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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a visually stunning platformer that demands precision and quick reflexes. Featuring gorgeous levels packed with creative obstacles and hidden collectibles, the game expertly blends classic Donkey Kong Country challenge with modern polish. Tropical Freeze's difficulty can be punishing, but the sense of accomplishment from conquering a particularly tricky stage is immensely satisfying. With its delightful presentation, catchy soundtrack, and local co-op mode, it's a must-have for platformer fans.

I'm really sorry I know it's objectively a good game but I really do not enjoy it or care for it :(

No other 2D platformer has blown me away in the way that Donkey Kong Frozen Ape. I was pretty young when I first played this, so I struggled a lot, but I was so determined to finish this game that my brother ended up helping me out.

truly classic. So lovingly crafted that I would say that most mario games don't hold a candle to it. Mario Wonder is the closest theyve gotten to this level of quality in 2d platformers and even then, this game blows it out the water. Would love another entry in this franchise, but Donkey Kong is stuck in the freezer right now (no pun intended) so i don't know when I'll see my favorite gorilla again.


A good game that I am TERRIBLE AT

Easily one of the best platformers of all time. And the soundtrack holds up to the amazing legacy of DKC soundtracks.

An incredible 2D platformer that is nearly flawless; this game absolutely rocks! The movement is spectacular, with a lot of skill and tech to create a satisfying, fun speed game, as well as fantastic visuals and great exploration. Each level is unique and wonderfully created, and the art direction is superb, featuring insane background details, especially considering this released on the Wii U of all things. I cannot recommend this game enough to platformer enjoyers, as this game blew me away with how it gets pretty much everything right, including the fantastic boss fights (which usually suck in platformer games). Also Funky Kong is the best thing to ever exist.

Easily one of the greatest 2D platformers ever made, I'll be damn excited if we ever get another Donkey Kong Country game.

Love donkey kong frozen ape

So strange... took me half the game to start liking the game then suddenly everything clicked. Not sure what took so long but I truly believe that purely from a platforming perspective this is the best designed platformer. There isn't a single 2D Mario that touches this one.

This is the most slept-on and underappreciated platformer of the 21st century.

I beat this in the middle of APUSH after AP tests so that was awesome

I prefer the Switch re-release.

Actually one of the best Wii U games

it's hard but not in the same way as the snes games or a megaman or ninja gaiden in that's it fun to conquer, since even when you complete each platforming challenge consecutively there's a distinct lack of forward momentum that a fast platformer ought to have to be "fun"
it's just kind of repetitive

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Beautiful graphics! The gameplay was awesome too! You can jump, roll, slam, duck, swim, climb, bounce, swing, float, fly, and more! With a partner on your back you gain two more hearts and gain a special ability, attack, and screen clear which would kill all enemies on screen and replace them with something useful. The world's were unique! Autumn Heights, Bright Savannah, and juicy jungle with juice and jello! There were also some classic worlds; sea breeze cove with water levels but also wind to deal with! Lost Mangroves was the first and it had all the classic elements plus some amazing surprises with the environment! Drop down platforms, vines, hanging from grass above! Then the final world is all fost which changes how bouncing platforms work and adds breaking platforms, and more.

There are also many special levels that do something really surprising but only in that one level. There's a Sea breeze Cove level that's underwater as usual, but then it's dark and you can only see silhouettes of everything! There's a Savannah level that is jumping across animal puppet heads that is awesome! There's jello to bounce through in one level in Juicy Jungle, there's a blizzard level with fast paced platforming in the final world(Donkey Kong Island) which is frozen over by the bad guys. There's falling leaves to platform across in Autumn Heights. A fire starts in Bright Savannah! There's an octopus to contend with in Sea Breeze Cove! A factory with chopping and spikey berry picking to dodge through in Juicy Jungle! Tornados in Brights Savannah! A sawmill to kart and boat through in Autumn Heights!

There are also amazing bosses! They all require you to memorize their move sets! They are all different animals just like previous Donkey Kong Country games! There a seal that slides and throws fish, an owl that swoops and throws feathers and strong wind your way, three baboons that a so much fun to face co-op!! and will swing and bomb in many ways, a pufferfish that.... sucks and blows both literally and figuratively.. I hate this boss... He puffs up so large you can barely avoid him!, a polar bear that swings a hammer and flings ice in many forms!, and I Walrus that charges you and uses ice and lava! He fires ice squids and lifts lava, and shoots ice dragons!! He also requires you to throw enemies at him as he tries to avoid and it's hilarious!

There were a few annoying things like the game doesn't explain well that you can clear all of the enemies on the screen by pressing L or R. I didn't use it the whole game because I didn't know about it until the end. Also it doesn't explain that you need to continuous press X or Y or make the rino run! That caused a lot of deaths. These were minor and didn't cause too much trouble overall. The ability to visit the shop and buy lives helped make up for this so much!

Besides these things there's also mine Cart levels, rocket riding levels, rino riding levels, and barrel blasting levels in each world!

The most fun part of the whole game is the co-op with my 6 year old. She loves gaming with me and we had so much fun playing this game together as she learns to play and we laugh together!!

Donkey Kong: mamaco gelado é por enquanto é o melhor jogo de plataforma 2D que já joguei, level design perfeito, a gameplay fluída e precisa, a direção de arte estupidamente no ponto e ainda chamaram o Davi sabido (David Wise) de novo para fazer a trilha sonora. Retro Studios no seu auge, pena que nunca mais fizeram um jogo depois dessa MASTERPIECE.

9/10

Not as good as 3 since it's not as well paced, the first world is mid, and it takes time to truly get going. It takes until the 3rd world where I'm really used to the controls.

El mejor plataformas 2D de la historia. Su diseño de niveles es algo fuera de este mundo y David Wise hizo magia con su banda sonora!

Played the Switch version and achieved 200% completion, but did not go for any of the Time Attack medals.

Ok, yeah, holy shit. This game is nirvana in every way. The levels are filled with creativty, wonder and bombasticness, yet never at the expense of tight level design and controls. Tropical Freeze is a masterclass in design, and already one of my favorite games of all time.
That said, here's my hot take: The bosses of this game kinda lag, and the final one specially is a pain in the ass. So much so that I actually prefer returns just a tiiiiny bit more? The levels in that game aren't as good, but the bosses aren't nearly as bad, and also that game has a lot more levels in general. Idk, sorry to be a contrarian, I love both games either way.

Posiblemente necesité jugarlo más recientemente, pero en su momento se me hizo que cumplía y nada más, pero creo que es una joya que necesita ser renovada con otra entrega.


One of the greatest 2D platformers ever made, probably better than the Rare games.

More games need New Added Funky Kong Mode

really fucking beautiful soundtrack holy shit. definitely knew before hand that this soundtrack was great but going through all of it at once i am absolutely amazed by how fucking beautiful and stunning this whole thing was god damn

Super good. I just wish it had more worlds in exchange for there being less levels in each world, as the theme for each world starts to get a bit dull especially in worlds 2 and 4. But the final world having frozen remixes of all the worlds from country returns was freaking awesome