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Media Create Sales: Week 1, 2013 (Dec 31 - Jan 06)

Now that Nintendo announced a game that comes out 10 months later are we finally done with the stupidity that they hold secret many major Wii U announcements (just because)?

Mostly. I'm inclined to give them a tad of benefit of the doubt for the weeks leading up to their Q3 results, but I admit that's pretty irrational at this point.
 

AzaK

Member
Now that Nintendo announced a game that comes out 10 months later are we finally done with the stupidity that they hold secret many major Wii U announcements (just because)?

No, because this time they had something to announce. If they keep using that tired old mantra they might still fool us into thinking that they have titles coming. It's moronic. The casuals don't give a shit if Nintendo say "Zelda Wii U is coming in 2014, here's a trailer." but the enthusiast gamers are happy to go "Holy shit!! I'm gonna get me a Wii U and stare at it until 2014!".

Hype = good, so long as you deliver. So what if Zelda is a year or two away? As long as it comes, and in the mean time there are good games, people will be happy but it's nice to see bits and pieces from it as time goes on to keep the spirits up. I guess if they were knocking it out of the park with cool titles after cool titles it wouldn't need hype from a flagship game, but they're not so why not?
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
No one expects a game to come out in 3 months.
But no one expects Nintendo not to have games in late 2013 for the Wii U.

There's a significant difference between those two.

I think it might be reasonable to say their announced first party line-up represents every notable retail title until at least like September, or perhaps even October.
 

DR2K

Banned
Vita needs a Monster Hunter-like game and sales will explode. Japan just loves their portables.
 

BlackJace

Member
It´s going to be hilarious to see how Nintendo gets to the next holdiay with basically just Pikmin, Wonderful 101 and Rayman.

Even Nintendo isn't short sighted enough to only release 3 first party games the entire year. And those 3 aren't even their heavy hitters.
 

Kangi

Member
Zelda, Kirby, and a new Mario sport game are my bets.

I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been a Kirby 3DS announcement as of yet. It's basically Nintendo's resident first party handheld franchise, but they haven't pulled him out yet. If something for him isn't announced by the end of E3 (or even TGS...), I'll be wondering what HAL is doing; considering they aren't even working on Smash Bros. this time around to my knowledge.
 
Was a drop for Wii U expected this week? I vaguely recall the idea floated that this being New Year's and kids having spending money it would hold or bump a bit and a drop would come in Week 2.

Launching with two games was completely intentional, not a lack of planning.
They showed up with two key pieces of software needed to sell the system through at least march and left a ton of room and visibility for third parties, which showed up decently for day 1.
Yes, it's clearly all according to keikaku.
 

AOC83

Banned
Even Nintendo isn't short sighted enough to only release 3 first party games the entire year. And those 3 aren't even their heavy hitters.

I´m sure they´re going to release something bigger at the end of the year, but that´s at least 10 month from now.
 

Scum

Junior Member
Well, if the core of your argument is they don't have enough development resources to adequately support two systems, I agree.

However, I sincerely doubt they can autopilot the 3DS in the West until Fall without sales being notably disappointing, which is presumably a concern for them when allocating resources, unless they're intending to jettison the West as a concern for portable gaming anymore.

That's what I meant, really. I still think they'll be daft enough to leave things until Oct, doing what Mpl90 mentioned.
 

Chris1964

Sales-Age Genius
There's a significant difference between those two.

I think it might be reasonable to say their announced first party line-up represents every notable retail title until at least like September, or perhaps even October.

I wouldn't go that far but at least until June I don't expect anything else.
 
There's a significant difference between those two.

I think it might be reasonable to say their announced first party line-up represents every notable retail title until at least like September, or perhaps even October.

Yeah reasonable to say that. Theres always a chance of 'something' else near Pikmin but thats not a 'oh Nintendo is really doing this'; just something they could do.

Otherwise I think August is surely the date where we might see more.
Remember NSMB2 launched at the end of July and was only announced at E3.
 
I'm honestly surprised there hasn't been a Kirby 3DS announcement as of yet. It's basically Nintendo's resident first party handheld franchise, but they haven't pulled him out yet. If something for him isn't announced by the end of E3 (or even TGS...), I'll be wondering what HAL is doing; considering they aren't even working on Smash Bros. this time around to my knowledge.

