Donkey Kong Country Returns

My god, the gimmicks in this game...
 
Wow, the trailer looks great! I liked that intro especially when DK started to beat up the little tikki. It seems really interesting and the enemies seem really similar to the original DKC games in my opinion!
 
Seriously, there is absolutely NO enemy that comes straight from the DKC games. Not even one.

Most of the enemies resemble Jungle Beat, even though seriously there is no use of an enemy in a previous game in that exact form. Everything is renovated and brand new.
 
FunkyKong84 said:
Seriously, there is absolutely NO enemy that comes straight from the DKC games. Not even one.
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Are you sure about that?

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As for the giant bat, I think it looks similar to the ones from Donkey Kong 64, King of Swing, and Jungle Climber, only bigger.

Anyway, some more footage is up. This game just keeps getting better.
 
Bats and spiders can be found in the Mario games too. It really doesn't mean that it's the exact same enemies transfered to the modern game. Retro intentionally did not use an exact enemy from a past game. They used some concepts that were definitely altered. You can even see a chicken that resembles the chicken from Jungle Beat and the bird boss that's exactly like the Roc boss from the same game. It's not the same enemies though.
 
Fawfulfury65 said:
That giant bat doesn't seem like a DKC enemy.
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They look like Crobats from a certain angle.

FunkyKong84 said:
Bats and spiders can be found in the Mario games too.
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OMG! Bats and spiders can be found in Pokemon too! And in EarthBound! And in Kirby! :O
 
@Yin Yarn: guess what? Moles and piranha plants are used in the Mario games too! :D

You can't really speak of reference to a past game's enemies when it comes to generic animals like that. If it was something specific like Zingers, Porcupines, Armies and Klaptraps then yes, that's a use of an old enemy in a new game. None of that is found in DKCR, everything's new there.
 
I think she was saying that it doesn't seem like the kind of enemy that would appear in a Donkey Kong Country game, and that's it more Jungle Beat-esque.
 
Zoycite said:
I think she was saying that it doesn't seem like the kind of enemy that would appear in a Donkey Kong Country game, and that's it more Jungle Beat-esque.
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Well, pretty much every enemy is new for this game. Of course, some of the enemies are based on Mario series enemies, such as those plants that resemble Piranha Plants.