From magicbox....
Here are the Top 20 Best Selling Console Games in Japan for the first half of 2004:
Rank Game Title Platform Publisher Sold Total
1 Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green GBA Pokemon 2,136,737
2 Dragon Quest V PS2 Square Enix 1,572,497
3 Sengoku Musou PS2 Koei 1,002,312
4 Jissen Pachislot Hisshouhou Hokutonoken PS2 Sammy 588,634
5 Famicom Mini: Super Mario Bros. GBA Nintendo 553,360
6 Derby Stallion '04 PS2 Enterbrain 546,393
7 Onimusha 3 PS2 Capcom 537,485
8 World Soccer Winning Eleven 7 International PS2 Konami 521,610
9 DragonBall Z 2 PS2 Bandai 504,759
10 Super Robot Taisen MX PS2 Banpresto 494,039
11 Kirby Star: Great Labyrinth of the Mirror GBA Nintendo 430,763
12 SD Gundam G Generation Seed PS2 Bandai 405,852
13 Pikmin 2 GC Nintendo 381,565
14 Rockman EXE 4 Tournament Red Sun / Blue Moon GBA Capcom 374,026 909,862
15 Grand Theft Auto: Vice City PS2 Capcom 367,302
16 Shin Sangoku Musou 3 Empires PS2 Koei 297,395
17 Monster Hunter PS2 Capcom 267,661
18 Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission PS2 Square Enix 265,636
19 Gran Turismo 4 Prologue PS2 Sony 255,786 746,967
20 Fuun Shinsen Gumi PS2 Genki 242,893
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Here are the latest Japanese game review scores:
PlayStation 2
Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner (Atlus) - 9, 7, 8, 8 - (32 / 40) ** Gold
Gradius V (Konami) - 8, 7, 8, 9 - (32 / 40) (*why no gold for GV?)
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 11 (Konami) - 9, 9, 8, 9 - (35 / 40) ** Platinum
EyeToy Sports (Konami) - 7, 6, 6, 6 - (25 / 40)
Tenchu Kurenai (From Software) - 9, 7, 8, 7 - (31 / 40)
Uo Nanatsu no Mizu Densetsu no Nushi (Fish: Legend of Seven Waters and Gods) (Sony) - 8, 8, 8, 8 - (32 / 40) ** Gold
GameCube
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 11 (Konami) - 9, 9, 8, 9 - (35 / 40) ** Platinum
Paper Mario RPG (Nintendo) - 9, 8, 8, 8 - (33 / 40)
Xbox
Top Spin (Microsoft) - 7, 7, 6, 7 - (27 / 40)
GameBoy Advance
Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django (Konami) - 8, 7,9, 8 - (32 / 40)
Digi Communication 2 (Broccoli) - 7, 7, 7, 7 - (28 / 40)
Final Fantasy I & II Advance (Square Enix) - 9, 9, 9, 8 - (35 / 40) ** Platinum
Hamtaro: Ham Ham Sports (Nintendo) - 7, 8, 8, 7 - (30 / 40) ** Silver
Konjiki no Gashbell 2: Makai no Bookarmk (Banpresto) - 6, 6, 7, 6 - (25 / 40)
Monster Summoner (Ertain) - 7, 9, 7, 7 - (30 / 40) ** Silver
Naruto RPG: Uketsugareshi Hiroishi (Tomy) - 8, 7, 7, 8 - (30 / 40)
Kaiketsu Zorrori Mahou no Yuenchi (Bandai) - 6, 6, 6, 5 - (23 / 40)
Wagamama Fairy Milmo de Pon (Konami) - 6, 7, 7, 5 - (25 / 40)
Zettai Zetsumei Dangerous Ji-san 2 (Kids Station) - 6, 6, 7, 5 (24 / 40)
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Capcom announced they will include a playable demo of Devil May Cry 3 in Biohazard Outbreak File 2, which will be released in Japan on September 9, for 6800 yen. Devil May Cry 3 is scheduled for a winter release in Japan.