Is Donkey Kong Country Returns Actually Good?

The Donkey Kong Country series is one of the most beloved in video game history. With the original trilogy on the SNES being still praised to this day. However, after 13 long years of no games, the Donkey Kong Country series returned in 2010, and with the recent announcement of this game's Switch port, I wanted to finally go back and take a look at it. This is my Donkey Kong Country Returns retrospective, enjoy!

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[JoseViktor]

Good? It is amazing! Is incredible how well they could keep up with the Rare trilogy, and its sequel is even better.

[electric-sprite]

a small detail i really liked about this game is how the first level of each world would make you start in the previous world (for example the first level of the forest has you start in the cave or the first level of the volcano has you come out of the factory) it's such a small thing but it adds so much for me (amazing video btw i love this game to death)

[kyuii]

It's better than every NSMB game by a long shot

[MINE_OK]

The fact the most recent DK game was released a full decade ago will never not be painful.

[LordIceberg]

I'm one of the few who thinks that this is better than Tropical Freeze.

[randombartz]

The one thing I don't like as much about DKC returns is that the original games, specially DKC 2, had some very "high energy" levels like the first few ones in Gangkplank Galleon but also had these very poignant and eerie ambience levels like Squawks's Shaft and Bramble Blast. I feel like DKC returns leans more heavily on the high energy vibe, which is awesome and makes it a great game, but I kinda miss those more chilled and weird vibes that were so unique in the original trilogy and I haven't quite seem captured in any other game ever since.

[samuelpearce]

This game rules. I’m not much of a gamer but I still have a Wii U and I have played this game over and over and over and have become unbelievably cracked at it. There’s something about the art design and score that’s just so endlessly immersive and replayable. Definitely my favorite platformer I’ve played

[dripp_dropp]

dkcr is my favorite game of all time. its not just good, its magnificent.

[imrandarr]

A game I have huge nostalgia for. I remember playing the W2 boss all the time!

[Mikefilms]

Returns is easily one of my favorite games. The music, level design, bosses, are all amazing

[NeoKokoro]

Donkey Kong Country is one of those series that doesn't have a bad game, and even the worst one (DKC3) is still pretty good. .

[iagoferrer]

The enemies in DKCR are creepier than in tropical freeze, and I love that

[johntziannis]

DK Country Returns and Tropical Freeze. Two of the best platformers of all time!!!

[tommasocampagnaro]

7:48 "diddy will join you on your back" this aged terribly

[WyvrnOnYT]

This game gets too much hate in my opinion. I think a reason for that is the newest game, Tropical Freeze, fixed the main issues from Returns. Returns is still a top 3 favorite game of all time for me.

[montanajackson]

It still hurts that nintendo still hasn’t released a new DK game instead of remastering old ones.

[blayedd_]

It’s incredible and I will be buying the HD rerelease to show my support for the series.

[metallicarocks]

I bought the HD remaster on switch, and it is a great game. I love how they made the game very different from other platform games. The movement and feel of the controls are very rewarding to play. I am glad they took this series seriously, and didn’t try to pawn off the legacy to a studio, but rather instead waited until they found a time to release a game worthy of making a return.

[gutterking_]

Nobody gonna talk about how DK punched the moon out of the sky?

[IsakAidee]

13:00 I'm starting to realize how unfamiliar you are with at least DKC2, because almost everything you've mentioned so far that was surprising to you (like the extra abilities, the special world key collectibles), even the fact that every world has a different theme, with new enemies... this was also prevalent in all DKC on the SNES, but you sound surprised when you say it lmao. EDIT: Oh, and about meeting the final boss but having to play a special level before that... yeah! Best part about Donkey Kong 2!! That level is so good it feels like a huge ass thank you from the developers for playing the game!