They had a mainline Kirby for Wii and a spin-off for DS last year. Of course now they're working on a 3DS one!
 

Nirolak

Mrgrgr
Even Nintendo isn't short sighted enough to only release 3 first party games the entire year. And those 3 aren't even their heavy hitters.

Well, their first party schedule would look like this if it is as stands today:

Launch:
-Mario
-Nintendoland

Q1:
-Game & Wario

Q2:
-Pikmin
-Wii U Fit

Q3:
-Wonderful 101(?)

Q4:
-Presumably titles in this window would be announced at E3. 3D Mario and/or Mario Kart Wii U perhaps? They usually have at least one Mario title a year.

The unaccounted for games at that point would be Bayonetta 2, Monolith, and Smash 4, which I could conceivably see missing 2013.

How many games did Nintendo tend to release per year for the Wii?

Edit:

Zeer0id pointed out Lego City Undercover would also be at some point, presumably in one of the first three quarters.
 
Was a drop for Wii U expected this week? I vaguely recall the idea floated that this being New Year's and kids having spending money it would hold or bump a bit and a drop would come in Week 2.

Yes, it's clearly all according to keikaku.

I think it would have been a big bump if the sales weren't sloping off in the other direction over the longer term.


v v lol again
 

Ragus

Banned
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Nilaul

Member
It´s going to be hilarious to see how Nintendo gets to the next holdiay with basically just Pikmin, Wonderful 101 and Rayman.

And then they could release Zelda, Metroid, 3D mario, Beyonetta 2, Monolith RPG, Donkey Kong, Mario Kart all at once around 2013 christmas.

:p
ofcourse we know thats not gonna happen
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
There's also Lego City at some point

Oh right, Lego is coming to Japan too. And this makes me think about the 3DS version too, that could be a Summer release: the perfect time to release a title like this, since Summer is usually a good time for portables.
 

Nekki

Member
I wonder if Zelda will come out this year. I don't think so, since it won't be a remake. Kirby seems more plausible. After that, I wonder how an F-Zero would fare... maybe it wouldn't be advisable with the 3D effect, lol. I think it's more suited to Wii U. A 2D metroid, or an entirely new IP wouldn't hurt.

For the west, if they localized things like Bravely Default, I think the outlook would be much better.

Speaking of 3DS obviously.
 

Madouu

Member

haha missed opportunity for next week's first reply.

On topic, 3DS doing pretty great as expected. Wii U slightly lower than what I was expecting. Nice to see Vita having a bump in its sales, here's hoping it somehow doesn't fall down too much.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
I wonder if Zelda will come out this year. I don't think so, since it won't be a remake. Kirby seems more plausible. After that, I wonder how an F-Zero would fare... maybe it wouldn't be advisable with the 3D effect, lol. I think it's more suited to Wii U. A 2D metroid, or an entirely new IP wouldn't hurt.

For the west, if they localized things like Bravely Default, I think the outlook would be much better.

The fact that it'd be a brand new Zelda is actually why I think it's pretty plausible to see it released this Holiday: Grezzo developed OoT 3D, and 2 years have passed since its release right now. Moreover, they were already working on it during SS's development IIRC, so why not this year?
 

Scum

Junior Member
I wonder how the "dead" IP resurrection is getting on? I'll take Skies of Arcadia.

Edit: That 3DS Zelda better be Majora's Mask!
 
Q4: -Presumably titles in this window would be announced at E3. 3D Mario and/or Mario Kart Wii U perhaps? They usually have at least one Mario title a year.

Mario Kart is a strong bet for this year. Though if anything is to 'come forward' it'll be Mario Kart as its legs mean it'll carry to the holiday much like NSMB2. I would say MKU for Q2/Q3 if anything is released in there.

3D Mario? We'll see. This is where the 'two 3D consoles at once' stuff gets complex. Is 3D Land 2 this year? Or Mario Universe? They might launch two 2D games in one year, but I can't see two 3D ones.

I can see Mario Universe being first half of 2014 anyway, NSMBU will still be selling, the console is afterall coming from a userbase of zero.

Retro's game I could see 2013 seeing as their restructuring, which might indicate their positioning for where to go after their next release. Going with all this we could see the 'casual leg' games NSMBU/Mario Kart before Q4 with more 'hardcore' games around the Holiday as they argue benefit most from that release window.

