Donkey Kong Country Returns
| Donkey Kong Country Returns | |
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| Developer(s) | Retro Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Bryan Walker |
| Producer(s) | Kensuke Tanabe |
| Designer(s) | Kynan Pearson Mike Wikan Tom Ivey |
| Artist(s) | Vince Joly |
| Composer(s) | Minako Hamano Masaru Tajima Shinji Ushiroda Daisuke Matsuoka Kenji Yamamoto |
| Series |
Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong |
| Platform(s) | Wii, Nintendo 3DS |
| Release date(s) |
Wii Nintendo 3DS Wii U |
| Genre(s) | Platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (Wii) 87.79% (3DS) 83.51% |
| Metacritic | (Wii) 87/100 (3DS) 83/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Game Informer | 9.5/10 |
| GamesRadar | 8/10 |
| GameTrailers | 9.0/10 |
| Giant Bomb | 4/5 |
| IGN | 9/10 |
| X-Play | 4/5 |
Donkey Kong Country Returns is a 2010 side-scrolling platformer video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released in North America on November 21, 2010, in Australia on December 2, 2010, in Europe on December 3, 2010, and in Japan on December 9, 2010. A stereoscopic port of the game, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Europe and North America on May 24, 2013, in Australia on May 25, 2013, and in Japan on June 13, 2013.
The game's story focuses on a group of evil creatures called Tikis known as the Tiki Tak Tribe that arrive on Donkey Kong Island, and hypnotize the island's animals to steal Donkey Kong's bananas. This forces him to retrieve the hoard with the help of his nephew Diddy Kong. Donkey Kong Country Returns is the series' first traditional home console installment since Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2005), and also the first Donkey Kong Country entry not to involve video game developer Rare during its development. The game received critical acclaim, garnering an average score of 87% on GameRankings and Metacritic, and selling 4.96 million copies worldwide by the end of March 2011.
A sequel, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, was released for the Wii U in February 2014. It received positive reviews from critics with Metacritic giving it an 83/100.
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