Japan: Monster Hunter biggest seller in first six months of 2008

News by Patrick Garratt Founder & Publisher (Former)

Published on July 9, 2008

Famitsu's put out its top 100 for the first six months of the year in Japan, and Monster Hunter's beaten everything with 2,300,505 sales.

The top ten, however, is completed dominated by Wii and DS games. The only PS3 title near the top is MGS4 at sixth.

Top ten below. Full list on NeoGAF.

01. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 2nd (Capcom) - 2,300,505
02. [WII] Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Nintendo) - 1,666,323
03. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 1,526,664
04. [WII] Wii Fit (Nintendo) - 1,443,167 / 2,261,333
05. [NDS] Pokemon Ranger Batonage (Pokemon) - 576,467
06. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami) - 576,437
07. [WII] Wii Sports (Nintendo) - 544,958 / 3,009,692
08. [NDS] Mario Party DS (Nintendo) - 497,547 / 1,730,191
09. [NDS] Mario Kart DS (Nintendo) - 416,935 / 3,112,363
10. [WII] Wii Play (Nintendo) - 411,416 / 2,402,085