
For the most part the stages are designed very averagely. It sounds good but it doesn't fit aesthetically in with the theme of each stage.Ģ. It's not great, just different so the change is welcome.ġ. The new type of enemines, ie the move away from kremlings works well. Sure it's not cutting edge but it looks great.Ģ. The game looks good and has a great aesthetic. I'll share what are some good and bad points of Tropical Freeze.ġ. Thu 16th Jan game is not as good as you incorrectly think it is.

It felt like another Banjo-Kazooie game, it even had Banjo-Kazooie-like music, but weirdly enough offered worse graphics than the 2 Banjo games and Conker's Bad Fur Day, even though it needed the Expansion Pak when the other, better-looking games didn't.ĭonkey Konga 3 was another disappointment (because it was Japan only). I'm glad that Tropical Freeze resolved all those major and some minor issues.ĭK64 was another disappointment. It didn't have the groundbreaking graphics or the outstanding soundtrack that you'd expect from a game that has "Donkey Kong Country" in its title. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Switch / Wii U)ĭKCR was just a disappointment. I mean, from a todays point of view, all the arcade and NES Donkey Kong games are objectively worse, especially Donkey Kong 3 and Donkey Kong Jr. Wow, Donkey Kong Jet Race (or Barrel Blast) doesn't deserve last place. It's about time we ranked every Donkey Kong game from best to worst, then! Or, more accurately, from worst to best. From 1981's original Donkey Kong up to the Switch port of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, the ape and his clan have consistently featured in Nintendo games for 40 years now. It's easy to forget just how many games Mario's erstwhile nemesis has to his name. The ape's original game not only conquered the arcade and introduced the world to the character who would become Nintendo's mascot, it also saved the company and put it on the path to becoming the huge global concern and cultural icon it is today.

While Mario is the undisputed man when it comes to all things Nintendo, let it never be forgotten that it was Donkey Kong who gave the plumber a leg-up in the world of video games. With rumours of a new DK game and an animation project in the works, we're bracing ourselves for an outbreak of DK fever any day now, and to celebrate four decades of Donkey we're republishing our ranked list of his entire library of classics. 9th July 2021 marks 40 years exactly since the original Donkey Kong debuted in arcades and the world got its first look at the eponymous ape and his adversary, Jumpman (whatever happened to him?).
