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StuOhQ on 17 January 2015
DerNebel said:
Captain Toad must've been incredibly cheap to make for Nintendo (made in about a year, shorter than usual games, basically entirely reuses assets and music(?) from 3D World). 250k in the US in one month? I think Nintendo's very happy with that.


Indeed. A lot of us figured that 1m lifetime WW would be a big win for a budget title like "Toad".



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OfficerRaichu15 on 17 January 2015

like I said this is probably passed 500k with EU and might be close to 600k with digital



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Darwinianevolution on 17 January 2015
StuOhQ said:
DerNebel said:
Captain Toad must've been incredibly cheap to make for Nintendo (made in about a year, shorter than usual games, basically entirely reuses assets and music(?) from 3D World). 250k in the US in one month? I think Nintendo's very happy with that.


Indeed. A lot of us figured that 1m lifetime WW would be a big win for a budget title like "Toad".

Once the profits cover the developing expenses, this game will get a severe price drop. Maybe a permanent 15$ pricepoint or less. Then it will reach a million easily.



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OfficerRaichu15 on 17 January 2015

guys this game is undertracked on vgchartz
there is no way in hell it has 60k downloads probably has 20-30k
so around 30-40k undertracked in US



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Raichu's First Series:

First RPG?

First Fighter?

First Racer?

First Shooter?

First MMO?

First Horror?

Official Ni No Kuni Fanboy:

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Game Beaten: 2 times almost

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Samus Aran on 17 January 2015
Darwinianevolution said:
StuOhQ said:
DerNebel said:
Captain Toad must've been incredibly cheap to make for Nintendo (made in about a year, shorter than usual games, basically entirely reuses assets and music(?) from 3D World). 250k in the US in one month? I think Nintendo's very happy with that.


Indeed. A lot of us figured that 1m lifetime WW would be a big win for a budget title like "Toad".

Once the profits cover the developing expenses, this game will get a severe price drop. Maybe a permanent 15$ pricepoint or less. Then it will reach a million easily.

When has Nintendo ever lowered the price of one of their games?

Fire Emblem: Awakening for example still costs €45 here and even €52 on Bol.com (it's hard to find in stores in my country). 



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Areym on 17 January 2015

Sales are not bad or great and I don't think, scratch that, I KNOW nintendo didn't break the bank making this. I'm sure it's close to breaking even so It's just something to buy them time for when the big boys come out to play (Zelda and.....zelda)



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Curmudgeon on 17 January 2015

Maybe they expected it to sell like GTA, Mario Kart or CoD because otherwise that doesn't make any sense...



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vivster on 17 January 2015

Probably the only Wii U game that sold above expectations that year.



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Goodnightmoon on 17 January 2015
Areym said:
Sales are not bad or great and I don't think, scratch that, I KNOW nintendo didn't break the bank making this. I'm sure it's close to breaking even so It's just something to buy them time for when the big boys come out to play (Zelda, Splatoon, Xenoblade Chronicles X and ....maybe Star Fox)

Fixed for you ;)



DélioPT on 17 January 2015

I can't see how 250k for a game (puzzle) like this who had Smash as competition, can be considered bad.
That number is pretty good for that kind of game and most likely will keep on selling steadily for quite some time, especially if they release the game+amiibo bundle in the US.

I just hope Europe sees sales, at least, Japan like sales.