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Japanese hardware sales, April 28 - May 4: Mothers in gaming edition

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Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2, Sony PlayStation 3, Sony PSP, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business

As today is a nationally recognized day of matronly appreciation, I thought it appropriate to recognize some of the prevalent mama’s in video gaming in this edition of the JHS. No, not the real-life mothers of game industry icons, though we certainly appreciate the progenial contributions that Mrs. Molyneux and Miyamoto-san have made to the planet — we’re talking about the digital mommies of our favorite video game characters.

So here’s to you, Jenova. You may not have carried Sephiroth in your extraterrestrial womb (birthing that Masamune-wielding badass would have been truly uncomfortable), but here at Joystiq HQ, we count test-tube babies as actual human beings. Also, kudos to the minigun-toting Barret Wallace. Despite being of the male persuasion, Barret did have a daughter, and was, in fact, a baaaaaad mother (shut yo’ mouth)! I’m only talking about Barret! (We can dig it.)

Then, of course, is the quintessential “Mom” from the Pokémon series. Provider of running shoes, setter of date and time, and in certain installments, banker — Pokémom is certainly the most useful parent ever featured in any gaming franchise. However, there’s something to be said of the biomechanical oversight provided by Metroid’s Mother Brain. Many mothers have trouble managing one household — this encapsulated vixen keeps tabs on an entire planet.

As you find yourself awash in the emerald glow of the following upward-pointers, why not take a moment to share your appreciation for your favorite digital maternal unit — and then, of course, your own female progenitor. You know she worries.

- PSP: 100,870 8,459 (9.15%)
- Wii: 71,158 22,722 (46.57%)
- DS Lite: 52,542 10,107 (23.82%)
- PS3: 10,177 1,070 (11.75%)
- PS2: 8,802 1,694 (23.83%)
- Xbox 360: 1,725 442 (34.45%)

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See: The matronly archives

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