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You’ve got three different buttons for jumping, running/grabbing barrels or enemies, and rolling/ground-pounding. It’s acclimating to the staccato rhythm of the game’s platforming that takes time. The controls are at least flexible you can customize your button layout and leave motion controls turned off if you wish. Playing feels as good as looking, though it takes some getting used to. More impressive are the subtle quirks, such as the way Donkey Kong kicks his feet while swimming underwater and the way his fur ripples in the current. Cranky pogos around on his cane like a slower NES-era DuckTales Scrooge McDuck. Kongs Donkey, Diddy, Dixie, and Cranky all have personalities that shine through in the way their mechanical differences are represented.ĭixie spins her ponytail like a helicopter’s rotors to catch air and hover while Diddy does the same with his jetpack. Snowmads – those jerk penguins, walruses, owls, and other Nordic critters that have jacked the Kong clan’s land and fruit – glow with cartoon life, all ruffling feathers and surprised eyes. All of it is rendered with an emphasis on style that would make even Don Bluth nod in approval. Then Donkey’s off to an island that’s been converted into a giant fruit juice processing plant, a place where moving platforms are giant graters shredding enormous berries. The African Savanna-style world has you jumping between giant giraffe puppets in one stage and throwing aloe-oozing plant bulbs to put out fires the next. There’s no sense of history repeating in the game’s six multi-stage worlds (plus a bunch of hidden, extra hard stages in each) every new location feels fresh.Įxhaustive attention to detail in every little scene and level makes Tropical Freeze seductive to the eye. Exhaustive attention to detail in every little scene and level makes Tropical Freeze seductive to the eye. From the very first seconds of the game, when some badass animal Vikings show up to take over Kong Island, it’s clear that Retro has an imaginative vision for realizing a high-def Donkey Kong.
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It’s not a problem that is apparent on the surface. Like so many promising platformers that fail to find a wide audience, Retro Studios doesn’t quite nail the right balance here between difficult and frustrating. Years later, on the Nintendo Switch, Tropical Freeze falters for the same reasons: Its charm remains undeniable, but its grating challenges create rough edges that stand out compared to Nintendo’s best works. Tropical Freeze comes very close to achieving those lofty heights, but pacing problems keep it from masterpiece status. As part of the Wii U’s platformer-heavy library, surrounded by excellent games like Super Mario 3D World, Rayman Legends, New Super Mario Bros U, and Bit.Trip Runner 2, it needs to be exceptional to justify its place in this crowd. Fitbit Versa 3ĭonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is old-school, often to a fault.
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