Currently the highest selling DK release is the original Donkey Kong Country on SNES at 9.3 million; this looks like it has the potential to top that and set a new sales record for the series, the same way that BOTW and Mario Odyssey did for Zelda/Mario.

Don't care, Metroid Prime 4.

I've got DK64. I'm good. But hopefully this turns out to be a good game for those interested. Especially for that price.

Yeah but it's kind of unfair to compare 2D and 3D. And it's especially unfair to judge raw numbers due to install base difference. A better metric would be tie-in ratios.

Diddy, Dixie, and others. We should even see what it'd be like to have Candy Kong playable, but other than sex appeal I don't know what'd make playing as her unique. Maybe fighting through break dancing?

I mean, I never said it was "fair", but when it comes to sales, fairness doesn't really have anything to do with it.

There are contextual factor to take into account, but at the end of the day, the numbers are the numbers. BOTW is still the best selling Zelda game even if it has an install base advantage over prior entries.

Then we really need a strong install base for the Switch 2 to help Donkey Kong Bananza. Maybe we'll get lucky and the tariffs will be called off.

Yes it is, but I just don't see the point in comparing it to OOT sales wise. Too many variables for it to mean anything. Now, if you want to compare the Switch sales to the N64's, that's a bit more logical, but even then, the industry was smaller then so, yeah. Still not all that meaningful.

Best selling is still best selling; context is worth discussing, but it doesn't discount the end result. BOTW being the best selling Zelda game isn't suddenly null and void just because the Switch outsold the N64.

It's not a sure thing that Bananza will set a new series record, but it's still worth mentioning; this is a sales website after all.

I think a factor will be how much breathing space DK gets till the next 3D Mario comes out.

Mechanically they will offer different gameplay I assume, but they're both 3D platformers at hearth. If the (presumably) even shinier Mario launches this holiday, this might hurt DK's sales potential. But then this could be exactly the reason it would be a while we see a new 3D Mario.