Japanese Charts: Mario Vs. Donkey Kong Takes Its Fight To The Top

Really enjoying this game rn! Loved the GBA ver. and I love this remake too.

I really hope this game will continue to do well because I want more games in this style rather than those stupid Lemmings clones

So jealous of those 14 people who managed to track down a new, unopened New 2DS LL.

Bought the game today. Love it! 😃

I disagree with all of you. This is how Nintendo continues to get away with releasing games of minimal effort. A $50 port of a 20 year-old game that itself probably cost almost nothing to make. People need to hold Nintendo to a higher standard. It's not the game I have a problem with. It's that the game costs $50 when it should cost $20.

I just realized that the Xbox Series consoles are the 2nd best Xbox generation in Japan!

I know it's a fraction of Nintendo and Sony sales, but it's more successful than the OG Xbox and the Xbox One era!

Anyways, congrats to Nintendo for continuing to dominate in Japan!

@Gryffin,

So this game cost almost nothing to make. is that your own personal feeling, or based on any facts or real evidence.

@Gryffin That may be true in the US, but the price here in Japan is ¥5,400, which is like $35/£28, compared to $50/£40. Even if that’s the same price I paid for Pokémon Scarlet, Mario Wonder, etc, that’s still low enough for it to be worth it for me, and apparently 61,929 other people in Japan.

@Gryffin It's not gonna cost $20 if Nintendo remains a first party company. Only third party games could get to the $10-$40 range for old ports, remakes, or remasters. Nintendo need that $50. The fact that we got Metroid Prime Remastered for $40 is a rare occasion since it was a third party that made that one. If you want third party prices for Nintendo games, you need to find a way to persuade Nintendo to go third party or had third party get involve in the case with F-Zero GX and Metroid Prime Remastered.

Are those bad numbers for a Trails game, or about normal I wonder?

@Gryffin it's not a port. It adds a lot of new content.

So to say minimal effort went into this release is false. A lot of new stages are present that didn't exist in the original.

@bixente And it's now multiplayer

@Gryffin
Let's see, a GBA game, where the 3D modeling was somewhat complicated due to hardware limitations, and therefore, not everything in that game, one would assume, is in 3D models; by the way, the cutscenes were just images, not animations/videos; and also the soundtrack was also dedicated to the console's hardware.
If you consider that with minimal effort it is to remake the vast majority of characters/enemies/objects and scenarios with a totally new 3D modeling, adding that the cutscenes are already fully animated, not simply images; The soundtrack was also remade for the standards of the current console; and adding new scenarios, a multiplayer, and more etc., no well, I don't know in what sense this is "minimal" effort...

@Gryffin I agree with you on a certain level, but come on.. 'cost almost nothing to make'? Remake added remixed tunes, 2 brand new worlds, altered existing stage layouts, bonus stages are entirely new, CGI cutscenes that look better than the Mario Movie even all makes the original look like an early tech demo. All of that ain't cheap.

UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes] was a commercial failure, I guess...

Something I find so strange is how inconsistent Nintendo is with using Mario's updated design that began with Super Mario Odyssey. As Mario's debut Switch title, I kinda thought that would be his uniform design for the entire generation, but to my knowledge, it's only really been used in Super Mario Party and now Mario vs DK. It may have popped up in some other places, but it's pretty infrequent.

What I'm referring to is Mario's overalls having straps that are pentagonal on the ends instead of rounded, a more purple-ish hue to his overalls, and more detailed textures in his denim, hair, and mustache. There may be other design changes that are more subtle, but I don't know. Every other Mario render and in-game model looks closer to how it did in the Wii U era. I don't really get it.

Great to see Mario vs DK on top of both the UK and Japanese charts this week.

@Gryffin ok don't buy it. Each to their own.

@Coversnail Was wondering the same. I don’t know how Nihon Falcom keeps going with numbers like that! I would hate to see Trails trail off.

@Gryffin People don't "need" to hold anyone to any standard. Learn the difference between needs and wants.

@StevenH more nintendo games are sold physically compared to the ps5.. that could explain the numbers..

i will be fascinated to see how well final fantasy 7 rebirth does in japan when it comes out

@Krull @Coversnail Don't forget that this is just a late port. It sold a bit better than the Switch port of Trails into Reverie.

@Coversnail Trails games usually perform poorly on switch. The PS4 version top the chart a week it was released.

@johnvboy Reminds me of someone on here saying Link's Awakening was "just a reskin"....obviously devs don't deserve to earn any money.

@WiltonRoots,

Yes not surprising from some on here.

@johnedwin definitely makes sense, so by your reckoning Skull & Bones is crushing Mario vs Donkey Kong. 👍🏻

@johnedwin,

What are you talking about, Sony releases physical games too.

i was referring that huge majority of sony games are bought digitally then physically more then nintendo as physical games of nintendo are more desirable due to resale value and collecting.. carts are more desirable for collecting and resale value then disks..i have over 120 physical switch games..