Current Events > Why hasn't there been a new 3D Donkey Kong game like 64?

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I know rare is long gone but you'd think they'd try to make one anyway

Nintendo hates fun

Because everyone always says DK64 was bad when it was really just below Rare's average

everyone hates dk64 now :(

Surely Nintendo could perfect it

I've never played DK64 but i always remember thinking it looked so fun.

The only thing I remember is the "hell of a guy" lyric.

I'm not sure if I ever played it, but casual swearing from Nintendo caught my attention.

DK128 confirmed!

DK256 fammy

Dk64 was decent it was just one of those games that went on far too long then it needed to.

See also okami

Nintendo is scared. Like how WB was scared to try Green Lantern again. Same idea. Nintendo took the wrong lesson from DK64

There are probably people at Nintendo who would like to make a new 3d DK game but the ones at the top keep saying no. Nintendo bosses are old and out of touch

Zikten posted...

Nintendo is scared. Like how WB was scared to try Green Lantern again. Same idea. Nintendo took the wrong lesson from DK64

There are probably people at Nintendo who would like to make a new 3d DK game but the ones at the top keep saying no. Nintendo bosses are old and out of touch

Nintendo even won't even try franchises that sold well. Just look at fzero

SneakyGoomba posted...

Nintendo even won't even try franchises that sold well. Just look at fzero

F-ZERO actually was suffering from a lack of sales. Each mainline entry sold less than the one before it.

Solar_Crimson posted...

F-ZERO actually was suffering from a lack of sales. Each mainline entry sold less than the one before it.

Fzero gx was a players choice title which means it had to sell a certain amount to get that label. It was like gcs greatest hits

Also dk64 was the second best selling game in n64 history

You should try A Hat in Time. It's a fun indie 3d platformer. Mostly the old school 3d platformers are indie games now.

Wish granted. Introducing Beaver Bother 2.

SneakyGoomba posted...

Fzero gx was a players choice title which means it had to sell a certain amount to get that label. It was like gcs greatest hits

And it still sold less than its predecessors (the original and F-ZERO X).

Also, I came across this which says that GX actually sold ~0.6 million, but since it's a Fandom link, take it with a grain of salt:
https://vgsales.fandom.com/wiki/F-Zero

• Despite producer Toshihiro Nagoshi stating that F-Zero GX sold 1.5 million units, this must be an error as Nintendo has publicly reported all their published GameCube games that have sold at least a million to the CESA Games White Paper, and F-Zero GX was never listed.
• In Japan the game sold 0.101 million, and 0.341 million in North America by February 2007. Since the game was a Player's Choice in Europe, it sold at least 0.25 million in that region, but the final European numbers are currently unknown.

Despite the fact that their first party titles are basically the only reason they're still in business, Nintendo seems to absolutely hate making most of them.

pegusus123456 posted...

Despite the fact that their first party titles are basically the only reason they're still in business, Nintendo seems to absolutely hate making most of them.

I wonder what Miyamoto does all day, if he only works on like 1 game every 5 years

Because DK64 was already perfection