I wonder if there's any truth to this picture....
we're all kids now in Splatoon
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Do we expect Splatoon to be the next major Nintendo I.P.?
- Thread starter Majestad
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we're all kids now in Splatoon
It was number 2 on the UK charts thats a good start
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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I wonder if there's any truth to this picture....
No. Now if you add squids to the picture...
germany too, and in uk was the fifth best wiiu debut fver.
LordOcidax
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When we are gatting NPD numbers for this game, May or Jun report?
Should be in the May report since it released at the end of May, numbers will only be based on launch week though so if it charts highly that would defo go down as a success.
Heck 144k in Japan is already pretty impressive for a new IP on WiiU.
Likely the June report depending on when the end point for the May report is. The game released on May 29th in North America.It would have had that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in May.
twothunder
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I believe it will only get like 3 days in the next NPD. We'll have to wait till we get June's numbers for a good view on the sales in the US
SpaceDrake
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Perfect.
You'll get one eventually, it's when that's the question.
small44
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I wonder if there's any truth to this picture....
Splatoon will be just like mario it will play by childs and adult
We know that it's a for-sure hit in Japan (not surprising judging by the number of Japanese players online). The West likely isn't too far behind, but we don't have any specific numbers to be sure about that. Even with the May numbers coming out soon, the game was only out for 3 days in May.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Lol, that doesn't sound very good.
If you look at those games and realize a brand new ip is hanging up there close to proven beloved franchise, I'd say that's pretty good
ErrorMacro
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Plus, you need to remember that, of all territories, UK is one of Nintendo's worst, as far as I know.
5th best debut for a new franchise on a Nintendo console is pretty damn good. Specially if you consider that the other 4 are probably Mario Kart, Smash and Mario games.
AzureTranquility95
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I wonder if there's any truth to this picture....
I see no differences here. I guess one might be of a higher age than the other, but what does that matter? I take this pic to mean young adults usually have better taste in video games than little children.
Perhaps.
Essentially the same thing happened with Pikmin (2nd iteration is where it got the most praise), but unlike even that game, Splatoon is getting an even wider appeal just from its debut alone.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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Wonderful 101 debuted in Japan with 5k sales.
Good lord. What about worldwide LTD though?
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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Unlikely to have done much better. It was #22 on the UK weekly chart at launch and never charted in NA. The game was a huge bomb. Very fun game though.
twothunder
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People really seem to underestimate how badly Wonderful 101 did...As much as it pains me.
Well. Splatoon has already outsold the Japanese + US LTD of Wonderful 101 in 4 days
Creamsugar has it at 104K in the April 2015 NPD thread. (That´s after price cuts etc.)
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=160467229&postcount=1252
In japan, It´s first week was 5,258
[Wii U] The Wonderful 101 (Nintendo, 08/22/13) 5,258 (New)
http://www.destructoid.com/the-wonderful-101-s-sales-don-t-look-good-so-far-260892.phtml
Last numbers we have for Japan
WIU 2013-08-24 The Wonderful 101 Nintendo 6,663 / 27,028
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=131557094
US + Japan sales for Wonderful 101 are about 131K with these numbers
Lol what? Are you being serious? It's very good.
So probably 175-200k worldwide.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
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Ah, that's much better than I expected, even if most of those sales were probably heavily discounted.
OrbitalBeard
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Is the May NPD this week or next?
How big was the drop off? Is it Hollywood -60% plunge or significantly stronger than that?
A little bit less than that but it also helped HW sales to go up.
Empyrean Heaven
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AND WE'RE SQUIDS NOW.
twothunder
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Probably. With European sales added. Wish I could find some actual recent numbers for the EU sales though
CreatureX3
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The sales numbers confirm that Splatoon has now reached "major Nintendo I.P." status! Nice job Nintendo!
Jaded Alyx
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So...Crow-eating time for GAF? Fire up the grill...
But that's a squid...
CaviarMeths
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56% drop, supply still constrained, Wii U hardware is up week over week again. Splatoon has given the Wii U a bigger bump in sales than either Mario Kart 8 or Smash.
Japan loves the shit out of this game, not sure about NA or EU.
Do we know what the US numbers are?
Jaded Alyx
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No.
They're to be released in NPD tomorrow, though we'll likely never see an official # until Nintendo releases one, which they might to coincide with the NPD report.
SuperLeviathan
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In light of Hyrule Warriors getting a portable port, do you think we'll see a 3DS version/port of this game?
It's taking off faster than anyone could have ever predicted, a scaled-down port would make sense.
It's taking off faster than anyone could have ever predicted, a scaled-down port would make sense.
I think we'll see something Splatoon-related at some point, but it could be too late in the game for the 3DS to see a major effort, and I'd think they'd want to hold off on it until the handheld aspect of NX is ready for prime time to have a bigger splash, no pun intended.
SatoAilDarko
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One port of a Warriors game by Tecmo and now a bunch of people online are calling for Wii U ports.
There's still a huge power gap between the consoles. The Vita didn't get a port of Black Ops 2 and that was much more powerful than 3DS.
Besides Splatoon requires a second analog stick. Something not available on the vast majority of 3DS's. Touchscreen aiming isn't possible become the game requires access to two buttons (Squid and shoot) at all times. This doesn't even count secondary weapons and jump.
Also even Kid Icarus only had 6 players total. How would the 3DS handle a players with ink being spread constantly.
It's not happening. The only possibility is a spinoff title and it probably isn't worth it to begin development right now when that time could be put in to the next handheld.