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daggy on 20 August 2007

Endless Ocean did not Fail. The game only had a 20k first shipment and it pretty much sold out in 2 weeks. What the game needs now is another shipment.



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dschumm on 20 August 2007

It was most definitely not a failure. Someone around here quoted previous title sales and it looked to beat those. Also the glitch was overstated. It doesn't compare to the EA Madden glitches. Also I believe they put out an offer for a free replacement for those affected.



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Ishy on 20 August 2007

Lol I hope Dewy does well, that game actually looks 1/2 decent...



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johnsobas on 20 August 2007

Everyone knew about the glitch way before the game came out. I think the game had already shipped and Nintendo is using Japan as more of a test market. I think there is a reason that Nintendo is releasing it so quietly.



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stof on 20 August 2007

How did the first two Endless Ocean/Forever blue games do? I am correct in believing that this is the third game in the series, with two previous releases on the PS2, correct?



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Viper1 on 20 August 2007

@Stof.

Everblue is the series you are thinking of. This is from the same developer but they claim enough differences to not consider it the same series. The first was released only in Japan and the second averaged a score of 60 though reviews were really wide from the 30s to 90s.

Famitsu rated Endless Ocean a 35/40 with one reviewer scoring a rare 10.



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turin on 20 August 2007
Cobretti said:
Also this is kind of expected. Since japanese like to hunt for whales not swim with them.

 LOL. That was a good one. hahahaha

 What kind of froze is it? I mean, you have to restart the game to play again?



ookaze on 20 August 2007

Everblue 1 sold about 30k units, and Everblue 2 around 10k units.
So Endless Ocean is NOT a failure, even though it should do more than any of its predecessor in Japan, but then again there's the glitch.
As it will be released in Europe and USA too, with Nintendo's marketing I think, I bet it will do far more than the previous ones.



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takkxyz on 20 August 2007

Didn't Nintendo issue a recall on Endless Ocean already, and offered bug-free replacements?

 

Also, the bug was that the game freezes after you put one and only one particular fish into the Aquarium.



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endimion on 20 August 2007
hanafuda said:
Never realised you could get the top 200 figures... Nice feature. I normally check out the charts when not logged in, which explains it.

I did search for the game in the JPN sales section but didn't realise it was listed under a different name.

PS

Whale meat tastes damn good. I bet half the people that campaign against it wouldn't if they knew how good it tastes... I only ate it as it was part of a set menu: didn't go out of my way to order it or anything. Seen as it was put in front of me, figured it would be a waste not to try it.

 I might be the only one interested..... how does it taste ???? how is the flesh consistancy... more like meat or fish ??? how do they eat that ??? in sashimi, sushi or cooked or something I don't know of lol???

hey I'm a frog legs and snails eater.... it's not whale which will stop me :)