Nintendo's E3 conference proved last weekend's rumours true, as viewers saw a trailer for a Retro Studios-developed DK game. Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii looks to be a sidescrolling affair in the style of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat or New Super Mario Bros. Wii. As the name suggests, Retro has taken inspiration from Rare’s contributions to the DK franchise, with jungles, mine cart rides, Diddy Kong, barrel-blasting and banana-collecting, with DK showing off a few more varied fighting abilities, similar to Jungle Beat.
Retro Studios is already known for its take on another classic Nintendo franchise, the Metroid Prime trilogy. The company did its homework with the Metroid series, which like Donkey Kong Country, is full of atmospheric soundtracks and environments. The game is slated for a Fall release.
Rejoice: DK is back to kick some tail.
[source e3.nintendo.com]
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Awesome.
I must have this game.
Looks like a good game. I kinda liked DKC, I bet my family will love this game.
Yes.
Wicked!
my mom would love this
i cant play this game cause i will be broke and my electricity will get turned off
To many games this year to buy
So they're using the titling method of putting a word that starts with an "R" after the title of the game?
For real, the game looks good. I'm just not interested.
OH **** YEAH!
But can his coconut gun still fire in spurts?
SWEET!! I never thought this would happen, but I was wrong!! Day one purchase for me!
Haha remember when the original Donkey Kong country was first shown and people thought it was a 32-bit 3D game from Nintendo's next console? I guess now it really is a real 3D game - it's like we saw 15 years into the future back then.
Well, this is just awesome! It looks really fun, I hope Retro Studios won't disappoint us.
Very cool but like past 3D retro recrations of this generation it seems to lack atmosphere. NSMBW had the same problem. The graphics are just too clean and everything is too well defined. A couple of the shots look cool though. It's a bit too early to tell but the game has a lot of potential.
We really need a new Donkey Kong game that's not based on gimmicky peripherals (Bongo drums). The entire GameCube generation went by without a single platform game that didn't rely gimmicky Bongo Drums (Jungle Beat). And you could say that the lackluster racing game and subsequent rerelease of Jungle Beat emulated those same gameplay mechanics.
DK King of Swing was an excellent charming DS platform romp, but it's time for DK to return to the big screen. If it's anything like Warioland: Shake it!, then it'll definitely be good
This is going to be fantastic. Now I just hope Dixie is somewhere in this game.
It looks like donkey kong will get an awesome return to form, I'm sure retro will be able to pull this off.
I need to go for a run round the garden and then take a cold shower.......
Awesomeness.
Nintendo nostaglia never fails. Well, in my opinion.
Expect a fantastic title coming your way.
omg this is so F******G AWSOME!!
Retro is going to take yet another Nintendo franchise and completely blow us out of the water; I can't wait!
Yeah ! Fantastic News !
I like Donkey Kong Country series very much and this is a renascence to the series.
Thank you, Retro/Nintendo !
I am really looking forward to playing this game. I thought that no one would ever make another DKC game, this is really a dream come true.
the graphics seem to look worse than DK's brawl levels (which looked awesome)
Looks amazing!
Ha! The Rumours were true let's see the score
rumours-1 actuality-1,843,249,674,849,102..and counting
Looks awesome.
Aside from Zelda, this is probably my most anticipated E3 game.
the names for all of the games seem really lame right now, but it'll all make sense in good time.
This is a breath of fresh air for those of us who played all the dk country games and skipped over those horrible "sequels" in between. When this first was shown at the press conference, I think I might have shed a tear.
YES
"DK is back to kick some tail."
So is Diddy
My Wish came true!!!!!
I seriously cannot wait for this!
I think I am almost as excited for this as the new Zelda.
Fantastic. I can't wait to play this.
Really excited for this. Hopefully it retains some of the character of the old games, and throws in some new stuff.
EDIT: Just wondering, do Rare have the rights to the enemies in the old games or do Nintendo?
Top marks to the NintendoLife crew for their E3 coverage. It's been superb, especially the new easy-to-navigate banner on the frontpage.
DK looks great, but hope they've got a more forgiving save system this time though. No more having to save coins to 'buy' saves, please! And no more having to complete 2 or more levels after beating a boss to find a save point, either!
Dear Retro Studios,
Please make Rare proud!
Thank you!
Dear Retro Studios,
Please make Rare proud!
Thank you!
WOW!!! DKC looks amazing, I wonder if Shigeru Miyamoto would let them touch Mario, they could do another 'New Super Mario bros' title, they could even do a re-make of Super Mario 64 it would look good. Oh, wait I'm dreaming.... Shigeru Miyamoto could allow them to do some thing with Mario though. Also I would like DKC to be played with Classic controller, PLEASE NINTENDO...
Oh I've had to watch the trailer three times to believe it!
Must have day one! Totally surprized to see this and not some dumb bongos game!
Hopefully when this comes out donkey kong 64 will come out onvirtual console what is the wait Nintendo
cool
I approve of this game.
I missed the rumour on this so wasn't expecting it at all, but I can't help but wonder how it's going to control. I think I'm in the minority here on actually liking DK:JB and the bongos, and was bummed they took the bongos out of Barrel Blast, but I wonder if this will control like a normal sidescroller or will we be wailing our hands around like a maracas game to move left, right and jump. Don't get me wrong, I like options and they can put in as many as they want like SSBB, just don't make me choose wailing.
This was the first game in Nintendo's press conference that made me hop around in my seat. AND I couldn't even share my excitement with anyone cause nobody loved DKC the way I did... sniff. Merci Nintendo!!
gadzooks i want this game
I'm happy when Retro Studios decides to revive the glory of Donkey Kong Country and bring it to the Wii.
Day 1...RETRO STUDIOS!!!!
Seriously I'm gonna have to rob a bank to afford all these amazing games being announced!! I hope they spread the release dates a bit. This game looks fantastic.Love the art style.
OH RIGHT DONKEY KONG BACK IN THE CLASSIC GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would like to get that for my birthday. Man I remeber when I played donkey kong country on the GBA when I played it again I liked the final boss battle. The second part of it was kinda hard but I like beating king k. rool.
Donkey Kong Country was one of my favorite games of all times and this one looks even better!!!
Oh yes.
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