Today we present to you the American and PAL sales for May 2009 (covering the four weeks through May 31st). Titles in bold italic were released during the tracking period.
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Americas WiiWare Games
Publisher
Monthly
Total
Revenue
1
1
World of Goo
2D Boy
13,600
178,300
$2,674,500
2
2
My Aquarium
Hudson
12,700
188,300
$941,500
3
3
Tetris Party
Hudson
9,300
162,500
$1,950,000
4
4
My Pokemon Ranch
Nintendo
8,100
224,800
$2,248,000
5
6
Dr. Mario Online Rx
Nintendo
6,400
269,700
$2,697,000
6
8
Defend Your Castle
XGen Studios
5,600
239,400
$1,197,000
7
7
CueSports -- Pool Revolution
Hudson
5,100
58,300
$291,500
8
5
Onslaught
Hudson
5,100
33,500
$335,000
9
10
Fun! Fun! Minigolf
Shin'en Multimedia
4,800
49,000
$441,000
10
NE
BUBBLE BOBBLE Plus!
Taito
4,700
4,700
$28,200
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PAL WiiWare Games
Publisher
Monthly
Total
Revenue
1
NE
Swords & Soldiers
Ronimo Games
10,200
10,200
102,000 €
2
2
My Aquarium
Hudson
9,600
170,200
851,000 €
3
1
Texas Hold'Em Tournament
Digital Leisure
8,500
29,700
148,500 €
4
3
World of Goo
2D Boy
7,400
75,800
1,137,000 €
5
4
Onslaught
Hudson Soft
6,600
38,500
385,000 €
6
10
My Pokemon Ranch
Nintendo
5,500
118,800
1,188,000 €
7
9
Bomberman Blast
Hudson
4,700
72,100
721,000 €
8
11
Equilibrio
DK Games
4,700
10,800
54,000 €
9
24
BIT.TRIP BEAT
Aksys Games
4,700
7,300
43,800 €
10
6
TV Show King
Gameloft
4,500
234,300
2,343,000 €
Overall, it is interesting to note that the top 10 games in PAL are pretty close in sales to the top 10 in the Americas, despite the lower userbase and connection rates there.
Bubble Bobble Plus is the only new release to crack the top 10 in the Americas (though it did so with only one week of sales) in what was an unusually dry WiiWare month for the region. World of Goo still riding high in the Americas, though it will be passed by My Aquarium in June, as well as threatened by new releases Texas Hold'Em Tournament and Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. Onslaught slips back a bit in the Americas but sticks around in the top 10, while the rest of the chart is pretty familiar.
Swords & Soldiers has a respectable debut in PAL, taking the top spot with about two and a half weeks on sale. There's some more re-shuffling in the PAL top 10, with BIT.TRIP BEAT and Equilibrio cracking into the top 10 in their first full month on sale, TV Show King moving down a few spots, and My Pokemon Ranch moving up a few spots.
There's a bounty of new releases not in the top 10:
Penguins & Friends - Hey! That's My Fish! was released on May 4th in the Americas and on May 22nd in PAL, never made any noise and sits at somewhere well under 1,500 in the Americas and 800 in PAL for debut sales.
Family Pirate Party was released on May 11th in the Americas and, again, never approached the rankings in any week, so has sold through somewhere less than 1,200 in its launch month.
Crystal Defenders R2 was released on May 18th in the Americas and on May 22nd in PAL. It was approximately 22nd for the month in the Americas, with 2,300 sales in two weeks. In PAL the game fell outside the top 20 with just 1,100 sales in about a week and a half.
Silver Star Chess was released on May 18th in the Americas and actually outperformed Crystal Defenders R2 there, placing 18th for the month with roughly 2,700 sales in its two weeks.
Adventure Island: The Beginning was released on May 25th in the Americas, and it's 2,900 sales in its first week was good enough for 17th place for the month.
Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure was released on May 8th in PAL, and with its availability for all but a few days in the month it managed 15th place with about 3,300 sales.
