Lord_Byron28
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Well it likely won't get close to reaching Mystery of the Emblem but it should be able to pass Holy War Story.
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Media Create Sales: Week 21, 2012 (May 21 - May 27)
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Dedication Through Light
Member
Uta no Prince Sama ftw, hopefully that justifies even more of the anime.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
From Chris' DB, the top two others are:
Fire Emblem Genealogy of Holy War - 429,763
Fire Emblem The Sealed Sword 345,574
But I actually thought that the first SFC one did better... I just can't find the data.
Edit: Ah, there we go.
From a list in an earlier thread, rearranged:
(Original list: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=37273177&postcount=43 - not sure if he's quoting from elsewhere)
21/01/94 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - ? / 776.000
14/05/96 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Holy War Story - 228.578 / 429.763 (498.000 from sinobi)
29/03/02 [GBA] Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword - 126.267 / 345.574
20/04/90 [NFC] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - ? / 329.000
14/03/92 [NFC] Fire Emblem Gaiden - ? / 325.000
15/07/10 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow - 147.045 / 247.248
25/04/03 [GBA] Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword - 109.429 / 265.286
07/08/08 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - 147.704 / 252.309
07/10/04 [GBA] Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - 146.026 / 246.719
22/02/07 [WII] Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 73.337 / 171.924
28/08/99 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 - 30.104 / 158.695
20/04/05 [GCN] Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 100.357 / 156.413
It's currently third best, quite likely to make it to second best. It'd need massive legs to topple #1, though. Sales figures the series hasn't seen for *fifteen years*.
Would anyone with artistic talent be able to make a FE version of the Mario Chart, by any chance?
Edit: Ah, Bruno himself beat me to it!
Seraphis Cain
bad gameplay lol
Yep.
And honestly, I really, really doubt this is a case of people buying the game for a demo. I can't say for sure how much bearing the RE6 demo had on DD's sales, but if I had to guess, I'd say probably not all that much. It probably would have sold that well without it.
akilshohen
Member
3 games on 360? MS should really be thanking capcom.
Also, might be old, but is RE:ORC the highest selling non Japanese game in japan this gen?
Also, might be old, but is RE:ORC the highest selling non Japanese game in japan this gen?
MoogleWizard
Member
Yay for Dragon's Dogma, well deserved.
But it seems the power of flight has finally run out for KI, that sucks.
But it seems the power of flight has finally run out for KI, that sucks.
Bruno MB
Member
The credit for those Fire Emblem figures belongs to our Sales-Age Genius member
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=22329464&postcount=153
Do we have an idea of how much Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword sold in NA/EU? I would imagine that it was the best selling entry overseas.
Cow Mengde
Banned
I just noticed this. LOL.
Oni Link 666
Member
Tough break for My Little Sister Can't Be This Cute.
electroplankton
Banned
Well, Mystery of the Emblem could not be reached, but Awakening is going to put on the table the best numbers in 18 years. It's like a new start for the series.
michaelius
Banned
Wow a PSV game in the top 20.
Congrats Capcom for DD. Those FE legs
LoL nintendo fanboys sure are funny - almost every vita game scored top 20 in it's initial week.
creid
Member
がんばって Dragon's Dogma!
All Capcom games? I'm shocked. I hope the sales stay healthy, but I'm not counting on it.
slaughterking
Member
All three of them.
Odd coincidence. Given how much more that's sold than the other ones, is it possible that Thracia's name somehow got mixed up with the sales figures for this?
Could easily be a coincidence, of course.
Fanboy ? This hurts. But we have had a couple weeks without PSV titles in the Top 50 so i probably got carried a way.
Better than nothing though.
Almost every *game* scores top 20 in its initial week.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Not sure if serious.
Coppertracks
Member
Damn Kid Icarus
But yeeaaah keep going FE!
Seeing how Vita performs after E3 is going to be interesting.
But yeeaaah keep going FE!
Seeing how Vita performs after E3 is going to be interesting.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Nope.
Media Create LTD 2011
Donkey Kong Country Returns (WII) - 952,704
Just Dance Wii (WII) - 453,411
Just Dance is above 600k (Famitsu Updated LTD: 602,953).
Colonel Mustard
Banned
It's possible to comment on sales numbers without being a fanboy.
