Fire Emblem: History of Sales

[@gerikhighwind668]

"Guys! Our games aren't selling so well. Only Americans want our games. What do we do?" "Make it Japan exclusive again."

[@HoudiniFontmeister]

Gerik Highwind genius

[@BDeity]

Gerik Highwind, that was most likely because the negativity was primarley coming from North America. Not due to failure (sales wise).

[@DBT1007]

actually, that's not a problem. the problem is.. even tho they failed, they keep making the same game over and over. -_- if your game's sales bad, CHANGE THE GAME MECHANICS OR STORY and CARE MORE ABOUT THE MARKETING, DAMMIT!!! They finally realized this in 2012 when they released awakening. and then fates. and now three houses. now FE became more new n better than the previous version since awakening. They're too late to realize.... But it's better late than never. Now 3 houses have 3 kingdoms. and have that teacher-student thingy. which is new to FE series.

[@toastbread2263]

Good idea.

[@HollowGolem]

Yeah, I can't tell if Fire Emblem or Shin Megami Tensei is the worse-managed IP. Both Atlus and IS do some bafflingly stupid stuff in terms of release schedules, marketing, and development.

[@matthewt4225]

Its a shame that the Tellius games did so poorly, PoR was really really good.

[@gamehallae5951]

Totally agree.

[@gmanpizza8181]

+charlie strain damn dude, how much money did you have to shell out to get it?

[@SilverEspeon]

Blame NoA, they don't know how to market shit.

[@MineNAdventurer]

Well when the remake PoR and RD on the switch (more than likely because everyone loves Ike) we could see how well it will truly do with an art style and 3D models more akin to newer installments like Shadows of Valentia

[@MegaScytheman]

Matthew T meh, path of radiance was really slow to play, I gave up for that reason. Great game though

[@Gengar221]

That moment Shadow Dragon sold more than the Tellius series

[@DeletedUser-mz6bw]

Kirin Typh because shadow dragon is actually a good game

[@ethan0248910]

Kirin Typh When I saw that I was like "yeah! Take that Ike Fanboys haha" nah jk, but I'm still glad to see that it did better cuz I got a bais towards Shadow Dragon.

[@antisaltknight887]

But in term if revenue" Shadow drzgin was cheaper than Tellius, so Tellius sold more in term of money. (also Tellius was sold on the gamecube, one of nintendo failed console and you can expect people to buy a sequel when they didn't play the first game)

[@lagspike7763]

Don’t even try to talk shit about tellius

[@alyssasalmon4883]

ethan0248910 me too! Marth fan till the end!

[@Wintd1]

Allegedly it was actually the success of the first Advance Wars that convinced Nintendo to bring Fire Emblem over to the west, although Melee probably also helped too since it familiarized western gamers with the brand once it eventually arrived.

[@gamer909XD]

i'm so glad i was able to get radiant dawn at retail value when it first came out

[@darth_diminishthewolf8945]

of course you can emulate them which takes a bit of tech experience to know what to do

[@gamer909XD]

+Darth_Diminish The Wolf thats the reason as to why i havent played PoR, my commputer sucks and im not smart at tech stuff

[@darth_diminishthewolf8945]

TKO Spades its not that hard and at the end of the day i can hack the game and essentially balance the game like make certain characters bases better ie astrid and fiona

[@charleouel9012]

Man i got the game and i look just for fun how much it worth on Amazon and someone sell it for 150$! YAH MAN too bad i played it probably don't worth as much or something.

[@charleouel9012]

Also PLZ a new Fire Emblem console PLZ Nintendo a new FE NX. and also plz don't do the same thing you did in Awakening and Fates try something new don't do like oh yah that the way Fire emblem sold well let only keep it anime style and whit Wifu every where. Hell even try a WW2 Fire Emblem if you want (Spin-off)

[@sizzle5775]

GBA has the coolest animations tbh

[@asaltedpudding4041]

Same with Final Fantasy

[@diznutz5369]

Those graphics don't even grow old

[@purplevillager8801]

Until the ds animations came, *ugh*

[@JackOfen]

@@purplevillager8801 The DS animations are aweful

[@shibeking1809]

@@asaltedpudding4041 um what?

