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[Kilrogg]

No, but it's one of those things that adds up. If you look at some of Nintendo's other major properties -- Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc. -- they've tended to see quite a bit of visual differentiation between entries, in a way that keeps the games visually related but still stamps out a unique identity for each entry. With Animal Crossing you look at screens from literally any entry in the series and they all look superficially the same, to the point where you'd need to actively dig around in bullet-point feature lists to tell what the differences are between the game. Even the Harvest Moon games have started designing new townsfolk, switching around visual styles and motifs, and branching off into variants (like Rune Factory) at this point.

I mean, it's entirely possible that AC will be a huge hit and "the exact same game, but with a decent number of real feature improvements" will actually have been the right thing to put out. But if it isn't, I don't think suggesting "hey, maybe this game shouldn't cultivate the image of being exactly the same game repackaged over and over" would be crazy.

That's fair. I don't think they should change it too much, but just enough that you can tell at a quick glance that it's a new AC game. I don't mean that only huge gaming/AC nerds should tell right away (because in that case, the current look for the 3DS game is enough for us to tell), but most players.

On that subject, I sure hope the new Super Mario Bros. game for Wii U will look different from the current version. Apart from the Miis and higher resolution it looks exactly the same as NSMB Wii. That game created confusion by having some people think it was just a port of the DS game, and that had updated visuals and an all new 4-player mode. This time people will be either confused by the fact that it doesn't look different from the previous game, right down to the title (only 1 single letter changed). People who know better like us risk dismissing the game as lazy.

 

[electroplankton]

Full-blown remake of one of the worse Tales games vs a lazy port of one of the better ones. I think they will sell roughly the same.

Here again, the laziness of Namco Bandai in releasing Tales of on Nintendo platforms; they could have made Abyss a sort of director's cut while still remaining a porting, but with some new character, or area, or event, and then sell at least an additional 50%.

 

[Gravijah]

Here again, the laziness of Namco Bandai in releasing Tales of on Nintendo platforms; they could have made Abyss a sort of director's cut while still remaining a porting, but with some new character, or area, or event, and then sell at least an additional 50%.

that requires effort. have you seen ridge racer vita?

 

[Mpl90]

...Wait. The dog is moving. Weren't gifs as avatars not allowed anymore? :O

However. However.

Comgnet Preorders Daily Ranking

Updated: 26 December 2011 (Mon) 08:00
Ranking is closed at December 25, 2011

[PS3] Armored Core 5 - 165Pt
[PS3] OG Super Robot Taisen 2 - 106pt
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIIIヴェルサス - 100Pt
[PSP] I & II Machine God tier Super Robot Taisen OG Saga - 63pt
[3DS] Resident Evil Revelations - 48pt
[PSP] BOX ☆ limitation agreement portable Madoka Magika Maho Shojo (Full, Limited Edition) - 40pt
[PSP] I pretend Limited quantities Ta ぽ little friend "BOX very unfortunate girl × × game = shame" - 34pt
[3DS] NEW Love Plus - 33pt
[PS3] Metal Gear Solid Rising - 30pt
[Xbox360] Armored Core: five - 28Pt
[PSP] Tales of Heroes Limited Edition Premium Twin BOX Brave - 23pt
[PSV] Tales of Innocence R - 22pt
[PS3] Binary Domain - 19pt
[PSP] Fotokano - 19pt
[PS3] Musou One Piece (Limited Edition) - 15pt
[PS3] TRESURE BOX One Piece Warriors - 13pt
[PSP] cut through light and shadow adding 3 Sengoku Hime (Limited Edition) - 12pt
[PSP] In addition there miso wait! The clouds vertically - 11pt
[PSP] Fate / EXTRA CCC Type Moon Virgin White Box (Limited Edition) - 10pt
[PS3] Final Fantasy 10 HD.Ver - 9pt

And now...AND NOOWWW

Comgnet Sales Weekly Ranking

Updated: 26 December 2011 (Mon) 08:00
Index aggregation period: 25 December 2011 ~ December 19, 2011

