Wheels Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2016/160427_4e.pdf Down on Page 5, Nintendo released the sales numbers for Fates. It's about at Awakening's sales now, without including Europe/PAL territories EDIT: The last number we got for Awakening was 1.79 million worldwide in December,2014 Edited April 27, 2016 by Wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Very good news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Is this all versions, or individual ones? Fates is essentially three different games, so its hardly a fair fight with Awakening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheels Posted April 27, 2016 Author Share Posted April 27, 2016 Isn't specified, alas. I would think because they have then in the same line they're all counted as one, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time the Crestfallen Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 This is great! The future is looking bright for FE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverPants Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Marth will now be replacing Mario as Nintendo's main mascot Great but unexpected news. I wasn't expecting this game to even reach Awakening even with its lifetime sales since the 3ds is probably at the end of its lifespan but I'm glad I'm wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Karnage Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 · Hidden by eclipse, April 27, 2016 - Stop the off-topic crap Hidden by eclipse, April 27, 2016 - Stop the off-topic crap that's awsome the SRPG genre is saved also were getting FE on mobile https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/725224236340629504 Link to comment
Blue Druid Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 They really screwed Europe over because we have to wait until May 20th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackc2 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Well there goes any hope of Is ever producing a good story again this is so good for the franchise never have to worry about fire emblems not being made again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DanMan Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) This is probably completely off-topic, but did we know that Zelda U/NX was delayed into 2017? I thought the release date was more "TBD". That's the only things of interest I see on the report. Edited April 27, 2016 by The DanMan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhaer042 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Great news. Nice to see FE staying on people's radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikethepokemaster Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Damn to think if Awakening didn't sale than the game would be canned. Glad to see Fire Emblem is doing great. Does this solofy Fire Emblem as one of Nintendo top dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busterman64 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 May Fire Emblem never die (as long as the games continue to have have really good quality in both story and gameplay......not too much fanservice though)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Druid Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Damn to think if Awakening didn't sale than the game would be canned. Glad to see Fire Emblem is doing great. Does this solofy Fire Emblem as one of Nintendo top dogs. No, not really. Fates's sales are breaking new ground on Fire Emblem turns, but aren't so great in comparison to other Nintendo franchises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time the Crestfallen Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Damn to think if Awakening didn't sale than the game would be canned. Glad to see Fire Emblem is doing great. Does this solofy Fire Emblem as one of Nintendo top dogs. Probably not sadly. Mario, LOZ and Pokemon (and maybe Smash Bros.) > everything else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babydragonspawn Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Damn to think if Awakening didn't sale than the game would be canned. Do you mean that Fire Emblem as a franchise would have canned? Cause that isn't really true. The series would have stopped being marketed outside of Japan, but it definitely wouldn't have been canned. Nintendo would just wait a few years then try again (with absolutely no advertising...), like they did after Shadow Dragon didn't sell so well. Edited April 27, 2016 by babydragonspawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time the Crestfallen Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Do you mean that Fire Emblem as a franchise would have canned? Cause that isn't really true. The series would have stopped being marketed outside of Japan, but it definitely wouldn't have been canned. Nintendo would just wait a few years then try again (with absolutely no advertising...), like they did after Shadow Dragon didn't sell so well. Not that 'no advertising' is a bad thing in all cases. I mean... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolvir Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Great news, glad to see the series that was once almost dead to be doing great. Hopefully the pattern continues and Fire Emblem 15 will sell even more, whenever that is. Probably not sadly. Mario, LOZ and Pokemon (and maybe Smash Bros.) > everything else I can see in about 5 years or so, if Fire Emblem 15 sells really well with more sales than Fates, Fire Emblem becoming at least one of their top games. Maybe not on par with the attention that Mario and Zelda get, but definitely one of their main titles. The amount of characters Fire Emblem got in Smash is a good sign, I just wish the fanbase would stop bitching about the FE characters in game over their Banjo Kazooie, who is about 10 years late to have any sort of relevance, and any Donkey Kong character, who is at the whim of Rare and Microsoft, not Nintendo, But that is another topic entirely. Edited April 27, 2016 by Tolvir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maninbluejumpsuit Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Not that 'no advertising' is a bad thing in all cases. I mean... Wow. I was in junior high school at the time, and I don't remember that one at all. And what a horrible ad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6d9 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Everyone buy more copies of the game just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolvir Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Not that 'no advertising' is a bad thing in all cases. I mean... That..... Doesnt even make sense. Who put together that commercial? Seeing a commercial like that I would be expecting something more like Game of Thrones rather than Fire Emblem. Edited April 27, 2016 by Tolvir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikethepokemaster Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Everyone buy more copies of the game just because.This off topic but your Sig about Azura comment about look her in the eyes probably has to do with how she goes bare footed and people are looking at her feet. Edited April 27, 2016 by mikethepokemaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcirrot Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Damn to think if Awakening didn't sale than the game would be canned. Glad to see Fire Emblem is doing great. Does this solofy Fire Emblem as one of Nintendo top dogs. Not the top, but a definite second tier stalwart. Like Metroid, StarFox or Kirby. But not something they would depend on to sell systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullwine85 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Not that 'no advertising' is a bad thing in all cases. I mean... Could be worse Anywho, worth noting that a little over a million have been sold in North America, surpassing Japan's total, in addition to the sales numbers being for Birthright and Conquest combined. Makes me wonder how much of that was Birthright and how much of that was Conquest, and probably an unsurprising amount who bought both Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medeus Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 (edited) Impressive work for the franchise, it's really come a long way from its questionable sales status from before Awakening and I'm glad it's managed to find its place among Nintendo's second-tier franchises. I'm interested in seeing what the breakdown would be for those that came from secondary/tertiary paths, as I'm curious about how much of an influence it had in those sales. The amount of characters Fire Emblem got in Smash is a good sign, I just wish the fanbase would stop bitching about the FE characters in game over their Banjo Kazooie, who is about 10 years late to have any sort of relevance, and any Donkey Kong character, who is at the whim of Rare and Microsoft, not Nintendo, But that is another topic entirely. Forgive my nitpickiness here, but Nintendo fully owns the DK characters. You can clearly see it with Smash as characters that aren't fully owned by Nintendo have their companies credited like Square Enix with Cloud or even Pokémon with GF. No such thing exists for Diddy (or the rest that appear through trophies/generic enemies) and Microsoft/Rare, and it's been that way since Rare was bought out by the company and Nintendo doesn't have to answer to them to use the characters. Edited April 27, 2016 by Medeus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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