A Link to the Past
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Probationsmack said:
Because it should be announced/rumored/hinted at.
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Media Create Sales: 13 - 19 Mar
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Because it should be announced/rumored/hinted at.
EmCeeGramr
Member
A Link to the Past said:
Just because nintendo has a franchise doesnt mean they are necessarily going to use it, see kid icarus.
Kid Icarus is not a fair comparison. KI was never used past the NES/GB era and only had one game on each system. DK has been used EVERY gen on every system many many times. GBA alone had:Probationsmack said:
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
DK: King of Swing
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Country 2
Donkey Kong Country 3
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr.
GB/GBC had:
Donkey Kong ('94)
Donkey Kong Country
Donkey Kong Land
Donkey Kong Land 2
Donkey Kong Land 3.
Nintendo handhelds are PACKED with DK games.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Those weeks of ~400K and ~600K were unprecedented. Being unprecedented, it's hard to say what follows it.Deku said:
JoshuaJSlone said:
You're looking at this week to week, I'm thinking 2006 as a whole
It's true that the Lite probably artifically inflated sales as original owners probably went out and bought a second one. That said, had the Lite not come out, there would be no DS shortages and we might have ended up with the same sales numbers.How do you guys think a 2D DK DS would do? Hopefully Nintendo didn't fudge up the franchise with 3 music games and 1 short, unnecessary drum based platfomer.
It would be nice if Rare could work on it. If not the designers and programmers, then at least David Wise should be there to do the music. I was listening to the DKC series soundtrack, and they were absolutely beautiful. Would be nice to see him back again.
It would be nice if Rare could work on it. If not the designers and programmers, then at least David Wise should be there to do the music. I was listening to the DKC series soundtrack, and they were absolutely beautiful. Would be nice to see him back again.
Archie said:
Well, those grafix were supposed to be mondo cool at the time. But now it doesn't look so hot. Definitely didn't age too gracefully. Course, I'm mainly referring to the character models. The environments lok pretty good imo.
EDIT: Wait, what's all this hoo ha about DKC being shallow?
Aft Dread Pressure
Member
Oblivion said:
You should definitely listen to that then, if you haven't already :
http://dkcproject.ocremix.org/
700K indeed confirmed for April by Nintendo:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/owabi/index.html
It also says that they shipped 550K in March over 450K, so I wonder how we'll see sales these next two weeks in March.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/owabi/index.html
It also says that they shipped 550K in March over 450K, so I wonder how we'll see sales these next two weeks in March.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Anyone know how Baitan Kaitos 2 has done so far to date?
Apparently Koei's Dynasty Warriors games are starting off slow. DW5 Empires started at less than half of the previous edition (either the Moushouden one or DW4 Empires). DW2 on PSP sold only several thousand on its first day, making Sinobi wonder if it'll reach 50K. Ace Combat Zero is also less than the previous game's levels.
Cool for Pokemon Ranger, although I was hoping for more like 300k levels for the week personally, looks like 200k+ is quite reasonable though.
Predictions I saw on a japanese website were around 200k for FF XII and Pokemon Ranger and about 150k for Ace Combat which seems about right.
Looking back to the DS vs GBA graph, you can see the boost that GBA had just after it's second xmas with the GBA SP and DS is likely to show even more of a boost. If it does do another 250k in March and 700k in April (DS Lite alone) and say DS stays on about 30k a week as well then that would put the DS on about 7.6m by the end of April with New Mario Bros / Tetris on their way carrying it into the summer...
Predictions I saw on a japanese website were around 200k for FF XII and Pokemon Ranger and about 150k for Ace Combat which seems about right.
Looking back to the DS vs GBA graph, you can see the boost that GBA had just after it's second xmas with the GBA SP and DS is likely to show even more of a boost. If it does do another 250k in March and 700k in April (DS Lite alone) and say DS stays on about 30k a week as well then that would put the DS on about 7.6m by the end of April with New Mario Bros / Tetris on their way carrying it into the summer...
cvxfreak said:
Well the numbers themselves are on the bottom of the weekly / yearly software pages, but as I say only PS2/GBA/DS/PSP are up at the moment.
For example- http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japweekly.php?date=38795 at the bottom of the page, and similarly http://www.everythingandnothing.org.uk/vg/japyearly.php?year=2006
I'm gonna add some more pages soon with just the hardware and comparisons etc.
Moor-Angol
Banned
ioi said:
so it is dropping as FF10 did in his second week, isn't it ?
Oblivion said:
It did indeed and I was thinking it may be another million seller for the DS but may struggle a bit if it only did 100k first day, will have to see...
