Well at least the Metroid Dread announcement was unexpected but great. I loved that direct, even if i remember being a bit sad of the 3D Donkey Kong not being in. Metroid Dread is great tho
@@secoTheSonicFan Uh. When Nintendo announced they were scrapping development on _Metroid Prime 4_ and it was being delayed an indefinite number of years, the overwhelming response from _Metroid_ fans was that they appreciated Nintendo's transparency, understood that issues come up in game development, and were thankful that Nintendo was willing to make hard calls if it meant assuring _Prime 4_ lives up to what the _Metroid Prime_ series means to people. _Metroid_ fans aren't inherently bad human beings just because the series they love went so horribly wrong between 2010 and 2017 that there was legitimate reason to fear Nintendo might take it out behind the shed and put a bullet in the back of its skull like they've done with the likes of _F-Zero_ or _Wario Land._
Good video and I honestly feel like the reason DKC:TF was hated upon its announcement WAS just due to the fact that there was an abundance of platformers on the market at the time (and on the way) and people just wanted something different from Nintendo developers. TF was a great game that came out at the wrong time.
Yeah, they announced it when the have recently released New Super Mario Bros U, then New Super Luigi U, then Yoshi's Woolly World, and there was also Rayman Legends. If there was any genre the WiiU wasn't lacking it was 2D platformers, so it's easy to see why another one seemed disappointing. Even with DKCR literally being my favorite 2D platformer of all time, I wasn't that hyped for it. At that time I was wondering where the hell is a new Zelda or a new good Metroid or something like this.
Yah! But Nintendo chose to delay DKTF to release Mario 3D and Pikmin 3 first. Even though a DKC is far mor better game than this two, but Miyamoto loveeees Pikmin and loooooovess Mario 3D, so they care to release those games first.
this is sad how cemu is now so popular and same as those games in downloads. because now they realize what they missed. it is the gamecube and dolphin all over again.
This game is the quintessential example of people stupidly shitting on a game before it's even out. It's the best 2d platformer ever. Retro should be proud.
People weren't shitting on that game because they would tought it would be bad. They shat on it because they wanted something that WAS NOT a platformer and a DK video game.
@@chubbubdreamer6904 I didn't think tropical freeze was that good. Music was bad and for some reason, Kremlings are a better villian than anything retro ever produced. Absolutely not "best 3d platformer ever" that title is a heated contest between dkc2 and yoshis island
It genuinely is. I want to say it sold far better on Switch, but the fact remains that... this game (and DK's identity with Country in general) could have been so much more, but wasn't. And that makes me very sad because I truly adore this franchise so much. I just hope a new game on the Switch, should it ever happen, will bring about a resurgence for the Kongs.
For Dixie, she’s great for when you’re trying to get everything, but for speedruns, Diddy is the better choice because Dixie kills your momentum when you use her hair.
I'm curious to see if the port will be better received since it fixes... kinda ALL the issues he brings up at the start. 1. Metroid has had a good game since then, Samus Returns, plus we know MP4 is on the way. 2. The Switch isn't drowning in platformers, and has bigger variety of games on it just in its first year. 3. The Switch, much like the Wii, is printing money and already has a bigger install base then the WiiU had. All the major factors for why it went under appreciated are gone, and only new one exists. "Oh, ANOTHER port." Since Nintendo, kinda rightfully imo, is slowly bringing a lot of the WiiU's best offerings to the Switch to give them new life, which still gives us a some really good games to fill the gaps between actual new games come out. It's kinda Win-Win for Nintendo and honestly the majority of Switch owners that likely never played ANY of them becuase they didn't get a WiiU.
