Fire Emblem Fates has sold 400,000 copies in the U.S.

Fire Emblem has come back from the brink, with Nintendo announcing that the latest entry in the series, Fire Emblem Fates, sold 400,000 copies in the U.S. in just over a week. 

That figure includes digital downloads and physical sales, and comes from data tracking outfit, The NPD Group. 

Fates, which is split into two versions -- Conquest and Birthright, each featuring different characters, stories, and maps -- outsold its predecessor, Fire Emblem Awakening, over its three-day launch period by a factor of five.

During those three days Fates sold 300,000 copies in North America, breaking records and breathing new life into a series that was close to being cancelled. 

"The [Fire Emblem] games took two top-10 spots on the best-sellers list [by SKU] from the NPD Group, which tracks U.S. video game sales,” read a Nintendo statement, picked up by VentureBeat.

"This far outpaces 2013’s Fire Emblem Awakening game, the series’ previous record-holder in the United States, and is a testament to both the longstanding popularity and rapidly growing fan base of the franchise.”

Nintendo is supplementing Fates with DLC options including map packs and an additional third scenario.