[@ArcDargo]

I was told another problem with FE9 and 10 was the was a limited amount of copies made as they didn't think Fire Emblem was popular anymore, causing today's problem where copies of those two games cost so damn much.

[@icarusmarioFAN]

I got a copy of Radiant Dawn for $70. At GameStop's online store. Somehow.

[@ArcDargo]

FireIcarus That's a pretty big somehow.

[@Bullwine]

+FireIcarus That was me a few months back. Lucked out on getting RD for that price. Path of Radiance? I paid.....more than I would have liked for it. But well worth it.

[@iridium137]

I noticed an inconsistency in your video. You said that FE8's lower sales is probably caused by its lower difficulty alienating Japanese fans. But according to the numbers you posted, it sold 300,000 copies in Japan, actually slightly up from 290,000 for FE7. It's actually in North America and Europe where FE8's sales are slightly lower compared to FE7.

[@iridium137]

+iridium137 I just noticed another inconsistency. You said FE9's total sales are at 540000, but if you add up the sales from each region, 290000+300000+80000+1000 totals to 670000, which is a lot higher than 540000.

[@Wittle_Boyo]

Hey Manga I just wanted to add some clarification on the decision to localize FE7. While it's true that SSB's inclusion of Roy and Marth were a deciding factor, Intelligent Systems has also cited that the success of Advance Wars inspired them to want to localize their other turn based strategy series and bring it to the west. Yay Advance Wars!

[@Wittle_Boyo]

*Mangs

[@Mangs1337]

I had no idea about this. Do you have any sources on this? Like an interview or something? I would love to read it.

[@renewedit]

+Mangs I believe the source is Kentaro Nishimura's interview with Edge magazine. It's hard to find the full article because it's a subscription magazine so I'm still looking lol

[@Wittle_Boyo]

Yah that's one. I can't seem to find the interview either. Alternatively "Did you know Gaming" cited this interview in their episode of FE I think.

[@cheryl9809]

In that case then why weren't more advance wars created along with fire emblem?

[@Zvarri1228]

I'm sort of surprised Gaiden sold about as much as FE1. Between the release of those two games, the SNES debuted, so it's weird that there would still be a market for an NES game. I wouldn't say it was FE8's low difficulty that caused a decline in sales, but it was its sameness. There aren't many differences between FE6, FE7, and FE8, so it's natural that the Japanese audience would be fatigued. I attribute FE9's sales failure to poor marketing, and the fact the GameCube wasn't a very successful console. 2005 was the twilight of the GameCube's days. Cool video!

[@ipad9025]

It's a shame that Nintendo treated the Tellius and DS games like a pile of shit. It's kind of Nintendo's fault for the little to no marketing. I still believe that's why Awakening did so well so quickly.

[@Mangs1337]

+aquaslash I think Awakening's art-style looked very lively and interesting, and that also drew in a lot of buyers I think.

[@poppyjiva]

The anime is real

[@donovanbarrientosreyes]

+Mangs The Anas' are proud

[@itsbrunhilda9704]

+Mangs The awakening art is my favorite style in the series, mainly because it had anime flair while still looking unique. While Fates' art style is technically better-drawn, I find it kind of generic at the same time.The best example I can give is Severa/Selena

[@plaguedoctor3782]

+aquaslash And Thracia 776.

[@96wtfomg]

There is only one conclusion that I can draw from this video, if you want sales, just put in a lot of waifus

[@Droid15243Z]

It's so cringy. D:

[@hennyzhi2261]

Anime Tropes the Game

[@papersonic9941]

I'm sure casual mode was the real reason for the spike in popularity, at least in the West. Good marketing helped, too.

[@SOMEGUY7893]

Or actually advertise your damn game.

[@daddyrobin4628]

Awakening FTW Bitches!!!! lol

[@ryankeenan4425]

Why are you doing a video on a small town in FE4?

