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[Maniel]

Tales of Zestiria PS4.

More or less that Star Ocean 5 PS3.

Does it really matter when both will be sub 30k?

 

[A.E Suggs]

Does it really matter when both will be sub 30k?

They already made their money off TOZ, they should be grateful if they manage to get that much.

 

[Ryng_tolu]

I doubt Kirby is selling better than expectations, but according to retailers expectations. You only need to take a look at the shipment to realize that retailers were expecting a good first and second week.

Probably is more accurated to say that it's selling better than some gaf members expectations that were based on Comg pre-orders, ignoring that Kirby sells well during holidays and pre-orders aren't that important for this type of game.

Don't talk with me, i predicted 160K First week on The prediction legue.

 

[Chris1964]

I doubt Kirby is selling better than expectations, but according to retailers expectations. You only need to take a look at the shipment to realize that retailers were expecting a good first and second week.

Probably is more accurated to say that it's selling better than some gaf members expectations that were based on Comg pre-orders, ignoring that Kirby sells well during holidays and pre-orders aren't that important for this type of game.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=110388772&postcount=505

 

[Vena]

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=110388772&postcount=505

Kirby is doomed!

Or, better put:

Kirby

Spoiler

has a

bomb!

 

[kuroneko0509]

heh hino is hinting something that's obvious
https://twitter.com/AkihiroHino/status/727003987291992064
new inazuma eleven is pretty much confirmed
oh someone made a thread

 

[Nirolak]

heh hino is hinting something that's obvious
https://twitter.com/AkihiroHino/status/727003987291992064
new inazuma eleven is pretty much confirmed
oh someone made a thread

Yeah, even when he first made the comment about a returning series way back when, this was the only one that really made sense to me.

Huge series, and still fits the modern audience they're having success with, even if sales had tumbled.

 

[Takao]

http://www.delta-arts.co.jp/

As of the end of April, Delta-Arts has shut down. The studio was founded in 2005 and was most well known for developing the Medarot/Medabots RPGs on the DS/3DS. Their last release was seemingly Medarot 9, which shipped on 3DS last December.

Spoiler

Before the vultures cackle at Girls Mission, they had no direct involvement with that game. Its sales weren't all that off from DA's last mainline entry anyway.

 

[Hero of Legend]

http://www.delta-arts.co.jp/

As of the end of April, Delta-Arts has shut down. The studio was founded in 2005 and was most well known for developing the Medarot/Medabots RPGs on the DS/3DS. Their last release was seemingly Medarot 9, which shipped on 3DS last December.

Spoiler

Before the vultures cackle at Girls Mission, they had no direct involvement with that game. Its sales weren't all that off from DA's last mainline entry anyway.

Time for the Noise-developed Medabots game the world deserves!

I mean Rocket worked with Noise on that Kumamon game for 3DS, so they have done work with each other.

Shame about DA, but honestly their stuff never looked that good IMO. Maybe it was the lack of a decent budget and/or time.

I think the only Delta-Arts game ever released in the west was Tenkai Knights on 3DS.

And Dual and GM I'm sure were by Jupiter. Jupiter seems to be fine with their Picross games doing well on the eShop I think.

 

[Takao]

If Imagineer/Rocket intended on making more Medarot RPGs, I don't think they would've let DA shut down. They owned 39% of the studio.

I'm not sure who developed Girls Mission, actually. Jupiter doesn't list it on their site and they weren't credited in the opening like they were in Dual.

 

[L~A]

Don't think it will happen, but Kimishima should start thinking about revising Wii U shipments in Japan to meet the demand, ~300k for the entire fiscal year it's really a joke. Those Splatoon amiibo gonna blow the whole country, if you ask me.

I was only half-serious with my comment here.

I'm not sure what their 800k shipment means, it's certainly curious to say the least. Well, it's not like it's an absolute target (unless they don't mind a complete sell-out several months before the NX platform is out), but still.

A very good second week for Kirby should be expected since the word of mouth has been pretty good so far, most people say that is much better than Triple Deluxe.

Looks like first week was pretty good to begin with, so that's definitely good news. Hopefully Planet Robobot won't lag too far behind Triple Deluxe.