This game will probably work best on Switch. The console doesn't pander only to 'casuals', but the 'Funky Mode' will probably help nintendo to sell the game to the casuals, not just the hardcore audience (assume that the aforementioned hardcore audience didn't already buy it on Wii U, but then again, the Switch port might also iron out a few more problems with the game, and might add even more content)
I remember a lot of the backlash you talk about at the beginning. While I was disappointed Retro Studios' new project wasn't a Metroid game, I didn't mind that it was another DK game because of how good Returns was. It was really frustrating to see so many people refuse to give it a chance just because it wasn't what they expected Retro to be working on, and it's nice to hear that it's slowly being vindicated by history, so to speak. I didn't actually get the chance to play Tropical Freeze myself until almost a year ago, I was blown away by the impressive design, the extremely unique style and aesthetics of each world (something 2D Mario has struck out on for a while, mind you), the attention to detail, and even the way it managed to start out fairly challenging and eventually become tough as nails while always feeling fair. Honestly, this game might be one of the greatest 2D platformers ever made, and it's a damn shame it was written off as unworthy and undeserving just because of extenuating circumstances. Hopefully we do get a third game to complete a "Returns Trilogy", whether from Retro or someone else who understands what made this one so great. And while I do want to see the Kremlings come back, I _also_ want to see the Snowmads show up every now and then as alternate antagonists. They fit right in as an enemy force in ways the tikis didn't, and I want to see more of their oppressive, all-conquering warfare for the Kongs to defeat.
It would also be fun to see a situation down the line where the Kremlings and Snowmads try to enact their own seperate schemes at the same time and wind up getting in each others' way, so it ends up being a three-way conflict between them and the Kong family.
“we know they’re not doing Prime 4, either.” That comment didn’t age well. Edit: Hi, Dusty here, anticipating future commenters. If Metroid Prime 4 is publicly canceled at any point in the future, I'll Venmo the first person to comment "You owe me a soda" 5USD. People seem to think I have some unwavering faith in Nintendo and its subsidiaries, and they love coming down here to tell me to abandon all hope ye who enter... to the contrary, I'm quite open to the possibility that the game could be canceled! But in order to win the $5, it has to be a public and official announcement, so not a leak or speculation. Thank you, and I'll return to my slumber once more...
@@adamswing6115 Nintendo said that they announced the game earlier than they would have liked to please fans, and they want to wait until they have something closer to release to show more.
Suggestion for how to make Diddy more worthwhile: make him the only partner who gives you the endless barrel roll. Dixie would still generally be better, but at least Diddy would have *some* unique benefit, rather than being a strictly worse version of Dixie.
I'd give Diddy an Air-Dash instead of his hover. It's basically his underwater dash but with less range. That'll reestablish him as a speedy character.
@@davinchristino I'm confused. My point was that being slower than the others doesn't change the fact that it's easier to beat almost all stages of the game with dixie than the other 2 kongs. I cant tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing?
This has to be my favorite platformer in existence, even over DKC2. It's a near-perfect sequel to Returns, and it's easily Retro's best game to date. It frustrates me beyond words how the Metroid fanbase slammed Retro for making it instead of Prime 4, as if a team that already completed their trilogy, had most of the original members move on, and didn't even create the franchise in the first place OWED them a new Metroid because of a game they had nothing to do with.
I think that for some Metroid fans, it opened them up to Donkey Kong Country. Both series have so much in common even if they do seem completely different. They both have exploration and secrets to find, they both have a lot of exciting set pieces and boss fights, they both bring a level of challenge to players that most Nintendo franchises don't, they both really hit their strides in popularity on the SNES, they both have immersive worlds, and they both get overshadowed and outsold by other more trendy franchises. My best friend is a huge Metroid fan, and I'm the biggest DK fan I know, and we've really bonded over our two respective series'.
It really pains me that a difficult game won't be popular anymore if it doesn't have dark and/or serious art design. I miss when games like dk and mario were "cool". I didn't even know there were so many people disappointed to hear about a new dk game when I had been hoping for one for a long time.
Dark and serious is boring, yet so overdone by most AAA studios. They feel so lifeless to me. I tend to gravitate towards Nintendo and Indies as a result.
Well the industry and the gamers haven’t gotten out of puberty so they are still trying hard to be taken seriously, and lo and behold, you have dark and serious overdone.
I think you just touched on the real issue. DKC got "Wind Waker syndrome" where the game was legitimately great and had pathos, but it was a light, cartoony aesthetic instead of the dark, gritty design
Yay i wasnt the only one expecting K Rool to reveal himself as the leader of the Snowmads! It was just too good of a missed opportunity, same with Bramble Scramble not having a remix of Stickerbush Symphony. Now that the game has been revealed to be ported to the Switch, maybe the chance of a third game has been reignited. Hopefully the thirs game does use the Kremlings, it's the only thing that could top Tropical Freeze...that and being able to have any combination of characters, just put more emphasis on his strength as his special ability...how about throwing his partner & being the only one to kill tougher enemies? Anyways, fantastic game. Without a doubt my favorite game on the Wii U and i am so happy that it has a second chance of reaching the audience it deserves once it releases on the Switch.