[PS3] OROCHI 2 Warriors (Limited Edition) - 606pt
[3DS] Mario Kart 7 - 366pt
[3DS] Monster 3G (Limited Edition) - 358pt
[PS3] Final Fantasy XIII-2 - 300pt
[3DS] 3D Super Mario Land - 248pt
[Wii] Kirby of the Stars Wii - 209pt
[Wii] JUST DANCE Wii (Just Dance Wii) - 173pt
[Wii] Inazuma Eleven Strikers Xtreme 2012 - 146pt
[PS3] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (dub version) - 141pt
[NDS] One Piece Gigant Battle the New World 2 (Limited Edition) - 139pt
[3DS] SD Gundam GGENERATION 3D - 137pt
[PSP] Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's PORTABLE-THE GEARS OF DESTINY-GOD BOX Limited Edition - 125pt
[NDS] peaked witch hat and stylish - 123pt
[PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 Ketteiban - 119pt
[Wii] Rhythm Heaven for Everyone - 106pt
[Wii] Mario & Sonic Olympics in London AT - 96pt
[PSP] Frontier Gate - 89pt
[Wii] Wii Bundle Tatakon definitive Taiko no Tatsujin - 86pt
[Wii] The World Beyond PokePark 2 - 83pt
[3DS] Inazuma Eleven GO Shine - 80pt

MH3G second to third week: 499pt ---> 358pt
MH3: 298pt ---> 179pt

Mario Kart increased of 162pt, 3D Land more than doubled. Kirby almost double, as well as all the other recent Wii releases.
But not Zelda. Not Zelda.

IEGo, at least one version, doesn't even fall of 50%.

IE Strikers 2012 Extreme - 146pt
IE Strikers - 150pt

FFXIII-2 lose more than 1000pt

It's not only Christmas time, but it's also freakin Nintendomination time. Now in 3D.

 

[Jinfash]

I fully expect a PSV-software-free chart this week, or at least the top 20.

It's not too surprising, even in line with previous launches, until you realize it's Christmas, and the HW & SW are seemingly unaffected by the holiday season.

 

[Truth101]

I wonder if Inazuma shine/dark will outsell the Wii one....

3DS software/hardware are going to be massive in this weeks charts....

 

[schuelma]

Nothing shows Nintendo holiday power like seeing a dead system move software like the Wii is doing right now. Just insane.

 

[Takao]

I wonder if Inazuma shine/dark will outsell the Wii one....

3DS software/hardware are going to be massive in this weeks charts....

lol if IE Go is outsold by Strikers 2012, I'd call the Level-5 runs to ___ thread.

 

[AMoreHumbleSquare]

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[thestopsign]

Mario Kart should break a million this week if it sees any growth. Slight chance for Mario Land 3D as well. Should be a good week for software sales all around.

 

[AceBandage]

Mario Kart should break a million this week if it sees any growth. Slight chance for Mario Land 3D as well. Should be a good week for software sales all around.

3DS Might get 3 million sellers for this week, actually.
All depends on how the wind blows, though.

 

[frankie_baby]

3DS Might get 3 million sellers for this week, actually.
All depends on how the wind blows, though.

I'll be surprised if monster hunter hits a million this week, both amazon and comgnet suggest its had some drop off though it should pass it next week

Personally I'd say 3ds should be near 500k if not over it whereas vita will be lucky to hit 150k

 

[Alrus]

3DS Might get 3 million sellers for this week, actually.
All depends on how the wind blows, though.

I really don't think MH3G is going to do nearly 300k this week. It'll do it next week though.

 

[donny2112]

I think if you accumulate all of the advancements of the Animal Crossing series since the original on the N64, you might have enough for a proper sequel.

They had that with Animal Forest e+/Animal Crossing U.S. The later iterations just took out most of that along with the NES games.

Will I still buy the 3DS game? Probably.

I want it to be a real improvement (real holidays and access to play already purchased VC games through the interface would be great there to get back some of the GCN version's advantages), but am not holding out much hope. Can you swim to new areas (e.g. Animal Island) or is the swimming pretty much pointless?

 

[Grakl]

Sales the week after Christmas are generally pretty good as well, for those buying games from gift cards and what not, right?

 

[Chris1964]

azalyn gave a preview of last week (at his store only)

3DS>PSP>PS3=Vita=Wii

3DS accounted for 70% of total hardware sold. We should get the real 3DS numbers soon from Iwata or Famitsu.

