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darthdevidem01 said:

I'll do the honours:

1
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Nintendo
29.52 6.81 3.91 40.24
2
New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Nintendo
8.50 6.08 7.75 22.33
3
Super Mario World (SNES)
Nintendo
12.97 3.55 4.09 20.61
4
Super Mario Land (GB)
Nintendo
10.99 4.19 2.96 18.14

Included 4 cus Super Mario Bros was bundled a lot, so just included one extra.

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1
Donkey Kong Country (SNES)
Nintendo
4.43 3.00 1.87 9.30
2
Donkey Kong 64 (N64)
Rare
3.31 1.10 0.86 5.27
3
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (SNES)
Nintendo
2.13 2.21 0.81 5.15

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I love Donkey Kong, but its really not gonna be a NSMB Wii

In case anyone missed it: (Mario Kart before DS, Wii)

1
Mario Kart 64 (N64)
Nintendo
5.52 2.24 2.11 9.87
2
Super Mario Kart (SNES)
Nintendo
3.59 3.82 1.35 8.76
3
Mario Kart: Double Dash!! (GC)
Nintendo
4.14 0.89 1.93 6.96

See how that... doesn't work? And at this point, NSMB Wii outselling Mario Kart Wii is not going to be an easy task.

I'm not saying DKC will outsell Mario Kart or NSMB Wii (surely it'll be under both by a fair margin), but I will say those comparisons are useless. DKC1 is the only non-sequel 2D Donkey Kong. We really just don't have much data on what kind of impact this game will have.


@Carl2291: "Doomed" is just a word used to group up all the people who think the console will continue a steep decline. E.g. "To all those who think the Wii is doomed," basically means "To all those thinking the Wii will be down 30-40% this holiday."

You're putting too much weight into what is just... a word.

Besides, what do you think doomed means? Down 50%? 60%? When is it not a "huge over-exaggeration"? I'm pretty sure calling an HD console "doomed" at some points meant it'd be stuck in 3rd place, and that's a hell of a lot less extreme than the expectations of Wii sales this holiday.