Donkey Kong Country-Inspired Platformer 'Nikoderiko' Hits Switch Next Month

Looks more like Tropical Freeze than Country. Still looks fun, but DK has yet to outdo the Country SNES trilogy.

It has some good production values…but it does not look like it’ll run well on Switch. I’ll wait until it’s out to hear the verdict, but I’m not expecting much.

Cool, it does not only sound like David Wise, it is David Wise. And it goes to the list. Feels like a good time for platformer fans.

Between the Lions: The Game

I hope the side scrolling portion has controls more like the snes games than the returns DK games.

Looks Good, Sounds Good. But that name? Could the game not just gotten a cooler sounding more memorable name?

Looks really good. I didn't like Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair but I did love Kaze and the Wild Masks. Hopefully this plays more like the latter than the former.

I'm so mixed on this game. The Backgrounds look great but the characters look far to much like furries for my taste.
I love Crash and I love DK but the game looks too close like those games... I mean it's not "inspired" by those games it's really very much those two games, even some perspectives in the 3d areas are exactly the same...
And I think the name Nikoderiko is just weird...
Ahhh I don't know, maybe if the reviews are great I buy it.

@Shepdawg1 All I‘ve seen so far seems to be PS5-like footage. Do you have evidence that it runs poorly on Switch?

looks better than I expected. Something about the weird realistic anime looking faces on the lion weirds me out though.

Do they really have to do the letter collection thing? It makes your game look like derivative garbage.

I have met David Wise 2 times in recent years.

Tropical Freeze being the best game in the whole series and one of the best platformers ever, it's going to be really difficult to top it. But they're welcome to try. I mean Yooka Laylee already tried and it was not better but it was a very good game in its own right.

If it had fun level designs then I would definitely give it a try.

It looks seriously inspired by the DKC (including Returns) series. Haha. Love the Terminator 2 reference at the end.

@RupeeClock Between the Mongooses 😌

"FAMILY GAMING: Nikoderiko is for all ages, and offers a magical, mysterious, and festive experience."

That part is a bit worrisome. Part of the fun of the DKC and Crash games is the challenge. They're not super hard, but I hope this game is not too easy

Every time y'all tell me a platformer is like DKC, I buy it and get disappointed.

@BodkinDQ As far as I'm concerned, Tropical Freeze not only IS Country, but it outdoes the classic trilogy as well.

Octobers gonna be a busy month for me

Most anticipated game for me right after Echoes of Wisdom and Brothership

Absolutely everything about this game looks amazing except for the design of the main male character. The female character looks pretty good though.

Very curious if David Wise’s past activity will be mentioned in relation to the game. I get the idea of separating art from artist, but its very tough when one of the first things you see in the trailer is Wise’s name.

Looks fun. But some elements look more like copy and paste than inspired

Was surprised to read "couch co-op" as this looks very much a single player game. Whereas games I keep thinking should be co-op like Astro Bot and Brothership are single player only.

I'd be very impressed if the Switch version looks that good, so I'm guessing this is the Xbox or PS5 version?

First I've heard of it but will keep an eye open.

@rjejr They made brothership look multiplayer in the first trailer.

@Kyloctopus Sigh What did he do?

The furrybait protagonist and blatant letter collecting thievery turned me off from ever trying this, as much as I love David Wise I feel weird about him associating himself with something trying a little too hard to copy masterpieces he was involved in but also Nintendo ain't making em anymore and the dude needs to feed himself.

An original creation, like Ronkey Rong, or Mash Mandicoot.

Is David Wise going through an expensive divorce or something?
He'll put his name to anything these days.

@Blue_Dread I -respectfully- disagree. I enjoyed Freeze, but the country trilogy are my favorites by far.

@Tober I agree with you, but let’s not forget that a game called “The Plucky Squire” is somehow what everyone is talking about, despite its strangely forgettable title.

@Aerona Think they're referring to him liking some tweets criticising the BLM protests

Loved how old-school the music sound, maybe playing it a little bit too safe, but also really enjoy the more modern ska-like sound.
And this one sound much more fitting than that horrible pop-y song that accompanied the previous trailer!
Also ... game looks fun, makes me want to play 😋

I absolutely love all DK Country games, and this is an insta-buy for me. Looks awesome!

I think I will get this over DKC:RETURNS. I just finally finished MARSOOPALAMI and have been looking for a game to scratch that itch.

this looks really solid!!

Good lord, am I about to purchase a game just for the soundtrack?

Nah more accurately, I am about to purchase a game to hear one more water level ost. I owe you my life, Mr. Wise. 😂

I'm old enough to remember when a game was "inspired by" another game, we called it a knockoff. How verbiage has spun along with the times.

@Darthroseman yeeeeah, that makes sense...

Character designs have been so soulless lately.
This one is even worse than Penny (of Big Breakaway).

@Uncle_Franklin It's a lion with a highscool varsity jacket. How does that not scream Im hip and cool with the kids?

I think some thought is put into it, just not as much time focused on character designs and more time on gameplay mechanics. Needs balance of both.

Oh, joy! I was wondering when this game would get mentioned again. I got the perfect song to celebrate with! https://youtu.be/MRGCeBqETwM

@DripDropCop146 He's a Mongoose.

Nice! The Tropical Freeze sequel I have always wanted!!

@Dakotastomp Well dang. I mistook the hairstyle for some sort of big cat. Thanks for the correction.

Patent infringement. Uses animals in a platformer while playing funky music.

Its like DKCR, Taz the Tazmanian Tiger and Crash Bandicoot formed a combiner. This looks so cool.

I enjoy the game's artstyle and the devs' take on the platforming genre. Reminded me of if Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot had a love child, lol...

@KillerTan98 There was a Taz sequel game where he plays as a tiger? XD I'm sure you mean Ty, but I'm not picking up much hints of those games from this.

Looks great, I'll be getting this.

As I wrote before, Nikoderiko is pretty much "Donkey Kong Country Returns (with a side dish of Crash Bandicoot)" at home lol.
I will check the game out because I need something for that DKC Returns itch, plus David Wise is the composer so...

Looks good, but the character designs look really ugly to me.

This looks great, 2D and 3D and a little open world.
But collecting NIKO, they look exactly like the KONG from DK.
Hoping for a physical

Well you know what it's been over a decade since the last DK game so I'll take what i can get

When DK and Coco Bandicoot had a child... The character design oozes strong Crash vibes.

Nah, not for me. I'm a huge Donkey Kong fan and I can see from this trailer that this is just nowhere near the real deal. I also take offense at the amount of things they've "borrowed" from Donkey Kong.

Good luck to those who give it a go, but honestly, beware the games that copy other people's ideas... they rarely scratch the itch.

@Dakotastomp I can't believe I said Taz lol. Thanks for pointing that out. Something in the environment design reminds me of those games I guess.

Really not a fan of the furry art style of the main characters but the rest of the game looks decent and the music in the trailer sounds good so might check it out eventualy.

@WhiteTrashGuy Marsupilami*

@eaglesfly76
Thank you! Lol