{"id":25295,"date":"2018-06-13T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido_has_shockingly_poor_launch_in_japan"},"modified":"2018-06-13T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T14:15:00","slug":"sushi-striker-the-way-of-sushido-has-shockingly-poor-launch-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/13\/sushi-striker-the-way-of-sushido-has-shockingly-poor-launch-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido Has Shockingly Poor Launch In Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido_has_shockingly_poor_launch_in_japan\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido_has_shockingly_poor_launch_in_japan\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"sushi.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido_has_shockingly_poor_launch_in_japan\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido_has_shockingly_poor_launch_in_japan\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"sushi.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Just last week, Nintendo&#8217;s latest creation <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido\"><strong>Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido<\/strong><\/a> launched on both Switch and 3DS. The game is an action-puzzle mash-up with an incredibly high level of polish and a great story mode (we rated it rather highly in <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/sushi_striker_the_way_of_sushido\">our review<\/a>), but the initial sales figures for the game are shockingly low.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan &#8211; the home nation of both Nintendo and sushi, no less &#8211;\u00a0the game only managed to shift 5,235 copies on Switch and 2,392 copies on 3DS in its first week, combining for a total of 7,627 across the two systems. To put that into perspective, ARMS &#8211; another of Nintendo&#8217;s brand new franchises introduced for the system &#8211; managed to sell\u00a0100,652 copies in the same initial time\u00a0period. That&#8217;s quite the difference.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Sushi Striker was the fancy new release of the week, Nintendo&#8217;s other evergreen titles still sold more copies despite some of them being over a year old. <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> sold\u00a013,423 copies (which included hardware bundles), <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8\u00a0Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> sold\u00a010,063, <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze\"><strong>Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze<\/strong><\/a> sold\u00a09,528, and even launch title <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\"><strong>Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/a> still shifted\u00a06,516, which is more than Sushi Striker on Switch alone.<\/p>\n<p>It seems quite likely that the game&#8217;s full-retail launch price may have put off some customers &#8211; we know a lot of you lovely readers have mentioned the game&#8217;s price in our comments sections &#8211; but it&#8217;s still a shame to see it underperform. Here&#8217;s hoping that this doesn&#8217;t knock Nintendo&#8217;s confidence to release entirely new experiences too much in the future.<\/p>\n<p><em>Did you pick up a copy of Sushi Striker? Let us know how you feel about the game and why you have &#8211; or haven&#8217;t &#8211; grabbed a copy yourself in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just last week, Nintendo&#8217;s latest creation Sushi Striker: The Way of Sushido launched on both Switch and 3DS. The game is an action-puzzle mash-up with an incredibly high level of polish and a great story mode (we rated it rather highly in our review), but the initial sales figures for the game are shockingly low. 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