 

[Oregano]

Personally I think the 800k shipment target is simply down to what production facilities they have left. How long did it take them to get through the consoles produced at launch.

 

[Chris1964]

[SFC] F-Zero _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RCE> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥7.000) - * / 900.000
[N64] F-Zero X <RCE> (Nintendo) {1998.07.14} (¥5.800) - 56.457 / 97.684
[N64] F-Zero X Expansion Kit |64DD| <RCE> (Nintendo) {2000.04.21} (¥2.200) - * / *
[GBA] F-Zero Maximum Velocity <RCE> (Nintendo) {2001.03.21} (¥4.800) - 116.116 / 334.142
[GCN] F-Zero GX <RCE> (Nintendo) {2003.07.25} (¥5.800) - 45.527 / 100.981
[GBA] F-Zero Falcon Legend <RCE> (Nintendo) {2003.11.28} (¥4.800) - 9.056 / 9.056
[GBA] F-Zero Climax <RCE> (Nintendo) {2004.10.21} (¥4.570) - 5.049 / 5.049

 

[Bruno MB]

[GBA] F-Zero Maximum Velocity <RCE> (Nintendo) {2001.03.21} (¥4.800) - 116.116 / 334.142
[GBA] F-Zero Falcon Legend <RCE> (Nintendo) {2003.11.28} (¥4.800) - 9.056 / 9.056

What went wrong here? Is very unusual for a hardcore or non casual-fad franchise to collapse that hard in such a short span of time.

I know F-Zero Maximum Velocity sales are inflated for being a launch title but even so.

 

[Chris1964]

Who could go back to GBA after having played or seen GX 4 months before.

 

[Jon Carter]

New GBA game 8 months after the previous

2001 vs 2003.

 

[Chris1964]

I found a chance yesterday to double check million shipment data and add those sub-million from retro sales thread.

Things surely change a lot from generation to generation.

[FCM] Donkey Kong <ACT> (Nintendo) {1983.07.15} (¥4.500) - 880.000
[FCM] Mahjong <TBL> (Nintendo) {1983.08.27} (¥4.500) - 2.130.000
[FCM] Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {1983.09.09} (¥4.500) - 1.630.000
[FCM] Baseball <SPT> (Nintendo) {1983.12.07} (¥4.500) - 2.350.000

[FCM] Tennis <SPT> (Nintendo) {1984.01.14} (¥4.500) - 1.560.000
[FCM] Golf <SPT> (Nintendo) {1984.05.01} (¥4.500) - 2.460.000
[FCM] Lode Runner <PZL> (Hudson) {1984.07.31} (¥4.500) - 1.100.000
[FCM] F1 Race <RCE> (Nintendo) {1984.11.02} (¥4.500) - 1.520.000
[FCM] 4 Player Mahjong <TBL> (Nintendo) {1984.11.02} (¥4.500) - 1.450.000
[FCM] Pac-Man <ACT> (Namco) {1984.11.02} (¥4.500) - 480.000
[FCM] Xevious <STG> (Namco) {1984.11.08} (¥4.900) - 1.270.000
[FCM] Mappy <ACT> (Namco) {1984.11.14} (¥4.500) - 710.000
[FCM] Excitebike <RCE> (Nintendo) {1984.11.30} (¥5.500) - 1.570.000

[FCM] Ice Climber <ACT> (Nintendo) {1985.01.30} (¥4.500) - 1.000.000
[FCM] Soccer <SPT> (Nintendo) {1985.04.09} (¥4.900) - 1.530.000
[FCM] Kung Fu <FTG> (Nintendo) {1985.06.21} (¥4.900) - 1.420.000
[FCM] Super Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {1985.09.13} (¥4.900) - 6.810.000
[FCM] Kinnikuman: Muscle Tag Match <SPT> (Bandai) {1985.11.08} (¥4.900) - 1.050.000
[FCM] Ikki <ACT> (Sunsoft) {1985.11.28} (¥4.900) - 800.000
[FCM] Bomberman <ACT> (Hudson) {1985.12.19} (¥4.900) - 810.000