StupidMarioBros1Fan well now that we know K Rool is going to be a playable character in ultimate and a lot of new generation of gamers will not even know who the F that character is since his last appearance was the DK country gba ports (the ones I got to experience as a child and now im 22, in fact i didnt even know they were snes games at the time) we might just get a new DKC with K Rool in it. Edit: Now that I think about it I experienced almost all of the coolness of the snes era in GBA as a child without even knowing they were snes ports, yoshis island, mario world, dkc 1, 2, 3. The kirby games, a link to the past. Of course I eventually found out they were rereleases but nintendo allowed for peiple to experience the snes magic again, the gba was like a snes portable
@@AtomicBoo Same here, experienced Yoshi's Island and the first 2 DKC games at a very young age on the GBA. They litteraly changed my life forever, and are my favorite games of all time. Tropical Freeze is also on that list! Lol
StupidMarioBros1Fan that would’ve been cool but aren’t the kremlings property of rare? Would it have even been possible for them to use? I thought that was why they didn’t use them to begin with
I almost never comment on youtube videos, but I feel the need to really commend your ability to critique a game. You spent an appropriate amount of time setting up the context for this game's release and reception, and it really helps add to the context of the actual critique. Impressive work! I'm really enjoying your content, keep it up. :)
Your video essays are all very well put together but this one in particular, wow! It's really insightful, choc full of knowledge and point of view you only get as a lifelong, passionate fan. A winner is you! 🐵
Thank you SO MUCH for giving an audible voice for those of us individuals who revere this game as one of the best (or THE SINGLE best, in my case) in the Wii U's library. This incredible game is tragically underrated! It is, to me, the biggest victim of the Wii U's under-performance. I recently subscribed to your channel, and after watching this video, I see that my subscription was well-deserved!! Great episode! ... and congratulations on making a video on each DK Country installment, as the video description says! (Yes, I did read that far down, haha!)
He did Other M. But it's Patreon only. You should check it out :P (no, i'm not a patreon either, not because I don't want to, but because I don't have the money to do so :( )
Ok, I am totally sold now on getting the port when it comes out. Just watching the gameplay alone, without your commentary, was enough to convince me. I had a Wii U, but I totally glossed past this one. Partially because of it being released at a time when we were oversaturated with fairly simple and low-effort platformers. Partially because it *looked* like one of those. They didn't show *any* of the more interesting stages or designs in ads or trailers, and I got the impression it was just more of the same. And while I enjoyed Returns well enough, it lacked the atmosphere and creativitiy that the original trilogy had. DKC was the original, Diddy's Kong Quest made one of my all-time favorite gloomy games but still felt like a proper upbeat sequel somehow, and even DKC3 feels distinctly like it's own thing(even if I'm torn on whether I like that "thing" or not). But Returns very much felt like a rehash of the original game. Which was just fine, but it just didn't let me fall in love with it and it's faults when compared to the original(no tag-teaming, almost no animal buddies) were just unnecessarily emphasized by this. So there's no wonder I wasn't particularly excited about the prospect of a game that was advertised in a way that made it look like a rehash of a rehash.
26:10 I actually learned from watching GDQ this year that their backstory was invading the island to gather up the ingredients to make juice, and popsicles, and other treats at the cost of ravaging the island. I didn't notice this on my playthrough either until it was spelled out for me.
I... I love that. God, that's just perfect for a Donkey Kong villain. Extremely powerful, a huge step up from previous villains, with all of the personality and flair you could ever ask for and... they're just here to make juice and popsicles. That almost makes the disappointing Lord Frederik reveal worth it.
Punchy Primeape To be fair, it was a four year old game that was $50 when it first launched, so its borderline-if not downright- impossible to justify full price for a port of it in 2018 even with Funky mode. A lot of the people who aren’t fans of the price are also probably people who already played it and don’t want to pay full price to play something they can already play, which is fair. I don’t feel that ports themselves are a problem. In fact, I’m all for them on the Switch as long as the game in question can possibly run well on the system. The problem is that since these aren’t meant for the hardcore Nintendo fans that already played them but rather those who didn’t have a Wii U and missed out as a result, they treat them like new ones because they technically are to these people in that they never played them before, and there for mark them at $60, which kinda sucks for those who already played them, especially in 2018, where it was mostly ports.
