Star Fox Adventures sells well in Japan.

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03 Oct 2002, 12:51 PM
SearchManX

Star Fox Adventures sells well in Japan.

http://www.gamesarefun.com/newspro/f...3607376,23912,

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After only three days of availability, Nintendo and RARE's Star Fox Adventures for the Nintendo GameCube sold 135,700 units.

I'm surprised it did this well... I guess now Nintendo's probably feeling the pinch of letting Rare go. Ah well, Rare had nothing last year so it makes up for the long dev time...

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In fact, hardware sales numbers indicate that the Nintendo GameCube sold 13,000 units between September 23rd and September 29th, more than 50% more consoles than in an average week.

GC seems to have sold really well in September...
03 Oct 2002, 12:59 PM
Low

Re: Star Fox Adventures sells well in Japan.

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I read this on www.gamefront.de too, impressive given most of Rare's titles sold poorly in Japan. With luck this is the beginning of a upswing for Gamecube abroad and in the US. Prime and Zelda are definitely high points for the rest of the year. *-neo
03 Oct 2002, 01:04 PM
SearchManX

I'm wondering if this will have a trickle effect on the Xbox when Rare eventually releases Kameo on Xbox...
03 Oct 2002, 01:05 PM
Zerodash

...this means that MS is probably gonna make Rare do a game for them that uses a very-similar engine to SFA.
03 Oct 2002, 01:05 PM
MVS

It will peak at 300K, hardly an amazing success.

I also think 6K per week for gc is low, the average seems to be more like 10-12K to me. Meh, no bother.
03 Oct 2002, 01:28 PM
dorikyasu

Would it have sold as much over there if it had been released as just "Dinosaur Planet" with Rare's original characters? (whether on N64 or GC) I believe most of those Japanese gamers who picked up SFA probably bought it thinking of it as a Nintendo game, rather than a Rare game.
It seems that Nintendo forcing Rare to incorporate StarFox license did turn out to be a good idea, after all...
03 Oct 2002, 01:30 PM
burgundy

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Originally posted by dorikyasu
Would it have sold as much over there if it had been released as just "Dinosaur Planet" with Rare's original characters? (whether on N64 or GC) I believe most of those Japanese gamers who picked up SFA probably bought it thinking of it as a Nintendo game, rather than a Rare game.
It seems that Nintendo forcing Rare to incorporate StarFox license did turn out to be a good idea, after all...

My sentiments exactly. StarFox sold this title, not the Adventures.
03 Oct 2002, 01:34 PM
SearchManX

Was Starfox always a big-name seller for Nintendo in Japan?
03 Oct 2002, 03:53 PM
EThugg

Yea, Japanese gamers are blind and stupid, they couldn't possibly know what they were buying. They wandered in the store and the sales people took advantage of their super weak minds... :rolleyes:
03 Oct 2002, 04:20 PM
SearchManX

WTF? :wtf:
03 Oct 2002, 04:28 PM
EThugg

I was responding to dorikyasu's comment.
03 Oct 2002, 04:30 PM
SearchManX

Ok, carry on then.
03 Oct 2002, 05:12 PM
dorikyasu

Between 1996-2001, there was only one Rare-produced N64 game ranked in the Japanese top 30 sales chart, and guess what... It had Nintendo character license attached to it.

Donkey Kong 64 sold total of 477,474 copies in 1998 (Japan) and was ranked #28 in the overall software sales chart of that year.

Meanwhile, all of the Rare's other N64 games featuring their in-house original characters such as Banjo to Kazooie no Daibouken 1&2, Star Twins (Jet Force Gemini), etc. failed to obtain any significant sales numbers during same period.

Now, think about whether DK64 would have sold that much if it didn't have DK character license. Interesting, huh?

