| UncleScrooge said: 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 |
Well said.
I kept trying to say the bold, but noone believed me. Though few people believed me when I said NSMB Wii would reignite hardware, so I guess I shouldn't have been surprised. Wii had NO hardware movers this entire year. None. ZERO. This will begin to change starting with Kirby, and will be fully realized with Donkey Kong.
I always laugh when people say DKC won't move consoles because Wii already have a big 2D platformer. Well I guess Halo: Reach is screwed then since the 360 already has FPS!
DKC was probably the most successful franchise on the Super NES after Mario and propelled it over the Genesis. The fact that people are totally undermining its potential on Wii is pretty baffling to me.