[@davo9407]

Ha

[@MAW20614]

It's crazy to me that FE 9 sold so poorly when IMO it's one of the best. I think maybe it was the return to consoles that did it.

[@FireEmblemMaster714]

+SirWalksalot That or the fact that the gamecube wasn't their best selling console.

[@FireEmblemMaster714]

Yeah very true. A lot of lost potential sadly

[@gregorymincey]

SirWalksalot I like fe6

[@MrMarinus18]

The Gamecube sold very poorly and also the people to who'm it sold weren't that into strategy games. With the Wii this was even more so which is why FE 10 sold just as poorly despite the Wii being a smash hit.

[@DavidHutchinson0713]

@@MrMarinus18 Plus, Path of Radiance was released near the end of the GameCube's life cycle, and with the Wii on the horizon, I imagine some would-be buyers turned away due to the upcoming console factor. As for Radiant Dawn, PoR's disappointing sales resulted in Nintendo both short stocking the game AND releasing it very close to the release date of Super Mario Galaxy, which became one of the Wii's premiere killer app games. The fact that the Tellius games can get a bit too ambitious for its own good (at least IMO) doesn't help either.

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

Why did they keep releasing games on consoles that were long obsolete?

[@GigaMan91]

+Rezkeshdadesh It's a mystery to everyone.

[@BknMoonStudios]

+Giga Man A *new* mystery? (_Ba Dum Tss_) I'll go kill myself, thank you.

[@TheHDEpics]

+Rezkeshdadesh they were falling behind. they picked up the pace with gamecube and Wii though

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

TheHDEpics 1999 for SNES is some Duke Nukem Forever level behind schedule.

[@TheHDEpics]

Rezkeshdadesh i knowwww. also i still love how people use duke nukem forever as a term for behind schedule games. i cant even remember if the game was decent or not

[@Bojack316]

Great video, but I'm surprised you never mentioned Advance Wars influencing the release of FE7 in North America. I feel like the popularity of that game influenced it more than Marth and Roy being in Melee.

[@icarusmarioFAN]

Just one thing about Thracia 776: It was one of the last SNES games ever

[@BknMoonStudios]

+FireIcarus I thought it was the last. Which one is it, then?

[@icarusmarioFAN]

+BrokenMoonStudios I don't remember the name.

[@moref1727]

Wow, it really sucks that FE 9 and 12 sold so awfully, those are two titles that deserve to sell way more

[@TechnoFall42]

+Moref17 Yeah. Though I think Nintedo is to blame. "What?! You say we didn't give you marketing and your 9th game was released on a poorly sold console? Plus, we didn't let the 12th game release in the west? Well, it's YOUR fault, so you're going to make your next game on our brand new console and we're gonna give you lots of marketing, beacuse it can be your last game". I mean, I don't know for sure, but seems to me that Nintendo tells Int Sys where to make a game and they are marketing it. Dunno, maybe I'm wrong, but seems like another corporate (i. e. dick) move to me. Of course you're not going to give this series popularity, if you don't make moves to.

[@gmanpizza8181]

What about 10? That game is so fun and have such a great plot. I think even thought it does have a bit more flaws than PoR, it adds new stuff and overall is a really great game.

[@moref1727]

Nothing against 10, I just think more of the fanbase resonates with 9 than 10. I could be wrong though, just basing this off of what I've noticed

[@gmanpizza8181]

+Moref17 No, you are right. For some reason, a lot of people just adore 9 and spit upon 10 even though they are pretty similar.

[@moref1727]

People tend to over-exaggerate flaws cause they can. The game ain't perfect, but it's not a travesty. For some reason it's hard to look at things by it's pros/cons instead of looking at it as a whole good/bad

[@mikeval1525]

Fe5 had trouble selling because it originally sold as kiosk game in which you needed a blank cartridge to download to play it, but later sold it in a normal cartridge.

