Japanese Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D sales comparable to the original
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is selling about as well as the original Wii game did in Japan.
Data obtained by Media Create puts the title at 104,569 units sold in its first week. To compare, Donkey Kong Country Returns sold 163,310 copies in its first week on Wii.
Sell-through rates for both versions are very, very similar. Donkey Kong Country Returns originally sold through 56.63% of its shipment while a rate of 54.34% was achieved on Wii.
That should mean Nintendo initially shipped 288,380 copies of the original Donkey Kong Country Returns. On the other hand, 192,434 copies were probably shipped for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D.