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Can The Last Story usurp Final Fantasy as the best selling console JRPG?

Yes 65 27.31%
 
No 173 72.69%
 
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Boutros on 24 December 2010
Rob-Ot said:
Torillian said:
Rob-Ot said:
trestres said:

Tell me this isn't a serious question please :(

I think Final Fantasy has declined a lot in sales. The Last Story is sounding like a game that doesn't come very often and Nintendo is showing they want to market it. They did this to Dragon Quest IX and I think Dragon Quest IX outsold Final Fantasy XIII so it could happen with The Last Story, no?


DQIX outsold FFXIII in Japan yes, but DQVIII got 4.5m and DQIX increased that to 5.3m it isn't a massive step up in percentages.  There's a huge difference between pushing a huge franchise to be even bigger and pushing a new IP to match one of the highest selling JRPG series ever.

I see but is it impossible? If Nintendo gives The Last Story Final Fantasy level marketing it can be possible. The online could mean Japan might get its first multiplayer JRPG. I think there's potential, maybe The Last Story 2 or 3 will see it Usurp Final Fantasy.

White Knight Chronicles had a multiplayer mode...

And then White Knight Chronicles 2.

Edit: And Eternal Sonata before that.



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Rob-Ot on 24 December 2010
Boutros said:
Rob-Ot said:
Torillian said:
Rob-Ot said:
trestres said:

Tell me this isn't a serious question please :(

I think Final Fantasy has declined a lot in sales. The Last Story is sounding like a game that doesn't come very often and Nintendo is showing they want to market it. They did this to Dragon Quest IX and I think Dragon Quest IX outsold Final Fantasy XIII so it could happen with The Last Story, no?


DQIX outsold FFXIII in Japan yes, but DQVIII got 4.5m and DQIX increased that to 5.3m it isn't a massive step up in percentages.  There's a huge difference between pushing a huge franchise to be even bigger and pushing a new IP to match one of the highest selling JRPG series ever.

I see but is it impossible? If Nintendo gives The Last Story Final Fantasy level marketing it can be possible. The online could mean Japan might get its first multiplayer JRPG. I think there's potential, maybe The Last Story 2 or 3 will see it Usurp Final Fantasy.

White Knight Chronicles had a multiplayer mode...

And then White Knight Chronicles 2.

They were awful games that Japanese gamers didn't appreciate either. The Last Story won't be.



The_vagabond7 on 24 December 2010

it's a new IP, Jrpg on wii.....not even close.

Out of curiousity, what's the best selling jrpg on wii right now?



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Gilgamesh on 24 December 2010

Top 10 RPGs for the Wii in Japan

1
Monster Hunter 3 tri- (Wii)
モンスターハンター3 (トライ)
Capcom
0.40 1.05 0.31 1.76
2
Dragon Quest Sword: Kamen no Joou to Kagami no (Wii)
ドラゴンクエストソード 仮面の女王と鏡の塔
Square Enix
0.15 0.50 0.00 0.65
3
Pokémon Battle Revolution (Wii)
ポケモンバトルレボリューション
Nintendo
0.81 0.31 0.34 1.46
4
Monster Hunter G (Wii)
モンスターハンターG
Capcom
0.00 0.25 0.00 0.25
5
Tales of Symphonia: Ratatosk no Kishi(Wii)
テイルズ オブ シンフォニア-ラタトスクの騎士
Namco Bandai
0.19 0.24 0.00 0.43
6
Tales of Graces (Wii)
テイルズオブグレイセス
Namco Bandai
0.00 0.22 0.00 0.22
7
Fire Emblem X: Goddess of Dawn(duplicate) (Wii)
ファイアーエムブレム　暁の女神
Nintendo
0.00 0.16 0.00 0.16
8
Xenoblade (Wii)
ゼノブレイド
Nintendo
0.00 0.15 0.00 0.15
9
Oboro Muramasa (Wii)
朧村正
Marvelous Interactive
0.20 0.11 0.09 0.40
10
Fushigi no Dungeon: Fuurai no Shiren 3 - Karakuri Yashiki no Nemuri Hime (Wii)
不思議のダンジョン 風来のシレン3 ~からくり屋敷の眠
Sega
0.06 0.11 0.00 0.17

Looks pretty bad, don't think a new IP like the last story will even manage 1 million



Boutros on 24 December 2010
Rob-Ot said:
Boutros said:
Rob-Ot said:
Torillian said:
Rob-Ot said:
trestres said:

Tell me this isn't a serious question please :(

I think Final Fantasy has declined a lot in sales. The Last Story is sounding like a game that doesn't come very often and Nintendo is showing they want to market it. They did this to Dragon Quest IX and I think Dragon Quest IX outsold Final Fantasy XIII so it could happen with The Last Story, no?


DQIX outsold FFXIII in Japan yes, but DQVIII got 4.5m and DQIX increased that to 5.3m it isn't a massive step up in percentages.  There's a huge difference between pushing a huge franchise to be even bigger and pushing a new IP to match one of the highest selling JRPG series ever.

I see but is it impossible? If Nintendo gives The Last Story Final Fantasy level marketing it can be possible. The online could mean Japan might get its first multiplayer JRPG. I think there's potential, maybe The Last Story 2 or 3 will see it Usurp Final Fantasy.

White Knight Chronicles had a multiplayer mode...

And then White Knight Chronicles 2.

They were awful games. The Last Story won't be.

Eternal Sonata then.

Edit: WKC2 isn't supposed to be awful.



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Rob-Ot on 24 December 2010
Boutros said:
Rob-Ot said:
Boutros said:
Rob-Ot said:
Torillian said:
Rob-Ot said:
trestres said:

Tell me this isn't a serious question please :(

I think Final Fantasy has declined a lot in sales. The Last Story is sounding like a game that doesn't come very often and Nintendo is showing they want to market it. They did this to Dragon Quest IX and I think Dragon Quest IX outsold Final Fantasy XIII so it could happen with The Last Story, no?


DQIX outsold FFXIII in Japan yes, but DQVIII got 4.5m and DQIX increased that to 5.3m it isn't a massive step up in percentages.  There's a huge difference between pushing a huge franchise to be even bigger and pushing a new IP to match one of the highest selling JRPG series ever.

I see but is it impossible? If Nintendo gives The Last Story Final Fantasy level marketing it can be possible. The online could mean Japan might get its first multiplayer JRPG. I think there's potential, maybe The Last Story 2 or 3 will see it Usurp Final Fantasy.

White Knight Chronicles had a multiplayer mode...

And then White Knight Chronicles 2.

They were awful games. The Last Story won't be.

Eternal Sonata then.

Edit: WKC2 isn't supposed to be awful.

Eternal Sonata was mediocrity with nice music. WKC2 hasn't been that well received. There has been no amazing console JRPG with multiplayer (online) yet.



Cheebee on 24 December 2010

Isn't Pokémon the best-selling JRPG? I'm quite sure it is. The games are RPG's, and they're from Japan.



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trestres on 24 December 2010
Cheebee said:

Isn't Pokémon the best-selling JRPG? I'm quite sure it is. The games are RPG's, and they're from Japan.


The OP didn't word it well, but I think he means home console RPG. To which I reply that it won't be possible for it to outsell DQ or FF, I'd say it won't outsell the best selling Tales of game.

Wii is the wrong console for a game of this kind to become a massive hit, and it's actually arriving too late to make an impact.



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iWarMachine on 24 December 2010

no, it's almost impossible imo...



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Kyren on 24 December 2010

I think it will sell well but not more than DQ or Final Fantasy. New IP is not welcome in Japan. My estimate is around 500k maybe. 



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