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Each stage is lavishly detailed, from the brilliant environmental detail to the fantastic camera work (some of the barrel shooting sections look incredible) to the occasional artistically stylised sections: the return of the silhouette style from Returns is a particular highlight. Visually, it’s one of the finest-looking examples of the genre on any system, not just Nintendo ones. Tropical Freeze doesn’t betray that legacy, once again offering a platformer that’s a treat for the eyes and ears. The SNES games were well-loved for a number of reasons, but they way they looked and sounded were high on that list.

And in this case, it’s fair to say it deserves it.įor those not among the million or so who bought it the first time around, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is the fifth game in the Donkey Kong Country series, and the second of the modern era (following Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii).Īs with its predecessor, it was developed by Retro Studios, and does its best to nail the feeling of the SNES Donkey Kong Country trilogy, which it succeeds in doing for the most part. The Switch ports of Mario Kart 8, Bayonetta 2 and Pokken Tournament have already outsold their Wii U forebearers, and Nintendo is surely hopeful the likes of Hyrule Warriors and Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker do the same when they’re released in May and July respectively.īefore those turn up, it’s time for Donkey Kong’s Wii U adventure to get a second crack of glory. The point I’m making in a horribly complicated way is that some of the Wii U’s finest games have already found their way onto the Switch. Naturally, when life gives you lemons you make lemonade, and Nintendo has been happily squeezing the Wii U’s software library to allow owners of the far more popular Switch to have a taste. We all know the Wii U was a dismal failure.ĭespite having a decent helping of excellent exclusive games, the negatives surrounding Nintendo’s sixth home console outweighed the positives, and as a result it would take someone truly delusional to argue that the Wii U was anything other than a giant lemon.

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