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Best Selling Console Games in Japan \ 1997

Rank Game Title Publisher System Genre Units Sold
1 Pocket Monster (Red, Blue, Green) Nintendo GB RPG 3,995,988
2 Final Fantasy VII Square PS RPG 3,277,290
3 Derby Stallion ASCII PS SIM 1,581,138
4 Final Fantasy Tactics Square PS RPG 1,237,328
5 Saga Frontier Square PS RPG 1,057,263
6 Everybody's Golf Sony PS SPT 1,023,168
7 Parappa the Rappa Sony PS ETC 761,621
8 I.Q. Intelligent Cube Sony PS PUZ 749,138
9 Tamagouchi Bandai GB SIM 746,383
10 Super Mario Kart 64 Nintendo N64 RAC 731,385
11 Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon Square PS RPG 648,901
12 Gran Turismo Sony PS RAC 648,650
13 Super Donkey Kong 3 Nintendo SFC ACT 582,505
14 Puyo Puyo Compile PS PUZ 511,640
15 Crash Bandicoot Sony PS ACT 507,829
16 Ace Combat 2 Namco PS ACT 506,272
17 Crash Bandicoot 2 Sony PS ACT 498,835
18 Front Mission Second Square PS S.RPG 496,200
19 Monster Farm Tecmo SFC SIM 496,197
20 Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 97 Konami PS SPT 488,309
21 Super Robot Taisen F Banpresto SS S.RPG 464,168
22 Tales of Destiny Namco PS RPG 450,099
23 Densha De Go! Taito PS SIM 439,948
24 Breath of Fire III Capcom PS RPG 425,497
25 Bushido Blade Square PS FIG 387,937
26 Neon Genesis Evangelion 2nd Impression Sega SS SIM 387,382
27 Star Fox 64 Nintendo N64 STG 373,479
28 Biohazard Director's Cut Capcom PS A.ADV 368,052
29 Super Mario 64 Nintendo N64 ACT 361,302
30 Senteikou 2 Sony PS SIM 339,731
31 Tobal 2 Square PS FIG 318,293

System Abbreviation
FCFamicom
GBGame Boy
N64Nintendo 64
PSPlayStation
SSSega Saturn
SFCSuper Famicom
 
Genre Abbreviation
RPGRole Playing ACTAction
A.RPGAction RPG A.ADVAction Adventure
S.RPGStrategy RPG ADVAdventure
FIGFighting SPTSport
STGShooting SIMSimulation/Strategy
RACRacing TBLTable/Board/Cards
PUZPuzzle ETCEtcetera
Sales source: Dengeki Online