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Donkey Kong Bananza’s UK Launch Sales Aren’t Monkeying Around

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Quinton O'Connor

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first sales numbers are in, and they're early evidence that our favourite gorilla's debut is hardly monkeying around. Even so, they aren't aping 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the development team's prevꦚious project, coming in at under half of what achieved in the same market and relevant modifiers. But there are a lot of asterisks attached here, the kind that ultimately paints the picture of a strong showing for DK🐓's first big adventure in far too long a time.

Veteran industry sales analyst 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Christopher Dring has revealed some fascinating statistics about the relative performance of Donkey Kong Bananza during its first few days on sale at UK storefronts. It's clocked in at three times what Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze's launch accomplished when it was p🐻orted to Nintendo Switch in 2020, which was - in turn - than that same game's original release on Wii U.

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A Strong Showing For DK

Donkey Kong after high-fiving someone in Donkey Kong Bananza.

Since "nowhere near Super Mario Odyssey" is likely a talking point that some will race to discuss, ✅catapulting past crucial context, we should break things down bit by bit. For starters, this is a terrific launch for almost any 3D platformer! Donkey Kong isn't Mario. The red-capped plumber is always going to be a few steps ahead of his oldest rival.

Super Mario Odyssey also had the benefit of launching during the holiday season, and it did so seven months after the Switch's own March 2017 arrival, whereas the Switch 2's only been around for a bit above a month. What's more, while the split between physical and digital video game purchasers was already somewhat close even for Nintendo games eight years ago, it's lꦿikely climbed at least somewhat higher in the interim.

We'll have more precise sales figures for Donkey Kong Bananza in the coming days, not just in the UK, but in other parts of Europe - not to mention all-important Japan. For now, this is a very solid start for, as our editor-in-chief Stacey😼 Henley puts it in her review, a pretty a-peeling" new adventure!