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[Persona7]

Did triforce heroes outsell four swords adventure?

 

[VLQ]

Project Guard
Project Giant Robot

Well, they're still there.

and Brain Training for Europe, not saying much really

 

[@MUWANdo]

Did triforce heroes outsell four swords adventure?

4SA only sold like 300k or so, IIRC.

 

[Oxymoron]

mario kart wii (wii): 35.53m
mario kart ds (ds): 23.56m
mario kart 7 (3ds): 13.03m
mario kart 64 (n64): 9.87m
super mario kart (snes): 8.76m
mario kart 8 (wii u): 7.24m
mario kart double dash (gc): 6.88m
mario kart super circuit (gba): 5.91m

 

[J@hranimo]

Just to remember Polygon...

 

[random25]

Woolly World is a big surprise. Never thought it would reach a million when the reception is lukewarm. Same with Triforce Heroes.

 

[Champion]

EAD is stuntin on the naysayers with those Splatoon numbers.

 

[vinnygambini]

Pokémon XY 14.46 million LTD
Pokémon AS 11.16 million LTD

Impressive numbers and close to their predecessors (BW, SSHG) even with weaker contributions from Japan.

 

[Sandfox]

Mario Kart and Splatoon never cease to surprise me. Yoshi has done better than I expected as well.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

I wanna see the thread where people said Splatoon would flop.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Woolly World is a big surprise. Never thought it would reach a million when the reception is lukewarm. Same with Triforce Heroes.

Think it's a big case of a dry release schedule. Better something than nothing. They weren't blasted negatively like the tennis game.

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Amiibo really helped Nintendo out. Things would be a bit more bleak without them.

 

[Danthrax]

Those Wii U release schedules are mega sad, though. They've got nothing coming out!

Third-party titles coming up, but no dates:

 

[andrerobot]

Nintendo is expecting to sell more 3DS and Wii U units this year, compared to 2015. Am I reading this right?

Would this mean that they don't expect to release NX anytime soon?

 

[Coffee Dog]

Great to see Nintendo shattering the low sales stigma of online multiplayer team shooters with low TTK, fast respawns, and nonstop progression systems. Hopefully they revive the long forgotten open world game with the brave risk taking they've displayed so far. :^)

 

[JoeM86]

Pokémon XY 14.46 million LTD
Pokémon AS 11.16 million LTD

Impressive numbers and close to their predecessors (BW, SSHG) even with weaker contributions from Japan.

TBF, XY's difference to BW in Japan just about covers the difference between XY and BW globally. 4m vs 5m respectively.

 

[jariw]

Yoshi's Woolly World at 1.31 million. Nice!

This is the most surprising news in the report! I personally though it would on the same levels of sales as Tropical Freeze. Very well deserved, it's fantastic game. Guess NoA made the correct decision to wait with Woolly World until after the summer?

That Splatoon will continue and sell and sell (especially in Japan) is no surprise at this time. But we need much more Polygon graphs.

 

[cws]

Nintendo is expecting to sell more 3DS and Wii U units this year, compared to 2015. Am I reading this right?

Would this mean that they don't expect to release NX anytime soon?

They have a better 3ds lineup this year and Zelda on WiiU. Price drops for both systems before NX hits might be possible as well.

 

[Champion]

I wanna see the thread where people said Splatoon would flop.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1039957

 

[AniHawk]

super mario bros. (nes, gbc, gba): 40.24m
new super mario bros. (ds): 30.79m
new super mario bros. wii (wii): 29.51m
super mario world (snes): 20.61m
super mario bros. 3 (nes): 17.28m
super mario land (gb): 18.14m
super mario bros. usa (nes, gba): 12.71m
super mario galaxy (wii): 12.59m
super mario 64 (n64): 11.91
super mario land 2 (gb): 11.18m
super mario 3d land (3ds): 10.63m
new super mario bros. 2 (3ds): 10.04m
super mario galaxy 2 (wii): 7.41m
super mario sunshine (gc): 5.91m
new super mario bros. u (wii u): 5.08m
super mario 3d world (wii u): 4.63m
super mario bros. 2 (nes): 2.65m
new super luigi u (wii u): 2.42m

