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List of best-selling Eastern role-playing game franchises

List of best-selling Eastern role-playing game franchises

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This is a list of best-selling Eastern role-playing game franchises. For inclusion on the list, a franchise must have sold or shipped at least one million copies. For the purpose of this article, an Eastern role-playing game is defined as a franchise which: (1) is considered a role-playing game by reliable sources and was made in Asia or (2) made in another country, but otherwise the franchise would be difficult to differentiate from an Eastern role-playing game due to having common traits such as: anime/manga/donghua/manhwa character designs, RPG elements, fantasy setting and widely considered as being inspired or influenced by Eastern role-playing games. The numbers for sales or shipments are based on the most recent available sourced numbers and often may not include non-video game sales or more recent sales; actual total sales numbers may be higher. This does not include standalone games, such as Scarlet Nexus and Triangle Strategy. This list also does not include gacha games with RPG elements, such as Genshin Impact and Blue Archive.

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  1. Including its sub-series Persona and Devil Summoner.
  2. Megami Tensei franchise: 31,151,800
  3. Combined with worldwide and European sales.
  4. Mario RPG series:
    [16][17][lower-alpha 3]
  5. Persona is a sub-series of the Megami Tensei franchise.
  6. Fire Emblem franchise:
    • Total sales of Fire Emblem franchise in Japan- 3,680,865[29][30]
      • DS Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Nintendo August 2008- 252 309[29]
      • DS Fire Emblem hero - a mystery - light and shadow of New coat of arms Nintendo 2010/07/15- 250 592[29]
      • GBA Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Nintendo 2004/10/07- 233 280[29]
      • GBA Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade Nintendo 2002/03/29- 345 574[29]
      • GBA Fire Emblem Flame Sword Nintendo 2003/04/25- 265 286[29]
      • GC Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Nintendo 2005/04/20- 156 413[29]
      • SFC Fire Emblem Thrace 776 Nintendo 1999/08/28- 145 600[29]
      • SFC Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War Nintendo 1996/05/14- 429 763[29]
      • SFC Fire Emblem Mystery of the Emblem Nintendo 1994/01/21- 776,338[30]
      • FC Fire Emblem Gaiden 1992/03/14- 324,699[30]
      • FC Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light 1990/04/20- 329,087[30]
      • Wii Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Nintendo 2007/02/22- 171 924[29]
    • 3DS Fire Emblem Awakening Nintendo 2012/04/19- 2.37M[18]
    • 3DS Fire Emblem Fates Nintendo 2015/06/15- 3.09M[18]
    • 3DS Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia Nintendo 2017/04/20- 1.0M[18]
    • Switch/New 3DS Fire Emblem: Warriors Nintendo 2017/09/28- 1.0M[31]
    • Switch Fire Emblem: Three Houses Nintendo 2019/07/26- 4.12M[18]
    • Switch Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes Nintendo 2022/06/24- 1.0M[32]
    • Switch Fire Emblem Engage 2023/03/31- 1.61M[33]
  7. Including its sub-series Momotaro Dentetsu[35]
  8. Drakengard franchise includes NieR and NieR: Automata.
  9. NieR series: over 10.2 million
  10. Drakengard franchise:
  11. Xeno franchise includes: Xenogears, Xenosaga series, and Xenoblade Chronicles series
  12. Xenogears:
    • Japan – 929,479[39]
    • Overseas – 280,000[40]