Really? Really, really?
(in case you couldn't understand what those links were: first week, Wipeout release week, then a Rayman and some Puzzle release)
Did not look through every week, but I can safely assume that under half of Vita's releases have been in the top 20 in its initial week considering only 4 of the 20 or so releases in the first week made it in the top20. You're probably welcome to troll here, but at least come with some data to back it up.
This is actually a really good question that I can't really think of an answer to.
Right now 500k seems like a foregone conclusion. How much farther could it go?
Lord_Byron28
Member
Either blame my reading skills but even ignoring the double negative I'm not sure what you're saying.
Maybe the DLC?
Baconsammy
Banned
Depends on how it continues to sell. Capcom execs promised it would sell a million in Japan alone.
Jaded Alyx
Member
It has legs that RPGs and other Fire Emblem games usually don't.
NeonZ
Member
Well, Kakusei does a bunch of things:
-Introduces significant new mechanics to the series, like the double/partner system (two units fighting together, with one boosting another and being able to use occasional support attacks and defense).
-Features many fan favorite mechanics together (generation system, supports (including romance options), branching promotions) - most of those mechanics also give reasons to replay the game (different pairings, different class builds for different characters).
-Features some mechanics which are good for acessibility (option for no perma death and a world map)
-Thanks to the spotpass system, there's also the daily fanservice side - one new character from an old FE added per day for free - aside from just recruiting them, each character has a skirmish option too, which basically means one new battle per day, alongside new weapons and actual stages once in a while. If you think about it, it's not just fanservice, there's something new every day which probably helps making people keep the game rather than just reselling it after they're done with the story.
Other games have done similar daily distributions with the spotpass feature, but the way this FE is using it for characters and battles seems much more significant than just the usual custom weapons or items given by most games.
Lord_Byron28
Member
Realistically it did an amazing job for a new ip launched late in the generation on a console in Japan. However, considering how much money, development time and the size of the development team was spent it's possible that they didn't budget properly. That's Capcom's mistake in budgeting though since DD is still doing a great job from most's expectations.
Yeah blame my reading skills. I re-read after I made my post. I just wasn't sure if he was being sarcastic or not at first.
Does it take advantage of streetpass?
It's got a far better start than Opoona.
NeonZ
Member
Yes. Other players' teams appear in the map, similar to the guest characters - you can pay to recruit their My Unit (custom main character), face them in combat to recruit the My Unit for free or buy items from them.
Good to walk into a MC thread where sales are actually "up" for a change. DD launched very well so congrats to Capcom for obviously getting the launch right.
FE's continued success is good to see as well. With hardly any week over week drop happening the game appears to be showing impressive legs.
FE's continued success is good to see as well. With hardly any week over week drop happening the game appears to be showing impressive legs.
I need this game so bad now, that sounds awesome for the extra battles alone. Haven't bought a Fire Emblem game since the first GBA release we got here in North America
Yes I'm a bad person, don't hurt me
PSP + Vita Sales are barely above 17k. Not good. Looking at the trend, the Vita has now gone 20 Straight weeks under 20k units per week...and trending downward towards a 10k / week average.
Twenty straight weeks is also the exact same time frame that the 3DS went with it's baseline (~25k / week) until it's price was cut. If the Vita gets no cut, or doesn't receive Megaton software support, it's all over folks.
Twenty straight weeks is also the exact same time frame that the 3DS went with it's baseline (~25k / week) until it's price was cut. If the Vita gets no cut, or doesn't receive Megaton software support, it's all over folks.
Exterminieren
Banned
Superb for Dragon's Dogma, and Fire Emblem's legs truly impress.
So 3DS lights the afterburners next week?
So 3DS lights the afterburners next week?
Maybe they just made a game which people actually wanted to play. I have no idea. I thought the demo was really shit myself, but I don't like Monster Hunter either. I love Dark Souls, but the game doesn't play anything like it either.
They changed the art style to modern older teenage flashy anime style and added boobs.
Same question I have. I didn't expect a RPG in Japan to hold like this, not when its Fire Emblem.
Interesting. Well, it seems to be working for them. Its got 500k lifetime on lock now by the end of the gen which is just sort of mindblowing.