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Who would want a Zelda game that gives us lore on Fierce Deity?

Hell yes, Fierce Deity is awesome! 5 62.50%
 
No way, Fierce Deity is lame! 1 12.50%
 
Sean Bean made me cry in Lord of the Rings 2 25.00%
 
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S.Peelman on 27 June 2015

Only one game that was titled 'Legend of Zelda' did not break 1m. This was indeed Four Swords Adventures on GameCube. VGC misses numbers on that game though, so maybe even that did. 

I'd say though that any Zelda will beat at least 1m by default, it isn't that high a number. Even for this lowest of the low FSA sequel-ish game.



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FarleyMcFirefly on 13 November 2015

With Twilight Princess HD, Triforce Heroes, Hyrule Warriors Legends, and Zelda U (NX), the franchise climbs ever closer to the 100 million mark.

These new and upcoming releases are also being sold alongside OOT3D,MM3D,ALBW,WWHD, and the Wii version of Twilight Princess is still on the market.



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fleischr on 13 November 2015
FarleyMcFirefly said:
With Twilight Princess HD, Triforce Heroes, Hyrule Warriors Legends, and Zelda U (NX), the franchise climbs ever closer to the 100 million mark.

These new and upcoming releases are also being sold alongside OOT3D,MM3D,ALBW,WWHD, and the Wii version of Twilight Princess is still on the market.


Yup. Even if the HD remaster is looking a little underwhelming for some, I think TPHD release will trigger a final push for Wii-only owners interested in the series to buy/replay TP Wii and hopefully get them interested in Zelda for the NX.



I predict NX launches in 2017 - not 2016

FarleyMcFirefly on 07 January 2016

VGChartz: As of Dec 26, 2015

Main series:

 

1 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time N64 1998 Action Nintendo 4.10 1.89 1.45 0.16 7.60
2 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Wii 2006 Action Nintendo 3.80 2.14 0.60 0.69 7.22
3 The Legend of Zelda NES 1986 Action Nintendo 3.74 0.93 1.69 0.14 6.51
4 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass DS 2007 Action Nintendo 1.88 1.80 0.95 0.48 5.12
5 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past SNES 1991 Action Nintendo 2.42 0.91 1.15 0.13 4.61
6 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker GC 2002 Action Nintendo 2.60 0.99 0.89 0.13 4.60
7 Zelda II: The Adventure of Link NES 1987 Adventure Nintendo 2.19 0.50 1.61 0.08 4.38
8 The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Wii 2011 Action Nintendo 2.10 1.17 0.37 0.39 4.03
9 The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3DS 2011 Action Nintendo 1.89 1.15 0.60 0.28 3.91
10 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening GB 1992 Action Nintendo 2.21 0.96 0.54 0.13 3.83
11 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask N64 2000 Action Nintendo 1.90 0.67 0.73 0.06 3.36
12 The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks DS 2009 Action Nintendo 1.41 0.92 0.74 0.27 3.34
13 The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds 3DS 2013 Action Nintendo 1.29 0.85 0.45 0.19 2.79
14 The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past GBA 2002 Action Nintendo 1.75 0.52 0.33 0.10 2.70
15 The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX GB 1998 Adventure Nintendo 1.00 0.63 0.45 0.13 2.22
16 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D 3DS 2015 Action Nintendo 1.01 0.49 0.45 0.15 2.11
17 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages GB 2001 Action Nintendo 0.92 0.53 0.41 0.06 1.92
18 The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons GB 2001 Adventure Nintendo 0.87 0.52 0.41 0.06 1.86
19 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess GC 2006 Action Nintendo 1.15 0.36 0.04 0.04 1.59
20 The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker WiiU 2013 Action Nintendo 0.85 0.46 0.13 0.12 1.56
21 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap GBA 2004 Action Nintendo 0.89 0.22 0.22 0.10 1.42
22 Classic NES Series: The Legend of Zelda GBA 2004 Adventure Nintendo 0.46 0.17 0.24 0.02 0.89
23 The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures GC 2004 Action Nintendo 0.63 0.16 0.00 0.02 0.81
24 The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes 3DS 2015 Action Nintendo 0.37 0.23 0.13 0.06 0.79
25 Classic NES Series: Zelda II: The Adventure of Link GBA 2004 Adventure Nintendo 0.37 0.14 0.17 0.01 0.70
26 The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap(weekly JP sales) GBA N/A Action N/A 0.00 0.00 0.27 0.01 0.27

 


                                                                                                                                                                                                         Total: 80.17

Spinoffs: 

1 Link's Crossbow Training Wii 2007
Nintendo



4.99
2 Freshly-Picked: Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland DS 2006
Nintendo



0.25
3 Irozuki Tingle no Koi no Balloon Trip DS 2009
Nintendo

 
0.11
4
Hyrule Warriors WiiU 2014 Action Nintendo



1.15
Hyrule Warriors 3DS 2016 Action Nintendo          










                                                                                                                                                                                                    Total:   6.50

Combined Total: 86.67

This obviously does not include digital sales. 

Do you think the series can hit 100 million early into the next generation of consoles? 

Do you think the mainline series will ever hit 100 million?

Combined Zelda game sales (in millions):

1. Ocarina of Time (N64, 3DS): 11.51
2. Twilight Princess (Wii, NGC): 8.82
3. The Legend of Zelda (NES, GBA): 7.40
4. A Link to the Past (SNES, GBA): 7.31
5. The Wind Waker (NGC, Wii U): 6.16
6. Link's Awakening (GB, GBC): 6.05
7. Majora's Mask (N64, 3DS): 5.47
8. Phantom Hourglass (DS): 5.12
9. The Adventure of Link (NES, GBA): 5.08
10. Skyward Sword (Wii): 4.03
11. Oracle of Ages/Seasons (GBC): 3.78
12. Spirit Tracks (DS): 3.34
13. A Link Between Worlds (3DS): 2.79
14. The Minish Cap (GBA): 1.69
15. Four Swords Adventures (NGC): 0.81
16. Triforce Heroes (3DS): 0.79



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AlfredoTurkey on 07 January 2016
Darwinianevolution said:
You are forgetting the CD-i games XD.

It's really weird the series hasn't reached the 100m milestone, specially when Mario Kart, Pokemon and the Wii series reached it before Zelda.

 

Mario Kart is now almost a casual title so it has a much broader appeal commercially. The Wii series is casual personified. Pokemon is a handheld franchise and thus, has a MUCH higher install base to work with and shouldn't really be compared.

Overall though, Zelda, for as awesome as it has been, isn't casual enough to attract massive sales. I'm happy about that too because the moment they make Zelda for our mothers, we're all fucked.