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Galaki said:
It was my fault.
I bought Wii Music and it bombed.
I bought Zelda Skyward Sword.


No, because i bought it

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=132531

BUT!!!

i didn't buy the UK version



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And the copy I bought was from the UK! Brits just want to dance, not sword fight.



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actually Zelda is a game which only if you play it yourself, you can realize how great it is

trailers can't really show how great Zelda is....

but i expect it to have legs cause the motion controls may give it a more casual approach, and a multiplayer would certainly help to sell

like Phantom Hourglass, i thought it was bad until someone told me a million times that it was the best Ds game, and then i was convinced to play it, and it really is the best Ds game...

but the most weird thing is that Ocarina 3DS is selling awesome, and won't stop anytime soon



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Zelda isn't really the type of game that appeals to British people who are more into mature/violent, shooting, football and fitness games.



Seece said:
OneTwoThree said:
Seece said:

I'm not surprised, I think gamers have long since moved on from the Wii, and the main reason it's still selling is dance/fitness games

But why would that be a British phenomenon? In other countries Zelda is doing much better. 

It's underperforming everywhere, bar the US, and even then it's not spectacular numbers.

Nonsense.



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Because us Brits are brainwashed..we are told what is cool and what is not,we are told to watch the X factor and then go out and buy the single in time for Christmas.We are told that the Wii is for kids,and no core games exist on it.We are told that a game is only good if there is shooting and violence in it.We are told that playstation is cool because it sponsers the champions league.Thousands of kids own c.o.d games even though they are too young to play them.Zelda is gay.In other words..everything in Britain is dumbed down..tv ,radio etc ,its as if they are broadcasting to a bunch of fucking retards most of the time.Zelda is too clever for most Brits.I love it tho..thank you Nintendo



morenoingrato said:
@Zlejedi: No, you know what? Your ignorance is too much, If only you'd have said 2011 or Zelda was third you'd have a point.
Anyway, because Nintendo spit on Wii owners this year and M+ didn't get adoption by the "core".

How much "core" games were even use motion+, hell how much games period?? WHose fault is that?!



morenoingrato said:
Zlejedi said:
morenoingrato said:
@Zlejedi: No, you know what? Your ignorance is too much, If only you'd have said 2011 or Zelda was third you'd have a point.
Anyway, because Nintendo spit on Wii owners this year and M+ didn't get adoption by the "core".

My ignorance unfortunatly for you is supported by numbers which suggests I'm actually right and you refuse to accept reality ;)

Why would the crowds of Wii Fit and Zumba Fitness that topped Wii charts for months even care about Zelda ?

Okay, first, you were comparing Zelda to other "core" games.

Unlike what most ignorant people (actually, like always, you are just trolling) like you think, those games didn't fail becuase of the Wii userbase, those games failed because they were terrible, mediocre games, and the sequels (NMH, RS, Counduit) suffered because of the originals.

Lack of ADs, the Wii userbase abandoning Nintendo this year, M+ adoption, is far more rational than your laughable comparisson.

don't feed the Zlejedi...



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Zelda always had a long term sales. And this year we had Batman, GOW3, U3, Resistance3, Portal 2, Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart, KZ3, Zelda OoT 3D, Zelda SS, Skyrim, etc2. Maybe some people play all of them, so we already had a lot of choice! Personally I'm Zelda fanboy, so I'm not only playing Wii. Maybe that's the reason, at least my personal reason.



The need of the Wii Motion Plus is killing the sales, much like the need of the expansion pack killed Majora´s.



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