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test_account · Jun 3, 2015

Yeah, shipment will be a factor. Its been fully in stock at Yodobashi for the last two days now, how is the situation otherwise?

Waluigilicious · Jun 3, 2015

PS VITA catching up to Animal Crossing New Leaf.

KillerMan91 · Jun 3, 2015

mclem said:
To be fair, if it has any knock-on effect on hardware sales, I'd expect it to be mostly via word-of-mouth over time. Not that I am expecting much anyway.

Oh . Definitely. Legs could still improve the situation. If WiiU doesn't drop too hard during following weeks then Splatoon had sizable effect on hardware sales and brought new people to the platform. Like you said I kinda doubt that too lol.

Takao said:
PSV : Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition [PlayStation Store] {DL} ( Mojang ) { 2014-10-29 } - - / 268,549
PSV : Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition ( Mojang ) { 2015-03-19 } - 36,593 / 176,417
Total: 444,966

Minecraft's success in Japan on Vita is surprising for a multitude of reasons.

Minecraft will sell over a million and will be Vitas first and only million seller in Japan. My prediction that has some chances to happen =P

Wiggy · Jun 3, 2015

vita needs an official minecraft bundle, maybe if they ask microsoft nicely...

meppi · Jun 3, 2015

The one thing that pops into my mind when seeing those numbers is that this might open the doors for Nintendo to green light a lot more quirky new ideas.

Dragonslayer_023 · Jun 3, 2015

Oh hey, Psycho Pass sold more than the two copies I thought it would.

1st Course · Jun 3, 2015

Minecraft seems to be popular in Japan all around. The mobile version is always on top of the paid apps chart:

https://www.appannie.com/apps/ios/top/japan/overall/?device=iphone
https://www.appannie.com/apps/google-play/top/japan/

Last time I checked it was actually #1 but seems like it has been replaced by this Madoka themed gacha game recently. The PC version also seems to have a decent following there going by the high number of Japanese mods/youtubers I've seen.

Khrno · Jun 3, 2015

Untalkative_Bunny said:
550k

He most likely means total amount of accounts (copies sold), not active subscriptions.

But could I ask you for a source about the current subscriptions? Thanks.

ZSaberLink · Jun 3, 2015

Btw, since it seems like Terraria is incoming at least to Wii U (and I think 3DS), how do folks think that would fare on the 3DS? The Vita version fell short of 100K, but I think Minecraft was an option digitally during that time. Thoughts?

Cosmo Clock 21 · Jun 3, 2015

The Madoka game is an actual literal slot machine app. Which costs money to buy then has IAP to actually buy pulls. All the slots/pachinko apps actually work like this, anybody know why?

Nanashrew · Jun 3, 2015

Takao said:
Fun times at Konami PR:

Akira Sakuma, creator of Hudson's Momotaro Railway series, claims the 27 year old franchise is dead due to a lack of communication with Konami. Konami issued a press release today stating their intent to continue the series.

To recap:

Key personnel behind the Love Plus and Tokimeki Memorial series ditch Konami. The publisher claims they'll continue work on those properties.

Key personnel behind the Metal Gear Solid series are reportedly set to ditch Konami. The publisher claims they'll continue to work on that property.

Silent Hills gets cancelled. The publisher claims they'll continue to work on that property.

Key personnel behind the Momotaro Railway series ditch Konami. The publisher claims they'll continue to work on that property.

That's just in 2015.

A friend brought up too that some in-house musicians also left the company. They're probably too unknown to be named in PR however, but Hideyuki Ono, Aiko Oi and Yasunori Nishiki, to name a few but those worked worked on Konami's music games like Beatmania, and Pop'n series.

Dash Kappei · Jun 3, 2015

Fantastic numbers for Splatoon, amazing when you think it's new IP in a not-so-beloved genre in japan: leaks were legit.

I'm happy for Spike C considering all the effort they've put into giving TW3 a day1 debut with full dub localization using top notch voice talent, well deserved and I hope the game will show some legs and ultimately climb to 150k/200kLTD with the help of a Best! release.

Also hey, Vita is now the new Gamecube while 3DS is the new PSP

perfectchaos007 · Jun 3, 2015

Dash Kappei said:
Fantastic numbers for Splatoon, amazing when you think it's new IP in a not-so-beloved genre in japan: leaks were legit.

