With how well received the game became after the reveal and the push that Nintendo did for it anybody who said sub-W101 bombas never should have been taken seriously in the first place.
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Splatoon sells over one million copies in japan
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Baroquemantic
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Well deserved. Played it for hours at friend's house. Fun game. One of the few Nintendo games I actually have interest in. I hope to have a Wii U soon so I can play this and XCX. And finally give Monster Hunter a try as well.
Blackthorn
"hello?" "this is vagina"
Wow, well done. I always assumed multiplayer shooters weren't popular in Japan but I guess that - like me - they just don't care for the military machismo they're usually wrapped in.
Hope this means Splatoon is a permanent fixture going forward.
Hope this means Splatoon is a permanent fixture going forward.
I hope so too. It has enough lore to make it a franchise.
Tyreese Victoria
Banned
Nintendo are so underrated in this regard.
I mean, you've got Splatoon, Xenoblade, Pushmo, Harmoknight, The Wonderful 101, Tomodachi Life, Codename: Steam and The Last Story which have all released in the last few years, and then games like Kid Icarus: Uprising which are effectively new IP's anyway.
Yet all we hear about is how Nintendo don't make new IP's, I'd actually argue that they are more effective at making new IP's, of the big three.
I think to do the inklings right for Smash you'd want to go some way towards implementing their mobility mechanics; not just the ability to spread ink, but also the way the ink affects their traversal capabilities.
That'd mean a character would need to have the ability to affect the actual terrain in the level, and I suspect that's a more low-level change that the developers may not have been prepared for when planning to implement new characters.
I'm expecting that too honestly
. They could play with the stronger hardware of the next version of Smash (NX port or full-one Smash 5) and it would be great seeing them in the game
.This is pretty much exactly why I thought Inklings weren't getting in smash this round, tbh.
Well deserved. I'll be honest, I didn't expect it to do *this* well.
Dude.
They are so serious. Whenever I play on weekends during the day, I tend to do alright and it's mostly American players.
When I play late at night during the week, I'm like the only non-Japanese player... And I am usually the worst player on either team by a mile. -_-;
Still very fun though, of course.
I feel the same, I've been semi-interest d in getting back into shooters but I needed something else style-wise.
Dude.
They are so serious. Whenever I play on weekends during the day, I tend to do alright and it's mostly American players.
When I play late at night during the week, I'm like the only non-Japanese player... And I am usually the worst player on either team by a mile. -_-;
Still very fun though, of course.
I feel the same, I've been semi-interest d in getting back into shooters but I needed something else style-wise.
UnemployedVillain
Member
What exactly do you consider a system seller, because Splatoon by all metrics is a system seller
Possumowner
Member
Big congratulations to them,thoroughly deserved.I look forward to the inevitable sequel and spin offs on NX.
Kageshinzo
Member
Well deserved.
I was always amused by those here in GAF saying Splatoon would bomb. The amount of fanmade creations immediately after the E3 reveal should have already hinted people that this was going to be big. GAF will always GAF I guess.
I was always amused by those here in GAF saying Splatoon would bomb. The amount of fanmade creations immediately after the E3 reveal should have already hinted people that this was going to be big. GAF will always GAF I guess.
It looks like Splatoon sold 130K these last 45 days in France. It was at 150K by end of october. It's now at 280k.
http://www.gamekult.com/actu/splatoon-280-000-ventes-en-france-A157203.html
http://www.gamekult.com/actu/splatoon-280-000-ventes-en-france-A157203.html
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Oh wow. Now that I didn't expect. The game is probably going to hit 3 million worldwide at least then right? We know that US sales are at least 600k as of September, and with France that's another 1 million or so. All the other territories probably form an additional million themselves yeah?
sir_bumble_bee
Member
Nah, COD sells reasonably well in Japan. Last I checked, BO3 had over 250,000 sales in Japan. Nothing compared to Splatoon but not too bad for a game heavily rooted in US culture
Nintendo's million sellers list puts it at 2.4m as of September 30, so 3m seems inevitable.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Damn. That's amazing for a WiiU game. That's seriously impressive
Sales were 2.42M by September 30:
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/sales/software/wiiu.html
I think we're past the 3M mark by now.
Awesome news.
The Wii U likely would have been able to handle it. The 3DS on the other had likely would have caught fire or just exploded trying to process that in addition to everything else. That game is already pushing that system to it's limits. There is a big parity issue here that stopped them from being added as well.
The Wii U likely would have been able to handle it. The 3DS on the other had likely would have caught fire or just exploded trying to process that in addition to everything else. That game is already pushing that system to it's limits. There is a big parity issue here that stopped them from being added as well.
Especially for a new IP. So glad though, it deserves it. Mark my words though, the sequel to this will be the definitive game, much like Yoshi's Island, SMB3, DKC2 or Super Metroid for their respective series.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Yeah if you're going to do an inkling in Smash you have to do something like having them be able to drop into the ink and be invisible, too much work for DLC almost certainly
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Squid Sisters at finals location of Splatoon Koshien hype!?
That's extremely hypothetical. Splatoon exists because of the development experiences members of the core team got when working on earlier Wii U projects, such as NintendoLand. It's all described in Iwata Asks.
Mario wasn't the first plan. Tofu was the first plan. The second plan was a rabbit. Mario was the fire exit suggestion to use if everything else failed.
Actually, less than a month before Splatoon released, Splatoon was predicted (by lots of GAFers) to bomb.
This old thread is kind of interesting, started May 03, 2015:
Do we expect Splatoon to be the next major Nintendo I.P.?
EDIT: beaten.
Or already surpassed 3 millions. It was 2.42 millions on September 30, 2015.
Milly Osworth
Member
Many including me predicted a failure saleswise, so good job!
So, it was 2.4 millions as for September 30, 2015.
What we know for sure is that since than, he sold
130k in France
202k in Japan (retail only)
So, it's official that it is at least at 2.732.000 copies ww minimum, plus
digital sales, US market, all other Eu markets.
I'd say that it is pretty sure that it already surpassed the 3 millions mark.
What we know for sure is that since than, he sold
130k in France
202k in Japan (retail only)
So, it's official that it is at least at 2.732.000 copies ww minimum, plus
digital sales, US market, all other Eu markets.
I'd say that it is pretty sure that it already surpassed the 3 millions mark.
twothunder
Member
105K from this months NPD + 140K from the bundle. numbers given by creamsugar
Damn at those predictions in those threads lol.
I mean I didnt think it would sell either; But it looks like I never posted it. Glad I didn't.
Maybe it depends on when you play. NA sales are reaching 1 million as well.
Astral Dog
Member
Splatoon has its issues, but its certainly a fresh take on the genre and an easy recommen
One reason I read in the Splatoon OT some months ago was that Japanese players historically tend to devote longer time to their games than western players, while western gamers switches more quickly to new games.
Schnozberry
Member
Splatoon has a bright future, especially if Nintendo releases simultaneously on their next Handheld and Home Systems for the next release.
great, so AT MINIMUM it is at
245k (US) + 130k (France) + 202k (JAP) + 2.4 millions = 2.977K copies sold (without October US, all other EU countries since October 1st)
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
My bets are them and the ice climbers as stars of the first reveal trailer.
You don't even need to go through the whole thread. The first page alone is Wall Of Shame worthy.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1039957
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1039957
Classic!
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Hmm, I wonder.......
Oh.........
OH........