Could always be another resurrection. Whether this is baseless gaf hype or something actually happening...we'll see.
 

BlackJace

Member
Well, their first party schedule would look like this if it is as stands today:

Launch:
-Mario
-Nintendoland

Q1:
-Game & Wario

Q2:
-Pikmin
-Wii U Fit

Q3:
-Wonderful 101(?)

Q4:
-Presumably titles in this window would be announced at E3. 3D Mario and/or Mario Kart Wii U perhaps? They usually have at least one Mario title a year.

The unaccounted for games at that point would be Bayonetta 2, Monolith, and Smash 4, which I could conceivably see missing 2013.

How many games did Nintendo tend to release per year for the Wii?

Edit:

Zeer0id pointed out Lego City Undercover would also be at some point, presumably in one of the first three quarters.

Eh, I don't know, I can see at least Bayonetta making 2013. Like you said, Q4/holiday titles would likely be shown closer to E3.

That being said, they're stil going to face a horrible, horrible drought until then unless a miracle happens and they start announcing or shitting out games before then.
 

donny2112

Member
It will be hilarious to see this gif backwards next week when vita sales go back under 10k

Holiday bump usually filters out by end of February or so. With Soul Sacrifice coming out around then, it may actually be until March for the system to get < 10K again.

Now that Nintendo announced a game that comes out 10 months later are we finally done with the stupidity that they hold secret many major Wii U announcements (just because)?

They held back the announcement of a 4m selling game until 9 months before launch. How shortly would they announce a 200K selling game in advance?

They need to date known titles, and it'll give them an opportunity to announce a couple of new ones, which they said was their intention with Directs. "many major" titles? No. Some titles? Seems very reasonable.

Edit:
Thinking dates for some newly ported third-party titles is reasonable, to clarify. New Wii U games to go in the upcoming schedule, but just not 1st-party games.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Toriko's comparison: Monster Hunting v.s. Monster Collection RPG - 4th week

Famitsu

[PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival (Bandai Namco) - 7.709 / 113.267
[PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.230) - 6.238 / 74.862 (-32%)
[3DS] Toriko: Gourmet Monsters! <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.12.13} (¥5.800) - 15.296 / 94.324 (-6%)
 
Toriko's comparison: Monster Hunting v.s. Monster Collection RPG - 4th week

Famitsu

[PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival (Bandai Namco) - 7.709 / 113.267
[PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.05} (¥5.230) - 6.238 / 74.862 (-32%)
[3DS] Toriko: Gourmet Monsters! <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.12.13} (¥5.800) - 15.296 / 94.324 (-6%)

3DS is clearly stealing PSP userbase.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
3DS is clearly stealing PSP userbase.

Well, we have to be honest here

1)The genre is different: the two PSP titles were MH clones, while the 3DS title is more a DQM clone, so maybe it fits better the userbase so far
2)Holidays are surely helping its sales

But still, I was quite pessimistic about it before the release, it's doing surprisingly well.
 

Mpl90

Two copies sold? That's not a bomb guys, stop trolling!!!
Presumably there's a difference in both development cost and time for the Wii U relative to the Wii.

I'd say also that with 3DS Nintendo started reducing its retail release concentrating their efforts with the "best" titles to release, while experiments / little new IPs are released through eShop. In the past, Pullblox, Fallblox, Harmoknight and other titles like these would have been retail titles.
 
I'd say also that with 3DS Nintendo started reducing its retail release concentrating their efforts with the "best" titles to release, while experiments / little new IPs are released through eShop. In the past, Pullblox, Fallblox, Harmoknight and other titles like these would have been retail titles.

This....is an interesting point.
 

Sandfox

Member
Wonderful 101 is probably going to be a Q2 title and then they need announce something Like Kirby and Retro's new game for release this year at the very least(I'm expect more but I don't know what to predict for this year).
 

big youth

Member
the strong 3DS sales could actually benefit Wii U, depending on how Nintendo handles it. Because the 3DS has proven itself to be a successful platform for 3rd parties, Nintendo could shift their focus to Wii U. Perhaps a 70/30 split, with the 30% 3DS games having worldwide appeal, for example Zelda.

I don't necessarily expect this to happen though. Nintendo has investors to appease, so it'll be hard for them to not take the quicker route, releasing numerous games on 3DS and watching the money roll in.
 
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