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Do we expect Splatoon to be the next major Nintendo I.P.?
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vagabondarts
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I bought a WiiU for this game. Got Mario kart 8 as well.
I was definitely someone that never would have bought a WiiU so I am surprised at myself and loving the game.
I was definitely someone that never would have bought a WiiU so I am surprised at myself and loving the game.
Simbabbad
Member
There's no leap of quality between Pikmin and Pikmin 2. Plenty of people, including myself, think Pikmin is a much better game.
Anyway, after all the negativity and doom scenarios at the start of this thread, the outcome is SO... GOOD...
Poimandres
Member
Crow for people who thought it would super bomb, but the US numbers aren't necessarily great. Japan numbers are really impressive to me though!
However you slice it, pretty sure it's done well enough to warrant a sequel which is good news. I don't really think these are dancing in the street numbers though.
Gucci Messiah
Banned
Splatoon didn't bomb but I'm not sure why people are acting like it's selling gangbusters. The game seems to be doing okay for a new IP released during a dry spell on Wii U but I want to see what kind of legs it has.
BassForever
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Its a new ip on the wiiu where at least in Japan its sold out two weeks in a row and is on its way to be one of the top selling games for the system behind only MK8, Smash Bros, and the Mario platformers. It's sales expectations are much lowers as a new ip on the wiiu, even this early its safe to say it isn't a bomb, it may no be a mega hit either that's too early to say but considering tons of people in this thread said it would mega bomb that point is squashed.
It's the 4th biggest launch on the Wii U after SSB, MK8 and NSMB.
If you look at the Wii U's top 5 games currently they are all +3mill sellers.
It will probably be over +2mill seller by the end of the year and thus my prediction will have been correct.
People were saying it would sell 300-500k lifetime.
CaviarMeths
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It's probably going to be the best selling Wii U game that doesn't feature Mario characters.
"Doing okay for a new IP" indeed.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Hell, it sounds like it's already 300k based on Japan's first two weeks and the US's first three days alone.
SuperLeviathan
Member
I think the gaffers who said "slow burn" were prescient. It didn't sell a million within three days like Mario Kart did, but it is chugging along.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Couple years ago did you think a multiplayer-focused Wii U exclusive based on a brand new unproven IP could even crack the NPD top ten?
Yeah it's not lighting the charts on fire like Witcher but it is definitely a solid foundation for a new franchise.
More like 500 k worldwide so far. I think it will have legs like a mother fucker
nephilimdj
Member
I think that's a unrealistic number based on the pal charts and US numbers, I think a million would be more realistic.
I don't think Nintendo will push splatoon at Xmas, they basically gave up mk8 advertising one month before smash
I'm confident but not sure that it's already done that, just based on Japanese sales alone.
I think a Spla2n is going to be where the series takes off, as long as it has a lot more launch content in it. Animal Crossing did the same thing with Wild World, really. A concept became pretty fleshed out at that point.
That's exciting and extremely sad at the same time because DKC: Tropical Freeze is amazing and one of the best 2D platformers I've played on the last 10 years. But let's consider that by the time DKCTF came out, Amiibo didn't exist yet and Nintendo barely advertised the game. They only did a couple of commercials and a silly (but amazingly fun) Twtter takeover featuring Cranky Kong...
SuperLeviathan
Member
No Metroid has sold worse than Tropical Freeze. Not even Other M. That's how bad it did.
You maniacs! You did it! You blew it! Damn you, goddamn you all to Hell!
I still can't believe Donkey Kong did that poorly.
Anyways, Splatoon's US launch was alright. I wouldn't go crazy but it's doing fine. In Japan so far it's doing really well which is a positive sign.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
I'll eat some crow. Didn't expect the game to do as well critically as it did and thought sales would be a disaster. Also didn't expect I'd enjoy the game as much as I am. Nintendo was right to have confidence in it.
I think you are wrong. They are making an Anime series in Japan, new challenges in August and Id expect paid dlc at around Christmas. I would not be surprised to see 2-3 million lifetime sales, game is addictive as hell and no queation on the quality and fun that make it an essential purchase for all WiiU owners.
AdventureRacing
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Im happy to admit I thought the game would struggle to find a market. Though I will say when I saw how much it was being advertised in Japan I was swayed quite a bit. It's good to see Nintendo making new IP's but it's even better seeing one get a big push like this.
I sincerely hope that another Garage Program title with Splatoon level potential will get some highlight time during this E3.
CaviarMeths
Member
Well, I mean, they never stopped. There's already been a handful this generation alone.
Hopefully they just remember to market them properly.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
how much did Splatoon sell in NPD? (actual number?)
Apparently around 135k according to creamsugar. Not bad for only two days on the charts.
I read NeoGAF every day, own every Nintendo console, and can't think of anything else since Pikmin (excluding stuff like Wii Sports and Nintendogs). If there are some awesome new IPs that I don't know about, that's such bad marketing it's almost like they're doing anti-marketing.
CoconutTank
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Boxboy, Pushmo and Codename STEAM am sad =[
I don't intend to do list warz any further after this post.
kunonabi
Member
It's more a problem with their poor localization choices and gamer's refusal to accept anything that isn't totally familiar or worthy of their hardcore gamer cred.
Gonzo The Great
Banned
Please, continue talking out of your ass. I can't wait until Nintendo updates their million sellers list so all of the Mertroid fans who are spreading the narrative that "TROPICAL FREEZE BOMBED" will shut the fuck up. DK games also have legs, which Metroid games don't.
CaviarMeths
Member
If you're going back as far as Pikmin, you'd have to exclude:
- All non-EAD studios (Wonderful 101, Xenoblade, The Last Story, Pandora's Tower)
- Portable titles (Steel Diver, Codename STEAM)
- Download titles (Pushmo/Crashmo, Sakura Samurai, Harmoknight, Dillon's Rolling Western)
- Non-character based IPs (Wii Sports, Wii Music, Nintendogs, etc)
Not saying those are all major IPs, or even internally developed in some cases, but they are properties produced and owned by Nintendo that have been developed since Wii. I'm probably missing some.
Yeah, marketing is a problem. Nintendo very often doesn't seem to know who is actually buying and playing their games. A good example of that is failing almost completely to show off the multiplayer in Devil's Third.
Psycho_Mantis
Banned
hmm....I guessing this will be the next Pikmin then.
Pretty sure this is gonna be bigger than Pikmin due to the online nature.
It did well, but since it wasn't a huge seller like Mario Kart or Smash, people tend to assume it didn't do well.
I'm pretty sure there was a report somewhere that said the game had sold around 700k, but that was a long while ago.
That's pretty good. Did this creamsugar fellow say how much Witcher of MK sold?
witcher was <700k with ~60% on PS4
And for Mortal Kombat LTD?
not sure about that one
Tropical Freeze was about 300k by June and 450k by the end of the year, should probably be at 600k within a month or three
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