Donkey Kong Country Returns News from N4G

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  GDC: 10 Things You Didn't Know about Donkey Kong Country Returns and Retro Studios

  Metroid Prime and Donkey Kong Country Returns developer Retro Studios held a panel discussion at GDC 2011 called Donkey Kong: Swinging Across Oceans in which Michael Kelbaugh, Bryan Walker, Kensuke Tanabe, Aaron Walker, Will Bate, Ryan Powell and Chris Volman -- all sporting red Donkey Kong ties -- discussed the development of some of Nintendo's biggest franchises.

  Wii - Mar 05, 2011
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  Donkey Kong Returns Sequel Could Happen

  Not only was it a great game, but it just felt so right that there should be a 'number 2' already in the works. Whilst this news doesn't confirm one, it does give me some hope it could.

  Wii - Mar 04, 2011
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  No Sequel Planned For Donkey Kong Country Returns

  If youre expecting Nintendo to deliver a quick and dirty sequel to last years hit Donkey Kong Country Returns, you might want to scale back your expectations. For one, Retro Studios president and CEO Michael Kelbaugh told us that making a platformer was a lot more work than he expected. But more importantly, weve been told that Nintendo has no plans to make a sequel at this time.

  Wii - Mar 04, 2011
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  The Donkey Kong Island Report - Hours of Pain, or Hours of Pleasure?

  How many hours have Wii owners spent on Donkey Kong Island in the last 29 days, and were those hours of pain, or pleasure? Let's take a look!, says CoffeewithGames.

  Wii - Feb 15, 2011
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  Nintendo's fab Donkey Kong Country sales

  Eurogamer: In under one month, Donkey Kong Country Returns has trampled to a massive 4.21 million global sales. Kirby's Epic Yarn - not yet released in Europe - has already amassed 1.38 million sales in Japan and the US. And Super Mario Galaxy 2 has been bought 6.15 million times since its summer 2010 release.

  Wii - Jan 29, 2011
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  Layton's Unwound Future and Kirby's Epic Yarn join Nintendo's Million-Seller Club

  Joystiq writes: In a supplemental document to Nintendo's latest quarterly earnings report, the company noted its million-sellers during the past three fiscal quarters (AprilDec. 2010), with Professor Layton and pink power-puff Kirby standing out from the games featuring keywords: Mario, Pokémon and Wii. Through the end of 2010, DS puzzler Professor Layton and the Unwound Futurehad reached global sales of 1.9 million units since its September 12 debut, while Dragon Quest IXjust squeezed into the million-seller club with 1.02 million ...

  Wii - Jan 29, 2011
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  Weekly Sales Analysis, 15 January 2011 - DC Universe Online

  Overview Hardware continues to drop for a third straight week, however the drop is smaller (-21% to -36%) than the last two weeks. The PS3, Wii, X360 and DS are over 200,000 and the PSP is over 100,000. There are no milestones this week related to hardware. When it comes to software Wii Sports Resort passes the 24 million mark, Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) reaches the 4 million mark and Kingdom Hearts Re:coded (DS) passes 250,000 in sales. No ...

  PS3, PC, Wii, DS - Jan 22, 2011
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  2nd Nintendo Icons Video Game Marathon for Childs Play Starts Tonight

  Pure Nintendo's 2nd 'Nintendo Icons' 48-hour video game marathon for the Child's Play Charity starts tonight (January 14) at 7pm EST. The 4 games to be played throughout the marathon are Metroid: Other M, Kirby's Epic Yarn, Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker, and Donkey Kong Country Returns. Live coverage of the event will be on purenintendo.com. All donations go directly to Child's Play and can be made on purenintendo.com/charity.

  Wii - Jan 14, 2011
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  Weekly Sales Analysis, 1 January 2011 - End of the Holiday Season

  As the holiday season is winding down hardware and software sales are down significantly (-39% to -58%) week on week for every platform. After two straight weeks of 3 platforms selling over 1 million units, none are over the 1 million mark this week. The Wii and DS are over 700,000, the Xbox 360 is over 600,000, the PlayStation 3 is over 500,000 and the PSP is over 300,000. As for milestones this week the DS passes 145 million units ...

  Wii - Jan 09, 2011
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  Black Ops, Donkey Kong Among Amazon's Top Holiday Games

  Treyarch/Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops, Ubisoft's Just Dance 2 and Retro/Nintendo's Donkey Kong Country Returns were Amazon's top-selling video game products during the competitive holiday sales period, the popular online retailer has revealed. The three titles were the most-ordered games during the holiday season, which Amazon measured from November 14 through December 19. The 8GB version of the game-playing iPod Touch also clocked in as the third highest-selling electronic device on Amazon for the period, just behind two versions ...

  PS3, PC, Wii - Jan 04, 2011