Nintendo has released some footage of the upcoming Nintendo Switch port of the excellent Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. The game, which is developed by the acclaimed Retro Studios, will only take up 6.6.GB of file space on your Nintendo Switch system which is a lot less than the Wii U version which is twice as big. Without further ado here’s eight minutes of footage of the game running on the Nintendo Switch.
Video: 8 Minutes Of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze For Nintendo Switch And File Size Is 6.6GB
Definitely getting this amazing game again for another playthrough. Best Buy Gamer’s Club and trading in the Wii U version will ensure a decent enough discount. Really wish it was a collection that also included Returns though. That would’ve been great.
Until then I’ve got plenty of games to play on my SNES Classic that I’ve never played before and others to replay again 🙂
Nice. I got it for $48 on Amazon Prime and also sold my Wii U copy, which I sold for $10. This game is worth the double dip to me. Best DKC game in my opinion. It would’ve been cool to get an HD version of Returns though.
I got the Digital Copy on my Wii U -_- fuck me.
I got the digital version as well, but it was free from Club Nintendo, so I can’t complain too much.
Holy shit only 6.6GB I remember on the Wii U it was around 10 – 12 GB
AND ALL THE HATERS WILL SAY THIS ISNT POSSIBLE(BECAUSE THERE BELOVED TURD PARTYS NEED 64GB TO DO THE SAME SHIT) AND HOW THE GAME MUST BE COMPRESSED TO HELL AND IN THERE FANTASY WORLD HAS WEAKER GRAPHICS THAN THE ORIGINAL
again a actual game company shows the PLEBS how game files are done
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR BLOATWARE AND BLOAT FILES SO SONY FANS KINDLY STAY AWAY AND STOP BUTTHURTING
What the fuck are you talking about? Nobody said this and you need rehab badly.
Not sure if this is interesting to anybody but I just decided to some compression on some Wii U games to see how small I can get them. Previously I compressed the hole thing, this time I did it per-folder or per-file and I got much better compression ratio’s than before.
Damn it, it posted by itself. Here’s the results I got.
Game | Original Size | Compressed | % of OG
Bayonetta | 11.7 GB | 9.03 GB | 77%
LOZ:BOTW | 11.7 GB | 5.26 GB | 45%
DK:TF | 10.6 GB | 5.35 GB | 50%
MK8 | 4.01 GB | 2.46 GB | 61%
PaperMario | 7.55 GB | 3.73 GB | 49%
XBC X | 19.2 GB | 6.29 GB | 33%
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Total | 64.9 GB | 32.0 GB | 49%
And for $60? No thanks.
Not for me 😉
Well you have to pay a fee to use Best Buy service though….
And it’s $30 for two years and I’ve already made my money back pretty much.
I would bite if it’s $40. $60 is obviously overpriced when the original launch is $50 and it’s $20 today. It’s ridiculous. DKC Returns 3D was $10 cheaper and has a new mode, 3D and new world/levels.
It’s worth $60 if you’ve never played it before.
But other than that, it’s not worth the asking price. Not even a playable Funky Kong makes it worth it.
It’s not no matter what you think. The original was $50 and costs $20 right now. With Funky aka “easy mode” as the only change in this game, it’s not worth $60 at all. $40 would’ve been a better price point.
But why shouldn’t people buy it if they’ve never played it before? It’s a great game, I wouldn’t want anyone to miss out on it. It’s even made more accessible with Funky Kong being the “easy mode” of the game.
So, if they didn’t own the game on the Wii U, I really don’t see a reason for someone not to pick up the Switch version.
6.6GB!? That is for the digital version, right?
I’m guessing both. It should also mean physical will only need an 8GB card.
Yea, entire levels are loaded to RAM once you select it so they probably used alot of compression. Might cause load times to be a little longer but it’s a good trade off.
@myownfriend
It might cause a little lag when loading levels too, but longer load times and lag probably won’t be all that noticeable anyways.
I should have worded this better, what I meant was if I get this game I won’t have to use use up 6.6GB on my Nintendo Switch, right? I only have like 11GB left.
If you buy physical, yes.
Whilst I would’ve liked more new stuff in this I love the game so much that I’ll get it again. Plus I can get for £40 with discount so don’t have any hang ups on the price
Playable Funky Kong? Well I’m sold! NOT!!! 60 bucks for just one new character isn’t worth it Not even 30-40 bucks is worth it. So I’ll wait for it to get turned into a Nintendo Select on Switch & buy it for 20.
Where’s the C button on the Nintendo Switch?
The trailer shows C button being used for the Kong POW moves. This clearly shows that the trailer was made on the Wii U using the Wii Remote + Nunchuck set up. Lazy af.
I suppose it technically could support the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. The OS would obviously need to support it though. So it could be laziness or some insight into a future OS update.
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