I immediately noticed the new models, but everything else looks identical to the NVIDIA Shield port to me. I completely understand why this game exists and I'll probably buy it a third time, but it sucks that they put minimal effort into this compared to Prime Remastered. Give me playable Dixie!
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What would the benefit be of remastering those games? Especially DKR which has massive rights issues with the Rare characters. They're most likely just sitting on them during a lull. Plenty of notable games that haven't gotten put on NSO yet, like Smash 64.
So they could sell the games again for multiple millions of dollars? Nintendo is a business not a charity and they own the DK IP. You can just use the roster for Diddy Kong Racing DS if you're worried about licensing BTW which I don't even think would be a problem since Nintendo and Microsoft are so close. A remaster of Super Mario RPG has a lot more legal entanglements.
Okay, you gotta stop using "remaster" to describe SMRPG. That's a remake. lol
Agree to disagree. I think "remakes" or whatever you want to call them are a part of the DK strategy going forward if they're serious about the long-term viability of this franchise.
I like the new logo a lot more. The "G" in Kong is a lot cleaner since it's rounded. The stars being colored yellow is also a nice touch.One detail that I want to point out about Returns HD is that the font for "Donkey Kong Country" seems to be the same font from the Switch port of Mario vs Donkey Kong, suggesting that that might be what the Donkey Kong logo might look like going forward.
Yes. I made the realization last year that DK was being embargoed until the theme park. It looks like I was right. I don't know how I feel about that, but the good news is that there will be crazy demand for DK with the launch of the parks so Nintendo will have to oblige us DK fans eventually.
The entire trailer was being played in the New (Funkyless) Mode from 3D, so technically it's there!
New K.Rool mode, anyone?
I actually hope they make this game have an easier mode. The game is straight up too difficult for the casual market. This will be a lot of people's first DK game so I don't want them to be turned off by a crazy tough game.
My hope was they implementing a secret K. Rool boss fight, which Hyle from DK Vine reported that Retro wanted to do for the Tropical Freeze port, but it was held off due of K. Rool's Smash inclusion calling dibs on his return...
The DK brand seems to be fine, despite the lack of new games... but it's our patience that is running thin...
How he worded it after showing it made me think there was more DK stuff to come. Was pretty disappointing seeing dq3 after lol
Nintendo is releasing 3 Mario RPGs in a single year. I'm pretty sure all logic is out the window.
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Well they've now ported both modern Donkey Kong games. Don't don't really have a choice anymore.
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I've been saying for years that DK fans are too polite and just assume Nintendo will cater to their every last desire if we wait another 5/10/15 years. It's almost like we've completely forgotten the amount of bitching and campaigning we had to do 9 years ago just to get K. Rool into Smash. The bitching of Metroid, Zelda, Paper Mario and Smash fans is what gets them such good treatment (I say this as a Metorid, Zelda, Paper Mario and Smash fan). Not advocating for death threats or any of that garbage, but DK fans DO need to bitch more if we want Nintendo to give us more transparency about the series and let them know we want classic kongs and kremlings to be in newer games. Even if you know there is a new game coming and it will be a masterclass platformer, ask for more. Doesn't sound nice but it is what works
I still feel there's a good possibility DK is being set up as one of the big showcase titles for 2witch. A 3D exploration action game with raytracing, fur sims, and dense and detailed environments could be a sight to behold.
The other thing people are missing is that DKCR HD isn’t for the hardcore fans or the core Nintendo fans. Sure a few million of those will buy it. It’s for the normies that visit the theme park. They’ll say, “Hey it’s that Tiki villain from Suer Nintendo World. Let me try this game.”
Don't forget it's also for the people who own Switches but never had a Wii or 3DS. Which is, honestly, almost every Switch owner I know.
You can already do that on the Wii U, as Donkey Kong 64 and the Wii version of Jungle Beat are both available. The Wii U also has King of Swing and Jungle Climber, making it the ultimate DK machine.
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Probably around 2 million. The Tropical Freeze port is at 4.62 million as of December 2022, it's possible it's close to 5 million by now, but DKCR is disadvantaged by being at the end of a console lifecycle, a port of a game that's already been on two other successful systems, and an iterative follow-up to TF meaning it will drop off notably from that. But DK is still a marketable brand and the theme park might bring in some sales.
Yeah, didn't think Retro did that port for even a second.I was seeing some people around the site today asking if Retro did the work on DKCRR, looks like it was Forever Entertainment, the team that did the Panzer Dragoon remake.
Donkey Kong Country Returns Switch Dev Appears To Have Been Revealed
It seems to link back to a previously announced deal
Does resentment against other franchises fall into the category of "that garbage?" I've seen it so many times that I sometimes genuinely forget that the Famiboards community isn't like that, at least from my observationI've been saying for years that DK fans are too polite and just assume Nintendo will cater to their every last desire if we wait another 5/10/15 years. It's almost like we've completely forgotten the amount of bitching and campaigning we had to do 9 years ago just to get K. Rool into Smash. The bitching of Metroid, Zelda, Paper Mario and Smash fans is what gets them such good treatment (I say this as a Metorid, Zelda, Paper Mario and Smash fan). Not advocating for death threats or any of that garbage, but DK fans DO need to bitch more if we want Nintendo to give us more transparency about the series and let them know we want classic kongs and kremlings to be in newer games. Even if you know there is a new game coming and it will be a masterclass platformer, ask for more. Doesn't sound nice but it is what works
It's pretty difficult to say. I think we can safely say 2 million, but it could be pretty evergreen. If the Switch 2 is backwards compatible, which I assume it will be, then I could see it having really strong legs since the DK theme park will be this huge advertisement for the franchise moving forward. If that's the case I could see it selling ~5 million over several years.
