Things get goofy this week as five debut titles take top ranks, all Sony!
| Game Title | System | Maker | Last Week's Rank | Week Before Last's Rank | This Week's Sales | Total Unit Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sangokushi VIII | PS2 | Koei | - | - | 74,027 | 74,027 |
| 2 | Tokyo Majin Gakuen Gehouchou | PSX | Asmik Ace | - | - | 49,340 | 49,340 |
| 3 | Exciting Pro Wrestling 3 (WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It) | PS2 | Yukes | - | - | 44,558 | 44,558 |
| 4 | Super Mario Advance 2 | GBA | Nintendo | - | 18 | 32,585 | 541,655 |
| 5 | Yamasa Digi World 2 LCD Edition | PS2 | Yamasa Ent. | - | - | 23,250 | 23,250 |
| 6 | Monster Farm Advance | GBA | Tecmo | - | - | 17,474 | 92,167 |
| 7 | Mobile Suit Gundam Federation Vs. Zeon DX | PS2 | Bandai | 2 | 2 | 16,478 | 740,282 |
| 8 | Momotaro Dentetsu X (Electric Rail Company) | PS2 | Hudson | 3 | 4 | 15,823 | 379,241 |
| 9 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 | PS2 | Konami | 5 | 6 | 14,070 | 372,737 |
| 10 | Dairantou Smash Brothers DX | GCN | Nintendo | 4 | 3 | 13,897 | 986,571 |
| 11 | Shin Sangoku Musou 2 (Dynasty Warriors 3) | PS2 | Koei | 7 | 7 | 13,781 | 797,220 |
| 12 | Gran Turismo Concept 2001 Tokyo | PS2 | SCE | 1 | 1 | 13,439 | 294,334 |
| 13 | Doubutsu no Mori + (Animal Forest +) | GCN | Nintendo | 6 | 8 | 12,862 | 304,744 |
| 14 | Tomato Adventure | GBA | Nintendo | - | - | 12,686 | 12,686 |
| 15 | Pikmin | GCN | Nintendo | 9 | 9 | 12,500 | 407,878 |
| 16 | Battle Network Rockman Exe 2 | GBA | Capcom | 18 | 17 | 11,691 | 171,770 |
| 17 | Magical Vacation | GBA | Brownie Brown | 10 | 10 | 9696 | 208,396 |
| 18 | Dragon Quest IV | PSX | Enix | 6 | 6 | 8736 | 1,104,873 |
| 19 | Dragon Quest Characters: Toruneko no Daibouken 2 Advance | GBA | Enix | 14 | 11 | 8549 | 152,126 |
| 20 | Sonic Adventure 2: Battle | GCN | Sega | - | 25 | 7668 | 93,383 |
| 21 | Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty | PS2 | Konami | 12 | 12 | 7387 | 757,165 |
| 22 | Guilty Gear X Advance Edition | GBA | Sammy | - | - | 7312 | 7312 |
| 23 | SuperLite 1500 Series: The Tetris | PSX | Success | 25 | 28 | 7174 | 284,700 |
| 24 | Seaman | PS2 | Ascii | 15 | 14 | 7076 | 271,595 |
| 25 | Crash Bandicoot 4 | PS2 | Konami | 11 | 13 | 6430 | 150,908 |
| 26 | Inuyasha | PSX | Bandai | - | 27 | 6251 | 105,854 |
| 27 | Mario Kart Advance | GBA | Nintendo | 24 | 26 | 6243 | 737,508 |
| 28 | Mina no Golf 3 | PS2 | SCE | 25 | - | 6170 | 832,876 |
| 29 | Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 8 | PS2 | Konami | 28 | 23 | 5763 | 88,450 |
| 30 | Winning Post 5 | PS2 | Koei | 19 | 15 | 5072 | 103,673 |
Nintendo took a beating this week, slipping and grabbing a mere three spots in the Top 10 this week. Overall, Nintendo branded products accounted for 12 of the 30 best selling games.
The flagship mover this week for Nintendo was Super Mario Advance 2, which made a comeback from off the charts to fourth place in a single week. Meanwhile, Smash Brothers has yet to make the million mark and has even slipped to tenth place. The new GBA RPG/Adventure Tomato Adventure made it’s debut, and found its way to the 14th slot.
Sony clearly cleaned house this time around, with the launch of the long anticipated Sangokushi VIII, know to many in the West as the newest Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which took top honors. Second place was snagged by an adventure sim period piece that you’ve never heard of, or ever will. My guess is that it will slip below 15th place next week. Also noteworthy, WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It climbed the ropes to the third slot.
