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Forums - Nintendo - Splatoon has outsold any Paper Mario, Metroid, Pikmin, Starfox, and all but 1 Kirby game

Ultrashroomz on 04 December 2016

Curious to see how well Splatoon will do on the Switch, it would be crazy to see how well it does on a (hopefully) better platform.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

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curl-6 on 04 December 2016
VAMatt said:
Part of the success can be attributed to the lack of good options coming to the Wii U in the last couple of years. So, in some ways, it faced a lot less competition than most other games.

Didn't help games like Starfox Zero, Ultra Smash, or Paper Mario Colour Splash.



SuperNova on 04 December 2016
VAMatt said:
Part of the success can be attributed to the lack of good options coming to the Wii U in the last couple of years. So, in some ways, it faced a lot less competition than most other games.

Seeing that WiiU sales started picking up with the release of the game, especially in Japan, it would indicate that Spalootn IS the good option.

People buying a failing console for one game is a pretty damn good indicator that people didn't just buy the game because 'lack of options'.



Pyro as Bill on 04 December 2016

Outsold every XB game not called Halo. Switch should fix that.

Edit: Outsold Halo 5/Collection on XB1



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

hershel_layton on 04 December 2016
bunchanumbers said:
Thats because its better than all those franchises. Yes I said it. Metroid sucks and Splatoon is better. Although its a shame it outsold Prime. The first one was excellence.

But Kirby has stayed great all this time :/

 

It really deserves more. 



 

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Pyro as Bill on 04 December 2016

So Nintendo is now the king of first party shooters again?



Nov 2016 - NES outsells PS1 (JP)

Don't Play Stationary 4 ever. Switch!

curl-6 on 04 December 2016
spurgeonryan said:
Not too impressive when you pick those games. They were never that strong.

Starfox 64 sold 4 million, and Super Paper Mario 3.7 million.



SegataSanshiro on 04 December 2016

I thought it would sell 2 million in it's first year and I was told I was being to optimistic,turns out I was not optimistic enough and those saying it would be lucky to make 500k ROFL!



CreativeAlternative on 04 December 2016

Good. This is a game I can play with the kids after a long day of fasting and praying. My kids love having there 15 minutes of technology each day while my wife home schools them. well, deserved.



curl-6 on 04 December 2016
SegataSanshiro said:
I thought it would sell 2 million in it's first year and I was told I was being to optimistic,turns out I was not optimistic enough and those saying it would be lucky to make 500k ROFL!

I will never forget "it will sell on par with The Wonderful 101". XD