I'm happy for Spike C considering all the effort they've put into giving TW3 a day1 debut with full dub localization using top notch voice talent, well deserved and I hope the game will show some legs and ultimately climb to 150k/200kLTD with the help of a Best! release.

Also hey, Vita is now the new Gamecube while 3DS is the new PSP

PSP is around 21 million lifetime right? I think the 3DS could reach that by the end of the year if it has a strong holiday. More than likely it will be closer to 20 million though, unless some Q4 megatons are announced at E3 for Japan

Frodo · Jun 3, 2015

Only noticed now that Mario Kart surpassed 1 million on Media Create! Well deserved, to be honest. The game is a blast!

I wonder how it did digitally. Do we have any numbers?

twothunder · Jun 3, 2015

Nibel said:
Besides, Famitsu has it at 156k btw

Oh. Is the Famitsu sales chart out too?

Anyway. That's an 8K difference. Pretty big.
I'm sorry for asking this but do Media Create and Famitsu track digital sales too?

ZSaberLink · Jun 3, 2015

twothunder said:
Oh. Is the Famitsu sales chart out too?

Anyway. That's an 8K difference. Pretty big.
I'm sorry for asking this but do Media Create and Famitsu track digital sales too?

The famitsu chart is always out (famitsu.com/biz/ranking, refresh the page if you get a "Denied" error).

Famitsu tracks download card sales. Media Create doesn't. Famitsu also generally includes bundle sales whereas Media Create doesn't except in certain cases (Mario Kart 8 is counted probably b/c while it's "bundled" there's no price difference b/w buying the bundle or buying the system & game separately).

twothunder · Jun 3, 2015

ZSaberLink said:
The famitsu chart is always out (famitsu.com/biz/ranking, refresh the page if you get a "Denied" error).

Famitsu tracks download card sales. Media Create doesn't. Famitsu also generally includes bundle sales whereas Media Create doesn't except in certain cases (Mario Kart 8 is counted probably b/c while it's "bundled" there's no price difference b/w buying the bundle or buying the system & game separately).

Thank you for explaining

Edit:
Made a quick top 10

Famitsu sales of Week 22, 2015 (May 25 - May 31)

1 [WIU] Splatoon 156610
2 [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe 37941
3 [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21166
4 [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition 11420
5 [WIU] Mario Kart 8 11334
6 [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition 10517
7 [PSV] Possession Magenta 9437
8 [PSV] Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo tr. 9034
9 [3DS] Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki 8966
10 [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code 5854

Wii U 15787
New 3DS 14638
Vita 13408
PlayStation 4 11327
PlayStation 3 2708
Nintendo 3DS 1703
Xbox One 348

Dash Kappei · Jun 3, 2015

perfectchaos007 said:
PSP is around 21 million lifetime right? I think the 3DS could reach that by the end of the year if it has a strong holiday. More than likely it will be closer to 20 million though, unless some Q4 megatons are announced at E3 for Japan

Yeah, I don't think there's a chance for 3DS to surpass PSP before next year, my comment was in jest but they're actually pretty close to GC and PSP numbers, I doubt Vita will get that much higher than GC when all is said and done before Famitsu/MC stop tracking it.

twothunder said:
Oh. Is the Famitsu sales chart out too?

Anyway. That's an 8K difference. Pretty big.
I'm sorry for asking this but do Media Create and Famitsu track digital sales too?

8k is not that big, besides Famitsu also tracked WiiU hw lower than MC.

ZSaberLink said:
The famitsu chart is always out (famitsu.com/biz/ranking, refresh the page if you get a "Denied" error).

Famitsu tracks download card sales. Media Create doesn't. Famitsu also generally includes bundle sales whereas Media Create doesn't except in certain cases (Mario Kart 8 is counted probably b/c while it's "bundled" there's no price difference b/w buying the bundle or buying the system & game separately).

Famitsu tracks digital sales too and releases a monthly chart.
They've been estimating digital sales since September 2013 and have been releasing a monthly update since
December 2013.

MC doesn't track digital sales nor download cards.

KillerMan91 · Jun 3, 2015

Dash Kappei said:
Yeah, I don't think there's a chance for 3DS to surpass PSP before next year, my comment was in jest but they're actually pretty close to GC and PSP numbers, I doubt Vita will get that much higher than GC when all is said and done before Famitsu/MC stop tracking it.