I had a Wii and skipped the wii u but wanted to play a lot of games on it but with a massive PS4 backlog and generally having less time to play games on the TV I just bought a 3ds but now that they're putting all the good Wii U games onto switch slowly with more features and better graphics on a platform which will be far more supported I can't wait to retire my 3ds and go all in on the switch.
I sometimes feel like i'm the only guy who actually got DKC:TP from the start and loved it. Its even my favourite DKC when 2 was my fav for a long time.
Same for me. It was the reason for me to buy a Wii U - I waited still, but when they announced DKCTF I knew I had to have it asap! :) DKC2 (and OoT) is my favourite video game ever, but still I had to come to the conclusion that DKCTF tops it and is imo even the best 2D-platformer ever.
I loved it on reveal. I couldn't get the hate for it. Returns was a blast, so more DK, with the return of Dave Wise was amazing to me. I'm glad the game exceeded all my expectations.
And Tropical Freeze wasn't really a failure. Looking at the sales of all the games on Wii U that aren't Smash Bros, Mario, Zelda or Splatoon. This game still sold more than 1 million. They re not the huge sales of the original Trilogy or Returns, but it's very close to Pikmin 3 and way more than other franchises that tanked hard like Mario non-Kart spin offs, Star Fox Zero or Kirby and the Rainbow Curse. There is hope for more Donkey Kong guys!!
Yeah but only because the original team developing the game was doing such a poor job at it, Nintendo just went "Nope! Nope! Start over and get those guys that actually know what they're doing to replace these amateurs!"
When I saw that opening cutscene, I was hyped at what the leader of the snowmads could be (I was imagining a dark DK or something like that), only to be so disappointed that it was just a giant walrus. At least the fight with him is fun.
Yeah, shrouding him in shadow at the beginning was a bit contrived, but hey, they did that in the original manual and version of Donkey Kong Country too. Until you got to the final boss fight, you didn't know what King K. Rool even looked like, or what moves he would use on you. Lord Frederik is at least a better final boss fight than King K. Rool on the SNES.
I'd love to see both games ported to the Switch actually, as it'd be the definitive version of Returns given that it would be in HD and not have motion controls. Or, conversely they could have motion controls as an option with the joycons (say what you will about the motion controls in most cases, but being able to give each boss a beat down post boss fight via them is incredibly cathartic).
10:58 Windmill Hills is such a lovingly crafted tune. Brings a tear to my eye. This game is a tour de force of love that absolutely dazzles and scintillates the senses as the sweet nectar of a crystal coconut soothes the soul.
I think Diddy's Jet pack should have been changed to function more like Dixie's Propeller hair. It would Rocket DK and Diddy upward, Dixie's jump could have functioned more like it did in DKC 2, more of a controllable glide than a double jump. Dixie would have still been fun to use, and Diddy wouldn't have been so ignored.
Jared RB Garrison yea or maybe give diddy more functional pistols, able to stun from afar or actually kill enemies. It would make it his own niche and maybe especially useful for kids or new players, wich integrates into his special ability (getting lives)
That's pretty much what I've thought since the game was released. It means that both Kongs could have different secret paths, with Diddy being all about using his extra height to grab goodies or get onto really high ledges, whilst Dixie would be able to cross gaps that are otherwise impossible.
I was there on NeoGAF when it was announced, I remember all the disappointment. The sad thing is platformers are still seen as disposable, as a lesser genre by many, and it is a damn shame. Such a beautiful genre.
How funny it is that you voice your hopes for a port of DKCTF to the Switch in the end of this video, then your wish is granted in an announcement of this about three months after you publish this video. It’s a beautiful thing.
I'm just 18 years old, but I had the oportunity to play the DKC trilogy on an old Snes of my ant when I was like 5, and i beat them and became a fan of the series, so even if I played Returns when I was just 11, I could beat it even if It was really difficult. So, I'm really thankful to DKC for showing me how to accept a challenge since I was a kid.
oscarzx n I was in a similar positon growing up. I played on games almost a decade old older than I... and it gave me patience and an appreciation for what they all had to offer. I can appreciate what many games bring to the table because of it, and so many more are valuable for what they've done. And either from lacking modern conviences or being too difficult, or even being too "ugly" people don't care for them.