  13. Xenosaga series:
  14. Xenoblade Chronicles series:
  15. Xeno franchise:
  16. Sub-series of Drakengard franchise
  17. Sub-series of Xeno franchise
  18. Mana series:
  19. Trails is a sub-series of The Legend of Heroes franchise, which in turn is a spin-off series of Dragon Slayer.
  20. Total sales of Sword Art Online franchise:[69]
    • {14/03/2013} Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment [PSP] – 203,442 (Japan)
    • {13/01/2015} Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment [PSV] – 450,000 (Worldwide) [70]
    • {26/03/2015} Sword Art Online: Lost Song [PSV] – 192,047 (Japan) [71]
    • {26/03/2015} Sword Art Online: Lost Song [PS3] – 75,301 (Japan) [72]
    • {26/03/2015} Sword Art Online: Lost Song [PS4] – 18,000 (Japan) [73]
    • {16/01/2016} Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 150,000 (North America and Europe) [74]
    • {19/11/2015} Sword Art Online: Game Director's Edition [PS4] – 26,299
    • {27/10/2016} Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization [PSV] – 138,720
    • {27/10/2016} Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization [PS4] – 98,644
    • {16/03/2017} Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight [PSV] – 60,447
    • {16/03/2017} Accel World VS Sword Art Online: Millennium Twilight [PS4] – 39,478
    • {08/02/2018} Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet [PS4] – 133,108
    • {17/01/2019} Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Complete Edition [PS4] – 19,464
    • {25/04/2019} Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - Deluxe Edition [SWI] – 29,782
    • {08/08/2019} Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Complete Edition [SWI] – 18,427
    • {09/07/2020} Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris [PS4] – 81,162
  21. Digimon console game retail sales in Japan:[78]
  22. Star Ocean series:
  23. Total sales of Monster Rancher franchise in Japan – 2,156,731[92]
    • DS I wrote to will Hajimeyo talking! Monster Farm DS Tecmo, Ltd. 2007/07/12 – 43 328[92]
    • DS Monster Farm DS2 revived! Master breeder legend Tecmo, Ltd. August 2008 – 33 440[92]
    • GB Monster Farm Battle Card GB Tecmo, Ltd. 1999/12/14 – 97 995[92]
    • GBA Monster Rancher Advance Tecmo, Ltd. 2001/12/07 – 140 003[92]
    • GBA Monster Rancher Advance 2 Tecmo, Ltd. 2002/10/25 – 55 135[93]
    • PS Monster Farm Tecmo, Ltd. 1997/07/24 – 729 069[92]
    • PS Monster Farm 2 Tecmo, Ltd. 1999/02/25 – 640 245[92]
    • PS Monster Farm Battle Card Tecmo, Ltd. 2000/03/23 – 48 240[92]
    • PS2 Monster Farm Tecmo, Ltd. 2001/03/22 – 125 945[92]
    • PS2 Monster Farm 4 Tecmo, Ltd. 2003/08/14 – 183 783[93]
    • PS2 Monster Rancher EVO Tecmo, Ltd. 2005/12/08- 59 548[92]
  24. Octopath Traveler series:
  25. Total sales of Mega Man Battle Network / Rockman.EXE series in Japan:
    • {21/03/2001} MegaMan Battle Network [GBA] – 208.346
    • {14/12/2001} MegaMan Battle Network 2 [GBA] – 446.939
    • {06/12/2002} MegaMan Battle Network 3: White [GBA] – 500.001
    • {06/03/2003} MegaMan Network Transmission [GC] – 79.360
    • {28/03/2003} MegaMan Battle Network 3: Black [GBA] – 168.946
    • {08/08/2003} MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge [GBA] – 44.844
    • {12/12/2003} MegaMan Battle Network 4: Red Sun / Blue Moon [GBA] – 928.850
    • {06/08/2004} MegaMan Battle Network 4.5: Real Operation [GBA] – 75.809
    • {09/12/2004} MegaMan Battle Network 5: Team ProtoMan [GBA] – 415.630
    • {24/02/2005} MegaMan Battle Network 5: Team Colonel [GBA] – 194.472
    • {21/07/2005} MegaMan Battle Network 5: Double Team DS [DS] – 106.526
    • {23/11/2005} MegaMan Battle Network 6: Cybeast Gregar / Cybeast Falzar [GBA] – 595.447
