chewey
10-30-2010, 09:49 AM
A bunch of previews have come out about this game in the last couple days and everybody is pretty much saying the game is awesome. It's extremely difficult and has loads of secrets and collectables.

Here's (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_vjj4-CnTU) the most extensive video preview I've found, but you can see more here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SO9BUpwcKLs) and here (http://au.ign.com/videos/2010/10/28/donkey-kong-country-returns-video-preview). There's probably a few other videos that'll show up in the related videos on youtube. There's an in-depth discussion of the game here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRpUwo4fSOM), but it's 30 minutes long so make sure you've got the time to sit through it. And finally, 1up (http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?pager.offset=1&cId=3182127&p=), Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/28/donkey-kong-country-returns-preview/), Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5675560/50-deaths-in-donkey-kong-country-returns-in-one-sitting) and likely many others have written about the game.

I am pretty pumped about this.

Smarty
10-30-2010, 01:53 PM
Looks good, by if there's 1 Wii game I'm getting over the holidays, it's Epic Mickey. Warren Spector is back, baby!

chewey
10-30-2010, 02:32 PM
I'll definitely be picking up Epic Mickey as well :D

RikkuYunaRinoa
10-30-2010, 09:18 PM
Yay finally a reason to power up the wii.

Looks like they have borrowed from LBP a little. But you can still see the SNES game there a lot! I think i'll be getting this, if not buying it then definitely renting it for a weekend. I don't have my own wii but there is one at my Dad's that is never touched.

I didn't see any ostrich bonus level though :(

RAMChYLD
10-31-2010, 04:23 AM
Hmmm, not surprisingly, not by Rare. Still, looks fun. Might look into it.

Tanis
10-31-2010, 04:29 AM
Sonic finally got a good game,
DK is getting a good game...


HOLY SHIT 2012 IS REAL!
D:

The Terminator
10-31-2010, 04:47 AM
Yeah, finally another DK Country game! My favorite all time DK game was definitely the first Donkey Kong Country, that's on my top favorite SNES games and top favorite games of all time. It's good to see a "Return" to Donkey Kong Country.

chewey
10-31-2010, 05:00 AM
Hmmm, not surprisingly, not by Rare. Still, looks fun. Might look into it.
Retro Studios are developing the game and they're pretty great. They're at least a far better developer than Rare is now.

The Terminator
10-31-2010, 05:35 AM
Microsoft fucked Rare up, (just like they do everything else). Microshit bought out Rare in 2001 or 2002, basically after Conker's Bad Fur Day released on N64. It's too bad because they were one of my favorite developers. From Battletoads to Donkey Kong Country to Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark and ending on Conker's Bad Fur Day.

Tanis
10-31-2010, 05:49 AM
I enjoyed Donkey Kong - Jungle Beats Wii; it removed that stupid bongo crap and felt more like a proper DK game than the N64 one did.

Hero Killer Id
10-31-2010, 07:53 AM
I'm hyped for this as well. 2 Wii games in a month for me it's amazing. The other was Kirby's Epic Yarn.

BTW Flux the Zoe Deschenel (sp) avatar is awesome.

Arigeitsu159
10-31-2010, 07:55 PM
Very much looking forward to DKCR. I was a bit disappointed with DK64, so hopefully this game will make up for it. If RetroStudios was involved with this game, then you'll know it'll be good since they worked on the Metroid Prime series and it didn't disappoint.

Epic Mickey definitely looks worth getting as well. :)

Tanis
10-31-2010, 08:12 PM
I'm waiting for another Klonoa or BlastWorks myself...but I doubt that's ever going to happen.
:(

execrable gumwrapper
11-01-2010, 11:58 PM
DK taking a page from New Super Mario Bros.

Tanis
11-02-2010, 12:06 AM
DK taking a page from New Super Mario Bros.
Shitty multiplayer?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

chewey
11-02-2010, 06:04 AM
I'd hope not, since the NSMB games haven't been that good. They've been way too easy.

Sackboy
11-02-2010, 05:13 PM
I was also hyped about Kirby's Epic Yarn, until I found out you can't die in that game, now all my hype is focused on Donkey Kong. The original still stands as one of my favorite games out there.

Hey, Nintendo, where's Star Fox?!

Tanis
11-02-2010, 05:15 PM
I don't care if you can't die...

The PoP game was fun...even if it was easy.

Sackboy
11-02-2010, 05:19 PM
But how's the replay value?

Tanis
11-02-2010, 05:59 PM
But how's the replay value?
I wouldn't know, don't own a system that can run it (a PC or PS3/Xbox360).
I beat it at a friend's house, and it was fun while it lasted.

I'd say it has as much as AC1/2.
Play it in another six months or whenever you just want something pretty and simple to play.

chewey
11-02-2010, 06:24 PM
I was also hyped about Kirby's Epic Yarn, until I found out you can't die in that game, now all my hype is focused on Donkey Kong.
You're missing out.

GenoNyght
11-07-2010, 09:12 AM
I have faith that Retro will do well with this. It would be nice to get a new Star Fox or F-Zero sometime in the near future.

Sackboy
11-07-2010, 10:12 AM
I lost all interest in F-Zero when I started playing wipEout, however, the ORIGINAL F-Zero is still all kinds of effing awesomesauce.

Oh, boy, Donkey Kong should be great. Not sure why it's so important to me, but I really can't wait to see the lighting effects with sunsets and stuff.

Bladeforce
11-08-2010, 10:39 PM
F-Zero just totally owns Wipeout on every level! Sony just plain ripped off F-Zero with that one!

Sackboy
11-08-2010, 11:59 PM
Actually, wipEout was developed by Psygnosis. At the time it was a 3rd party publisher and wipEout was available on PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC and Nintendo 64. It wasn't until much later that Sony purchased that company which is today known as Studio Liverpool. To say Sony ripped off F-Zero is like saying nascar ripped off Grand Prix Motor Racing and Formula One. The idea of racing super-fast futuristic hovercrafts is not all that original either.

waleed64
11-16-2010, 11:26 PM
donkey kong country its my best game of all time ever, i love it more than shenmue its my # 1 game. i hop they make it like the the fun of rareware did to us.

waiting for a new star fox with the wii mot ^.^

Sackboy
11-22-2010, 03:03 PM
Ok, it's been out since yesterday. Who has it and who's playing it?

Arigeitsu159
11-22-2010, 04:22 PM
Probably gonna pick it up later this week.

chewey
11-22-2010, 09:51 PM
Ok, it's been out since yesterday. Who has it and who's playing it?
I'm up to World 5. It's fun and everybody should play it.

Tanis
11-22-2010, 10:24 PM
I'm, uh, grabbing it later tonight.

A WILD SNORLAX APPEARS
11-23-2010, 12:07 AM
Microsoft fucked Rare up, (just like they do everything else). Microshit bought out Rare in 2001 or 2002, basically after Conker's Bad Fur Day released on N64. It's too bad because they were one of my favorite developers. From Battletoads to Donkey Kong Country to Goldeneye 007 and Perfect Dark and ending on Conker's Bad Fur Day. microshit, nice. you're a clever man. tell me, what did mikkkro$oft do to Rare exactly?

oh ps this game owns. retro can apparently develop the shit out of anything you put in front of them

Sackboy
11-23-2010, 12:36 AM
I'd like to get it except I'm saving my monies for Gran Turismo 5. Hopefully I'll have DCCR next week.