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November 2010
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The editors liked
2D gameplay
SNES nostalgia
Dripping in nostalgia
Active world full of stuff to see and do
Great fan service via music and level design
Several standout levels
2D at its finest
Great Platforming experience. Multiplayer is brilliant
The editors didn't like
Mercilessly hard
Really difficult in sections
Countless unfair deaths
Boss battles can be really repetitive
Wii waggle is a huge pain
Motion control is a distraction rather than an enhancement. May be too hard for some.
Abstract: Published December 28th 2010. Written by Gloria Preston. Donkey Kong is getting on a bit, it’s been nearly thirty years since he first kidnapped Pauline and bombarded Mario with a barrage of barrels. Since then Mario went on to great things, became th...
Donkey Kong Country Returns charms and frustrates in equal measure - and that's exactly what a good arcade game should do. Overflowing with invention, it shows there's still plenty of life in platform games - even 15-year-old ones. Need an exuse? Buy it f...
We're not going to claim that this is the best or most innovative game of the year, or even the most exciting Wii title of 2010, but it's definitely one of the year's most challenging, and one of the year's most fun...
It’s a side of Nintendo we fear, from time to time, losing forever, which makes Retro’s outing a welcome return to the company’s hardcore roots, as well as one of this year’s finest platformers. 8.5/10Print this pageComments (2)Share this pageNoticed s...
Published: 2016-10-20, Author: Charles , review by: lifewire.com
While many game publishers have struggled mightily to move their franchises into the third dimension (like Sega, which took over a decade to publish a solid 3D Sonic the Hedgehog game), DKCR is proof that it is possible to take old-school 2D platforming a...
Abstract: If I were Donkey Kong, I'd be proper miffed off by now. He invites Mario to play a small support role in his first ever action game, only for that conniving plumber to hog the limelight and run off with all the fame and glory, leaving Donkey to look af...
Abstract: I've said this before but it deserves repeating. Nintendo knows exactly what kind of art style will shine on the Wii. The Wii console doesn't have the same muscle behind it as the Xbox 360 or Playstation 3, but the way everything is designe...
