3DS remake Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D has shot to the top of the Japanese charts with an incredible 513,183 units sold in its first week.
The much-anticipated release sent 3DS hardware sales over 100,000 units, shifting 101,075 in a week, a near-90% increase on the previous week's 55,212 sales. Thanks to Dragon Quest, 3DS hardware sales were twice the number of every other console combined.
DQ's 513k sales make it the second fastest-selling 3DS game yet in Japan, just shy of Monster Hunter 3 G's first week tally of 521.959.
[source andriasang.com]
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This has to be relased outside of japan verry soon
Wow, those are some pretty impressive numbers.
The 3DS is such a beast in Japan.
at least they are doing something right
How about us? we love some Dragon Quest.
I don't have a 3DS yet, but if this comes to Europe, I'll buy one without question.
Damn right it does. LOCALISE IT! :0
The good people in Japan know whats good. Dont assume all the West is completely blind to Dragon Quest's greatness.
(I'm trying to open their eyes - it'll take a while).
I can't wait for this game. The original Gameboy Color one was my favorite of the system.
I agree with fchinaski i'll buy a 3DS just for this or Kingdom hearts or paper mario or New super Marios bros or..................go's to buy 3DS
I was going to say "That's incredible," but it IS a Dragon Quest game and those always sell really will in Japan. Still, it's impressive for a 3DS game. I had Joker for DS and it was OK. Might give this a shot if it comes to the US.
Never played the game but sounds legit.Bring the game to the US.
Very weird since it still looks like Joker 2 to me with...absolutely nothing apparently new. :/
Dragon Quest is to Japan as Call of Duty is to America...
I mean seriously how many people live in Japan?! At this rate Nintendo will be forced to release a new version of the system just so they can earn some more money.
I want that to come here D:
We need a game like that here in the US, and in other countries.
@Tech101 I don't know what you mean by that, but Japan has significantly less people than the US, and gaming is less (yes, less) popular over in Japan. These are actually very good numbers.
And just like MH3G, this is probably another game we wont be seeing overseas... Sad.
@Mickeymac What I ment was soon every Japanese gamer that wants a 3ds will have one at this pace in the next year or two. Nintendo will be forced to make a new version just because sales will come to a halt because demand would have been met. There is already 6 million users in Japan. That makes 1-12 that already own this game here. Just think about the fact that more then 1-3 people own monster hunter over there. At least I think its over 2 million now. Could be wrong.
Wait. What's that? Dragon Quest sells well in Japan!! WOW.
In other news : Bears do s**t in the woods and the Pope is Catholic!
Due to come out in North America between 2014 and never.
Stupid NOA.
Tl;dr means?
I really want this game.
yey! dragon quest
@GreenDream
Except Dragon Quest adds new stuff, isn't the same game over and OVER AND OVER again. But otherwise, you are completely correct sir.
(Oh gawd I hope I didn't just start a CoD argument...)
I REALLY want this game!
Japan has a population of 128 million people
6 million 3ds sold there already
122 million consoles still to sell! Nintendo are only 5% there!
I wonder which will be the first game to sell 2 million copies?
I'm betting on Monster hunter 4
@Bobhobob Actually, Dragon Quest is the most samey RPG series I've encountered. Dragon Quest IX still feels like a beefed up version of Dragon Quest III rather than an entirely new game...
You gotta admit, though, Dragon Quest 8 was pretty sweet! Modern Warfare 1 was too, for it's time.
@Bobhobob I have RPG pro-bias myself. Don't worry, this is Nintendo Life, not Kotaku.
Yes, yes, this is all very good news, but I think the real question we all want to know the answer to is how well Rocket Slime 3 has performed?
...What's that, you say? Only I care about Rocket Slime 3? Okay.
They do love their Dragon Quest over there.
@RevolverLink: Not just you my friend, I am also a huge fan of Rocket Slime. I really hope that we get it over here.
Well it seems we have an explanation as to why this game came in second overall and not first. http://www.siliconera.com/2012/06/08/dragon-quest-monsters-terrys-wonderland-3d-could-have-sold-even-more/ :3
Apparently it was sold out in many stores and it sold 94% of its shipment overall.
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