Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a perfect fit for the Switch, delivering impeccable platforming goodness with Donkey Kong and his family. It's beautiful both from a visual and auditory standpoint and each level you play has its own identity or unique flavour.

Excellent platforming mechanics; Level design is impeccable; New Switch features take the edge off the huge difficulty curve; Funky Kong is radical; Incredibly good soundtrack; Beautiful artistic direction and design; A ton of secrets and completionist centric stuff to do

Controls sometimes feel unresponsive or clunky; Steep difficulty curve that can cause some frustration; Very tight timing windows on some platforming sections

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a brilliantly inventive 2D platformer that deserves to be considered alongside Nintendo's best

A highly competent 2D platformer, but one so utterly devoid of any new ideas it's really only for the nostalgic and those desperate to play something new(-ish) on the Switch.

Extremely well-designed levels and some masterfully orchestrated mine cart stages; Good use of a 3D camera to enhance 2D gameplay; Great music

Painfully predictable from the very first moment; Visually unremarkable and with some very dull secrets and special abilities; Unfairly expensive

If you crave a challenge, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze will bring out the best of your platforming abilities. Those expecting a cakewalk will feel like they slammed headfirst into a brick wall of difficulty.

Great presentation; with lush graphics and charming music; Incredibly challenging; but never feels unbeatable; New Kongs encourage different playstyles

Will simply be too difficult for some tastes; Co-op play is a disappointment

Best 2D platformer ever. Best DKC game ever! what more do you need! you owe it to yourself to play this game!

Everything about this game is perfect. The fact that its hard and i wont beat it in a day or 2 while working two jobs like i did mf mario oddesy makes its better.

Fantastic!! Very challenging so suitable for older gamers too (I'm 21). Lots of collectables and secrets so plenty to keep you busy. Beautiful graphics and music. Feels very well made. Haven't played a DK game before but enjoying it very much.

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Varied Levels; Tight Platforming

Not Nintendo's Best Art Style; Full Price Port

Retro Studios' Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze joins Mario Kart 8 , Pokkén Tournament , and Hyrule Warriors as part of the recent trend of Wii U games reappearing on the Nintendo Switch.

Pre-ordered this and it's a great game, brilliant level design but it is hard for toung players, even in funky mode. In regular mode it's punishing me and I've been gaming since the C64 days! Great fun though, if you like a challenge I'd highly recommend it.