XeKr Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160224005532/en/Fire-Emblem-Fates-Boasts-Best-Ever-Launch-Series inb4 popularity =/= quality Great news for FE. And personally especially pleased since Conquest sold nearly as well, so there's clearly some high demand for that type of gameplay. Edited February 24, 2016 by XeKr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katryn Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 As someone enjoying Fates and who likes Fire Emblem in general, I think this is wonderful news. It seems likely that the series has a bright future ahead of it. While Fates is not a perfect game, good sales are important. Good sales lead to the opportunity to have more entries in the series and more entries lead to further opportunities to improve the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Nice to hear Conquest sold well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentinel07 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Well deserved indeed. :) Looks like Fire Emblem is here to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byleth Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 yay We did it! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengerfive Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I wonder if this means dual games will be a thing from now on. It's fine imo, as long as the games are actually different. Fates is done pretty nicely, better than Pokemon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aurabolt Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I wonder if this means dual games will be a thing from now on. It's fine imo, as long as the games are actually different. Fates is done pretty nicely, better than Pokemon. Fire Emblem isn't Pokemon first and foremost ;) Also, "wonder" nothing. Fates is only the second game in the series with a dual storyline: Everyone seems to forget the first, Sacred Stones. Several games were released between the two. The reason Fates was released as 3 titles is because of how much story content is involved and Nintendo figured out how to convert the story into 3 full campaigns. Sacred Stones is a bit different as while yes there are two Lords and two campaigns, it was nowhere as big as Fates is (it was released on the Game Boy Advance). Well deserved indeed. :) Looks like Fire Emblem is here to stay. Hell yeah. I hope this also means we won't get shafted ala Binding Blade and Heroes of Light and Shadow. It also looks like Fire Emblem will join Pokemon as a handheld staple =O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoNameAtAll Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Fire Emblem isn't Pokemon first and foremost ;) Also, "wonder" nothing. Fates is only the second game in the series with a dual storyline: Everyone seems to forget the first, Sacred Stones. Several games were released between the two. The reason Fates was released as 3 titles is because of how much story content is involved and Nintendo figured out how to convert the story into 3 full campaigns. Sacred Stones is a bit different as while yes there are two Lords and two campaigns, it was nowhere as big as Fates is (it was released on the Game Boy Advance). Not to mention that unlike Fates, the paths converge after a certain point. There's still dialogue differences depending on the route chosen, but on the whole, they're not two separate stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Looking good, glad to see this is doing so well considering how much I'm enjoying this title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhubarb Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm enjoying this game so much; it's very well deserved. Really wonderful news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaitlynMellark Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I wonder if this means dual games will be a thing from now on. It's fine imo, as long as the games are actually different. Fates is done pretty nicely, better than Pokemon. I agree. As a Pokemon fan, I can agree Fates does it better. It has a different story & different boss, not just different characters to get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaosFox Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm really happy that both versions are selling well. Hopefully since they both did well that Nintendo will have the games here on out be a good balance between Conquest's, challenge, unique maps and objectives and Birthright's grinding and easy for beginners to pick up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jave Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 It's great to see the game did well. I guess there's no need to worry about the "Fate" (hyuk hyuk hyuk) of the series anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Awesome. This will definitely breathe new life into the franchise. I am enjoying Birthright, so far. I'll like Conquest better, obviously, but this entry in the series has, by far, the BEST gameplay. My only gripe with the gameplay is the "capture command" being limited to two units only. =( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Stalker X Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Glad to hear that Fates sold as well as it did, though I was kinda hoping Nintendo would've announced how many special editions they made for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnal YL Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Interesting. I think Birthright did better in Japan. Do American FE fans like to stick to series traditional more? As a fan of the other 2015 Fire Emblem (kind of), I'm... not too pleased at what I perceive as internal competition. But hey, good news for FE in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyPearl Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Ahhh what wonderful news! :) I was a bit worried b/c, of all of the mad weeaboo's that aren't getting the game b/c no skinship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverPants Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Looks like a million copies sold is pretty much Garon-teed, unless Europe gets pissed for waiting so long and decides not to buy the game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 (edited) Looks like a million copies sold is pretty much Garon-teed, unless Europe gets pissed for waiting so long and decides not to buy the game If so: Edited February 24, 2016 by The DanMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunwoo Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have a bit of a headache so I skimmed the article, but are they counting the two paths as just one unit and attributing the sales from both paths under just one title? If that's the case, I'm not sure how telling it is … I wouldn't be surprised if a non-insignificant number of people bought both paths in the physical form, or own some combination of 2+ physical copies for whatever other reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukemind Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Interesting. I think Birthright did better in Japan. Do American FE fans like to stick to series traditional more? As a fan of the other 2015 Fire Emblem (kind of), I'm... not too pleased at what I perceive as internal competition. But hey, good news for FE in general. Conquest was the number one game on Amazon for a while, but supposedly that's because Birthright was already sold out. So people bough Conquest when they couldn't get Birthright. This is great news. I know many don't like it because Fire Emblem isn't as traditional as it once was, HOWEVER, if Fire Emblem stuck to it's old traditions whatever Awakening would have been would have been the last Fire Emblem. The old style just can't compete. Gotta take what we can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volke29 Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I think it is sad and weird that I get upset by this. I liked Fire Emblem before it was cool .... I bought Radiant Dawn at release. Grumble grumble... get off my lawn! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukemind Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I think it is sad and weird that I get upset by this. I liked Fire Emblem before it was cool .... I bought Radiant Dawn at release. Grumble grumble... get off my lawn! Same. Been playing since FE8 in fourth grade... now I'm in my second year of college. Only ones I haven't played are Thracia and PoR at this point. I can't find a PoR disk OR Rom and it ticks me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arvilino Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 I have a bit of a headache so I skimmed the article, but are they counting the two paths as just one unit and attributing the sales from both paths under just one title? If that's the case, I'm not sure how telling it is … I wouldn't be surprised if a non-insignificant number of people bought both paths in the physical form, or own some combination of 2+ physical copies for whatever other reason. I have doubts about that. For anyone but collectors a single person buying both Birthright and Conquest physically would be both counterintuitive(and makes you lose out on bonuses) and more expensive, I don't think it would be desirable when the other campaign as DLC is half the price. The rest of the article is that the launch sales in the US collectively were 5 times greater than Awakening's which was the previous biggest launch and that Birthright is slightly slightly ahead of conquest. So essentially the top selling launches for the series are: 1. Birthright(~150k) 2. Conquest(~150k) 3. Awakening(~60k) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Book Bro Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 Great and worrying news. On the one hand, more FE is guaranteed and that's awesome. On the other, I hope IS doesn't take this to mean dual version waifu Emblem is the only way the series can be profitable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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