Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns is a 2.5D platformer - 'n' -run video game that was developed by Retro Studios for the Wii gaming console. It was published in the U.S. on November 21, 2010 on December 3, 2010 in Europe and in Japan on December 9, 2010. Storyline and gameplay of the title based on the successful Super Nintendo game Donkey Kong Country (1994 ), which has been developed by British studio Rare software and has two successors. Donkey Kong Country Returns has so far sold 5.94 million copies.
Gameplay
The player takes control of Donkey and Diddy Kong, and controls horizontal scrolling through various levels in which many known elements have been used in previous parts of the series. Among them are Loren rides through mines, swinging from vines, collecting bananas and the KONG letters and drums, with which you can be catapulted into the air. In single player mode only Donkey Kong can be controlled directly. It smashes in a level a barrel with the inscription DK, Diddy Kong appears, which climbs to Donkey Kong's back and this helps by using his jetpack to longer jumps. In multiplayer mode, a second player can simultaneously take control of Diddy Kong. Death of one of the two players in two-player mode, so this can go into the game again, if a DK barrel is broken. Does not make it a player to progress in the game, as Diddy Kong can also in multiplayer mode on Donkey Kong's jump back to overcome obstacles as a passive companion (again, then the jetpack can be used ). The two monkeys banging her fists on the ground to stun enemies to smash stones, or uncover hidden areas and items.
The control is effected either with the Wiimote and Nunchuk, or with just the Wiimote, which is then held similar to a classic game controller in both hands. In both cases, the hammering is done with his fists on the ground by the motion detection of the Wiimote. The Classic Controller Wii is not supported.
In addition to the two main characters is in some levels also Rambi the rhino available on the gorillas can ride. As is known from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy 2, there is the possibility, after the loss of eight lives in a level to have successfully finish this by an automatically controlled character in Donkey Kong Contry Returns. Collected articles being but not credited to the player.
The game consists of 8 worlds with 70 levels, where in each case the last level waiting for a boss that you usually have to defeat a certain tactic. A ninth bonus world can be unlocked if all the KONG letters found, and then reach the bonus level to be mastered.
Back story
A group of evil Tikis known as the Tiki Tak Tribe, hypnotized all the animals in the jungle, to bring them under their control and Donkey Kong to steal banana supplies. Donkey Kong, the hypnosis seems to have no effect, goes with the help of Diddy Kong in search of the bananas. In contrast to previous parts of the series, the Tikis take the place of the Donkey and Diddy Kong Kremlings as antagonists. The only other family member of the Kongs, which appears in the game, Cranky Kong is. This operates several shops on the island, where Donkey Kong Banana coins that can be collected throughout the levels, can be exchanged for things like extra lives. In addition, there is the possibility to acquire a key to an otherwise obstructed bonus level.
Development
The development of Donkey Kong Country Returns started in April 2008. Much like New Super Mario Bros. should this game to capture the nostalgic flair of previous Donkey Kong titles, they must also offer new game elements. Though Shigeru Miyamoto was initially against the co-op mode, the classic tag team mode has been replaced by this. Was first introduced in the 2010 game at E3. It contains in true 3D polygon graphics generated and three times has more textures than Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, the most recently published title of Retro Studios. The developers have also experimented with underwater levels, as they are known from the previous Donkey Kong games, this felt to be too slow and the rest of the gameplay of the game against too impractical, was so that dispensed this in the final game.
Donkey Kong Country Returns was developed by the American game developer Retro Studios and published by Nintendo. Retro Studios is also responsible for the development of the Wii U successor to Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze responsible. The previous Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy 's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! for the SNES are made by Rare. Producer of Donkey Kong Country Returns is Kensuke Tanabe, as a supervisor Shigeru Miyamoto was used.
Reviews
Donkey Kong Country Returns received consistently good reviews, the average rating on GameRankings and Metacritic is currently at 88 and 87% respectively. With 163 310 units sold, the game started at No. 3 of the Japanese game charts, and # 6 in the U.S.. In Japan, until December 22, 2010 316,300 copies were sold.
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Donkey Kong Country Returns was implemented by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS series. The 3DS implementation named Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D and was released on May 24, 2013, Germany. The plot of the game was not changed, but were andersweitige innovations, such as a ninth game world added. The game was developed by the American video game company Monster Games and published by Nintendo.