So really happy for Splatoon. Hope it becomes a new long-selling games like its older Nintendo brothers like Mario and Pokemon.
And really glad for FE: If. Long live Fire Emblem!
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Media Create Sales: Week 25, 2015 (Jun 15 - Jun 21)
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So really happy for Splatoon. Hope it becomes a new long-selling games like its older Nintendo brothers like Mario and Pokemon.
And really glad for FE: If. Long live Fire Emblem!
All impressions of P4D I've seen so far have been positive. It's a fantastic game.
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax debuted at 85k, and I was expecting P4D to slightly beat that, so it's on par with what I would expect from P4D. The Vita version of Project Diva F 2nd debuted at 103k; not too sure much more than that would have been feasible.
Really good news!
higgsboson1997
Member
Nintendo are having an amazing period in Japan right now. Fire Emblem & Splatoon, with Yokai Watch, Yoshi's Woolly World and Animal Crossing coming up. Animal Crossing and Yokai Watch are easily passing a million for sure. The Dragon Quest 8 remake projected to come out soon will also likely go past a mill (since it's doing better than DQ7 on pre-orders).
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I would tend to agree. They have the market on lockdown, and have been for a while to a certain extent.
NOE & NOA am cry
Everything is sold out...... No Nintendo is sold out.^_^
Ohhh. Is that so? Is there any mention on the reason here?
...... This is where i should post" This is NEOGAF" gif right^_^
T_T Bamco still being Bamco. If only they give some chance for 3DS other than that stupid mobile port.T_T I mean, a new Radiant Mythology for 3DS is not really a bad move considering how Tales should resonate quite well with Nintendo 3DS owner especially with the huge amount of woman owner's.
....... I mean, even a cheap 2D Tales game for 3DS would sell more than port for Tales here.T_T
So a few more mobile updates.
1.) Pokemon Shuffle is coming to iOS/Android this Fall. This is the match 3 game currently on the 3DS, but modified for a portrait orientation phone.
We have a dedicated thread most of you have probably already seen, and I have some additional comments on this later, but I'm going to eat lunch before getting into them.
2.) Morishita (Gung-Ho's CEO) shared that the reason for making Puzzle & Dragons for 3DS was to try and capture more young children who do not yet have smartphones.
1.) Pokemon Shuffle is coming to iOS/Android this Fall. This is the match 3 game currently on the 3DS, but modified for a portrait orientation phone.
We have a dedicated thread most of you have probably already seen, and I have some additional comments on this later, but I'm going to eat lunch before getting into them.
2.) Morishita (Gung-Ho's CEO) shared that the reason for making Puzzle & Dragons for 3DS was to try and capture more young children who do not yet have smartphones.
VentureBeat said:
Nintendo released their financial report for the fiscal year: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/security_q1503.pdf
Skimming through it, I noticed:
- Nintendo of America still lost money, while Nintendo of Europe turned a profit (the previous year, both lost money). p7
- Gamestop is responsible for 13.6% of Nintendo sales, excluding Japan. p58
Skimming through it, I noticed:
- Nintendo of America still lost money, while Nintendo of Europe turned a profit (the previous year, both lost money). p7
- Gamestop is responsible for 13.6% of Nintendo sales, excluding Japan. p58
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Hero of Legend
Member
Yep.
Not to mention Nintendo sort of lead the way with Wii to 3DS ports, HELL, BN DID do one! That Taiko minigame spin-off they made for Wii's launch got a 3DS port a year or so back, so DOTNW for instance at least would've been ideal, Graces would've also been a great idea.
I highly agree with Sammy that Vesperia on the 3DS' successor is a very good idea.
And also, 7th Chord, who made the Vita remakes, made numerous 3DS games already, so they'd be a good pick for another Tales game on 3DS, in fact, wasn't a Kamen Rider game they made on 3DS like a Tales game? They also did that Kero (frog) RPG on DS that again was like a Tales game wasn't it?
theprodigy
Member
Most day one buyers would be existing fans, so I don't think it's too surprising they'd want the game that changes more.
theprodigy
Member
Except it was never ahead in preorders at any point...or if there was I missed it.
Only on COMGnet.
What a time to be
Time for Shibata's clone to replace Iwata as CEO of NoA.
DAT face plate cash.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
So with the news about Pokémon Shuffle I had some thoughts about Genius Sonority. The founder reopened his old company Heartbeat a few years ago and people speculated it was so they could publish Denpa Men on mobile which didn't happen(AFAIK) and now GS has a game on mobile. So 1) Why didn't they bring Denpa Men to mobile(the F2P one would do well) and 2) What is Heartbeat doing, DQXI?
I have a growing suspicion that DQXI reveal is going to cause GAF meltdown lol.
I'm not familiar with Fire Emblem 2 different versions. What the difference? From what I've read it seems like there's 2 separate stories. Maybe I'm misunderstanding but this seems worse than Pokemon where it's just different creatures to capture. How does Nintendo get away with stuff like this? lol
Looks like the game is doing well, so I mean good for Nintendo, but it sounds like fans of FE will have to start paying double for the full story going forward. Seems like a bad precedent.
Again I'm not too familiar with the 2 different versions if someone wants to correct me.
Looks like the game is doing well, so I mean good for Nintendo, but it sounds like fans of FE will have to start paying double for the full story going forward. Seems like a bad precedent.
