Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - PRE-OWNED

Name: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - PRE-OWNED
Brand: Nintendo
SKU: 4746003
Rating: 4.5 (62 reviews)

SKU: 4746003

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Get pumped for more ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, banana-hoarding action in the next installment of the Donkey Kong Country series. A gang of marauding Vikings are after the banana hoard and you must join Donkey Kong and his friends Dixie and Diddy to save their home. A bushel of new gameplay elements and features await as you join gaming's greatest ape in an action-packed adventure through palm-tree dotted tropics and ice-cold frozen environments. Are you ready to take on intimidating foes and defend the banana stash with the most legendary primate of them all?

Reclaim Donkey Kong Island or bust. Journey through five islands with a variety of stages that include underwater areas and frozen terrain with Diddy and Dixie Kong, both playable characters who offer unique gameplay experiences. Donkey Kong's traditional moves return with a few new additions that help you explore the environment and unlock secrets, including a plucking system that lets you pull items right from the ground. Every level features twisting, turning and transforming scenery that is brilliantly displayed with the dynamic rotating camera for a thrilling gameplay experience that sucks you right into the banana-craving adventure. Get your friends in on the wild and wooly action in a cooperative multiplayer mode that lets you share the fun. The jungle is yours and no menacing Viking will keep you from going ape-wild to protect it.

Customers are saying

Customers praise the gameplay of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, calling it a classic platforming adventure that's both challenging and fun, with great visuals. Many appreciate the game's nostalgic feel and rewarding experience once mastered. However, some customers warn that the game's difficulty may not be suitable for all players. Overall, the positive feedback on the gameplay outweighs concerns about the challenge.

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Graphics, Fun Design, Fake Difficulty
I picked up a Nintendo Wii U to play about eight games: Bayonetta 2, Mario Kart 8, Super Smash Bros Wii U, Zelda Wind Waker, Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101, DKC Tropical Freeze, and Super Mario 3D World. Notice all of these games are Nintendo exclusives, and most of them are made by Nintendo. I was really looking forward to DKC because I grew up playing Donkey Kong Land 2 and 3 on my Game Boy for hours at a time. I had tried the Wii DKC Returns game, and it was pretty good. Unfortunately, this Wii U version fell below my expectations. First off, the game looks absolutely awe-inspiring. This game is eye-candy to the max. The levels, enemies, and AI partners are all interesting and beautifully made. The levels are very memorable, and the soundtrack is great too. The couch co-op mode is pretty fun as well. Although this game isn't very beginner friendly past the 2nd stage of levels. Now the things I didn't like were a false difficulty level and the lack of precise controls. The game "enhances" difficulty by basically throwing random obstacles in your way. It literally FORCES you to die the first time because there is no reaction time, there was no way to see death coming. The second time through you have learned exactly when to jump or roll, but only from the memory of dying. This aspect coupled with controls that aren't very precise on the gamepad leaves the game feeling not very fun with a fake level of difficulty. To be fair I didn't try it on the Wii U Pro controller, so maybe the controls were a little better on that. Out of the games I played for the Wii U, I would fully recommend Bayonetta 2 and Super Mario 3D World as my favorite games period.
Posted 10 years ago by gldndomer
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great platforming!
Great platforming. Fun, excellent level design, smooth and just plain fun gameplay. But it's really not anything we haven't seen before in the prior games in the series. That's not to take away from it, because it remains incredibly fun. Just not original or innovative.
Posted 10 years ago by mbrown3
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great game!
My family and I all really enjoy Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze. I think it's one of the better looking Nintendo Wii u games. The music in the game is nice too in my opinion.
Posted 10 years ago by CrayDay