The sales dip of Wii consoles in Japan can be attributed to the lack of staying power in Wii Music and Animal Crossing City Folk..

It seems that, perhaps the samey Animal Crossing City Folk – which while a fine game in it’s own right and Wii Music which, well, we won’t go there, could be the cause for the slower Wii hardware sales in Japan. - Screen Digest Games Analyst Ed Barton says that the only games that are still selling are the evergreen Wii Fit and Mario Kart Wii and while these have terrific stamina are not going to be able to prop up console sales going forward. Wii Music and Animal Crossing City Folk just don’t seem to have to have the same hook going forward and since then Nintendo hasn’t offered any more Wii games instead releasing more New Play Control GameCube games, could consumers be seeing past these filler fillers? Source: GoNintendo