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[Hero of Legend]

Probably Frontier.

Last I checked Frontier is just an up-rezed PS2 game in looks, there was a benchmark thing, but wasn't that just a pretty intro?

 

[Forever]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/07/28/58511.html

http://i.imgur.com/r5DNp.jpg[IMG]

Oh oh oh oh oh oh.[/QUOTE]
There we go.

Damn that's a long ass line.

 

[Smiles and Cries]

do we have shipment numbers for 3DSLL?

 

[Kenka]

Thank you Sammy !

 

[?oe?oe]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/07/28/58511.html

Oh oh oh oh oh oh.

That girl wants a drink from the machine, but fears entering the line, as she would be mauled.

 

[Takao]

95% sell though O.O unless I'm reading that wrong seems really impressive.

You are reading that correctly. How in the world did Scamco not get a second shipment in time? Jeeze.

I just want to ask about the MH Vita thing since the thread's locked:

Do we know what game it actually is, since the fact it shows Rathalos, either someone did a perfect copy of it, or they copied and pasted the model into whatever this is.

I love how it looks, whatever it is. It's a well-done fake/clone. I'd love to see a MH that looks like that.

Supposedly it's an MH Frontier clone developed by Chinese company Tencent.

 

[donny2112]

I can't tell anymore what's worse in these threads: Fanboys or complete ignorance for sales.

Ignorance can be cured. Fanboys, taken to extremes, tend to get banned. Ignorance that's willing to learn is a good thing, though. We all had to start somewhere.

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/07/28/58511.html

Oh oh oh oh oh oh.

Now we're talking.

 

[Sammy Samusu]

MOAR

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/07/28/58515.html

 

[Road]

Whatever for August.

Prediction League August, 2012

Predict how much these titles will sell in the 4 weeks (from July 30th to August 26th):

[WII] Dragon Quest X -
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 -
[3DS] Demon Training -

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- Special attention to NSMB2 and DT: the period does not include their "first week", it's only how much they'll sell in the month, not the LTD.



Rules:

• The official monthly sales will be addition of the weekly sales available from the Famitsu Top 30.
• Any game missing in the Famitsu top 30 will be taken out of the predictions.
• Any game missing in your prediction will be considered as if you had predicted zero for its sales.

Deadline: August, 1st 09:00 am (EDT) (2 hours earlier than the usual, since now both Famitsu and MC release numbers earlier)

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Real shot in the dark here...

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 666,666
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 1,111,111
[3DS] Demon Training - 333,333

 

[Road]

NSMB DS sold 930k in the same period. NSMB Wii sold 1.8m, but it was December.

Remember it does not include the first week, which is now happening, for NSMB2.

 

[You Are Viewtiful]

Are we including DL numbers or just Famitsu?

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 330,000
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 800,000
[3DS] Demon Training - 160,000

(assuming we're including DL numbers)

 

[Nirolak]

I just want to ask about the MH Vita thing since the thread's locked:

Do we know what game it actually is, since the fact it shows Rathalos, either someone did a perfect copy of it, or they copied and pasted the model into whatever this is.

I love how it looks, whatever it is. It's a well-done fake/clone. I'd love to see a MH that looks like that.

Maybe a sequel to Hunter Blade?

 

[Takao]

That looked way too good to be Hunter Blade. In the closed thread apparently the Chinese blogs were saying it was a new clone in development at Tencent.

 

[Nirolak]

That looked way too good to be Hunter Blade. In the closed thread apparently the Chinese blogs were saying it was a new clone in development at Tencent.

I see. Yeah, I just went back and looked and it looks really impressive visually.

 

[MasterSheen]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 400k
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 700k
[3DS] Demon Training - 350k

 

[Takao]

The English isn't very good, but one of the blogs may have said it's even an official MH game? I'm not sure. Apparently Tencent did release Frontier at one point but Monster Hunter OL sounds very unfranchise-like in naming scheme.

 

[Nirolak]

The English isn't very good, but one of the blogs may have said it's even an official MH game? I'm not sure. Apparently Tencent did release Frontier at one point but Monster Hunter OL sounds very unfranchise-like in naming scheme.

I actually just came back here to ask about that for a variety of reasons:

1.) For about 3+ years now, Capcom has been saying that they really want to get into the Chinese PC gaming market.
2.) Tencent is a huge Chinese company with strong game development skills, and would be a pretty ideal partner.
3.) People keep telling me that Monster Hunter 3 did really well in Germany, which is a huge PC country. Given that Tencent also has a really strong Western presence with games like League of Legends, a Monster Hunter MMO by Tencent would allow Capcom to push the series in both China and their most successful countries in the West. It would also put the series on a platform that does very well in countries the series doesn't do so hot in like the U.S.

