I'm excited to play the 3ds levels for the first time and it just feels good to have this game physically on switch. Hopefully we get a new game soon too.
It's sort of like them saying "We know it's been (nearly) 11 years since a new game, so here is something to hold you guys off for another year or 2." I def believe that Nintendo has something cooking for DK on the Switch 2.
I'm excited for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, too! Nice to see someone else feeling the same. I think the game is getting a bit of a raw deal from some folks, so let me throw in my two cents. First, this isn't just some lazy port, y'know? The devs have really put in the work to make this the ultimate version of Returns. They've brought over the 3DS levels and remade them to fit with the Wii levels (they didn’t just plop them in). That's no small feat. Plus, they've given the whole game a visual glow-up with new lighting and textures. It's not just a fresh coat of paint, it's a real step up. Sure, there's been some talk about the $60 price tag, especially when you compare it to something like Metroid Prime Remastered. But let's give credit where it's due. They could've just ported the Nvidia Shield version (which is literally the Wii game in HD) and called it a day, but instead, they've gone the extra mile to make this version truly definitive. I get it if you're bummed we're not getting a brand new DK game. It's been ages since Tropical Freeze. But I think it's clear that Nintendo hasn't forgotten about our favorite tie-wearing ape. Aside from a new game, they're clearly investing in the DK brand, and I'd bet my last banana that Returns HD isn't the only thing they've got in the works. DK's a big deal, after all. He might not be quite on Mario's level, but he's up there. Nintendo knows what they've got, and they're not about to let him gather dust. You don't build theme park expansions for IPs you're planning to ignore/leave to die. At the end of the day, I'm excited to replay Returns after all this time and I look forward to what's next.
I think DK games should try to emulate that 90s cg pre-rendered feel, like what the fan-made DKC4 looks. The graphics for the retro studios games don't look bad, but they're not appealing to me.
My hopes for a DK64 sequel increase! Also, I have never played DKC Returns so this will be a great opportunity to do so. Thanks for the content, man, keep it up.
Beginning of the year I was begging for this to happen, definitive edition is RIGHT. Now all the switch needs is 64 and Jungle Beat And let's be honest, Wiis are annoying to turn on
I'm excited for this game, Donkey Kong Country Returns came out on Wii when I was a flat broke college grad with no job. I eventually got it on 3DS one year during Black Friday but I never could beat it and my 3DS now needs a new battery. I plan to get this, maybe not exactly at launch but soon, and I agree with it being the definitive version. Next year I plan to replay all the DK country games. I also got new (used) DK bongos so I've been replaying Jungle Beat this past week as a primer for my 2025 goal.
I feel the same way with remakes of great past games or remasters. I never get overly excited about them like I used to for older games because it's nothing new. It's the same game we've played just with a paint job etc. We're in the era of constant remakes and remasters and not enough new original games.
I have a much simpler hypothesis as to why we're getting dkcr now: the tiki tribe are reportedly used as a backdrop for the minecart roller coaster in Super Mario World
Bruh wanting a NEW DK game that ISN'T the same game 2 plus times isn't toxic in my opinion lol. This isn't hard Nintendo you just have to give a damn about DK a little more than thiis 😂.
this year i was thinking how i really want dkcr on switch so we have all donkey kong games on switch and its my favourite and then about less then a month later they actually announced it. i pretty much predicted the furture
Some time this year, I did see a video of someone's fan made concepts of Tiki tak tribe leaders each with their own tune too. It was interesting. I have played Returns only through the 3ds as I missed the wii version. I did get it later in a store though used. Now without either version, my original plan was to reevaluate the tikis as enemies while playing it again since haters call the tikis boring or bland.
All they need to do is release is gbc and gba ports of all the dkc games and literally every single Donkey Kong country game would be playable on the switch .....don't know if people count Jungle Beat, King of Swing or Jungle Climber though
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@sharkgam3z592 piracy is not a super strong response to criticism at Nintendo for selling old games at incredibly high prices. We all know the game should 100% be way cheaper. I'd pay like $50 AUD at the most for it.
I really hope they give us a hybrid option between button and motion controls, with buttons for rolling and groundpounding and the like, and motion for the beat down segments (like at the very start of the game, or when you finish off a boss). Because man was that satisfying to do on the Wii.
