The latest edition of US gaming publication Game Informer includes plenty of fresh tidbits of information about Retro Studios current project, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed at the VGX Awards on Saturday that Cranky Kong will be a playable character in the game, and that there might be a fifth playable character that Nintendo has yet to announced. Anyway, here’s the info from Game Informer.
- Snowmads are made up of penguins, owls, rabbits, sea lions, and walruses
- Diddy Kong’s cartwheel attack useful for close attacks
- Use Kong Pow with Diddy to turn all enemies on the screen into extra balloons
- As previously mentioned, Dixie’s Kong Pow turns onscreen enemies into gold hearts
- Dixie’s ponytail is like a propeller underwater for extra speed
- Enemies will get tougher as you progress
- Tucks (penguin-like enemies) start out with Donkey Kong being able to take them out by jumping on their heads or rolling into them
- Later, they’ll have spears and helmets at their disposal, so you can only attack them from behind
- Tucks will then come with double-sided spears and spiked helmets, so they must be stunned first before you can attack
- 6 islands
- 6-7 levels per island
- Boss stage and a bonus level as well
- Bonus level unlocks after collecting all KONG letters in each level
- World 1: Lost Mangroves (rainforest, vine grabbing, zip-lining)
- World 2: Autumn Heights (Bavarian-like mountain, mine carts, hot-air balloons, giant owls, jagged cliff faces)
- World 3: Bright Savannah (tall grass, orange/brown colors, like an African safari, dodge brush fire and penguins with spears)
- World 4: Sea Breeze Cove (blue harbors, sandy inlets, lots of swimming, dodge electric seaweed and manage air supply)
- World 5: Juicy Jungle (tropical forest that produces a rare fruit, home to an elaborate processing plant, jump off jellies to reach new heights)
- World 6: DK Island (Donkey Kong’s tree house has been frosted over, has homages to levels from Donkey Kong Country Returns)
- Will always control Donkey Kong in single-player
- Side characters add to Donkey Kong’s abilities
- Subtle differences between the side characters
- Can switch between side characters by breaking barrels in the levels
- Icons on the barrels rotate slowly so that you can pick your partner
- Offers challenging gameplay
Thanks, Retrogaminglord
excellent news
6 worlds is very short. Oh well, let’s just hope the music exceeds expectations.
When will the news about X come.. Maybe its an MMO.. x_x
why do people always think X will come to wiiu… it’s for 3ds only.. the only time pokemon will be out for wiiu is the pokemon rumble or pokemon stadium
Troll harder; the trailers specifically say that X from Monolith Soft will be a Wii U game.
Not Pokemon X…
X from Monolith Soft. Entirely different game.
you cranky?
Navi Kong for fifth playable character??
I loved DK64, so I’m a fan of the DK franchise in general. This game is shaping up to be great and will look fantastic in HD. Still have my fingers crossed for a Paper Mario game though….. http://theinverselook.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/super-paper-mario/
I would love a proper Paper Mario for Wii U. But if they’re not going to return to the proper formula then I’m not going near it. 1 and 2 are among my all time favourite games, but 3D was a piece of crap. I got to World 2 and never picked it up again, it was mind numbing
Thousand year door was the best one in my opinion.
“Will always control Donkey Kong in single-player”
Believe it or not… this is the reason I will not gonna buy this game.
I ALMOST always play single-player and miss the Snes days. Give me the choice to switch characters on single-player and will be day one purchase for me.
I’m still gonna buy this game – but I’d prefer it a thousand times if I could choose whichever Kong to play as. I’d much rather play as Diddy or Dixie. I hope they reconsider.
did you play Donkey Kong Country Returns?
I imagine the game is designed around DK’s abilities and it’d be too difficult to cater for every combination of Kongs in level design. n=No other DKC game has let you have more than 2 characters, so I can undersatnd why they would be skeptical about desiging levels that can be played with 10 combinations of characters (assuming 5 playable).
Maybe they should’ve just had Donkey, Diddy and Dixie and let you choose. Then there’d only be 3 combinations.
