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Xenoblade Chronicles X 128 71.51%
 
Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem 51 28.49%
 
Total:179
ToraTiger on 19 July 2014
etking said:
Xenoblade Chronicles is the better game but Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem will sell much better.

The original Xenoblade Chronicles sold very badly despite being the best modern JRPG of the last 10 years on any system. And SMT & FE already have two large fan communities.


Large?? I'd say the fan communities are tiny at best.  

The best selling Fire Emblem sits and lest that 1.3M, while the best selling SMT game sits about half of that...



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StarOcean on 19 July 2014

I believe SMT X FE. But thats just me. I'm hoping it looks nicer than the new Xenoblade because that game is really ugly... could pass for a GameCube game :p



etking on 19 July 2014

For me Xenoblade X is the single and only reason to buy a Wii-U in 2015 and the original Xenoblade Chronicles is the best game I played since Final Fantasy VIII, Chrono Cross and Shenmue 2. But it is a very niche game, like most 100 hour long JRPGs are. Out of the 100 Mio. Wii owners, almost nobody bought Xenoblade despite sharing the highest all-time JRPG metaritic rating (92) with games like Final Fantasy VII and Chrono Trigger.



Clyde32 on 19 July 2014
ToraTiger said:

Given the scope of XC-x, I think it would be damn near impossible for it not to sell better on Wii U.  Fire Emblem and SMT have little mainstream appeal, and their fanbase is tiny.  Xenoblade lacks a fanbase as of yet, since there's only been one game, but I guarteen you that Xenoblade appeals to a much bigger demographic.  Besides, Fire Emblem has never sold well on Consoles.  

Xenoblade has a HUGE cult following.



ToraTiger on 19 July 2014
Ka-pi96 said:
etking said:
Xenoblade Chronicles is the better game but Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem will sell much better.

The original Xenoblade Chronicles sold very badly despite being the best modern JRPG of the last 10 years on any system. And SMT & FE already have two large fan communities.


The original Xenoblade's sales were indicitive of its quality.


Xenoblade was good, but it's a niche game on a drying console with a limited run, not to mention it's the first game in the series.  



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ToraTiger on 19 July 2014
Clyde32 said:
ToraTiger said:

Given the scope of XC-x, I think it would be damn near impossible for it not to sell better on Wii U.  Fire Emblem and SMT have little mainstream appeal, and their fanbase is tiny.  Xenoblade lacks a fanbase as of yet, since there's only been one game, but I guarteen you that Xenoblade appeals to a much bigger demographic.  Besides, Fire Emblem has never sold well on Consoles.  

Xenoblade has a HUGE cult following.


I agree dude, but it's only had one game, and the other series have 12+.  It shames me that they didn't add Shulk to Smash, what with the sequel coming, it would be perfect advertising.  Xenoblade has the poteintial to be a huge heavy hitter for Nintendo. 



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animegaming on 19 July 2014
StarOcean said:
I believe SMT X FE. But thats just me. I'm hoping it looks nicer than the new Xenoblade because that game is really ugly... could pass for a GameCube game :p


have you seen the treehouse footage!?



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animegaming on 19 July 2014

i can see Xenoblade X selling around 750K and SMT x Fire Emblem around 500K



prayformojo on 19 July 2014

Xenoblade has the kind of buzz and underground hype that only a few games get. I think that will help it sell a lot more than the first title...as long as it's good like the first.