[FCM] The Legend of Zelda |Disc System| <ADV> (Nintendo) {1986.02.21} (¥2.600) - 1.690.000
[FCM] Ninja Hattori-Kun: Ninja wa Shuugyou Degogiru no Maki <ACT> (Hudson) {1986.03.05} (¥4.900) - 1.500.000
[FCM] Gegege no Kitarou: Youkai Daimakyou <ACT> (Bandai) {1986.04.17} (¥4.900) - 1.250.000
[FCM] Dragon Quest <RPG> (Enix) {1986.05.27} (¥5.500) - 1.500.000
[FCM] Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels |Disc System| <ACT> (Nintendo) {1986.06.03} (¥2.500) - 2.650.000
[FCM] Star Soldier <STG> (Hudson) {1986.06.13} (¥4.900) - 1.000.000
[FCM] Volleyball |Disc System| <SPT> (Nintendo) {1986.07.21} (¥2.500) - 1.980.000
[FCM] Mystical Ninja <ACT> (Konami) {1986.07.30} (¥5.300) - 850.000
[FCM] Metroid |Disc System| <ACT> (Nintendo) {1986.08.06} (¥2.600) - 1.040.000
[FCM] Adventure Island <ACT> (Hudson) {1986.09.12} (¥4.900) - 1.050.000
[FCM] Castlevania |Disc System| <ACT> (Konami) {1986.09.26} (¥2.980) - 950.000
[FCM] Pro Wrestling: Famicom Wrestling Association |Disc System| <SPT> (Nintendo) {1986.10.21} (¥2.500) - 1.420.000
[FCM] Dragon Ball: Shenron no Nazo <ACT> (Bandai) {1986.11.27} (¥4.500) - 1.250.000
[FCM] Pro Baseball Famista <SPT> (Namco) {1986.12.10} (¥3.900) - 2.050.000
[FCM] Doraemon <ACT> (Hudson) {1986.12.12} (¥5.500) - 1.150.000
[FCM] Kid Icarus |Disc System| <ACT> (Nintendo) {1986.12.19} (¥2.600) - 1.090.000

[FCM] Zelda II: The Adventure of Link |Disc System| <ADV> (Nintendo) {1987.01.14} (¥2.600) - 1.610.000
[FCM] Dragon Quest II: Akuryou no Kamigami <RPG> (Enix) {1987.01.26} (¥5.500) - 2.410.000
[FCM] Golf Japan Course |Disc System| <SPT> (Nintendo) {1987.02.21} (¥3.500) - 740.000
[FCM] Detective Jinguuji Saburo: Shinjuku Chuuou Kouen Satsujin Jiken |Disc System| <ADV> (Data East) {1987.04.24} (¥3.300) - 300.000
[FCM] Golf US Course |Disc System| <SPT> (Nintendo) {1987.06.14} (¥3.500) - 560.000
[FCM] Bases Loaded <SPT> (Jaleco) {1987.06.26} (¥5.500) - 1.580.000
[FCM] Final Fantasy <RPG> (Square) {1987.12.18} (¥5.900) - 520.000
[FCM] Pro Baseball Famista '87 <SPT> (Namco) {1987.12.22} (¥3.900) - 1.300.000

[FCM] Dragon Quest III: Soshite Densetsu e… <RPG> (Enix) {1988.02.10} (¥5.900) - 3.800.000
[FCM] Captain Tsubasa <SPT> (Tecmo) {1988.04.28} (¥5.500) - 700.000
[FCM] Super Mario Bros. 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {1988.10.23} (¥6.500) - 3.840.000
[FCM] Final Fantasy II <RPG> (Square) {1988.12.17} (¥6.500) - 760.000
[FCM] Pro Baseball Famista '88 <SPT> (Namco) {1988.12.20} (¥4.900) - 1.090.000
[FCM] Tetris <PZL> (Bullet Proof Software) {1988.12.22} (¥4.900) - 1.810.000

[FCM] Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden <RPG> (Bandai) {1989.02.15} (¥6.500) - 1.100.000
[GMB] Super Mario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 4.190.000
[GMB] Yakuman _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <TBL> (Nintendo) {1989.04.21} (¥2.600) - 1.280.000
[GMB] Tetris _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1989.06.14} (¥2.600) - 4.240.000
[GMB] Makai Toushi SaGa <RPG> (Square) {1989.12.15} (¥3.500) - 1.100.000