Congrats on 100k views! It went from 70,000 when it originally uploaded to 100,000 views and seeing that gives me hope that people will support the switch version of Tropical Freeze after seeing this video.
I’m late to this video but come after watching your series on Metroid. I find it ironic yet interesting the series that brought me to your channel is mentioned at the end as something that we wouldn’t see, when I feel anticipation many of us felt was recently affirmed. I really do hope Retro does right by Prime 4, and I hope to soon see another Donkey Kong game from them.
The reaction to the reveal of this game was akin 2 year old having a tantrum. DKC:TF is arguably the best sidescrolling platformer we have ever had period. TF is the type of game that should be winning game of the year awards.
What criticism? The people who lost their shit over TF's reveal only did so because it wasn't Metroid. They had no legitimate criticism for TF's existence.
They should literally just make another super metroid using the same 16 bit graphics engine and just make new environments\map. That's it. That's all I want from metroid.
I wasn't part of that "should've been metroid crowd". I just personally felt it was "too soon" for another Donkey Kong County game. I wasn't big on the trial and error gameplay DKC Returns had which made me feel "meh" regarding the reveal of Tropical Freeze. I had the Wii U version of this game for the longest but it just sat in my backlog after only playing the first few levels. I ended up double dipping with the Switch version and finally gave it my full attention and damn is this game an overall huge step up compared to returns. I'd say Tropical Freeze is probably my favorite modern day 2D side-scroller and I feel bad for dismissing the game when it originally came out.
Donkey kong country returns is like the original DKC, and Tropical Freeze is like DKC 2! First, his home island that DK is familiar with, then a landscape that DK is NOT familiar with! Which is amazing. I consider Tropical Freeze as the 2nd best game in the series right behind 2.
I'm surprised that you didn't touch on it, but the buddy system in tropical freeze is a direct response to the complaints about kids not being able to beat the game. Dixie makes the game much easier and forgiving, Diddy plays as people got used to, and cranky has a higher skill ceiling and makes the game slightly tougher if you want a challenge.
I just wish Metroid and Donkey Kong could coexist without seemingly having to trade off every decade or so, if only Retro had the manpower to work on both at once. This trilogy deserves to be completed, or taken further still.
I'm just now seeing this video, and it's great! I'm a huge Metroid fan but there's no denying how great the DKC games are, and Tropical Freeze was incredibly fun.
speaking of the Metroid Prime Trilogy, I believe that Nintendo jumped the gun with the Trilogy collection when they made it for the Wii and I feel they SHOULD HAVE saved it for later to release on the Wii U in true HD AND to celebrate the series' 25th anniversary. now of course I know that the Prime Trilogy was released on the Wii U's eshop and fixed some issues with the collection BUT it's not a true remaster. plus, an HD version of the Prime Trilogy being released like that JUST after Other M would have been VERY welcomed for Metroid fans that wanted something good after being slapped with THE WORST "METROID" GAME OF THEM ALL. would have made us significantly less salty at Retro for DKCTF is all I'm saying.
I hope they'll do an HD version of the Prime trilogy on the Switch...they can have the same controls with the joy-cons and it would be really nice to have those three games in HD!
I'm a huge fan of both Metroid and, just to make a point, Megaman, but vast parts of their fandoms just suck. They always want clones of Super Metroid and MM2 respectively, and if something is slightly different they act like small children and either "boycott" it or, worse, even actively hate on it, and it doesn't sell. That's the reason why Metroid was in stasis for so many years and the Megaman franchise is basically dead.
I'm sure, Battle Network 4 is the second highest selling game in the franchise as listed in Capcom's own sales reports. Heck, the Battle Network and even Star Force games consistently sold better than the sidescrollers released in the same time frame.
Icy Wind Okay, I get it. I was not very precise. I was mostly talking about the fans of the platformers. I wonder why the spin-offs don't get any titles any more either though.
