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Japan Charts: Top ranking for Nintendo's Made in Wario

Leading publisher Nintendo has scored yet another number one in the Japanese software charts, with quirky GameCube title Made in Wario taking the top spot as Cube hardware sales were boosted by a price cut.

Leading publisher Nintendo has scored yet another number one in the Japanese software charts, with quirky GameCube title Made in Wario taking the top spot as Cube hardware sales were boosted by a price cut.

Made in Wario, which is the GameCube's spiritual successor to the popular and highly unusual GBA title Wario Ware, Inc., sold some 91,000 copies in its first week on sale - low for a Japanese number one, but a very decent showing for a Cube title such as this.

In fact, it was a good week all round for the GameCube - as well as having the number one software title in Japan, the console also boosted its hardware sales and market share, realising some 14.5 per cent of the hardware market, which climbed significantly following the price cut to the Cube.

Made in Wario was the only new release in the top ten, which perhaps explains the decline in overall software sales this week - in fact, the total sales for the top 100 titles was below 417,000 units, making this into one of the slowest weeks of the year.

In hardware terms, aside from the boost in the Cube's fortunes, things remained broadly unchanged from the previous few weeks, with the GBA ruling the roost with nearly 50 per cent market share by units, followed by the PS2 with around 35 per cent.

Languishing still below the one per cent mark, the Xbox clocked up 0.57 per cent market share - slightly ahead of Bandai's SwanCrystal (0.54 per cent) but behind the PSone (0.85 per cent).

Pos. Platform Title Publisher Released
1. GC Made in Wario Nintendo 17/10/2003
2. PS2 Way of the Samurai II Spike 09/10/2003
3. PS2 Dynasty Warriors 4: Mosho Den Koei 25/09/2003
4. PS2 Grand Theft Auto 3 Capcom 25/09/2003
5. PS2 Far East of Eden II: Manji Maru Hudson 02/10/2003
6. GBA Legendary Stafy 2 Nintendo 05/09/2003
7. PS2 Drag-on Dragoon Square Enix 11/09/2003
8. PS2 Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space Bandai 04/09/2003
9. PS2 Pachinko Slot! King Camel Sammy 02/10/2003
9. GBA Zettai Zetsumei Dangerous Jiisan Kids Station 26/09/2003

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Rob Fahey is a former editor of GamesIndustry.biz who spent several years living in Japan and probably still has a mint condition Dreamcast Samba de Amigo set.