Famitsu sales (7/14/25 – 7/20/25) – Donkey Kong Bananza Launch

[Sephiran]

Slownenberg said:

Oh dang, was not expecting that small sales from DK. I mean I know it's no Mario franchise, but certainly thought it would be significantly above MKW numbers for DK's launch week haha. So with digital only probably not much more than 10% of owners bought DK on launch week...considering it's the only first party single player game on the system and is a major AAA release and the system just came out so everyone is looking for what to play besides MKW, those aren't great numbers for DK.

S2 sales pretty decent though, obviously they held back stock last week to flood stock this week for the DK launch, so I'd say 150k is about in line with expectations.

Am more interested in DK numbers in the West though, as I figure it'll be a lot more popular in the west than in Japan.

That is the benefit of having a diversified WW base for your console. Some games like Splatoon, Kirby, Pokemon will have higher attach rate in Japan, while others like Donkey Kong, Metroid etc will have higher attach rate in NA/EU.

Last edited by Sephiran - on 24 July 2025