Vita will pass lifetime sales of GC this summer... GC only sold around 4.05 million.

Xbro · Jun 3, 2015

test_account said:
What are people expecting from the 2nd week sales of Splatoon?

Depends on the shipment.

ArchedThunder · Jun 3, 2015

Yokai Watch has fallen off of the top 20 while Pokemon remains right about in the middle. I'm curious what the performance of the next game will be like. I remember when people said it would surpass Pokemon.

KratosEnergyDrink · Jun 3, 2015

flaviusconstantius said:
If it were multiplatform and marketed correctly like the Witcher 3 was, and released at the right time of year I think it could do incredibly. But its platform, and the nature of that platform's audience, are likely going to be an almost insurmountable problem. Which is to some extent what happens when Nintendo funds non-Nintendo-esque games for its platform,

XBX is a very unique game anyway. There are no such games on other platforms and Nintendo consoles has always been a good platform for niche games. The main JRPG platform this gen is the 3DS, a Nintendo system.

Xbro · Jun 3, 2015

Xbox One games have some pretty decent attach rates in Japan.

KratosEnergyDrink · Jun 3, 2015

jj984jj said:
When it comes to Nintendo understanding what market they're trying to appeal to is their biggest problem, and it goes beyond games. No idea what they're trying to accomplish when they release random games like Bayonetta 2 or Xenoblade X when the platform it-self isn't off the ground, but they must know the audience isn't on their platform, right?

I think Bayonetta 2 sold as good as the first one on PS3 or XBox360. So it seems the market for such games is as big as on other platforms.

FluxWaveZ · Jun 3, 2015

I'm rather confused as to what precisely Konami's goal is in the dedicated video game market now. After PES16, what do they do? They're losing talent, but they state that their properties will be used in the future. Really mobile only? I'm guessing that they might stick it out with PES, but I really don't know what to expect for the rest.

KratosEnergyDrink said:
I think Bayonetta 2 sold as good as the first one on PS3 or XBox360. So it seems the market for such games is as big as on other platforms.

In Japan or WW? Because the first Bayonetta sold 6 times more in Japan than the sequel, so I'm not sure what you mean. I'd say the first probably sold way more worldwide than the second, too.

Timeaisis · Jun 3, 2015

Damn Splatoon. Well deserved, but surprising. Japan loves this game.

Regiruler · Jun 3, 2015

Sub Boss said:
The game just doesnt look appealing...

That and mixed reviews and impressions, demo too slow, etc. it would had done better if pushed as an Eshop release for 3DS and Wii U imo.

Putting it on wii u wouldn't have magically improved character models or textures. It would have just increased cost.

Not to mention the speed up patch was in the demo by the time europe and Japan got the game.

This is coming from someone who loves the game.

BlowoverKing · Jun 4, 2015

Great start for Splatoon, now let's see how far it can go.

And once again Minecraft continues to impress with it's damn fine legs. I didn't expect it to stay above 10k long after golden week but not only has it stayed above it's actually increasing. Makes you wonder how the Vita would be doing without it.

