


Then, like a giant golden banana piercing through variable treetops, Donkey Kong Country Returns hit the market, satisfying both new- and old-school quotas in terms of refreshingly amalgamated nostalgia-inducing gameplay with a modern spin.ĭonkey Kong Country Returns 3D is a convenient port of Retro Studios’ late-era Wii magnum opus, handled with extreme care and equanimity by Monster Games, a developer that clearly understands the importance of not tinkering too much with something approaching flawlessness. Indeed, there was Super Mario Galaxy 2, but even a bona fide first-party masterpiece such as that couldn’t fully feed the ravenous appetites of Wii owners itching for another Nintendo classic of the side-scrolling variety.

By the end of 2010, the then-four-year-old Wii’s significance was trending downward with haste the enthusiasm with which consumers sought out its integrated motion-controlled gaming had quickly faded into a faint murmur.
