There was just something about it that had me questioning if I was a sociopath or just really enjoyed the rush of passing a section that was giving me trouble. I had a blast even in the parts where I would’ve felt better if I could just, I dunno, pull my hair out from the roots and dunk my head in a bucket full of rubbing alcohol. If you love you some platforming, you’ll have a bunch of fun in Tropical Freeze. If there was one driving force that kept me hooked through the game, it was the platforming. But here comes the FUNK! He turned my frown upside down and I’m so happy he did. I was ready to quit and take the game out and move on with my life. I managed to beat the first area but got stuck and it became instantly no fun for me. I tried playing the game with DK because you know, nostalgia is a biiiiiiiiit-childish of a thing that is hard to let go of, but I couldn’t last. Never drowns, has extra hearts, doesn’t get hurt by spikes, floats down on his magical surfboard that’s powered by awesomeness. Point is, there’s a reason he’s on the alternate box art. Is he he’s uncle? Brother? Whatever, the analogy still works. Like, I’m sorry DK, we all have that crazy uncle that is the life of the party and who makes everyone forget you exist. I’m talking about FUNKY KONG! Oh man, in complete honesty, this game should have just been Funky through and through. But the Switch version has something that the Wii U didn’t. I enjoyed making fun of myself on Twitter a few times ( here, here, and here), posting videos of the game having no mercy on me. I skipped it on the Wii U because I heard about the difficulty and I was very easy to give it a nice big stamp of “NOPE” whenever I saw it on a shelf. This game is straight bananas (I’m not apologizing for that). I felt as if I let my younger self down, as he looked at me with shame that I couldn’t hang with our favorite primate anymore. I was so happy to find that I wasn’t alone. Like the mine cart levels, remember those?! How can you not, this screen will probably give you PTSD.īut for some reason unbeknownst to me because I’m sure it has nothing to do with time or age or anything, but I find DKC games are just so damn hard! I tried playing DKC Returns and I quit without beating the first area. It was one of those games that you put on and you play over and over so much that you know where everything is and how it moves so you’re just speed running it for yourself. I have been a huge fan of Donkey Kong Country games ever since the first one on the SNES. For now, just know that I was who Nintendo had in mind when they put it out again. But I’ll save that for another post (hint hint, I’m all for them). Now, I can get into a huge side track here, going into the remaster debate. Because in May of last year, it was re-released on Nintendo’s new hotness. But I’m sure you know of it now if you own a Switch. I know, not many remember it because, well, the Wii U. It’s been almost exactly 5 whole years since the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Wii U.
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