Again I'm not too familiar with the 2 different versions if someone wants to correct me.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
One of the reasons for having 2 versions is that one is meant for the new fans picked up with FE: Awakening (Hoshido/white Kingdom), and the other version is harder, has more terrain strategy, etc. and more geared towards fans of the older games in the franchise (Nohr / Black Kingdom). You basically can pick one of two sides in either game (up to Ch. 6 they are the same), but the rest of the campaigns are completely different from I understand. In addition, they plan on releasing a 3rd DLC where you don't pick either side. I forget the Japanese pricing exactly, but I believe they made it so that if you buy one game, you can get the other side's campaign for some discounted price.
Thanks for the explanation, but that really sounds like more of an excuse than a reason though. Something like that should be in 1 game that has a option at the start:
Hoshido (Recommended)
Nohr (Advanced Difficulty)
I'd be interested in seeing the hours of gameplay in the Hoshido campaign vs FE:Awakening.
Its not one game... so, no. It has no reason to really be a singular game when it has the content (and development budget) of two games. Each is roughly as long as Awakening, though Anya can be harder/longer if you hit difficulty walls and get stuck.
Yep.
Not to mention Nintendo sort of lead the way with Wii to 3DS ports, HELL, BN DID do one! That Taiko minigame spin-off they made for Wii's launch got a 3DS port a year or so back, so DOTNW for instance at least would've been ideal, Graces would've also been a great idea.
I highly agree with Sammy that Vesperia on the 3DS' successor is a very good idea.
And also, 7th Chord, who made the Vita remakes, made numerous 3DS games already, so they'd be a good pick for another Tales game on 3DS, in fact, wasn't a Kamen Rider game they made on 3DS like a Tales game? They also did that Kero (frog) RPG on DS that again was like a Tales game wasn't it?
Yup.^_^
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnVzFmTD-Q
That game actually is really fun too.^_^ And i get it very cheap during my visit in JP too.^_^
You simply do not argue the path of Nohr (o_o)
Each route had their own style of playing. One is totally like the old one and 0 grinding chance while the other had a world map and plays more like Awakening. The structures for each game is totally different + different story which is why the game had 2 version. Difficulties is not the only difference there.
The Giant
Banned
If it was Wii U or NX exclusive it will be.
Good.
^_^ when Erina-sama give the approval, u know Nintendo is doing good lol.
And u guys know what's funny? Those Jp guys still thinking that it is possible to even find the Squid Amiibo's. WELCOME TO HELL!!!!!!
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
It's more like Oracle of Ages and Seasons to make a comparison. Those were two games with a similar theme, but had completely different world maps, dungeons, etc. Same kind of thing here w/ all completely different battle maps, different sets of playable characters, etc. They also have completely different plots (the author wrote 500 page plots apparently for each game).
WiiU exclusive? I'll have to take a vacation from planet Earth because the apocalypse must be upon us.
ZSaberLink
Media Create Maven
Square Enix talks about reviving PS4 in Japan, (hypothetically) releases DQ11 as a Wii U exclusive. That'd be interesting hahaha.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I'm hoping Media Create or Famitsu comments on FE TCG as it seems to have carved out a certain niche among those players.
At this point, Intelligent Systems must be really happy with Fire Emblem*
I'm surprised we haven't seen a Fire Emblem anime too.
*Nintendo own the trademarks and have co-ownership of the franchise with Intelligent Systems.
At this point, Intelligent Systems must be really happy with Fire Emblem*
I'm surprised we haven't seen a Fire Emblem anime too.
*Nintendo own the trademarks and have co-ownership of the franchise with Intelligent Systems.
I think an even better comparison is Shining Force III, which is a SRPG that retells the same overall story from 3 different perspectives in 3 different games.
Does Media Create do non-game tracking?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
One of the trackers, I'm not sure which of the two, provides amiibo #'s.
I'm hoping since FE TCG & FE:If launched together, that they might provide some details on that.
It may be wishful thinking on my part though.
Nintendo go get Madhouse to do the show. Ask Togashi to be the writer too. Add Miura for more spice and boobs.^_^
Nintendo may as well own ISys for all intents and purposes, lol.
Laughing Banana
Weeping Pickle
Really happy hearing Fire Emblem doing well. The future of the series is secured ^__^
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
It's the same partnership with HAL and the Kirby franchise as well
I'm hoping for another important franchise for ISys too (or a reboot of Advance Wars as they've done with FE) - Codename STEAM has alot going for it but it's artstyle just sucked the life out of the title.
dakkumauji
Member
SHAFT and head tilts and it will be a masterpiece
or maybe #FE will get an anime
selling idol songs is always easy
It's the same partnership with HAL and the Kirby franchise as well
I'm hoping for another important franchise for ISys too (or a reboot of Advance Wars as they've done with FE) - Codename STEAM has alot going for it but it's artstyle just sucked the life out of the title.
I mean, I know how their relationship works, and its actually great for IntSys because they have creative freedom with their titles and don't have to be "part of the corporation" even if they are literally next door (and originally down the hall). (Isn't HAL technically not "affiliate" while IntSys is?) They get to run their own IP and make their own longshots on games while Nintendo pays the bills.
I think Niro and I had this discussion a ways back where "buying" studios and all that was largely not a safe course of action but having "partnerships" which are effectively the same thing (like NLG recently) are safer for both parties. Sometimes, you buy a studio for a specific circumstances (like Monolith).
There were two OVAs for the first FE game.
7th Dragon III-DS announced http://dragon3.sega.jp/
Looks like they changed up the staffing around it pretty significantly as well.
Curious to see what the game actually is.
Depending on the tracker
Media Create - 315,380
Famitsu - 341,119
And it's also suffering from shortages, right?
is this saga the one (among many) that usually ins't localized, right?
it would be a good start, especially if shortages are confirmed, even if not THAT bigger compared to some expectation.