[FCM] Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen <RPG> (Enix) {1990.02.11} (¥8.500) - 3.100.000
[FCM] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light <SLG> (Nintendo) {1990.04.20} (¥6.000) - 329.000
[FCM] Final Fantasy III <RPG> (Square) {1990.04.27} (¥8.400) - 1.400.000
[GMB] Dr. Mario _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥2.600) - 2.080.000
[FCM] Dr. Mario <PZL> (Nintendo) {1990.07.27} (¥4.900) - 1.530.000
[SFC] Super Mario World <ACT> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥8.000) - 3.550.000
[SFC] F-Zero _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RCE> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥7.000) - 900.000
[SFC] Populous <SLG> (Imagineer) {1990.12.16} (¥8.800) - 400.000
[SFC] Final Fight _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <FTG> (Capcom) {1990.12.21} (¥8.500) - 860.000

[SFC] SimCity <SLG> (Nintendo) {1991.04.26} (¥8.000) - 900.000
[FCM] Metal Max <RPG> (Data East) {1991.05.24} (¥7.800) - 150.000
[SFC] Final Fantasy IV <RPG> (Square) {1991.07.19} (¥8.800) - 1.440.000
[SFC] The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Nintendo) {1991.11.21} (¥8.000) - 1.160.000
[SFC] Super Formation Soccer <SPT> (Human) {1991.12.13} (¥7.700) - 600.000

[SFC] Romancing SaGa <RPG> (Square) {1992.01.28} (¥9.500) - 960.000
[FCM] Fire Emblem Gaiden <SLG> (Nintendo) {1992.03.14} (¥6.800) - 325.000
[GMB] Kirby's Dream Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.04.27} (¥2.900) - 1.720.000
[SFC] Street Fighter II <FTG> (Capcom) {1992.06.10} (¥9.800) - 2.900.000
[SFC] Super Mario Kart <RCE> (Nintendo) {1992.08.27} (¥8.900) - 3.820.000
[SFC] Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride <RPG> (Enix) {1992.09.27} (¥9.600) - 2.800.000
[GMB] Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1992.10.21} (¥3.900) - 2.700.000
[SFC] Final Fantasy V <RPG> (Square) {1992.12.06} (¥9.800) - 2.450.000

[SFC] Metal Max 2 <RPG> (Data East) {1993.03.05} (¥9.500) - 250.000
[SFC] Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Transmission <FTG> (Bandai) {1993.03.20} (¥9.800) - 1.450.000
[FCM] Kirby's Adventure <ACT> (Nintendo) {1993.03.23} (¥6.500) - 1.000.000
[GMB] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening <ADV> (Nintendo) {1993.06.06} (¥3.900) - 540.000
[SFC] Street Fighter II Turbo _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <FTG> (Capcom) {1993.07.10} (¥9.980) - 2.100.000
[SFC] Super Mario All-Stars <Super Mario Bros. \ Super Mario Bros.: The Lost Levels \ Super Mario Bros. 3 \ Super Mario Bros. 2> _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1993.07.14} (¥6.500) - 2.120.000
[SFC] Seiken Densetsu 2 <RPG> (Square) {1993.08.06} (¥9.800) - 1.500.000
[SFC] Shiren the Wanderer _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Chunsoft) {1993.09.19} (¥9.600) - 850.000
[GMB] Kirby's Pinball Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1993.11.27} (¥2.800) - 1.120.000
[SFC] Super Puyo Puyo <PZL> (Banpresto) {1993.12.10} (¥8.200) - 1.700.000
[SFC] Romancing SaGa 2 <RPG> (Square) {1993.12.10} (¥9.900) - 1.180.000
[SFC] Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Transmission 2 <FTG> (Bandai) {1993.12.17} (¥9.800) - 1.200.000
[SFC] Dragon Quest I + II <Dragon Quest \ Dragon Quest II: Akuryou no Kamigami> <RPG> (Enix) {1993.12.18} (¥9.600) - 1.200.000

