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What a waste of $50.
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my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
Quote from KingBroly:
Other M sold roughly 45k in Japan last week for #3 on the charts. That's okay I guess. Enough to warrant another Team Ninja Metroid game? Eh...I dunno.
all the primes opened below that in japan, so i'm betting total sales are far more important.
what i think will happen is that this approach won't last long. it was supposed to increase sales in japan because the game was made in japan and had more stuff in common with japanese games but if it still sells as bad as the primes there and now the sales drop here and in europe because of the changes like story and more voice. i think nintendo will end up backpedaling on that one and return to a more simple style like the older games or maybe even make another prime game (practically everyone in interviews asked about prime series stuff to Sakamoto. looks like it is more popular than the main series over here)
it is not the first time Nintendo would end up backpedaling on a major change. The Wind Waker wasn't well received initially and they changed the style back to a look more similar to OoT/MM, i'd bet we'll see games styled after Other M on 3DS and more prime on consoles (or just first person Metroid. doesn't have to be prime to use the same gameplay as those games)
my umbrella goes directly to Bankai
btw, here's how most of the past games have opened in japan:
14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 50.500 / 50.500
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 40.500 / 40.500
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 37.396 / 51.477
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 16.105 / 16.105
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - 6.000 / 6.000
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.467 / 94.549
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 32.388 / 69.059
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 7.215 / 21.519
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 2.342 / 7.216
02/09/10 [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) - 45.398 / 45.398
and here's the sales they've had when they stopped selling:
06/08/86 [NFC] Metroid (Famicom Disc System) (Nintendo) - / 1.040.000
14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 49.680 / 155.528
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 39.829 / 78.384
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 39.112 / 85.045
10/08/04 [GBA] Famicom Mini: Metroid (Nintendo) - 14.900 / 50.353
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 17.680 / 40.355
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - / 15.541
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.613 / 90.028
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 34.151 / 74.647
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 5.200 / 20.607
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 1.700 / 12.427
14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 50.500 / 50.500
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 40.500 / 40.500
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 37.396 / 51.477
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 16.105 / 16.105
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - 6.000 / 6.000
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.467 / 94.549
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 32.388 / 69.059
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 7.215 / 21.519
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 2.342 / 7.216
02/09/10 [WII] Metroid: Other M (Nintendo) - 45.398 / 45.398
and here's the sales they've had when they stopped selling:
06/08/86 [NFC] Metroid (Famicom Disc System) (Nintendo) - / 1.040.000
14/02/03 [GBA] Metroid Fusion (Nintendo) - 49.680 / 155.528
28/02/03 [GCN] Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 39.829 / 78.384
27/05/04 [GBA] Metroid: Zero Mission (Nintendo) - 39.112 / 85.045
10/08/04 [GBA] Famicom Mini: Metroid (Nintendo) - 14.900 / 50.353
26/05/05 [GCN] Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 17.680 / 40.355
19/01/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Pinball (Nintendo) - / 15.541
01/06/06 [NDS] Metroid Prime: Hunters (Nintendo) - 32.613 / 90.028
06/03/08 [WII] Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo) - 34.151 / 74.647
19/02/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime (Nintendo) - 5.200 / 20.607
11/06/09 [WII] New Play Control! Metroid Prime 2: Echoes (Nintendo) - 1.700 / 12.427
That is data from two different sales trackers in Japan, Media Create and Famitsu, respectively. They both estimate sales from non-partner retailers so that's why the numbers are slightly different. The format is <first week> / <launch to date>.
Famitsu has been around for a long time but orignally used a point scale instead of listing actual sales data, which is why the early games are missing. Nintendo gave that number for the original Metroid recently IIRC. MC hasn't been around long enough to record the early sales, IIRC. There is/was hope that a Japanese sales blog (Sinobi's) might provide more sales data on the original trilogy because of Other M's recent release. (For those who might care.)
Famitsu has been around for a long time but orignally used a point scale instead of listing actual sales data, which is why the early games are missing. Nintendo gave that number for the original Metroid recently IIRC. MC hasn't been around long enough to record the early sales, IIRC. There is/was hope that a Japanese sales blog (Sinobi's) might provide more sales data on the original trilogy because of Other M's recent release. (For those who might care.)
lol no way
Hahaha shit you're so upset about how weak this game is. It's cool, me too. I'm just trying to play it off like I'm alright. On hard mode, I died on the elevator battle against the big horned, stretchy arms guy about twenty times yesterday, and I looked at my box wondering whether cutting it up isn't ultimately the best approach. Don't get me wrong, I dig a hard game when it's fun.
'Course the haters are gonna say "time will tell" but I think we can agree there's very little more story to tell.
'Course the haters are gonna say "time will tell" but I think we can agree there's very little more story to tell.
Time bomb set get out fast!
Ah yes, Dr. Octopus. I had the same experience against him, first and second time. Posted a few tips here, in case you can still use them.
Of course, one advantage of making him so hard is that it's so, SO satisfying when you finally get to kill the bastard.
Of course, one advantage of making him so hard is that it's so, SO satisfying when you finally get to kill the bastard.