I'm excited too, I've only played the game before through emulation, I always felt bad about that. I'm glad to finally be able to give Nintendo my money for a game that has given me hours of entertainment. Plus, they did the same exact thing for Pikmin before releasing Pikmin 4.
it's shocking that the remaster made for this game is not as stunning as metroid prime remastered and on top of that this is $60 while prime remastered was $40.
@@maverickhuntermeta4954 i did not know that but i didn't even consider it when i commented what i said. But now that you say it i think retro studio should cost more than a third party studio
Me too. I'm really excited to play this game again. Oh, unfortunately, I played it on the 3ds one year ago, though, its nice to play it again on the switch
Even though i love this game. I already own it on wii and 3ds. This version better have all the bonus content that the 3ds has. ...i just. Why the heck is it 60 bucks
Is it really so hard to say "motion controls suck, especially in a platformer where the imprecision that's out of your control makes the difference between success and failure"? Is it?
I love this game! It's easily one of the best games on the Wii and the 3DS. And the way they have enhanced the graphics is amazing! Also, along with the Amusement Park, the way its going to generate interest in Donkey Kong will be great for the next game! 🦧🏝🌴 Plus apparently if you pre-order the game you can get an actual DK Barrel!
Im glad most of the DKC games are on switch ….BUTTTTT as someone who enjoyed all versions of DKC3 a lot and vastly prefers the GBA version Im sad that version isn’t avaible yet
I loved DKCR but it's odd to me that anybody would defend the forced motion controls. People who enjoy them can use them, but people who don't shouldn't need to in a game that doesn't use them meaningfully. I know from working on the Classic Controller hack for the original Wii version that the shakes exist in a purely binary state, they are literally just buttons. It would have been a five minute job for Retro to hook them up to physical buttons and open the game up to more players. Baffling.
Thank you for this comment. I completely agree and like I said, if they gave the player a CHOICE to use buttons or motion controls, I 100% understand. But forcing me to shake my remote may seem like a small thing but it just drives me crazy.
I very much would rather have a fully realized 3D remake of the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy on the Switch, with the same rendering treatment as the Crash N' Sane Trilogy, rather than... this. 😒
When they announced donkey kong country returns on switch, I thought myself why they did not include this game with tropical freeze when tropical freeze released on system. They requre to pay 60 dollars for tropical freeze, for the game that was released 4 years earlier on wii u. The same question I had when captain toad and mario 3d world were released separately.
It may not have new content, but it at least has the content from the 3DS version plus button controls and for the most part a clean enough remaster so those alone make it and the definitive version of the game and, the fact that people genuinely only want to look at negative stuff about every single game release these days (understandable with some that do genuinely justifiably deserve it of course) and don't want to appreciate the positives about anything, not even the good things about rereleases is just lame and disappointing I understand that it's been tiring getting the same 2 DK games being rereleased left and right and we all want a new game, but Returns needed and I mean, NEEDED a definitive version because neither the Wii original or the 3DS version were the best ways to play it and despite some areas looking kind of off, it's still a solid looking remaster, no remaster is simple to do at all as it takes a while to HD every single aspect of a game including so many models, textures, and assets, and the fact that we even have DK content coming up in general with all the droughts this franchise has been having for a decade plus, it should be a GREAT thing that Nintendo still cares about it rather than not doing anything with it at all.
@@TheJustintendoAnd also, considering the DK section of the Super Nintendo World theme park just opened up in Japan recently along with most of the entire section being themed around Returns specifically, it just makes total business sense to rerelease Returns (again) to boost both sales of the game and park visits, it's a win win for the DK franchise to have this and it only means good things for it going forward after this.
We dont have DK64 on Switch... we dont have the entire franchise... This port costs more than when the original came out back then on the Wii + it was under "Nintendo Selects" so it costed 20 dollars really quick This is just a quick cashgrab As someone who played Tropical Freeze in 2014 back than on the Wii U, I have been waiting for 10 YEARS for a new entry. This is a spit in the face... The Switch is the console with the longest life cycle of every Nintendo system and we didn't get a single new DKC...
@TheJustintendo yes DK64 is not a DKC game but you talked about the donkey kong franchise of course you can look at the positives but are you excited to play Mario Kart 8 on Switch 2 again as well?