[GMB] Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1994.01.21} (¥3.900) - 1.590.000
[SFC] Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <SLG> (Nintendo) {1994.01.21} (¥9.800) - 776.000
[SFC] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '94 <SPT> (Konami) {1994.03.11} (¥9.000) - 700.000
[SFC] Final Fantasy VI <RPG> (Square) {1994.04.02} (¥11.400) - 2.550.000
[SFC] J-League Excite Stage '94 <SPT> (Epoch) {1994.05.01} (¥9.800) - 800.000
[SFC] Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers <FTG> (Capcom) {1994.06.25} (¥10.900) - 1.290.000
[SAT] Virtua Fighter <FTG> (Sega) {1994.11.22} (¥8.800) - 630.000
[SFC] Kamaitachi no Yoru _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ADV> (Chunsoft) {1994.11.25} (¥10.800) - 750.000
[SFC] Donkey Kong Country _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1994.11.26} (¥9.800) - 3.000.000
[PS1] Ridge Racer <RCE> (Namco) {1994.12.03} (¥5.800) - 820.000

[SFC] Derby Stallion III <SLG> (ASCII) {1995.01.20} (¥12.800) - 1.200.000
[SFC] Chrono Trigger <RPG> (Square) {1995.03.11} (¥11.400) - 2.030.000
[GMB] Kirby's Dream Land 2 |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1995.03.21} (¥3.900) - 1.510.000
[PS1] Tekken <FTG> (Namco) {1995.03.31} (¥5.800) - 830.000
[SAT] Daytona USA <RCE> (Sega) {1995.04.01} (¥6.800) - 570.000
[PS1] Arc the Lad <RPG> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {1995.06.30} (¥5.800) - 1.110.000
[GMB] Donkey Kong Land |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1995.07.27} (¥3.900) - 1.080.000
[SFC] Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island <ACT> (Nintendo) {1995.08.05} (¥9.800) - 1.770.000
[SFC] Metal Max Returns <RPG> (Data East) {1995.09.29} (¥12.800) - 30.000
[SFC] Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Quest) {1995.10.06} (¥11.400) - 400.000
[SFC] Romancing SaGa 3 <RPG> (Square) {1995.11.11} (¥11.400) - 1.300.000
[SFC] Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <ACT> (Nintendo) {1995.11.21} (¥9.800) - 2.210.000
[SAT] Virtua Fighter 2 <FTG> (Sega) {1995.12.01} (¥6.800) - 1.300.000
[SFC] Dragon Quest VI: Realms Of Revelation <RPG> (Enix) {1995.12.09} (¥11.400) - 3.200.000

 

[L~A]

I know hiska-kun mentioned it on the first page, but data for Week 17 will be released on Friday (Golden Week until then). Unfortunately, neither Famitsu or 4Gamer.net say when exactly, so no idea if at usual time (10PM JST), or before.

 

[hiska-kun]

I know hiska-kun mentioned it on the first page, but data for Week 17 will be released on Friday (Golden Week until then). Unfortunately, neither Famitsu or 4Gamer.net say when exactly, so no idea if at usual time (10PM JST), or before.

Media Create website might update earlier, Friday morning (japanese time).

 

[L~A]

Media Create website might update earlier, Friday morning (japanese time).

Ah damn, must have missed it then. Thanks for the heads up. Hopefully Famitsu is at the same time.

I guess we're getting Top 30 instead of Top 20 + Top 50.

 

[Bruno MB]

PREDICTION LEAGUE MAY 2016

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from May 02 to May 29):

[PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (20 days) - 175.000
[PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 135.000
[PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 75.000
[PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 90.000

 

[Chris1964]

Subscribers will get the numbers tomorrow and maybe the blog leaks something.

 

[Eolz]

PREDICTION LEAGUE MAY 2016

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from May 02 to May 29):

[PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (20 days) - 121k
[PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 142k
[PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 98k
[PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 74k

 

[MANUELF]

So Sega only had a single million seller on its life as a console maker?

 

[horuhe]

PREDICTION LEAGUE MAY 2016

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from May 02 to May 29):

[PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (20 days) - 152.351
[PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 149.932
[PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 108.375
[PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 116.059

 

[Square2015]

[SFC] Shiren the Wanderer _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Chunsoft) {1993.09.19} (¥9.600) - 850.000

This is actually Mysterious Dungeon: Torneko's Big Adventure

 

[hiska-kun]

Leaks are out.

 

[MANUELF]

Leaks are out.

Any info for Kirby or 3ds?

