JAPANESE TOP SELLERS FOR 2000
January 13, 2001

The latest issue of Famitsu reported the top Japanese games of last year. Here's the top 20:

1. Dragon Quest VII (PSX)
2. Final Fantasy IX (PSX)
3. Pokemon Gold/Silver (GBC)
4. Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 4 (GBC)
5. Pokemon Crystal (GBC)
6. Mario Tennis (N64)
7. Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 3 (GBC)
8. Super Robot Taisen Alpha (PSX)
9. Kirby 64 (N64)
10. Mario Party 3 (N64)
11. Ridge Racer V (PS2)
12. Majora's Mask (N64)
13. Tales of Eternia (PSX)
14. Mobile Suit Gundam: Giren's Ambition -- Zeon no Keifu (PSX)
15. Koro Koro Kirby (GBC)
16. Gekikukan Pro Baseball (PS2)
17. Tekken Tag Tournament (PSX)
18. Biohazard Code Veronica (DC)
19. Pokemon Stadium Gold/Silver (N64)
20. Kessen (PS2)

(Note: the top 14 games on the list sold more than 500,000 units for the year.)

The top 100 broke down by system as follows:

1. PSone: 37
2. PS2: 21
3. GBC: 19
4. N64: 14
5. DC: 7

And for system sales for the year:

1. PlayStation: 42.1%
2. GameBoy: 23.4%
3. PlayStation 2: 14.6%
4. Nintendo 64: 14.5%
5. Dreamcast: 4.1%