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Japan lines up for Final Fantasy III at 3AM

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yayaba

Member
Hm, it would've been better if they put a transition effect and load the data in the background instead of having a pause in between battles.

Even a simple blur out or swish out would've helped to mask the loading and I'm sure that in itself wouldn't take that much power.
 
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RevenantKioku

PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS PEINS oh god i am drowning in them
Amir0x said:
Yeah, I can understand that view. FFIII is the worst FF to me, but so it's the one most in need of a remake. Some of the changes they made DO seem to fix critical flaws in the original, so I'm optimistic. If nothing else, it'll be something to play.
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Honestly, if done right, this remake has good chances to be BEST FF EVER! FF3 was so juicy with potential, but held back so much by the Fami. :(
 
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DataBot

Member
Amazing Game looks like a sure buy . Show us more Pics of crazy people lining up for this crazy Game.
BTW DS GOTY !!??
 
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NintendosBooger

Member
What are the chances that this will end up being the highest-selling FF game on any Nintendo system? (I know one of them sold like 2.5 million on the SNES)
 
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cvxfreak

Member
NintendosBooger said:
What are the chances that this will end up being the highest-selling FF game on any Nintendo system? (I know one of them sold like 2.5 million on the SNES)
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Pretty slim I'd say.

It's interesting that the original Famicom FFIII was the first million selling FF in Japan, though. Sold 1.4 Million. If FFIII is as popular as the DS allows it to be for a non-training/Mario/AC game, then maybe this one will outsell the original version.
 
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soundwave05

Member
NintendosBooger said:
What are the chances that this will end up being the highest-selling FF game on any Nintendo system? (I know one of them sold like 2.5 million on the SNES)
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I can see good sales, but that might be out of the question.
 
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Barf_the_Mog

powerless or are they? o_O
NintendosBooger said:
What are the chances that this will end up being the highest-selling FF game on any Nintendo system? (I know one of them sold like 2.5 million on the SNES)
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I think I predicted 800,000 units sold in Japan, but I might revise it up or down next week. Until then, I think ~ 1 million is pretty accurate.
 
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Tabris

Member
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
 
M

Mejilan

Running off of Custom Firmware
Tabris said:
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
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Bad joke? I hope?
 
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AdmiralViscen

Banned
Tabris said:
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
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Who said it would do either of those things?

As far as I've seen, the highest estimates from Nfans is top out at ~2M lifetime. And that's fringe.
 
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Error

Jealous of the Glory that is Johnny Depp
Tabris said:
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
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:lol

man it would be really funny if this game ends up selling more than ff12 (I doubt it but still...) would love to see the reactions.
 
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Zeed

Banned
AdmiralViscen said:
Who said it would do either of those things?

As far as I've seen, the highest estimates from Nfans is top out at ~2M lifetime. And that's fringe.
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I've seen plenty of people claim infinity. Some meant it, too.
 
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A Link to the Past

Banned
Tabris said:
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
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Yeah, it's so much more impressive to sell 2 million one week and 1,000 the next than it is to sell >2 million over time

:lol
 
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mutsu

Member
Don't ever compare console RPG sales to handheld RPG sales. The audience is simply different. Even when you have the same user base for the PS2 and DS, the actual demographic of the users are completely different, therefore sales of games will also be completely different.
 
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Chris Michael

Banned
Error2k4 said:
:lol

man it would be really funny if this game ends up selling more than ff12 (I doubt it but still...) would love to see the reactions.
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I'm way more interested in seeing the reactions if SE announced a remake of FFVII for the DS.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
Tabris said:
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
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Can't wait until you call Crisis Core's lines impressive. :D
 
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ethelred

Member
cvxfreak said:
Pretty slim I'd say.

It's interesting that the original Famicom FFIII was the first million selling FF in Japan, though. Sold 1.4 Million. If FFIII is as popular as the DS allows it to be for a non-training/Mario/AC game, then maybe this one will outsell the original version.
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Yeah, slim chance of it being the highest selling Nintendo FF in Japan, but worldwide I think it's got a great chance of achieving that. I expect over a million in Japan, and it'll rack up some very, very nice sales in Europe and North America (far bigger than what RPGs generated back in the day).

Tabris said:
Compare that to FFXII lines. It's impressive, but not that impressive for a FF game.
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Tabris said:
Yeah, well unless it sells 2 million in first 3 days, as a basically original FF title, it doesn't compare with it's brothers on the console.
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Your obsessive need to bash on everything related to the DS, or Nintendo in general, really is pretty sad. :)
 
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Square2005

Banned
NintendosBooger said:
What are the chances that this will end up being the highest-selling FF game on any Nintendo system? (I know one of them sold like 2.5 million on the SNES)
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A historical look at the main series sales by region:

ffwwsaleszk1.png


I used to have the sales/shipments by region of all of Square's titles years ago but my data has since bin erased along with some other sales data when switching over to a newer computer.
Some of this is by memory and I'm not exactly sure about the NA FF1 sales but 0.68m is the minimum it sold but IIRC it sold/shipped closer to 0.72m.
 
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Zeed

Banned
Square2005 said:
A historical look at the main series sales by region:

ffwwsaleszk1.png


I used to have the sales/shipments by region of all of Square's titles years ago but my data has since bin erased along with some other sales data when switching over to a newer computer.
Some of this is by memory and I'm not exactly sure about the NA FF1 sales but 0.68m is the minimum it sold but IIRC it sold/shipped closer to 0.72m.
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So it just has to top 3 mil worldwide. I can see that happening.
 
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Neko Tsukimi

Member
Darn it... Before I watched the video, I wanted it thi(x1000)s much.

Now I want it thi(x99999999999999999999)s much. Time is cruel.
 
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cvxfreak

Member
From the Famitsu article, here are a few details of the lines:

- 3AM there were 80 people, but 8:30AM there were 150.
- Yodobashi Camera in Akiba opened up 45 minutes earlier than usual (they usually open at 9:30)
- Crystal White edition sold out within 30 minutes at Yodobashi, within an hour at other places
- Some people left for other places because the hardware bundle sold out
- More people at various other locations in Shibuya and Ikebukuro
 
G

GaimeGuy

Volunteer Deputy Campaign Director, Obama for America '16
Busaiku said:
*Fap fap*
That box is so hot.

EDIT:
h-103_58932_200reji.jpg.jpg

Didn't the sales associate to the right used to sell X-Box 360's?
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:lol he's in every sales thread where there are pictures. He was in the pink DSL thread too I think.
 
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