Moor-Angol · Jun 4, 2015

Famitsu weekly sales : 2015.05.25 - 2015.05.31

Software

01/00 [WiiU] Splatoon (Nintendo) 2015.05.28 <ACT> - 156,610 / NEW
02/00 [3DS] Hatsune Miku Project Mirai Deluxe (SEGA) 2015.05.28 <MUS> - 37,941 / NEW
03/01 [PS4] The Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt (Spike-Chunsoft) 2015.5.21 <ARPG> - 21,166 / 88,624
04/03 [PSV] Minecraft Vita Edition (SCEJA) 2015.03.19 <ACT> - 11,420 / 176,417
05/07 [WiiU] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo) 2014.05.29 <RCG> 11,334 / 1,002,755
06/02 [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (GungHo) 2015.04.29 <PZL> - 10,517 / 269,977
07/00 [PSV] Possession Magenta (Comfort) 2015.5.28 <ADV> - 9,374 / NEW
08/00 [PSV] Cross Ange : Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo (Bandai Namco) 2015.5.28 <ACT> - 9,034 / NEW
09/00 [3DS] Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki (Arc System Works) 2015.05.28 <ACT> - 8,966 / NEW
10/06 [3DS] Girl's Mode 3 (Nintendo) 2015.04.16 <SML> - 5,854 / 151,657
11/00 [3DS] Assassination Classroom (Bandai Namco) 2015.03.12 <ACT> - 5,773 / 74,857
12/00 [PSV] Nobunaga's Ambition : Creation with Power-up Kit (Koei Tecmo) 2015.05.28 <SML> - 5,021 / NEW
13/10 [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Nintendo) 2014.11.21 <RPG> - 3,967 / 2,808,416
14/08 [3DS] Bravely Second (Square-Enix) 2015.04.23 (Nintendo) - 3,202 / 148,938
15/12 [3DS] Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) 2014.09.13 <FTG> - 3,174 / 2,329,718
16/00 [XBO] Psycho-Pass (5pb.) 2015.05.28 <ADV> - 3,116 / NEW
17/11 [3DS] Youkai Watch 2 Shin'uchi (Level 5) 2014.12.13 <RPG> - 3,052 / 2,597,857
18/00 [PSV] Hanayaka Nari, Waga Ichizoku Gentou Nostalgie (Idea Factory) 2015.05.28 <ADV> - 3,048 / NEW
19/05 [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Square-Enix) 2015.05.14 <RPG> - 2,914 / 26,951
20/00 [PSV] ChuSingura 46+1 V (Dramatic Create) 2015.05.28 <ADV> - 2,503 / NEW
21/17 [3DS] Animal Crossing : New Leaf (Nintendo) 2012.11.08 <OTR> - 2,420 / 4,337,047
22/14 [WiiU] Mario Party 10 (Nintendo) 2015.03.12 <BRD> - 2,406 / 152,955
23/27 [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1 - Shadow of New Despair (D3 Publisher) 2015.04.02 <ACT> - 2,018 / 44,689
24/23 [WiiU] Super Smash Bros for Nintendo Wii U (Nintendo) 2014.12.06 <FTG> - 1,941 / 646,551
25/13 [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest (Square-Enix) 2015.03.26 <MUS> - 1,927 / 110,321
26/00 [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes Ultimate Mission 2 (Bandai Namco) 2014.08.07 <ADV> - 1,922 / 209,686
27/22 [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) 2011.12.01 <RCG> - 1,873 / 2,413,814
28/16 [PS4] Dying Light (Warner Japan) 2015.04.16 <AADV) - 1,811 / 49,541
29/18 [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom) 2014.10.11 <ACT> - 1,695 / 2,550,486
30/24 [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 (Konami) 2015.03.26 <SPT> - 1,683 / 108,643

Hardware

3DS - 16,341
Wii U - 15,787
PSV - 13,408
PS4 - 11,327
PS3 - 2,708
XBO - 348

Very different result for Possession Magenta (PSV), 9k on Famitsu, 4k on M-C

EDF4.1 keeps its long legs, increasing from last week (1,522 units sold); DB Ultimate Mission 2 and Assassination Classroom (3DS) still selling well, the latter maybe still has stock problems (67,503 at week 19)
Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 is the only PS3 title... already happened before ??
October 2014 the last time a XBO game had a 3k opening week (Psycho-Pass best result for 2015 probably ?

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orthodoxy1095 · Jun 4, 2015

DarkLordMalik said:
Second week comparison

At this rate, Witcher 3 will have sold more than Xenoblade Chronicle X in Japan. Totally unpredictable.

This is amazing and well deserved. Glad to see that even Japan is enjoyed TW3. I loved the little part of the Japanese dub that I've heard.

Vena · Jun 4, 2015

FluxWaveZ said:
In Japan or WW? Because the first Bayonetta sold 6 times more in Japan than the sequel, so I'm not sure what you mean. I'd say the first probably sold way more worldwide than the second, too.

I believe he's probably thinking to the first NPD, which wasn't good but it was around on par with Bayo1's launch, IIRC. That said, WWLTD for Bayo1 is bloated from bargain bin clearance and it achieved over a million that way.

Bayo2 is probably still scrapping the lower rungs of the hundreds of thousands, but doing so at 45-60$ MSRP. I'd wonder if Nintendo hasn't for the most part recouped any losses on it as they picked it up as a packaged (bad) deal and it was half-complete. Man... they got screwed in the SEGA deal, lol.

Sakura · Jun 4, 2015

Nice sales for Splatoon. Though I don't feel it did as well outside Japan.

