[lunchwithyuzo]

I'd imagine something like : Dr Kawashima's Devilish Brain Training ...would be their best bet. It gets the spirit of it being difficult and challenging, without the literal confusion of "Demon Training".

For Europe yes. For America, "Brain-Age 3D: Devilish Training in Minutes a Day".

[test_account]

It would be cool if Nintendo included Devil World in Oni Training, just like they included "Dr. Mario" in the first Brain Training.

[Sammy Samusu]

Taiko Drum NDS (2008) - 55,950 (42.31% ST) (LTD 2010: 694,324)
Taiko Drum NDS (2010) - 69,767 (46.03% ST) (LTD 2011: 437,527)
Taiko Drum 3DS (2012) - 65,462 (45.26% ST)

Retailers indicate that both Digimon World Re:Digitize and Rune Factory 4, released this past week, have been selling well. Multiple retailers pointed out that Rune Factory 4 appears to be very popular with women, so that’s mission accomplished for Marvelous AQL.

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/22...ry-doing-well/

[Takao]

I don't want to be that guy, but is Rune Factory being a popular game with women a surprise? It's an offshoot of Harvest Moon, which at the very least in North America seems to be heavy bought by women.

[Man God]

I don't want to be that guy, but is Rune Factory being a popular game with women a surprise? It's an offshoot of Harvest Moon, which at the very least in North America seems to be heavy bought by women.

Since right around the time of the last DS game the home office has been specifically marketing towards women and it seems to be continuing to pay off.

[Brazil]

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/22...ry-doing-well/

I'm so happy that Marvelous is doing well on the 3DS. Can't wait for their games to come over here.

[yankeeforever2]

So is that bad for Mario Tennis I always thought that was one of the more popular mario sports?

[Exterminieren]

So is that bad for Mario Tennis I always thought that was one of the more popular mario sports?

Mario Tennis will disappear from the charts, and will turn up in some sales report with hundreds of thousands more sales.

This is how Mario sports games tend to sell; the slow burn.

[RurouniZel]

I don't want to be that guy, but is Rune Factory being a popular game with women a surprise? It's an offshoot of Harvest Moon, which at the very least in North America seems to be heavy bought by women.

Yep, that's been my experience as well. I have a few female friends who LOVE Harvest Moon. :3

[yankeeforever2]

Mario Tennis will disappear from the charts, and will turn up in some sales report with hundreds of thousands more sales. This is how Mario sports games tend to sell; the slow burn.

Yeah just seem to me it would have a bigger opening over the course of its life it will slow burn much higher just seems low to start.

[wrowa]

If Rune Factory is especially popular with women, MMV should finally include an option to play a girl and date boys in the games. It always strikes me as quite an oversight.

[Mr Swine]

Yeah just seem to me it would have a bigger opening over the course of its life it will slow burn much higher just seems low to start.

Well aren't the portable Tennis games not that good sales wise?

[nordique]

Is the buzz starting to pick up for DQX?

We're pretty close to its release date right?

How does it compare with previous series' buzz @ same point in time?

[Hero of Legend]

If Rune Factory is especially popular with women, MMV should finally include an option to play a girl and date boys in the games. It always strikes me as quite an oversight.

Err, doesn't 4 have that?

[Arla]

Kingdom Hearts DDD a bomb? give me a break. that word is used too freely.

Level 5 continues to fail commercially . Its not a platform issue either. i just don't think they're making games people want. I wanna like em but rarely any if their games peak my interest. Still i appreciate the risks they're taking

[Arla]

If Rune Factory is especially popular with women, MMV should finally include an option to play a girl and date boys in the games. It always strikes me as quite an oversight.

That's a main part of RF4.

[metalslimer]

Kingdom Hearts DDD a bomb? give me a break. that word is used too freely. Level 5 continues to fail commercially . Its not a platform issue either. i just don't think they're making games people want. I wanna like em but rarely any if their games peak my interest. Still i appreciate the risks they're taking

Well what do you consider a bomb then? If you want to consider something that didn't even recoup costs as a bomb than yeah KH3D will probably make some money for Square in the end. Relatively to past game performance, KH3D is absolute bomb. If the New Super Mario Bros 2 only sold 600k, would you call that a bomb? Or if the next FF only sold 300k (cue FF13-3 jokes)?

[Takao]

Kingdom Hearts DDD a bomb? give me a break. that word is used too freely.

lol

One of the worst selling KHs in history is not a bomb when it's marketed as the direct link to the next numbered entry yet was easily outsold by outsourced spinoffs? Yeah, this is a bomb.