[@Jay6x]

Admittedly, it has taken me a while to get used to the concept of "perma-death" for characters in the franchise. Despite that I have played through Path of Radiance, I usually would restart entire chapters just so I can have all characters live by the end of the game. Then Awakening had a "casual" mode, where I didn't have to worry about restarting chapters if someone died... though I got back into it again, and decided to try normal; and if someone dies, just keep going. It ended up giving me more appreciation for this series. It's like D&D, where if your character ends up dying, they're gone for good, and the player would have to make a new character if they wish to continue in the campaign. In Fire Emblem, there are just a lot of characters that I just would never use, and they just sit in the barracks until the end of the war. It forces me to use the other characters I wouldn't have used otherwise if someone were to die. It also allows me to more carefully strategize a plan, and pray luck is on my side that the enemy doesn't crit.

[@MrMarinus18]

6:05 Actually it was the other way around. Nintendo wanted to release Fire Emblem in the West and so requested Sakurai put them in their biggest launch game for the Gamecube (Even though it ended up missing that launch date).

[@Jokerecho3540]

Oh, I had initially thought that there was a typo in the video title, with sales meant to be seals before I opened it. You know, similar to how yesterday's randomized fire emblem playthrough video was of Path of Radiance, according to its title.

[@zomburt1626]

same ^^

[@carloscabello4392]

It would be pretty cool to see this video remade showcasing the sales numbers for Echoes: Shadows of Valentía and Three Houses. Heck, it could also showcase the sales of recent spin-offs such as Warriors, Warriors Three Hopes and Fire Emblem Heroes.

[@kryzethx]

I would love to see an update video on this topic, considering all of the changes that Fire Emblem Echoes and Three Houses brought to the table, like the fully featured voice acting, inclusion of an "undo turn" command, and the insane marketing push that Nintendo made with Three Houses (not to mention all of the new Fire Emblem characters in Smash). It's weird how the series has been affected by Smash Bros, from Marty/Roy in Melee introducing the world to the franchise, to having an entire 3 characters added from Awakening to Smash 4 (which is where I really got into the series), and now having a total of 8 characters, and in the top 3 of most characters from a single franchise (I think only Pokemon and Mario have more characters) EDIT: Oh, and I guess you can mention Heroes and Warriors and Tokyo Mirage Sessions. Wow, Fire Emblem has a lot of spinoffs all of a sudden, doesn't it? Lol...

[@alexmartin6561]

Didn't know my favorite fire emblem game sold poorly. Radiant dawn had the story and themes I was most invested in.

[@mennomaman3399]

Hey Mangs, you labeled radiant dawn as Fire Emblem 9 instead of 10.

[@Mangs1337]

+Menno Maman GAAAH!

[@filipmelzacki9969]

TWAH TWAH TWAH TWAAAAAHHHH

[@belbercike2344]

Along with September misspelled.

[@happycorn298]

HEYAAAAAAAAAA

[@Tonypikmin]

+Banana Farm TSOREAAAA!

[@screwtokaiba]

Honestly while people hated Shadow Dragon, it adds so many things that shaped recent Fire Emblem to be, honestly a pretty good game to play. The ability to skip turns with start button and reclassing is such a nice feature that its probably the #1 thing i'd miss the most when replaying the older games

[@plaguedoctor3782]

+screwtokaiba I could do without reclassing, destroys the immersion. Though the enemy turn skip is a nice feature indeed.

[@GenmaTheSamurai]

+screwtokaiba Honestly, while I hate Shadow Dragon like everyone else. My favorite thing they added to it is the skip (like you said), and the fact that it FINALLY made it clear whether a boss was gonna move or not. Always hated turtling up before entering a boss' range, only to find out it isn't pursuing me. (Looking at you, GBA games)

[@screwtokaiba]

+GenmaTheSamurai Didn't tellius added the show enemy ranges first?

[@plaguedoctor3782]

Lord Tullus 9 Looks like opinions aren't welcome any more without some moron getting offended. Let me put it as the kids say: "Deal with it".

[@GenmaTheSamurai]

screwtokaiba Yes, but it still showed the boss movement ranges regardless of whether they actually moved or not.

[@Iceblade269]

It sucks Path of Radiance didn't do well because that was actually a very good game.

