Tecmo Koei Hopes Hyrule Warriors Will Sell A Million Copies

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Yoichi Erikawa, the president of Tecmo Koei has expressed that he has high hopes that Hyrule Warriors will be able to sell more than 1 million copies worldwide.

In an interview with Nikkei Trendy, Mr. Erikawa discussed the company’s financial year, and its upcoming IP’s. When discussing the upcoming Hyrule Warriors title, he said that the popularity of both the Zelda and Warrior franchises should enable the game to sell at least a million copies across the globe.

In gaming, this is a first-time collaboration. As a new entry in the Warriors series, we plan to release the game Hyrule Warriors in collaboration with Nintendo in the summer of this year. In addition to our Warriors series fan base, Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda is also a very popular series with a large fan base, and I think it will become a great new market. Because of The Legend of Zelda’s legion of fans overseas, we are aiming to sell more than one million copies worldwide.

Do you think this sales goal is obtainable? Will you be purchasing Hyrule Warriors when it comes out? Let us know in the comments.

Source: Nikkei Trendy

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  • Ollie Gärtner

    The Wii U was sold 6.2 mio times. That means, that he wants every sixth Wii U owner to buy the game… I highly doubt that it will reach the 1mio sells

    • Noah Glaser

      True, but Nintendo will have Mario Kart and the next Smash game out before Warriors is released. They are also revealing Zelda Wii U at E3 which will help move consoles. So maybe things will pick up.

      • GHIRAHIM

        1.Smash Bros. won’t be out on Wii U until winter
        2. You can only hope that Zelda Wii U will be announced during E3. There’s nothing to suggest that.

        • Noah Glaser

          Nintendo said back in 2013 that the game would most likely be shown at E3 this year. The Wii U version of smash wont be until winter, but the 3ds will which will most likely boost some enthusiasm for the title

  • Devon Allyn Weeks Calvert

    I will but if its gay at all I will bomb it on every review sight on the web so please do well on the game design …..another note I never even heard of the warrior series before this

    • Matt Louden

      Dynasty Warriors, Samurai Warriors. I love DW to death and own literally 1-8 of the series. It’s incredibly fun and I will for sure be buying this for my fiance’s Wii U.