Yeah, since die hard Metroid fans derided and boycotted Other M and Federation Force so severely, it's a wonder Nintendo was willing to make any new Metroid games at all. The Fans were sending the message that they didn't want anything Metroid related. Nintendo's not interested in just rehashing the same material over and over again. This is why they haven't made an F-Zero game in years. They haven't thought of any way they could innovate the game play mechanics. Meanwhile, hardcore DK fans patiently put off with whatever cameo appearances he would get in Mario Spin offs, and whatever flavor of the week gimmick they decided to shoehorn him into. Returns and Tropical Freeze mostly exist because the fans stayed loyal in spite of not getting exactly what they wanted. Metroid fans could learn a lot from Donkey Kong fans about patient endurance.
I think I may have realized why K. Rool wasn't the villain in this game. I'd bet that he originally was going to be, early in development, but then the devs came to realize that it wouldn't make much sense for the leader of a pirate gang of reptiles, who is a reptile himself, to want to freeze things over.
Love seeing an analytical gamer that isn't bogged down by rose tinted glasses or a sensitive, fun-loving nature. Your perspective is completely fair and honest and your insight is clearly earned. Best of all, you never feel the need to apologize for your opinions or appease to people by being quirky and loud. Happy to subscribe.
Watching this really makes me feel like I missed out on this game. Loved dkc since it was made on the gameboy advance and played dkcr on the wii, which I also loved. But I skipped the wiiu and still haven't bought a switch since both platforms only have 2 games I'm interested in (tropical freeze and breath of the wild) so I never got to play this. Seeing Cranky as a buddy in this video though reaaalllly makes me wish it was on the wii. Or even other games on the wiiu or switch to appeal to me for more reasons to get the consoles and eventually this game. Oh well, nice watching this
Just recently finished Bopopolis for the first time. I get what you mean when you say you reach a state where your muscle memory sort of takes over and you almost subconsciously flow through the movements until you break through and beat the level. I just don't know if I would call it a zen-like state because I wanted to throw my controller through the TV the entire time.
I love that they blow you away from the kong island and my favorite level are the mine cart level my favorite is high tide ride and the music is so good and the sawmill thrill but when I want to jump it doesn’t work and I die in the pit below
0:33 - I think that was my feeling when Mega Man 11 was announced. Anyway, I'm glad that the Switch version of the game shone new light upon it, even if it's price wasn't well received. lol To this day though, I'm wondering what was that title Retro was working on, it's not DK, it wasn't Metroid since they only got on it recently, so what the hell was it? Did it get cancelled? It will always make me so curious.
I don't know. I'd still consider Donkey Kong to be a Mario character because he originated as one in the arcade game. But yeah people definitely should not have hated on Tropical Freeze that much before it came out.
Just beat Tropical Freeze two days ago after owning it on Wii U AND rebuying it for Switch. Always loved it and now that I have finished the story mode, I'm so glad I stuck with it. It's my favorite platformer with the possible exception of Sonic Mania. I love that the modern studios have finally gone back and tried to grow from where the classics left off.
I've only played the orignal trilogy and DK64 I haven't tried the new games yet they've always just been on the backlog I'm about to play them and wanted to rewatch some videos on them and as a metriod fan it saddens me that neither of these franchises gets the recognition they deserve
You know, in your critique of Returns you mentioned that Monster Games did such a great job on the new levels for the 3DS version that you wouldn't mind them taking over if Retro is done with the franchise. Well, apparently Nintendo thought so as well because I played through Tropical Freeze again recently and suddenly noticed that during the credits there was an entire section devoted to Monster Games staff who worked on the game. I guess Nintendo was equally pleased and decided to bring them in to help Retro make Tropical Freeze as good as it could be. Kind of like how they proved MercurySteam with Samus Returns before giving them the reins to Dread.
I'm glad Retro went with a new DKC - it's one of the best games I've ever played. And we're getting Metroid Prime 4 now anyway. If Nintendo could just get a new F-Zero out. They could even make it a remaster of GX, stick in the AX tracks, add online mode and stick it on the eShop. And they would call it: F-Zero NX 😁
Fun fact: it is hard as hell to do, but you can unlock the AX tracks in GX. But yes I agree about re releasing F Zero GX. Hell give it online multiplayer too! Sadly while Miyamoto is still high up in the company, it probably wont happen as he thinks there isnt anything "new" they can do with it. The same issue plagued Star Fox until Zero, and we all know how that turned out (yuck...).
