It’s been making tracks

Konami has introduced that their 2020 sport, Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban, has handed 4 million models offered. What’s essential about that? Properly, a number of issues.

Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban has by no means been launched outdoors of Japan. That’s not completely shocking, as Momotaro Dentetsu is a long-running sequence that began again on the Famicom again in 1988. Again then, it was produced by Hudson Mushy, however after Hudson went bust, all its belongings had been purchased out by Konami in 2012. Nonetheless, in all that point, Momotaro Dentetsu has by no means been localized. Not one sport. It has at all times stayed in Japan.

Moreover, 4 million gross sales in Japan is a loopy quantity. To place this into perspective, Famitsu reported final month that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has a lifetime gross sales variety of 2,208,705. It’s not fairly the numbers of Tremendous Smash Bros. Final (5,211,237) or Tremendous Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (5,328,989) and never even near touching Animal Crossing New Horizons (7,477,507). Nonetheless, for a non-first-party Change unique, it’s a quite insane quantity.

So, does this imply we’ll see it over right here? Failing that, will the West get the upcoming Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!? It’s not not possible, however I wouldn’t precisely rely on it. The Momotaro Dentetsu video games are steeped in Japanese tradition. They’re within the model of board video games, and are largely about touring Japan’s legendary rail system to purchase up as a lot of it as potential. It’s form of like Monopoly however for public transportation.

The purpose is, I discovered this very fascinating, and in case you’re studying this paragraph, likelihood is you’ve fallen sufferer to my eclectic enthusiasm. You’re welcome or I’m sorry. Take your choose.

Zoey Handley

Workers Author – Zoey is a gaming gadabout. She obtained her begin running a blog with the group in 2018 and hit the entrance web page quickly after. Usually discovered exploring indie experiments and retro libraries, she does her greatest to stay chronically uncool.

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