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Donkey Kong Returns

ドンキーコング リターンズ

Developer

Retro Studios

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Release Dates

11/21/10 Nintendo
12/09/10 Nintendo
12/03/10 Nintendo

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Owners: 1,025
Favorite: 70
Tracked: 12
Wishlist: 82
Now Playing: 26
 
8.9

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Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) > Opinions (330)

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DrZoidberg posted 22/12/2010, 02:47
go DK go, looking good for 2.5 million by the end of the year
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GianCarmen posted 22/12/2010, 01:19
@oni-Link, great point. Looks like it might pass 2.5M and get closer to 3M before the end of the year.
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oni-link posted 22/12/2010, 01:05
@Gian, Yeah non of Sony or M$ top franchises are able to do it. Mario is the Michael Jordan of the industry.
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oni-link posted 22/12/2010, 01:03
looks like my predictions are on track!!! :P great success for the giant gorilla!
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GianCarmen posted 21/12/2010, 06:00
Its very hard to beat Mario. DKC is selling great and should finish between 2 and 2.5 million before the end of the year. Another smashing hit for Retro studios.
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Reconnection posted 21/12/2010, 04:47
Wow, DKC has amazing legs... I expected 2.0-2.5 mil. lifetime, but It'll do triple of that O.o
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swii26 posted 20/12/2010, 11:12
I think a DS version would be cool just like The New Super Mario Bros.
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gunslinger posted 19/12/2010, 05:15
Awesome game. Sad that more people won;'t experience it. Just saw the sales of NSMBWii.
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Beuli2 posted 19/12/2010, 12:07
dark_gh0st_b0y are you being ironic?
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Faxanadu posted 18/12/2010, 10:34
Really good game. Started playing and the levels are fabulous. So much diversity. Every sale highly deserved.
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Cheebee posted 18/12/2010, 03:35
Wow, NICE sales. Retro won't go back to Metroid after this. :P
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dark_gh0st_b0y posted 18/12/2010, 09:19
never expected these sales, i thought it would barely touch a million lifetime
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oni-link posted 18/12/2010, 09:14
@whatever my lifetime sales expectations are 4.5M-5M. As I see the Wii being replaced in 2012-13 by it's HD counterpart.
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miz1q2w3e posted 18/12/2010, 08:59
Wow, honestly wasn't expecting it to be this successful! - - - -I didn't even know DK was this popular! :D
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whatever posted 18/12/2010, 06:00
@omi-link, 3M lifetime??? Are you kidding, this one will go over 10M easily. It will sell longterm like NSBWii and MKWii.
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AOK Games posted 18/12/2010, 04:43
If these sales charts are accurate: holy balls.
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oni-link posted 18/12/2010, 01:50
Nintendo's next big hit since NSMB and SMG2!!! MosDef on track to pass 3M lifetime and 2M by the end of Christmas10'!!!
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TheBardsSong posted 18/12/2010, 12:29
I'm expecting NSMB level success from this game. Okay... maybe a little less.
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pariz posted 17/12/2010, 07:30
Great legs? AWESOME game!!
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Juma009 posted 17/12/2010, 05:44
gREAT LEGS!!!
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ZechsMerquise posted 17/12/2010, 05:16
Retro studis really deserve this success. I think this could end up pushing over 4 million units.
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GuyDuke posted 17/12/2010, 05:05
I'm so glad this game is selling so well! I hope Japan has some legs to offer, just like EMEAA!
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Kenology posted 17/12/2010, 04:26
I think 3.5 million, kop!
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kopstudent89 posted 17/12/2010, 04:22
3 million by the end of the year? :D
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masschamber posted 17/12/2010, 03:45
well people certainly have gone bananas for this game
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primogen18 posted 17/12/2010, 01:18
2 million very soon
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Fededx posted 17/12/2010, 11:42
I wonder how much it'll sell in Japan, Hope it sells at least like in EMEAA
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oni-link posted 17/12/2010, 11:05
@Beuli2, 2.2 million is a definite possibility by the end of the year. I think it has a chance to get over 3 million lifetime.
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oni-link posted 17/12/2010, 11:03
Rare who?
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sep85dd posted 17/12/2010, 09:35
1.5 Milions in Worldwide and 1 Milion in America...great! Next 5 Milion DK Game Confirmed ^^
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oni-link posted 17/12/2010, 02:37
this will be Retro's best selling Wii game...maybe even ever since original Prime was boosted by bundles and givaways
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Beuli2 posted 16/12/2010, 11:07
