{"id":134543,"date":"2023-08-31T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-154782"},"modified":"2023-08-31T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T16:15:00","slug":"stunning-rts-adventure-13-sentinels-aegis-rim-continues-to-be-a-sales-hit-for-vanillaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/31\/stunning-rts-adventure-13-sentinels-aegis-rim-continues-to-be-a-sales-hit-for-vanillaware\/","title":{"rendered":"Stunning RTS Adventure &#8217;13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim&#8217; Continues To Be A Sales Hit For Vanillaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a1bef9a419f6c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/a1bef9a419f6c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"vaYykE_UIt8\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Publisher <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlus.co.jp\/news\/22119\/\">Atlus has revealed<\/a> that the gorgeous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/13_sentinels_aegis_rim\">13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim<\/a> \u2014 Vanillaware&#8217;s sci-fi adventure game RTS hybrid \u2014 has shipped over 1 million copies physically and digitally (thanks, <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2023\/08\/13-sentinels-aegis-rim-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-one-million\">Gematsu<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Atlus shared the news in a post on its official Japanese website earlier today, which also expressed the company&#8217;s &#8220;deepest gratitude&#8221; for supporting the game. The publisher also shared a brand new commemorative illustration from one of Vanillaware&#8217;s incredible artists, Yukiko Hirai, which you can see below.<\/p>\n<p>Vanillaware is known for making beautiful-looking titles, each one with a unique twist on the genre it&#8217;s portraying. This new sales milestone for the developer is significant because it means it&#8217;s likely closing in on sales numbers for its best-selling title \u2014 RPG brawler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/dragons_crown_pro\" class=\"external\">Dragon&#8217;s Crown<\/a> \u2014 which topped 1 million sales back in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim 1 Million Commemorative Illustration Full\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/48d8b7fd4ec61\/13-sentinels-aegis-rim-1-million-commemorative-illustration-full.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNjM3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"637\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/48d8b7fd4ec61\/13-sentinels-aegis-rim-1-million-commemorative-illustration-full.900x.jpg\" alt=\"13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim 1 Million Commemorative Illustration Full\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlus.co.jp\/news\/22119\/\">Yukiko Hirai \/ Atlus<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>13 Sentinels originally launched in Japan in 2019, with a PS4 Western release following in 2020. The game <em>then<\/em> received a Switch port in April 2022, which we reviewed and absolutely adored.<\/p>\n<p>In recent times, we&#8217;ve also seen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/grimgrimoire_oncemore\">GrimGrimoire<\/a> get a remaster on Switch, as well as the president&#8217;s desire to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wii\/muramasa_the_demon_blade\">Muramasa<\/a> ported to modern consoles.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:129150,144131 @ 2023-09-01T02:36:50+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Have you played 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim? Are you happy with the game&#8217;s success? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Publisher Atlus has revealed that the gorgeous 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim \u2014 Vanillaware&#8217;s sci-fi adventure game RTS hybrid \u2014 has shipped over 1 million copies physically and digitally (thanks, Gematsu). Atlus shared the news in a post on its official Japanese website earlier today, which also expressed the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}