Kodaman · Jun 4, 2015

Nice. Looks like Splatoon is here to stay.

LegendofDragoonLives · Jun 4, 2015

Good job to Splatoon and Witcher 3 over there!

theprodigy · Jun 4, 2015

Vena said:
I believe he's probably thinking to the first NPD, which wasn't good but it was around on par with Bayo1's launch, IIRC. That said, WWLTD for Bayo1 is bloated from bargain bin clearance and it achieved over a million that way.

Bayo2 is probably still scrapping the lower rungs of the hundreds of thousands, but doing so at 45-60$ MSRP. I'd wonder if Nintendo hasn't for the most part recouped any losses on it as they picked it up as a packaged (bad) deal and it was half-complete. Man... they got screwed in the SEGA deal, lol.

no it wasn't

You might have gotten that confused with it actually being close to one SKU of the game...but even this does not translate to the rest of the world.

Vena · Jun 4, 2015

theprodigy said:
no it wasn't

You might have gotten that confused with it actually being close to one SKU of the game...but even this does not translate to the rest of the world.

Then memory has failed me.

Garou · Jun 4, 2015

ArchedThunder said:
Yokai Watch has fallen off of the top 20 while Pokemon remains right about in the middle. I'm curious what the performance of the next game will be like. I remember when people said it would surpass Pokemon.

Well the preorders for the spinoff are pushed heavily, so people are most likely turning to that instead of the "old" games.

crinale · Jun 4, 2015

ArchedThunder said:
Yokai Watch has fallen off of the top 20 while Pokemon remains right about in the middle. I'm curious what the performance of the next game will be like. I remember when people said it would surpass Pokemon.

In Japan reports are floating about this IP decaying rather quickly. I personally think YW3 would still sell but not as much as YW2.
And even if YW's popularity decreases Hino should be expecting this anyway.

King Gilga said:
Psycho pass was pretty much sent out to die huh...

To be honest it did well all things considered (personally biggest surprise of last week).

Aroll · Jun 4, 2015

Grakl said:
The Mario Kart series is a different beast. We know nothing about Splatoon's potential legs quite yet.

We do know it's getting long term support at least in 2015 with free DLC updates. So, it's going to get continued support. That's usually a good sign for long term sales for these sort of games. Especially with that "free" tag.

That's a damn impressive first week. It should crack 500k. If it goes higher, it's all gravy. Time to see how well it does in NA and Europe.

King Gilga · Jun 4, 2015

Im glad to see splatoon doing well, it's a really fun looking game.

Psycho pass was pretty much sent out to die huh...

Robert at Zeboyd Games said:
Not really. FF13 sold over a million copies in America in the first month. FF14 currently has over 4 million subscribers worldwide (many of whom aren't in Japan). Yeah, the spin-offs didn't sell as well, but the spin-offs never sell as well.

Not even fucking close.

horuhe · Jun 4, 2015

ArchedThunder said:
Yokai Watch has fallen off of the top 20 while Pokemon remains right about in the middle. I'm curious what the performance of the next game will be like. I remember when people said it would surpass Pokemon.

I really thought the game would have better legs than ORAS, and this wasn't the case. Obviously Youkai Watch will sell insane amounts of games, but surely not as last games.

Xbro said:
Xbox One games have some pretty decent attach rates in Japan.

Something that I really wanted to know is what are the best selling Xbox One games so far in Japan?

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I decided to create a monthly software chart going by Media Create numbers. Don't know if would be useful but I did it.

Media Create Sales: May 2015 (May 4 - May 31)

01./00. [WiiU] Splatoon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) - 144.818 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2015.05.21} (¥8.856) - 89.839 / NEW
03./01. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} (¥4.320) - 72.554 / 252.479
04./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) - 53.675 / 179.625
05./05. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076) - 41.801 / 140.808
06./00. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai Deluxe <ACT> (Sega) {2015.05.28} (¥5.378) - 41.442 / NEW
07./00. [WiiU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 32.271 / 1.006.719
08./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster <RPG> (Square Enix) {2015.05.14} (¥7.344) - 24.498 / NEW
09./00. [3DS] Pokémon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire <RPG> (Pokémon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) - 20.787 / 2.631.071
10./07. [WiiU] Xenoblade Chronicles X # <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} (¥8.316) - 18.550 / 104.137 **

** Games that failed to chart one or more weeks in the month and could have possibly sold a little bit more than is represented.

