Hero_time88 on 11 November 2010
The more recent DK games did far from stellar, we could argue which one's are spin-offs and which not and that they didn't make use of the DKC formula, but even the GBA remakes remakes did bomb in Japan and it's obvious that the Japanese don't feel as attached to the big ape as what they do to Mario. I never see the character rank in popularity polls and the games aren't exactly considered classics there.
But I repeat, I still think it can become big in Japan if Nintendo knows how to market it (and with there big mainstream games they ussually nail it), it's just that having some hit's in the mid-90s doesn't guarantee succes to me.