[@iwanthisokatofuckmesilly5222]

I wish I knew about it back then. *sigh*

[@veryveryold]

I personally feel that the sales are opposite of what they needed to be in some parts--the Tellius series was absolutely phenomenal and yet really I wouldn't have ever heard of it had I not really been drawn to Ike's character. It's sad to see games like these go downhill not for a lack of content, but rather marketing. Nintendo, what are you doing?

[@toffeeFairy]

I was fairly active during the Wii area and i never heard or saw anything related to fire emblem, like nothing in any magazine or even youtube at that point.

[@cuzimspecial1]

And then Echoes happened and it was like "Oh... the people really just want the waifu stuff" but then HEROES happened and WHOO WEE MILLIONS OF _DOLLARS_

[@hehnope1701]

This is a very rare type a video, it's nice that you did research on the sales of the games. It really shows how the game progressed not just through consoles, but through Nintendo's profit and it's popularity.

[@paperluigi6132]

And now we have Three Houses as the best selling Fire Emblem game of all time, selling over 3 million copies worldwide.

[@Crangeboi]

A golden age in terms of sales. A golden age in terms of waifu's. But all the quality went out the door.

[@empyrean6274]

Not mentioning Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE because..?

[@MrSongb1]

+That Guy Then you need include the Tear saga game.

[@4Nis0N]

+That Guy that pic tho

[@superblanco444]

I don't know how I feel about the new FE game I hope it doesn't turn out bad

[@BknMoonStudios]

+That Guy America can't handle _Super Cyan God Super Cyan_ Marth's fabulousness.

[@chikin8895]

It is not a fire emblem game.

[@glaceo3544]

I just realised that there's a trend with good games having bad sales.

[@Mangs1337]

Maybe we just like crappy games.

[@glaceo3544]

Mangs Who knows?.. Are you trying to say you like Awakening?

[@BlueSunStudios1]

+Glaceo Quaza They're all good games in my eyes but not all of them will sell like hot cakes.

[@DarklinWolf]

+Mangs Hey now, non-Japanese Fire Emblemers' can't get flak pre-FE7. You can blame Kaze's departure on the Japanese. Damned Japanese...what have they ever contributed to Fire Emblem? (/sarcasm)

[@NewAngelo]

Gotta be honest here, I never heard about Fire Emblem until I happened to get a pirated copy of Radiant Dawn, due to the wii's popularity. And when I checked my local stores for other fire emblem games, they never had, nor even a legal copy of Radiant Dawn. This was btw in Europe. Nor do I remember much marketing for any of the Fire Emblem games at where I live.

[@danielostrowski856]

I believe the low sales of Shadow Dragon was far from the only reason we didn't get FE12- the game really was too late in the DS's life. By the time it had been localised the 3DS would have been out for a while. I wonder how much the Ambassador games for 3DS influenced Awakening's sales. They were my introduction to the series, and the reason FE 8 is my favourite even though I don't think it's the best

[@MogofWar]

Had Thracia 776 been released in the U.S. that same year, it would have sold over a million copies. It was definitely a more western style game.

[@MrMarinus18]

6:50 Keep in mind though that the US has triple the population of Japan so it actually sold better in Japan. Also in the inclusion of Mexico and Canada turns that triple into more than quadruple.

[@BigKlingy]

You didn't mention one aspect of Thracia 776 that probably contributed to the low sales: not only was it released on the SNES when the N64 was in full swing, but its first release was only available via the Nintendo Power service... no, not the US magazine, in Japan it was sort of like an "official flashcart" that you'd go to specific outlets and get games downloaded onto. It only saw an actual cartridge release a year later, I think. This very awkward distribution method was probably a big factor in its low sales.

[@RWBn00b]

I've heard it was actually the bad sales of the Tellius games that put the series on it's death bed. Both games were big investments that flopped. FE11 and FE12 were more along the lines of life support, with games made for way less money using the already established, popular Akaneia story and in the case of FE12, a very late release on the DS preventing a localization from being out any time soon(and possibly costing more than it gained due to the 3DS arrival). IS probably didn't really expect much more of a return on FE12 than they got.

