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Roar_Of_War on 21 January 2014
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F0X said:
Roar_Of_War said:

Donkey Kong needs to prove it's consistency before we can gauge how big it is. Saying it's bigger than Zelda isn't possible right now. Zelda consistently hits at least 3 million+, where as Donkey Kong was underwhelming for years. DKCR is akin to Twilight Princess, only smaller (TP is 8 million +).

Let's see how DKC:TF does. As of now, the series is too inconsistent to be compared to Zelda. Zelda on it's worst days is a lot bigger than Donkey Kong on it's worst days. Donkey Kong and Zelda on their best days are around a similar level.

No question that Donkey Kong can be big, and I loved the DKC titles as well as Returns. We just need to wait and see.


But what if we treat Donkey Kong Country as seperate from other DK-branded games?


Then we have a 9.3 million seller, a 6 million seller, a 5 million seller and a 3.5 million seller.  Much as we loved the game, Returns couldn't quite match up to the first game sales wise. Whereas Zelda actually surpassed the first game twice, which was 6.5 million.

I'd liken Returns to Twilight Princess, except smaller, and unable to reach a new record for the series (though DKCR did pass the 2nd game, which I consider a success in it's own right anyway). The difference is that Zelda's had more games since Twilight Princess, while the last game in the series for Donkey Kong Country (if we consider that it's own thing) is Returns. That's why we need to wait and see where Tropical Freeze hits, so we can gauge how it maintains those sales from the Wii generation.

Sadly, the Wii U isn't the best system to gauge franchises. So it still might not be as telling as we'd like it to be, but if it can hit maybe 2-3 million lifetime then I'd consider it a successful sequel.