Famitsu Sales: Week 39, 2024 (Sep 23 - Sep 29)

[Salnax]

firebush03 said:

Salnax said:

Zelda FW Comparison:

• Tears of the Kingdom - 1,119,502
• Breath of the Wild (Wii U + Switch) - 238,112
• Majora's Mask 3D - 236,536
• Link Between Worlds - 225,418
• Echoes of Wisdom - 200,121
• Skyward Sword - 194,894
• Ocarina of Time 3D - 182,998
• Skyward Sword HD - 159,089
• Link's Awakening 2019 - 141,375
• Triforce Heroes - 58,594
• Twilight Princess HD - 53,620
• Wind Waker HD - 31,154

Second largest opening for a 2D Zelda, that's cool to see! Little bit underwhelming though seeing it underperform MM3D and LBW (and even BotW noting how small the installbase of NSW/WiiU was at launch). Thank you for this data!

Technically there have been a couple of bigger 2D Zelda launches (Link to the Past and the DS duo), but I figured 15 years of data was enough for a decent comparison.

In case you were curious, out of the 29 Zelda games there are First Week data from Japan for (dating back to the SNES), Echoes of Wisdom is #10 overall. If we limit the data to 2D entries, it's #5 out of 14.

If these numbers seem a bit low, I think it is worth remembering that Echoes of Wisdom is A) being released very late in the Switch's life and B) is not being released during one of the big shopping periods in Japan like around December or Golden Week.