jarrod on 04 April 2010
| makingmusic476 said: @mr khan: We haven't seen a new JRPG IP break a million in years, save Inazuma, and that's hardly your typical JRPG. The Last Story may end up deserving of 2+ million sales, but I highly doubt it'll come close. Though it's being published by Nintendo, so maybe they'll actually try to market the game in the West, ala Monster Hunter 3. Who knows, that may even start a trend for other publishers, which would be nice. |
Yeah, I dunno what to think of TLS. Mistwalker's other games haven't exactly been gigantic success stories sales wise, and neither have non-EAD/SPD new IPs from Nintendo this gen. I'll need to wait and see more, but I doubt it breaks a million in Japan regardless.
For reference, here's the (new IP) Japanese RPGs that did break a million historically...
- [FC] Dragon Quest (Enix) 1986
- [FDS] Zelda no Densetsu II: Link no Bouken (Nintendo) 1987
- [FC] Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden (Bandai)* 1988
- [GB] Makai Toushi SaGa (Square) 1989
- [FC] Final Fantasy III (Square) 1990
- [SFC] Seiken Densetu 2 (Square) 1993
- [SFC] Chrono Trigger (Square) 1995
- [PS] Arc the Lad (SCE) 1995
- [GB] Pocket Monsters Aka / Midori (Nintendo) 1996
- [SFC] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo) 1996
- [GB] Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Konami)* 1998
- [PS] Parasite Eve (Square) 1998
- [PS2] Kingdom Hearts (Square)* 2002
- [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable (Capcom) 2006
- [DS] Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryukousha Fire / Blizzard (Level-5) 2009
*based on licensed IP