[@ducky2331]

It would be cool if they made remakes of the old fire emblem games and sold them to the western countries

[@Mellion555]

at first I thought this was going to be a history of the Anna family, but this was actually a really interesting video! Seeing all of these games that never saw a western launch really makes me want to play them all though. :c

[@xcess7]

I have 1-9, 11 and 12 Roms on my computer if you would like them.

[@AlbinoViper818]

Mangs, I love your analysis videos you do, whether it's on map design, or sales figures, you do an amazing job at analysing and presenting it in an entertaining and professional way. Keep it up!

[@Hyprosile]

Wait Mangs, consistency please. I feel the sales should have been separated by their respective market instead of being clumping altogether, as everyone else didn't get the first six until seven, so it's only fair to give them their own plot point to compare the progression in the different regions after seven.

[@atomicfireball27]

LOL 80,000 copies in Europe, that's miserable.....

[@susiechoi2495]

No matter the reason for Awakening's success, I'm glad it is/was popular. Fire Emblem has reached a new height of publicity because of it.

[@megatrashlord235]

I knew that Awakening sold at lot, but I didn't realise just how much it sold. Holy crap.

[@emotional_st0rm]

What's my favourite month? Semtepber, obviously~

[@UncleRedsnow]

True fact: Ghast owns every copy of Gaiden

[@clutchbert9960]

God I love your history of fire emblem videos. here's hoping you get a few more ideas for these and keep em coming

[@blaziken3212]

Mang's brief part about awakening sales was the nicest I think I've ever seen him talk about the game, despite the semi-subtle jabs made at it.

[@fin2510]

Well now that the new remake of FE4 has been released I think it's sales will be the highest ever

[@shadow_psych7069]

my 1st FE game was 7 but after 8 I kinda forgot about the franchise till' radiant dawn came out, which spurred me to look up any other FE games I may have missed. FE Awakening tho, was the 1st one that I ever played through more than once, and I credit that to how open-ended the battles were. Sometimes all I wanna do is hop into a few random battles and play a turn based rpg :P

[@Frank_144]

We need an updated version

[@theowiddicombe5653]

Wow! FE 7 came out in Europe on my birthday. I was only 2!

[@RememberTheAGES]

Interesting video, I enjoyed it. I was surprised at the VGchartz numbers as they are a bit over inflated than the ones recorded in Japan. This is the article I followed that shows the sales more accurately in Japan (sourcegaming.info/2016/02/23/series-analysis-fire-emblem/). Thracia 776 and Parth of Radiance and Radiant Dawn both sold horribly in Japan. The article also gives a brief overview of the series.

[@plushyloverowo6730]

I live in europe and in gamestores where the wii games were Radiant dawn never even got sold in the stores near my town

[@DarklinWolf]

YEEEEES. Please do more of these! Playlist hype!

[@SaiyanX5]

5:22 Roy's theme is a fucking banger!!

[@nejcalvoblanco]

"high sales don't mean a good game." he's talkin' about awakening... ;D

[@Jack-xq1eq]

I dont see the problem with Awakening it was amazing

[@Awesomepelt]

Honestly, having played Fates (Adtually my first game in the series) I think Fates is probably the worst one ever story wise. The gameplay was great and there were some great, if sometimes one sided charachaters

[@rexbutbetterthentheotheron1316]

Awesomepelt yeah remember the guy who’s whole character was based around a pickle

[@jonontomin]

It's a shame about FE 10 and 12. Those two are probably my favorites. Also, I would love to add to the sales of Path of Radiance if Nintendo would just release it on the eShop already...

[@paperluigi6132]

Fun fact: Binding Blade came out roughly seven months before I was born

[@farmamedic]

I think the low sales of FE9 was also because of the Gamecube, the system had one of the lowest sales in Nintendo history.

[@honeynutcheerios5197]

Could they could actually make a Genealogy remake? I mean they have made a Shadow Dragon, Mystery, and Gaiden remake, so it only makes sense to have a Genealogy remake.