I believe it will do more than 2.2 millions Nintendogamer. I believe it will do 3 millions by the year end.
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Nintendogamer posted 16/12/2010, 10:28
woot over 1.5M, defintly will do about 2.2M by end of year.
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elmerion posted 15/12/2010, 09:19
Retrogames defeated Sakamoto (as expected) just by making a regular Donkey Kong Country game (and by regular, i mean awesome)
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Beuli2 posted 15/12/2010, 06:13
Flip-flop in Japan :( I underestimated your prediction moreingrato.
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Moren posted 14/12/2010, 10:00
Flip-Flop
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Venox2008 posted 14/12/2010, 07:38
great game, nice sales :) DK DK! :)
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nordlead posted 14/12/2010, 03:14
Nice pickup for EMEAA. I was anticipating a rise, but not by that much.
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Nintendogamer posted 14/12/2010, 11:01
over 1M, Wii is closing to have 100 Million sellers.
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megaman79 posted 14/12/2010, 05:58
@Christian973, Im calling a green Wii for the DK Bundle. Gold for Zelda Bundle!!!
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Christian973 posted 14/12/2010, 04:53
I expect 8 to 9 million lifetime sales for this game. .Let's not forget Nintendo can bundle this game with a yellow wii for next christmas and achieve even more sales!
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Metallicube posted 14/12/2010, 04:12
Lol I remember some people claiming this game would only reach 1.5-2 million. Some people never learn!
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cliffhanger posted 14/12/2010, 03:44
Yay, 1 Million :D
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primogen18 posted 14/12/2010, 01:59
Sold out at the TRU I work at since yesterday :(
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Beuli2 posted 13/12/2010, 10:16
Hope it does 250K or more in Japan.
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Beuli2 posted 13/12/2010, 10:14
The game was adjusted up!
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SaviorX posted 13/12/2010, 09:37
Adjusted up 40k; one million! Week 2 in EMEAA may even bigger than the first. 250k?k
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orioncete posted 13/12/2010, 09:01
IMHO This game deserves to sell as much as NSMB Wii. It's a real challenge for al classic players and has got the best of modern times in graphics and sound, thanks Retro.
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chris100185 posted 13/12/2010, 02:15
Hopefully playing DKC returns 2: K Rools Revenge will be coming soon
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Emme posted 11/12/2010, 09:58
Deserves it, awesome coop game !
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swii26 posted 11/12/2010, 01:51
Just shy of 1m! Doing very well... can't wait to play!
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*Sound Of Rain posted 10/12/2010, 06:58
Great Others sales! D.K isn't very big in Others...I expected 109K week 1.
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Conegamer posted 10/12/2010, 06:50
DAMN! I thought it would be at 1mil now :( Well, it is, but it hasn't been updated for this week yet!
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Conegamer posted 10/12/2010, 06:50
DAMN! I thought it would be at 1mil now :( Well, it is, but it hasn't been updated for this week yet!
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postofficebuddy posted 10/12/2010, 06:08
Good hold in Americas in week 2. Lets see if the legs are good.
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OneTwoThree posted 10/12/2010, 04:02
Will be my next game. The glaring reviews convinced me.
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Beuli2 posted 10/12/2010, 03:27
Go DK! Destroy your competition!
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whawhawha posted 10/12/2010, 01:51
it is the best wii game out right now.
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Fededx posted 10/12/2010, 01:29
Amazing numbers! Americans like DK! I wish Kirby, Metroid and Sin and Punishment would sell this well =(
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kopstudent89 posted 10/12/2010, 09:57
A bit over tracked in NA, but nonetheless good numbers!!
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sep85dd posted 10/12/2010, 09:23
nearly 1 Milion, great!
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cunger posted 09/12/2010, 10:22
DKC3DS
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GuyDuke posted 09/12/2010, 07:23
already 700k? I'm happy it got there, maybe means a new DKCR2!
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 09/12/2010, 03:26
I don't know if it will get to 10 million or not, but that's the most reasonable goal for it. It'll make 5 million easy, and almost assuredly should get over 7.5 million. 10 mill's a maybe.
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Beuli2 posted 09/12/2010, 12:32
As it was only 2 days, I gonna bet that this game will be up next week on EMEAA.
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Fededx posted 09/12/2010, 11:08
Don't know if 10 million, but 2 million before christmas for sure!
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Metallicube posted 09/12/2010, 09:40
Will get at the very least 10 million sales, callin it right now :)
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Siko1989 posted 09/12/2010, 07:15
DK is a type of game that will have powerful legs,
