Well, there's some good news and there's some bad news...
| Game Title | System | Maker | Last Week's Rank | Week Before Last's Rank | This Week's Sales | Total Unit Sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead or Alive 3 | Xbox | Tecmo | - | - | 84,471 | 84,471 |
| 2 | Doubutsu Banchou (Animal Leader) | GCN | Nintendo | - | - | 48,694 | 48,694 |
| 3 | Samurai | PS2 | Spike | 2 | 1 | 38,026 | 176,705 |
| 4 | Sangokushi Senki | PS2 | Koei | - | - | 35,515 | 104,002 |
| 5 | Grandia II | PS2 | Enix | - | - | 28,230 | 28,230 |
| 6 | Genma Onimusha | Xbox | Capcom | - | - | 19,834 | 19,834 |
| 7 | Virtua Fighter 4 | PS2 | Sega | 4 | 2 | 16,496 | 479,024 |
| 8 | Jet Set Radio Future | Xbox | Sega | - | - | 15,073 | 15,073 |
| 9 | Project Gotham: World Street Racing | Xbox | Bizarre Creations | - | - | 14,766 | 14,766 |
| 10 | Doubutsu no Mori + (Animal Forest Plus) | GCN | Nintendo | 5 | 8 | 12,038 | 367,197 |
| 11 | Dr. Lin ni Kiite Mite! | GB | Hudson | - | - | 10,873 | 10,873 |
| 12 | Super Mario Advance 2 | GBA | Nintendo | 9 | 10 | 10,642 | 603,895 |
| 13 | Space Channel 5: Part 2 | PS2 | Sega | 3 | - | 10,619 | 53,591 |
| 14 | Captain Tsubasa | GBA | Konami | - | - | 10,532 | 10,532 |
| 15 | Grandia Extreme | PS2 | Enix | 6 | 3 | 10,510 | 219,000 |
| 16 | Final Fantasy X: International | PS2 | Square | 7 | 6 | 9893 | 163,379 |
| 17 | Air Force Delta 2 | Xbox | Konami | - | - | 9459 | 9459 |
| 18 | Sangokushi VIII | PS2 | Koei | 10 | 7 | 9396 | 148,189 |
| 19 | Nobunaga no Yabou (Nobunaga's Ambition) | Xbox | Koei | - | - | 9329 | 9329 |
| 20 | Dairantou Smash Brothers DX | GCN | Nintendo | 14 | 12 | 8361 | 1,030,282 |
| 21 | Sonic Advance | GBA | Sega | 15 | 19 | 8343 | 125,683 |
| 22 | Shin Sangoku Musou 2 (Dynasty Warriors 3) | PS2 | Koei | 17 | 13 | 8169 | 836,984 |
| 23 | World Soccer Winning Eleven 5 | PS2 | Konami | 23 | 16 | 7877 | 409,340 |
| 24 | Doumo-kun no Fushigi no Teribi | GBA | Nintendo | - | - | 7733 | 7733 |
| 25 | Nezumikusu: Have a Mice Day! | Xbox | Microsoft | - | - | 7714 | 7714 |
| 26 | Double Steal (Wreckless) | Xbox | Bunkasha Games | - | - | 7331 | 7331 |
| 27 | Zoids 2 | PSX | Tomy | - | - | 7123 | 7123 |
| 28 | Momotaro Dentetsu X (Electric Railroad Company) | PS2 | Hudson | 18 | 17 | 6567 | 416,396 |
| 29 | Hikaru no Go | GBA | Konami | 16 | 15 | 6314 | 119,341 |
| 30 | Shaman King | GB | King Record | - | - | 6083 | 100,112 |
It was Xbox week in Japan. No one should be surprised that Temco’s Dead or Alive 3 took top honors this week, the week of the Xbox launch. It outsold other top selling Xbox titles by more than four to one, pretty much single-handedly selling the system. We’ll see how the future plays out for the Xbox in Japan.
Arguably more exciting, however, was the release of Doubutsu Banchou (a.k.a. Animal Leader) for the Nintendo GameCube, which came out February 21 and currently holds the Number Two slot. In its first week in stores, Doubutsu Banchou sold nearly 50,000 copies, very nearly outselling Genma Onimusha, Jet Set Radio Future and Project Gotham combined. We’ll see how it fares next week.
Also, Animal Forest Plus continues to remain in the Top Ten despite moving about quite a bit. It joins Animal Leader as one of the only two Nintendo branded titles in the Top Ten. Overall, Nintendo system software accounted for one third of the 30 top selling titles this week.
