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Nintendo GBA LTD sales -- Pokémon Ruby becomes the GBA's #1 seller

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Meier

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POKEMON RUBY            $68,132,163 	2,156,813 
SUPER MARIO ADVANCE 2   $67,295,954 	2,251,797 
POKEMON SAPPHIRE        $61,551,081 	1,943,114
SUPER MARIO ADVANCE	$60,936,516 	2,032,696 
MARIO KART: CIRCUIT 	$56,625,724 	1,887,409 
MARIO BROS 3: MARIO 4 	$37,964,592 	1,285,170 
ZELDA: LINK TO PAST     $36,820,764 	1,263,364 
YOSHI'S ISLAND:MARIO3	$31,737,902 	1,102,421 
KIRBY: NIGHTMARE	$27,347,124 	911,285
METROID FUSION	        $26,159,397 	897,391
MARIO & LUIGI SAGA   	$24,610,557 	825,303
DONKEY KONG COUNTRY 	$24,485,736 	885,437
GOLDEN SUN 	        $21,327,835 	743,002
WARIO LAND 4	        $20,442,520 	717,760
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS 	$19,946,525 	590,047
POKEMON PINBALL: R&S 	$13,582,867 	443,869
GOLDEN SUN: LOST AGE 	$12,796,831 	438,754
ADVANCE WARS 	        $11,591,695 	400,834
METROID ZERO MISSION 	$11,214,679 	382,611
FIRE EMBLEM 	        $10,791,490 	342,965
GAME & WATCH GALLERY4	$10,015,391 	345,017
ADVANCE WARS 2: BLACK	$8,203,805 	292,415
F-ZERO MAX VELOCITY	$7,929,727 	272,725
MARIO VS. DONKEY KONG 	$7,608,030 	250,219
WARIOWARE INC: MEGA 	$6,411,380 	215,901
SWORD OF MANA 	        $5,965,031 	195,970
HAMTARO: HEARTBREAK 	$5,718,837 	195,999
SUPER MARIO CLASSIC   	$4,039,095 	212,966
ZELDA CLASSIC    	$3,437,430 	178,906
MARIO GOLF ADVANCE  	$3,391,120 	111,726 
DISNEYS MAGICAL QUEST 	$3,293,083 	122,870
DONKEY KONG CLASSIC  	$2,059,089 	112,325 
EXCITEBIKE CLASSIC      $933,799 	50,095 
PAC-MAN CLASSIC         $918,734 	47,711 
HAMTARO:HAM-HAM GAMES 	$730,144 	24,267 
ICE CLIMBER CLASSIC     $252,751 	13,915 
BOMBERMAN CLASSIC       $222,345 	11,611 
XEVIOUS CLASSIC         $141,828 	7,408
 
M

Meier

Member
truesayian said:
Mario advanced has more sales... just that ruby made more cash.
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Which is all that matters and obviously how I'm sorting the chart.

Classics Line total: 634,937 / $12,005,071
 
V

Vargas

Member
Pokemon is just a fad I tell you!!

I love those games...except Pokemon Snap and Stadium 1 and 2. If only I could just erase those from my memory.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
5 GBA Famicom Mini: Super Mario Brothers Nintendo 553,360
SUPER MARIO CLASSIC $4,039,095 212,966
TOTAL: 766,326
 
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LakeEarth

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Weird that Ruby sold over 200 000 more than Saffire (even though they're pretty much the same thing)... is there any reason for this beyond name/colour of box it comes in?
 
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snapty00

Banned
Maybe I was expecting too much, but the GBA software sales in general seem a bit slack, even for U.S.-only numbers.
 
M

Meier

Member
In my case, it's because I bought Red for the GB. Ruby outsold Sapphire in Japan too although the Sapphire-specific Pokémon is better interestingly enough.

Total Pokémon RuSa sales: 4,099,927 / $129,683,244
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Actually, Sapphire outsold Ruby in Japan according to the old Dengeki charts. And on this week's Media Create, Sapphire's ahead (and right behind Leaf Green).

26 GBA ポケットモンスター ファイアレッド（ワイヤレスアダプタ同梱） RPG ポケモン 040129 \5,040
32 GBA ポケットモンスター リーフグリーン（ワイヤレスアダプタ同梱） RPG ポケモン 040129 \5,040
33 GBA ポケットモンスター サファイア RPG ポケモン 021121 \5,040
45 GBA ポケットモンスター ルビー RPG ポケモン 021121 \5,040
 
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jarrod

Banned
Pellham said:
wow US Fire Emblem sold more than its Japanese counterpart.
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Almost all Nintendo's GBA published RPGs have actually...

Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
JP: 5,098,617
US: 4,099,927

Golden Sun
JP: 338,097
US: 743,002

Golden Sun: The Lost Age
JP: 249,684
US: 438,754

Fire Emblem
JP: 265,286
US: 342,965

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
JP: 426,901
US: 825,303

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
JP: 293,989
US: 1,263,364

Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda
JP: 193,158
US: 178,906 (it will)

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
JP: 441,926
US: 590,047

Sword of Mana
JP: 277,634
US: 195,970

...I bet FF1&2 and The Minish Cap will follow the trend. Pretty amazing. :)
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Meier said:
Interesting -- I coulda sworn that Ruby had outsold it there as well.
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Yeah, I remember seeing one of those top 100 lists for GBA with Ruby on top, but it had Sapphire's numbers I think.
 
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sc0la

Unconfirmed Member
Fire red Outsold leaf green at or nearly 2:1 on pre-orders at our store. I really think it has a lot to do with peoples favorite color. Red vs Blue have a lot more parity when it comes to color preference than red and green, I guess

I bought sapphire because I thought the Ruby's box monster was stupid looking. I will eventually pick up green simply because it seems to be less popular than red.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Generally speaking, Blastoise and Charizard are even in terms of popularity, which is why Charizard is whopping on Venusaur - as what happened in Japan. In the U.S., Blastoise beat Charizard.
 
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Pellham

Banned
Almost all Nintendo's GBA published RPGs have actually...
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The combined sales of Fire Emblem (GBA) make it the 2nd best selling Fire Emblem game to date, so now Nintendo definately has no excuse to not bring out future installments of the serise here. Too bad they won't make remakes of the SNES titles.. :(
 
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AniHawk

Member
Pellham said:
The combined sales of Fire Emblem (GBA) make it the 2nd best selling Fire Emblem game to date, so now Nintendo definately has no excuse to not bring out future installments of the serise here. Too bad they won't make remakes of the SNES titles.. :(
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I wish they would. FE III has FE already remade plus an extra game (which would be III- at least that's from what I remember reading about it). FE IV is supposed to be the best in the series, and then FE V is arguably the hardest. Would love to see a remade (doesn't even have to look fully upgraded, just nicely redone 2D graphics) FE compilation of FE III-V on the GC or Revolution.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
LakeEarth said:
The difference between the look of the box is 200 000!! That's amazing.
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I mean that seriously. No average gamer knows the difference, so they just go with their color and Pokemon preference.
 
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Musashi Wins!

FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Leaf Green and Fire Red were absolute fucking machines at the shop this week. Two shipments, selling out immediately. Ironically, at our store not a single one was bought by someone over (estimated) 18. Kids with cash in hand! I can't believe people mock the Madden shoppers.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Musashi Wins! said:
Leaf Green and Fire Red were absolute fucking machines at the shop this week. Two shipments, selling out immediately. Ironically, at our store not a single one was bought by someone over (estimated) 18. Kids with cash in hand! I can't believe people mock the Madden shoppers.
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What about younger teenagers, high schooler types?
 
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Musashi Wins!

FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
CVXFREAK said:
What about younger teenagers, high schooler types?
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yea, definitely. It's just weird seeing so much of that really young demographic coming in for one game. Sometimes both colors (quite a few actually). The numbers on this game are going to be ridiculous.
 
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FitzOfRage

Member
I thought the variation between the 2 versions was due partially to the fact that Nintendo does not ship them at a perfect 1 to 1 ratio.
 
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lordmrw

Member
Musashi Wins! said:
yea, definitely. It's just weird seeing so much of that really young demographic coming in for one game. Sometimes both colors (quite a few actually). The numbers on this game are going to be ridiculous.
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Kind of ironic in that there are third parties out there that mock the pokemon games, but yet they would piss blood to have been the ones to have published them.
 
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Meier

Member
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GBA Video sales
NICKTOONS COLL VOL 1		$2,276,521 	114,298
SPONGEBOB VOL 1   		$2,258,897 	114,721
SPONGEBOB VOL 2      		$2,032,150 	102,173
FAIRLYODD VOL 1        		$1,655,702 	83,191
FAIRLYODD VOL 2		        $1,534,390 	77,059
JOHTO PHOTO FINISH		$1,525,276 	79,482
SONIC X VOL 1		        $1,028,913 	51,556
FOR HO-OH BELLS TOLL!      	$989,941  	51,761
CARTOON NTWK COL VOL1	        $894,234 	44,807
DORA EXPLORER VOL 1     	$732,800 	37,688
ALL GROWN UP VOL 1    		$705,261 	37,299
YU-GI-OH! VOL 1         	$683,648 	34,276
CODENAME:KIDS VOL 1	        $518,691 	25,985
JIMMY NEUTRON VOL 1	        $515,085 	25,855
STRAW SHORTCAKE VOL 1	        $432,887 	23,187
NINJA TURTLES VOL 1 	        $207,708 	10,429
August sales: 151,808 / $3,009,587
Total sales: 913,767 / $17,992,104

They're no longer tracking POKEMON VOL 1 and 2 by that name and now by the name on the packaging.. I'm not sure which is technically VOL 1 and VOL 2 but based on sales trends from the 2 previous months, I'm assuming "JOHTO PHOTO FINISH" is VOL 1 and "FOR HO-OH BELLS TOLL!" is VOL 2. The overall total would remain the same regardless if their individual totals were added to the wrong item though.

