[vareon]

Massive differences between #2 and no #1 there.

[saichi]

20/04/90 [NFC] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - ? / 329.000 14/03/92 [NFC] Fire Emblem Gaiden - ? / 325.000 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) 28/08/99 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 - 30.104 / 158.695 29/03/02 [GBA] Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword - 126.267 / 345.574 25/04/03 [GBA] Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword - 109.429 / 265.286 07/10/04 [GBA] Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - 146.026 / 246.719 20/04/05 [GCN] Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 100.357 / 156.413 22/02/07 [WII] Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 73.337 / 171.924 07/08/08 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - 147.704 / 252.309 15/07/10 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow - 147.045 / 247.248 19/04/12 [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening - 242.600 / NEW

Awakening might end up being the second best selling FE game ever... at the worst, it would be #3 which is quite an accomplishment.

[AndrewDean84xX]

Vita vs Wii the new PS3 vs GBA?

Nice.

[AniHawk]

Awakening might end up being the second best selling FE game ever... at the worst, it would be #3 which is quite an accomplishment.

i think it'll have a hard time overcoming holy war, but if it does another 100k like the gba and ds games did, it has a shot at beating out the sealed sword at least.

[D_prOdigy]

Could someone be a dear and re-post that list of past FE openings?

Edit: Thanks Bruno and AniHawk

[Nibel]

Did the FE bundle go on sale, too?

[Truth101]

Hmm, was happy to see CoP at number 2, but those numbers are lower than I expected.

It had a 30k shipment what were people expecting?

[Stumpokapow]

Debut week matching either DS installment's lifetimes is pretty good news for the franchise!

[Diablos54]

I think a pretty interesting developing story is Super Mario Land 3D consistently selling better then Mario Kart 7. All current signs point to SML3D becoming one of the huge evergreen titles that the Wii and DS saw, even though it is mainly a 3D Mario. But will New Super Mario Bros 3DS eat into SML3D's numbers, and is it really smart to release another Mario so soon with the first one still selling so well? We shall see.

Very interesting point, will NSMB2 eat SML3D's pie, or can they co-exist?

[Brazil]

Yes, Fire Emblem!

So good.

[Boney]

Amazing figures for this new entry. It has sold in its first week what both Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light and Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hero of Light and Shadow sold on NDS during their lifetime.

Let this be a lesson boys.

New entries > remakes.

especially if it's bad ones like SD

[herod]

Fire Emblem crushing Sony.

[GhostTrick]

Because of the sells, I think Fire Emblem AWAKENING is a perfect name for this game :p

[Krev]

So the vita had stabalised at 10k? That machine is practically dead now.

It's getting harder and harder to see how they can turn it around. Crucially, PS3, PSP and 3DS had a lot of early pledged third party support going for them, so there was always light at the end of the tunnel. Vita has an utterly barren line-up, and the longer hardware fails to pick up, the less likely it's going to secure any future support. It's a vicious cycle. No sales, no games. No games, no sales, and so it keeps dropping lower, and lower...
Sony had better hope Soul Sacrifice the bee's knees.

[electroplankton]

Hmm, was happy to see CoP at number 2, but those numbers are lower than I expected.

They probably already recovered what they spent to make it by a fairly big margin.

[frankie_baby]

Fire Emblem laying the smack down. Vita has re-stabilized at 8k. Can it continue to beat the Wii? Stay tuned.

Remember certain people saying vita stabilised over 10k? Dont speak to soon

[JustAnotherOtaku]

It had a 30k shipment what were people expecting?

Closer to 30k? Just saying that the game is pretty damn great and 19k, regardless of shipment numbers, is disappointing.

[mesmerMAN]

the hardware sales are certainly a thriller

fire emblem sales are always a good thing!

[mutsu]

Going forward, Fire Emblem looks to be a premiere Nintendo franchise once again. Great to see.

This is a real testament to how well Nintendo handles their franchises.

