Top Japanese Games of 2008

Nintendo rules the roost.

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Top Japanese Games of 2008
Famitsu has released its estimation of the Top 100 Japanese video games titles of 2008. We're going to give you the Top 20. The rest you can find over at PS3Hyper.

From this Top 20 we see that Nintendo has 13 titles. It's platforms have 15 (Wii, 6: DS, 9). The PS3 has one title. The PS2 has one title. The PSP has 3. The Xbox 360? Well, it gets into the Top 100, at 82 with Tales of Vesperia.

1 - Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G - PSP - Capcom - 2,452,111 - 2,452,111
2 - Pokemon Platinum - DS - Nintendo - 2,187,337 - 2,187,337
3 - Wii Fit - Wii - Nintendo - 2,149,131 - 2,967,297
4 - Mario Kart Wii - Wii - Nintendo - 2,003,315 - 2,003,315
5 - Dairantou Smash Brothers X - Wii - Nintendo - 1,747,113 - 1,747,113
6 - Rhythm Tengoku Gold - DS - Nintendo - 1,350,671 - 1,350,671
7 - Dragon Quest V: Tenkuu No Hanayome - DS - Square Enix - 1,176,082 - 1,176,082
8 - Animal Crossing: City Folk - Wii - Nintendo - 895,302 - 895,302
9 - Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe - DS - Nintendo - 855,427 - 855,427
10 - Wii Sports - Wii - Nintendo - 841,736 - 3,306,470
11 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - PS3 - Konami - 686,254 - 686,254
12 - Dissidia Final Fantasy - PSP - Square Enix - 660,262 - 660,262
13 - Pokemon Ranger: Batonnage - DS - Nintendo - 636,777 - 636,777
14 - Phantasy Star Portable - PSP - Sega - 633,954 - 633,954
15 - Layton Kyouju to Saigo no Jikan Ryokou - DS - Level-5 - 628,143 - 628,143
16 - Mario Kart DS - DS - Nintendo - 621,890 - 3,317,318
17 - Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii - Wii - Nintendo - 602,625 - 2,593,294
18 - Mario Party DS - DS - Nintendo - 599,621 - 1,832,265
19 - Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode - DS - Nintendo - 549,348 - 549,348
20 - Super Robot Taisen Z - PS2 - Banpresto - 480,093 - 480,093

See the full 100 lovingly re-created at PS3Hyper.

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