Winner: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch) In short, video game remakes/re-releases are great. Remakes/re-releases not only give video games the opportunity to find new audiences, but they also help preserve video games as an art form. Games are at a bigger risk of falling under the radar. It’s not like movies, which see releases on every new home video platform. Video games advance so quickly that many people miss out on certain games. The internet likes to bemoan video game remakes, but like many things the internet does, that’s stupid.įor all the complaints gamers have that publishers are “forcing them to play the same games again” (because I guess the publishers are holding them under duress), video games are in a position where they kind of need remakes and re-releases. Happy birthday, DKC! Can Tropical Freeze get a sequel now? Whether under the creative minds of Rare or Retro, Donkey Kong Country has provided some of the best 2D platforming experiences.īetween the phenomenal gameplay, masterful level design, and perfect, perfect music, the Donkey Kong Country series should rank alongside The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario as one of Nintendo’s finest. Originally a trilogy created by Rare on the Super Nintendo, Donkey Kong Country was later revived by Retro Studios on the Wii and Wii U/Switch with two additional entries. DKC2 and DKC: Tropical Freeze, in particular, should rank as some of the greatest platformers ever made. If I may give my two cents, I personally think DKC is probably the best all-around 2D platforming series. Yessir, the Donkey Kong Country series is now twenty-five years old. Whoa whoa! DKCR is already nine years old? Where the hell did that time go?! It also means it’s been exactly nine years since Donkey Kong Country Returns was released on the Wii. Today, November 21st 2019, marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the release of Donkey Kong Country on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System! It’s also the twenty-fourth anniversary of its exemplary sequel, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest.
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