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Nintendo DS News | Final Fantasy Pre-Order Frenzy

Quick News: Stores in Japan are raking in pre-orders for the upcoming DS RPG, Final Fantasy III, according to DS-Gamer, at around 400,000 to 450,000 orders to date.

The title hits retail on 24th August 2006.

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amtrid 02.08.2006#1

wow that is alot of orders. i hope nintendo have been stockpiling ds' for this one i think it will sell a million in two weeks. wouldn't it be amazing if it sold a million in a week. that would be a first i think.

Laurelin 02.08.2006#2

I, too, am eager for this game...

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

OLU1701 02.08.2006#3

I second that Laurelin. After all the delay, I finally walked into Game and Purchased my Black DS lite With Brain Training. I just can't wait for FFIII to hit Western Shores i'm pretty sure that it's going to be a hit as it obviously will in Japan.

amtrid 02.08.2006#4

i'd expect it to be a bigger hit in the west since it has not been released here ever in any form. at least the japanese had a chance to play it way back when.

Laurelin 02.08.2006#5

A bigger hit than in Japan? Wow, that would be okay for me, but not easy to accomplish.
But count me in for a customer here. Maybe with a shiny little DSlite in cool FF-look?

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

Cheesing It Up 02.08.2006#6

And there's still another 3 weeks before the game is released! It'll be huge, no doubt about that!

jb 02.08.2006#7

Will definitely be one of DS's strongest titles this year!

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The Croft 02.08.2006#8

Wasn't as high as NSMB was it, that was something like 800k to 1m, or maybe i am wrong

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jesusraz 13.08.2006#9

Mario had store pre-orders of 1.3 million, whilst Nintendo shipped an initial amount of 800,000, quickly bumping that figure up during the first week to meet the staggering demand, which is why it sold 900,000 units in week one.

Hopefully Square Enix will up the shipment to meet FFIII's demand. Heck, with the constant coverage and great adverts at the moment it should easily meet 500,000 in its first week...I don't think the DS is as front-loaded as PS2 games, with DS titles being slow burners rather than just 'flash in the pan' games.