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Crossbow Training > TP?

WTF People!?

It was kinda fun...

 

[Boney]

Sounds about right.

Metroid doesn't sell. Never has. I kind of wonder why Nintendo persists with it. It makes little sense from a business perspective.

Yup.

Original Metroid sold a lot though right?

Hell it even cracked a million in Japan.

 

[jetjevons]

The 3rd Party Winners on Wii.

Just Dance 2 5.09
Guitar Hero III 2.76
Just Dance 2.71
LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga 2.48
Carnival Games 1.88
Michael Jackson: Experience 1.88
Game Party 1.78
EA Sports Active 1.56
Disney Epic Mickey 1.52
Zumba Fitness: Join the Party 1.42
Deca Sports 1.35
Rayman Raving Rabbids 1.28
LEGO Batman 1.17
Cooking Mama: Cook Off 1.08
LEGO Indiana Jones: Original Adventures 1.08
Wipeout: The Game 1.06
Star Wars: Force Unleashed 1.06
Resident Evil 4 1.05
Guitar Hero World Tour 1.02
uDraw 1.02
Rock Band Special Edition 1.01
Call of Duty: World at War 1.01

 

[Jaded Alyx]

The 3rd Party Winners on Wii.

Needs more Mario & Sonic.

 

[cvxfreak]

Resident Evil 4 1.05

 

[TunaLover]

Sounds about right.

Metroid doesn't sell. Never has. I kind of wonder why Nintendo persists with it. It makes little sense from a business perspective.

Yup.

I bought Metroid Prime 3, Super Metroid VC, and Other M.
You are wrong

Spoiler

=(

 

[Erethian]

Funny to consider RE4 Wii is the best-selling version, beating out the original release on GC or PS2.

And Metroid has done respectable numbers worldwide, or did with the Prime games. It's just a B tier franchise, with stuff like Kirby being markedly bigger.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I bought Metroid Prime 3, Super Metroid VC, and Other M.
You are wrong

Spoiler

=(

I own 'em too man.

 

[cvxfreak]

Funny to consider RE4 Wii is the best-selling version, beating out the original release on GC or PS2.

I think the PS2 version is above 1 million too (there were a few different SKUs throughout the years).

Still, the power of RE4. I remember GC version sales being at 850K too, so the RE4's sold over 3 million in the U.S. alone. Perhaps even closer to 4 million when counting the new HD releases and the PC version.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Super Mario Galaxy 4.38

Super Mario Galaxy2 2.4

Everybody sold their Wii by the time 2 came out.

Those numbers are impressive as hell though. It's really crazy how hit and miss some stuff can be.

CTRL+F "Boom Blox" ... No results ... Failist.

 

[Kusagari]

Just Dance 2 selling more than either Galaxy makes me ill.

 

[Erethian]

I think the PS2 version is above 1 million too (there were a few different SKUs throughout the years).

Oh yeah, I was thinking more worldwide in that sense, though it'd be interesting to know which has sold more in the US.

 

[OldJadedGamer]

Just Dance outsold Galaxy?

 

[The Technomancer]

Wow, impressed at DKCR. every time I see those numbers I'm surprised.

 

[Cipherr]

Resident Evil 4 1.05

Considering they had to put next to no money into developing this, I still cannot even begin to think why they did not go all in right after this released with similarly veined RE titles. All the momentum in the world, squandered on light gun shit that wasnt really even in the same genre. Really weird.

People bought uDraw >_<?

Gaf told me it was actually a well made game.

 

[AniHawk]

i wonder if udraw's success is a sign of things to come.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

DKCR was between 1.7m and 1.9m by the end of 2010. Okay legs, but I expected a bit better, Galaxy 2 sales are pretty bad.

 

[lunchwithyuzo]

Somehow, I thought Epic Mickey sold 1.3M in the December NPD. It can't have only done 100K since, can it?

It did. Word of mouth killed it, that's what you get when you put out a subpar, borderline unfinished, product.

Worse, it's bound to impact EM2. Disney fucked up.

 

[Oni Link 666]

For a second I thought maybe Link's Crossbow Training sold all that from Zelda collectors alone, but then I remembered it came with the zapper.

 

[Htown]

For a second I thought maybe Link's Crossbow Training sold all that from Zelda collectors alone, but then I remembered it came with the zapper.

And was only 20 bucks.

 

[JJConrad]

Somehow, I thought Epic Mickey sold 1.3M in the December NPD. It can't have only done 100K since, can it?

Notice that Wii Fit Plus is on the list twice... these numbers are for the individual SKU. The numbers in December were combined. The game did drop off fast, but the Collector's Edition should add another 100k or so. So another 300k in 8 months isn't too bad.

 

[nincompoop]

Wasn't the World at War port done by like 2 people?

 

[Brazil]

chartz?

Read the thread. NPD.

