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When is Wii Vitality Senor going to release & why is DKC going to be huge?

This year 9 9.68%
 
Not this year 15 16.13%
 
This thread should have been two threads 20 21.51%
 
Donkey Kong WILL BE HUGE 28 30.11%
 
Donkey Kong will not be HUGE but 3 mil huge 16 17.20%
 
Donkey Kong's sale is a mystery 4 4.30%
 
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jarrod on 07 September 2010
bmmb1 said:
jarrod said:

Honestly, I think VS is being saved for Wii 2 at this point.  Biofeedback may even be one of the central hooks for the new system.

I also think it is saved for Wii2. And I doubt it will be the finger clip thing in its new format, a large part of the "huh?" reaction to the vitality sensor was not from its nature but its implementation as a finger clip, which is not very appealing.

Then again I could be wrong (part of the question being can one do biofeedback any other way except as a finger clip, e.g. a wristband or a finger touch control in the cobntroler).

I agree, it's probably not going to be the sort of hospital clip prototype we saw before.  It'll be integrated into the controller directly somehow... who knows how though?



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bmmb1 on 07 September 2010

As to DK, I have similar doubts as the OP - NSMBWii had the huge following of its DS counterpart to count on, not to mention the brand name backed by quality games such as Mario Kart (a game a LOT of Wii owners have) and Mario Galaxy. In fact having the name Mario in a game is a guarantee for many that the game will be at the very least a fairly good quality one (albeit not always to one's taste). DK on the other hand has only its  SNES past following, and isn't automatically equated with a quality brand name in the eyes of anyone else except maybe those who got it in the SNES era. Successful, yes, but HUGE? Not sure.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 07 September 2010
jarrod said:
bmmb1 said:
jarrod said:

Honestly, I think VS is being saved for Wii 2 at this point.  Biofeedback may even be one of the central hooks for the new system.

I also think it is saved for Wii2. And I doubt it will be the finger clip thing in its new format, a large part of the "huh?" reaction to the vitality sensor was not from its nature but its implementation as a finger clip, which is not very appealing.

Then again I could be wrong (part of the question being can one do biofeedback any other way except as a finger clip, e.g. a wristband or a finger touch control in the cobntroler).

I agree, it's probably not going to be the sort of hospital clip prototype we saw before.  It'll be integrated into the controller directly somehow... who knows how though?

Years ago some exercise bicycle came with an earlobe clip, instead of a finger one. The last I tried didn't work at all, but much time has passed since them, they should be more reliable now. Modern models mostly use contacts on the handlebars, but they require to keep both hands on them to work, possibly not handy for every console game.



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MasterZack on 07 September 2010

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Joelcool7 on 09 September 2010

Donkey Kong Country will sell I bet around 3-4 million copies, not Mario huge but big enough. Why will it sell, Nostalga will play a big role gamers want to go back and have an experiance like that found on the SNES. Donkey Kong as a brand is also pretty dang big even crappy titles like Barrel Blast sold over 500,000 units. I'm always pessimistic so DK could sell higher then four mill given the Wii's popularity and user base. Also keep in mind Jungle Beat (Combined Wii/GCN) sold over a million copies.



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Alby_da_Wolf on 09 September 2010
Joelcool7 said:

Donkey Kong Country will sell I bet around 3-4 million copies, not Mario huge but big enough. Why will it sell, Nostalga will play a big role gamers want to go back and have an experiance like that found on the SNES. Donkey Kong as a brand is also pretty dang big even crappy titles like Barrel Blast sold over 500,000 units. I'm always pessimistic so DK could sell higher then four mill given the Wii's popularity and user base. Also keep in mind Jungle Beat (Combined Wii/GCN) sold over a million copies.


I'm sorry that it must mostly count on nostalgia, Nintendo should make more youngsters know that DK was the origin of Mario's saga and that he was the protagonist when the stocky pornstar plumber was still a nameless bunch of blocky pixels!



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Cross-X on 09 September 2010

My question to Nintendo fans

What makes you think The Vitality Sensor is going to be successful? Why does it interest you?



kopstudent89 on 10 September 2010
Soma said:

Donkey Kong 64 was a huge disappointment that people doesn't consider it in the same series as the Snes :p


HEY!! DK64 was an amazing game, make no mistake about that!



Soma on 10 September 2010
kopstudent89 said:
Soma said:

Donkey Kong 64 was a huge disappointment that people doesn't consider it in the same series as the Snes :p


HEY!! DK64 was an amazing game, make no mistake about that!


lol, no, it was good, but nowhere as good as the Snes games



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kopstudent89 on 10 September 2010
Soma said:
kopstudent89 said:
Soma said:

Donkey Kong 64 was a huge disappointment that people doesn't consider it in the same series as the Snes :p


HEY!! DK64 was an amazing game, make no mistake about that!


lol, no, it was good, but nowhere as good as the Snes game

Why no love for one of my Fav games of that generation :(... i really thought it was better the SM64 back then...