Almost ten years have passed since then Nintendo Donkey Kong Country has released a new game in the series – and there’s not a new one coming soon does a port you missed on the way. The land of Donkey Kong returns, originally released for the Wii in 2010, is coming to the Switch on January 15, 2025. It was a great game for its time and I hope it holds up well in about 15 years. At the very least, the controls should be simpler, as Nintendo won’t be forcing motion controls into the mix with this remaster like they did with the Wii original.
This game is connected Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Ice Cream like another modern interpretation of the franchise. Tropical ice cream was first released for the Wii U in 2014 – but since no one owned that underpowered console, its arrival on the Switch in 2018 meant that a much larger audience got to try the game. This is not exactly the case The land of Donkey Kong returns, sold well for the original Wii. Still, Donkey Kong Country fans are hungry for a new game, so this will have to do for now. I’m sure it’s been years since a lot of people checked it out, so I hope it feels somewhat fresh.