    • {12/11/2009} MegaMan Battle Network: Operate Shooting Star [DS] – 73.374
  26. Total sales of Arc the Lad franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {30/06/1995} Arc the Lad [PS] – 1,090,000
    • {12/07/1996} Arc the Lad (PlayStation the Best) – 497,253
    • {01/11/1996} Arc the Lad II [PS] – 1,183,995[97]
    • {31/07/1997} Arc Arena: Monster Tournament [PS] – 27,579
    • {28/10/1999} Arc the Lad III [PS] – 379,040
    • {04/07/2002} Arc the Lad: Kijin Fukkatsu [WSC] – 28,157
    • {20/03/2003} Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits [PS2] – 185,862
    • {03/11/2004} Arc the Lad: End of Darkness [PS2] – 48,667
  27. Chocobo series:
    • Japan – 3,211,895[98]
    • United States (PS1) – 94,938[99]
  28. Parasite Eve series:
  29. Valyria Chronicles series:
  30. RPG Maker franchise:
    • Total sales up until 2005 – 2 million[105]
    • Japan sales on DS since 2010 – 92,177[106]
  31. Total sales of Bravely franchise:
  32. Total sales of God Eater franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {04/02/2010} God Eater [PSP] – 617,828
    • {28/10/2010} God Eater: Burst [PSP] – 458,490
    • {15/09/2011} God Eater: Burst (PSP The Best) [PSP] – 110,074
    • {06/06/2013} God Eater: Burst (PSP The Best reprint) [PSP] – 49,858
    • {14/11/2013} God Eater 2 [PSV] – 425,352 (395,483 retail + 29,869 digital)
    • {14/11/2013} God Eater 2 [PSP] – 206,388
    • {10/07/2014} God Eater 2 (PlayStation Vita the Best) [PSV] – 2,511
    • {19/02/2015} God Eater 2: Rage Burst [PSV] – 366,628 (342,983 retail + 23,645 digital)
    • {19/02/2015} God Eater 2: Rage Burst [PS4] – 55,460 (48,700 retail + 6,760 digital)
    • {29/10/2015} God Eater: Resurrection [PSV] – 178,277 (164,361 retail + 13,916 digital)
    • {29/10/2015} God Eater: Resurrection [PS4] – 47,171 (40,649 retail + 6,522 digital)
    • {13/12/2018} God Eater 3 [PS4] – 269,649 (203,554 retail + 66,095 digital)
    • {11/07/2019} God Eater 3 [SWI] – 31,988 (28,770 retail + 3,218 digital)
  33. Total sales of the Ni no Kuni series – 2.8 million[112]
  34. Total sales of Shiren the Wanderer franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {19/09/1993} Fūrai no Shiren [SFC] – 850,000
    • {01/12/1995} Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fūrai no Shiren [SFC] – 196,195
    • {22/11/1996} Fushigi no Dungeon 2: Fūrai no Shiren GB [GB] – 103,238
    • {27/09/2000} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 2 - Oni Shūrai! Shiren-jō! [N64] – 283,991
    • {19/07/2001} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren GB2 - Sabaku no Majou [GBC] – 174,317
    • {07/02/2002} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren Gaiden [DC] – 50,750
    • {14/12/2006} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren DS [DS] – 195,052
    • {05/06/2008} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 3 [Wii] – 97,227
    • {13/11/2008} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren DS2 [DS] – 99,814
    • {28/01/2010} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 3 Portable [PSP] – 31,373
    • {25/02/2010} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 4 [DS] – 89,576
    • {09/12/2010} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 5 [DS] – 63,269
    • {15/12/2011} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 5 (Chun Selection) [DS] – 5,398
    • {18/10/2012} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 4 Plus [PSP] – 19,018
    • {11/07/2013} Fushigi no Dungeon: Fūrai no Shiren 3 Portable (Spike Chunsoft the Best) [PSP] – 5,021
    • {04/06/2015} Fushigi no Dungeon: Furai no Shiren 5 Plus [PSV] – 33,859
    • {03/12/2020} Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate [SWI] – 19.594
