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

[AngryLittleAlchemist]

RolStoppable said:

Lawlight said:

So, nothing tangible really?

Only common sense.

AngryLittleAlchemist said:

Ok...well I thought we were talking about which game series fits better in a Musuo game? Like.. that seemed very obvious? No matter. I think the sales aren't too bad. Zelda Musuo didn't do much better. Of course, this is on Switch and should have done better. I've said this for a while now but I don't think it will do great in the West either. It launches 7 days before Mario.

That being said, I see it doing better than Hyrule Warriors lifetime.

Sorry about that! I meant on point.

Which IP fits better evolved from the original point of contention. Discussions evolve on a regular basis, but I consider it important to not lose sight of the origins.

In America and Europe the Zelda IP is a lot more popular than Fire Emblem. It's going to be tough for FEW to do better than HW lifetime. Switch is much more successful than Wii U, but when looking at sales of Musou games across all platforms, it doesn't seem like Hyrule Warriors was really handicapped by installed base, so Switch doing well isn't going to result in a notable advantage for FEW. On the other hand, FEW has to deal with a New 3DS version that launched simultaneously while HW saw a later release on 3DS; but since the 3DS versions of Warriors games are so clearly inferior, I wouldn't call that a notable disadvantage for FEW either. That being said, I don't believe that FEW on Switch will sell more copies than HW on Wii U. The worldwide popularity difference between Zelda and Fire Emblem is very lopsided in favor of Zelda, and just like HW didn't come close to the sales of a regular Zelda entry, FEW won't come close to the numbers that Awakening/Fates sold.

Hm... that is all very true! I can't exactly disagree with what you've said. We will just have to wait and see!