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axt113 on 23 June 2010

Just wanted to gauge people's prediction for lifetime sales of the two platformers coming out on the Wii this holiday

 

My guess is Kirby 3-8 million, and Donkey Kong 7-12 million

 

I doubt they'll be Hardware drivers though, certainly not on the scale of NSMB Wii, mostly because NSMB Wii likely pulled in a lot of the people who will be interested in Donkey Kong and Kirby.



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Metallicube on 23 June 2010

I think about 2 million for Kirby, 10 million for Donkey Kong. DKC is the more popular series, and this game seems to be more similar to the 2D Mario games. Kirby looks like a fun game, but seems like it has somewhat of a limited appeal with its strange art style and unique gameplay mechanics. Kirby will barely drive hardware if at all, but Donkey Kong I have a feeling could push lots of Wiis, similar to NSMB Wii, but on a lesser scale.



andremop on 23 June 2010

My guesses are:

Kirby: 2 millions

DKC: Going to say  6 millions, but this thing could be huge (10 million huge)



Arius Dion on 23 June 2010

I think DKC will be a 10m seller. Kirby 3-5m

 



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O-D-C on 23 June 2010

Kirby - 1.8 million

DKC - 8.8 million



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Blacksaber on 23 June 2010

I feel really pessimistic about the sales not sure why...

Kirby 1 Million

DKC 2 Million

I hope I'm wrong but I just have the feeling there going to be disapointing in sales..



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Boutros on 23 June 2010

Kirby - 2 million

DKC - 2.5 million

 

A total guess.



axt113 on 23 June 2010
Blacksaber said:

I feel really pessimistic about the sales not sure why...

Kirby 1 Million

DKC 2 Million

I hope I'm wrong but I just have the feeling there going to be disapointing in sales..


After the sales of NSMB Wii, I find it hard to believe, unless the games are crap, but considering its Retro and Hal, I find it hard to believe that will happen



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-Clayton Christensen back in 2007 already knew Move would be a bad idea

TheSource on 23 June 2010

Depends on how they are recieved in Japan really. Kirby games on the NES / SNES / GB / GBA / DS were huge in Japan...N64 / GC not so much. Donkey Kong was huge on NES / SNES.

1.5m-2.5m seems about right for Kirby's Epic Yarn. I'm going to go with 6-7m for Donkey Kong though. Could be bigger - the original Donkey Kong Country did almost 10m on SNES I believe, and alot of Nintendo's franchises on Wii that have been given social elements (Mario Kart, Super Mario Bros, Smash Bros., Mario Party, probably others) have grown by leaps and bounds over previous titles for NES / SNES / N64 / GC.

There are a ton of million-sellers (at least potentially) arriving later this year for Wii though, so timing may be somewhat important too.



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jarrod on 23 June 2010

Kirby will 1m in Japan alone.  3m worldwide.

DK will do 5-6m ww.