People absolutely underestimate Donkey Kong. This game sold faster than Mario around its release. It just didn't sell in even bigger numbers because they announced a sequel only months later.
Donkey Kong was the biggest hardware mover in the late SNES days. You guys probably thought Mario wouldn't sell consoles either, huh? 
I will say it again there was not a single game to move hardware for the Wii this year. the only million seller was Mario Galaxy 2 and that obviously didn't move many consoles. Starting October these games will release weekly.
Now saying Donkey Kong isn't going to move consoles because Mario is also a platformer is just stupid. There was a time when most games where 2D platformers and people still bought consoles
Well, we'll see 