[@thebravegallade731]

about the sales of FE12... its interesting that in fates famitsu poll... a LOT of people started in FE12.

[@CrickettoSantalune]

I can't believe a lot of people say "I would prefer that Fire Emblem had died in FE12 rather than have Awakening and Fates". Guys, Awakening and Fates have their ups and downs, but they aren't bad games. Also, we got Echoes (the best FE ever) and now we'll get Three Houses.

[@hedgehoundable]

As of March, Fates sold 1.8 million physical copies. Holy hell. I have absolutely no doubt that when the European date hits, this game will fly passed Awakening's sales.

[@ModelOmegaForReal]

Ugh, if only Leaf had been added in SSB instead of Roy as Nintendo originally planned, then we may actually have some progress on a Jugdral localization...

[@SacodePatatasXD]

+ModelOmega We don't have a FE6 localization, however. EDIT: Wait, did you mean a translation patch?

[@benshaul6976]

But we didn't get one for Roy so why would leafs game be different

[@PhilDVG]

So if these games were already selling over 250k copies, why do people continually say Awakening saved the franchise when it only would've died if Awakening sold less than New Mystery?

[@Mangs1337]

Because the developers were literally told that if Awakening didn't sell above a certain amount, they would terminate the franchise.

[@switch1e]

Great video! It was a fun reflection over the series. Keep up the good work.

[@Taffery]

Very Informative and interesting, Great video as always Mangs. Whats with the good games with crappy sales? It's kinda frustrating for me.

[@DruidOfTheRealm]

It's really a shame. Radiant Dawn was the game that got me into Fire Emblem, and is to date in my top ten favorite games of all time. Awakening and Fates are cool, but they pale in comparison to the Tellius series.

[@liesandvideotape]

The reason for fire emblem being brought to the west was because of the popularity of games like advance wars, and less because of Marty and Roy on ssbm

[@pinoi78]

Three Houses sales gonna shatter them all.

[@V-Jes]

Well it's 2020 and Fates is still the best selling game in the series (at the time of writing this) so not there yet...

[@yang6642]

Well whaddya know? Three Houses is now the best selling game in the franchise

[@Seddyhere]

Huh. Genealogy of the holy war came out on my birthday.

[@Frank_144]

Then you should play it!

[@Seddyhere]

I wish i could.

[@sammumoo8186]

This video was really cool! :3 You did an awesome job, and it was nice to see how they failed miserably and then how they raised to fame thanks to fire emblem Awakening. I personally do prefer some of the older ones to the new ones, as in mechanics and gameplay and writing and characters, but the new games are beautiful, and they have memorable and lovable characters c: The thing is that it kind of looks like these two last games are a strategy game mixed with a visual novel, but that's fine cx I'm just really glad sales are going well ^^

[@BerntSill]

Thanks for no Fates spoilers when it got to that game ^_^

[@Acsilverfish360]

+BerntSill SPOILERS! THERE IS A SWORD USER IN THE GAME!

[@INFERN0FIRE]

I'm a little confused about the conclusion you drew when looking at the numbers of copies sold of FE11 and FE12. Both games actually sold 270 000 copies in Japan, so it really didn't sell less (in Japan). There's no decline to be seen here, if you ask me. It's just that FE11 was also brought to the west, while FE12 was not.

[@screwtokaiba]

+Infernofire To add to this, FE11 actually got hurt in sales due to how hilariously wide spread the piracy on Nintendo DS was. FE12 has never been considered for Western release for this exact reason. All in all though FE11 and FE12 is definitely a cash grab that tried to recover from the bombing of Tellius

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

+screwtokaiba Ironically, the only way I and every other Western FE fan was able to play FE12 was by pirating it.

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

***** Pirate is the best class, since they can play non-localized games.

[@radrex7337]

WE'VE GOT TROUBLE if Fire Emblem:Fates doesn't sell well in Europe and other regions.