I don't care much about the graphics updates, and I already played the Wii AND 3DS versions, so I'm probably gonna pass. It IS nice that the entire DKC franchise is on one system now, though. If we get more content exclusive to this version in this version (which I don't see any signs of), I might buy it.
I'm glad that the entire country series will be playable on switch thanks to this and hope it leads to a new game
Wholeheartedly agree
The Switch will be the first Nintendo console without a new Donkey Kong game.
It’s been 11 years since the last DKC game. That’s 1/10th of my life waiting for a new one
@Chris_Thorndyke The GameCube didn't have a mainline Donkey Kong game. Just 3 rythem based games and rythem style platformer.
Maybe the new system will release new Dk game! Since it says it’s backwards compatible with switch games!
I'm excited to play the 3ds levels for the first time and it just feels good to have this game physically on switch. Hopefully we get a new game soon too.
🙌🏻🙌🏻
Same here, well said!
It's sort of like them saying "We know it's been (nearly) 11 years since a new game, so here is something to hold you guys off for another year or 2." I def believe that Nintendo has something cooking for DK on the Switch 2.
I'm excited for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, too! Nice to see someone else feeling the same. I think the game is getting a bit of a raw deal from some folks, so let me throw in my two cents.
First, this isn't just some lazy port, y'know? The devs have really put in the work to make this the ultimate version of Returns. They've brought over the 3DS levels and remade them to fit with the Wii levels (they didn’t just plop them in). That's no small feat. Plus, they've given the whole game a visual glow-up with new lighting and textures. It's not just a fresh coat of paint, it's a real step up.
Sure, there's been some talk about the $60 price tag, especially when you compare it to something like Metroid Prime Remastered. But let's give credit where it's due. They could've just ported the Nvidia Shield version (which is literally the Wii game in HD) and called it a day, but instead, they've gone the extra mile to make this version truly definitive.
I get it if you're bummed we're not getting a brand new DK game. It's been ages since Tropical Freeze. But I think it's clear that Nintendo hasn't forgotten about our favorite tie-wearing ape. Aside from a new game, they're clearly investing in the DK brand, and I'd bet my last banana that Returns HD isn't the only thing they've got in the works.
DK's a big deal, after all. He might not be quite on Mario's level, but he's up there. Nintendo knows what they've got, and they're not about to let him gather dust. You don't build theme park expansions for IPs you're planning to ignore/leave to die.
At the end of the day, I'm excited to replay Returns after all this time and I look forward to what's next.
Well said! I completely agree! 🙌🏻
Agreed!
I think DK games should try to emulate that 90s cg pre-rendered feel, like what the fan-made DKC4 looks. The graphics for the retro studios games don't look bad, but they're not appealing to me.
My hopes for a DK64 sequel increase! Also, I have never played DKC Returns so this will be a great opportunity to do so. Thanks for the content, man, keep it up.
There's no better time to check the game out! Thanks for the comment 🫱🏻🫲🏼
I honestly would like a donkey Kong collection physically on switch .
Me too!
@TheJustintendo yeah . Not everyone cares for games behind a subscription service .
Beginning of the year I was begging for this to happen, definitive edition is RIGHT. Now all the switch needs is 64 and Jungle Beat
And let's be honest, Wiis are annoying to turn on
I'm excited for this game, Donkey Kong Country Returns came out on Wii when I was a flat broke college grad with no job. I eventually got it on 3DS one year during Black Friday but I never could beat it and my 3DS now needs a new battery. I plan to get this, maybe not exactly at launch but soon, and I agree with it being the definitive version. Next year I plan to replay all the DK country games. I also got new (used) DK bongos so I've been replaying Jungle Beat this past week as a primer for my 2025 goal.
i can not wait either! another w video
Appreciate you!
I feel the same way with remakes of great past games or remasters. I never get overly excited about them like I used to for older games because it's nothing new. It's the same game we've played just with a paint job etc. We're in the era of constant remakes and remasters and not enough new original games.
Not wrong!
You're pumping these out really quickly
🙏🏻🙏🏻
Good taste!
Thanks!
@@TheJustintendo 😄
I'm also excited for the game as well
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I am too.
I have a much simpler hypothesis as to why we're getting dkcr now: the tiki tribe are reportedly used as a backdrop for the minecart roller coaster in Super Mario World
This is really the best of both worlds. Of course I would have preferred a new game, but realistically this was the next best thing we could hope for.
Absolutely!
