I find it interesting how each of Ninty's regular Franchises have been evolving. (Galaxy, LoZ:TP, ect.) but the Donkey Kong Franchise is Quickly going down hill (On the Wii)

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Donkey+Kong+Country+-+SNES&reg2=All&game2=Super+Mario+World+-+SNES&reg3=All&game3=The+Legend+of+Zelda%3A+Link+To+The+Past+-+SNES&weeks=200

^(Japan Oly Data)  During the SNES era, Donkey Kong could hold it's own up against Mario, and could easily beat the Zelda Franchise.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Donkey+Kong+64+-+N64&reg2=All&game2=Super+Mario+64+-+N64&reg3=All&game3=The+Legend+Of+Zelda%3A+Ocarina+Of+Time+-+N64&weeks=200

^(Japan Olnly Data) So, Zelda Jumped up a little, and DonkeyKong was beaten slightly more then he was beaten by Mario Last Time... No big Deal...

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Donkey+Kong%3A+Jungle+Beat+-+GC&reg2=All&game2=Super+Mario+Sunshine+-+GC&reg3=All&game3=The+Legend+of+Zelda%3A+Wind+Waker+-+GC&weeks=200

^Donkey Kong has a very irregular sales pattern, but is selling pretty well against the competition. Very Well actually.

http://vgchartz.com/swlaunch.php?reg1=All&game1=Donkey+Kong+Barrel+Blast+-+Wii&reg2=All&game2=Super+Mario+Galaxy+-+Wii&reg3=All&game3=The+Legend+of+Zelda%3A+Twilight+Princess+-+Wii&weeks=200

^WTF? It just Dropped off the face of the Earth! Are these Rythem games getting old? (YES!) 

My Point: Reinvent the DK Franchise. Turn it into a 3-D Platformer!!!! Not a Bongo Game!!!! 

^too many colors

To my knowledge the bonga games and such or considered side/spin off games.

I know DK Country

was my FAVORITE Ninty game!!

A 3D platformer would be good but then it would (barely) compete with Mario...I think that's why they didn't make DK a platformer again..

The Wii is still pretty young. Mario, Metroid, and Zelda have already made appearances with new releases on Nintendo's wonder system. I actually expect a new Donkey Kong adventure in the coming years. The "Prime Primate" is one of Nintendo's most beloved characters. He's gotta have a real platformer. If not, then there is no hope for humanity.

I believe there was an untitled Donkey Kong adventure game in the making that was stated a while back. They need to hurry up and release Kirby Wii game aswell >_>.

^^^ Agreed!! Kirby on the N64 and DS are awesome. Wii need Kirby!

The Donkey Kong Franchise has been dying a slow painful death ever since Donkey Kong 64. That series just never translated to 3D well.

I gotta disagree. I didn't really like DK64 when it was released. I guess the market was saturated, then. I had the opportunity to play it again about a year ago, and i must admit the game was pretty damned good. There's a definite lack of platformers nowadays. Unless Nintendo wants to totally burn us out on Mario (his platformers, anyway) they need to go to work on a new DK game.

Well there hasn't really been another 3-D plaformer of DK since the 64 days (haven't played those bongo drum DK games yet, so I'm unsure about them), so I don't think it's time to say that he isn't translating into 3-D well.