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Inti Creates says that Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon sold 600,000 copies, with 'more than 50%' sold on Switch

It was also on PC, 3DS, PS4, Vita and Xbox One Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is pretty good! So...

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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is pretty good! So is the sequel. But as it turns out, Inti Creates says that the first game sold pretty well too.

Speaking to Nintendo Everything, Inti Creates has confirmed that the game has sold "over 600,000 copies." Studio CEO Takuya Aizu explains that the boost is "in part powered by the release of [the sequel]." Aizu also states that "more than half of those sales" are from the Switch edition. Quite the feat given that it was also released on every other major platform.

Note that Curse of the Moon came out in mid-2018, so it has some long legs if it's just now reaching that milestone. While it was available on PC, 3DS, PS4, Vita and Xbox One in addition to the Switch, the sequel shored up some of those platforms, only appearing on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.

It makes perfect sense that if there is more of a global saturation of Switch users in 2020, folks who picked up the second game on the platform would mosey on over to the original.

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 1 has sold over 600,000 copies, more than 50% on Switch [Nintendo Everything]

Bravo. Hopefully this means more sequels. One of my favorite new IPs.

On another note, it took only less than half a year to make the sequel.

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Now what I'd love to see is a Curse of the Moon sequel with gameplay similar to Simon's Quest.

In other words, visiting towns and talking to people and a more open outdoor map with "mansions" and other dungeons to find.

I'm all for making this game into a franchise. We already got three games.

And btw Ritual of the Night is great. Yes, even on Switch so long as you update it to the latest patch.

 

[Furlong]

Not bad for a game about periods.

 

[EDMIX]

Not bad for a game about periods.

I feel like you've been waiting weeks to say that. lol

 

[sn0man]

I feel like you've been waiting weeks to say that. lol

It’s so juvenile but I’m still over here laughing at this dumb joke.

 

[Boss Mog]

I didn't even know there were other Bloodstained games besides RotN. Sadly though I'm not a fan of the NES graphics, so I'll stick with RotN.

 

[carlosrox]

Which version sold the most?

Switch I assume?

 

[Spukc]

Makes me happy that i bought this game on the Xbox pc and switch

 

[jigglet]

This is the success that mega man clone would have had if they didn't botch it.

 

[DGrayson]

I feel like you've been waiting weeks to say that. lol

ya, 4 weeks

 

[RoboFu]

I think it was free with Xbox gold at some point to.
Loved the game.

 

[cireza]

Awesome game, especially the first one. I was sad that they removed the "single man with no upgrade" run from the sequel.

For a potential third instalment they need to go the 16 bits route though.

 

[BlackTron]

I didn't even know there were other Bloodstained games besides RotN. Sadly though I'm not a fan of the NES graphics, so I'll stick with RotN.

Sadly I gave RotN a fair shot and the graphics of that game really turned me off. I say this as someone who was a HUGE fan on SotN and all the GBA games.

I think the NES style games look more palatable than RotN, and I say that with a heavy heart. I tried to like the game, but I found the soul of Castlevania totally missing.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

That’s actually impressive numbers.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Liked the first, havent played 2 yet. Inti better get back on Mega Man.