Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - April 17th - 23rd 2017

[Nautilus]

gabzjmm23 said:

Nautilus said:

Well, thats an unfair comparison then.There is always that franchise that is more popular.Yokai Watch is more popular than Mario, then Pokemon is more popular than Yokai Watch, and so on.It still dosent change the fact that Zelda is a popular franchise on its own right(and may even set a new sales standard for the franchise)

but Zelda isn't really that popular in Japan.  the historical numbers are there from previous Zelda games.  as I have mentioned 500k of BOTW in Japan is already huge numbers.  as you have mentioned Zelda is popular franchise in his own right so it ain't that big franchise that would move consoles like what you have mentioned - Pokemon, Yokai, Monster Hunter, Mario, etc.. :)

I still think you are comparing apples with oranges.Zelda may not be MH or Pokemon big there, but it still sells great and arguably moved Switch consoles.And if it keeps up at this pace, it will outsell OOT and Twilight Princess, which each sold around 1.3 millions in Japan(its around that number.Cant really check now since Im on the phone).I personally would consider that number big enough to say that the franchise is popular over there.