One could argue it's the machine that's started the giant's trend in recycling more and more of their older series instead of diversifying with new game experiences. So, no real surprise that Donkey Kong returns, and although there's been four years since the ape reappeared on Wii, it doesn't feel...

Conventional mechanics presented with contemporary flash: Tropical Freeze expertly blends spectacle, set-pieces and classic platforming.

Might be Wii U's best-looking game; Wonderful David Wise soundtrack; Challenging in all the right ways..

...but occasionally the wrong ones; Still quite conservative in its design

Donkey Kong returns.. again! Tropical Freeze delivers a great challenging and fun (co-op) game on the Wii U. There are a ton of collectibles, making this game fun as well as hard if you want to collect everything.

A Lot Of Collectibles; Challenging; Co-op

Controls Are A Bit Hard

Donkey Kong Country is a series that many feel an affinity for after the original Rare-developed trilogy, yet it's one of the few that some agree doesn't need nostalgia to appreciate it.

The argument about whether Retro Studios should or shouldn't be spending its energy on another Donkey Kong Country game rages, but at this point it's moot. The studio finished a while ago and is surely now working on something other than this series, but while they do, let's talk Donkey Kong...

If Mario platformers are an acid trip in a playground, then Donkey Kong is on speed in a death trap. But it's the good kind of speed that makes you feel invincible until that final fatal moment, wherein you restart the level and subject yourself again with a manic smile on your face.

Great game, takes a little getting used to, more difficult than Mario

The oxymoronic nature of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze 's subtitle works extraordinarily well as both a punny descriptor of the game's frosty anthropomorphic Viking invasion of the Kong family's equatorial homeland and as a summarization of the type of conservative-meets-cutting-edge gameplay...

More fun with Donkey Kong

Bought for my daughter's 9th birthday she loves playing it