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ZelosZoidberg



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 2:41 pm Reply with quote
Didn't think Star Fox could top Tomodachi Life but they did it. Hopefully we can get the two GCN Star Fox games on the Switch Online services soon and hopefully a new game.

Konami doing well with sports games. I hope they can port Metal Gear Solid V to Switch 2 one day. Twin Snakes would be another good get but that's such a legal mess I don't think it will happen.
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Silver Kirin



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 06, 2026 4:37 pm Reply with quote
That's actually a decent debut for Star Fox, I'd say Nintendo has positioned the game as a big release, not just a remake. But just for comparison, these are the first week debut numbers and total copies sold for previous Star Fox games in Japan:
- Star Fox (1993) = 113,336 debut, 325,000 total;
- Star Fox 64 = 75,595 debut, 565,222 total;
- Star Fox Adventures = 133,871 debut, 259,067 total;
- Star Fox Assault = 79,786 debut, 195,407 total;
- Star Fox Command = 27,425 debut, 93,973 total;
- Star Fox Zero = 8,175 debut, 95,900 total.
I'm actually kind of impressed that SF64 managed to sell more than half a million copies in Japan, considering the Nintendo 64 wasn't that popular there.
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ZelosZoidberg



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2026 5:05 pm Reply with quote
^Yeah and at that point there were really only 2-3 games that fit Japans tastes of games at the time on the system. The N64 really only started shining when late 1997-1998 came around. Sure you had Super Mario 64 and Mario Kart 64 and a few other titles but by that time the PlayStation just had so much to choose from with the competition between devs being fierce (aka on their A game) and their games costing less compared to N64 Paks which cost as much $70 USD at times. Hopefully this is a good sign for the Star Fox IP.
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Tamer Sakura



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 07, 2026 7:37 pm Reply with quote
ZelosZoidberg wrote:
Didn't think Star Fox could top Tomodachi Life but they did it. Hopefully we can get the two GCN Star Fox games on the Switch Online services soon and hopefully a new game.


I mean it's 3 months old at this point.. but something tells me Tomodachi Life is going to have longer legs and surpass Star Fox's weekly sales either next week or the week after.
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