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[Chopin Trusty Balls]

In the first 2 days the game has sold 7000,which is around 30.6% of the shipment.

gamefront.de

Disapointing numbers

 

[Wario64]

BOMB BOMB

 

[AssMan]

Did the first one bomb?

 

[BuddyC]

Not really.

 

[cvxfreak]

7,000? The first one sold 350K.

 

[UFC PRIDE]

its pretty disturbing when iwata uses this game as a model of Nintendo in interviews.

 

[Suikoguy]

7,000? The first one sold 350K.

Eww... 2%

 

[cvxfreak]

Eww... 2%

Yuck.

Are they sure it wasn't 70,000? Nintendo only shipped 23,000 copies then if it was 7,000 and didn't expect much then.

 

[Suikoguy]

Yuck.

Are they sure it wasn't 70,000? Nintendo only shipped 23,000 copies then if it was 7,000 and didn't expect much then.

Yeah, 70,000 would be acceptable for an addon game.
Otherwise, if it really is 7,000, What went wrong?

 

[nubbe]

sell your kongas, it's all over

 

[JackFrost2012]

Yeah, 70,000 would be acceptable for an addon game.
Otherwise, if it really is 7,000, What went wrong?

THE MUSIC SUCKS.

That is all.

 

[SantaC]

Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, that's whats wrong. It's so much cooler use of the drums.

 

[Barnimal]

THE MUSIC SUCKS.

That is all.

how about the fact (IMO) that the game really isnt that great at all? i can clap and bang here at my desk while reading GA. why pay $50?

 

[AniHawk]

how about the fact (IMO) that the game really isnt that great at all? i can clap and bang here at my desk while reading GA. why pay $50?

You have to play it for yourself to "get it."

 

[Littleberu]

how about the fact (IMO) that the game really isnt that great at all? i can clap and bang here at my desk while reading GA. why pay $50?

And hey, you can play video games.... IN YOUR HEAD!! That's fun! And you can read book and make images in your head too!!

 

[Kobun Heat]

The numbers don't make sense. 7,000? 30%? I doubt Nintendo only shipped 23,000 copies of this...

Anyway, if the percentage figure is right, that sounds pretty good for the first two days. Especially since DK and Taiko games tend to stay on the charts for a while, slowly racking up sales.

 

[Jacobi]

how about the fact (IMO) that the game really isnt that great at all? i can clap and bang here at my desk while reading GA. why pay $50?

sounds pretty penny-arcadish

 

[solarplexus]

found this in another forum

07/01/04 japanese sales figures

PS2 Kishin Houkou Demon Bane (DX Pack) - 22,018 80.1%
PS2 Kishin Houkou Demon Bane (Normal) - 2,814 68.9%
GCN Donkey Konga 2 - 7,098 30.6%
GBA Super Donkey Kong 2 - 7,014 42.0%
PS2 Smash Court Tennis Pro 2 - 850 20.1%
PS2 Monkey Turn V - 7.258 63.9 %
PS2 Gacha Mecha Stadium Saru Battle - 8,547 45.3%
PS2 3LDK: Shiawase ni Narouyo (Limited Edition) - 1,287 38.9%
??? Iron people 28 numbers - 3,666 40.9%

 

[AniHawk]

Wow. Wonder why stores only ordered 23,000.

 

[jiggle]

Wow, a delux edition outselling the normal one.

 

[Patrick Klepek]

does the music really suck?

 

[Kobun Heat]

Oh. Well, compared to everything else those numbers look fine.

I wonder if that counts the DK1 and 2 combo pack?

The music's... well. I had a whole 'nother thread about it somewhere...

 

[Patrick Klepek]

better or worse than the original?

 

[Barnimal]

You have to play it for yourself to "get it."

err.....i have played it. in fact i've owned it. i thought it'd atleast be as fun as samba but its too simple. i could see the younger audience enjoying it but it just wasnt for me. the clapping and drum beating dont ever flow with the music as the maracas do with samba.

 

[AniHawk]

err.....i have played it. in fact i've owned it. i thought it'd atleast be as fun as samba but its too simple. i could see the younger audience enjoying it but it just wasnt for me. the clapping and drum beating dont ever flow with the music as the maracas do with samba.

Oh, sorry.

I've only played the US version myself. Anticipating Taiko much more though.

 

[Patrick Klepek]

TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIKKKOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Desperado]

There's a Donkey Konga 2??

 

[Kobun Heat]

 

[cvxfreak]

There's a Donkey Konga 2??

Uh, yeah.

 

[solarplexus]

There's a Donkey Konga 2??

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ngc/gy2j/index.html

 

[cvxfreak]

http://news.www.infoseek.co.jp/ranking/game_dailysales.html

Donkey Konga 2 at #1...

I call those numbers bullshit now.

 

[Insertia]

What a slap to the face.

Wasn't Nintendo just saying this is the type of games consumers wanted?

Donkey Bomba.

 

[Link316]

The numbers don't make sense. 7,000? 30%? I doubt Nintendo only shipped 23,000 copies of this...

they can only ship as much as what the retailers order

 

[cvxfreak]

Anyone here notice the discrepency between the unnamed forum's numbers and Oricon's?

 

[MaddenNFL64]

I didn't even know there was a Donkey Konga 2 .

Anyway, the original sold pretty damn well, so it'll probably pick up.