Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

[Mushroom Hedgehog]

I'm glad DK's back to the platformer genre again, and Dixie Kong's reappearance is great as well. The Wii U is already looking great, and better than the first, which was so-so.

I can go without the Kremlings again, but I'm still hoping they might return. A new antagonist here or there is good, but it's sort of like the Kongs are taking the antagonists of series that need a bit of a change up in the same roles, like Sonic or Banjo-Kazooie. Another issue that should be resolved should be difficulty. DKCR was very hard, and it pretty much forced you to use Cranky Kong's items, and I can be a little stubborn about that to be honest.

And don't even get me started on the barrel rocket levels. Aside from the ones that travel upward, like before the final boss, those controls were just awful. I was rage quitting a lot on that game, and it was likely from the barrel rocket levels. I don't know if they changed it for the 3DS port, but hopefully they did, otherwise they'll need to improvise.

Oh, and it didn't seem much like an actual DKC title without Diddy Kong being playable. Hopefully all three will be playable this time around.

King K. Rool teaming up with Donkey? Nothing in the world would convince him to ever fight by his side! ...... And nothing in the world would help me express how much f an awesome idea that would be if it was ever a reality.

King K. Rool teamed up with DK and the Kongs, along with Mario's friends to stop Bowser and Bowser Jr. in Mario Super Sluggers. Bowser was also a bit crabby at the idea of working with Mario in Super Paper Mario, but eventually agreed to it. I'm sure K. Rool could form a temporary alliance if someone else tries to steal the bananas from both. But seeing how K. Rool plays in Mario Super Sluggers, I'm not sure he'd be fit for a platformer. Perhaps he could be the new store salesman to replace Cranky Kong, and Cranky could go back to being the old advice-giver that complains about the difference between retro and modern games.

Speaking of Bowser in SPM, I've been thinking that game must be canonically placed before Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, because Bowser didn't throw a tantrum when agreeing to working with Mario in the latter game.