[iifu]

I think a pretty interesting developing story is Super Mario Land 3D consistently selling better then Mario Kart 7. All current signs point to SML3D becoming one of the huge evergreen titles that the Wii and DS saw, even though it is mainly a 3D Mario. But will New Super Mario Bros 3DS eat into SML3D's numbers, and is it really smart to release another Mario so soon with the first one still selling so well? We shall see.

SM3DL is bundled, Mario Kart 7 is not. If Nintendo keeps the bundle around after NSMB2 launches the game will keep selling.

[guek]

Woot woot, yay for FE. Nice to see KI still sticking around too.

[Ragus]

I'm literally scared to turn on my Vita, as I'm afraid it'll fall apart.

[Shellshock929]

Come on, Fire Emblem! I'm rootin' for ya!

[BD1]

Go Fire Emblem!!!

Was this golden week? (I assume no). Could FE go even higher next week?

Vita needs help badly. Wii could seriously sell better in the next few weeks. When does Kirby Anniversary come out?

[RurouniZel]

That is a VAST gulf between #1 vs. everything else. Did FE sell more than the entire top 20 combined?

EDIT: Yes it did, 2-20 = 166,214

[DrWong]

3DS | 84.760

Nice boost but didn't pass the 100k.

[Truth101]

Better opening than KH3D

Nice boost but didn't pass the 100k.

Nintendo sold 30k on their online store, which might not be included in this data.

[MrCunningham]

Holy crap at 3DS top ten domination! The only non 3DS game in there is 2nd Super Robot Wars Z.

Also 5 PSP games, and no Vita games.... Vita really needs some software that will please the Japanese market...

[AniHawk]

yeah i'm kinda surprised kid icarus was not a worldwide bomb. considering it had been two decades since the last installment, i thought it would have done about 100k-150k per region, and now it looks like it could possibly sell 1 million worldwide, over time.

[Sadist]

Was this golden week? (I assume no).

Nope. April 29th and the third, fourth and fifth of May.

Holy crap at 3DS top ten domination! The only non 3DS game there is 2nd Super Robot Wars Z.

Eight 3DS games, one DS game.

[slaughterking]

I'm literally scared to turn on my Vita, as I'm afraid it'll fall apart.

I'm currently using my Vita to post here. It's still doing alright!

[Krev]

I think a pretty interesting developing story is Super Mario Land 3D consistently selling better then Mario Kart 7. All current signs point to SML3D becoming one of the huge evergreen titles that the Wii and DS saw, even though it is mainly a 3D Mario. But will New Super Mario Bros 3DS eat into SML3D's numbers, and is it really smart to release another Mario so soon with the first one still selling so well? We shall see.

That's what I've been thinking too. Why are they potentially cutting off 3D Land's tail? It goes against their evergreen philosophy.
They should keep NSMB2 for the revision and go for a repeat of the NSMB/DS Lite scenario.

[Meier]

Boy, talk about the doldrums of the year.. software sales overall are quite poor. Great start for Fire Emblem though -- it's had a nice renaissance.

[Cygnus X-1]

If Nintendo really sold 30k of the bundle through their online store there's like no way MC was tracking them seeing how the rise is only 20k.

The exactly the point of my reasoning.

From Garaph. Note that these are LTD numbers.

1 GBA Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword Nintendo 2002-03-29 345,574 2002-12-23 2 GBA Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword Nintendo 2003-04-25 265,286 2003-12-22 3 DS Fire Emblem: New Shadow Dragons and the Blade of Light Nintendo 2008-08-07 252,309 2008-12-22 4 DS Fire Emblem: Shin Monshou no Nazo: Hero of Light and Shadow Nintendo 2010-07-15 247,248 2010-12-20 5 GBA Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Nintendo 2004-10-07 236,370 2004-12-27 6 Wii Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn Nintendo 2007-02-22 171,924 2007-12-24 7 GCN Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Nintendo 2005-04-20 156,413 2005-12-19

Wii and GC FE completely creamed. The Sealed Sword on GBA had an opening of 126k. I remember that the two SNES games sold 700k and 500k LTD respectively, but I cannot find data on the site now for some reason.

