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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze coming to Switch
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I replayed it today. Got to world 6-7 with all K lvls competed thus far.
I gotta say, the BIG flaw with this game that nobody talks about is how horribly Retro butchered Cranky Kong's character. He smiles and fistbumps and wears a cozy sweater vest. He may as well be called "Friendly & Kind Grandpa Kong". It's a damn travesty, and I don't know why more people don't talk about it.
But Cranky's characterization and lame bonus rooms are literally the only two complaints I have with Tropical Freeze. Everything else is absolutely masterpiece-tier.
But Cranky's characterization and lame bonus rooms are literally the only two complaints I have with Tropical Freeze. Everything else is absolutely masterpiece-tier.
The Cranky who complained in the corner of each page of the original trilogy's instruction manuals will always have a special place in my heart.
But new Cranky is OK. He's super-fun to play, even if he stole all of his ideas from Scrooge McDuck, lol.
I don't see it as a problem really. But yeah, he's definitely not that "cranky" in Tropical Freeze lol. He seems pretty cheerful
Cranky's gameplay in TF is dope, but if you want to argue his characterization isn't awful you have to accept he's a clone or imposter. Or maybe he has dementia and forgot how bitter he is in life?
We just need some sort of lore explanation to straighten this out. Maybe one of us can tweet at Retro to get the goods.
We just need some sort of lore explanation to straighten this out. Maybe one of us can tweet at Retro to get the goods.
I'm very excited about this game since I missed out on it initially on WiiU. About 90% of my time on switch has been handheld play with the exception of Zelda which was 50/50 and I feel like this game would be perfect for that.
This is a perfect opportunity for Nintendo/Retro to release a soundtrack of Tropical Freeze because I want a physical copy, dammit!
Maybe the only thing that makes him happy is being personally affronted.
And with that plothole solved, TF moves up a spot on my all-time greats list
Cranky Kong berated the player in Returns for buying stuff from his shop along with giving advice. I say Retro didn't completely miss the character.
I honestly just figured that actually being part of the adventure, rather than sitting at home or running the shop, made Cranky feel young and vibrant enough again that he was more cheerful than usual.
Got this digitally for Wii U - bought into the gaf hype back in the day. Digital regrets! As someone who adores the original trilogy, I find the clunky/heavy physics to be a major turn off. Happy to see ports getting new life on Switch, tho Retro's take on DK isn't for everyone.
heavy, yes. clunky, no. The original trilogy is the one with strange delays such as the ending lag after rolling or when picking up barrels and stuff. The returns duology has the best feeling platforming controls of all time imo. Barrelling through stages at mach speed, bouncing off enemies feels so satisfying.
A game that waggles to roll is automatically ineligible for GOT status. :P
Hoping for an orchestral remix of the TF soundtrack as a bonus. Nintendo should make it work somehow.
I mean im bummed about the ports because I want new games instead. But on the other hand, it's great for people who never played these games and I understand Nintendo wanting to get money off these games that they never could on the wii u. But yeah, tropical freeze is just a phenomenal game.
I hope that Nintendo does a port/remake of the first donkey kong country returns, would be nice to have that one in HD as well.
Retro doesn't care about the older personalities of the other characters.
Look at Funky and his shop.
He makes really odd sounds now.
I would double dip without thinking if they packed in DKCR running at 1080p.
The same goes for Rayman Legends on switch, if it had Origins I would have bought it. (also its a shitty port)
All of these games are equally great and I skip buying both for the same reason, kinda funny.
The same goes for Rayman Legends on switch, if it had Origins I would have bought it. (also its a shitty port)
All of these games are equally great and I skip buying both for the same reason, kinda funny.
Fixed. :P
Also, do we have a source for Retro doing the port themselves?
We did get confirmation on Twitter, but to me it seemed obvious it was them.
It could be that DK Returns and Tropical Freeze is truly a new generation of Donkey Kong. Where the old Cranky is dead, and the old Donkey has taken his place. With Kiddy Kong being the new Donkey.
So how difficult is this game in comparison to Cuphead? I don't usually do hard 2D platformers but managed to get through that
Maybe Retro didn't go there with Cranky's classic personality out of respect to the original developers as it was so great.
From my experience:
Platforming sections = you will probably experience a similar rate of death in both games.
Bosses sections = you die alot more on cuphead bosses, it's not even close.
This is why Retro have hired writers for their new DK game, to give Cranky some sharp, hilarious dialog that breaks the 4th wall. Maybe the first time you go to his shop he says "Unwelcome to you! Looks like I'm back to not being playable again, but that's fine. I wouldn't want to waste my talents on yet another 2D platformer. Clearly the bums who made the last game didn't get the memo!"
That one's on the house Retro!
i still hope that close to release they announce that a port of the wii game is included as well, similar to how they announced they'll include bayonetta with bayonetta 2.
and it'll also include the SNES DKC games as roms
I expect Switch's Virtual console to support Wii games too* so I do think DKCR will be available on Switch down the road.
* Nvidia Shield , which is based on the same Tegra X1 that power on the Switch, was already shown to run Wii games in the past months:
http://nintendoeverything.com/wp-content/uploads/nvidia-shield-china.jpg