Spieler Eins
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I wouldn't be surprised if it did sell like crap everywhere. This was probably a quick and dirty game in terms of development time and cost, like Animal Crossing HHD. Whilst the latter has done well, I'm not sure Zelda will do too hot. Basically, Nintendo needed to pad out the release schedule, and all the heavy hitters have been released already.
Four Swords has already shown what's gonna happen. I guess they have blamed the awful gaming conditions/requirements for the disinterest on the previous game on GCN (although the multiplayer is still somewhat crippled in this title), but clearly, people everywhere simply don't care about Zelda Party. I imagine they could have easily made another SP title on lower budget with the ALBW engine too.