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A pair of Gamasutra articles

by rawmeatcowboy
02 February 2007
GN 1.0 / 2.0

First up, the top 5 software sales worldwide for this week.

Nintendo Wii

North America:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
2. WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
3. Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)
4. Madden NFL 07 (EA Sports)
5. Excite Truck (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Wii Sports (Nintendo)
2. Hajimete no Wii (Nintendo)
3. Zelda no Densetsu: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
4. Excite Truck (Nintendo)
5. Odoru Made in Wario (Nintendo)

UK:
1. Wii Play (Nintendo)
2. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (Nintendo)
3. WarioWare: Smooth Moves (Nintendo)
4. Red Steel (Ubisoft)
5. Rayman Raving Rabbids (Ubisoft)

DS

North America:
1. Hotel Dusk: Room 215 (Nintendo)
2. Brain Age (Nintendo)
3. Kirby Squeak Squad (Nintendo)
4. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
5. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)

Japan:
1. Wish Room: Tenshi no Kioku (Nintendo)
2. Sekaiju no Meikyuu (Atlus)
3. Picross DS (Nintendo)
4. San Goku Shi Taisen DS (Sega)
5. Bokujou Monogatari: Kimi to Sodatsu Shima (Marvelous)

UK:
1. New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
2. Mario Kart DS (Nintendo)
3. Animal Crossing: Wild World (Nintendo)
4. Big Brain Academy (Nintendo)
5. Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Nintendo)

There is another Gamasutra article entitled Q&A: Impatient Shoppers On ‘Why Wii Want A Wii talks to shoppers about why they needed to jump into the Wii right away. It seems that Nintendo’s name, media praise, and price point all helped shoppers take the leap. Read the full article here.