Nintendo (mostly) owned Japan in 2008

By Alisha Karabinus

While Nintendo couldn't boast the biggest-selling game in Japan in 2008 — that honor went to Monster Hunter Portable — but the company dominated ASCII Media Works' list of the top 30 games of the year. In fact, the entire rest of the top ten is split between DS and Wii titles, as does most of the rest of the list. A few PSP, PS3, and PS2 games pepper the top thirty, but they're the sparse, skinny trees in the grand forest of Nintendo. Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii took the top spots for Nintendo (2 and 3, respectively), while the DS game Rhythm Tengoku Gold snagged the sixth slot, tops for the handheld. Perhaps the best news is that many of the non-Nintendo games have Nintendo versions coming out soon, so next year, the Wii and DS may be even more dominant.

At #30? New Super Mario Bros. Yes, still. For the full list, check after the break.

  1. PSP Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (Capcom) – 2 507 400 / 2 507 400
  2. DS Pokémon Platinum (Nintendo) – 2 125 348 / 2 125 348
  3. Wii Wii Fit (Nintendo) – 2 024 113 / 2 889 790
  4. Wii Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) – 1 973 089 / 1 973 089
  5. Wii Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) – 1 808 709 / 1 808 709
  6. DS Rhythm Heaven (Nintendo) – 1 320 047 / 1 320 047
  7. DS Dragon Quest V (Square Enix) – 1 228 014 / 1 228 014
  8. DS Kirby Super Star Ultra (Nintendo) – 724 608 / 724 608
  9. Wii Animal Crossing : Let's Go to the City (Nintendo) – 709 640 / 709 640
  10. Wii Wii Sports (Nintendo) – 694 765 / 3 180 278
  11. PSP Phantasy Star Universe Portable (Sega) – 664 660 / 664 660
  12. DS Pokémon Ranger : Nuit sur Almia (Nintendo) – 663 040 / 663 040
  13. PS3 Metal Gear Solid 4 : Guns of the Patriots (Konami) – 654 648 / 654 648
  14. DS Professor Layton 3 (Level 5) – 551 890 / 551 890
  15. Wii Wii Play (Nintendo) – 539 825 / 2 638 954
  16. PSP Dissidia : Final Fantasy (Square Enix) – 496 178 / 496 178
  17. PS2 Super Robot Taisen Z (Banpresto) – 490 112 / 490 112
  18. DS Mario Party DS (Nintendo) – 487 822 / 1 811 132
  19. DS Calligraphy Training (Nintendo) – 467 490 / 467 490
  20. DS Jam With The Band DX (Nintendo) – 450 711 / 450 711
  21. DS Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) – 433 908 / 3 265 962
  22. PS2 Warriors Orochi 2 (Koei) – 432 672 / 432 672
  23. DS Wagamama Fashion (Nintendo) – 430 835 / 430 835
  24. DS Chrono Trigger (Square Enix) – 425 625 / 425 625
  25. DS Taiko no Tatsujin DS 2 (Bandai Namco) – 408 529 / 408 529
  26. PSP Mobile Suit Gundam : Gundam Vs. Gundam (Bandai Namco) – 377 662 / 377 662
  27. DS Mario & Sonic aux Jeux Olympiques (Nintendo) – 366 265 / 366 265
  28. PSP Powerful Pro Baseball Portable 3 (Konami) – 334 445 / 334 445
  29. PS2 Persona 4 (Atlus) – 314 418 / 314 418
  30. DS New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) – 310 796 / 5 085 112

[Via Nintendo Everything]

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