[@stephenqs5374]

+Rad Rex92 with the amount of comments I've seen asking for the European release, I think it will be fine

[@AcornPlays]

Rad Rex It has now passed Awakening in sales

[@Tarantulawl]

Before Awakening, what marketing did the FE games even get in the US? I saw Roy and Marth in Smash but I didn't see anything else about Fire Emblem until the Ambassador program.

[@mysticknight1494]

RagingWolf There was the Dorcas meme commercial for FE7

[@adellheartmusic]

There was a knight called avel in the remake? The horse of silas daugher in fates is called abel. Too cool

[@Somnanana]

Fire Emblem:Blazing Sword was released in Europe 3 days after the day I was born.

[@giuliamariutti8664]

11:50 look at it goooooo...

[@yannickluecker3983]

Lol I have a German copy of Radiant Dawn which is worth more than 100 bucks and I got it from a 20 Euro bargain "Software Pyramid" back in the day. And if you ask: No, I'm definitely not selling it.

[@ajfatca]

updated numbers in a year after 3H should be really interesting

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

This was alot more interesting than I expected it to be.

[@DarkSol13]

My entry point to the franchise was actually Shadow Dragon followed by New Mystery and I don't have any regrets whatsoever. Well, Shadow Dragon aside, FE12 at least definitely doesn't deserve so much hate, the characters & plot are kinda dumb, sure, but having played every single game in the series since FE6 I think It's one of the better games in terms of difficulty, unit positioning and overall map design. Not my absolute favourite but still pretty high up there.

[@ThirdBlade]

Mangs you're talking sales like Merlinus, so I will now call you Mangslinus.

[@daddyrobin4628]

I LUV FIURU EMBLUM!!!!!

[@LogicalMarcochip]

After Fire Emblem Heroes came out I felt like wanting to replay FE7. But after watching your videos I want to play every other game of the series :Q__

[@MrSongb1]

Thanks for sharing this. Always love to know any background stories for FE games. Does Did You Know Gaming have an Episode about Fire Emblem?

[@harjotchaggar4816]

+Bulun Song yes

[@bestzora7612]

+Harjot Chaggar And the comment section there is pure cancer. "Nino is amazing!" "Casual mode is fur weebs!" "Are Marth and Roy in this game?"

[@hylianfelldragon1308]

It is kinda sad Path of Radiance sold like shit back in 2005. I first heard of Fire Emblem from Smash Bros but I wasn't interested in the series until a high school friend talked a lot about Fire Emblem Awakening. But my first FE game was Path of Radiance on Dolphin 5. (I know I'm very new to the FE series) I loved it and decided to try out other games. Specifically the GBA, DS games and Awakening. I am very glad Awakening sold well however controversial it may be. BTW Is it strange that I like Awakening almost about as much as the GBA and Tellius games?

[@hadoukenfighter]

april 25th? holy shit guys, its been 13 years since FE7 to this exact date

[@sniggelbob]

Fire Emblem 4 came out 10 days after I was born.

[@sheikor01]

I don't think I'll ever understand how Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn did so poorly, especially in Europe. Well the obvious answer would be a lack of advertising (I don't remember seing a single ad about it; I knew of it and bought it because I fell in love with Fire Emblem on GBA) but damn were they enjoyable to play. And while in terms of sales, Awakening and Fates are two giants compared to the rest of the series... Well... the economic model is just shameful. Many DLCs and then a game divided in 3 bits to buy separately... *sigh* I am rather reluctant in calling it a golden age. It has some "selling your soul to the Devil" undertone to it. According to this : www.vgchartz.com/game/85716/fire-emblem-fates/ the games sold for 1.68 million copies, so not as big a success as Awakening, especially since it went over 2 million, but a very good success nonetheless. So it seems there should be no worries as to a future episode of the series ! I simply hope they grow back some sense and some of its original spirit into it.

[@GalacticFrameShift]

Even though it sold poorly, FE12 is probably one of my favorite FE games.

[@thebravegallade731]

you should have compared japan only games' sales with the japanese sales figures of games... one mil in JAPAN is pretty huge, and FE3 got almost 800 thousand.

[@bluebabii9975]

Oh this one got a change in it's thumbnail as well