is a great platformer full of tense sequences and tough levels. Boss battles are a huge highlight, and it's packed with hard-to-find secrets and collectibles. Multiplayer could use some improvement, but I found myself laughing whenever my teammate and I wiped out on some of these unforgiving setups.

A challenging platformer; Great boss fights; Clever level designs; Lots of Secrets

No Co-op Switching

Seeing everything there is to see in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a privilege, not a right. While some platformers present their content to you on a silver platter, daintily spoon-feeding each level into your eager mouth, Tropical Freeze tells you to go out into the snow barefoot, run...

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

Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze is one of those games that makes you hate it and love it at the same time. Though on the surface it appears to be a fairly simple platformer (due in no small part to its cartoonish graphics), it doesn't take more than a couple levels before you realize that this is...

Excellent visuals; fantastic, varied soundtrack; great level design; simultaneous co-op mode; in-game shop offsets the high difficulty; lots of secrets to find

Difficulty may really surprise some looking for something lighter; camera in co-op mode can be a little loopy at times

I love Donkey Kong Country . I always have. Ever since the first game came out on the SNES in 1994, I have been a strong supporter of the series; I even loved Dixie Kong's Double Trouble , despite its toony aesthetic and childish main character.

Nintendo is monkeying around once again with one of the most beloved video game characters in the history of gaming and has brought Donkey Kong to next-gen consoles. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze delivers intense, action-packed gameplay and delivers the same fun-loving characters that the...

Hardcore gamers can rejoice now that Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze has been released on the Wii U. Expect your favorite monkey characters (not rolling around in see through balls) to make appearances. Expect the intense difficulty from start to finish. Expect tough and long boss battles.

The Donkey Kong Country games are almost the perfect package for a gamer like me. Their artistic direction is fantastically realised, their soundtracks are some of the greatest pieces ever showcased in a video game and the gameplay is en pointe, balancing perfectly between a feeling of challenge and...

No game is perfect, but comes as close as it could get within its genre. The new game to beat in its sector; we're talking pure video game ecstasy. How we score: The Destructoid Reviews Guide

You might be tempted to overlook Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, but if you did, you'd be missing out on an excellent platforming title with tons of style and polish. While it's true that it doesn't explore a lot of new territory, iteration within a genre is only bad to the extent which...

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Reviewed on Wii U by Michael Damiani. Given the woeful performance of the Wii U to date, Nintendo's struggling console can use all the help it can get.