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Do You want A GTA like DK ?

No, I prefer 2D DK 20 27.78%
 
HELL YEAH! 6 8.33%
 
I want a DK 64 secuel and KING K. ROOL back 13 18.06%
 
DK is dead 8 11.11%
 
Samus is life samus is love 10 13.89%
 
Splatoon is a New Era 9 12.50%
 
Diddy kong Racing is the New RETRO GAME 6 8.33%
 
Total:72
DK64 on 06 February 2016

This post is an answer to

So, Splatoon moved more consoles than DK Tropical Freeze

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=213224&page=1#

These are the reasons why The King DK did not move hardware like Splatoon did-
*There are only ten videos talking about DKTF in the Nintendo YouTube channel AGAINST 49 SPLATOON videos
*People Hate, Metroid fanboys were expecting RETRO New game to be a realistic HD Metroid but RETRO chooses DK instead.
*Advertisment, I didn't watch any DK video on tv, but It was a different story with Splatoon, I saw Splatoon on cartoon network and disneyXD
*DK got Delayed To February, in that time people hate so much the System until smash extravaganza everything changed in peoples' minds.
*DK $50 VS SPLATOON €40 $60

 

At least Donkey kong was complete when It was released .


10 DK videos  VS 49 splatoon-

https://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo/search?query=splatoon

https://www.youtube.com/user/Nintendo/search?query=donkey+kong+tropical

 


 



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HylianYoshi on 06 February 2016

I saw quite a few ads for Tropical Freeze on Cartoon Network.

No, some of your reasons aren't very accurate as to why it didn't move units, but it most certainley symbolizes a lack of effort on Nintendo's part to push Tropical Freeze out there.



bet: lost

Ultrashroomz on 06 February 2016

Nintendo really pushed Splatoon harder than any other game on the Wii U, that's for sure.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

wombat123 on 07 February 2016
Ultrashroomz said:
Nintendo really pushed Splatoon harder than any other game on the Wii U, that's for sure.

I remember they had that large E3 section dedicated to Splatoon back in 2014, it was the last legit reveal on their E3 Direct and they made a point to emphasize it during the Nintendo treehouse event.  They knew it was going to do well but I don't think they thought it was going to turn into a phenomenon and I think the only other games I think that came close in-terms of advertising were Smash and Mario Kart.  Hell, I was surprised when I saw a Splatoon commercial while watching the Walking Dead.



hershel_layton on 07 February 2016

Dk never moved consoles. always those second-party like games that are meant to sell for a quick buck. Nothing less, nothing more.



 

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Mystro-Sama on 07 February 2016

Or because its a fun multiplayer exclusive? Something that the Wii U is sorely lacking.



Nem on 07 February 2016

Those sound like excuses. The reason is simple: the demand wasn't there.



mountaindewslave on 07 February 2016

Tropical Freeze is a good game but I think it would be really fun to see a Donkey Kong 64 sequel, a 3D Donkey Kong game. DK64 is quite flawed and I feel as if Nintendo needs to do a 3D Donkey Kong justice



DK64 on 07 February 2016
Nem said:
Those sound like excuses. The reason is simple: the demand wasn't there.

No excuses.

There was no Advertisment for DK at the time.

Another example is XCX.



DK64 on 07 February 2016
mountaindewslave said:

Tropical Freeze is a good game but I think it would be really fun to see a Donkey Kong 64 sequel, a 3D Donkey Kong game. DK64 is quite flawed and I feel as if Nintendo needs to do a 3D Donkey Kong justice

I agree.

 

But the company Who knew how to deal with DK was (RAREWARE) and a DK3D like Dk64 will never happen because Nintendo cant do It.