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Mr Max lotteries:
www.famitsu.com
Switch - 310 units
Switch Lite - 180 units
Ring Fit Adventure - 180 units
MrMaxアプリでSwitch本体310台、Lite180台、『リングフィット』180本の抽選販売が実施。9月10日13時まで | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ミスターマックスの公式アプリ“ミスターマックスアプリ”会員限定で、Nintendo Switch本体や『リングフィット アドベンチャー』の予約抽選販売を実施中だ。
www.famitsu.com
Switch - 310 units
Switch Lite - 180 units
Ring Fit Adventure - 180 units
English version here:
Nintendo Boosts Switch Production by Another 20%
Nintendo Co. has asked its assembly partners to increase production of its Switch gaming console again, raising its goal to as much as 30 million units for this fiscal year, according to people familiar with its strategy.
www.bloomberg.com
Is that so? Guess I stand corrected. Curious to see how this one is going to fare.
I think the BOTW style being consistent with this game rather than it being Koei's own take on it helps garner massive interest.
TBH i kinda hate the musou games but watching that trailer got me hyped and considering buying the game. I think this is going to perform really well.
Hmm... a shame the game is published by KT in Japan, that means no vouchers for it. It costs +7k Yen, would have helped a fair bit.
True but the overall performance should be easier to track day one. No need to wait for Nintendo's FY report in January/February.
It's still published by Nintendo in the West, right? So it should pop up in the financial release, right?
I don't know about that, a bunch of Switch titles you can't buy with vouchers have had big digital sales in 2020. Around half of Crystal Chronicles' sales on Switch come from the eShop, more than half for Clubhouse Games and PawaPuro went high too.
We'll get Western shipments updates.
Cheaper and MP focused games are usually getting a bigger digital share yes but Zelda doesn't fit either categories.
I don't think Age of Calamity is the original title intended to be the November release, it is not of the 10m+ magnitude that Nintendo wants from a November game but Corona happened and it seems there is a Switch upgrade in the way too which they will support with very big software without a doubt, but AoC will benefit greatly from the release slot + linking it with BotW story. it is going to be a big success story for Koei Tecmo.
I will make a crazy prediction and say that 1 million isn't out of reach. The story and setting of this game is going to be a major factor in sales.
I know 1m is the next milestone after 500k but it is not easy to go from one to the other at all.
200k+ FW/ 500k+ LTD is still my guess
200k+ FW/ 500k+ LTD is still my guess
Yup, it's published by Nintendo (like all others Musou collabs.), and it even got vouchers.
I think it's likely it would fall in the holiday lineup - do I think it would be the key release? Probably not..
I'm thinking something like this could have been the intended lineup Oct-Dec:
SMK Live
SM3DW+BF
Age of Calamity
'Delayed bigghish title'
True, it won't be strange if it was originally an October release, and Emily said before that Pikmin 3 was intended to be released in Spring/Summer but moved to October because of COVID-19. there is probably something big missing from Nintendo's schedule this year, whatever it is, it will probably be ready for the new Switch hardware.
Three possible outcomes
1) early reports are now on JPT Thursday morning and not Wednesday morning
2) Switch sold less than 5k last week
3) they don't care to report about Switch crossing the 15 millions mark
:P
Unless I'm mistaken, the latest report coincided with a Software milestone (ACNH reaching 5m, iirc?).
Edit: wait, it was 1m for RFA I was thinking about. And no, no HW milestone at the same time.
『リングフィット アドベンチャー』が国内累計100万本を突破。外出自粛による運動不足解消の用途などからさらに注目が集まった | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ファミ通調べにて、任天堂のNintendo Switch向けソフト『リングフィット アドベンチャー』の国内推定累計販売本数が100万本を突破したことが明らかとなった。
www.famitsu.com
Edit 2: I think we all have to brace ourselves for the worst, and accept Switch has sold less than 5k this week. RIP :(
4) Sony moneyhatted them to stop giving Nintendo numbers!!!!
*leaves*
The new Hyrule Warriors will sell so much better than the first entry that it would even not be funny. Worldwide that could easily be a 6-7 million game. In Japan, 600-700k could be a nice guess.
Zelda (popular as ever) + Breath of the Wild story + Switch + Christmas + lack of notable releases in the same target demographics = instant success.
Will it be a digital-only game?
Zelda (popular as ever) + Breath of the Wild story + Switch + Christmas + lack of notable releases in the same target demographics = instant success.
(RUMOR) NatsumeAtari is making a new Kiki KaiKai game for Switch
It’s been reported by the usual Japanese blogger Ryokutya that (going by Google Translate), NatsumeAtari are making a new Kiki KaiKai project for Switch. This is to be another of their Tengo …goldmetalsonic.wordpress.com
Seemingly NatsumeAtari is making a new Kiki KaiKai game for Switch as part of their Tengo Project, according to Ryokutya (I wrote the above article).
