It's coming to Europe, so probably yes.
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Nintendo 3DS Crosses 4 Million Mark; two million sellers (US)
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AndrewDean84xX
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I'm not worried, since I'm on the fence if I want the game or not. I just know there are some that really want it to come here as well.
What the... it's confirmed? when?
Gianni Merryman
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3 millions over a 12-16 million 3DS userbase, not bad actually.
Incidentally, if Mario kart has supposedly sold 3 million copies worldwide, Super Mario land 3D should have sold not much less than that, like 2.5 millions having a wild guess.
Hopefully with online
gwahahahahahaha
Yes. What's stopping it? The PSP game doesn't count because PSP software sales are a joke in the west.
I think Nintendo sold over half that during a single December once, though I'm hardly Sales Age enough to know for certain. But yes, that's pretty low.
Grapevine, mostly. People close to the matter kinda confirmed it. Translation is supposedly well underway.
They view online play as a necessity for future MH localizations:
http://www.siliconera.com/2011/12/05/what-makes-monster-hunter-click-in-the-west/
Gianni Merryman
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Great news indeed if comfirmed.
Well, NoE also localized Fatal Frame just to shelve it, so grain of salt and stuff. But again, it's supposedly happening, and it'll supposedly be released much sooner than most people would anticipate. Like early next quarter. Supposedly.Great news
What
Isn't that what 3DS sold in less than seven days? Looks like tablets have a long way to go if anything...
Father_Brain
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Perhaps it's overly optimistic, but I just took that quote as tacit confirmation that MH3G will have online play added for the Western releases.
east of eastside
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3DS selling at the same sales level as DS did in '06 when the market was smaller is good? I see the mobile effect already.
It could be taken that way - all we know is that it's probably not coming over as is. (Unless Nintendo's footing the localization bill entirely, which I guess is conceivable.)
I really want both of the Monster Hunter releases to hit the US. ESPECIALLY 4!!!
It's like people don't understand how generational transitions work...
Sammy Samusu
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east of eastside
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No, dismissing it just as hardware transition would be leaving a lot of other variables (which are hard to account for) out.
That was Iwata, and he gave no decimal point numbers. This PR includes decimal point numbers, so it should be safe to assume that when they say 4.5m, they don't really mean 5m or something. 4m is probably ~4.0m, in context.
Ken Masters
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So Nintendo titles are selling like usual, how is this good news for 3rd party devs?
It isn't. Once again per usual, it's the first party titles that sell and the 3rd party lags behind
AceBandage
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MHTriG is going to hit one million this week, so things are looking good.
Lord_Byron28
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3rd parties benefited extremely well from the DS success.
I thought the few decent, big 3rd party games sold decently(Street Fighter, Resident Evil, Layton, Inazuma 11 and Monster Hunter).
Sammy Samusu
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I wouldn't be so sure, but next week is on lock.
Well, it's kinda hard for third-parties to sell games if they aren't releasing any, and they don't advertise the ones they do release.
Sho_Nuff82
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Given your username, you should probably know that Capcom has 3 of the most successful 3rd party games on the platform, 2 of which should be over 1 million WW as of this week. Somewhat importantly, both are "core" games.
And these variables are....
AdventureRacing
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You know there is something i have always been curious about with people who bandy around this stupid opinion (that no one can compete with nintendo).
What happens if nintendo ever went 3rd party? Would all of the other 3rd party devs just pack up shop and leave the market altogether? I mean who can compete with nintendo right?
AranhaHunter
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Sold or shipped?
StreetsAhead
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Sold, I guess. They've crossed 4m sold in Japan, doing that in the States wouldn't be so unheard of.
AranhaHunter
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Unless I missed it, the OP doesn't specify or mention NPD or anything, that's why I'm assuming it's shipped.
Traditionally Nintendo doesn't use shipped figures, but we'll know one way or the other very soon.
Zoramon089
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What's so funny? Tri didn't have online in Japan either...Why are people assuming MH3G isn't coming over? Is this some inside joke I'm not getting?
StickSoldier
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Do they normally say sold when they mean shipped (just wondering)? It specifically says Nintendo sold 12 millions over the year of 2011 and then proceeds to break down the numbers, so I'm guessing they're talking about units sold.
Yes it did, it just had a fee and no voice chat.