TheMega Man Battle Network Legacy Collectionis already off to a strong start in terms of its sales, as indicated by a recent sales report. TheMega Man Battle Networkseriestasks players with taking on threats to the cyber world as Mega Man.EXE the Net Navi in grid-based RPG action, instead of running, jumping, and shooting as a robot. After nearly two decades without a new numbered entry in the subseries, this legacy collection aims to bring them all to modern systems, complete with new features like online play.
This collection follows a long line ofotherMega ManLegacy collectionspublished by Capcom, which all help preserve the older titles. This includes games that were previously exclusive to Nintendo’s handheld systems, like theMega Man ZeroorBattle Networkseries of games. With the popularity of these games and their significance in pop culture, it’s certainly one way to please fans. The remasters of theBattle Networkgames are currently paying dividends, as the sales numbers for this collection indicate it’s doing quite well within only a week since it launched.
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According to Famitsu, the sales numbers ofMega Man Battle Network Legacy Collectionhave managed to make it the top-selling game on the Nintendo Switch, moving 52,375 units within its first week. The other version that was released in Japan was on the PS4, moving a rather modest 7871 units. Despite that, in total, this collection has managed to sell roughly 60,000 units within its first week, a number that is an encouraging sign for the game. This number only tracks physical copies sold in Japan only, with no worldwide digital or physical tallies yet to be disclosed.
In comparison to other legacy collection ports published, theBattle Networkports are outpacing some ofMega Man’s other recent big releases. This includesbothMega Man X Legacy Collectionsand 2018’sMega Man 11. This subseries of games were pretty popular in its home country back in the day, with many Japanese players expressing their excitement about the remaster in the lead-up to its release.
With this encouraging figure, it’s possible thatMega Man Battle Network Legacy Collectioncould sell a million units worldwide before the year is over. One player spotted that the concurrent player count for this game had broken over 7000 users on PC, with past collections having never broken a thousand before. With the possible success of this collection, maybe fans can get anothertacticalMega ManRPGfrom Capcom in the future.
Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collectionis available now for PC, PS4, and Switch.
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