Doki Doki Touch Me Touch Me OST

Like every game in Japan, OST is part of the landscape. No game in Japan is released without one. And Doki Doki is no exception. Now you can listen to the touching soundtrack (every pun intended).

It's going on sale 7/25 for 2,940 yen.

Source: SNKPlaymore

Sales Chart JPN: Zelda swung back

Week 2 July - 8 July 2007

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass is back on top this week, shipping 74,937 copies after being relegated to second spot last week. It has muscled its way back to form. Another mecha (the non-violent variant), Chibi Robo! Park Patrol, fought off the super robots to 2nd place, while Super Robot Wars: Original Generations takes the reign in 3rd. Eye Training is still there (42,279). It's not going to get off the chart. Ever. Just like Wii Sports.

The touchy touchy witch game Doki Doki Majo Shinpan only managed to debut at 11th. It's quite anti-climax, really. I thought it would do better than that.

Anyhow, PS3 has yet another game on the chart. My Summer Vacation 3 actually made it on the top 10 at 7th, while another débutante, Blazing Angels, made it at 47th! The biggest drop is also on the PS3. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas dropped from 19th to 46rd.

Best selling games for each platform (that is on the chart) this week

DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
PS2 - Super Robot Wars: Original Generations
Wii - Wii Sports
PSP - Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile
PS3 - My Summer Vacation 3

Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:

DS - 37
Wii - 7
PS3 - 3
PSP - 2
PS2 - 1

Console War VII: Battle for Nippon

Despite only having 1 game in the top 50, PS2 still outsold PS3 this week. It comes at a time where Nintendo pretty much dominate the charts with 44 games in the top 50. There's no much to say really. DS continued its march towards world domination Xbox360 went back into hibernation.

DSL - 139,271
Wii - 75,279
PSP - 32,946
PS2 - 14,120
PS3 - 12,691
Xbox360 - 2,370

Market share this week

DSL vs PSP
80.87% vs 19.13

Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
83.33% vs 14.05% vs 2.62%

Source: Media Create

Touch me merchandise

The inappropriately witch touching game from SNK Playmore, Doki Doki Majo Shinpan, now has merchandise for you to wear and touch. T-shirt, CDs, cups, Mousepads, Art books, Phone hangers, Phone cards, the lot.

Just look at the size of the boobs mousepad. All features the prime candidate, Akai Maho. What on earth is she on? Growth hormone?

I still want this game, but I think I'll give the T-shirt a miss.

Source: Official Website

Touch me, I'm a BOY!

As if SNK Playmore's new game, "Doki Doki Majo Shinpan", hasn't caused enough outcry publicity yet, new info has emerged on Dengeki Online with 3 new characters that you need to check in the game.

If you have been following this game, you would know that this game is all about touch different parts of a girls' body to find out if she's a witch. Not anymore! One of the new characters is a guy! No doubt there will be lots of male bonding going on round there.

So does that mean he's a wizard?

Source: Dengeki Online [via Insert Credit]

Touch me, I'm better than Zelda!

According to Amazon JP (via Insert Credit via Kotaku), the SNK game Doki Doki Majo Shinpan is more popular than Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. The basis of the game has it that you are to find out which junior high school female student is a witch. The suspected junior high school witch is examined with the touch pen.

Usually, there's a "witch's crest" hidden somewhere on her body which can appear in "Witch Check Mode." And yes, that means touching junior high school girls all over her body. As to which part of the body is touchable, well, it's up to you to find out.

Now we wait for JT to cross international borders to file for its ban in Japan.

I am actually having more fun reading the comment section on Kotaku than the game itself. Read them at your pleasure.

Source: Kotaku

Sales Chart JPN: More sword swinging as Dragon Quest made it to the top

Week 9 July - 15 July 2007

Dragon Quest: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors made number one this week as it shipped 305,254 units in its first week. The Dragon Quest (aka Dragon Warriors in the US) brand name rivals that of Final Fantasy in Japan, and it's no surprise that it went straight to ichicban.

The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass still swing that stylus sword around in 2nd place (69,896).

For whatever reason, DS has turned into a PDA for keeping track of your expense. My Housekeeping Diary makes it into 3rd places with 46,947. Actually, it's not at all surprising. In Japanese household, the wife is the boss, and so everything to do with household expense are controlled the the female species. And given Nintendo openly targets the female population for its hardware, one would expect something like My Housekeeping Diary to appear sooner or later. Damn, should have thought of that idea first.

This week's top 10 has been dominated by Nintendo. Some it hasn't done for a while now, with 7 DS games and 3 Wii games.

Tom Clancy made it to the chart again for Xbox 360 at 26th. No doubt it will drop off by next week.

The touchy touchy witch game Doki Doki Majo Shinpan has dropped from 11th to 39th. I guess no every moe loving person is getting it.

Best selling games for each platform (that is on the chart) this week

Wii - Dragon Quest: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors
DS - The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
PS2 - Super Robot Wars: Original Generations
Xbox 360 - Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
PSP - Ratchet & Clank: Going Mobile
PS3 - My Summer Vacation 3

Number of titles in the top 50 for each platform this week:

DS - 35
Wii - 7
PS2 - 4
PSP - 2
PS3 - 1
XB360 - 1

Console War VII: Battle for Nippon

More of the same, except everyone selling more of everything. With the Xbox almost made it to 3,000. But PS3 is still lacking behind the PS2. When was the last time PS3 surpass the PS2 sales? Come back next week for more of the same.

DSL - 141,967
Wii - 109,854
PSP - 37,578
PS2 - 15,777
PS3 - 13,493
Xbox360 - 2,942

Market share this week

DSL vs PSP
79.07% vs 20.93

Wii vs PS3 vs XBox 360
86.98% vs 10.68% vs 2.33%

Source: Media Create