If we have a replay of last year 4gamer will be out this week and inside-games will give software top 10 at Thursday morning and Media Create will update the site some hours later.

 

[Truth101]

azalyn gave a preview of last week (at his store only)

3DS>PSP>PS3=Vita=Wii

3DS accounted for 70% of total hardware sold. We should get the real 3DS numbers soon from Iwata or Famitsu.

If we have a replay of last year 4gamer will be out this week and inside-games will give software top 10 at Thursday morning and Media Create will update the site some hours later.

Kenka should be pleased.

 

[canvee]

azalyn gave a preview of last week (at his store only)

3DS>PSP>PS3=Vita=Wii

3DS accounted for 70% of total hardware sold. We should get the real 3DS numbers soon from Iwata or Famitsu.

If we have a replay of last year 4gamer will be out this week and inside-games will give software top 10 at Thursday morning and Media Create will update the site some hours later.

Can't wait for this weeks numbers, I wonder if 3ds can beat ds's best week. PSP is still going strong, it's amazing how successful it ended up being in Japan.

 

[Mpl90]

azalyn gave a preview of last week (at his store only)

3DS>PSP>PS3=Vita=Wii

3DS accounted for 70% of total hardware sold. We should get the real 3DS numbers soon from Iwata or Famitsu.

If we have a replay of last year 4gamer will be out this week and inside-games will give software top 10 at Thursday morning and Media Create will update the site some hours later.

Not Iwata. This week's Nintendo Direct has been recorded on 19th, so he can't speak about that.
But Famitsu can, and will, because probably MK7 has become a million seller and 3DS has done over 4 millions mark.

 

[Truth101]

Not Iwata. This week's Nintendo Direct has been recorded on 19th, so he can't speak about that.
But Famitsu can, and will, because probably MK7 has become a million seller and 3DS has done over 4 millions mark.

We would get a Press release from Nintendo...

I don't see why Nintendo direct would affect that.

 

[Mpl90]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/26007752.html

Here we go

Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 became million seller in the same week.

SM3DLand - 1,042,511
Mario Kart 7 - 1,082,391

 

[Spiegel]

3DS - 4,135,739

Super Mario 3D Land - 1,042,511

Mario Kart 7 - 1,082,391

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/26007752.html

Here we go

So MH3G didn't make it this week?

 

[electroplankton]

woah, I didn't expect them to make the million this week! So Mario Kart is over 200k, Land over 150k and 3DS over 400k, right?

 

[Mpl90]

3DS - 4,135,739

Super Mario 3D Land - 1,042,511

Mario Kart 7 - 1,082,391

3DS - 510,629

Right?

 

[Oxx]

All these early numbers spoil the full ranking surprises. Humbug.

 

[Nuclear Muffin]

3DS - 510,629

Right?

Sounds about right. Not quite as much as the DS' legendary 2005 (unless Famitsu are massively undertracking!), but still very very good

 

[AniHawk]

So MH3G didn't make it this week?

capcom was right to choke their game to death.

 

[electroplankton]

Sounds about right. Not quite as much as the DS' legendary 2005, but still very very good (unless Famitsu are massively undertracking!)

Well, it got very close (DS was at 580k or something, right?) anyway INCREDIBLE numbers.

 

[Kenka]

Kenka should be pleased.

Indeed. Not exactly the pattern I was thinking of, hardware-wise.

70% hardware market share would be a nice nice Pac-chart. Anybody who will come first with it next week will have had a frank pleasure to draw it on Excel.

 

[slaughterking]

All these early numbers spoil the full ranking surprises. Humbug.

No kiddin. Christmas ruined. :I

 

[Mpl90]

I have only to see if 3DS hardware numbers from the Famitsu article is real or if I misinterpreted it.
In the former case...this should be new thread worthy, right?

 

[Kai]

I wish we could start quoting people from the early 3DS threads....

4 million hardware units and 3 million selling titles in its first year and we still have a few months to go for tr full first year. Awesome job. Screw the haters - the system deserves it and Mario 3D land, MK7 and Pushmo are three of the best games of the year for me....

 

[Ydahs]

So, the 3DS has sold over 1.2 million in the past three weeks?

Wow.

 

[Kenka]

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201112/26007752.html

Here we go

Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 became million seller in the same week.

