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BTFeather55 on 15 March 2009
darthdevidem01 said:
not GBA

Pokemon

 

 The Top 10 Bestselling GBA games according to this site:

1.  Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire   15.40 M

2.  Pokemon Fire Red / Leaf Green   10.49 M

3.  Pokemon Emerald    6.34 M

4.  Super Mario Advance   5.49 M

5.  Super Mario World:  Super Mario Advance 2   5.46 M

6.  Mario Kart:  Super Circuit  5.45 M

7.  Super Mario Advance 4:  Super Mario Bros. 3  5.20 M

8.  Namco Museum   3.01 M

9.  Yoshi's Island Super Mario Advance 3   2.91 M

10. Finding Nemo  2.74 M

38 more games passed the million mark on GBA.  Admitedly, its not much compared to the DS, but it seems quite a bit more successful than most systems to me and like the DS it had both successful and critically favored games in almost every genre.

 



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perpride on 15 March 2009
SmokedHostage said:
Cheebee said:
darthdevidem01 said:
not GBA

Pokemon

I was gonna say the exact same thing.

If it wasn't for Pokémon, well...

 

 

 I'm personally tired of the 'Pokemon saved Nintendo." garbage.  If the series didn't exist, I'm about 99% sure, Nintendo would still be here.  Look at the best sellers on the N64 and GC.  A Pokemon game isn't even the top 3 for the N64 or the top 5 for the Gamecube.

That's a very selective way of looking at numbers. Here's another one: Check the list of top 10 selling RPG's of all time.

 



izaaz101 on 15 March 2009
SmokedHostage said:
RolStoppable said:
SmokedHostage said:
The GBA didn't save Nintendo. The GC made ~2 billion in profit in its life and the GBA made about ~8 billion. Wonderful handheld though. I like it more than the DS and Gameboy.

You might want to check your numbers.

I think the GBA is highly inflated but I do remember reading that 80% of profits were made via handhelds.

 

Going by this post, Nintendo made somewhere in the neighbourhood of 5-6 Billion between 2001 and 2006.



NFGBlinkAC on 15 March 2009

The GBA will always be better than the DS only IF Golden Sun 3 was made for the DS lol



SmokedHostage on 15 March 2009
perpride said:
SmokedHostage said:
Cheebee said:
darthdevidem01 said:
not GBA

Pokemon

I was gonna say the exact same thing.

If it wasn't for Pokémon, well...

 

 

 I'm personally tired of the 'Pokemon saved Nintendo." garbage.  If the series didn't exist, I'm about 99% sure, Nintendo would still be here.  Look at the best sellers on the N64 and GC.  A Pokemon game isn't even the top 3 for the N64 or the top 5 for the Gamecube.

That's a very selective way of looking at numbers. Here's another one: Check the list of top 10 selling RPG's of all time.

 

I said that because people make it seem that about 50% of software sales come from Pokemon.

 



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Rhonin the wizard on 15 March 2009
SmokedHostage said:
perpride said:
SmokedHostage said:
Cheebee said:
darthdevidem01 said:
not GBA

Pokemon

I was gonna say the exact same thing.

If it wasn't for Pokémon, well...

 

 

 I'm personally tired of the 'Pokemon saved Nintendo." garbage.  If the series didn't exist, I'm about 99% sure, Nintendo would still be here.  Look at the best sellers on the N64 and GC.  A Pokemon game isn't even the top 3 for the N64 or the top 5 for the Gamecube.

That's a very selective way of looking at numbers. Here's another one: Check the list of top 10 selling RPG's of all time.

 

I said that because people make it seem that about 50% of software sales come from Pokemon.

 

You have to admit that it is the second best selling franchise.



SmokedHostage on 15 March 2009
Rhonin the wizard said:
SmokedHostage said:
perpride said:
SmokedHostage said:
Cheebee said:
darthdevidem01 said:
not GBA

Pokemon

I was gonna say the exact same thing.

If it wasn't for Pokémon, well...

 

 

 I'm personally tired of the 'Pokemon saved Nintendo." garbage.  If the series didn't exist, I'm about 99% sure, Nintendo would still be here.  Look at the best sellers on the N64 and GC.  A Pokemon game isn't even the top 3 for the N64 or the top 5 for the Gamecube.

That's a very selective way of looking at numbers. Here's another one: Check the list of top 10 selling RPG's of all time.

 

I said that because people make it seem that about 50% of software sales come from Pokemon.

 

You have to admit that it is the second best selling franchise.

I'm just tired of the negative condictation that the series is a cashcow that made an imaginary failling Nintendo rise from collapse.

 



Pixel Art can be fun.