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CrankyStroming said:
Joelcool7 said:

Donkey Kong is probubly Nintendo's third most well known franchise, behind only Mario and Pokemon. DK was one of Nintendo's first arcade games and the baby boomer generation Wii is focused on grew up playing it. Also the DKC franchise sold better then most of Nintendo's other franchises in the 90's.

Considering that the franchise hasn't produced by the standards of the traditional market a 'proper' game for a number of years, I'm not sure where you're coming from. Mario has instant brand awareness as a result of a steady stream of megahits and Pokemon has all kinds of merchandise, anime and outside-games recognition behind it, and the last four years have shown that if you slap Wii into the title of anything then people will buy it without having previously been interested or aware of it at all. Donkey Kong has no such prescence in the public conciousness, and likely won't pull in nearly the same sorts of numbers.

Mario hasn't had a proper game since 1992. So what?



Above: still the best game of the year.