Yeah, Samus came to mind after reading this. As for numbers, the Metroid series sold much less. According to Wiki, here, it's 21.7 million to 12.3 million in game sales, although the numbers are slightly out of date. However, I do believe Metroid games are of a much higher quality.
Lara Croft lands in Guinness Book of World Records
Apr 7th 2006 3:47PM (Joystiq)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best_selling_video_games
Lara Croft lands in Guinness Book of World Records
Apr 7th 2006 3:44PM (Joystiq)As for numbers, the Metroid series sold much less.
According to Wiki, here, it's 21.7 million to 12.3 million in game sales, although the numbers are slightly out of date.
However, I do believe Metroid games are of a much higher quality.