Have now got data for all hardware since PS2 up on Everything and Nothing- PS2/GBA/GC/XB/DS/PSP/X360. Software is still incomplete- especially for 1999-2003, but 96-98 is pretty complete as is 2004-2006 bar a few games that need to be added. So PS2 and GBA software totals are far too low at the moment (N64/DC/PS need quite a few more games adding as well), but it's starting to build up a prety good picture now...
A Link to the Past
Banned
Hey, 100k on day one ain't bad. Mysterious Dungeon probably didn't do all that much better.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Pokemon Ranger is an action RPG instead of a standard Pokemon game, right? I'll say 500k.
How's Children of Mana doing?
How's Children of Mana doing?
A Link to the Past said:
I think Ranger has started better than either one of the Mysterious Dungeon games did (although it is tempting in some ways to add the two titles together since I'd assume most people would buy one or the other) and the other difference is that the MD games had a nice xmas period coming up to boost sales which Ranger won't have... we'll have to see though could be a much stronger start than we're expecting.
And yeah, PSP data is also incomplete at the moment, give me a few weeks
Magicpaint
Member
If this managed >100K in its first day, what would it end up at the end of the week? Maybe 150K?
I think that's a better start than a single Fushigi Dungeon game. But I don't see Rangers doing better than their LTD combined.
I think that's a better start than a single Fushigi Dungeon game. But I don't see Rangers doing better than their LTD combined.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
Hows the DSLite supply now, for all three colors?
Golden Darkness
Member
Unison said:
The annual Pokemon movie comes out in July.
neo2046
Member
Unofficial
Media Create Sales: 20 - 26 Mar
FF12 - 240,000
Pokemon Ranger - 190,000
Tengai X360　- 3,000
Musou 4 Empire PS2 - 50,000
Musou 4 Empire 360 - 3,000
Musou PSP - 14,000
Musou Mahjong - 4,000
Shana - 16,000
Yggdra Union - 15,000
Cooking Mama - 2,000
Under Defeat (DC) - 10,000
DSL 120,000
NDS 39,000
PS2 34,000
PSP 31,000
Media Create Sales: 20 - 26 Mar
FF12 - 240,000
Pokemon Ranger - 190,000
Tengai X360　- 3,000
Musou 4 Empire PS2 - 50,000
Musou 4 Empire 360 - 3,000
Musou PSP - 14,000
Musou Mahjong - 4,000
Shana - 16,000
Yggdra Union - 15,000
Cooking Mama - 2,000
Under Defeat (DC) - 10,000
DSL 120,000
NDS 39,000
PS2 34,000
PSP 31,000
Magicpaint
Member
Lol @ Cooking Mama. Didn't expect it to bomb so hard.
Pokemon Ranger's start is fine, better than the 150K I expected to see. Of course, this is assuming that these numbers are accurate.
Looks like FFXII might stall at 2.4m indeed.
Pokemon Ranger's start is fine, better than the 150K I expected to see. Of course, this is assuming that these numbers are accurate.
Looks like FFXII might stall at 2.4m indeed.
PhoenixDark
Banned
neo2046 said:
Cooking Mama...lol. Not all non games are equal I suppose.
Pokemon Ranger...huh? Is this the movie tie in or something?
If the numbers are true...Mana
The regular DS is still outselling the competition lol.
neo2046 said:
DS Total Estimate: 159k ? Insane, absolutely insane !
Good Start for Pokémon Ranger and bad start for Cooking Mama, but Famitsu has not gave him a good note and it is really.........particular, like Electroplankton.
Not all innovations become million-seller like Brain Training, Nintendogs or Animal Crossing.
A Link to the Past
Banned
I guess FFXII's success isn't as great as previously thought to be.
200k for Ranger as expected, a tad lower than I was hoping for but still solid. Should with decent legs do 700-800k maybe in the long run.
240k for FF XII is decent, a tad higher than I was thinking so may slightly outdo FFX's original release, 2.5m looks about right at the moment though.
2k for Cooking Mama? Wow, I thought it would at least be a mediocre hit.
240k for FF XII is decent, a tad higher than I was thinking so may slightly outdo FFX's original release, 2.5m looks about right at the moment though.
2k for Cooking Mama? Wow, I thought it would at least be a mediocre hit.
John Harker
Definitely doesn't make things up as he goes along.
160k DS's sold, plus, ya know, the millions on store shelves, and only 2k people picked up that damn cooking game?
I smell something funny
I smell something funny
EmCeeGramr
Member
Im guessing sting wouldve been better off reworking yggdra union for ds. GBA is dead in japan.
And taito tries but fails yet again. That makes lost magic, exit, and cooking mama all commercial failures. Doesnt squareenix own taito now? Are they giving taito games adequate advertising?
And taito tries but fails yet again. That makes lost magic, exit, and cooking mama all commercial failures. Doesnt squareenix own taito now? Are they giving taito games adequate advertising?