I mean, it certainly could be an unofficial clone, but some of those things look so much like actual Monster Hunter and the fact that it fits with Capcom's business objectives that I'm starting to wonder.

Edit:

This other gibberish translation also implies the the game may feature some of the original monsters, which makes it sound again like it is (was?) a licensed product: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=40338149&postcount=205

 

[BowieZ]

Cannot wait to hear retailer impressions from first day sales.

This truly is a relaunch of 3DS.

 

[donny2112]

Prediction League August, 2012

Predict how much these titles will sell in the 4 weeks (from July 30th to August 26th):

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 700K

[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 775K

[3DS] Demon Training - 500K

x 0.5

 

[Takao]

RIP 8ing

Capcom outsourcing to China now

 

[Nirolak]

RIP 8ing

Capcom outsourcing to China now

I broke the topic out into a new thread for discussion since I feel the leak of whatever the game is shouldn't be punished due to Kotaku's ineptitude: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=484339

 

[walking fiend]

Nintendo servers went down during the DD sale apparently, maybe a sign of demands being beyond their expectation:
http://andriasang.com/con22s/nintendo_server_trouble/

 

[Chris1964]

You are reading that correctly. How in the world did Scamco not get a second shipment in time? Jeeze.

A game on PSP that exceeds retailers' expectations is the exception not the rule lately. You can't blame them or BN this time when they usually stay with unsold stock.

 

[BY2K]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/07/28/58511.html

Oh oh oh oh oh oh.

I'm guessing those are waiting for NSMB2?

Damn.

Since it's a 2D Mario in Japan, I wouldn't be surprised if it surpasses 3D Land's sales pretty quickly.

 

[gamergirly]

http://www.inside-games.jp/article/2012/07/28/58511.html

Oh oh oh oh oh oh.

Wow. Getting some DSlite vibes

 

[Gianni Merryman]

Predictions

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 515k
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 782k
[3DS] Demon Training - 379k

 

[Foshy]

Mmh, my first time predicting but I'll try.

[Wii] Dragon Quest X: 610k
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2: 770k
[3DS] Demon Training: 130k

 

[BishopLamont]

I'm guessing those are waiting for NSMB2?

Damn.

Since it's a 2D Mario in Japan, I wouldn't be surprised if it surpasses 3D Land's sales pretty quickly.

It'll pass it within a month easily.

 

[Nibel]

So: will we see insane numbers next weeks? Because I'm ready for some insane numbers.

 

[Yeshua]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 350k
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 950k
[3DS] Demon Training - 350k

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

How much anticipation is there for DQX in Japan right now? Seems like being an MMO and on a console on the way out could hurt it.

 

[Aad]

[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006-05-25} 865,024 / 865,024 | NDS LTD 8,389,168
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006-05-25} 315,197 / 1,180,221 | NDS LTD 8,530,053
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006-05-25} 242,932 / 1,423,153 | NDS LTD 8,644,185
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006-05-25} 204,007 / 1,627,160 | NDS LTD 8,845,841
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) {2006-05-25} 169,852 / 1,797,012 | NDS LTD 8,996,173

[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009-12-03} 936,734 / 936,734 | WII LTD 8,906,104
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009-12-03} 464,824 / 1,401,558 | WII LTD 9,048,042
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009-12-03} 570,512 / 1,972,070 | WII LTD 9,256,077
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009-12-03} 513,080 / 2,485,150 | WII LTD 9,473,009
[WII] New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) {2009-12-03} 255,494 / 2,740,644 | WII LTD 9,689,942


[NDS] Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-05-19} 44,166 / 44,166 | NDS LTD 2,152,728
[NDS] Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-05-19} 33,442 / 77,608 | NDS LTD 2,196,573
[NDS] Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-05-19} 30,416 / 108,024 | NDS LTD 2,231,592
[NDS] Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-05-19} 33,050 / 141,074 | NDS LTD 2,263,507
[NDS] Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-05-19} 33,723 / 174,797 | NDS LTD 2,295,713

