| RolStoppable said: They aren't that shocking. Given that it follows the Twilight Princess formula for the most part, 600k units were the absolute ceiling in Japan. Skyward Sword is going to sell about 400k, I guess. Which won't be that bad, if you consider the continuous damage being done to the series. Spirit Tracks went into the bargain bin quickly and that's not something that happens to a healthy brand. |
If Skyward Sword doesn't manage to break 500k in Japan, that would probably put the series (In the eyes of Nintendo) about equal to Kirby. Even Ocarina 3D has managed 450k so far.
Epic Yarn managed 450k... I really can't imagine a mainline Zelda game selling worse than a Kirby game. If it drops below 10k in the next set of numbers, I'll be really shocked. Wind Waker on the Gamecube even managed to sell 885k in Japan. That's fairly huge, considering the size of the Gamecube base (4 Million?)
