Nintendo president Reggie Fils-Aime spoke with Retro's Michael Kelbaugh at that very event, asking, "So, I've been looking at all of the social media, and one of the big questions is, 'Why did Retro decide to do another story of Donkey Kong Country?'" Right away, Nintendo even tried to address the whole not-Metroid-ness of the project. sigh." The implication, shared among a large chunk of the audience, being that Retro was too talented a studio to be working on a silly kid's game. As if anyone wants Retro stuck doing this game again.
One colorful commentator offered, "It looks REALLY great (loved the rotating camera) but what a kick in the dick. Threads popped up on gaming message boards like NeoGAF calling the announcement a "disappointment," even given the game's pedigree. Surely, Tropical Freeze looked like a sure bet on Nintendo's first HD console.īut right away, the game was hit with the anti-buzz of angry Metroid fans, demanding that Retro return to Samus's territory. Donkey Kong Country (which began on the SNES in the 90s and was rebooted in 2010's Donkey Kong Country Returns) was always popular, and always pushed the graphical capabilities of its home hardware.
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When the late, great Satoru Iwata-then president and CEO of Nintendo-introduced the game at in its launch trailer, he noted that the Donkey Kong Country series was "known for dynamic action and creative stage design." I'm not one to quote PR, but in this case, he's right.
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