Bruh wanting a NEW DK game that ISN'T the same game 2 plus times isn't toxic in my opinion lol.
This isn't hard Nintendo you just have to give a damn about DK a little more than thiis 😂.
Great video, been awesome to see your channel grow. Congrats on 3k subs! Well deserved
Thank you so much, I'm really grateful
this year i was thinking how i really want dkcr on switch so we have all donkey kong games on switch and its my favourite and then about less then a month later they actually announced it. i pretty much predicted the furture
Some time this year, I did see a video of someone's fan made concepts of Tiki tak tribe leaders each with their own tune too. It was interesting.
I have played Returns only through the 3ds as I missed the wii version. I did get it later in a store though used. Now without either version, my original plan was to reevaluate the tikis as enemies while playing it again since haters call the tikis boring or bland.
All they need to do is release is gbc and gba ports of all the dkc games and literally every single Donkey Kong country game would be playable on the switch .....don't know if people count Jungle Beat, King of Swing or Jungle Climber though
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Don’t regret it either, love this franchise, and you always have interesting ideas to share surrounding it
I appreciate that so much! Glad to have you here!
DK !!
DONKEY KONG !!
Im going to wait for a price drop since i own it on wii
This is Nintendo we're talking about. The price will never drop
@BigVince80bce third party websites?
And it does go on sale in about a year later on eshop
@sharkgam3z592 piracy is not a super strong response to criticism at Nintendo for selling old games at incredibly high prices. We all know the game should 100% be way cheaper. I'd pay like $50 AUD at the most for it.
I really hope they give us a hybrid option between button and motion controls, with buttons for rolling and groundpounding and the like, and motion for the beat down segments (like at the very start of the game, or when you finish off a boss). Because man was that satisfying to do on the Wii.
I know for sure that you can choose between the two options
There are options for that.
@@maverickhuntermeta4954
Ooo, there are? Did the Switch version of Tropical Freeze have that hybrid option too?
Nice video🌟
Thank you!
Can you make a tiki tak tribe video like you did with rodrick
Definitely a possibility!
I don't care what people say how bad Donkey Kong Country Returns HD looks, I'm still going to check this game out.
Ditto!
Good for you. 😊
I'm excited too, I've only played the game before through emulation, I always felt bad about that. I'm glad to finally be able to give Nintendo my money for a game that has given me hours of entertainment. Plus, they did the same exact thing for Pikmin before releasing Pikmin 4.
Exactly!!
Im not skilled enough to play donkey kong country games
Nintendo is gonna release Dkc6 as a launch title for the Switch 2 im calling it right now.
I'm counting on you to be right!
Unfortunately theres no such thing as a Switch 2. Sooo....
Yeah.
it's shocking that the remaster made for this game is not as stunning as metroid prime remastered and on top of that this is $60 while prime remastered was $40.
The price is definitely unfortunate. Still excited nonetheless
This port was done by Forever Entertainment instead of Retro Studios themselves.
@@maverickhuntermeta4954 i did not know that but i didn't even consider it when i commented what i said. But now that you say it i think retro studio should cost more than a third party studio
I will also wish you a Merry Christmas!
Thank you! You as well!
Never played any of the previous versions, only SNES. This is a completely different game, yes?
It's different from the SNES trilogy, yes. It's the 4th game
@ gotcha, thanks! I’m excited for this game now!
Me too. I'm really excited to play this game again. Oh, unfortunately, I played it on the 3ds one year ago, though, its nice to play it again on the switch
Agreed!
I am still hoping Nintendo or Retro Studios make the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy in HD next !
That is literally my dream
Honestly it's not a great visual update, but considering previous 3ds ports to switch it's really good.
I'm so so hyped it looks sooo good can't wait to play it finally myself
Heck yeah!
Even though i love this game. I already own it on wii and 3ds. This version better have all the bonus content that the 3ds has.
...i just. Why the heck is it 60 bucks
The price is definitely not great. But rest assured it does have all of the 3DS bonus content
Is it really so hard to say "motion controls suck, especially in a platformer where the imprecision that's out of your control makes the difference between success and failure"? Is it?
Metroid prime trilogy please?
Nintendo: More like suck a trilogy of meat in your prime
I love this game! It's easily one of the best games on the Wii and the 3DS. And the way they have enhanced the graphics is amazing!