[Alrus]

While Level 5 has experienced a sharp drop in popularity their main franchises still sell well enough, they should be fine. I'm surprised they haven't announced Layton 6 yet though, guess they want to finish PLvs.AA first.

Kingdom Hearts DDD a bomb? give me a break. that word is used too freely.

Well relative to other entries in the series it did pretty bad. Especially if you consider this was marketed as a quasi mainline entry and not a spin-off...

[metalslimer]

While Level 5 has experienced a sharp drop in popularity their main franchises still sell well enough, they should be fine. I'm surprised they haven't announced Layton 6 yet though, guess they want to finish PLvs.AA first.

Probably give the Layton series a break since it was steadily declining. If Layton v AA isn't out this year in Japan though something is wrong with them.

[Busaiku]

http://www.siliconera.com/2012/07/22...ry-doing-well/

Who doesn't wanna marry a unicorn.

[Sage00]

Is the buzz starting to pick up for DQX? We're pretty close to its release date right? How does it compare with previous series' buzz @ same point in time?

Dragon Quest is almost out? Wow, I thought it was a winter / early 2013 title going by the small displays stores have. I think I've seen more advertising for the 3DS game.

[Currygan]

Level 5 continues to fail commercially . Its not a platform issue either. i just don't think they're making games people want. I wanna like em but rarely any if their games peak my interest. Still i appreciate the risks they're taking

I agree with this. They've cemented their main series while failing miserably at new IPs. I wish Nintendo acquired them, at least they could give them some businness advice

[DGRE]

I agree with this. They've cemented their main series while failing miserably at new IPs. I wish Nintendo acquired them, at least they could give them some businness advice

Nintendo has just as many smaller games that aren't commercial successes. They just don't publicize ridiculous expectations for these titles.

[metalslimer]

Nintendo has just as many smaller games that aren't commercial successes. They just don't publicize ridiculous expectations for these titles.

Hell they have huge game flops to. Skyward Sword might've been bomba of the year last year if not for Ninokuni and 13-2.

[schuelma]

Is the buzz starting to pick up for DQX? We're pretty close to its release date right? How does it compare with previous series' buzz @ same point in time?

Sales wise I'm expecting 275K-325K first week.

[metalslimer]

Sales wise I'm expecting 275K-325K first week.

I think that might be a little low. I'm expecting around 400k although I expect pretty terrible legs especially if the game doesn't have good word of mouth.Of course if they can keep people interested and paying that subscription fee it will be a massive success. Have they said how much content will be in the game at launch? A FF14 scenario would be disastrous.

[lunchwithyuzo]

Well aren't the portable Tennis games not that good sales wise?

More or less, yeah.

[GBC] Mario Tennis (108,870) 357,986
[GBA] Mario Tennis Power Tour (42,857) 135,815
[3DS] Mario Tennis Open (124,377) 256,857

[PSP] Virtua Tennis: World Tour (9,051) 23.907
[PSV] Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour (lol) lol

[PSP] Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip (45,278) 101,577

[Kagari]

Sales wise I'm expecting 275K-325K first week.

What was FF11 first week?

[schuelma]

What was FF11 first week?

64K I believe

[lunchwithyuzo]

What was FF11 first week?

63,958


b-b-beat

[BishopLamont]

More or less, yeah. [GBC] Mario Tennis (108,870) 357,986 [GBA] Mario Tennis Power Tour (42,857) 135,815 [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (124,377) 256,857 [PSP] Virtua Tennis: World Tour (9,051) 23.907 [PSV] Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour (lol) lol [PSP] Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip (45,278) 101,577

Which is a surprise considering Tennis is a pretty good fit for portable gaming. I guess tennis just isn't that popular in Japan.

[electroplankton]

Digimon and Rune Factory are out-of-stock in Amazon, if this might mean something. Surely, they're popular games this week.

If Rune Factory will manage to sell over 60k in the first week (which seems pretty doable), it'd already be in line to overcome the third and the second portable entries, with a shot to catch the former one.

[walking fiend]

I think that might be a little low. I'm expecting around 400k although I expect pretty terrible legs especially if the game doesn't have good word of mouth.Of course if they can keep people interested and paying that subscription fee it will be a massive success. Have they said how much content will be in the game at launch? A FF14 scenario would be disastrous.

I think the opposite; the game will not debut high, but will have very good legs [of course if the game is good to begin with; for example a famitsu score over 36]

[Zevenberge]

Digimon and Rune Factory are out-of-stock in Amazon, if this might mean something. Surely, they're popular games this week. If Rune Factory will manage to sell over 60k in the first week (which seems pretty doable), it'd already be in line to overcome the third and the second portable entries, with a shot to catch the former one.