    • {25/01/2024} Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island [SWI] – 136.476
  35. Suikoden series:
    • Japan – 1,934,720
      • {15/12/1995} Suikoden [PS] – 167,000
      • {29/11/1996} Suikoden (PlayStation the Best) [PS] – 9,767
      • {17/12/1998} Suikoden II [PS] – 374,319
      • {13/09/2001} Suikoden: Card Stories [GBA] – 7,676
      • {11/07/2002} Suikoden III [PS2] – 377,729
      • {11/07/2002} Suikoden II (PSOne Books) [PS] – 42,471
      • {11/07/2002} Suikoden (PSOne Books) [PS] – 33,167
      • {19/08/2004} Suikoden IV [PS2] – 311,815
      • {02/09/2004} Suikoden III (Konami Palace Selection) [PS2] – 19,693
      • {22/09/2005} Suikoden Tactics [PS2] – 64,472
      • {23/02/2006} Suikoden V [PS2] – 194,780
      • {23/02/2006} Suikoden I & II [PSP] – 28,271
      • {18/12/2008} Suikoden: Tierkreis [DS] – 155,777
      • {05/11/2009} Suikoden I & II (Konami the Best) [PSP] – 20,320
      • {15/07/2010} Suikoden I & II (Best Selection) [PSP] – 26,597
      • {15/07/2010} Suikoden: Tierkreis (Best Selection) [DS] – 5,026
      • {09/02/2012} Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki [PSP] – 93,773
      • {07/02/2013} Suikoden: Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki (PSP the Best) [PSP] – 2,067
    • United States – 453,619
  36. Total sales of Ogre games - 2,213,207
  37. Valkyrie Profile series: 1.537 million as of 2009
  38. Total sales of Grandia series in Japan – 1,068,131[130]
    • SAT Grandia Game Arts 1997/12/18 – 344,154[78]
    • SAT Grandia: Digital Museum 1998/05/28 – 32,226[78]
    • DC Grandia II Game Arts 2000/08/03 – 185,191[78]
    • PS Grandia Game Arts 1999/06/24 – 130,520[130]
    • PS2 Grandia II Enix 2002/02/21 – 51,535[130]
    • PS2 Grandia III square Enix 2005/08/04 – 236,116[78]
    • PS2 Grandia Xtreme Enix 2002/01/31 – 236,369[130]
  39. Total sales of Medabots franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {28/11/1997} Medarot: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBC] – 14,119
    • {20/03/1998} Medarot: Parts Collection [GBC] – 23,796
    • {29/05/1998} Medarot: Parts Collection 2 [GBC] – 4,931
    • {23/07/1999} Medarot 2: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBC] – 485,259
    • {29/10/1999} Medarot 2: Parts Collection [GBC] – 45,490
    • {25/11/1999} Medarot R [PS] – 64,594
    • {10/03/2000} Medarot: Card Robottle [GBC] – 10,915
    • {16/03/2000} Medarot R: Parts Collection [PS] – 5,975
    • {23/07/2000} Medarot 3: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBC] – 235,616
    • {24/11/2000} Medarot 3: Parts Collection – Z Kara no Chousenjou [GBC] – 39,316
    • {23/03/2001} Medarot 4: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBC] – 115,672
    • {07/09/2001} Medarot Navi: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBA] – 59,226
    • {14/12/2001} Medarot 5: Susutake Mura no Tenkousei - Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBC] – 44,918
    • {19/07/2002} Medarot G: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBA] – 49,270
    • {18/04/2003} Medarot Ni Core: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBA] – 8,627
    • {28/11/2003} Medarot G Brave [GC] – 21,298
    • {16/12/2004} Shingata Medarot: Kabuto / Kuwagata [GBA] – 3,256
    • {27/05/2010} Medarot DS: Kabuto / Kuwagata [DS] – 114,401
    • {13/09/2012} Medarot 7: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. [3DS] – 126,914
    • {14/11/2013} Medarot Dual: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. [3DS] – 48,453
    • {28/08/2014} Medarot 8: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. [3DS] – 52,838 (49,262 retail + 3,576 digital)
