The Hero of Time returned to the sales charts this week as Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D reached second place in the UK All-Formats Chart.
Only dance party sensation Zumba Fitness on Kinect and Wii sold more copies, with Link's adventure comfortably outselling new multi-format releases including EA's Alice: Madness Returns and Dungeon Siege III.
Sales figures suggest that as many as 1 in 5 UK 3DS owners have bought Link's four dimensional adventure, which makes us wonder what the other four are up to. It's already the second biggest-selling 3DS game however, just trailing behind Pilotwings Resort's total sales.
[source eurogamer.net]
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I just buyed the 3DS with Zelda: OoT and now i'm waiting for package, but those waiting are killing me! I hope that the remake of Ocarina will be a great success, because if not i will lost my faith in the gaming industry and modern gamers :x
Zumba?
Anyway, at least it sold reasonably well.
I convinced my friend who hasn't played OoT to buy this game, but I'm skipping. I would of bought it over Pilotwings in a heartbeat if it was a launch title, but now it's not a launch title but a remake of a game I already have with nice graphics. I'm 14, I got OoT a year ago, I knew the graphics hadn't aged well. That isn't one of my complaints about the game. I have lots of fun with OoT without even noticing the aged graphics, I would rather put my $40 towards something I haven't played before. I'm glad that it's turned out well, but there are so many new 3DS games I want later. I also think it would be selling even better if it was out at launch.
I bought a 3DS yesterday just to play this sucker. Not that I have (or will for 2 weeks infact)...
I <3 revision. ¬___¬
Ah Zumba Fitness doesn't count it's first!
gotta order it as soon as possible, maybe today?
Hooray! Zelda + 3DS = Awesome combination! ATM it's THE reason to buy a 3DS, I expect Ninty's share values to go back up now!
I'd bet it's #1 next week.
This makes Nintendo's offer to give anyone who registers this game until the end of the month a free soundtrack CD seem huge. I mainly bought the game because of it and got the confirmation mail for it on Friday.
And i hope many of the buyers take part in our little Game Club here.
Zumba...damn you Nintendo and you craving out the casual market!
im doing a lot of wandering in the water temple at the moment lol the 3ds reviews for it are shooting up getting on for 2000 cant fault this game
Had to force myself to put it back down last night. I'm at Jabu Jabu. The 3D is the best showcase to date and I broke out the old N64 version to do a compare and contrast. This game puts the old one to shame. And, it's STILL fun after all these years.
Well done Ocarina of Time! But seriously, this game is too awesome for words!! Lovin' it!!
Not surprising. I got the last copy at my Target, and they rarely sell out. They still have limited edition Mario All Stars, and I don't think they even ran out between printings!
Hopefully sales stay strong. This is one of the great games of all time and now finally available in portable form. I was there for the original release but it's been about 10 years now since I last played OoT so this has been somewhat like a new experience. The 3D effect is very impressive but they did a good enough job smoothing out the graphics that it still looks great even with the 3D turned off and gyro aiming is nice little addition to the gameplay though I don't usually use it.
This game has set the standard of how games should be made for the 3DS. It is the first game I have that I can honestly say I'd rather play it in 3D.
Bought a copy this morning on the way to work, I'm looking forward to playing it when I got home (and since I got Ocarina at Target I picked up Shadow Wars for 1/2 price on their deal...which works out well, I really liked that game when I rented it, so my 3DS collection goes from 1 to 3 in one quick minute, and I'm proud of all 3 games in it!).
Lost to a fitness game. Oh Nintendo, what madness did you help create?!
Seriously, I shouldn't be surprised at this point. But, Zelda will sell well regardless, IT'S OOT ON A HANDHELD. If it didn't sell well, that would have to be considered a disaster for Nintendo.
Feel sorry for Alice, that game looked like all kinds of awesome and it's losing to a fitness game and a game from 1998.
When I get my 3DS next month, this is the game I'm getting with it, definately
I'm getting OoT friday at Fred Meyers. Anyone know if they stock OoT in the fred meyer's's Alaska branch?
Yay Zumba!
Only second?
Whoever plays that fitness crap is not a gamer.......
Been playing this since I got it SUnday and I too am only at jabber jabber. any of you hardcore gamers out there start the master quest yet ?
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