Gamer Investments writes: "In a statement provided to Gamer Investments today from Ignition the company confirmed that the rumored September NPD sales data for Muramasa: The Demon Blade, which was reported to be 35k, is accurate and in line with their expectations."
Nintenderos: "We kick off our interviews this year with a very special one with George Kamitani, president of Vanillaware. In case you didn't know this study, it is the one behind games of the stature of Muramasa: The Demon Blade, Odin Sphere or Dragon's Crown. In addition to, of course, unforgettable titles like the wonderful 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim published by Atlus a few months ago."
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Very good news :D
I think what developers might be realising is that these games do sell enough for a profit, eventually that is. Wii owners buy games when they feel like it. They aren't quite the ones who jump on titles the moment they release like hd kids do. Wii is a different market where instead of huge sales that only last until the next week when fickle "core gamers" send their money elsewhere. They buy their games when they feel like it and they will always make enough money to make it worth it. Madworld proved it, overkill proved it, WaW proved it and No more heroes proved it. If more developers look at the wii market as an investment rather then a quick cash in . BTW, look at 35k this way. At 50 bucks a disc it still totals over 1.7 million dollars in sales. Now is that really a huge failure? Not if it only cost 1 mill to make.
35 for a niche title is not that bad. Hope they see a good profit down the line for this.
I still wish this game was on PS3 and 360 as well. I mean, it doesn't use motion sensors and those 2D artworks would looks deadly on HD. Plus, it could have sold more that way.
I hope it does better than odin sphere. Odin Sphere was in my mind one of the top five best games on ps2. It got my wife into gaming, so vinallaware will always have a special place in our hearts. I bought a wii just for this game, no more heroes, and TvsC.
This game wouldn't have made any difference on PS3 or 360. The art style and 2D gameplay fit perfect for a system like the wii or the DS. It was actually smart mk-red to have it on the wii right now. PS3 and 360 owners are mostly too busy playing uncharted, halo odst, and call of duty and this would have been over looked easily sadly. On the wii this prob be best game of the year on the system, right besides new super mario brothers wii.