    • {24/12/2015} Medarot 9: Kabuto Version / Kuwagata Version [3DS] – 31,138
    • {10/03/2016} Medarot: Girls Mission - Kabuto Version / Kuwagata Version [3DS] – 24,658 (23,004 retail + 1,654 digital)
    • {21/12/2017} Medarot Classics: Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. [3DS] – 26,659 (25,767 retail + 892 digital)
  40. Total sales of Wild Arms series:
    • In Japan – 1,492,033[133]
      • PS Wild Arms SCE 1996/12/20 415 138[133]
      • PS Wild Arms 2nd Ignition SCE 1999/09/02 280 037[133]
      • PS2 Wild Arms 3 SCE 2002/03/14 273 318[133]
      • PS2 Wild Arms Alter Code: F SCE 2003/11/27 167 254[133]
      • PS2 Wild Arms 5 SCE December 14, 2006 117 975[133]
      • PS2 Wild Arms 4 SCE 2005/03/24 186 221[133]
      • PSP Wild Arms XF SCE August 2007 52 090[133]
    • Wild Arms and Wild Arms 2 in the United States – 364,358[99]
  41. Total sales of Golden Sun franchise:
    • Golden Sun 1 – 740,000 (United States)[134] and 338,000 (Japan).[135]
    • Golden Sun 2 – 437,000 (United States) and 249,000 (Japan)[136]
    • Golden Sun: Dark Dawn – 83,607 (Japan)[69]
  42. Mother series:
  43. Rune Factory franchise – 1,522,412
    • {24/08/2006} Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon [DS] – 145,346 in Japan[69]
    • {03/01/2008} Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon [DS] – 116,287 in Japan[69]
    • {27/11/2008} Rune Factory: Frontier [Wii] – 41,170 in Japan[69]
    • {22/10/2009} Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon [DS] – 85,648 in Japan[69]
    • {24/02/2011} Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny [PS3] – 47,619 in Japan[69]
    • {24/02/2011} Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny [Wii] – 22,177 in Japan[69]
    • {24/03/2011} Rune Factory: Frontier (Wii Select) [Wii] – 8,650 in Japan[69]
    • {26/01/2012} Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (PlayStation 3 the Best) [PS3] – 6,601 in Japan[69]
    • {26/01/2012} Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny (Best Collection) [Wii] – 3,047 in Japan[69]
    • {19/07/2012} Rune Factory 4 [3DS] – 177,454 in Japan;[69] 200,000 in North America[142]
    • {26/10/2017} Rune Factory 4 (Best Collection) [3DS] – 5,991 in Japan[69]
    • {25/07/2019} Rune Factory 4 Special [SWI] – 62,412 in Japan;[69] 100,000 in North America[143]
    • {20/05/2021} Rune Factory 5 [SWI] – 500,000 globally;[144]
  44. Summon Night total sales in Japan – 1,500,659[145]
    • DS Summon Night Bandai Namco Games 2008/04/24 – 69 076[145]
    • DS Summon Night 2 Bandai Namco Games August 2008 – 51 568[145]
    • DS Summon Night X ~ Tears Crown ~ Bandai Namco Games 2009/11/05 – 46 129[145]
    • DS Summon Night Twin Age ~ spirits of resonance (voice) – Banpresto Aug 2007- 48 162[145]
    • GBA Summon Night: Swordcraft Story Banpresto 2003/04/25 – 75 106[145]
    • GBA Summon Night: Swordcraft Story 2 Banpresto 2004/08/20 – 101 248[145]
    • GBA Summon Night: Swordcraft Story beginning of stone Banpresto 2005/12/08 – 53 690[145]
    • PS SUMMON NIGHT (Summon Night) Banpresto 2000/01/06 – 58 743[145]
    • PS Summon Night 2 Banpresto 2001/08/02 – 138 986[145]
    • PS Summon Night (PSone Books) Banpresto 2002/12/05 – 49 988[145]
    • PS2 Summon Night 3 Banpresto 2003/08/07 – 230 299[145]
    • PS2 Summon Night 4 Banpresto 2006/11/30 – 182 669[145]
    • PS2 Summon Night Ekusuteze Tsubasa ~ of dawn Banpresto 2005/08/04 – 153 962[145]
    • PS2 Knight promised sword of destruction Summon Night Gran thesis Bandai Namco Games Mar 2010 – 16 848[145]
    • PSP Summon Night 3 Bandai Namco Games 2012/10/04 – 56 726[145]
    • PSP Summon Night 4 Bandai Namco Games 2012/11/15 – 37 902[145]
    • PSP Summon Night 5 Bandai Namco Games 2013/05/16 – 129 557[145]
