Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Nintendo Switch Review
Funky Port.- Excellent level design
- Superlative soundtrack
- Quick load times
- Runs well
- Sub native resolution in handheld mode
- Not much for returning players
This review is based on a download code provided by the publisher. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze will be available in retail and digital stores on May 4, 2018 for $59.99. The game is rated E for everyone.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch)
Tropical Freeze is a pinnacle of modern 2D platform games, offering an immense challenge while improving on the original, much revered original trilogy. Funky Kong's inclusion is clearly well-intentioned.
Tropical Freeze is great, but has a fair few issues and an insane price tag.
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Switch review – any port in a storm
A highly competent 2D platformer, but one so utterly devoid of any new ideas it's really only for the nostalgic and those desperate to play something new(-ish) on the Switch.- Extremely well-designed levels and some masterfully orchestrated mine cart stages
- Good use of a 3D camera to enhance 2D gameplay
- Great music
- Painfully predictable from the very first moment
- Visually unremarkable and with some very dull secrets and special abilities
- Unfairly expensive
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch) Review
Cubed3 really loved Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii, and absolutely adored its successor, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze when it hit Wii U. After a short hands-on session with the latter's Switch port, all signs were pointing in the right direction for this to be another superb addition to...
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Nintendo's marketing strategy of rereleasing slightly altered versions of critically acclaimed Wii-U games for the Switch continues on with the re-release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Switch.
Best 2D platformer ever
Best 2D platformer ever. Best DKC game ever! what more do you need! you owe it to yourself to play this game!
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- Varied Levels
- Tight Platforming
- Not Nintendo's Best Art Style
- Full Price Port
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (for Nintendo Switch)
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is another excellent Wii U game that has found an even better home on the Nintendo Switch.- Creative, varied level design
- Looks great
- Funky Kong mode makes the game more forgiving for less skilled players
- Adds very little besides Funky Kong