Also, along with the Amusement Park, the way its going to generate interest in Donkey Kong will be great for the next game! 🦧🏝🌴
Plus apparently if you pre-order the game you can get an actual DK Barrel!
I completely agree! It's the perfect storm. And yes you do! I will get mine at GameStop when I pick up my preorder.
Excited to get it again because my 3DS has gone missing :(
I just wish they had done it earlier
Im glad most of the DKC games are on switch ….BUTTTTT as someone who enjoyed all versions of DKC3 a lot and vastly prefers the GBA version Im sad that version isn’t avaible yet
Yeah that's valid for sure
I loved DKCR but it's odd to me that anybody would defend the forced motion controls. People who enjoy them can use them, but people who don't shouldn't need to in a game that doesn't use them meaningfully.
I know from working on the Classic Controller hack for the original Wii version that the shakes exist in a purely binary state, they are literally just buttons. It would have been a five minute job for Retro to hook them up to physical buttons and open the game up to more players. Baffling.
Thank you for this comment. I completely agree and like I said, if they gave the player a CHOICE to use buttons or motion controls, I 100% understand. But forcing me to shake my remote may seem like a small thing but it just drives me crazy.
Yeessss
Huray for button controls!!!!
YESSS
Been like that with the 3DS version.
@@maverickhuntermeta4954 ya but in 400×240 and 3d that hurt my eye, I'd rather have it in full screen
I very much would rather have a fully realized 3D remake of the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy on the Switch, with the same rendering treatment as the Crash N' Sane Trilogy, rather than... this. 😒
When they announced donkey kong country returns on switch, I thought myself why they did not include this game with tropical freeze when tropical freeze released on system. They requre to pay 60 dollars for tropical freeze, for the game that was released 4 years earlier on wii u.
The same question I had when captain toad and mario 3d world were released separately.
It may not have new content, but it at least has the content from the 3DS version plus button controls and for the most part a clean enough remaster so those alone make it and the definitive version of the game and, the fact that people genuinely only want to look at negative stuff about every single game release these days (understandable with some that do genuinely justifiably deserve it of course) and don't want to appreciate the positives about anything, not even the good things about rereleases is just lame and disappointing
I understand that it's been tiring getting the same 2 DK games being rereleased left and right and we all want a new game, but Returns needed and I mean, NEEDED a definitive version because neither the Wii original or the 3DS version were the best ways to play it and despite some areas looking kind of off, it's still a solid looking remaster, no remaster is simple to do at all as it takes a while to HD every single aspect of a game including so many models, textures, and assets, and the fact that we even have DK content coming up in general with all the droughts this franchise has been having for a decade plus, it should be a GREAT thing that Nintendo still cares about it rather than not doing anything with it at all.
You said it PERFECTLY!
@@TheJustintendoAnd also, considering the DK section of the Super Nintendo World theme park just opened up in Japan recently along with most of the entire section being themed around Returns specifically, it just makes total business sense to rerelease Returns (again) to boost both sales of the game and park visits, it's a win win for the DK franchise to have this and it only means good things for it going forward after this.
We dont have DK64 on Switch... we dont have the entire franchise...
This port costs more than when the original came out back then on the Wii + it was under "Nintendo Selects" so it costed 20 dollars really quick
This is just a quick cashgrab
As someone who played Tropical Freeze in 2014 back than on the Wii U, I have been waiting for 10 YEARS for a new entry.
This is a spit in the face...
The Switch is the console with the longest life cycle of every Nintendo system and we didn't get a single new DKC...
DK64 is not a DKC game. And I guess it's just the difference of looking at the positive instead of the negative.
@TheJustintendo yes DK64 is not a DKC game but you talked about the donkey kong franchise
of course you can look at the positives but are you excited to play Mario Kart 8 on Switch 2 again as well?
I specifically said "Donkey Kong Country games" in my video.
I don't care much about the graphics updates, and I already played the Wii AND 3DS versions, so I'm probably gonna pass. It IS nice that the entire DKC franchise is on one system now, though. If we get more content exclusive to this version in this version (which I don't see any signs of), I might buy it.
Fair enough!
The Returns series sucked, levels goes on for way too long and the enemies design looks like crap compared to the first two games.
To each their own!
Sorry you feel that way
@@TheJustintendo Amen!
It is still a great game.
Meh.