FF: CC sells 200k in Japan, but is topped by World Soccer Winning Eleven 7

[Great Rumbler]

Japanese people really like soccer games...and RPGs.

Here's the official software and hardware charts for the week of August 4th-10th in Japan. The GameCube has gone from 12 thousand console sales last week to about double that this week as Square-Enix's GameCube-exclusive RPG is released. Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles is a tremendous success -- appearing on the charts for only three days it has sold 194,000 units. The only title that beat it out is the always-popular Konami soccer game Winning Eleven 7 that was released earlier in the week. Four other GBA titles and Kirby's Air Ride fill up the top ten.

1. PS2 World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 -- 642,400 / 642,400
2. GCN Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles -- 194,100 / 194,100
3. PS2 Salmon Knight 3 156,300 / 156,300
4. GBA Super Robot Great War D -- 113,600 / 113,600
5. GBA Pokémon Pinball Ruby & Sapphire -- 38,400 / 77,800
6. GBA The Masters -- 35,800 / 35,800
7. PS2 Live Powerful Pro Baseball 10 -- 31,300 / 392,700
8. PS2 Gundam Seed -- 29,400 / 165,900
9. GBA Super Mario Advance 4 -- 28,500 / 248,000
10. GCN Kirby's Air Ride -- 27,700 / 208,200

1. Playstation 2 -- 46,300 / 1,825,700
2. Game Boy Advance SP -- 44,500 / 1,436,000
3. GameCube -- 23,800 / 408,500
4. Game Boy Advance -- 14,700 / 985,700
5. Playstation -- 800 / 51,300
6. Xbox -- 580 / 70,500

Go, Nintendo!!

N-Philes