 

[L~A]

Leaks are out.

As usual, got no idea where or what I'm supposed to look at.

First one is most definitely Kirby. 1997/11 > 199 711 units sold?

Kirby Triple Deluxe sold 225.448 in January, so doen't look farfetched (but seems a bit high for PR).

 

[hiska-kun]

As usual, got no idea where or what I'm supposed to look at.

First one is most definitely Kirby. 1997/11 > 199 711 units sold?

Kirby Triple Deluxe sold 225.448 in January, so doen't look farfetched (but seems a bit high for PR).

No, I'm pretty sure isn't what you're saying.lol

The first one is a book titled: "She did it! She did it! Little Yuu is 2 years old!"

Yuu is probably => U => Wii U
Meaning that Wii U sold or 2 digits, or 2,000 or 20,000, or the double than the previous week

Edit: I think kirby is 300,000 / 2 (the last two hints)

 

[mao2]

This guy probably solved it, but there are also *2 and /2 hidden at the bottom.
http://wktk.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1462349977/652

 

[hiska-kun]

This guy probably solved it, but there are also *2 and /2 hidden at the bottom.
http://wktk.2ch.net/test/read.cgi/ghard/1462349977/652

First Puzzle:
Wii U has risen from its own ashes like a Phoenix

Second Puzzle:
Jikkyou Powerful Baseball 2016 sold 120k (combined)

Third Puzzle:
Kirby sold 300k

Still, as mao2 said, there's a *2 and /2 hidden. I'm inclined to think that Kirby is 300k/2, so 150k; and Wii U doubled its sales.

 

[Asd202]

Why would Wii U rise though? New bundle, holidays?

 

[hiska-kun]

Why would Wii U rise though? New bundle, holidays?

Nintendo finally shipping the console for Golden Week.

 

[Chris1964]

First Puzzle:
Wii U has risen from its own ashes like a Phoenix

Second Puzzle:
Jikkyou Powerful Baseball 2016 sold 120k (combined)

Third Puzzle:
Kirby sold 300k

Still, as mao2 said, there's a *2 and /2 hidden. I'm inclined to think that Kirby is 300k/2, so 150k.
Pawapro 120*2??

It looks Wii U got bigger shipments for Golden Week.

*2 can't refer to Pawapuro, 240k is too high, he probably plays with Kirby numbers.

 

[MANUELF]

First Puzzle:
Wii U has risen from its own ashes like a Phoenix

Second Puzzle:
Jikkyou Powerful Baseball 2016 sold 120k (combined)

Third Puzzle:
Kirby sold 300k

Still, as mao2 said, there's a *2 and /2 hidden. I'm inclined to think that Kirby is 300k/2, so 150k.
Pawapro 120*2??

Maybe WiiU sold double what it sold this week?

 

[L~A]

No, I'm pretty sure isn't what you're saying.lol

The first one is a book titled: "She did it! She did it! Little Yuu is 2 years old!"

Yuu is probably => U => Wii U
Meaning that Wii U sold or 2 digits, or 2,000 or 20,000.

Edit: I think kirby is 300,000 / 2 (the last two hints)

Please never lock me in a room with a puzzle to solve to get out, or I'll die in there, ha ha.

20k for Wii U would be surprising, but so would be 2k. Then again, finally significant stock + GW start should have a positive impact.

 

[hiska-kun]

Please never lock me in a room with a puzzle to solve to get out, or I'll die in there, ha ha.

20k for Wii U would be surprising, but so would be 2k. Then again, finally significant stock + GW start should have a positive impact.

Still, there's the *2 & /2 thing (this week he is playing with 2?), so it might also mean that Wii U sold the double (*2) than its previous week. Not exactly 20k.

Always this ambiguous.

Edited my old messages with the latest "solved leaks"

 

[L~A]

Still, there's the *2 & /2 thing (this week he is playing with 2?), so it might also mean that Wii U sold the double (*2) than its previous week. Not exactly 20k.

Always this ambiguous.

Edited my old messages with the latest "solved leaks"

So about 10k for Wii U, 150k for Kirby? Sounds about right. 300k for Kirby would be really impressive.

 

[hiska-kun]

So about 10k for Wii U, 150k for Kirby? Sounds about right. 300k for Kirby would be really impressive.

