happydolphin on 18 May 2012
Hi guys, here is my question for you. We know that Twilight Princess sold very well globally, and there are a lot of reasons for that.
Some of us were expecting Skyward Sword to do well too, but for reasons it didn't. I have my reasons why I think it didn't do so well (against expectations), but I wanted to know why you guys thought.
Here are the sales figures for Zelda games, as a refresher:
| Pos | Game | Platform | Year | Genre | Publisher | North America | Europe | Japan | Rest of World | Global |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | N64 | 1998 | Adventure | Nintendo | 4.10 | 1.89 | 1.45 | 0.16 | 7.60 |
| 2 | The Legend of Zelda | NES | 1986 | Adventure | Nintendo | 3.74 | 0.93 | 1.69 | 0.14 | 6.51 |
| 3 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Wii | 2006 | Adventure | Nintendo | 3.39 | 1.87 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 6.49 |
| 4 | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | DS | 2007 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.78 | 1.72 | 0.95 | 0.46 | 4.92 |
| 5 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | SNES | 1991 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.42 | 0.91 | 1.15 | 0.13 | 4.61 |
| 6 | The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker | GC | 2002 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.60 | 0.99 | 0.89 | 0.13 | 4.60 |
| 7 | Zelda II: The Adventure of Link | NES | 1987 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.19 | 0.50 | 1.61 | 0.08 | 4.38 |
| 8 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening | GB | 1992 | Adventure | Nintendo | 2.21 | 0.96 | 0.54 | 0.13 | 3.83 |
| 9 | The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask | N64 | 2000 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.90 | 0.67 | 0.73 | 0.06 | 3.36 |
| 10 | The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword | Wii | 2011 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.62 | 0.99 | 0.35 | 0.29 | 3.25 |
| 11 | The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks | DS | 2009 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.31 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.25 | 3.08 |
| 12 | The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past | GBA | 2002 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.75 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.10 | 2.70 |
| 13 | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D | 3DS | 2011 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.26 | 0.66 | 0.55 | 0.18 | 2.66 |
| 14 | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX | GB | 1998 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.00 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.13 | 2.22 |
| 15 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages | GB | 2001 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.92 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 1.92 |
| 16 | The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons | GB | 2001 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.87 | 0.52 | 0.41 | 0.06 | 1.86 |
| 17 | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | GC | 2006 | Adventure | Nintendo | 1.15 | 0.36 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 1.59 |
| 18 | The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap | GBA | 2004 | Adventure | Nintendo | 0.89 | 0.22 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 1.42 |
Post your thoughts, I'm interested to read them. And trolls, make sure to just GTFO plox and thanks.