Fish'em All released on May 29th in PAL, and in its first few days on sale had approximately 500 sales.
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Americas Virtual Console Games
Platform
Publisher
Monthly
Total
Revenue
1
1
Super Mario Bros. 3
NES
Nintendo
30,600
1,250,100
$6,250,500
2
2
Super Mario Bros.
NES
Nintendo
17,500
1,119,900
$5,599,500
3
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Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, the
N64
Nintendo
16,700
16,700
$167,000
4
3
Super Mario World
SNES
Nintendo
10,400
752,000
$6,016,000
5
6
Punch Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream
NES
Nintendo
9,600
533,900
$2,669,500
6
5
Super Mario Bros. 2
NES
Nintendo
9,300
559,400
$2,797,000
7
4
Super Punch-Out!!
SNES
Nintendo
8,800
23,800
$190,400
8
7
Legend of Zelda, the
NES
Nintendo
8,300
513,200
$2,566,000
9
8
Super Mario 64
N64
Nintendo
7,700
609,200
$6,092,000
10
10
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, the
N64
Nintendo
7,300
476,500
$4,765,000
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PAL Virtual Console Games
Platform
Publisher
Monthly
Total
Revenue
1
2
Super Mario Bros. 3
NES
Nintendo
11,400
512,600
2,563,000 €
2
1
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
N64
Nintendo
9,500
33,500
335,000 €
3
3
Super Mario Bros.
NES
Nintendo
8,300
437,000
2,185,000 €
4
4
Super Mario World
SNES
Nintendo
6,500
367,600
2,940,800 €
5
5
Sonic the Hedgehog
MS
Sega
6,000
111,500
557,500 €
6
7
Super Mario 64
N64
Nintendo
5,400
350,300
3,503,000 €
7
6
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
N64
Nintendo
5,300
291,800
2,918,000 €
8
8
Mario Kart 64
N64
Nintendo
4,100
352,000
3,520,000 €
9
9
Super Mario Bros. 2
NES
Nintendo
3,600
218,900
1,094,500 €
10
11
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
MS
Sega
3,200
109,300
546,500 €
Unlike with WiiWare, the Virtual Console sales are dominated by the Americas, with double sales in the top 10, far outweighing the advantage in install base - likely due to a higher internet connection rate and a greater market share of Nintendo's prior consoles in the Americas than in PAL.
Super Mario Bros. 3 continues to rule both charts, though Majora's Mask at least adds a fresh face to the familiar mix. It took third place in the Americas with two weeks of sales and held steady at second place in PAL in its second month after a strong launch month where it was the #1 Virtual Console game in PAL.
With the exception of Majora's Mask, all of the other new releases fell outside the top 10 in each region:
Tower Toppler for the Commodore 64, Galaxy Force II for the Genesis, and Clay Fighter for the Genesis all released in the Americas, and all failed to make any impact in the top 20 weekly rankings. While that just means they were each somewhere less than 800 sales a week, all were likely far lower than that.
Likewise, Fantasy Zone II for the Master System, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure for the Genesis, and Space Harrier for the Virtual Console Arcade all released in PAL and none had much impact. Pitfall was 27th for the month with 1,300 sales in two and a half weeks, while Space Harrier had approximately 800 sales in four days. Fantasy Zone II never really got anywhere, with somewhere less than 1,000 sales for the month despite being available for all but a few days.
My apologies for the late charts this month, as E3 left all operations pretty far behind. The charts for June should be available shortly - possibly with Japan data this time. Thanks to TWRoO, Michael, and Okr for helping with the PAL data, and to Manuelf for helping with the Latin American data. As always, if you want to help collect Nintendo Channel data, send TWRoO a PM if you have a PAL Wii and myself a PM if you have an American or Japanese Wii.
The sneak peek for June sales - Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is huge in both regions, taking the #1 spot for the month in the Americas and possibly PAL as well. The surprising figure is Texas Hold'Em Tournament, which is on track to sell close to 20,000 in the Americas in the five weeks of June.