mario party ds (ds): 9.31m
mario party 8 (wii): 8.85m
mario party 9 (wii): 3.11m
mario party (n64): 2.7m
mario party 2 (n64): 2.48m
mario party 4 (gc): 2.46m
mario party 5 (gc): 2.15m
mario party 7 (gc): 2.04m
mario party 3 (n64): 1.91m
mario party 10 (wii u): 1.65m
mario party 6 (gc): 1.63m
mario party: island tour (3ds): 1.14m

animal crossing wild world (ds): 11.73m
animal crossing new leaf (3ds): 9.86m
animal crossing city folk (wii): 4.32m
animal crossing (gc): 2.23m

super smash bros. brawl (wii): 12.93m
super smash bros. for 3ds (3ds): 7.92m
super smash bros. melee (gc): 7.41m
super smash bros. (n64): 5.55m
super smash bros. for wii u (wii u): 4.61m

 

[gamerMan]

Look at the attach rates of those games. Nintendo would kill it if they had the install base. Nobody matches their software output this generation. Most companies put out like one good game in like 4 or 5 years. I'm actually excited for the NX.

 

[Tagg9]

Third-party titles coming up, but no dates:

Damn, that's an empty schedule. Although I don't know why I would have expected more AAA titles.

 

[Madao]

TBF, XY's difference to BW in Japan just about covers the difference between XY and BW globally. 4m vs 5m respectively.

so it's all japan's fault. never thought Pokemon would he in a situation where a decline in japan is bigger than in the west.

 

[narton]

Hang on, has Smash Wii U really not hit 1 million or am I missing something?

Still I didn't think it would be so frontloaded in sales. Mario Kart was able to get another 2 million in the past 9 months.

NX Smash rumors make more and more sense now.

 

[Mpl90]

Nintendo is expecting to sell more 3DS and Wii U units this year, compared to 2015. Am I reading this right?

Would this mean that they don't expect to release NX anytime soon?

Are you referring to the expectations they set the last May, and that are up to March 31st, 2016? I don't see other forecasts.

 

[kuroneko0509]

smash 3ds/wii u still hasn't gone past brawl numbers yet eh...

 

[Occam]

3DS software tie in ratio is baaaaaaad esp since its only at 57mil units

Maybe because there is not enough software. For a system with such an install base, 3DS is getting remarkably little support.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Nintendo is expecting to sell more 3DS and Wii U units this year, compared to 2015. Am I reading this right?

Would this mean that they don't expect to release NX anytime soon?

I can't see the pdf right now but that should be the end of financial year forecast, which is 2 months from now.

 

[andrerobot]

They have a better 3ds lineup this year and Zelda on WiiU. Price drops for both systems before NX hits might be possible as well.

But shouldn't a 2016 announcement for NX impact the momentum 3DS and/or Wii U sales have?

I can't see the pdf right now but that should be the end of financial year forecast, which is 3 months from now.

Aah, got it!

 

[vinnygambini]

TBF, XY's difference to BW in Japan just about covers the difference between XY and BW globally. 4m vs 5m respectively.

US & EU are up though, the Youkai's fought for there place in Japan 👀

 

[Agent Unknown]

Woolly World is a big surprise. Never thought it would reach a million when the reception is lukewarm. Same with Triforce Heroes.

Woolly World is anything but a lukewarm experience, those early reviews from certain sites were beyond stupid and way off the mark. Level design, gameplay, aesthetics and soundtrack are all beautifully polished, and bursting with joy, each level is throwing something new at you. WW is the successor YI SNES deserves and makes the Artoon/Arzest YI titles look embarrassing in comparison.

 

[JoeM86]

so it's all japan's fault. never thought Pokemon would he in a situation where a decline in japan is bigger than in the west.

Japan has less kids, and although Pokémon still dominates over Yo-kai Watch (except in terms of anime, ratings are more often higher for Yo-kai than Pokémon, though Pokémon does have weeks it's higher than Yo-kai. The movie dominated Pokémon's one though), it has dented things a bit.

Makes me think they're going to knock it out the park with Gen VII and the hints with all the Zygarde stuff for the next Gen VI game is a very interesting way of doing it.

 

[Forkball]

I know some people said Splatoon would bomb hard, but it would be super petty to dig up those old posts and then mock them.

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http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1039957

It'll bomb.