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bmmb1 posted 09/12/2010, 06:23
Well it did better than I expected, these days I expect any Wii game in EMEAA to be less than 100k FW due to piracy
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Boutros posted 09/12/2010, 05:18
@hallowedbeeddie, it's 2 days, like most games.
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Nintendogamer posted 09/12/2010, 02:52
I actually expected about 123,000 first week in EMEAA.
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hallowedbeeddie posted 09/12/2010, 02:24
emeaa first week is for 1 day Ithink
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Salnax posted 09/12/2010, 02:08
EMEAA was a bit of a letdown. Hopefully, it's just a fluke.
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nordlead posted 08/12/2010, 04:40
I can't wait til I can get this. Between money and time I haven't been able to pick it up yet.
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 08/12/2010, 03:55
@ postofficebuddy, Donkey Kong Country itself was Western made and it sold almost as well as Super Mario World in Japan. I think DC'll be fine. A lot of casual Japanese gamers probably wouldn't known it wasn't homegrown, and DK is still a staple Nintendo character.
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Soma posted 05/12/2010, 07:00
Started playing it and I'm loving it!
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postofficebuddy posted 05/12/2010, 05:37
Amazing opening in Americas. Getting this as a Christmas present. Hopefully my suspicions are proven wrong but I'm afraid this going to suffer in Japan since it's western made.
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z101 posted 05/12/2010, 11:34
Wow at the sales! And double-Wow at the game :)
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chris100185 posted 05/12/2010, 06:13
The only good thing about that game.
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MrLarryKoopa posted 05/12/2010, 01:09
So they are finally here, performing for you...Remember the good old Monkey Rap? ^^
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bazmeistergen posted 04/12/2010, 09:46
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant.
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Juma009 posted 04/12/2010, 03:42
Wow, not bad at all, and I feel this game is going to have long legs
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cliffhanger posted 04/12/2010, 12:37
lol, I think the better question would be "will this ever reach 10 million?"
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GianCarmen posted 03/12/2010, 06:34
With the release today of DKCR in europe it should be over 1 million by sometime next week.
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 03/12/2010, 06:32
Okay, then. Yes. Yes, it will reach 1 million.
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Faxanadu posted 03/12/2010, 05:10
no, I am dead serious.
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bmmb1 posted 03/12/2010, 05:04
@Faxanadu - is that a joke?
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Faxanadu posted 03/12/2010, 05:01
Will this ever reach a million?
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 03/12/2010, 04:11
@ cs-manager Considering DKCR was only released in the America, that's the only terrain you can compare it on. Because of how crazy popular GT is in EMEAA it probably wouldn't have beaten it, but I bet Japan's DK numbers would've topped GT's too.
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Salnax posted 03/12/2010, 02:57
A great start, considering the fact that it was only released in America. Based on NSMBW's numbers, I think it will reach 10 million sometime in early to mid 2012.
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dark_gh0st_b0y posted 03/12/2010, 02:52
awesome!!
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Beuli2 posted 03/12/2010, 11:13
Go DK Go! The sky is the limit!
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cs-manager posted 03/12/2010, 10:41
only in the us, worldwide GT sold more
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Kaio_felipe posted 03/12/2010, 10:30
*Returns
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Kaio_felipe posted 03/12/2010, 10:29
OMFG, DK Country Results sold more than Gran Turismo 5 at their 1st week! That's quite impressive.
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kopstudent89 posted 03/12/2010, 10:09
:')
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Venox2008 posted 03/12/2010, 09:58
wow, just wow :) wasn't expecting this, hope this games sales will lead retro to even better projects, maybe even new metroid primes for Wii and 3DS :)
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TopCat8 posted 03/12/2010, 08:36
this sold way more than I was expecting. Yay! This game is at the top of my Christmas list.
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chris100185 posted 03/12/2010, 07:40
Holy crap. I was expecting high 200K on the high end for week one. This is going to crack a million easily. Probably well over 2 by the time it's done. DKC is back. Hopefully the kremlings return next time though.
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menx64 posted 03/12/2010, 06:49
Nice numbers, legs on the horizon!!
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Justin posted 03/12/2010, 06:01
Yowza. Well above my expectations. :)
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Siko1989 posted 03/12/2010, 05:17
best selling retro title confirmed
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siavm posted 03/12/2010, 04:45
