Doesn't matter. It's perceived as a spinoff series.

Many things are "perceived" incorrectly. That doesn't mean it is true. Irregardless of that fact, how does that correlate to quality? The answer is, it doesn't.

Very little is familiar in this game, it might as well had been a spin-off.  The art direction changed, the style of gameplay changed, nearly everything about the game is so foreign to what made Crystal Chronicles so great to its fans that its sales shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Square-Enix might think that a single player only CC game with no character customization and a bunch of mini games is a main part of the series, but I suspect the fans will vote otherwise with their wallets.

Especially when the "fans" don't even know what they are talking about.

 "no character customization" -  There is character customization, though not at the depth you might have wished.

" bunch of mini games" -  Some may want to believe that, but it isn't the truth, even if it were to be in the most exaggerated form.

The game is going to do no wonders, but it may have nice legs. Has a chance of selling a million if Square Enix advertises it a little.

Yeah, it's probably going to flop.

I had a lot typed up and lost it due to an accidental refresh, so I'll keep it brief.

As far as Customization goes, it seems to not do it as well as the previous games. You can't create your own character, his gender, his race or his class, but are defaulted a character. It no longer be your Avatar but a character. On the mini games part, it's still a sizable part of the experience, and the frequent previews and hype done by Square-Enix seems to only highlight them for the most part (with zany bits that involves tossing stuff). With the original games it was made clear what you were getting (dungeon crawlers), with this game it's anyone's guess unless you do major research yourself (which most gamers don't). If I have to say what the game's major weakness is, it would have to be its lack of focus.

I honestly don't expct the game to do that well at all, because it's yet another 3rd party title that doesn't appear to have a lot of appeal. They should have just stuck with a traditional Crystal Chronicles game before trying to experiment.

Sorry to crack your egg bruh but this game will actually do very well if Square advertises it. Action Adventure games still sell extremely well in the west.

if you actually saw gameplay videos and read impressions, you would know its an "action" game filled with mini-games with high-production values.

This game is more like a Zelda game of open world action-adventure type. Like all Zelda games
there is also a bunch of mini games for the player to indulge in. I personally love these types
of games and think there are to few of them.

Zelda,okami, even MG have minigames.Honestly this game had very deep minigames as well as fully fledged gameplay from reviews.Thinking wii owners dont buy games that include minigames isnt smart.Is even more laughable to gauge Wii sales by preorders(check WAW wii for reference).Third party games are not hot in preorders at wii.FF is a recognizable franchise in the west.SE ditched the CC games due to their waning popularity.Obviously people arent into CC anymore .And still, this game is wholly new.Even if we asume this is perceived as a spin off by haters, its not the audience of this game,its meaningless.Its the action adventure fans that ultimately buy Zelda or Okami. Putting this game at 150k lft is just funny to me.Seriously whoever thinks this in the leagues of Deadly creatures is either a blind hater-or just slow.