Fire Emblem: Awakening has become the franchise’s hottest seller in North America
3/17/13 1:40pm
Since its launch early last month, Fire Emblem: Awakening has quickly become a favorite entry among its North American fans and from the looks of its sales figures, the game could also be the first-played entry for a pretty large group of new fans.
Nintendo of America recently revealed Awakening’s sales figures for its first month and it turns out the game had the best North American launch in the franchise’s history.
According to Nintendo’s numbers, more than 180,000 units were sold during Awakening’s first four weeks on sale, with 63,000 of these units (one-third of the overall total) being digital copies sold over the 3DS eShop. Although it should be said the shipping error debacle likely caused an upward spike in the eShop sales.
These sales figures are all the more impressive when you stack them against the total sales of the last entry to make it stateside (Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon), which has only sold 250,000 copies since 2009. So don’t be surprised if Awakening becomes the most popular installment available in the region to date.
My only thoughts on this are I’m glad the series is picking up more steam in North America and I'm sure Nintendo has grown a whole new appreciation for its digital marketplace.
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g1 DISCUSSIONS
MGS_Master
Glad to see it's doing so well over there. As a European it sucks that we always get these games (more or less) a year after they are announced in Japan. Why? :(
yggdra324
I have loved Fire Emblem since Fire Emblem 7 ( Blazing sword is what i think it was called, the one with Lyn and Eiliwood) my favorite is still radian dawn, but i love this game as well.
ikey1555
the game is bad asss took me back to shinning force ,.,.,.,If they advertised more games like this insted of whoring Mario maybe they would be doing better as a whole
Metroidvania98
Mario happens to be by far the best selling franchise of all time, over doubling the number two spot which is Pokemon. So no they wouldn't, but I get your point.
Ivan2294
I never ever played Fire Emblem before, but after hearing about the 3DS game I decided to buy Awakening and IT'S AMAZING HOLY FUCK
Cam the TriforceBoy
I've barely played the Fire Emblem games (I've played Sword of Flame, Sacred Stones, and Shadow Dragon a decent amount and I've played Path of Radiance a bit but I could never get one-hundred percent into them) but I've fallen head over heels for Awakening; I'm glad to see it's doing pretty well in sales. I can only hope that this will cause Nintendo of America to take the series a bit more seriously now.
Tryphen
Story's weaker than other games in the series, but the gameplay's spot on (except for having no online unlike FE11/12). Definitely deserves the sales it's gotten, not sure if it's the series's best but it definitely comes close.
KAOSN00B
I can see why, this was the only strategy game i actually enjoyed. The characters are likable and you can really get attached to each one especially when they married to each other. The story is really engaging and the gameplay is exceptional. They really went all out for this game and i'm happy it's sold the most here out of all the other fire emblems which I wasn't really interested in.
BenNiGeLing
So there's over 180000 people I'm jealous of? That's gotta be a new personal record.
LeoSmashRoyale
Well lets see...an Avatar for yourself, that YOU create to your liking, your character is actually able to fight with the party, and can get married to any character of the opposite gender. Where as previously, you pretty much just played thru the story. Sure Fire Emblem Blazing Sword (Rekka no Ken, FE7 or just Fire Emblem in the states) had u play a tactician but you didn't get to have supports or even dialogue. Not hard to see why this game is very pleasing to Fire Emblem fans like myself. Still haven't finished the first playthru yet (working on Support conversations) but loving every moment.