Mario has always been a more recognizable character than Link, but with Nintendo players, Link has been a more popular character and Zelda the more popular series than Mario since the 8-bit days. At least in most of the western world, not sure about japan.
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Media Create Sales: Week 17, 2015 (Apr 20 - Apr 26)
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Mario has always been a more recognizable character than Link, but with Nintendo players, Link has been a more popular character and Zelda the more popular series than Mario since the 8-bit days. At least in most of the western world, not sure about japan.
small44
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It will come Friday because of Golden week
RayearthRob
Member
Zelda don't sell well in japan.
Go_Ly_Dow
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Cheers bro
Entryhazard
Banned
Golden Week getting in the way :c
Famitsu Best selling games of 2015
01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi <RPG> (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) - 565.248 / 2.572.575
02. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.02.26} (¥7.344) - 444.018
03. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2015.02.14} (¥5.076) - 420.990
04. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.01.22} (¥8.715) - 362.145
05. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) - 321.724 / 2.786.574
Remember Gaf, selling less than 420k (being a remake) means selling bad now.
God Eater is a bomba, Tales of is a bomba Yakuza is a bomba, everything is a bomba. lol
Pennywise83
Banned
Well, Yakuza 0 didn't sell that well to be honest 
not a bomb, of course, but it might have underperformed a little.
not a bomb, of course, but it might have underperformed a little.Graphics Horse
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theprodigy
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damn that's a lot of money
Really?
GC:
WW (2002) - 742,609
GBA:
4 Swords (2003) - 294,367
MC (2004) - 235,400
Wii:
TP (2006) - 554,109
SS (2011) - 337,452
DS:
PH (2007) - 902,386
ST (2009) - 740,109
3DS:
OoT 3D (2011) - 626,315
ALBW (2013) - 405,633
MM 3D (2015) - 420,990
WiiU:
WW HD (2013) - 45,741
Musou (2014) - 126,700
Maybe you mean that a single HD remaster of a Zelda game on the WiiU sold really badly?
Moor-Angol
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BlowoverKing
Banned
Two questions if you don't mind. Does the GE2 numbers include the "Best" release and did Freedom Wars break 300k?
Sangetsu-II
Member
Was wondering this too.
kuroneko0509
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Psycho_Mantis
Banned
wouldn't be surprised if GE2 has sold 700k in that case. Why haven't we got a localisation yet -___-
Friday
Pennywise83
Banned
No.
theprodigy
Member
lol?
Only in my dreams of better times...
Will you buy it if i part fund?
There might even be a bump when the anime premieres. That and I imagine the PS4 version is intended for better sales in the west whenever that happens.
Are we allowed to cross fund things like this? I don't mind chipping in for a portion, hefty or otherwise.
Yep. Nintendo got fined some years ago for this.
On Friday.
Kresnik258
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Well, Yakuza 0 didn't sell that well to be honest
Didn't Tales do pretty badly too? Opened okay-ish but then had no legs and the used market for it was flooded.
perfectchaos007
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And Thursday is Nintendo's 2014 Fiscal report right?
Wow I'm surprised WW did that.
small44
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I have no idea
Yes, tomorrow.
It's actually in just a few hours, basically 9, going by other years. So, 8:00 GMT.
Then, less than 24 hours later, the Investor Meeting. After that, there will only be the usual E3 Q&A before the next Investor Meeting, due in occasion of Q2 Financial Releases in October.
Just a reminder: since these will be the results for the whole FY2015, we'll get brand new updates for this page(s)
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/wiiu.html
theprodigy
Member
It underperformed not bombed, but like most PS3-only games released for a while now.
Being multi PS3/PS4 at launch would've probably helped him reach a number closer to 450k instead of having trouble to clear the 400k shipment the game had.
Tales also tend to have up and down in sales which fit with the console life cycle, Xillia hit 650k when software sales for PS3 were at their peak, and it was sort of the "right game at the right time", otherwise the Vesperia and Graces ports are respectively around 500k and 400k sales right now (with the former having incredible legs with best versions and reprint), Xillia 2 is at 450k and when all is said and done Zestiria should be around 400k for the PS3 SKU, so you can clearly see the trend.
All of that weren't its biggest problems though, but it's a matter that has already been discussed to death.
As for Yakuza its numbers were closer to a spin-off titles like Ishin while it was more branded as a main episode.
So far main episodes were selling around 500k and were rather steady, but 0 will have an hard time to crack the 400k mark, its ratio of PS3/PS4 sales is also pretty similar to Isshin which is worrying
theprodigy
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So tomorrow......
in UK it is, in Italy it's not
but really it's tomorrow in America so it's definitely tomorrow /s
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
So tomorrow......
At 3:00 am EST woot
Looking forward to making the thread
Edit: Get excitedddddddd
in UK it is, in Italy it's not
but really it's tomorrow in America so it's definitely tomorrow /s
Haha well there are so many timezones so it'll be today/tomorrow.
Basically around 8 hours from now.
Well, BB is probably the better game* so it deserves more sales
*based on hypothetical Metacritic score for XCX
Stupidest post of the year.
Why do you hate Famitsu? =(
It's probably gonna take a couple of months before 2015 White Paper are available in libraries.
I too get offended when people have different opinions than me.
Lmao. Do you see the irony of your post?
Explain. But use small words. I'm dead tired and haven't drank any coffee.