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Socar

To me, top selling games help people be aware of how great that game is for that system. So yeah I guess that good.

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Dreamz

Artwark wrote:

To me, top selling games help people be aware of how great that game is for that system. So yeah I guess that good.

Popular doesn't necessarily equal good, or vice versa. For example, Ocarina of Time didn't even break 8 million copies sold.

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6ch6ris6

that list is old. check this out: http://www.vgchartz.com/platform/42/nintendo-3ds/

1. Pokémon X/Y 11.03
2. Mario Kart 7 2011 9.52
3. Super Mario 3D Land 2011 9.45
4. New Super Mario Bros. 2 2012 7.50
5. Animal Crossing: New Leaf 2012 6.68
6. Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon 2013 3.63
7. Monster Hunter 4 3.35
8. Nintendogs + cats 2011 3.35
9. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 2011 3.35
10. Monster Hunter Tri 2011 2.56

so what are we discussing here?

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El_Scorpio

@6ch6ris6 vgchartz just guessing those numbers, you can't believe them...For example the last report from Nintendo stated that AC:NL sold over 7,38 million of copies.

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KRO

Likewise, how reliable is statista?

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Peach64

Nintendo always give shipped numbers, not sold to customers. Not saying VGChartz is 100%, but sales numbers aren't hard to get if you're willing to pay for them.

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unrandomsam

Peach64 wrote:

Nintendo always give shipped numbers, not sold to customers. Not saying VGChartz is 100%, but sales numbers aren't hard to get if you're willing to pay for them.

Surely if Nintendo gives a figure they would include eshop as well. Do even Amazon give their numbers to anybody ?

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SkywardLink98

Dreamz wrote:

Artwark wrote:

To me, top selling games help people be aware of how great that game is for that system. So yeah I guess that good.

Popular doesn't necessarily equal good, or vice versa. For example, Ocarina of Time didn't even break 8 million copies sold.

8 million is a pretty big milestone. According to VGChartz Fire Emblem: Awakening only sold 1.28 million whereas I know my local gamestop was out of copies for a while when it released.

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Dezzy

I was gonna say, where the hell's Pokemon? Glad someone gave an updated list. VGchartz is the site you want, they update every week or so and have everything (except digital sales)

SkywardLink98 wrote:

8 million is a pretty big milestone. According to VGChartz Fire Emblem: Awakening only sold 1.28 million whereas I know my local gamestop was out of copies for a while when it released.

Mario and Pokemon games are in a different league to Fire Emblem. Fire Emblem is niche as hell so they only print a certain amount of copies. That's why they sold out. 1.3 million was the most a fire emblem game has ever sold (the GBA version sold just under a million) so they obviously print enough copies to match that kind of popularity.

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unrandomsam

Fire Emblem is not niche any more (And has been spoilt in the process).

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I'm happy for Kid Icarus and Fire Emblem's success but then I see NSMB2's sales and I cry a little.

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unrandomsam wrote:

Fire Emblem is not niche any more (And has been spoilt in the process).

Lol well I think Fire Emblem Awakening is perhaps the best game on the 3DS, so I'm gonna have to disagree. Maybe second to OoT 3D. Haha I was about to say it's funny how often people get annoyed when something becomes popular. But I see someone beat me to it.

I'm more than happy to see Fire Emblem enter the mainstream. It's slightly dumbed down, but it still keeps the core mechanics strong. As much as I love Final Fantasy tactics, I really don't need to click through 3 menus in order to attack someone.

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El_Scorpio wrote:

@6ch6ris6 vgchartz just guessing those numbers, you can't believe them...For example the last report from Nintendo stated that AC:NL sold over 7,38 million of copies.

That's just because vgchartz doesn't include digital. You always need to add an extra 20-25% for digital.

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