Amazon Japan Spot check- 12/19

A caveat- Amazon rankings are of course incredibly unreliable and should not in any way be relied upon. That said, I think they can show trends that later bear themselves out when we get actual software numbers.

- As in real life, NSMB Wii keep trading spots at the top with each going in and out of stock

-Friend Collection has been near the top, currently at #3 since the holiday season started

-Hardware wise, PS3 has been lodged at #4 while Wii is at 37 and #10

-Wii software in general is rising. Wii Fit Plus bundle is at #6, Wii Sports Resort is at #8, the Pikachu Adventure game is at #13, and most surprisingly the Taiko Wii bundle is at #14. For perspective, when that software launched a month ago it never got higher than the mid-30's.

- NSMB Wii is at #20

- Other games hanging around the top 25- PSP2 at #19, Layton at #12, Momorotou at #29, Gundam V at #31 and Graces at #25

- SW3 is at #45

- You can detect an increase in Wii awareness by old games suddenly rising into the top 100. Mario Kart Wii is at #37, Wii Sports is at #53, and Smash Bros. Brawl is at #65.

- Finally, Monster Hunter Tri standalone, marked down to 3100 yen, over half off, makes it back to the top 100 at #91.

Comgnet 12/13

FF13- 2071 (+70)


Weekly Orders

NSMB Wii- 834 (44% of last week, which would be 412K).

ToG- 498 (72% of orders were preorders, Versus had 573, 62%)

MW2 PS3- 253

Naruto PSP- 236

PSP2- 214

Gundam Vs- 161

PSP WE- 102

PS2 WE- 88

SW3- 65 for the regular edition- 29.5% of the regular edition's orders last time.

Wii Fit Plus- 63 for the separate

Pikachu- 58

Momotaro- 36

Lepton Update- 10/29

FF13- 2204

Tekken 6 PS3- 458

Bayonetta PS3- 393

P3P- 355

ToG- 279

NSMB Wii- 115

FF Gaiden- 111

SRW Neo- 84


SW3- 65

Nintendo Retailer Conference- Release Dates

No megatons, but the holiday schedule is now pretty much confirmed:

* New Super Mario Bros. Wi: 12/3
* Samurai Warriors 3: 12/3
* Wii Remote Blue: 12/3
* Wii Remote Pink: 12/3
* Poke Park Wii -- Pikachu's Big Adventure: 12/5
* Tales of Graces: 12/10
* NHK Kouhaku Quiz Chorus: 12/17
* Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks: 12/23

Also, Tales of Graces and Samurai Warriors 3 will have their own console bundle.