slaughterking
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They did that Facebook survey about what Level 5 game we want to see coming to the west. They are clearly very hard working people.
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Japanese Sales: 2012 Jul 09 - Jul 15
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They did that Facebook survey about what Level 5 game we want to see coming to the west. They are clearly very hard working people.
He shouldn't have touched Gundam. Now I won't be happy until he is utterly destroyed.
Fair enough, can't argue with that
He shouldn't have touched Gundam. Now I won't be happy until he is utterly destroyed.
It's okay, you will get your reveagence once Gundam Age comes out and sells 30k combined.
MasterSheen
Member
4th. Pokemon 3DS is going to be a monster. The hardware will already be over 10m by the time it arrives.
I imagine even if their margin per game sold is low, but the quantity of Layton (and to a lesser degree Inazuma Eleven) sold would make a decent sum of money.
I remember back in the run up to Christmas 2008 here in the U.K, where nobody expected the first Layton to do that well, and as a result shops didn't stock that many copies. Then it became a huge success and it was sold out in my city until the middle of January 2009. Equally, in March this year I went to Paris for the weekend (took advantage of my Dad going for business) and IE2 seemed to be really heavily anticipated in stores with lots of posters/signs/etc (I think this was the Saturday before the game released). This contrasts with back home in Britain, where IE is a far lower profile series. A bit off-topic, but even if Level-5's margin from each US/Europe game sold is low, I still imagine in total they get a good amount of money.
A fully 3D Pokemon might be enough to get people that haven't played the series in years to pick it up as well
Possible. They're going to release Fantasy Life soon too.
Now, something which got unnoticed for some weeks.
23./20. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800) - 4.544 / 1.654.602 (-10%)
2 [N64] Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) - 162.111 / 1.639.921 / 9,89% 23/06/96
Give your warmest welcome to the best selling 3D Mario ever.
So, one in four Vita owners will have that game, that's pretty good loyalty. Wonder if Arena will slip over to Vita next?
ULTROS!
People seem to like me because I am polite and I am rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and I really enjoy a nice pair of slacks.
I was expecting TT to have decent sales due to it being a semi-follow up to 428 (Jishii being the director).
Maybe it's because L5 doesn't have a good name anymore?
Although it's kinda surprising the PSV and 3DS versions are on par regarding to sales, kinda like Zero Escape: GPD. Maybe the VN/Adventure games will be going multiplatform now on handhelds?
Maybe it's because L5 doesn't have a good name anymore?
Although it's kinda surprising the PSV and 3DS versions are on par regarding to sales, kinda like Zero Escape: GPD. Maybe the VN/Adventure games will be going multiplatform now on handhelds?
StreetsAhead
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RurouniZel
Asks questions so Ezalc doesn't have to
Strong Vita sales, nearly overtaking the ps3 in the MC chart! 3ds is still miles ahead of all others, looking forward to seeing what kind of impact the LL will have.
Too bad about the really low time travelers sales. Pretty surprising to see Vita sales edge out 3ds sales here, when you consider the vast difference in the number of people who own each console.
Too bad about the really low time travelers sales. Pretty surprising to see Vita sales edge out 3ds sales here, when you consider the vast difference in the number of people who own each console.
Zevenberge
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So the "trinity" of the 3DS has been kicked out of the top 20. Interesting.
grimshawish
Banned
Mario chart needs updating.
Well deserved I feel, 3D Land merges NSMB with 3D Mario. It kind of makes me shrug at NSMB2 even more...
It should. Arc's engine apparently works very well on Vita if Blazblue is to be taken as an example.
StreetsAhead
Member
Yes, but NSMB2.
Also, LL is great for old people who might get Brain Training.
EDIT: Am sure there'll be a boost for those titles though.
Depends if they have the budget for a higher fidelity release or not. A lot of these games are made by barebones production teams. Also, you are putting way too much value on ishii's name. He's only a relatively known figure in a genre where a game is considered legendary if it passes 100k. Not to mention, a compilation of games by far more well known creators such as Matsuno bombed recently, as did a new game from Platinum.