SM3DLand - 1,042,511
Mario Kart 7 - 1,082,391

You make it sound legit.
It... is ? :-o

Holy world collision.

 

[Chris1964]

woah, I didn't expect them to make the million this week! So Mario Kart is over 200k, Land over 150k and 3DS over 400k, right?

Mixing Famitsu with Media Create Mario Kart~300k, Mario Land~200k

3DS is at 510k.

 

[Spiegel]

I have to say that I'd have prefered a battle between MHP3G PSP/Vita and Mario Kart+3dLand. Nintendo didn't even need MH to do these numbers.

The monster selling trio coupled with the unprecedented pricedrop made impossible for anything else to stand a chance against the 3DS.

Nintendo is making Sony look like fools (again) with their overpriced system.

 

[Laguna]

Good sales. It would have been an even more special sales week if MHTri managed to break the million-mark in the same week. But 2 games to break the million-mark in the same week is great enough.

I have to say that I'd have prefered a battle between MHP3G PSP/Vita and Mario Kart+3dLand. Nintendo didn't even need MH to do these numbers.

The monster selling trio coupled with the unprecedented pricedrop made impossible for anything else to stand a chance against the 3DS.

Nintendo is making Sony look like fools (again) with their overpriced system.

No, problem. Vita will create a new millionseller franchise eventually. At least that´s what they told us.

 

[canvee]

Do either of the trackers ever readjust their numbers in future chart results? What I mean is that Famitsu has been tracking 3ds hardware higher than media create for the past few weeks. Surely Nintendo lets them know how much hardware they ship each week right? (I don't know)

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Nothing shows Nintendo holiday power like seeing a dead system move software like the Wii is doing right now. Just insane.

Imagine what could have happened if Nintendo hadn't left the system on life support until Wii U.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Did Sony ship more VITA last week? And is there any report about future shipments?

 

[Erethian]

Did Sony ship more VITA last week? And is there any report about future shipments?

That'd depend on how strong demand was last week. With a 500k initial shipment there is/was a reasonable amount of stock still on shelves.

 

[DGRE]

I called that MK7 SM3DL and MH3G would break a million before the year was over nearly two months ago. **HERE**

 

[AdventureRacing]

What are the chances that mario 3DS becomes the best selling 3D mario ever? It seems nintendo has found a way to get the 3D version selling a little more than the last few installments.

The scary part about the 3DS right now is that some of the DS's biggest franchises are yet to release (pokemon, 2D mario and AC). It's going to be a hard task for anything to compete with the 3DS in the near future i think.

 

[frankie_baby]

What are the chances that mario 3DS becomes the best selling 3D mario ever? It seems nintendo has found a way to get the 3D version selling a little more than the last few installments.

The scary part about the 3DS right now is that some of the DS's biggest franchises are yet to release (pokemon, 2D mario and AC). It's going to be a hard task for anything to compete with the 3DS in the near future i think.

I'd say its pretty inevitable

 

[AceBandage]

I have to say that I'd have prefered a battle between MHP3G PSP/Vita and Mario Kart+3dLand. Nintendo didn't even need MH to do these numbers.

The monster selling trio coupled with the unprecedented pricedrop made impossible for anything else to stand a chance against the 3DS.

Nintendo is making Sony look like fools (again) with their overpriced system.

You would have preferred it.
Nintendo wouldn't have.
They're a business, and they'll do what they can to get an edge,

 

[electroplankton]

What are the chances that mario 3DS becomes the best selling 3D mario ever? It seems nintendo has found a way to get the 3D version selling a little more than the last few installments.

The scary part about the 3DS right now is that some of the DS's biggest franchises are yet to release (pokemon, 2D mario and AC). It's going to be a hard task for anything to compete with the 3DS in the near future i think.

In my opinion, a 2D Mario on 3DS is a sure bet, but 3D Land will keep on selling for at least another yer and so it could easily overcome Mario 64, which is the top selling 3D Mario in the series IIRC.

 

[Chris1964]

NintendoDirect: Iwata will announce the release date of Kid Icarus

 

[AceBandage]

Oh my, 360...

 

[Mpl90]

NintendoDirect: Iwata will announce the release date of Kid Icarus

Source? 2ch? However, I believe we'll have it, also because there's no Nintendo title for Q1 aside Shinren Camera.