Hopefully we get more 2D metroid then. I don't even care about Prime anymore now that this exists.
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Metroid Dread has sold 87k physical copies in Japan, the highest recorded opening week for any Metroid game
- Thread starter TheDinoman
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Metroid Dread likely already did 1/5 of Samus Returns worldwide sales on its opening week in Japan alone, if you consider the digital sales too. Amazing perfomance.
Its a good thing we can get both then and everyone is happy
a few things to note, unless Demon slayer has crazy legs, the games are gonna sell FW anywhere between 100k-150k FW. There is even a possibility that it could hit just under 100k FW.
Metroid did 87k and unlike the DS games Metroid digital will most likely go over 30% due to its price and vouchers.
MD actually might sell more so hold off on thinking it's not gonna happen 😊
Funny when I made the prediction I said Demon slayer would have to really underperform and Metroid do better than expected and it's actually in the realm now. Demon slayer looked like a 250k-300k seller FW and now we don't even know if it'll do 200k+ lifetime
The Switch seems to have cultivated a much stronger core audience than previous Nintendo systems.
It's weird because Japanese studios are great at making Metroidvania games. It's not like the Japanese FPS situation where there is little interest due to the weaker local development scene.
Maybe it all comes down to the simple fact that Castlevania and Metroid are inspired by Dracula and Alien? I could potentially see those aesthetics being unappealing to the mainstream. Both franchises have made attempts to be more "anime", but in Metroid's case it has never been successful.
It's weird because Japanese studios are great at making Metroidvania games. It's not like the Japanese FPS situation where there is little interest due to the weaker local development scene.
Maybe it all comes down to the simple fact that Castlevania and Metroid are inspired by Dracula and Alien? I could potentially see those aesthetics being unappealing to the mainstream. Both franchises have made attempts to be more "anime", but in Metroid's case it has never been successful.
To be honest, I don't pay attention to stuff like that and avoided the last couple trailers so it was a spoiler for me. Oh well.
I find that hard to imagine considering how much Japanese media used that aesthetic in some way. For video games, how about Contra, or Streets of Rage 2? If we're looking at movies, consider Zeiram. For anime, consider Freeza's forms.
Although not stationed in Japan, I still have to do my part. Absolutely will though. Game looks amazing and deserves every sale it gets, regarding the reviews.
Japan really digs some bits of Western media. I can't count the number of Terminator references I've seen in games and anime.
As you said, Contra is heavily inspired by Hollywood movies. Not only with the Xenomorph inspiration, but Bill and Lance clearly being Arnold and Sly. Casltevania is of course inspired by Universal Studios monster movies.
Biohazard/Resident Evil is a loving tribute to western horror (they even got George Romero to direct the Japanese commercial for the original RE2).
So Metroid's lack of popularity is baffling.
The last sales thread of Metroid they posted a different spoiler and pissed everyone off with that... yeah cool thanks, hope you feel great! 😡
It's baffling if we assume it's an issue of the aesthetics. There are other potential areas which could have been holding back the series' success.
Sonic hasn't done well in Japan since the Dreamcast days and I doubt many people are going to claim that it's due to the aesthetic not resonating.
Hope this doing well mean Mercury Steam get to do a Metroid 6 or another remake (I hope they get to pick what they want to do). Dread is fantastic and lived up to my expectations and I want to see more!
Also Raven Beak for Smash.
Also Raven Beak for Smash.
My goodness, that chart is rather telling if those LTD numbers are accurate.
Japan does not give a single fuck about Metroid. (Before Dread)
Japan does not give a single fuck about Metroid. (Before Dread)
Yeah, fortunately I missed that spoiler -- didn't realize it was the same poster but figured as much. Pretty bizarre and frankly rude.
given the price of this game, vouchers might increase the digital ratio (I think the highest has been around 40%)
You could release any kusoge in the Famicom and it would sell hundreds of thousands.
I'm actually thinking this is happening lol
I was just trying to stay reasonable amid the Dread hype, which success I'm rooting for.
astral chain had over 60% and FE did over 50% in the beginning
You love to see it. With physical alone beating ZM and SR's LTD, beautiful.
As for the older games, it's been said Metroid sold 1.04 million. I do recall ancient MC data being shared in prior threads, and Metroid 2 only sold 100k. As for Super Meteoi, I feel like it was either around 500k or 780k? Either way it sort of rebounded from 2 but never hit 1's level. Seems like Dread is a lock for the 3rd best selling Metroid over there though.
As for the older games, it's been said Metroid sold 1.04 million. I do recall ancient MC data being shared in prior threads, and Metroid 2 only sold 100k. As for Super Meteoi, I feel like it was either around 500k or 780k? Either way it sort of rebounded from 2 but never hit 1's level. Seems like Dread is a lock for the 3rd best selling Metroid over there though.
87... thousand? That's it? Bloody hell. I thought it was more well regarded than that. But hey, gg on best opening week.
We don't have any Japanese numbers for Metroid 2 and Super Metroid, but they sold considerably less worldwide than the first Metroid, so I can't imagine they were that big (though it's quite possible they did outsell Dread's first week sales in Japan).
Even a 30% digital ratio would put it at 72% of Fusion's total sales in the first week alone. That's incredible, especially considering that Japan hasn't historically been one of Metroid's best markets. I would be very shocked if it didn't end up becoming the best-selling Metroid at this point.
Even a 30% digital ratio would put it at 72% of Fusion's total sales in the first week alone. That's incredible, especially considering that Japan hasn't historically been one of Metroid's best markets. I would be very shocked if it didn't end up becoming the best-selling Metroid at this point.
The Switch prints sales. Nintendo should be taking this as the time to revitalize a lot of its forgotten IP.
I only hurt myself by hoping they someday realize that F-Zero is literally styled to sell well on Switch's platform, especially with online races included.
I only hurt myself by hoping they someday realize that F-Zero is literally styled to sell well on Switch's platform, especially with online races included.
Metroid has never been a big franchise. That's why it's almost a decade or more between installments.
<<< Hence my profile picture lol. ;) I might be wrong, but I don't think the genre has ever been popular in Japan for whatever reason. In fact, the genre as a whole is niche if the best selling of them all worldwide is Hollow Knight at 3M+ . A familiar case where enthusiasts interest completely dwarf that of the mainstream which make the Metroidvania genre much bigger than it is in reality.
Metroid Prime is still the highest(i think) with 2.8 million being the estimate. Metroid has never been a Halo/God of War/Mario tier sales giant.
I know. I've done my part since Prime/Fusion and bought every entry except Federation Force. I'm hoping this is the game that finally pushes things to the next level. The series deserves better.
Aye, that it does.
Prime series is my goat shooter of the generation.
Hell yeah. Big ole fist bump. This bodes well for Prime 4, I would think.
Is the voucher offer still available outside of the US? And in the case of highest ratio is that 60p:40d worldwide?