Hell yeah ! Heartwarming news.
Just making games that aren't appealing to the public. I don't think Square in their prime could've made Time Travelers work as it is today.
fabricated backlash
Member
I know it would be enough for me to get back into the series... and the last game I played was my trusty old red version on the GB.
I still don't like the merchandise around Pokemon, but I allways maintained that the games were some of the best handheld RPGs around.
It's great to see that this series is still running so incredibly strong. The IP was often seen as completely overused and milked, but damn it still is just as relevant as allways.
djplaeskool
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Indeed. If BB:CS2EX is any indication, P4A would be amazing on Vita.
KuwabaraTheMan
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Time Travelers was one of the only Level 5 games that actually looked appealing to me. I expect that now Level 5's lineup for next year will consist of 45 Inazuma Eleven and LBX games.
You shall have my sword.
30k? That seems mighty generous. We're talking about a tie in game to a kids show that on multiple occasions got a 0.0 in the kids demographic.
He shouldn't have touched Gundam. Now I won't be happy until he is utterly destroyed.
You shall have my sword.
30k? That seems mighty generous. We're talking about a tie in game to a kids show that on multiple occasions got a 0.0 in the kids demographic.
It's only outselling it weekly, it still has a long way to go to pass their LTD (it never will).
But the title didn't say 'Famitsu' before, so why should it go back to it now?
Oh wow, Time Travelers. I was expecting shitty sales, but when I saw how high it was in the charts I thought L5 might be in for a minor surprise. For the past couple weeks, 8th and 9th place meant 13-21k, not <10k.
That's that, I suppose!
That's that, I suppose!
Captain Smoker
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VGChartzz > Media Create
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Smiles and Cries
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08./00. [PSV] Time Travelers <ADV> (Level 5) {2012.07.12} (¥5.980) - 9.887 / NEW
09./00. [3DS] Time Travelers <ADV> (Level 5) {2012.07.12} (¥5.980) - 9.761 / NEW
I blame this Vita victory on the 8-4 bump
09./00. [3DS] Time Travelers <ADV> (Level 5) {2012.07.12} (¥5.980) - 9.761 / NEW
I blame this Vita victory on the 8-4 bump
grimshawish
Banned
I'll repeat what I said in the old thread: on Sinobi there's a post which talks about 3DS XL, NSMB2, Oni Tore, and also the other next week releases. If someone could translate them, I'd be really grateful
Quoting for others. Google translate shows it discusses the LL and the games you say - but also I think the downloadable system coming with NSMB2?
So yeah if someone can give a better understanding of what it says, that would be really interesting to hear.
metalslimer
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I am surprised Vita is managing to stay above 10k. I guess Persona and the recent releases releases may have bumped the base line to...11k lol.
This isn't strong Vita sales as it is everything that is not the 3DS selling like shit.
This isn't strong Vita sales as it is everything that is not the 3DS selling like shit.
Lostconfused
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You should use your powers for something good. Like say getting Origin animated.He shouldn't have touched Gundam. Now I won't be happy until he is utterly destroyed.
There isn't really much of interest there. He just talks about how the 3DS XL is coming out, reservations are extremely strong, and he thinks lots of people are looking to upgrade their existing 3DS. He also comments on how direct download games are going on sale next week, and it'll be interesting to see the ratio between package sales and DD sales. For a game like Oni Training he feels it is better suited for DD because it's the sort of game you want to play a little at a time throughout the day, and it benefits from not having to switch carts with whatever else you're playing. Apparently other than major retail chains, the initial shipment stock for Oni Training in package form is going to be really low.
Not surprising, since Nintendo themselves had some Brain Train titles preinstalled on DSi XL when they sold them. I really wonder which game will show up on the eShop next week - would be great if MK7, Revelations, Tri G and so on also would be uploaded as direct-downloads.
By sales rank it did fairly well when it got ported to iOS last year too. But hard to get actual numbers for that.