[NDS] Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-12-29} 416,124 / 416,124 | NDS LTD 5,506,996
[NDS] Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-12-29} 319,747 / 735,871 | NDS LTD 5,632,953
[NDS] Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-12-29} 142,775 / 878,646 | NDS LTD 5,671,477
[NDS] Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-12-29} 94,071 / 972,717 | NDS LTD 5,720,041
[NDS] Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo) {2005-12-29} 112,140 / 1,084,857 | NDS LTD 5,832,979


[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) {2004-11-27} 2,236,881 / 2,236,881 | PS2 LTD 15,357,026
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) {2004-11-27} 559,524 / 2,796,405 | PS2 LTD 15,449,635
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) {2004-11-27} 200,033 / 2,996,438 | PS2 LTD 15,553,713
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) {2004-11-27} 116,731 / 3,113,169 | PS2 LTD 15,678,355
[PS2] Dragon Quest VIII (Square Enix) {2004-11-27} 118,119 / 3,231,288 | PS2 LTD 15,874,835

[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) {2009-07-11} 2,343,440 / 2,343,440 | NDS LTD 26,966,815
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) {2009-07-11} 602,856 / 2,946,296 | NDS LTD 27,083,832
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) {2009-07-11} 271,206 / 3,217,502 | NDS LTD 27,176,824
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) {2009-07-11} 172,728 / 3,390,230 | NDS LTD 27,261,572
[NDS] Dragon Quest IX: Defenders of the Starry Sky (Square Enix) {2009-07-11} 106,514 / 3,496,744 | NDS LTD 27,343,418

 

[Road]

Are we including DL numbers or just Famitsu?

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 330,000
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 800,000
[3DS] Demon Training - 160,000

(assuming we're including DL numbers)

The numbers are from the Famitsu top 30. Whatever it's there.

It might include sales of the cards with the codes to download the game, but it's extremely unlikely it'll include sales of the units bought directly from Nintendo's eShop.

 

[Gianni Merryman]

Seems like being an MMO and on a console on the way out could hurt it.

Besides, with WiiU's version coming out in a few months, many may hold off till then.

 

[Aad]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 650,000
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 750,000
[3DS] Demon Training - 350,000

 

[cw_sasuke]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 800,000
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 777,000
[3DS] Demon Training - 150,000

 

[Orgen]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 619k
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 827k
[3DS] Demon Training - 391k

 

[Chris1964]

Predictions

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 765.432
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 987.654
[3DS] Demon Training - 123.456

 

[Snowden's Secret]

Is this Price is Right rules? Closest without going over? If so I bet 1 for each title.

 

[test_account]

It'll pass it within a month easily.

It could happen, but i wonder why the predictions so far a really low comapred to this. Super Mario 3D Land is at over 1.5 million copies now. The highest prediction so far is somewhat over 800k.

Is this Price is Right rules? Closest without going over? If so I bet 1 for each title.

It is about how close you get to the actual sales number. It doesnt matter if it is i.e 10k over or 10k under, you're still 10k away from the right "answer" in that case.

 

[AdventureRacing]

It could happen, but i wonder why the predictions so far a really low comapred to this. Super Mario 3D Land is at over 1.5 million copies now. The highest prediction so far is somewhat over 800k.

Isn't that because the predictions won't include first week sales as they will be this month?

 

[Dr. Feel Good]

No way Demon Training opens better than 150k.

 

[watershed]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 380,000
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 650,000
[3DS] Demon Training - 175,000

 

[test_account]

Isn't that because the predictions won't include first week sales as they will be this month?

Ah, i see. Then it makes sense I was thinking about when the sales numbers are out, not when the games went for sale.

 

[electroplankton]

[WII] Dragon Quest X - 650,000
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 750,000
[3DS] Demon Training - 120,000

 

[Snowden's Secret]

No way Demon Training opens better than 150k.

I see your 150k and raise you another 150k.

NSMB2 - 1,500,000
Dragon Quest X - 1,000,000
Brain Training 3 - 350,000

 

[AdventureRacing]

I see your 150k and raise you another 150k.

NSMB2 - 1,500,000
Dragon Quest X - 1,000,000
Brain Training 3 - 350,000

If NSMB2 can move that many copies next month that would be incredibly impressive. Really don't think it's possible though.

 

[Graphics Horse]

Will retail download cards be counted in the usual game sales? I'm assuming they will.
And are there price differences between the tickets and boxed games?

 

[BY2K]

I see your 150k and raise you another 150k.

NSMB2 - 1,500,000
Dragon Quest X - 1,000,000
Brain Training 3 - 350,000

Dear God, you believe.

EDIT: Wait, is that a month or is that a week?