Spain : Link's Awakening scores the #2 best launch of the year with 47.500 units sold, great launch for the Switch Lite

[Lelouch0612]

- The Legend of Zelda : Link's Awakening scores the #2 best launch of the year, only behind KH3's 59.000 units sold on PS4.
- It is the #4 best launch for a Switch game, only behind Pokemon, Smash and SMO.
- 2.5 years later, another Zelda is at #5 with BotW closing to 300k units sold on Switch in Spain

- Great launch for the Lite with 7.550 units sold (3400 turquoise, 2100 grey, 2050 yellow).
- Low cannibalization on the OG which sold 3.400 units this week. That puts the total at about 11.000 Switch sold during that week.
- Other hardware sales during the week : PS4 - 2800 ; XB1 - 600

Source and more info (like the top 10) : https://vandal.elespanol.com/notici...cerca-de-50000-unidades-vendidas-en-su-debut/

In the light of this, Holidays are expected to be incredibly strong this year for Nintendo both for hardware and software. Congrats for Grezzo and Nintendo !

 

[dark_prinny]

España es así 😎

 

[ZhugeEX]

Higher debut for LA than in the UK.

 

[Pokémon]

Oh so the 4500+ number for the Lite which was posted a few days ago was wrong? Even better as this is a nice launch.

Also go Zelda.

 

[cw_sasuke]

Damn - 50k ? Thats a big ass launch.

 

[WestEgg]

I'm really happy this game is doing so well. Link's Awakening is a very special game.

 

[Wander_]

strong launch everywhere for zelda as expected.

 

[Deleted member 32018]

Higher debut for LA than in the UK.

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My country sucks :(

 

[sanstesy]

Spain has become a really strong market for Nintendo with the Switch. It's kind of cool.

 

[Deleted member 31092]

Remember how it should have costed 30 euro?

 

[Deleted member 43]

That's an incredible opening.

 

[Raijinto]

That's a shockingly good debut week. Zelda has come a long way in a short amount of time.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

whoaaaaa!
that's massive. well-deserved tho, game is fantastic. looks like botw got a good bump as well.
curious to see how well DQXI S can do in spain. is the series popular there?

edit: and another market where the non-remastered version of NNK1 sold more than the remaster.

 

[LittleAlchemist]

It launched higher than BOTW? guess that's just because of launch constraints. I wonder if this is true for other regions.

 

[Deleted member 864]

Awesome news, and very well deserved.

 

[Aostia82]

Great numbers for Spain!

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Remember how it should have costed 30 euro?

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[Comic Obsessed]

Even more surprising is the fact that the Switch is basically saving Ni No Kuni in every country.

 

[tolkir]

It launched higher than BOTW? guess that's just because of launch constraints. I wonder if this is true for other regions.

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BOTW Wii U + Switch > Link's Awakening > BOTW Switch

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Even more surprising is the fact that the Switch is basically saving Ni No Kuni in every country.

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is it? it seems to be flopping everywhere, just flopping slightly less on switch.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

is it? it seems to be flopping everywhere, just flopping slightly less on switch.

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Eh, WW it might have more of a chance.

 

[Jawbreaker]

Great debut! The remake deserves the success.

 

[Oregano]

Higher debut for LA than in the UK.

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I might be mistaken but that seems to have been the trend this year for Switch games?

 

[King Dodongo]

Sounds like we will get our Oracle remakes, boys!

 

[ZhugeEX]

I might be mistaken but that seems to have been the trend this year for Switch games?

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I don't follow the Spain market that closely these days Could be.

 

[Lashley]

My country sucks :(

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Nah. Brits love a deal, it's not far from Christmas, as well as the Pokemon release. People will wait for bundles and discounts.

 

[Deleted member 32018]

Nah. Brits love a deal, it's not far from Christmas, as well as the Pokemon release. People will wait for bundles and discounts.

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Yet they are perfectly ok with buying shitty FIFA.

 

[Waluigilicious]

- 2.5 years later, another Zelda is at #5 with BotW closing to 300k units sold on Switch in Spain

What does the above statement mean? I'm having a bit of a brainfart.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

Yet they are perfectly ok with buying shitty FIFA.

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That's the case even here in Peru sadly.

So many people looking for that terrible FIFA game while I was asking when Dragon Quest XI arrives.

 

[KtotheRoc]

Zelda seems to be expanding everywhere after the success of BOTW.

 

[Bowser]

Amazing numbers for a 2D Zelda

 

[Lelouch0612]

- 2.5 years later, another Zelda is at #5 with BotW closing to 300k units sold on Switch in Spain

What does the above statement mean? I'm having a bit of a brainfart.

