Media Create/Famitsu/Dengeki - 25th Sept. - 1st Oct 2017

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outlawauron said:

RolStoppable said:

Fire Emblem's high points in sales are on a similar level as Zelda's low points. There's quite a difference between the two. Switch installed base is similar to Wii U's installed base when Hyrule Warriors launched, the 3DS version of a Warriors game is heavily scaled down, so a higher installed base doesn't matter much. It's obvious that the Switch version is a much better game, so it beating the New 3DS version shouldn't surprise anyone.

The overall number of units sold doesn't matter that much with these smaller games. The Switch has actual excitement and a hungry user base (and the console is still sold out in Japan), so you'd expect a far better result on Switch than Wii U, all else equal.

The only other thing I'd note is that I would think that FE would be more appealing as a Musou title than Zelda. The target market for FE is far more similar to other Musou tie-ins.

I'd say the Fire Emblem characters and setting lend themselves better as a Warriors game than for Zelda but gameplay wise there's a bigger jump from tactical RPG to Musou than from sword fighting combat of Zelda to Musou.