They could always do a DLC update after the game releases to enable this if there is enough demand. Im sure it wouldnt take too long, although it is Nintendo and they like to polish their games to AAA standards, unlike other game studios.
Dude all you need to do is select co-op kill off dk and don’t revive him and then you can continue the game as the second player going solo. :)
100% agreed; I won’t be buying this unless I have the choice to play any playable character. Choice should not exclusively be the privilege of any one player; and it certainly shouldn’t be the privilege of the person who didn’t even buy the game.
seems like a decent adventure awaits in this sequel.
I KNOW THE GAME IS CALLED DONKEY KONG BUT I WANTED TO PLAY AS DIDDY AND DIXIE AS SINGLE PLAYER. GUESS THEY DIDNT LEARN FROM COUNTRY RETURNS.
Me too!
Donkey is a pretty boring character compared to Diddy and Dixie. I hope they can change this. :/ I’ll still buy the game… but it’s a let down knowing this.
That is the heart of the gameplay! You’ll need diddy to progress fast! Have you played DKCR?
Why didnt they think of this during the time of development? Whats the point of adding more characters if you can’t choose who you want- that was stupid.
Select two players and kill off dk. Contiue playing without reviving him and you can play as diddy or dixie. Personally though dk is my favorite character :P
Can’t wait for this game, The Donkey Kong single-player thing is a bit of a let down, but hey, not enough to be a deal breaker, no way.
You guys complaint too much! This game it’s gonna kick some serious ass! I don’t care who I play as, as long as I’m having fun and just using Donkey Kong as the playable character makes it even more difficult to play wich in my opinion is better! Complaint all you want but once you play the game and listen to that beautiful music you’ll forget about all those stupid complaints
+1
That was just stupid not thinking of selectable characters during the development of this game. Especially after being able to select who you wqnt in 3D World.
Wow. I really, reeeaally want this game. I love that it will be challenging. I don’t like dumbed-down difficulties in games. Say what you guys will, but after the Cranky Kong announcement, and now these additional details, the game is starting to become more and more appealing and awesome.
At first people were bitching about SM3DW because it was not like a true 3D Mario, and blablabla this, blablabla that, now is considered one of the best Mario games ever created out there. And now people are bitching about Kong… Seriously?
Is anyone else wondering why there are only 6 worlds in this game when there were 8 in DCKR? I feel cheated.
Well this game has really dropped off the hype charts.
why? It sounds harder then the first one
This game has been at or near the top of my wishlist for months, and I’m enjoying all the new info. The release date is getting closer, and I’m excited to finally play this one.
Despite me defending this game on this website, it does suck that you can’t play as diddy, dixie, or cranky in single player. DIDDY KONG IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER, RETRO. I assume people always played as Diddy in the first Country. Its funny that DK gets overshadowed by his own sidekick. LOL!!!!
Welk, i only play road in 3d world unless i have to use someone else, nobody tbat i know plays as Mario in any Mario game… I would say we all feel attracted to the underdog/sidekick characters…
You know, if I was retro I would create an unlockable sidekick mode. When you beat the game you can play single player and any of the three sidekicks
Really disappointed that you are stuck with DK in single player. Being able to choose characters with different abilities gives a ton of replayability – just look at SM3DW.
it is sad but It sill will be fun. I hope the game is harder then last time. Looking that the details the game will be harder, I hope the final boss is harder then that tiki boss in returns.
That was really really stupid! I thought i could play as Diddy Kong my favorite character. I can pick who i want on Trine 2 and Raymand Legends. Why didn’t their dumb asses think of this?
awwwwwww i can only play as donkey Kong in single player? :( oh well it’s not a enough to make me not get the game and it sounds harder than the first which excites me :) but i was really hoping i could play as cranky and the other characters :( and only 6 worlds? i feel kinda jipped :/
when i said “play as cranky and the other characters” i might in single player
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That was really stupid!
Unless I can play as Diddy until I die and i have to find another barral or something to free the other character.. On the first one Donky and Diddy could alternate. Why didn’t their dumbasses thino to do that during the development of this game? that was stupid. Stupuid