



So it’s well overdue for his greatest hour to be resurrected with a new instalment in the Donkey Kong Country series, but with new developer Retro Studios can it match up to what were undoubtedly some of the finest 2D platformers ever? He gets his own game now and again, some good, others not so good, and it’s been a fair while since he got a really great game. Since then Mario went on to great things, became the company mascot, and a gaming legend. What do you think about this unseen game? Give your vote! ( 4 votes, average: 4.Donkey Kong is getting on a bit, it’s been nearly thirty years since he first kidnapped Pauline and bombarded Mario with a barrage of barrels. Those images shows the stuff from previous videos, like the different icons, fonts and etc. Maybe was scrapped because of Copyrights of RARE:Ĭlick to zoom-in, it will open in another tab It was also found on the Game Disc, that DKCR was to have 4-Player modes, still is unknown about it, but probably other Kongs could be in, similar to New Super Mario Bros. Some interesting stuff of those concept arts, are the Levels… Much levels have been changed in the development, such as Golden Temple… Some characters did changed too, such as Rambi, which was to be much more Realistic… Progressing into the Beta related stuff, when you progress in the game, you unlock some concept arts… They are separated into enemies, characters, levels and others… The video below shows some animations of Donkey Kong Country Returns: -The Instructions appears from no where, at the Final Version, the Tutorial Pig appears in the background and explains the controls.-Different Title Screen (the Buttons, the Logo, the Font and specially the Background)Īn Show at the Television did show DKCR gameplay (at before releases)… It shows again the other stuff, but we can also see other stuff:.On an ANOTHER video, it shows a MUCH different title screen, and other stuff (which was already shown on the other videos) -At the end, the background is Yellow, on the Final version, it shows as Green.-Font, Health Icon and other lighten stuff is a little different.-1:20 = The stage don’t have storm and darkness.Īn another gameplay video (which was playable after the E3 event), shows other miscellaneous stuff:.-1:13 = On the final version of this stage, it doesn’t have “automatic” barrels.-1:06 = It’s possible to see again the Cyan color, but on the 2-Player Mode.-1:00 = The bombs on this stage is much more faster them the Final Version.-0:47 = Diddy and Donkey Kong team Icon is Cyan, on the Final Version, the color is Blue.-0:32 = When Donkey Kong bounces on the three enemies consecutively, he does not preform a spin followed by a somersault, like he does in the final version.On the Gameplay and E3 trailers, we can notify some small things: (Info from Wikipedia)ĭevelopment on Donkey Kong Country Returns started in 2008, but it wasn’t until E3 2010 that it was revealed to the public. It is the series’s first traditional home console installment since Donkey Kong Jungle Beat, and also the first Donkey Kong Country entry not to involve Rare during the development. Donkey Kong Country Returns is a side-scrolling 2.5D platform game developed by Retro Studios and released by Nintendo for the Wii console on November 21, 2010, in North America, December 3, 2010, in Europe, and on December 9, 2010, in Japan.
