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Cheebee on 30 September 2013

I didn't even know the game was out in Japan already.



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Fusioncode on 30 September 2013

It's an HD remake. Can't expect blockbuster numbers for an 11 year old port.



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cbarroso09 on 30 September 2013
daredevil.shark said:
cbarroso09 said:
daredevil.shark said:

It seems wind waker hd got mediocore debut in Japan. It scored 7th place in the chart. Monster hunter 4 stayed at first position.

 

 

 

Like every Monday the major Japanese retailer Tsutaya released its software sales charts, that can be considered a good indicator of what happened in the Japanese video game market last week due to the the fact that the retail and rental chain has a very high number of stores spread across the whole country.

Here’s the chart related to the week between September the 23rd and September the 29th.

  1. Monster Hunter 4 – 3Ds
  2. Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate – PS3
  3. Armored Core: Verdict Day – PS3
  4. The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki – PS Vita
  5. The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki – PS3
  6. Musou Orochi 2 Ultimate – PS Vita
  7. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD – Wii U
  8. The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki (limited edition) – PS Vita
  9. The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki (limited edition) – PS3
  10. Final Fantasy XIV:  A Realm Reborn – PS3
  11. Battle Princess of Arcadias – PS3
  12. Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life – 3DS
  13. Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion – 3DS
  14. Sangokushi 12 With Power-up Kit - PS3
  15. Youkai Watch – 3DS
  16. Mario & Luigi: Dream Team – 3DS
  17. JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle – PS3
  18. Tomodachi Collection: New Life – 3DS
  19.  My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute: Happy End -PS3
  20. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 3DS

Monster Hunter 4 manages to remain on top for the third week in a row, defying my personal predictions, since I thought it would start to drop a bit on the third week. No dice there. The usual bunch of 3DS games raning from Disney Magic Castle to Youkai Watch and Animal Crossing also continue to demonstrate amazing staying power in the charts.

On the other end of the spectrum, another potentially solid Wii U game, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, had a rather mediocre debut, grabbing a saddening 7th place and showing once more that Japanese gamers most of the times don’t care too much for HD remakes. Hopefully a truly new Zelda game will do better.

Zelda‘s mediocre debut performance must obviously be divine punishment for sending me the most terrible promo package I ever saw, made of a horrible plastic sword that has nothing to do with Link’s Master Sword, a green condom hat clearly labeled “Gnome Hat” and a pin. A friend even tried to convince me to take a picture with them…Not going to happen. Ever. Of course I’m kidding (not about not taking a picture), but goodness…

 Nippon Ichi’s Battle Princess of Arcadias, that I personally like a lot, also failed to make a big splash, but that one was labeled as a niche JRPG from the start, so it’s not too surprising.

Between Monster Hunter and Zelda there’s a whole batch of new PS3 and PS Vita games that simply didn’t have enough steam to dethrone the current king. We’ll have to pay attention to The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki when the Media Create charts will come out on Wednesday, since Tsutaya splits collector’s editions and standard ones in its charts, so it might get a bump when they’re added up.

 

 

 

Source: http://www.dualshockers.com/2013/09/30/zelda-gets-mediocre-debut-in-japan-monster-hunter-stays-on-top-according-to-major-retailers-sales-charts/


Before talking lightly about that think about the entire list, how many 3DS games are you seeing in that list? how low on the list are they?

of course it is not going to sell like crazy if it's relesing 1 week after MONSTER HUNTER 4 (a new game). NINTENDO gamers are locked down for the game in the few 1-2 months. But Zelda is going to keep selling steadily. As you said, it is a remake after all. It is just back luck that it got released the same month as MH4.

All because you want people to hate again on Nintendo. Good for ou mean.

You are entitled to express your opinion and same is true for me. I also welcome your opinion. This is not a "hate nintendo post". I just stated the facts. Plus I didnt worte anything bad about nintendo. How you perceive a post depends how you see. Peace.

Sorry, but I don't post threads from Sony that are bot good. I wanna see  you posting the positive facts also. I am not a SOny console owner but i don't need t look at its sales, games or news for that matter.What you are doing is hating, no rocket science behind that. And if it is, I know rocket science. 



kirby007 on 30 September 2013

merely logical i assume. i can't see the difference between the hd version and the old one



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Metrium on 30 September 2013

I'd also like to point out that when A Link Between World on 3DS launches, I would'nt be surprised if it does'nt top the charts in Japan in favor of some weird stereotypical game that only Japan cares about. Not expecting it to have impressive numbers despite being on the juggernaught 3DS.



 

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LilChicken22 on 30 September 2013
kirby007 said:
merely logical i assume. i can't see the difference between the hd version and the old one


That's because you're a chick



Pavolink on 30 September 2013

Skyward Sword also launched bad, and its numbers are the lowest of any main Zelda.



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Arius Dion on 30 September 2013
Fusioncode said:
It's an HD remake. Can't expect blockbuster numbers for an 11 year old port.

Especially not  a port that didn't sell gangbusters the first go-round.

On another note, while the Zelda series is weak in Japan, starting a steep decline post OoT, it has to be said the WW also didn't sell that well outside of Japan either. Maybe if this game bombs Nintendo will recongnize that this isn't the direction Zelda should go. But it may be too late. The brand has been damaged. 



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Kresnik on 30 September 2013

Yet more proof that explosive titles warrant more replies than just plain data sharing:

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Scisca on 30 September 2013

The aggression from Nintendo fans in thread is just ridiculous and humiliating. These are just numbers, bear with them.

Pity Zelda is doing this bad, I guess the first real system seller for Wii U is gonna be Mario Kart U.



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