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Sonic Lost World Has Sold Just Over 2000 Copies in its First Week Released In Japan

The Blue Blur's newest Wii U title, Sonic Lost World, has not sold well at all in Japan.

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ZodTheRipper3818d ago

I probably would start to laugh at myself if I'd be one of those 2000.

abzdine3818d ago

very immature comment.
lots of games on PS3 like Puppeteer have flopped but nothing to really laugh about because Puppeteer or Sonic are good games, just not advertised the right way.

Darkfist3818d ago

but in japan Puppeteer sold 8900 in the first week and thats a new ip.

Thepcz3818d ago

you'd have a collectors item

NinjaRichParty3818d ago

Oh man. Only 2076 copies? Yikes.

Neonridr3818d ago (Edited 3818d ago )

Not very good numbers, that's for sure. Are the Japanese gamers usually pro-Sonic? I wonder if the NA numbers are going to fare much better? Especially with the very split reviews on the game.

sonic9893818d ago

japanese people know Sonic very very well he is famous there ( as much as mario )
but maybe its the wii u install base that didnt help the game a lot
as far as i remember it got a very good review from famitsu magazine
i wish this game to succeed because i want more sonic ( as my name suggest )

Phil323818d ago (Edited 3818d ago )

Sonic is not a good seller in Japan. Still, these are pitiful numbers.

sinncross3818d ago

Sonic has not been popular in japan for years.

All you need to do is go to tgs whenever a new sonic game is releasing... sega gives the game zero presence at their booth every year.

But 2000 is just horrible nonetheless...

Knushwood Butt3818d ago

Terrible sales, but the Sonic and Mario at the Olympics games (which I in no way endorse) do OK in Japan.

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princejb1343818d ago

Lol and they say wii u games don't sell. I guess is true

princejb1343818d ago (Edited 3818d ago )

But seriously this is bad for sega. They may go bankrupt if their games keep on unselling

hellzsupernova3818d ago

Sega havent made anything that's been a must play for years, I won't miss them. I do thank them for their innovation when they made consoles but that Sega is dead.

KonsoruMasuta3818d ago

This really won't affect them much. These games are coming out of an exclusive deal with Nintendo. That probably means Nintendo has already, most likely, thrown some money their way.

Last_Boss3818d ago (Edited 3818d ago )

@Nova

Did you play Bayonetta or Binary Domain, or Yakuza 3 & 4!

Concertoine3818d ago

We buy good games. I was all ready to buy this until it sucked :/. Bought the excellent deus ex port instead, though the price is what's holding people back on that one.

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Sonic Game Writers Had ‘Very Little Say’ On Story Scripts

The writing duo behind Sonic games like Sonic Colors and Sonic Lost World reveal they have little creative control over their game scripts.

-Foxtrot94d ago

They need to start letting people take inspiration from the comics, there's a ton of great stuff to take inspiration from.

phoenixwing92d ago

My beef is why even hire writers if you're just going to control the whole process. I'd be very upset as a writer if someone did that. A job is a job though.

DarXyde92d ago

Performative for optics, I would think.

It's like the US Congress holding a vote to "denounce the evils of socialism." It literally did absolutely nothing about anything and was a complete waste of everyone's time (and tax dollars—which is its own irony, by the way)

Dumbest thing in the world, but if you hire writers, it looks like you made a serious effort to make something great.

Do you remember when the original Suicide Squad movie was coming out? How much did we hear about Killer Croc's actor watching cannibal videos to get into character? Or even the "incredible lengths" Jared Leto went through to personify Joker on and off set?

It looks better when people think you're taking it seriously.

XiNatsuDragnel93d ago

Pretty much confirmed that SEGA controls everything about sonic no derivations fr

Profchaos92d ago

Nothing new sonic forces was meant to be far darker then sega got cold feet and they did the same old power of friendship ending

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How Sonic Lost World Paved the Way for Sonic Frontiers

While a number of the games before it help influence Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Lost World acts as the blueprint for the game's open-zone design.

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Top 10 Worst Sonic Games

Alex DS. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "I’m a huge fan of the series and love to talk about its best games… but its hard to argue that it’s all been great for the blue blur. From games that were loaded with glitches, slow-paced gameplay, and visuals that look more like a blue blur of… pixels and polygons. So, take this as a warning to avoid these 10 worst Sonic games of all time."

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Fntastic956d ago

Never played any of these on this list, surprised Sonic R isn't there, but then i played that on my first PC and didn't think it was that bad, got some mild enjoyment out of it at least.

-Hermit-956d ago

Lost World, Black Knight, Forces and Chronicles should not be on that list, I can easily think of worse.

Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Eraser, Sonic R, these are all way worse than the games on this list. Knuckles Chaotix was terrible as well, I hated the way you had to control the players, it was a pain in the ass. Even games like Sonic 3D Blast, Sonic Spinball and Rivals 1 and 2 which I thought were decent were worse than some of the games on this list.

To be brutally honest, most of the Game Gear and Master System Sonic games are pretty awful too. Sonic Chaos on the Game Gear for example, you can't even see what you are doing because the field of view is so bad.

I would rather play Sonic 06 than any of the games I listed above, and that game is classed as the worst Sonic game of the lot.

People have nostalgia glasses on when they think about old 2D Sonic games. Outside of the mainline games on the Mega Drive, most of them were worse than the modern day 3D games.

Rebel_Scum955d ago

Sonic 1 & 2 on the MS2 and GG were great games. Perfect blend of speed, secrets and challenge.

Sonic Chaos was shite. Too easy and gross looking sprites and backgrounds.

imo 1-10 for worst Sonic games would just be all the 3D one's and Sonic Fighters.

lellkay955d ago (Edited 955d ago )

There is definitely some worse games than Lost World,

The guy who wrote this definitely didn't dig enough into the franchise history haha

Pyrofire95955d ago

General question.
Is your favorite Sonic game the first one you played?
If not, is you favorite the same style as your first? (3D, 2D, some other distinction?)

lellkay955d ago

My favorite game is not the first one I played. (First one I played was Sonic The Hedgehog on Megadrive/Genesis)

My favorite one is probably 3&K or Mania, so yes it is in the same style as the first game I played.

-Hermit-955d ago

My favourite Sonic game is not the first one I played or same style.

The first Sonic game I played was Sonic 1 on the Mega Drive, my favourite is Sonic Adventure 2.

DFresh955d ago

I disagree with Sonic Forces on that list but the others are correct.
Sonic Forces is hella under rated.