And for those who's curious, Nintendo-produced StarFox 64 sold total of 373,479 copies in Japan and was 27th best selling game among all platforms that year (1997).
03 Oct 2002, 05:17 PM
EThugg

Sales of other Rare games are irrelivant. SFA is a good game, and that's why the japs want it. SF might sell some extra copies, but I'd bet the graphics have more affect on sales than SF. Neither of us can prove it though, so it's useless to argue.
03 Oct 2002, 05:29 PM
dorikyasu

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Originally posted by EThugg
Sales of other Rare games are irrelivant. SFA is a good game, and that's why the japs want it. SF might sell some extra copies, but I'd bet the graphics have more affect on sales than SF. Neither of us can prove it though, so it's useless to argue.

That's true, and I'm not denying that SFA looking fantasic as it does have boosted its sales.
But we're talking about the kind of people who ignored both JSRF (good game) & GC Resident Evil (great graphics). So my stance on SFA having a Nintendo character license influencing the sales still stands.
03 Oct 2002, 05:56 PM
BEBOPlover

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Originally posted by Zerodash
...this means that MS is probably gonna make Rare do a game for them that uses a very-similar engine to SFA.

I certainly hope so.

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Originally posted by dorikyasu
Between 1996-2001, there was only one Rare-produced N64 game ranked in the Japanese top 30 sales chart, and guess what... It had Nintendo character license attached to it.

Donkey Kong 64 sold total of 477,474 copies in 1998 (Japan) and was ranked #28 in the overall software sales chart of that year.

Meanwhile, all of the Rare\'s other N64 games featuring their in-house original characters such as Banjo to Kazooie no Daibouken 1&2, Star Twins (Jet Force Gemini), etc. failed to obtain any significant sales numbers during same period.

Now, think about whether DK64 would have sold that much if it didn\'t have DK character license. Interesting, huh?

And for those who\'s curious, Nintendo-produced StarFox 64 sold total of 373,479 copies in Japan and was 27th best selling game among all platforms that year (1997).

I was going to argue a point for the Banjo games (They were in the top 10 for a brief time when first released), but your facts are so well organized I\'ve reconsidered.

Point for you, sir!
03 Oct 2002, 06:01 PM
1CCOSA

I'm with dorikyasu and Burgundy. If Japanese gamers bought SFA simply because it's a good game then the DC would have sold a lot more games. This is a brand name buying decision pure and simple.
03 Oct 2002, 06:10 PM
Mr_Furious

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Rare goes out with a bang

As well they should! SFA is a good game and deserves to do well in Japan (or anywhere, for that matter).

Kameo, on the other hand, although it may be good will most likely not rake in similar numbers initially do to it being an original unproven license. It could generate good numbers overall once word gets out, if it's good, but........ah forget it. You know what I'm saying ;)
03 Oct 2002, 06:38 PM
Schlep

I think Kameo will pull in huge numbers if for no other reason, it being the first Rare game on Xbox. Microsoft will more than likely market the hell out of the thing. Plus, more importantly than all of that, it looks like a really fun game. :D
03 Oct 2002, 08:55 PM
BEBOPlover

Kameo...MMMMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm........
03 Oct 2002, 09:05 PM
dog$

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Originally posted by EThugg
Yea, Japanese gamers are blind and stupid, they couldn't possibly know what they were buying. They wandered in the store and the sales people took advantage of their super weak minds... :rolleyes:
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This is what I get to read at least 5 times everytime someone starts a J-Software sales thread that has PS2 software in 7 of the top 10 slots. Pretty funny that people suddenly have a problem with Ethugg saying this now...

Oh, wait, we're in TNL. It's not funny, it's predictable.
03 Oct 2002, 11:27 PM
SpoDaddy

If this game didn't have the Starfox license it wouldn't have sold shit, it'd sell 20,000 total like Conker did. Rare's games sold when they had big licenses, which is a big reason why I think MS is retarded for paying so much for them. Nintendo can have anybody make games with their name attatched to it and sell copies, they don't need to pay another 200 million for Rare to do it. That said I did love most of Rare's games