  45. Total sales of Shining franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {20/12/1996} Shining the Holy Ark [SAT] – 83,641
    • {11/12/1997} Shining Force III: Scenario 1 – 67,516
    • {29/04/1998} Shining Force III: Scenario 2 [SAT] – 37,592
    • {23/09/1998} Shining Force III: Scenario 3 [SAT] – 38,372
    • {28/03/2002} Shining Soul [GBA] – 72,997
    • {24/07/2003} Shining Soul II [GBA] – 13,928
    • {05/08/2004} Shining Force: Resurrection of the Dark Dragon [GBA] – 34,794
    • {03/11/2004} Shining Tears [PS2] – 104,762
    • {24/03/2005} Shining Force Neo [PS2] – 96,013
    • {18/01/2007} Shining Force EXA [PS2] – 130,763
    • {17/05/2007} Shining Wind [PS2] – 126,561
    • {19/02/2009} Shining Force Feather [DS] – 67,341
    • {16/12/2010} Shining Hearts [PSP] – 162,885
    • {22/12/2011} Shining Hearts (PSP the Best) [PSP] – 6,185
    • {15/03/2012} Shining Blade [PSP] – 161,868
    • {28/02/2013} Shining Ark [PSP] – 106,585
    • {11/12/2014} Shining Resonance [PS3] – 109,238 (105,496 retail + 3,742 digital)
    • {26/11/2015} Blade Arcus from Shining EX [PS4] – 10,637
    • {26/11/2015} Blade Arcus from Shining EX [PS3] – 8,707
    • {29/03/2018} Shining Resonance Refrain [PS4] – 34,932 (32,342 retail + 2,590 digital)
    • {12/07/2018} Shining Resonance Refrain [SWI] – 3,645
    • {14/03/2019} Blade Arcus Rebellion from Shining [PS4] – 3,111
  46. Total sales of .hack franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {20/06/2002} .hack//Infection [PS2] – 254,844
    • {19/09/2002} .hack//Mutation [PS2] – 191,463
    • {12/12/2002} .hack//Outbreak [PS2] – 163,010
    • {10/04/2003} .hack//Quarantine [PS2] – 119,881
    • {23/11/2005} .hack//frägment [PS2] – 8,916
    • {18/05/2006} .hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth [PS2] – 162,047
    • {28/09/2006} .hack//G.U. Vol.2//Reminisce [PS2] – 177,074
    • {18/01/2007} .hack//G.U. Vol.3//Redemption [PS2] – 168,562
    • {18/01/2007} .hack//G.U. Vol.1//Rebirth (Welcome Price!) [PS2] – 2,592
    • {04/03/2010} .hack//Link [PSP] – 104,868
    • {28/06/2012} .hack: Sekai no Mukou ni + Versus – Hybrid Pack [PS3] – 23,530
    • {01/11/2017} .hack//G.U. Last Recode [PS4] – 68,650 (60,847 retail + 7,803 digital)
  47. Total sales of Popolocrois franchise:[78]
    • PS – PoPoLoCrois Monogatari – 1996/12/07 – 406,454
    • PS – PoPoLoCrois Monogatari (PlayStation the Best) – 1997/06/27 – 26,298
    • PS – PoPoRoGue – 1998/11/26 – 247,758
    • PS – PoPoLoCrois Monogatari II – 2000/01/27 – 186,848
    • PS2 – PoPoLoCrois: Hajimari no Bouken – 2002/06/20 – 160,487
    • PS2 – PoPoLoCrois: Tsuki no Okite no Bouken – 2004/03/18 – 70,631
    • PSP – PoPoLoCrois Monogatari: Pietoro Ouji no Bouken – 2005/02/10 – 79,756
    • 3DS – Return to PoPoLoCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 2015/06/18 – 74,190
  48. Total sales of Soul Blazer franchise:[78]
    • Super NES– Soul Blazer – 1992/01/31 – 295,000[146]
    • Super NES– Illusion of Gaia – 1993/11/29 – 650,000[146]
    • Super NES– Terranigma – 1995/10/20 – 200,000[147]
  49. Total sales of Little Battlers Experience franchise in Japan:[69]
    • {16/06/2011} Little Battlers eXperience [PSP] – 328,323
    • {23/11/2011} Little Battlers eXperience: Boost [PSP] – 192,189
    • {05/07/2012} Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost [3DS] – 205,922
    • {18/10/2012} Little Battlers eXperience W [PSP] – 183,582
    • {18/10/2012} Little Battlers eXperience W [PSV] – 35,373
    • {18/07/2013} Little Battlers eXperience W: Super Custom [3DS] – 80,773
    • {31/10/2013} Little Battlers eXperience Wars [3DS] – 100,361
  50. Lunar franchise – 1,084,218

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