Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country Returns was originally released on the Nintendo Wii in 2010, and then was recently ported to the Nintendo 3DS.  It the last game release in the Donkey Kong Country series so far. It was originally started and created by Rare, but the task has now been passed on to Retro Games.

Now, I personally haven’t gotten a chance to play this game, but I always thought that the series was pretty nice. Personally, I was more into the Donkey Kong Country’s OST. So instead, I got some opinions from friend of mine who has played the games himself.

Now according to him, the game has a few similarities, but also has many differences. He thinks that “Retro probably went into making this game not trying to copy what Rare did, but try to expand upon it and put their own spin on it.”

The game in general shares many similar features in regards of visual design. You have Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, and you run through levels bashing baddies. The landscapes are still of the tropical sort like it was in the original games.

In regards of gameplay, that is where most of the changes lie. While there is a bit of the old mechanics still in the game, apparently the characters themselves control differently than better.

“Donkey Kong doesn't really move the same way he did in DKC, he feels a lot heavier and his jump is a little more floaty” my friend stated when I asked him about if the two games were similar.

While the controls might take some getting used it, the game is not at all bad. It’s more like a re-invented experience of Donkey Kong Country, and you should give it a try if you have the money for it.

With that, I hope you have a great day. J

~Jelly