This is the one game this year take deserves the sales it gets. I am sadly not going to get it this year. But I will be this games legs next year.
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Cheebee posted 03/12/2010, 03:54
This will probably easily outsell all Metroid Prime games combined, within a year.
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marcianito posted 03/12/2010, 03:31
yay half a million!!
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hallowedbeeddie posted 03/12/2010, 03:15
take that morenoingrato ;p
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GuyDuke posted 01/12/2010, 04:46
I agree beuli2! The most pleasant surprise of this generation! and one of the best platforming games (yes, ciao NSMBW)
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Beuli2 posted 29/11/2010, 05:41
One of the best games ever!
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Roar_Of_War posted 29/11/2010, 08:23
How can anyone hate Donkey Kong entirely? Anyway, I feel this game has superior gameplay to the previous DKC titles. I've been very satisfied with it so far. It might end up my game of the year at this rate.
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wiilicious posted 27/11/2010, 07:04
II just commit a sin...I own a Wii, I love platformers and I will never pick-up this game bcs I hate Donkey Kong. I still hope everyone who like this DK will enjoy this game.
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GianCarmen posted 26/11/2010, 07:24
Cant wait to see US numbers. We could be looking at over 500, 000 week one.
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Games4Fun posted 26/11/2010, 01:44
Personal GOTY for me. If you enjoy platformers have a Wii and dont pick this up, it is a sin
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 25/11/2010, 08:52
I'm sure it'll go up at Christmas, but I actually think the first week is going to be pretty sizable too.
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Soma posted 25/11/2010, 07:05
let's hope so, I hope people are waiting Christmas to buy it
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 25/11/2010, 06:52
Well, Soma, pre-orders alone are 226,000 in America. So even if absolutely no one else buys it in the opening week, and no one buys it period in Japan (which, I think you'll admit. is unlikely) it's still a respectable opening. But I think it's going to be fine.
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Soma posted 25/11/2010, 06:35
I'm a bit worried about the sales, I know Amazon is not a good way to predict sales but I don't like it only has 15 reviews.
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sep85dd posted 25/11/2010, 01:02
i want to see the first day sales for november 21, must be huge for DKCR.
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Nintendogamer posted 25/11/2010, 01:03
About 400,000 first week in USA I think.
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SlyFoxDeveraux posted 23/11/2010, 02:00
Well this site is guessing 400-500 first week in America alone. I think this'll be huge. More than Mario Galaxy or Brawl lifetime.
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MarioGalaxy posted 22/11/2010, 05:36
More than 220k pre-orders!! wow!! May be 'll sell around 350.000 units WW in its first week on sale!!
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WolfieGamerX posted 22/11/2010, 01:18
It's a One-of-a-Kind Game!
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sep85dd posted 21/11/2010, 09:33
Best Videogame of the Last 11 Years ^^
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darthdevidem01 posted 12/11/2010, 05:37
Its nothing like Mario!
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tlstls posted 10/11/2010, 11:50
New Mario with Monkey Skin...
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kopstudent89 posted 09/11/2010, 10:30
He's back again, and abt time too and this time... he's in the mood!
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darthdevidem01 posted 09/11/2010, 07:04
POTG - Platformer Of The Gen
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pacman91 posted 08/11/2010, 12:50
2 weeks until it is in my hands!
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Beuli2 posted 07/11/2010, 11:20
GOTY
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TopCat8 posted 27/10/2010, 09:21
This is my most hyped game at the moment. I can't wait!
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Faxanadu posted 21/10/2010, 11:02
Looking forward to this game
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Shipping Total

6,530,000 Units
As of: December 2014

Opinion (330)

goldmario79 posted 10/12/2016, 01:48
This is really nice platformer in the vein of the old donkey kong country's. Plus you can flop back and forth between foreground and background much like Klonoa does. The bosses are hard, the levels are designed extremely well and the game is just really challening. Great job nintendo.
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atma998 posted 01/09/2014, 03:41
Now at 6.19M. This is the best selling non-bundled DK game.
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C-M-D posted 17/09/2013, 08:41
6 million!
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Azhraell posted 11/09/2013, 09:45
@S.Peelman : I can't be the only one who realize that the numbers in Europe and the rest of the world are changed? It's pretty obvious, and not just in this game.
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atma998 posted 24/08/2013, 05:38
6 million!
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S.Peelman posted 22/08/2013, 03:47
Just 0.33 in Europe ?!?!
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