Will it be a digital-only game?
See, if even hiska-kun says it, we're doomed.
That or there's a Luigi Direct coming right up and Famitsu are too busy getting ready :P
A round-up of a few recent brand new announcements / release dates that haven't been reported here
Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Spike Chunsoft, NSW) - December 3rd, 2020 - https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/shi...es-december-2-in-the-west-december-3-in-japan
Maglam Lord (D3 Publishing / Felistella, PS4 / NSW) - "This Winter" - https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/d3-...nnounce-action-rpg-maglam-lord-for-ps4-switch
Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen (Square Enix / Taito, PS4 / NSW) - December 3rd, 2020 on PS4 / Later on NSW - https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/densha-de-go-hashirou-yamanote-sen-announced-for-ps4-switch
hiska-kun I was going to report about it but you anticipated me :P Yeah, Densha De Go is already 4th and 13th on Amazon.co.jp. That's a...way stronger start than what I was expecting, considering how badly the more recent console entries in the series did (Famitsu, chronological release order, via GameDataLibrary)
Is it possible that the 10-year hiatus + the arcade game increased the demand for a console version of the game? A shame the Switch version will release later, though; I assume the delayed release is due to more development time required, considering how the PS4 version looks.
Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate (Spike Chunsoft, NSW) - December 3rd, 2020 - https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/shi...es-december-2-in-the-west-december-3-in-japan
Maglam Lord (D3 Publishing / Felistella, PS4 / NSW) - "This Winter" - https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/d3-...nnounce-action-rpg-maglam-lord-for-ps4-switch
Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen (Square Enix / Taito, PS4 / NSW) - December 3rd, 2020 on PS4 / Later on NSW - https://www.gematsu.com/2020/09/densha-de-go-hashirou-yamanote-sen-announced-for-ps4-switch
hiska-kun I was going to report about it but you anticipated me :P Yeah, Densha De Go is already 4th and 13th on Amazon.co.jp. That's a...way stronger start than what I was expecting, considering how badly the more recent console entries in the series did (Famitsu, chronological release order, via GameDataLibrary)
Is it possible that the 10-year hiatus + the arcade game increased the demand for a console version of the game? A shame the Switch version will release later, though; I assume the delayed release is due to more development time required, considering how the PS4 version looks.
(RUMOR) NatsumeAtari is making a new Kiki KaiKai game for Switch
It’s been reported by the usual Japanese blogger Ryokutya that (going by Google Translate), NatsumeAtari are making a new Kiki KaiKai project for Switch. This is to be another of their Tengo …
Seemingly NatsumeAtari is making a new Kiki KaiKai game for Switch as part of their Tengo Project, according to Ryokutya (I wrote the above article).
KiKi Kai Kai is essentially Pocky & Rocky from the SNES, correct?
Always interested hearing about this, I saw that the first shipment in France would be 200k, same for Hyrule Warriors.
Half a million is a pretty massive initial shipment, especially for a title not releasing during the holidays (assuming they aren't shipping all they ever will upfront, of course). Wonder how high it can go (1M+?).
Globally, right? 3D Marios aren't that popular in Japan.
Japan. I feel with Switch's popularity, not much from Nintendo this holiday (HW isn't a tentpole game like BOTW itself, though still big), Odyssey being big, AND the limited factor just all add to it being ripe for huge success. IMO of course.
Well Odyssey is the best selling 3D Mario title by a good bit. Still I agree calling them unpopular is a stretch.
That's because the trailer barely showed any Musou gameplay and mostly showed cutscenes.
Famitsu's Switch 15m report:
www.famitsu.com
Edit:
Switch - 77.611 / 15.073.025
ニンテンドースイッチ、国内累計販売台数1500万台を突破。歴代ソフト売上トップは累計560万本超の『あつ森』 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ファミ通調べにて、Nintendo Switchが発売から184週（約3年6ヵ月）で国内累計販売台数1500万台を突破したことが明らかとなった。Nintendo Switch向けソフトでは『あつまれ どうぶつの森』が562万本を売り上げ、累計販売本数トップとなっている。
www.famitsu.com
Edit:
Switch - 77.611 / 15.073.025
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3D Mario isn't popular compared to 2D Mario, but it's more popular than 99.5% of games released each year.
3D Mario is popular on the right console
Mario 64 : 1.65 million
Mario 64 DS : 1.2 million
Mario 3D Land : 2.1 million
Mario Odyssey : 2.5 million (and rising)
I didn't say it was unpopular, I said it's not popular in comparison to 2D Mario, as in it is liked and played by fewer people relative to 2D Mario games. 3D Mario games are very well liked games in Japan.
