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Following a Nintendo earnings call and investor report (and an exciting piece of news about a successor to the Wii), the company has revealed new life-to-date sales numbers for its top-selling titles across the DS, Wii and 3DS for the period ending March 2011.
All bundled together in a helpful list, every Nintendo title appearing on this chart is very special indeed. Why?
Because they’ve all sold over one million copies apiece!
In recent years Donkey Kong has been in some great titles (Jungle Beat being one of my all time favourites) but mostly he’s starred in experimental kinds of games like King of Swing and Donkey Konga, or in spin-off games like Mario vs DK. None of these have been big mass-appeal games and it felt like Nintendo were just using the series to try out various things to see what stuck. But after the success of New Super Mario Bros Wii it has been clear that there is still a huge market for the 2D platformer on consoles, so Nintendo has followed up the 2D Mario revival with a revival of 2D Donkey Kong Country in Donkey Kong: Country Returns. It’s a top-notch platform game with lots of variety in mechanics and level design, lots of content and high difficulty – it should satisfy any long-time platform gamer and still be entertaining (and very challenging, in a good way) for new players.
Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Donkey Kong: Country Returns.
Nintendo has released a fresh batch of screenshots for their upcoming side-scrolling platformer, Donkey Kong: Country Returns.
You can also enjoy a new trailer for the game below, one which introduces Rambi the Rhino and includes lots of action such as jumping through hoops, bashing and taking out enemies.
Last week Nintendo announced that Donkey Kong: Country Returns would be hitting shelves across Europe this December. And now we have confirmation from Core Gaming, distributors of Nintendo in South Africa, that DK will be invading our shores in line with the European release date.
El33tonline was fortunate enough to attend gamescom 2010 in Cologne, Germany last month. We got to spend some amazing hands-on time with a vast number of awesome games and chat to their developers. Certainly the highlight was meeting some of the industry’s icons.
All in all it was an amazing experience that enabled us to share a wealth of information with you, our readers. We hope to be back next year to continue bringing unique quality content to the South African gaming community.
Here is a round-up of our hottest coverage from the event:
Nintendo has announced that Donkey Kong: Country Returns will be released across Europe this December.
This side-scrolling platformer from Retro Studios features new levels and fully 3D environments as well as a two player co-op mode, a first for the series. This means Diddy Kong can hop on DK’s back, useful to help those less experienced players along.
One of the big surprises that was revealed at Nintendo’s E3 press conference last night was the return of Donkey Kong in a new adventure for the Wii this holiday.
Donkey Kong Country Returns is a new side-scrolling 2D platform adventure from Retro Studios. The game will feature familiar characters and new levels that promise to “reignite the passion players had for the Super NES original.”
Nintendo just wrapped up their E3 press conference and be assured that it didn’t disappoint! In addition to revealing the new Nintendo 3DS, the publisher showed off Wii Party and Metroid Other M and even managed to pull off more than a couple of surprises with the unveiling of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Mario Sports Mix, Kirby’s Epic Yarn, Donkey Kong: Country Returns, Kid Icarus: Uprising and Goldeneye. We also got a taste of Just Dance 2, Disney’s Epic Mickey, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn and Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies.
[Update] Added the debut trailer for Donkey Kong Country Returns. Check it out below. [End of Update]
Nintendo has today announced that a new Donkey Kong game is on the way to the Wii, developed by Metroid Prime creators, Retro Studios.
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