Quick Look: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

Ryan doing his best Brad impression there.

@marokai said:

I never played the wii version, my wii has since been replaced by my wii u, and I can download this right to my 3ds instead of going to eb games. I could just play the wii version on my wii u, but if you've seen how the backwards compatibility actually works, you'd never want to use it again. It's atrocious.

Someone get the timid little choir-boy out of the gaming seat and give us some GD Ryan Davis, please.

I got this on the Wii when it came out but didn't play much of it. I picked this up yesterday and I'm in love with it.

Oh and fuck you Patrick this game looks fine. Don't be a hater.

I'm not sure sure it's "hating" to say that it's a good platformer that just looks a little inferior to another version.

I was honestly joking. Although I posted that comment about 1/3 through the video and by the halfway point I was getting pretty sick of Patrick's negative comments. Graphically it may be inferior but that's to be expected. I think this is the superior version of the game, personally, just because it's basically the same thing minus the waggle and available on the go.

This doesn't have that precise, fast-paced action that made the core gameplay of the SNES version. Pass. Again. The Wii version's waggle, and now this. I'll never get to play a modern DKC.

Fun game but no memorable characters from the SNES trilogy like the Kremlings.

there's that word again!

To be fair to Ryan, that first boss is a tedious asshole.

Patrick's commentary just seems to be exactly what I wish to say.

@dazzhardy: Bless you, Sir/Ma'am. That brought back a lot of nostalgia.

@oscar__explosion said:

The bullshit part about DKC on the SNES is that the camera is pulled in so tight that you can't reasonably see enemies (or a pit) coming until after you've committed to a jump in a lot of cases. There are definitely a couple levels in the ice area of DKC 1 that are absolutely horrible until you just memorize the whole damn level.

Also, it's fucking insane that the difficulty of Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii prevented Ryan from finishing it. Sure, it's challenging near the end, but most of the regular levels are pretty manageable, and the (optional) secret temples are the only stages that could potentially eat up dozens of lives. Seriously, there's a fucking shop where you can just buy life balloons in bulk. As long as you actually make an effort to pick up coins, you should always have enough to keep buying lives.

Ryan's general competency at games is pretty questionable. DKCR isn't exactly Super Meat Boy or anything.

great