Top 10

3DS - 4
WiiU - 3
PS4 - 2
PSV - 1

Code:

+--------+------------+----------+------------+
| System | This Month |    YTD   |     LTD    |
+--------+------------+----------+------------+
|  3DS   |    75.340 |  827.701 | 18.666.146 |
|  PSV   |     53.883 |  441.711 |  3.965.638 |
|  PS4   |     51.849 |  530.219 |  1.500.886 |
|  WiiU  |     42.889 |  212.010 |  2.355.590 |
|  PS3   |     13.051 |  139.999 |  10.308.990 |
|  XB1   |       1.165 |    8.857 |     52.124 |
+--------+------------+----------+------------+
|  ALL   |   238.177 |  2.160.497 | 36.849.374 |
+--------+------------+----------+------------+

Xbro · Jun 4, 2015

horuhe said:
Something that I really wanted to know is what are the best selling Xbox One games so far in Japan?

Japanltdrankings has Titanfall with 40,544.

hongcha · Jun 4, 2015

Splatoon did well, but not better than Freedom Wars. It will probably sell better in the long run, though.

I have to say I think the biggest success this week is Psycho Pass on the XB1, considering the install base. It looks like almost 1 in 10 XB1 owners bought it, though the one review of the LE on Amazon JP says (I'm paraphrasing here) "I don't have an Xbox One, so I can't play the game. I bought this for the special bluray included in the LE, and I like it." lol. I wonder how many others did the same thing.

allan-bh · Jun 4, 2015

ZSaberLink said:
Famitsu tracks download card sales. Media Create doesn't. Famitsu also generally includes bundle sales whereas Media Create doesn't except in certain cases (Mario Kart 8 is counted probably b/c while it's "bundled" there's no price difference b/w buying the bundle or buying the system & game separately).

I believe MC includes bundles in general, with a few exceptions like NSMBU / Wii Party U bundle

Famitsu's rule is more clear, they always includes bundles.

The_lascar · Jun 4, 2015

NSMBU / Wii Party U were download cards in the bundles, so MC didn't count them as they didn't count the download cards.

AniHawk · Jun 4, 2015

the real loser here is mario party 10. looks like the franchise might be seriously done in japan at this point, at least as a reliable tentpole in a release schedule (like it is in america).

splatoon did fine for what it was.

Dash Kappei · Jun 4, 2015

Robert at Zeboyd Games said:
Not really. FF13 sold over a million copies in America in the first month. FF14 currently has over 4 million subscribers worldwide (many of whom aren't in Japan). Yeah, the spin-offs didn't sell as well, but the spin-offs never sell as well.

4M subscribers... not even in SE's wildest dream mate

Infernal Monkey · Jun 4, 2015

AniHawk said:
the real loser here is mario party 10. looks like the franchise might be seriously done in japan at this point, at least as a reliable tentpole in a release schedule (like it is in america).

I'm looking forward to Mario Party 11 next year, where you'll need to scan seven amiibos just to access the title screen.

Vena · Jun 4, 2015

Infernal Monkey said:
I'm looking forward to Mario Party 11 next year, where you'll need to scan seven amiibos just to access the title screen.

If anything, they'll scale it back. They got a lot of flack on that one and the game itself was rather... meh.

I'd see them putting more focus and robust design into Bowser Mode, keep a simple Car Mode, and add back in a Classic Mode. Amiibos can be (and should be, really) used to just unlock random fluff like car skins, board skins (same board, just theme it based on the amiibo franchise).

Amiibo are put to best use when they give the devs an excuse to basically Smashify anything and tie in external series. Look at Wooly World, a breadth of in-game unlocks AND neat amiibo functionality to make a Samus Yoshi!

Terrell · Jun 4, 2015

AniHawk said:
the real loser here is mario party 10. looks like the franchise might be seriously done in japan at this point, at least as a reliable tentpole in a release schedule (like it is in america).

splatoon did fine for what it was.

I can't say I'm surprised or even disappointed, at this point. Hudson (now nd Cube) and Nintendo really went out of their way to give people Mario Party fatigue and playing with the formula as much as they have didn't exactly give anyone a reason to be excited. To the people who complain about annualized franchise releases? Here is your prime example of exactly what happens.

I'm pretty sure it's done now.

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