DK released in Japan last week to very mild results, 40k~ and a 1k hardware boost.

Do you expect much better results in the US?

Hardware was 66k for the month of February 2013, what do you expect this year in the US?

What is the top level boost it could give? It's interesting to note that SM3DW sold 215k in November which included Black Friday. Without that important boost what sales do you expect for the game itself?

Maybe 50k hardware and 200k software for week one just cause the ps4 is getting launched in Japan soon so its easy to see why DKC didn't do well

I put 20% boost, expect around 80k for February NPD

Anything short of 15k for release week would be a small disaster in my opinion, but that's nearly double current sales. That's the thing I've been saying all along though and that is being proven more and more as time goes by; the Wii U's main problem is not software and it's not the price; the core product simply lacks appeal due to its bipolar identity and lack of market aim.
Mario Kart 8 and Smash will probably yield decent but short-lived boosts, there are no games that can repair the image of the console itself, or more specifically; the Gamepad concept.

I wonder just how much it will take for a lot of people to realize this.

NA boost: 12-15k, Europe boost: 5k, global numbers for DK launch week: about 50-60k. That's my guess anyway. I think DK will have a decent FW in NA though, but not in Europe. Should manage about 150k in NA FW, give or take. Europe is a complete toss-up, I'm gonna say 90-120k FW.

Edit; misread the OP, whole of February. Well, there's only about a week, so that, logically, leaves about the same as my expected FW boost as a boost for the whole month since it appears flat in that region. I'd say about 20% then, give or take.

I should clarify, I'm asking for the boost for the month of February YOY in the US

Last year it was 66k in US.

I would have said 50% before the Japanese results but now ... I don't really have a clue.

I voted 20% because that feels safe. If it doesn't reach that then it's game over.

Edit:  Carp, I thought it was first week, too.  20% for the month is probably too high.

Nothing Wii U will go down YoY on february.

It's going to get a boost for a week or so, then it will continue being a doomed console after that. That's how it works.

Little to none really, the hardcore ninty fans already own a wiu. No body is gonna rush out and buy a wiiu for this.

I'd say wiiU will scratch 100k for feb. I can see DK having a FW of around 120-140k in the US.