Of course not. I'll be amazed if it reaches 1 million.

lol no
It'll do ok but nothing impressive

I'm expecting Wonderful 101 levels of bomb.

Maybe about as well as wonderful 101

No it's going to flop. But it will be marketed by Nintendo as the next big one though.

I'm expecting somewhere around 700k

I think probably between 500K and 1M. If it bombs horribly they can just put a Mario skin and sell a lot next time.

You might see an Inkling as a Assist Trophy in Smash 5

That's about it

Its totally going to flop. It doesnt have anything the mainstream audience want.

This is only the first 3 pages out of 32.

 

[Burning Justice]

MK8 and Splatoon's sales are well-deserved! Still amazed at Splatoon in particular, I was one of the more optimistic people on GAF about its sales, but I never dreamed it'd do this well.

And I'm glad to see that Tri Force Heroes broke 1m. Was really worried it'd bomb.

 

[Iriscomeback]

Those Amiibo numbers are insane!

Xenoblade not selling 1M is beyond me...

 

[JoeM86]

Those Amiibo numbers are insane!

Xenoblade not selling 1M is beyond me...

To be fair, it counts just 4 weeks of Xenoblade sales for non-Japan.

 

[NateDrake]

Those Amiibo numbers are insane!

Xenoblade not selling 1M is beyond me...

Why? We know what it did in Japan, and we have hints that it launched over 200k in the US. Even if EU matched US sales, it would place the game slightly higher than 500k. Plus you have to remember the game released in Dec. for US/EU.

 

[FZZ]

I know some people said Splatoon would bomb hard, but it would be super petty to dig up those old posts and then mock them.

...

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1039957

This is only the first 3 pages out of 32.

I said it'd bomb too, but I think many others and I just took the L and moved on after its launch in JP

 

[ElTorro]

 

[tonyh24613]

So briefing tomorrow?

 

[Rymuth]

Can I get some Pokemon comparison numbers, please? I wanna see how XY is doing when put next to previous entries.

 

[FZZ]

Nintendo On

 

[Madao]

Those Amiibo numbers are insane!

Xenoblade not selling 1M is beyond me...

did the Wii Xenoblade even reach 1 million?

Xenoblade X has everything against it compared to the original (lower userbase, worse reception). it'd be really surprising to see it ahead of the original this quickly (with legs it might be doable if legs don't collapse in the west)

 

[Iriscomeback]

To be fair, it counts just 4 weeks of Xenoblade sales for non-Japan.

Why? We know what it did in Japan, and we have hints that it launched over 200k in the US. Even if EU matched US sales, it would place the game slightly higher than 500k. Plus you have to remember the game released in Dec. for US/EU.

Ah, I see. Well maybe they will hit the magic number this year.

 

[User1608]

Those MK8 sales are well deserved!

 

[Sammy Samusu]

mario party ds (ds): 9.31m

What in the actual fuck?

 

[random25]

Think it's a big case of a dry release schedule. Better something than nothing. They weren't blasted negatively like the tennis game.

Probably being near the holiday season in the US helped Woolly World more I think. Dunno its NPD numbers but I bet a lot of its 1M sales came from the NA market.

Woolly World is anything but a lukewarm experience, those early reviews from certain sites were beyond stupid and way off the mark. Level design, gameplay, aesthetics and soundtrack are all beautifully polished, and bursting with joy, each level is throwing something new at you. WW is the successor YI SNES deserves and makes the Artoon/Arzest YI titles look embarrassing in comparison.

I thought it would be getting Tropical Freeze numbers (great game but sold poorly because platformer without Mario) but it really is a good thing it is a million seller. Hopefully we'll see more games of this kind from Good Feel.

 

[jariw]

Think it's a big case of a dry release schedule. Better something than nothing. They weren't blasted negatively like the tennis game.

There were many other games releasing at the time slot of Yoshi's Woolly World, specially for the NoA release.

Tropical Freeze and Wonderful 101 were released in a vacuum and sold very little.

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Kimi probs has a virtual boy in his office that he stares at everyday and that's what he means by looking at VR.

 

[Vena]

NX VR.

 

[orochi91]

VR?

That means NX will have to be at least comparable to the PS4, in terms of specs.

This bodes well for the NX home console.