Nintendo’s first mobile release in 2017 proved to be very successful. The company’s new game, Fire Emblem Heroes, earned $2.9 million on its first day of sales. This is more than Clash Royale received on the day of release.
Nintendo brands on mobile platforms continue to earn millions. The Pokémon GO game earned $1 billion on iOS and Android in seven months, and Super Mario Run earned $30 million in two weeks. Fire Emblem Heroes, a new Nintendo game, another dollar millionaire of the Japanese company.
This is reported by the Sensor Tower company. She compared the earnings of the debut day of four mobile titles: Pokémon GO, Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes and Clash Royale.
The leader was Pokémon GO, which crossed the threshold of $ 10.2 million on the day of launch. In second place was Super Mario Run. The game was able to earn $8.4 million on the first day. In the third position – the novelty Fire Emblem Heroes, and in the fourth – Clash Royale with $ 1.4 million.
The leader in downloads of the first day is Super Mario Run. This game was downloaded 6 million times on the day of release. Pokémon GO – 4.2 million times. Fire Emblem Heroes and Clash Royale have the same number of installations in the first day – 2 million.
Most of the amount received and downloads of Fire Emblem Heroes fell on the Japanese market, but in the USA the game also has good indicators. On Saturday, the game was in the Top 10 highest-grossing iOS apps on the iPhone.
Nintendo debuted the Miitomo social app on mobile platforms in April 2016. Since then, the company has independently released only two mobile games: Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes. In 2015, Nintendo announced plans to release five mobile projects by March 2017.
Sources: Sensor Tower, App Annie