I thought that the numbers sold of Dragon Quest Swords was a bit off even if 263,000 would have been a great number. Famitsu and several other gamecharts had it at around 300,000-310,000 copies sold and that´s a difference of 40,000 copies. I checked Media Creates site and d.lo are right about the numbers. There are indeed 305,254 copies sold of the game.

Are you guys going to fix DQS's sales? They were actually 305,254, but NeoGaf made a mistake and everyone has copied it!

I'm really impressed by Phantom Hourglass. Consistency like this is something the Zelda series has not enjoyed in quite some time.

It's no NSMB or Pokemon, but it's going to be a solid million-seller in Japan. I can't wait to get my hands on that game.

scarecrow9, I was referring to the software sales. There was a time where the charts were just PS2 games.

I've been hearing positive things from Japanese NeoGAFers about this game. They said it's a really nice mix on the typical menu turn-based, RPG style. It's a day one purchase for me when it releases in NA.

I liked ZX *waves tiny flag* The map was annoying sure, but the boss fights were top notch.

I'll admit it wasn't as good as the Zero series, but ZX was the first Megaman platformer on the DS, so maybe they've adjusted better now with ZXA. Like how Zero 1 felt a little weird on GBA for the first time. Then they made Zero 2...wow

I never understood the fascination with MegaMan Legends. I always thought it was subpar and Legends II barely brought it to mediocrity. Tron Bonnie was the best of the bunch by far and half of that was because it wasn't nearly as absurd as Legends.

"(I love how the creators said they were ending BN, then introduced a series that was a complete clone of it)"

Please don't compare Starforce with Battle Network. It may have it's similarities, but it just seems to be a butchery of the series. BN had an amazing battle system which is unrivaled by any other encounter based RPG I've ever played, and unless there's a lot more to Starforce than meets the eye, it looks like it's going to ruin it. BN without an incredible battle system would just be awful.

No, Capcom needs to let the following series either stay dead or die:

MM, MMX, MMZ, MM Battle Network (I love how the creators said they were ending BN, then introduced a series that was a complete clone of it), and if the first ZX is any indication, that one, too. ZX has one more chance with me, the first game as terrible and a huge strike against it to begin with.

Megaman is in dire need of a Legends revival. The only good Megaman games to come from Capcom for ten years, and that's the series they DON'T whore to death.

I don't care what system it's on; PSP, Wii, 360, PS3, f***, they could put it out on the SNES and I'd jump on it.

Mega Man isn't dead. The problem is that Capcom needs to bring back the original series and stop with all of these spin-offs and side games.

I'll admit, MMZX Advent didn't do all that great in terms of first week sales for a Mega Man game, but at least it made the top 10. That's something.

Plentyofpaper is right. The 20GB PS3 is about $405 in Japan, the 60GB is about $485. The price can vary slightly depending on the yen vs. dollar conversion but the bottom line is the PS3 has been the cheapest in Japan since its launch. The PS3 needs games in Japan. I mean the X-box 360 has more JRPGs than the PS3. It someone would have told me that two years ago, I would laughed in their face.

Anyone remember when Nintendo was "doomed"?

You would have thought that with the recent 1,000,000th PS3 sold in Japan and price cuts coming that there would have been at least 1 PS3 game ranking in the top 10 somewhere but it seems the Nintendo juggernaut is just to strong right now.

The next half of the year and Christmas season will be vital for Sony as I believe they are at the make or break point. They have enough units sold at the moment to have some momentum in moving software which will drive up demand for the console around the time price drops roll around and will encourage some of the bigger studios spending millions on PS3 projects that PS3 is still worth investing in. On the other hand if they can't start making a dent in the software charts now and have some a library of solid titles by Christmas than I really do think that the PS3 will flounder and never be a challenge to Nintendo (inside Japan and world wide) or Microsoft in the West.

Mega Man is practically dead in Japan. It's sad, too.

Well, I'll be picking up a copy of ZX Advent at least.

No PS2 games, and no PS3 games, I hope this will change with the new PS3 price.

I wanted ZXA to do better (selling less than Wii Play in its 33rd week?!), but considering how ZXA lacks in some regards, this is no surprise.

Still worth the purchase, though.

Sweet, hopefully the game takes off (DQ) and it comes to English speaking countries faster!

Nintendo, we need My Housekeeping Diary here in the US. Make it happen!