 

[Seik]

Just Dance outsold Galaxy?

Not surprising, concidering the massive load of casual people that bought a wii for casual games.

Just Dance outsold Galaxy 2, Zelda and DK too! >_<

 

[WrikaWrek]

That list speaks for itself.

 

[Kazerei]

Makes me sad seeing shovelware like Carnival Games, Game Party, and Deca Sports on that list.

 

[TheSeks]

Heh. I only own one of them. And it's a port of a game I had on Gamecube. Anything else I have is sub million (or hell, sub 10K. Trauma Team. ;___

 

[Duderz]

It will be interesting to see if Skyward Sword matches or exceeds Twilight Princess' LTD sales.

 

[Vamphuntr]

d0000000mmmmeeedddddddd *scary shaky voice*

It's better with Cespenar's voice. HINDO'S DOOM? DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

 

[LOCK]

More amazing is this is only US and not world wide sales.

 

[AniHawk]

It will be interesting to see if Skyward Sword matches or exceeds Twilight Princess' LTD sales.

probably not. tp's down to $20 which should bring it to 3m+. it might do 2m+ though.

 

[Jigsaw]

ctrl + f "golden"

??

didn't activision say it outsold world at war?

 

[Thoraxes]

Michael Jackson: Experience 1.88

Hopefully this means we'll get yearly sequels.

 

[JJConrad]

It will be interesting to see if Skyward Sword matches or exceeds Twilight Princess' LTD sales.

Us seeing that would be way more interesting than SS doing that.

ctrl + f "golden"

??

didn't activision say it outsold world at war?

I think that was 1st month only. Goldeneye is also a split SKU, so it makes it harder for it to make a list like this.

 

[The Hermit]

A useless piece of plastic IS better than TP afterall...

Finally someone who I can agree...

And wow DKCR! Sequel incoming!!

 

[BishopLamont]

ctrl + f "golden"

??

didn't activision say it outsold world at war?

Probably worldwide, not the US.

 

[LeonSKennedy90]

Donkey Kong Country Returns 2.35

And with over 5 million sales worldwide, its the second-highest selling Donkey Kong game EVER. Better then any of the DKC sequels, DK64, or those abysmal Donkey Konga/Jungle Beat bullshit.

SEQUEL SENSES TINGLING

 

[Meier]

Animal Crossing number is surprisingly low. Shame. Mario Party number is pretty freaking impressive.

 

[Kandinsky]

I'm shocked at the Lego games numbers.

 

[Azure J]

And with over 5 million sales worldwide, its the second-highest selling Donkey Kong game EVER. Better then any of the DKC sequels, DK64, or those abysmal Donkey Konga/Jungle Beat bullshit.

SEQUEL SENSES TINGLING

You take that right the fuck back now! ;_;

DKCR = Jungle Beat > DKC2 > anything else Donkey Kong branded.

 

[WillyFive]

Super Mario Galaxy 4.38

Super Mario Galaxy2 2.4

It will stay that way. SMG has been around far longer than SMG2, and is now at $20.

Besides, SMG sold 4.38 million copies. That's justice.

I'm shocked at the Lego games numbers.

Why?

They are addictive, fun, and it's the perfect storm of two huge brands in one package.

 

[Jaded Alyx]

I'm shocked at the Lego games numbers.

Hence Lego City Stories being a Wii U exclusive is kind of a big deal.

 

[fernoca]

And the Lego 3DS games are already doing quite great in the US also...well, as far as 3DS games/totals go, so far:

March 2011 - August 2011

1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (Around 450k)
2. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
3. Pilotwings Resort
4. Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
5. Rayman 3D
6. Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
7. Nintendogs + cats: Golden Retriever & New Friends
8. Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
9. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
10. Super Monkey Ball 3D

 

[loosus]

I liked Mario Galaxy 2 so, so much more than the first one. Galaxy 2 had its fair share of flaws, but they started getting things in the right direction, like reducing the stupid hub world and whatnot.

But I can see why Galaxy 2 sold less. After the first one, I was very, very close to not buying the second one because the first one was a huge turn off and just figured it was the same shit. Glad I was surprised, but I am sure others thought the same thing and decided ultimately not to get the second one.

 

[Boney]

abysmal Jungle Beat bullshit.

what the fuck?

 

[SlipperySlope]

Heh. I forgot there was a Galaxy 2.

 

[Regulus Tera]

Ctrl + F "Sin and Punishm"- hahaha why am I deluding myself?

 

[spons]

Some of those numbers are terrible, but not unexpected.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Smash is still a powerhouse, more than I thought it'd be.

 

[LeonSKennedy90]

DKCR = Jungle Beat > DKC2

Ctrl + F "Sin and Punishm"- hahaha why am I deluding myself?

Has a Treasure game EVER sold a million copies? They're Atlus for action game fans