well done!: wii owners buy core games!(3rd party)

if preliminary numbers are anything but right, in less than a week tatsunoko is performing quite commendable(at least better than the advertised Darkside or umbrella chronicles), on the wii. I heard the europe numbers are incomplete, but this is a great start.

Sales are of 100k aproximately in the opening week.

No more heroes 2 opened with 41k (a bit better than NMH1).

For perspective:

Little king story took 6 months to reach these sales.

A boy and his blob is still unable to sell what tatsunoko had in this week.

http://www.vgchartz.com/games/game.php?id=41878®ion=All

wii owners buy.At the other hand, No more heroes 2 is performing still decently given the absolute utter lack of support from Ubisoft. I predict sales will rise steadily as it happened with COD.

A good wii game with decent advertising is selling! No way /Sarcasm

Proof that all you need is a good game and to actually advertise your product

YEAH! i got this game last weekend along with NSMB. It is a fun gameand hadok advertising. It is right in the sweet spot, wonder how NMH DS did. Also wonder if red steel 2 will do well?

Please don't quote vgchartz.

Great news. I should get it. It's only £17.95 currently.

I really don't trust the number VGChartz reports. Back in 2007, I had questions about diferences in the actual number reported and what VGChartz reported.

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=12153

If Capcom expects anything more than 500k they are insane.

Neither one of those games are "core"

They're both niche games meant for a small select audience

[QUOTE="Arc2012"]Eh. You know this is only one Wii game and not "games," right? And it doesn't really prove anything yet. Wait for some official numbers for Feb and then we'll see how well it did.intro94

That's because vgchartz change their own numbers to match the NPD numbers once the NPD numbers are released.

Neither one of those games are "core"

They're both niche games meant for a small select audience

Jaysonguy

[QUOTE="intro94"][QUOTE="Arc2012"]Eh. You know this is only one Wii game and not "games," right? And it doesn't really prove anything yet. Wait for some official numbers for Feb and then we'll see how well it did.JLF1

That's because vgchartz change their own numbers to match the NPD numbers once the NPD numbers are released.

Good Games Sell. Bad Games with uninformed customers sell.

Good Games with Good Advertising Sell.

Neither one of those games are "core"

They're both niche games meant for a small select audience

Neither one of those games are "core"

They're both niche games meant for a small select audience

[QUOTE="thedude-"][QUOTE="intro94"] i could agree with No More heroes for sure, but if you ask me, Tatsunoko is as wide as marvel vs capcom or street fighter. Is a traditional fighter. Id go as far as say is more traditional than Smash brothers. Thats my personal opinion. Is not a spin off, or a light gun game , or a noir aproach, or a "God hand clone". Is just, you know, a 2d (3dish) fighting game.intro94

and yet I love Guilty Gear, Blazblue, Street Fighter 4, Mortal Kombat, Marvel vs Capcom, AND Tatsunoko vs Capcom.

i could agree with No More heroes for sure, but if you ask me, Tatsunoko is as wide as marvel vs capcom or street fighter. Is a traditional fighter. Id go as far as say is more traditional than Smash brothers. Thats my personal opinion. Is not a spin off, or a light gun game , or a noir aproach, or a "God hand clone". Is just, you know, a 2d (3dish) fighting game.intro94

and yet I love Guilty Gear, Blazblue, Street Fighter 4, Mortal Kombat, Marvel vs Capcom, AND Tatsunoko vs Capcom.

LegatoSkyheart

That's fantastic :) Maybe these sales encourage Capcom to create more decent titles for Wii. I hope NMH2 comes out in Europe soon. Can't wait for it! :D

[QUOTE="intro94"] i could agree with No More heroes for sure, but if you ask me, Tatsunoko is as wide as marvel vs capcom or street fighter. Is a traditional fighter. Id go as far as say is more traditional than Smash brothers. Thats my personal opinion. Is not a spin off, or a light gun game , or a noir aproach, or a "God hand clone". Is just, you know, a 2d (3dish) fighting game.Sepewrath

I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. I did buy it myself though because I knew about it. Also I agree with Jayson, NMH and Tatsunoko vs Capcom are sort of niche, NMH more so then Tatsunoko vs Capcom.Haziqonfire

Many would argue that NMH is a "core" series with hardcore elements throughout the game.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. I did buy it myself though because I knew about it. Also I agree with Jayson, NMH and Tatsunoko vs Capcom are sort of niche, NMH more so then Tatsunoko vs Capcom.thedude-

Many would argue that NMH is a "core" series with hardcore elements throughout the game.

I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. I did buy it myself though because I knew about it. Also I agree with Jayson, NMH and Tatsunoko vs Capcom are sort of niche, NMH more so then Tatsunoko vs Capcom.Haziqonfire

Many would argue that NMH is a "core" series with hardcore elements throughout the game.

