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[Cerium]

As we all know the Switch eShop tracks best sellers in each country including what I believe was determined to be the past two weeks of sales.

During that time I've kept a pretty close eye on the US rankings and it struck me that Snipperclips never left the #1 position, not once, not even during the height of Snake Pass mania when that game was topping the charts elsewhere in the world. King Snipperclips sold 350,000 copies in March alone and continued to reign through April with an iron fist.

Until now.

The rankings as of 4/27/17:

1. Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
2. Snipperclips
3. Puyo Puyo Tetris
4. Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove
5. Mr. Shifty
6. Fast RMX
7. The Jackbox Party Pack 3
8. Has Been Heroes
9. Kamiko
10. Graceful Explosion Machine
11. Snake Pass
12. 1-2 Switch
13. The Binding of Issac Afterbirth+
14. Metal Slug 3
15. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

As with the last thread, if you've got the rankings for another country post it and I'll add it to the OP.

I don't think anyone will argue that Wonder Boy deserves its success. It raises the bar for retro remakes to the highest imaginable summit, and on Switch, the experience is not compromised in any way and is portable to boot.

 

[Alex]

Hope Blaster Master did OK, I really liked it.

 

[olimpia84]

Game looks good, I need to buy this but then again MK8 comes out tomorrow....

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

 

[The Technomancer]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

We're getting Enter the Gungeon later, so yes

 

[Garrett Hawke]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Snake Pass is amazing.

 

[OrbitalBeard]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

I've purchased 14 games for my Switch so far.

I'm good.

 

[Lingitiz]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Oh shit HOT TAKES over here!

 

[El Sabroso]

Metal Slug 3 is still el Rey de México, but WonderBoy is solid is the 2nd there at least

 

[Mega Man's Electric Sheep]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Snake Pass is my favourite game on Switch, so even better than that? Radical!

 

[Crayolan]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Jesus christ this one of the most condescending posts I've ever seen on this forum.

 

[The Giant]

Wonderboy hit no 1 in Australia in a few hrs after launch as well.

 

[casiopao]

This ranking is going to be one hell of a competition lol.

Wonder Boy, SnipperClips, Snake Pass and and Fast RMX is all going to target that first spot.

 

[brandonh83]

Jesus christ this one of the most condescending posts I've ever seen on this forum.

To be fair, it's not even close, but all the same. They... tried?

 

[Shaanyboi]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

 

[Zarovitch]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Ok you're a junior... no?

 

[AmyS]

Awesome.

Wonder Boy:The Dragon's Trap is definitely deserving of the top spot on the eShop..

 

[Tarrin]

Nice! It deserves the success.

Picked it up on PS4 myself; hopefully it does well on PSN.

 

[Mutagenic]

Is Wonder Boy that good? I haven't given it a fair look.

 

[Spukc]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Time to stop shitposting 😍

 

[The Technomancer]

Is Wonder Boy that good? I haven't given it a fair look.

Its absolutely gorgeous, and its a huge labor of love. If those two things can make up for some very very 80s design sensibilities then yeah, its awesome

 

[AmyS]

Is Wonder Boy that good? I haven't given it a fair look.

 

[shiftplusone]

Is Wonder Boy that good? I haven't given it a fair look.

they've put a ton of work and love into it, but it plays like an old somewhat okay platformer

*shrug*

 

[OrbitalBeard]

they've put a ton of work and love into it, but it plays like an old somewhat okay platformer

*shrug*

It plays like an old platformer, because it's literally a straight visual remake of a 1989 release.

 

[Dark Cloud]

Wonderboy is so good!!

 

[Mutagenic]

Its absolutely gorgeous, and its a huge labor of love. If those two things can make up for some very very 80s design sensibilities then yeah, its awesome

How's the actual movement? That's comes first in a platformer.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Didn't Shovel Knight or Fast RMX beat Snipperclips?

 

[shiftplusone]

It plays like an old platformer, because it's literally a straight visual remake of a 1989 release.

i know that, which was my point

but I can see how my post seems like I wasn't sure

 

[jwk94]

Is Wonder Boy that good? I haven't given it a fair look.

Best looking Switch game, hands down. Music is incredible too. I really hope that team gets to do more remakes in the future.

 

[KaYotiX]

Alot of games on the switch. I'm loving it! Will need to hit up the smaller games down the road when I get bored of the mainstream games.

 

[Cerium]

How's the actual movement? That's comes first in a platformer.

The original had kind of "slippery" physics but the best part about the remake is that they've drawn the animations to match the physics which is an incredible improvement.

Didn't Shovel Knight or Fast RMX beat Snipperclips?

Not in the United States.

 

[Cleve]

Well deserved sales, it's a great game.

 

[The Technomancer]

How's the actual movement? That's comes first in a platformer.

Its definitely not Mario. I've heard some people describe it as a bit floaty, and I think if you're playing cautiously that's true but I actually found that when I try and play fast I really like how it feels, there's a...momentum to it, the imperfect responsiveness becomes almost rhythmic.

Which is to say that its definitely not for everyone

 

[kitchenmotors]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Someone is clearly in need of some attention.

 

[Mutagenic]

The original had kind of "slippery" physics but the best part about the remake is that they've drawn the animations to match the physics which is an incredible improvement.

Its definitely not Mario. I've heard some people describe it as a bit floaty, and I think if you're playing cautiously that's true but I actually found that when I try and play fast I really like how it feels, there's a...momentum to it, the imperfect responsiveness becomes almost rhythmic.

Which is to say that its definitely not for everyone

Hmm sounds like it could go either way for me then.

 

[Wiitardation]

It's number 1 in AUS too.

Well deserved, you can tell a lot of passion went into this project.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Not in the United States.

Are you sure? I swear I saw Shovel Knight take #1 for a week or two. I don't think Snipperclips was holding it down for this long.

 

[Primethius]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Teach me to be cool like you.

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Wonderboy looks great so this success is well deserved. Plan on picking it up soon.

 

[Piston Hyundai]

Someone is clearly in need of some attention.

considering like a third of the posts in this thread are about his post, mission accomplished

 

[Cerium]

Are you sure? I swear I saw Shovel Knight take #1 for a week or two.

If you've got proof I'd welcome the correction.

 

[Regiruler]

I thought this was for certain periods, not all-time.

Zelda would be higher if it was all-time I think.

 

[AmyS]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Huh?

 

[AEREC]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Are you bitter about something?

 

[Lights and Waves]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

You sound jealous and ugly.

 

[Nosgotham]

that's the fastest I've seen any game climb the charts . well deserved

 

[BuggyMike]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

I don't get it... are you saying that people are pretending to like it? Is it that you can't imagine a game in this style to be enjoyable? Please tell us the (only) types of games we out to throw "mania" behind. What will earn your respect?! We all need to know!

 

[olimpia84]

"Snake Pass mania"?? Oh dear... You poor Switch owners. Don't worry, you have a cool system that is selling well, you will get better games to play soon.

Snake Pass is a very good game.

 

[TheBryanJZX90]

You sound jealous and ugly.

I am jealous, I would definitely like a switch like I said it's a cool system.

 

[BooJoh]

Having never played the original, it took me just over 7 hours to 100% Wonder Boy on Normal Difficulty (not sure if I found every heart upgrade since it doesn't actually track %) and I enjoyed every moment.

I find that the visual facelift is enough to make it feel sufficiently modern compared to when you turn on retro visuals, but it's cool being able to switch between the two and see how something so archaic became such a beautiful game.

It also performs flawlessly and looks fantastic both on the TV and in handheld mode.

 

[CO_Andy]

i bet Sega must regret turning down the remake