One interesting trend, it seems people picking up say one of the volumes of Spongebob are almost always getting the second at the same time (521 copies more of Vol 1 than 2, 62 more copies of Vol 2 of Fairly Odd Parents than Vol 1, etc.). I am surprised that Yu-gi-oh! has not done better more than anything.
 
Alcibiades

Alcibiades

Member
Meier said:
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GBA Video sales
NICKTOONS COLL VOL 1		$2,276,521 	114,298
SPONGEBOB VOL 1   		$2,258,897 	114,721
SPONGEBOB VOL 2      		$2,032,150 	102,173
FAIRLYODD VOL 1        		$1,655,702 	83,191
FAIRLYODD VOL 2		        $1,534,390 	77,059
JOHTO PHOTO FINISH		$1,525,276 	79,482
SONIC X VOL 1		        $1,028,913 	51,556
FOR HO-OH BELLS TOLL!      	$989,941  	51,761
CARTOON NTWK COL VOL1	        $894,234 	44,807
DORA EXPLORER VOL 1     	$732,800 	37,688
ALL GROWN UP VOL 1    		$705,261 	37,299
YU-GI-OH! VOL 1         	$683,648 	34,276
CODENAME:KIDS VOL 1	        $518,691 	25,985
JIMMY NEUTRON VOL 1	        $515,085 	25,855
STRAW SHORTCAKE VOL 1	        $432,887 	23,187
NINJA TURTLES VOL 1 	        $207,708 	10,429
August sales: 151,808 / $3,009,587
Total sales: 913,767 / $17,992,104

They're no longer tracking POKEMON VOL 1 and 2 by that name and now by the name on the packaging.. I'm not sure which is technically VOL 1 and VOL 2 but based on sales trends from the 2 previous months, I'm assuming "JOHTO PHOTO FINISH" is VOL 1 and "FOR HO-OH BELLS TOLL!" is VOL 2. The overall total would remain the same regardless if their individual totals were added to the wrong item though.

One interesting trend, it seems people picking up say one of the volumes of Spongebob are almost always getting the second at the same time (521 copies more of Vol 1 than 2, 62 more copies of Vol 2 of Fairly Odd Parents than Vol 1, etc.). I am surprised that Yu-gi-oh! has not done better more than anything.
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With Christmas coming up, Majesco/Nintendo will definitely meet the original 2 million in retailer orders that were mentioned back at E3...
 
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cvxfreak

Member
I really hope Majesco develop video technology for the DS as well; I think it'd help the DS gain an edge over the PSP, and the video quality could presumably be better than the GBA.
 
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bobbyconover

Member
I'm really happy Pokemon Pinball sold as well as it did. Here's hoping they keep the sequels coming to that one, as it's possibly more addictive and fun than even Pokemon itself.

Musashi Wins! said:
Leaf Green and Fire Red were absolute fucking machines at the shop this week. Two shipments, selling out immediately. Ironically, at our store not a single one was bought by someone over (estimated) 18. Kids with cash in hand! I can't believe people mock the Madden shoppers.
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For what it's worth, I picked it up and I'm 25. So did my 28 year old brother and his 27 year old girlfriend, not to mention about 5 of my mid-20s friends.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
bobbyconover said:
I'm really happy Pokemon Pinball sold as well as it did. Here's hoping they keep the sequels coming to that one, as it's possibly more addictive and fun than even Pokemon itself.



For what it's worth, I picked it up and I'm 25. So did my 28 year old brother and his 27 year old girlfriend, not to mention about 5 of my mid-20s friends.
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You have good friends.
 
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P90

Member
I'm in the over 35 age group and picked up Fire Red on day 1. Pokemon is like videogame nicotine without the lung cancer, bad breath, and brown teeth. ;)

Don't need to catch them all as Lapras, Charizard and Jirachi are all a trainer needs. :D But is still fun.
 
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SiegfriedFM

Member
I got Leaf Green the other day, my first Pokemon ever. I'm having a blast with Wartortle and (of course) Pikachu.

However, I'm wondering why I can't backtrack to the first village now that I have the "cut" move. I just beat Misty... when will I be able to return?
 
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