The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess 3D - Real or Fake?

[Reindeer]

Xenoblade isn't a valid example as it came out when the Wii loss its popularity and most of the people didn't even play the game. It didn't got any ad or campaign for rising its sales, and releasing it on a ''new'' console such as n3ds would rise its popularity and therefore its sales.

There was an entire (obviously successful) campaign to get Xenoblade Chronicles, among other games, localized for the Wii in North America. Obviously a large amount of people wanted to play the game, so much so that it sold more in North America than it did in Europe and Japan combined.

It released two years before the Wii U came out (in Japan and Europe, one year before in NA), and while the console may have been less popular than at the time it was released, Xenoblade Chronicles was still a success. It got great scores, won a bunch of awards, and sold better than expected.

By comparison, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is selling like a poop sandwich. It has performed worse during its first few weeks than the Wii version did, and that's happening across all regions.

So I would say it is a very valid example.

 

[Ghost Soda]

Honestly, I don't care. The TP for Gamecube is fine as it is, and I'm just waiting for an all new Zelda game.

 

[hydrophonic]

There was an entire (obviously successful) campaign to get Xenoblade Chronicles, among other games, localized for the Wii in North America. Obviously a large amount of people wanted to play the game, so much so that it sold more in North America than it did in Europe and Japan combined.

It released two years before the Wii U came out (in Japan and Europe, one year before in NA), and while the console may have been less popular than at the time it was released, Xenoblade Chronicles was still a success. It got great scores, won a bunch of awards, and sold better than expected.

By comparison, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is selling like a poop sandwich. It has performed worse during its first few weeks than the Wii version did, and that's happening across all regions.

So I would say it is a very valid example.

Didn't know Xenoblade had a campaign in America, i knew about the existance of the game on a forum.
Even though it's an astonishing game with quite good graphics for the requirements of the Wii and a super intensive lifespan it sold practically nothing. Yeah, much more than expected (2011/2012), but still nothing. As of March 21st of 2015 it sold 0.89 copies worldwide.

You must consider that Xenoblade Chronicles was released for the Wii in 2011 and 2012, a console with massive success that almost everyone had, while the n3ds port was released EXCLUSIVELY for the New 3DS, a brand new console which only features two exclusives (at the moment). I'm sure XC3D rose (and is still rising) the console sales.

 

[JCnator]

By comparison, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D is selling like a poop sandwich. It has performed worse during its first few weeks than the Wii version did, and that's happening across all regions.

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At the moment, the amount of New 3DS models that were sold hasn't reached as much as the Wii did, so the hardware sales are also a factor to consider.
In Japan as of April 8th 2015, there were 1,771,590 units of New 3DS and New 3DS XL sold, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3D managed to sell 56,932 copies. That's about 3.21% of all the New 3DS owners.
As for the Wii version, 83,000 copies of it were sold during the first week and there were like 10.52 millions of Wii hardware sold in Japan as of June 30th 2010. And that's around 0.79% of Japanese Wii owners who owned the game at that month.

The point is, you can't fault the game for not selling well. The New 3DS version actually did sell well this time around, considering on how many New 3DS hardwares were sold in total before the week after XC3D was released, at least in Japan.

Also, where did you find the American and European sales datas for XC3D? I didn't saw them even through I browse most of the major sources as far as I'm aware of.


Sources: http://www.siliconera.com/2015/04/0...noblade-chronicles-3d-isnt-really-feeling-it/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_sales

 

[Bowie]

Nintendo must be running out of ideas if all they can come up with for future games is remakes. I'm sorry, but it needs said. Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario and Pok?mon were all original ideas. Why can't we have a new, original idea?

 

[Reindeer]

@Azabache and TheBigJCwhatevernumbers: If Xenoblade Chronicles 3D was such a good idea for a port, I feel like more New 3DS owners would have purchased it. It seems to me that MH4 and MM3D did more to push that system, and those aren't even exclusives.
As for the sales numbers, there aren't any exact ones. I can't find the US source now, but the UK list here shows it ended at #27. The list shows that Pokemon White 2 sold more than XC3D did in its week of release.

Nintendo must be running out of ideas if all they can come up with for future games is remakes. I'm sorry, but it needs said. Animal Crossing, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario and Pok?mon were all original ideas. Why can't we have a new, original idea?

Because nobody ****ing buys them. Did you see Code Name S.T.E.A.M. top the charts? No, because it's not a Mario title. People make this complaint all the time, but then don't buy the new IPs that Nintendo is trying to make.

I fear that while Splatoon looks fantastic, it'll go the same way. A single game that has a lot of potential, but not enough interest from consumers to warrant a follow-up.

 

[hydrophonic]

@Azabache and TheBigJCwhatevernumbers: If Xenoblade Chronicles 3D was such a good idea for a port, I feel like more New 3DS owners would have purchased it. It seems to me that MH4 and MM3D did more to push that system, and those aren't even exclusives.
As for the sales numbers, there aren't any exact ones. I can't find the US source now, but the UK list here shows it ended at #27. The list shows that Pokemon White 2 sold more than XC3D did in its week of release.


Because nobody ****ing buys them. Did you see Code Name S.T.E.A.M. top the charts? No, because it's not a Mario title. People make this complaint all the time, but then don't buy the new IPs that Nintendo is trying to make.

I fear that while Splatoon looks fantastic, it'll go the same way. A single game that has a lot of potential, but not enough interest from consumers to warrant a follow-up.

N3DS is a revision of 3DS and most of its users already have the second one, why spending 170$ for practically nothing?. I'm sure XC3D boosted N3DS sales, but as it isnt a brand new console that doesn't feature much more features than C-Stick (which can be held by a 3ds with a peripheral) and a couple of games it isn't a big success.

 

[toxapex]

Fake. I haven't even read this thread. It's fake.

 

[Kaiaa]

As much as I love Twilight Princess I would hate to see a remake of it. I'm sure that picture is just a hack/homebrew thing.

 

[Orieii]

Sounds fake, but if they did decide to remake it, I think it should be for WiiU since there are hardly any games for that system..

 

[Cress]

Confirmed fake. lol.

For those who were wondering why the leak's fake... Here's this link.

Here, they were saying that there was another image that was posted 3 days ago saying that he wishes that Twilight Princess would be re-released on New 3DS. The user spoofed it by hacking his own StreetPass data.

Bumping these posts because it's already confirmed fake, so stop analyzing it.

 

[toxapex]

Sounds fake, but if they did decide to remake it, I think it should be for WiiU since there are hardly any games for that system..

Plus Twilight Princess' graphics would probably be done better justice on the Wii U... it would probably be kinda grainy on the 3DS.

 

[RosieThePeppyCat]

It would be nice if it was real. I would love to play that game again, but this time on my 3DS.


If it is real then it would most likely be for the N3DS, because Xenoblade was a Wii game remake and it was only on the N3DS