Well, 5.9k *2 is almost 12k, but yeah, sounds correct.

 

[Fisico]

Famitsu Top 30 for March 2016 (29/02 - 27/03)

Updated my document, and since people often like fancy graphics

As stated before it also only gives a rough idea, most titles have special circumstances depending on availability, platform, price, genre etc. and platforms based on release schedule, number of titles charting
It's really only what is written in the title, average monthly digital ratio based on the 30 top sellers,

 

[Chris1964]

It's really only what is written in the title, average monthly digital ratio based on the 30 top sellers,

You calculate digital ratio as percentage of retail, not total sales. It's not wrong but it's digital/retail ratio and not digital/sales.

 

[noobie]

No new chart today?

 

[kuroneko0509]

heh seems my browser suddenly block the amazon jp product thing the leaker usually use. no wonder i cannot see those this time

No new chart today?

golden week. pretty sure it has been mentioned multiple times in this thread, and at least once in this page

 

[Madao]

[SFC] F-Zero _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RCE> (Nintendo) {1990.11.21} (¥7.000) - * / 900.000
[N64] F-Zero X <RCE> (Nintendo) {1998.07.14} (¥5.800) - 56.457 / 97.684
[N64] F-Zero X Expansion Kit |64DD| <RCE> (Nintendo) {2000.04.21} (¥2.200) - * / *
[GBA] F-Zero Maximum Velocity <RCE> (Nintendo) {2001.03.21} (¥4.800) - 116.116 / 334.142
[GCN] F-Zero GX <RCE> (Nintendo) {2003.07.25} (¥5.800) - 45.527 / 100.981
[GBA] F-Zero Falcon Legend <RCE> (Nintendo) {2003.11.28} (¥4.800) - 9.056 / 9.056
[GBA] F-Zero Climax <RCE> (Nintendo) {2004.10.21} (¥4.570) - 5.049 / 5.049

i knew Climax had bombed horribly but i had no idea GPL had bombed just as bad.

it makes it even more insane for Nintendo to have even greenlighted Climax on GBA. they should have really waited more time and do the game on DS with some 3D graphics and stuff. at least on DS it would have had a much better chance.

and there's still people who are on denial that the whole F-Zero anime thing was what destroyed the series. the series was barely recouping costs with the regular entries and they go and completely annihilate everything with these massive bombs. it's so painful that this is how F-Zero met its end.

the sales also prove that F-Zero only thrived as a launch game. X and GX were like halfway into their respective gens and their sales are much lower than the original and MV, which were launch games. no need to explain what happens when you do a late gen F-Zero game.

that's why i knew there was not going to be an F-Zero game this gen. it wasn't announced at the only window it had a chance. same with NX. if we don't see an F-Zero game announced among the launch window games, it's safe to say the series is never returning (at least until the gen after NX).

 

[Fisico]

You calculate digital ratio as percentage of retail, not total sales. It's not wrong but it's digital/retail ratio and not digital/sales.

Yes I didn't word it properly.

Since most of the time we know the retail sales first and learn the digital much later I thought it was interesting and more simple to think about it this way

"Ok software X sold 300k and usually the extra digital sales for this kind of game is 15% so I can assume it probably sold around 40-50k digitally"

 

[Chris1964]

This is actually Mysterious Dungeon: Torneko's Big Adventure

Indeed, Shiren was the sequel to Torneko before they become their own series.

[SFC] Torneko Adventures: Mystery Dungeon _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Chunsoft) {1993.09.19} (¥9.600)
[SFC] Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer _Retail/Nintendo Power_ <RPG> (Chunsoft) {1995.12.01} (¥11.800)

 

[Aters]

Man do home consoles sell like shit in Japan. Can PS4 reach 4M by the end of this year?

 

[Aters]

PREDICTION LEAGUE MAY 2016

Predict how much these titles will sell in the month (from May 02 to May 29):

[PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (20 days) - 120k
[PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 150k
[PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 100k
[PSV] Dragon Quest Heroes II (3 days) - 120k

edit: sorry for double post

 

[Square2015]

Man do home consoles sell like shit in Japan. Can PS4 reach 4M by the end of this year?

Well they didn't used to...