First week and LTD for the Fire Emblem series:

20/04/90 [NFC] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light - ? / 329.000
14/03/92 [NFC] Fire Emblem Gaiden - ? / 325.000
21/01/94 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - ? / 776.000
14/05/96 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Holy War Story - 228.578 / 429.763 (498.000 from sinobi)
28/08/99 [SFC] Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 - 30.104 / 158.695
29/03/02 [GBA] Fire Emblem: The Sealed Sword - 126.267 / 345.574
25/04/03 [GBA] Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword - 109.429 / 265.286
07/10/04 [GBA] Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - 146.026 / 246.719
20/04/05 [GCN] Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance - 100.357 / 156.413
22/02/07 [WII] Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn - 73.337 / 171.924
07/08/08 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon - 147.704 / 252.309
15/07/10 [NDS] Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem - Hero of Light and Shadow - 147.045 / 247.248

200 k first week is possible, since this game is getting a lot more attention the DS games and there's bundles.
But 150k is a more cautious prediction.

I think we'll be looking around 150k. It would be more, but the install base is too low sadly.

The coolest thing about this list is the first week of the last three portable games, they're almost identical - talk about a loyal userbase!

Game sold 240k first week. Exceeding expectations. Also, the 3DS w/ FE deal is awesome, hope it comes to 'merica

Yep! It sold MUCH better than I, and most others, expected it too. Nothing better than exceeding expectations eh?

I wonder how it'll sell long-term in Japan. 500k seems likely.

Do you think the 3DS bundle will come to US?

I'd hope so, but it's whether or not the game would come to the US in the first place. To the UK is a possibility, but a lot of Japan-bundles stay in Japan, especially since FE isn't HUGE in the West...

It's bigger in the US then in Japan. Sales wise at least >.>

No, FE is MUCH bigger in Japan, otherwise more games would have been localized...

I stand completely corrected! I was expecting 120-150k, and thought 200k was far too optimistic. And then it pulls of 242,000! Just to clarify, that's the second highest number Fire Emblem has ever pulled off first week, beaten only by Fire Emblem 3, if we are to trust VGChartz on this. I wouldn't put a lot of trust in the VGChartz Fire Emblem numbers, as they've time and again been completely off (such as Fire Emblem 6, which never released abroad, selling hundreds of thousands in Europe).

Going by Media Create numbers, it's the highest, but they have no data for FE3. There, FE4 is the highest at 228,000. It's probable FE3 was slightly higher, though, as it sold a lot more lifetime.

Either way, this means that Fire Emblem: Awakening sells more first week than Kid Icarus: Uprising has in a month. Additionally, it also means that it might exceed 500,000 in Japan alone, which is just amazing.

If it's released in the US, and it probably will be, there's every chance that it'll become the best selling Fire Emblem of all time. I sure didn't expect that!

Note: As for the "US vs Japan" sales for Fire Emblem, the past ones have sold roughly as much in Japan and USA. Trusting VGChartz on this is a bit iffy, but it and other sources point to the DS Fire Emblems selling more in Japan, while the GC and Wii ones sold more in USA. However, considering the size of the markets, Fire Emblem is a lot larger in Japan.

There are 50 million DSes in USA, and 32 million in Japan, so when they sell roughly the same, it really means it's more popular in Japan.