Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

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A new Donkey Kong Country game has been announced for the Wii U at Nintendo Direct @e3. This time the villains aren't Kremlings or Tikis, but badass Vikings.

Description from Nintendo UK: The first Wii U instalment in the franchise comes from Retro Studios. The side-scrolling platformer has beautiful HD graphics that show fine details, such as Donkey Kong’s fur. Dixie Kong joins the adventure, which features the Kongs swimming underwater and moving from the foreground to the background. This time, the camera changes perspective on certain levels to enhance the sense of motion and deliver new experiences. The game is scheduled to launch towards the end of this year.

Release date (US): December 6, 2013

Beta logo:

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Final logo:

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Box art:

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The first artwork release:

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Corporate release screenshots:

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Official e3 Trailer and Developer Direct.
 
Re: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Dixie Kong!!!!
 
Re: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

I'm exited for that too! Finally, Dixie Kong is returning to the series.
 
Re: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

I'm glad to see that Dixie and underwater levels have returned, but no Kremlings again? After all the backlash they got about that last time? Really?

EDIT:

http://gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=204709

David Wise, the guy who composed music for the SNES games, will be returning to work on this game's music. That's great news to me. The lack of Kremlings and whatnot aside, the soundtrack is another aspect of the first game that disappointed me. There were some good tunes here and there, but there just weren't enough of them that were truly memorable, you know?
 
Re: Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

Personally, if any other Kong is to be playable besides Donkey Kong, Diddy, and Dixie, I'd rather it be Kiddy. Not counting the cancelled Donkey Kong Racing, he hasn't been seen since Donkey Kong Land 3, which came out all the way in 1997. He's been getting cast aside for far too long. It happened in all three of D.K. games made by PAON, and now it's happening again with the games Retro Studios is making. Kiddy's way overdue for a comeback.

Speaking of Funky, though, there's a chance that he may at least get a non-playable role in Tropical Freeze. As someone at the Donkey Kong Universe forum pointed out, that crashed rocket ship that Donkey Kong came out of at the beginning of the trailer was most likely one of Funky's vehicles.