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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is on Nintendo Switch – 15 years since the Wii’s reimagining and 31 years since the SNES classic
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You know that expression ‘how time flies’? Well, I’m certainly really feeling that today – as a Nintendo classic that’s more than 30 years old has just dropped for theNintendo Switch. It’s yet another of Nintendo’s expertly executed remasters for a new generation – and just ahead of therumoured Switch 2 console reveal.
The title in question is Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, reworked for the Switch, having already re-released on the Nintendo Wii as Donkey Kong Country Returns back in 2010. As if 15 years ago wasn’t long enough, that Wii version was a reimagining of the SNES (Super NES in the USA, or Super Famicom as it was in Japan) classic from 1994.
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I remember playing the original – rented from Blockbuster video, but of course – and I’m now mining a nostalgia rabbit hole with great interest. Retro gaming is clearly here in a big way – but what DK’s re-release on Switch also goes to show is just how darn good Nintendo is at making platform games that truly stand the test of time.
Indeed, Nintendo’s dab-handedness when it comes to first-party exclusive games is what’s kept the company in such robust shape in recent decades. Sega has disappeared from the hardware game, Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox remain strong – but there’s just something so retro yet so modern and so perfect about the way Nintendo conducts itself. It’s kept me as a life-long fan.
Whether that’s enough for me to go and drop £45/$60 on buying the game once more is up for question though. I can see the ‘high-definitioning’ of the previous game has been made with love, but were Donkey Kong’s side-scrolling outings ever quite as epic as Mario’s? I’m not sure – although itsMetacritic score (from 2010) is a strong 87/100.
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If anything, DK’s release is getting me more hyped for the supposed Nintendo Switch 2 launch. Much as I’ve loved looking at myPlayStation 5under the telly over the holiday period at the end of last year, you know what? It was exclusively Mario Party Jamboree that was played over those weeks – showing that Nintendo’s power for simplicity and effectiveness remains strong.
I’m certainly more on team Nintendo than I am team PS5 Pro. My T3 colleague bought the latter and evensix-weeks into ownership has been questioning the Pro console’s worth(aside fromone title that makes the PS5 Pro finally feel worth it). So here’s to the game’s re-release… although, tempted as I am, I think I’m saving this cash to put towards a Switch 2 pre-order instead!
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