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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Woolly World on track to outsell Tropical Freeze

LipeJJ on 22 December 2015

Yes, and this is surprising! Hopefully Yoshi manages to reach 2m LT! That would be so amazing...



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midrange on 22 December 2015

Not shocking, yoshi is known more among people than donkey kong. Yoshi is in almost every single mario game (including the core ones), whereas dk makes a cameo in some of the spin off titles.

Given that wooly world and tropical freeze are both platformers, it was basically yoshi vs dk in the eyes of most people



Baalzamon on 22 December 2015
midrange said:
Not shocking, yoshi is known more among people than donkey kong.

Which is ironic, considering Mario originated in a game called...Donkey Kong.



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justiceiro on 22 December 2015

To be fair, the art style of wolly world is really unique, and with a cutie yoshi, its a easy sell.

Tropical freeze, on the other side, is just the same art used on returns. The game is good, for sure, but it is evident for anyone seeing it that is better than the last one? Or look more of the same? In the long run, looks sell.



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midrange on 22 December 2015
Baalzamon said:
midrange said:
Not shocking, yoshi is known more among people than donkey kong.

Which is ironic, considering Mario originated in a game called...Donkey Kong.

Yeah... also weirder that throughout time, dk went from main enemy to good protagonist



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Dulfite on 22 December 2015
zorg1000 said:
Interesting, I wonder why Tropical Freeze underperformed so much, it's a great game that deserves to sell much more than it has

 


TF is truly an amazing game, but is extremely difficult (especially if you like to collect special things). It makes other 2-d side scrollers look like a joke in terms of difficulty (I did beat it and did a lot of collectible things).

Wooly World has an irrisistable art style (freaking yarn...) and is EXTREMELY kid friendly (I've heard it's very easy, haven't played it yet).

Also, TF released with less install base which should always be considered.



zorg1000 on 22 December 2015
Dulfite said:
zorg1000 said:
Interesting, I wonder why Tropical Freeze underperformed so much, it's a great game that deserves to sell much more than it has

 


TF is truly an amazing game, but is extremely difficult (especially if you like to collect special things). It makes other 2-d side scrollers look like a joke in terms of difficulty (I did beat it and did a lot of collectible things).

Wooly World has an irrisistable art style (freaking yarn...) and is EXTREMELY kid friendly (I've heard it's very easy, haven't played it yet).

Also, TF released with less install base which should always be considered.

 

Donkey Kong Country outsold Yoshi's Island, Donkey Kong 64 outsold Yoshi's Story, Donkey Kong Country Returns outsold Kirby Epic Yarn (easy, similar aesthetic).

Install base at launch doesn't matter, they both have the same amount of current install base to sell to.



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zorg1000 on 22 December 2015
midrange said:
Not shocking, yoshi is known more among people than donkey kong. Yoshi is in almost every single mario game (including the core ones), whereas dk makes a cameo in some of the spin off titles.

Given that wooly world and tropical freeze are both platformers, it was basically yoshi vs dk in the eyes of most people

 

Not really, Donkey Kong Country outsold Yoshi's Island on SNES, Donkey Kong 64 outsold Yoshi's Story on N64, Donkey Kong Country Returns outsold any Yoshi's game ever released so historically Donkey Kong outsells Yoshi.



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midrange on 22 December 2015
zorg1000 said:
midrange said:
Not shocking, yoshi is known more among people than donkey kong. Yoshi is in almost every single mario game (including the core ones), whereas dk makes a cameo in some of the spin off titles.

Given that wooly world and tropical freeze are both platformers, it was basically yoshi vs dk in the eyes of most people

 

Not really, Donkey Kong Country outsold Yoshi's Island on SNES, Donkey Kong 64 outsold Yoshi's Story on N64, Donkey Kong Country Returns outsold any Yoshi's game ever released so historically Donkey Kong outsells Yoshi.

Most of the wii u's audience this gen is young kids. Most of them probably are familiar with yoshi through mario (who doesn't know about mario), while not knowing or caring as much for dk. That and the fact that rare handled dk in the past (rare being infamous for great games) gave dk a better position in the past



Ultrashroomz on 22 December 2015

As someone who bought Woolly World, and not TF, I will say that the graphical artstyle, and the fact that Yoshi is an adorable character is what sold me.



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