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*Sound Of Rain on 11 December 2010
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Gamerace said:
*Sound Of Rain said:
Gamerace said:

I know I won't win any fans here, but seriously, why?  Pikmin did not sell that well on GC, it'll sell worse on Wii.   The NPC Pikmin sales were abysmal in NA.  So bad NPC Pikmin 2 never showed up despite being complete and localized.  

If I was Nintendo, Pikmin 3 would be on 3DS, maybe Wii2 or scrapped altogether.  On Wii it'd struggle for 500k. 

The Pikmin franchise is great so I would really want to see Pikmin 3 on the Wii even if it doesn't sell. Also, 1.6 Million and 1 Million is actually good to me considering it was a new franchise starting on the G.C. It would struggle to get to 500K? N.P.C Pikmin is currently at 490K and thats a port...it would sell 500K in Japan alone just like the 1st 2 did.

I dunno, looking at those NPC #'s it seems pretty strange.  The NA #'s seem out of whack.  Lifetime for Japan/Others is about 30% more than then first ten weeks but for NA it's a 130% increase.  Questionable.   However NPC Pikmin two show a similar pattern in Japan/Others so maybe it's right since NA never got 2 (which was too bad, because I was waiting for 2 before buying).   If those numbers are accurate I don't know why NoA never release Pikmin 2, then again, it's hardly the million seller NPC Mario Tennis or NPC DK was so maybe they figured one was enough.  Probably right based on those numbers.

I could definitely see NoJ releasing Pikmin 3, not so sure about NoA though.  Although they released Sin & Punishment and a couple very Japanese games this year so it could happen.  Would have to be in the slow part of the year though. 

That is what I said...it would release during a dry spell. Also, if Pikmin 3 does still come(which Miyamoto said it was) then it would release in America too not just Japan...you know how many people Nintendo would piss off by making it Japan exclusive? 

I think it would sell better this time around anyway due to the N.P.C version(s) and Brawl...Nobody knew what the heck a Pikmin even was back when the 1st 2 released...just like Fire Emblem it should get a boost.