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Title: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: K-man on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 07:18:44 PM

Anyone else play this yet?  I got it from my father-in-law for Christmas.  It plays a lot like the original, but Retro Studios did an excellent job updating the title.  There's a lot of varied obstacles in the courses and it just really feels like a throwback done right.

I miss having experiences like this.  Between getting this and NBA Jam it almost feels like 1994 all over again.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 07:55:35 PM

More details.  What is it?

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 08:34:35 PM

Its Donkey Kong Country. And its returned!

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: K-man on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 09:36:20 PM

Quote from: idolminds on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 08:34:35 PM

Its Donkey Kong Country. And its returned!

That's pretty much it in a nutshell.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: Quemaqua on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 10:30:47 PM

Okay... platform?  Release date?  Anything?  I'm far too lazy to Google this.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: idolminds on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 10:38:06 PM

Wii. Its out. Don't you remember Donkey Kong Country on SNES?

Best screenshot ever?
(http://www.mobygames.com/images/shots/l/27531-donkey-kong-country-snes-screenshot-riding-a-rhinoceros-watch.jpg)

Wii
(http://gamrfeed.vgchartz.com/galleries/2010-10-14/donkey-kong-country-returns-1014/donkey-kong-country-returns-1014_1287088906.jpg)

Though to be honest I wasn't really a big fan of DKC back in the day.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: iPPi on Thursday, December 30, 2010, 11:08:09 PM

I loved DKC2.  The first DKC was decent as well.  I did not like the third.

I actually recently got the 102% completion on DKC2 when I played some of my old titles again.  Some of those levels are still very challenging to this day.

Title: Re: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Post by: K-man on Monday, January 03, 2011, 10:11:05 AM

I'm really taking the time to savor the game.  Not really by choice.  Hell I was on Vacation from December 23 until today and I only got to sit down and play a game a handful of times.  I can't say enough how good of a platformer this is.  Retro threw in some new gameplay mechanics that really make this varied experience.  The rocket barrel is really fun to use.