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tbone51 on 22 May 2015

 

Fire Emblem - Nintendo's SRPG series that has been beloved by fans for 25 years. The most recent entry, Fire Emblem Awakening, sold 1.79 million copies worldwide (as of December 2014), and now, this world-beloved series' latest entry, "Fire Emblem if", will be released to celebrate the 25th anniversary.

(numbers are shipped+digital)



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Conegamer on 22 May 2015

Wow, that's impressive for what I consider to be a niche series in FE. No doubt Smash helped out an awful lot but well deserved; great game.



 

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KyleeStrutt on 22 May 2015

Man you guys are slow, saw this over 2 hours ago, figured someone had already made a thread.



tbone51 on 22 May 2015
KyleeStrutt said:
Man you guys are slow, saw this over 2 hours ago, figured someone had already made a thread.


I said the same thing lol, i just woke up :P



Platina on 22 May 2015

Good to see! Hopefully FE14 can do well (even if they don't split the game into 2 in the Western release)



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Ultrashroomz on 22 May 2015

That's great to hear!

Can't wait for FE if!



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Paatar on 22 May 2015
Conegamer said:
Wow, that's impressive for what I consider to be a niche series in FE. No doubt Smash helped out an awful lot but well deserved; great game.


Smash actually didn't really help the series at all. The introduction of Marth, Roy and Ike didn't do anything to the Fire Emblem sales. The sales actually decreased from each game. Awakening had already sold almost 140m before the announcment of Robin/Lucina.

Awakening was just released at a VERY good time with good marketing. Smash helped some but not a ton. I think they were just lucky with this one. (Which their luck will continue as I believe Fire Emblem is going to always continue to sell well now.)



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gabzjmm23 on 22 May 2015

hopefully i can buy this game this year to add to its LT sales. awesome achievement for this franchise.



Ryng on 22 May 2015

Amazing sales for amazing game.

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homer on 22 May 2015
Paatar said:
Conegamer said:
Wow, that's impressive for what I consider to be a niche series in FE. No doubt Smash helped out an awful lot but well deserved; great game.


Smash actually didn't really help the series at all. The introduction of Marth, Roy and Ike didn't do anything to the Fire Emblem sales. The sales actually decreased from each game. Awakening had already sold almost 140m before the announcment of Robin/Lucina.

Awakening was just released at a VERY good time with good marketing. Smash helped some but not a ton. I think they were just lucky with this one. (Which their luck will continue as I believe Fire Emblem is going to always continue to sell well now.)

They did release it at a good time. It also helps that the game was really good and accessible. The other games were just good. Not amazing, but good. Best in the genre imo, but the genre doesn't seem to have much competition. Maybe Fire Emblem's success will inspire sega to release some more Shining Force.



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