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curl-6 on 02 October 2020
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Marth said:
curl-6 said:

I'd never heard of this Momotaru Dentetsu game before but it seems like it's kind of a big deal.

So just how major is it, there don't seem to be any sales numbers on VGChartz for previous entries?

Momotaru Dentetsu is a very old board game style series. Kinda like a Japanese Monopoly.

It started in 1988 on the Famicom and had over 20 games so far. (+ a bunch of online and mobile games)

Most recent entry was the 3DS game, which sold over 400k LTD.
The Wii game back then over 600k

So expectations are around half a million lifetime.

theDX said:
curl-6 said:

I'd never heard of this Momotaru Dentetsu game before but it seems like it's kind of a big deal.

So just how major is it, there don't seem to be any sales numbers on VGChartz for previous entries?

The 3DS game did 400k which is good for this series but it typically does better on consoles. Momotaro Dentetsu 2010 had insane legs and even charted in the top 30 once in 2017 because it is the last game providing the typical experience for this series which is local multiplayer in front of the television.

2006/2007 Momotaro Dentetsu 16 (PS2/Wii) - 445,739
2008 Momotaro Dentetsu 20th Anniversary (NDS) - 388,769
2009 Momotaro Dentetsu 2010 (Wii) - 652,253
2010 Momotaro Dentetsu Tag Match (PSP) - 111,661
2010 Momotaro Dentetsu World (NDS) - 195,662
...
2016 Momotaro Dentetsu 2017 (3DS) - 405,802
...
2020 Momotaro Dentetsu (...) mo Teiban! (NSW)

I think these strong preorders (for a board game) and the game hanging on to the top of the Amazon hourly rankings show that there is demand for a proper console entry. It could sell really well especially if it has legs.

Thank you both.

Is it the sort of thing that could give Switch hardware a boost, assuming supply by then allows for it, or more something that will just sell to the established base?