Godzilla's Left Toe
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Do we know the Gba Classic NES Series The Legend of Zelda sales?
The Best-Selling Zelda titles
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Well, there was also a standalone SKU. While the bundle was a great value it was also quite limited, so people that wanted the game, without the bundle had to buy it by separate.
Well. Phantom was released first. It seems to be the "Zelda syndrome", the second title on the same platform alwas sells less than the first one...and some always run around screaming "Zelda is dying!!!" Every time.
Maybe is why they tend to just release one per platform for some of their series. Even Mario Galaxy 2 had a decline.
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And yep. Crossbow Training was like $25. So low price, accessory to make believe you held a gun of sorts and Wii craze; translated into great sales. I still had some fun with it, for what it was.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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A sequel to an awful game is always going to sell worst
Astral Dog
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Better not be talking about Four Swords Adventures, that game is trash😠Best 2D Zelda (i.e. most lively overworld and best sidecontent right after MM) sells the worst and another entry gets all the mourning.
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Spieler Eins
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Right, that was a thing... (MC fo life).
……forgetit
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I really would der why skyward sword did so poorly, the motion controls?
Late release and required accesory. Kinda similar to Majora's Mask.
Northeastmonk
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If you took out the 3DS and the VC ports you'd have a larger perspective. I've owned OOT three times I think. Once was the Gold cart at launch and the other two are 3DS and VC (both digital).
I wonder about how many people bought OOT and never bought another Zelda game. There's a lot of factors with Zelda. Not everyone who was amazed by OOT or Majora's Mask are going to buy Hyrule Warriors or another entry. I'm shocked by Skyward Sword's sales. I wonder if it would have sold more had it not had motion controls (was just mentioned).
I can see why OOT did so well. It was a groundbreaking game at the time. It has sorta defined Zelda in my books. Twilight Princess is probably my second favorite title. I played Zelda on NES, but the wonder and awe of the series came from OOT. I had neighbors who owned the original.
I wonder about how many people bought OOT and never bought another Zelda game. There's a lot of factors with Zelda. Not everyone who was amazed by OOT or Majora's Mask are going to buy Hyrule Warriors or another entry. I'm shocked by Skyward Sword's sales. I wonder if it would have sold more had it not had motion controls (was just mentioned).
I can see why OOT did so well. It was a groundbreaking game at the time. It has sorta defined Zelda in my books. Twilight Princess is probably my second favorite title. I played Zelda on NES, but the wonder and awe of the series came from OOT. I had neighbors who owned the original.
twilight princess is a bit of an anomaly as it rode the wii boom, but the sales trend in the series since the iconic ocarina is a) why zelda wiiu/nx is being kept back and b) why it's chasing the bethesda market. it needs to be very carefully positioned as the vast cost of the production of this style of game compared to the static or even slightly dwindling market appeal is in danger of making it irrelevant.
Fancy Clown
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Minish cap was awesome. Poor lil guy
……forgetit
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Oh yeah, forgot about the whole Wii motion plus thing.
I thought it was a pretty popular game. It being my favorite in the Zelda series prob helps too.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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It was a pack in with the Wii Zapper in the beginning of the Wii craze it's not that shocking
crazy monkey
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fuck skyward sword.
If you got horse in zelda you are going to get money. otherwise not. Make it epic like TP or OOT were.
hated skyward sword and i am big zelda fan. TP was amazing on wii.
If you got horse in zelda you are going to get money. otherwise not. Make it epic like TP or OOT were.
hated skyward sword and i am big zelda fan. TP was amazing on wii.
Underrated
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Figured Ocarina of Time would be number one. Especially since it is considered the best one by many.
Spieler Eins
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Crossbow training rode the Wii boom, TP was one of the things causing it in the first place. It's what people wanted ever since OoT (even more so after the half baked and unwanted WW, there's a reason for the 2004 E3 reactions) and it turned out to be an amazing game.
It's the GOAT, but it was shat on by many casual Zelda fans back in the day.
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Technically if it wasn't for the relatively recent remake it wouldn't be. Though i doubt that changes even after TP gets the HD treatment
spazchicken
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The Wii fad hit a lot of people hard and turned numbers in games that are so wrong, they should be illegal.
mrmickfran
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Not a chance. TPHD would have to sell almost 4 million copies on an install base just a little over 10 million.
JumpCancel
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1.76 million smart GBA owners felt the power of kinstones. The true start of this timeline.
Minish Cap forever.
Minish Cap forever.
zackmorris
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Wow, I would have expected the series to have more than one game break the 10 million units sold mark.
Pancakes R Us
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tryagainlater
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0.001 million people didn't buy the better Oracles game.
Godzilla's Left Toe
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If you don't understand the reason for that I don't know what to tell you.
Oracle of Ages and Oracle of Seasons shipped combined 3.99 million units.
I don't think is known who shipped more of the two.
Spieler Eins
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You're goddamn right.
But I guess these are all shipped numbers, since the similarity between the OoX seems pretty unrealistic. edit: or that^. Then theoretically, one of the OoX could potentially be even below MC...
mrmickfran
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Is that the case? Every source I go to lists them seperately.
I'm 100% sure.
TheMoon
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The sources linked in the OP actually don't. Separately yes but with the exact same sales. And the wikipedia source just goes back to the same rpgamer page.
Besides, Nintendo never separates those dual-SKU games. See any and all Pokémon games.
Different people just want different things from Zelda. That TP reveal trailer with the Conan the Barbarian music was all kinds of incredible, but some people like the cartoony/anime slant the series took and care more about pure puzzle gameplay than "feel" I guess. Which is cool but eh, lol. The series definitely lost me.
mrmickfran
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Possumowner
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No surprise at no 1,Minish cap deserved so much more
James Scott
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Released next to Skyrim, required a peripheral, late into a system a lot of people didn't like anymore not in HD, etc.
I guess it doesn't help that there had been so long since the last console Zelda game and the portable games were bad.
TheMoon
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Fixed.
James Scott
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I think phantom choo cho was decent, PH is my least favorite Zelda.
It's a bit odd to see 2D Zelda games not vastly outselling the 3D ones like Mario. I guess more people got on board with 3D Zelda and the games are easier to sell through pure footage.
Nintendo also did a piss poor job of stocking retailers with motion plus. Harder to find than gamecube controllers on smash release.
If there's a good bundle eventually with the system, "ZeldaU", WW HD and TP HD, I'd probably buy. I doubt there's many like me but I can't be the only one. But yeah, I doubt it'll be a system seller. Even with those three I'm tempted to wait for NX because it'll have to be backward compatible, right? I mean, this is Nintendo we're talking about...
makes sense to bundle the originals with the remasters/ports since it's actually a pretty common thing in this series. i don't think any other Nintendo series has that many re-releases (mainline 2D Mario is the closest one to this)
seeing at what would be needed to have Wii U BC, i'd take the wait and see approach.
i wouldn't be surprised if they just stop console BC next gen.
seeing at what would be needed to have Wii U BC, i'd take the wait and see approach.
i wouldn't be surprised if they just stop console BC next gen.
It's a shame FSA never reached 1 million, it's actually a really great game even in single player imo. Like an episodic sequel to ALttP. Great world, great music, great puzzles, great temples, great everything.
One of my favourite Zelda games. And even better in multiplayer with friends.
One of my favourite Zelda games. And even better in multiplayer with friends.
Jack The Nipper
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Seems to make since, the better OOT up high an the lower and more strange games down lower