[frankie_baby]

Go Fire Emblem!!! Was this golden week? (I assume no). Could FE go even higher next week? Vita needs help badly. Wii could seriously sell better in the next few weeks. When does Kirby Anniversary come out?

There's no chance FE will go higher next week, but if the new shipment is big enough i might have a good second week

[Kinvara]

That's what I've been thinking too. Why are they potentially cutting off 3D Land's tail? It goes against their evergreen philosophy. They should keep NSMB2 for the revision and go for a repeat of the NSMB/DS Lite scenario.

Redesign announced at this e3? :O

/notbeingserioushere

[Krev]

Redesign announced at this e3? :O /notbeingserioushere

That's my crazy foolish hope.

[jj984jj]

Fire Emblem passed KI LTD already? :o

I hope it does well in the west too!

[frankie_baby]

Better opening than KH3D Nintendo sold 30k on their online store, which might not be included in this data.

There's a # by fire emblem in the chart so it is counting multiple versions

[liger05]

Yeah with all the focus on Vita and 3DS, PSP's drop week after week has gone unnoticed. That Sony hardware is shrinking fast. The hardware sales gained from NSMB 2 far outweighs any software sales lost by it. Nintendo wants to put the Vita to rest asap. They have the Wii-U to focus and need all the third party support they can get on the 3DS. With that said, I don't think NSMB 2 will eat into SML3D sales that much, they're different enough to sell side by side, and its more likely that both games will compliment each other rather than cannibalize each others sales.

Were nintendo this aggressive with the DS v PSP?

It just seems to me that since nintendo knew vita was coming they have put a real strategy in place to make sure it couldnt eat into there marketshare. They targeted those PSP gamers and through releases and announcements are making sure the 3DS maintains momentum and will not let the vita even get off the ground.

[Cygnus X-1]

Second best opening for the series since it is likely that Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem debuted higher.

I was looking for these numbers. Source?

[Novid]

lolis sell

monster girl lolis sell.

yeah...vita is a bit screwed.

[two4two]

84,000 vs. 8,200
240,000 vs. nothing physical selling more than 4,000 (not a fair comparison, but still, FE probably outsold its entire library in a week)

yeesh. need P4P or something.

[Stumpokapow]

I was looking for these numbers. Source?

Presumably:
"D a t a b a s e
Media Create Sales: Japanese Sales database <-download it here"

[Cygnus X-1]

i think it'll have a hard time overcoming holy war, but if it does another 100k like the gba and ds games did, it has a shot at beating out the sealed sword at least.

Fire Emblem has Golden Week on its side to improve quite its LTD.

Presumably: "D a t a b a s e Media Create Sales: Japanese Sales database <-download it here"

Stupid question, but shouldn't these numbers be on Garaph as well?

[Salvadora]

yeesh. need P4P or something.

I have a feeling this will do little if anything.

[Somnid]

That's what I've been thinking too. Why are they potentially cutting off 3D Land's tail? It goes against their evergreen philosophy. They should keep NSMB2 for the revision and go for a repeat of the NSMB/DS Lite scenario.

You know Super Mario 64 DS is still selling despite NSMB. Galaxy 2 didn't kill NSMB Wii. If anything new users will buy them both.

[frankie_baby]

Fire Emblem has Golden Week on its side to improve quite its LTD.

And the fact its first week was stunted by sellouts

Also did the "free" dlc launch day one or is that coming later?

[two4two]

I have a feeling this will do little if anything.

Anything is better than nothing! At least a Vita game would chart in the top 10.

[cw_sasuke]

Redesign announced at this e3? :O /notbeingserioushere

There will be a redesign at e3.