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BotW is #5 in this week's chart. It sold almost 300k units life to date.

 

[Waluigilicious]

BotW is #5 in this week's chart. It sold almost 300k units life to date.

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Ah thanks. I thought it was still talking about launch sales.

 

[Lelouch0612]

Top 10 launch of this year :

1. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III : 59.000
2. [NSW] Link's Awakening : 47.500
3. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 : 33.000
4. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 : 30.400
5. [PS4] Days Gone : 26.600
6. [PS4] Crash Team Racing : 20.600
7. [NSW] Fire Emblem Three Houses : 19.500
8. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe : 18.800
9. [PS4] eFootball PES 2020 : 14.300
10. [PS4] Sekiro : 14.000
11. [NSW] Astral Chain : 13.000
    
    Big performance for Japanese games this year in Spain !

 

[Waluigilicious]

Top 10 launch of this year :

1. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III : 59.000
2. [NSW] Link's Awakening : 47.500
3. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 : 33.000
4. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 : 30.400
5. [PS4] Days Gone : 26.600
6. [PS4] Crash Team Racing : 20.600
7. [NSW] Fire Emblem Three Houses : 19.500
8. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe : 18.800
9. [PS4] eFootball PES 2020 : 14.300
10. [NSW] Astral Chain : 13.000
    
    Big performance for Japanese games this year in Spain !

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Isn't that an amazing number for Astral Chain?

 

[BizzyBum]

It's a fantastic game and well deserved even with the shaky framerate. It would be nice if it receives an optimization patch eventually but even now it's well worth playing.

 

[Lelouch0612]

Isn't that an amazing number for Astral Chain?

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Astral Chain did amazingly in Spain.

The port of Bayonetta did very well there too so there might be a sizable audience for those games on Switch in Spain.

 

[Deleted member 11008]

1. Big performance for Japanese games this year in Spain !

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Interesting trend of PS4 game - NSW game there

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Big performance for Japanese games this year in Spain !

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no kidding, 8 japanese games, 2 western games.

 

[Zedark]

I might be mistaken but that seems to have been the trend this year for Switch games?

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I don't think so. FETH UK was slightly over Spain, and SMM2 is roughly 37k in UK but 30k in Spain. Don't know about the rest.

 

[Lelouch0612]

no kidding, 8 japanese games, 2 western games.

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and one of those Western games is based on a Japanese IP

 

[QuiteSomething]

Top 10 launch of this year :

1. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III : 59.000
2. [NSW] Link's Awakening : 47.500
3. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 : 33.000
4. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 : 30.400
5. [PS4] Days Gone : 26.600
6. [PS4] Crash Team Racing : 20.600
7. [NSW] Fire Emblem Three Houses : 19.500
8. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe : 18.800
9. [PS4] eFootball PES 2020 : 14.300
10. [NSW] Astral Chain : 13.000
    
    Big performance for Japanese games this year in Spain !

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Digital including?

 

[Deleted member 10737]

and one of those Western games is based on a Japanese IP

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crash or days gone are based on a japanese IP?

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

Would have sold less if it wasn't called Link's awakening.

 

[Lelouch0612]

crash or days gone are based on a japanese IP?

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Crash was a Sony IP.

Digital including?

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Nope

 

[Deleted member 10737]

Crash was a Sony IP.

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i thought the IP itself always belonged to universal, they licensed it to sony to make games, and those games were made by western developers.

 

[Lashley]

Yet they are perfectly ok with buying shitty FIFA.

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Football is popular as fuck in this country. Shouldn't be a shock.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

That's a shockingly good debut week. Zelda has come a long way in a short amount of time.

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?? Isn't the franchise nearly 35 years old? And it's been in the really big leagues for most of that time.

 

[Lelouch0612]

?? Isn't the franchise nearly 35 years old? And it's been in the really big leagues for most of that time.

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The IP reached a whole new level in Europe thanks to BotW. It was always huge in the US in comparison.

 

[NediarPT88]

Top 10 launch of this year :

1. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III : 59.000
2. [NSW] Link's Awakening : 47.500
3. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 : 33.000
4. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 : 30.400
5. [PS4] Days Gone : 26.600
6. [PS4] Crash Team Racing : 20.600
7. [NSW] Fire Emblem Three Houses : 19.500
8. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe : 18.800
9. [PS4] eFootball PES 2020 : 14.300
10. [NSW] Astral Chain : 13.000
    
    Big performance for Japanese games this year in Spain !

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Sekiro should be there with 14k, unless the number wasn't correct.