
by spiralzooter Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:12 PM

almost all of those games have either "quest" "dragon" or "mario" in the title lol japan....always mixin it up (extreme sarcasm)
by spiralzooter Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:20 PM

the fact that that theyd rather play dragons dogma and pro soccer evolution instead of skyrim and fifa shows me how much that country cares about buying from companies that are run by people of the same ethnicity rather than the quality of the content. u can call it traditional or w.e u want but its just blatant discrimination. i only use those games as examples because their identical genres and game styles but obviously u know which ones are widely regarded as better for great reasons. it does make sense that they would skip out on skyrim considering nobody in japan ever bought a 360 except for like 4 guys. another bullet point right there lol
by The Destroyer Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:29 PM

Lol @ Mario Party 9 being that high...and being number 9...:P
by sir PING1 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:37 PM

not very open to the western world are you Japan? that's alright we still love you
by unhipriver Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:38 PM

boring......
by LHD6 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:51 PM

IMO, the general gaming populace in Japan has much better tastes than in America. Not the entire American gaming population, just in general as seen in the top selling games of 2012 in the U.S.
by Startrek007 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 07:58 PM

Hm...
by Rumiko Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 08:02 PM

I wish more Japanese games would come to America. That'd be great.
by Chronos545 Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 08:08 PM

Well I plan on getting / already have most of the games in the top 10.

People say Japan's top games lack diversity, but just look at the U.S. Much, much less diverse than Japan, most all of them are just shooters :\
by gothbot v zombot Saturday, January 26, 2013 at 08:13 PM

Japan sure knows how to market to themselves