As someone who didn't grow up in the SNES era or even play Returns, this is all kinda weird for me. Im even a fan of Prime and I never realized there was a large amount of people who felt that Retro should be working on that instead. I learned to love DK specifically because of Tropical Freeze, which I ended up buying and falling in love with it despite not really being a big platforming fan.
Just some points I'd like top bring up after playing this 100% in the year 2018 A) Metriod fans should thankful for DK for sparing them what could of been a "Starfox Zero Mission: Metriod" edition. On top of that they're getting prime 4 anyhow, metriod skipping a generation isn't unheard of anyways. B) As a report from Nintendo investor meeting stated Dong Freeze has already sold 1.5 million, and that's for a enhanced port with an easy mode. If this franchise ends here I'd honestly be really shocked. C) Why is 2-K so damn hard. Like, did anyone find it weird that the hardest level in the damn game was world 2's secret level? I was expecting the rest of the temple levels to be even worse, and while hard they don't even hold a candle to it. Not even the hidden world levels compare.
I NEED a final DKCR game by Retro Studios, with the Kremlings back. They just have to at least close out the trilogy, giving us 2 great DKC trilogies. It just feels weird now to be stopped at 2, and especially bc the 2nd ended up even better than the awesome first. I almost don’t care if 3 is the worst one of the trilogy, I just want a complete trilogy. I know I’m weird.
With only two days till the Nintendo Switch version of this comes out, I am looking forward to this. I did buy it on the Wii U and I loved it. I am also excited for when the Switch version comes. Thank god I got it digitally for Switch due to its file size being 6.6 GB.
call this a coincidence, but using Kranky Kong's Cane Jump with Donkey Kong is actually a throwback to Disney's Ducktales 1,2, and Remastered for the NES and Wii U, Trust me, Scrooge McDuck has the Pogo Jump that Kranky uses in Tropical Freeze. Don't believe me? COMPARE REMASTERED AND FREEZE TO EACH OTHER
The backlash that either DKCR or DKCTF gets is just absurd. My bias aside, people that either never played the DKC trilogy on SNES (whether if they didn't play Nintendo games in favor of other consoles or franchises, or just didn't go for side-scroller platformers like DKC), or are too young to have done so, and more than likely never played the GBA remakes, OR even the VC ports, need to realize or admit there ARE fans out there that DID play the games, that DID love and/or appreciate them (I mean hell, it would be such a bad thing if we actually found those games fun), and that DID miss there being more games, whether if there were any sequels in the same style as sidescroller platformers, OR the 3D "collect-a-thons" that was DK64. Anyway, I simply missed out on Tropical Freeze, ONLY because I never bought a Wii U, and very much a fact I continually regret. However, I am VERY glad the game is getting ported to the Switch! I don't know, I'm probably going to buy a refurbished Wii U sometime this year, despite that I just got a Switch for Christmas, but I mean, with no word on, or announcement of a massive number of ports to the Switch happening, DKCTF, Hyrule Warriors, Mario Kart 8 and Bayonetta 2 are NOT the only Wii U games I still want to play and check out; how about Mario Maker, Mario 3D World and New SMB U (and Luigi U for that matter).... those are just the few I can think of off the top of my mind, other than the two HD Zelda ports of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, which were already ports of two Zelda games from previous consoles. Anyway, just my overall thoughts, and I kind of got carried away on ranting over the Wii U and most of it's games near the end there lol. Still, any backlash or overall negative reactions to Tropical Freeze, or any future DKC games, is just wrong.
I feel like a decent solution to the bonus areas would be to have them be an unlock after you get all the puzzle pieces in the world. They would be fun simple areas with a tiny puzzle and could let you use the animal buddies. The reward would be a figurine of the animal buddy. Of coarse that shouldn't be the only level with an animal buddy.
I'm happy that DKC:TF had been able to be re-released in a better time for his kind of play-style; and without a dying Metroid franchise making people over-cynical. I'm happy for DK fans, and maybe, just maybe, this is the beginning for a bright new future.
"Look at No Man's Sky. They're still adding things to it, but I saw this headline and couldn't help but laugh that they're even still trying." Oof, it took about half a year, but that comment did not age well. Edit: To put it simply, between June 18 and July 18, the average player number increased by 1,305%, and the peak number increased by 4,736%. steamcharts.com/app/275850