Is RuneFactory 4 already out in Japan? It's good to be born there.

[smbu2000]

Is RuneFactory 4 already out in Japan? It's good to be born there.

It released this past Thursday.

[Aostia]

More or less, yeah. [GBC] Mario Tennis (108,870) 357,986 [GBA] Mario Tennis Power Tour (42,857) 135,815 [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (124,377) 256,857 [PSP] Virtua Tennis: World Tour (9,051) 23.907 [PSV] Virtua Tennis 4: World Tour (lol) lol [PSP] Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip (45,278) 101,577

Mario Tennis Open to me is going very well. It already surpassed the Wii iteration (236,715), I think it will top GBC LTD and it could aim also to the GC LTD numbers imho (377,172), so it coud become the second best Tennis title of all time in Japan (with the great exception of the first N64 title that sold almost 1 million, right?)

[Zevenberge]

It released this past Thursday.

Can't wait to see how one of my favourite franchises have sold past weekend. (I can wait even less for a European localisation, but I guess that's dream world stuff for now.)

[Mpl90]

I'd wait for some weeks after 3DS XL launch to understand where Mario Tennis Open could stop in its lifetime sales.

[cw_sasuke]

I'd wait for the upcoming holiday season to understand where Mario Tennis Open could stop in its lifetime sales.

fixed - at least for me :-)

[C.T.]

It's official, 7-eleven will sell Download Cards of both Nintendo games coming next week. http://andriasang.com/con207/3ds_dnld_cards/

Wait it does say that the code expires after 150 days if not used, right? It it normal for such things?

[test_account]

Wait it does say that the code expires after 150 days if not used, right? It it normal for such things?

It is normal that codes like this have expire dates, but 150 days (if that is what it says) is the shortest amount i've heard of i think. Usually it is at least 1 year.

EDIT: Usually an expire date is written instead of days. I see that it says 150 days, but i dont know what it says before or after that.

[Gradivus]

I'd wait for some weeks after 3DS XL launch to understand where Mario Tennis Open could stop in its lifetime sales.

I agree with cw_sasuke, best to wait until the holiday time is over first.

It is normal that codes like this have expire dates, but 150 days (if that is what it says) is the shortest amount i've heard of i think. Usually it is at least 1 year. EDIT: Usually an expire date is written instead of days. I see that it says 150 days, but i dont know what it says before or after that.

Expiration date: 150 days. Please read the terms (Back & front of the card) .

[gamergirly]

Hell they have huge game flops to. Skyward Sword might've been bomba of the year last year if not for Ninokuni and 13-2.

Skyward Sword was over 4 million ww last time I looked. Nowhere near a bomb unless u consider this Dead Space: Skyward Sword and Nintendo EA instead lol

[GCX]

Skyward Sword was over 4 million ww last time I looked. Nowhere near a bomb unless u consider this Dead Space: Skyward Sword and Nintendo EA instead lol

This thread is about Japanese sales and Skyward Sword definitely tanked hard in Japan.

[Gradivus]

Skyward Sword was over 4 million ww last time I looked. Nowhere near a bomb unless u consider this Dead Space: Skyward Sword and Nintendo EA instead lol

Metalslimer seems to be implying just the Japanese market. SS ended up with only around 330,000 or so in Japan (not too sure from the top of my memory).

[Takao]

I think the opposite; the game will not debut high, but will have very good legs [of course if the game is good to begin with; for example a famitsu score over 36]

Because Famitsu scores for Square Enix titles have proven to be so truthful in the past.

[test_account]

Expiration date: 150 days. Please read the terms (Back & front of the card) .

Thanks :) I wonder why they only have 150 days. That is pretty short. Probably wont cause any big problems though, but i still wonder why they chose 150 days only.

[electroplankton]

This thread is about Japanese sales and Skyward Sword definitely tanked hard in Japan.

Yeah, Skyward Sword definitely bombed in Japan; and it's not that for big franchises Wii was dead, since Kirby sold almost 700k, and we had other cases where games sold remarkably well last year (Just Dance, Family Fishing, Go Vacation, GoldenEye).

[Zeer0id]

Looks like retailer digital versions of NSMB2 and OniTore are being sold at a slight discount at 7-11 (as I expected they would be)

4,480 yen (4,800 yen msrp) for New Super Mario Bros. 2

3,580 yen (3,800 yen msrp) for Oni Training