[QUOTE="Arc2012"]Eh. You know this is only one Wii game and not "games," right? And it doesn't really prove anything yet. Wait for some official numbers for Feb and then we'll see how well it did.intro94

I don't doubt the numbers so much as I don't think first week sales matter as much as first month sales. If it sells good over the month, then there is cause for optimism. If it sells well over 6 months, then the game will prove a lot of people wrong (and expect to see a whole flood of fighting games on the Wii ;)).

i think they mean NMH is "niche" because... well, it's freaking weird, so only a small group of people would take interest on it. as for the VS series, it's practically a sub-genre, like i mentioned above, so it could fit. but on the other hand, you're right, it's another word that's starting to lose it's meaning because people are overusing it to excuse bad sales.BrunoBRS

I must buy it

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] i think they mean NMH is "niche" because... well, it's freaking weird, so only a small group of people would take interest on it. as for the VS series, it's practically a sub-genre, like i mentioned above, so it could fit. but on the other hand, you're right, it's another word that's starting to lose it's meaning because people are overusing it to excuse bad sales.Sepewrath

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] i think they mean NMH is "niche" because... well, it's freaking weird, so only a small group of people would take interest on it. as for the VS series, it's practically a sub-genre, like i mentioned above, so it could fit. but on the other hand, you're right, it's another word that's starting to lose it's meaning because people are overusing it to excuse bad sales.Sepewrath

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. I did buy it myself though because I knew about it. Also I agree with Jayson, NMH and Tatsunoko vs Capcom are sort of niche, NMH more so then Tatsunoko vs Capcom.thedude-

Many would argue that NMH is a "core" series with hardcore elements throughout the game.

on the no more heroes thing, it's not every god of war fan that enjoys bizarre pop culture references and nonsense. and you know what i mean on the second one. i'm not talking about it being "niche" just because it's a sub genre, it's that it's so different from the average fighting game that many fighting gamers don't like it. and just to say it, i'm not taking positions on what's niche and what isn't. i'm just speculating on why people could think something is/isn't considered a "niche" title.BrunoBRS

Tatsunoko being introduced to an unaware market is niche. NMH filled with wresting, western elements, obscure nerd culture is very niche. When you describe NMH in such general terms as "a crazy, ridiculous story with crazy ridiculous combat and is all kinds of gor[e]" of course you could justify it as a normal game. But when you look at the material and the whole game, you know for sure they both have material that is extremely niche.thedude-

Poetry, mythology, NINJAS, witch and monster lore, sex appeal, established franchises....are all things accepted by big audiences. Much bigger audiences than NMH and that is the seperation from popular to niche. You can compare them all you want when you generalize as much as you are doing, but when you get to brass tax there are bigger audiences for all those games and for plain and simple reasons.

BTW Bayonetta is not widespread appealing game. It has a ton of promotion behind it, sex appeal, and its extrmely high quality but it is only selling moderately right now.

There are specific reasons why certain games are niche even if they can be compared to extremely popular games. NMH is mix mash of so many odd sty1esand its universe is more odd than even Bayonetta. Once again Tatsunoko is virtually unknown by audiences here, that alone makes it niche.

Besides that DMC, Ninja Gaiden, God of War are all relatively niche in comparison to the now bigger and more widespread gaming audience. NMH is that much more niche than those franchises. Its just the way it is, certain games are niche, not necessarily for the content but how audiences accept those games.

Anyone know what's the release date for NMH2 in Australia is? ...I assume it will be after Red Steel 2 stores are alredy taking preorders for it...tho nothing NMH2

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

Neither one of those games are "core"

They're both niche games meant for a small select audience

intro94

Well the reason that I bring that up is that those numbers aren't good for a core title but something niche they're not bad

Considering this is the only fighting game of this style on the Wii you'd look at the numbers and be like "wow that's horrible" then you'd look at the cast and be like "That Eagle is what now?"

No More Heroes is competing against it's first title that can be had at under 20 dollars new these days so that number is low but not awful. It's a bit up from launch numbers of the first but not by leaps and bounds

Both titles are performing the way I expected them to.

Neither one of these titles are/will sell great but that's fine, they're hitting their intended audience

I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. Haziqonfire

Come to think of it, I haven't seen any here in the United Kingdom either. Not good.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. Hexagon_777

Come to think of it, I haven't seen any here in the United Kingdom either. Not good.

No advertisement in Australia either ..which is a shame

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]I actually haven't seen any advertisements for Tatsunoko vs. Capcom here in Canada. maxgil2

Then I suppose it is time for us gamers to do all the advertising once again. Word of mouth and forum signatures should do the trick.

Then I suppose it is time for us gamers to do all the advertising once again. Word of mouth and forum signatures should do the trick.

Hexagon_777

Really?

That's worked when?

Sounds really good for Tatsunoko vs Capcom I still want to get this but I don't know if I will. We shouldn't be celebrating 40K for NMH thats bad no matter how much worse other games have sold

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

Then I suppose it is time for us gamers to do all the advertising once again. Word of mouth and forum signatures should do the trick.

Jaysonguy

Really?

That's worked when?

Trauma Center New Blood and De Blob are very good 3rd party titles. Just as good as the Nintendo games. So if you get bored with Mario, you can always play something original like these two.

A good wii game with decent advertising is selling! No way /Sarcasm

Proof that all you need is a good game and to actually advertise your product

alexh_99