Top 30 Games of 2012 in Japan Announced

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<p>After we reported on the top games of 2012&comma; top UK games of 2012 and other lists which grabbed sales figures from all corners of the globe we thought we had finished with any &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Top Game” list until 2014 at the earliest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&period; Recently published were the top thirty titles of Japan and we found that some of the top games were quite surprising&comma; especially as many of them were released quite late into the year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So with a drum roll please&&num;8230&semi; here are the top thirty games in Japan as compiled by Siliconera from data on 4Gamer&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>01&period;<em>Pokémon Black&sol;White 2<&sol;em> &sol; 2&comma;919&comma;977 &sol; DS &sol; Pokémon Co&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;02&period; <em>Animal Crossing&colon; New Leaf<&sol;em> &sol; 1&comma;969&comma;955 &sol; 3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;03&period; <em>New Super Mario Bros&period; 2<&sol;em> &sol; 1&comma;743&comma;791 &sol; 3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;04&period; <em>Dragon Quest Monsters&colon; Terry&&num;8217&semi;s Wonderland 3D<&sol;em> &sol; 919&comma;870 &sol; 3DS &sol; Square Enix<br &sol;>&NewLine;05&period; <em>Resident Evil 6<&sol;em> &sol; 833&comma;012 &sol; PS3 &sol; Capcom<br &sol;>&NewLine;06&period; <em>One Piece&colon; Pirate Warriors<&sol;em> &sol; 828&comma;150 &sol; PS3 &sol; Namco Bandai<br &sol;>&NewLine;07&period; <em>Mario Kart 7<&sol;em> &sol; 748&comma;797 &sol; 3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;08&period; <em>Super Mario 3D Land<&sol;em> &sol; 689&comma;374 &sol;3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;09&period; <em>Mario Party 9<&sol;em> &sol; 641&comma;348 &sol; Wii &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;10&period; <em>Dragon Quest X &sol;<&sol;em> 609&comma;783 &sol; Wii &sol; Square Enix<br &sol;>&NewLine;11&period; <em>Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate<&sol;em> &sol; 602&comma;058 &sol;3DS &sol; Capcom<br &sol;>&NewLine;12&period; <em>Yakuza 5<&sol;em> &sol; 518&comma;224 &sol; PS3 &sol; Sega<br &sol;>&NewLine;13&period; <em>Dragon&&num;8217&semi;s Dogma<&sol;em> &sol; 467&comma;375 &sol; PS3 &sol; Capcom<br &sol;>&NewLine;14&period; <em>Fire Emblem&colon; Awakening<&sol;em> &sol; 455&comma;268 &sol; 3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;15&period; <em>Tales of Xillia 2<&sol;em> &sol; 428&comma;913 &sol; PS3 &sol; Namco Bandai<br &sol;>&NewLine;16&period; <em>Paper Mario&colon; Sticker Star<&sol;em> &sol; 402&comma;133 &sol; 3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;17&period; <em>Pro Evolution Soccer 2013<&sol;em> &sol; 399&comma;340 &sol; PS3 &sol; Konami<br &sol;>&NewLine;18&period; <em>Pokémon Mystery Dungeon&colon; Gates of Infinity<&sol;em> &sol; 373&comma;699 &sol; 3DS &sol; Pokémon Co&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;19&period; <em>New Super Mario Bros&period; U<&sol;em> &sol; 369&comma;392 &sol; WiiU &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;20&period; <em>Wii Sports Resort &lpar;w&sol; MotionPlus pack-in&rpar;<&sol;em> &sol; 358&comma;627 &sol; Wii &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;21&period; <em>The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z<&sol;em> &sol; 344&comma;018 &sol; PSP &sol; Namco Bandai<br &sol;>&NewLine;22&period; <em>Pokémon Conquest<&sol;em> &sol; 341&comma;250 &sol; DS &sol; Pokémon Co&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;23&period; <em>Taiko Drum Master&colon; The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb<&sol;em> &sol; 340&comma;533 &sol; 3DS &sol; Namco Bandai<br &sol;>&NewLine;24&period; <em>Resident Evil&colon; Operation Raccoon City<&sol;em> &sol; 338&comma;889 &sol; PS3 &sol; Capcom<br &sol;>&NewLine;25&period; <em>Kingdom Hearts 3D&colon; Dream Drop Distance<&sol;em> &sol; 338&comma;812 &sol; 3DS &sol; Square Enix<br &sol;>&NewLine;26&period; <em>Run for Money Tousouchuu<&sol;em> &sol; 337&comma;472 &sol; 3DS &sol; Namco Bandai<br &sol;>&NewLine;27&period; <em>Taiko Drum Master&colon; Super Splendid Edition<&sol;em> &sol; 321&comma;959 &sol; Wii &sol; Namco Bandai<br &sol;>&NewLine;28&period;<em> Kid Icarus&colon; Uprising<&sol;em> &sol; 316&comma;133 &sol;3DS &sol; Nintendo<br &sol;>&NewLine;29&period; <em>Inazuma Eleven Go 2&colon; Chrono Stone – Neppuu<&sol;em>&sol;Raimei &sol; 314&comma;016 &sol; 3DS &sol; Level 5<br &sol;>&NewLine;30&period; <em>Resident Evil&colon; Revelations<&sol;em> &sol; 296&comma;040 &sol; 3DS &sol; Capcom<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Any games surprise you which were featured on this list&quest; Or maybe you expected one title to appear and are shocked by its tardiness&quest; Let us know in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;siliconera&period;com&sol;2013&sol;01&sol;25&sol;the-top-30-best-selling-games-in-japan-in-2012-were&sol;">Siliconera<&sol;a> &amp&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;4gamer&period;net&sol;games&sol;999&sol;G999903&sol;20130125003&sol;">4Gamer<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;joystiq&period;com&sol;2013&sol;01&sol;27&sol;the-top-30-games-of-2012-in-japan&sol;">Joystiq<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 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