DK's Fur is BACK?! The Good, Bad, & Missing FX of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

[@lolzwutify]

For me the worst things are missing sunsets and the lava. They must fix these issues. Thanks for detailed analysis!

[@JaniMelender-w1h]

Yeah, lighting is all kinds of off and flat.

[@copyer9088]

But those are all very minor things it’s still going to be the definitive way to play this game I think most people’s issue is just the price they’ve charging full retail for it and it’s 10 year game

[@Al3x-c4s]

for me its the water, i love the second world and you will see it everywhere

[@copyer9088]

@@Al3x-c4s still a very minor thing again I’m going say it again they’re changing full retail price for it and it’s an older game

[@chileanmilk5486]

I know that some people will see these things as "nitpicks", but for a $60 dollar remastered we expect nothing but improvements in almost (if not) everything from the original game. Also, I know that the normal consumer won't look out for these problems because all they want is a New Donkey Kong game and this covers that perfectly. Either way, problems like these should be improved or fixed, but that doesn't mean is an awful product overall. We want this to be the best because we love DK.

[@drewzi2044]

Retro seems to be able to work very fast. Looks like they are ironing things out to me.

[@AWMonopolyMan]

@@drewzi2044This isn’t even Retro, its Forever Entertainment

[@ashfallen1]

@@AWMonopolyMan Retro Studios would’ve done a much better job, don’t know why Nintendo didn’t have them do the HD remaster instead.

[@AWMonopolyMan]

@@ashfallen1Because Retro are hard at work on Metroid Prime 4, simple as that

[@ashfallen1]

@@AWMonopolyMan I’m sure they have multiple different dev teams working on other projects outside of Prime 4.

[@Reyn_the_Insane]

It's very apparent this remaster wasn't made by Retro. The amount of visual inconsistencies would not slide with Retro.

[@edwardnoi9788]

It was made by Forever entertainment I believe this is their first time handling a Nintendo enhanced port.

[@CheckmateStallioN]

at least Tropical Freeze turned out really good on Switch which is a much better game than Returns anyway. DKCR is one of the weakest in the series. the last decent game on switch was Mario Wonder and after that all other games have been nothing but lazy efforts. look at Luigi's Mansion 2 HD and Mario Luigi Brotherhood and how shitty they turned out

[@edwardnoi9788]

@@CheckmateStallioN I kindly disagree on Brothership btw and Luigi’s mansion 2 is still a good game albeit Flawed but good.

[@robertlauncher]

@@edwardnoi9788I feel like at this point, any project outsourced should have its trailer begin with the devs’ company name, so we know who failed and also to be cautious in the first place. I got the impression Retro was doing this, and I’m pretty disappointed now.

[@edwardnoi9788]

@@robertlauncher A lot of the times enhanced ports are outsourced to other studios and since Nintendo has a deal with Forever Entertainment now, this seems to be their first project. Can’t blame them tho, because Retro is probably very busy making sure Prime 4 is in tip top shape to release.

[@volvoman5262]

He's gonna compare the entire game to it's original version at this point

[@Martinn834]

Kid

[@AdondeBoy]

That's exactly why I'm here

[@mbone877]

We're going to get a Donkey Kong Country 3 comparison comparing the switch 3 vs switch 2 version before we get GTA 6

[@get_stached]

And I am going to watch the entire thing

[@cubeg5813]

it's = it is

[@qwerty77772]

Next trailer will have no fur again.

[@GameXplain]

god i hope not lmao

[@ilikegetting]

Lol you know Nintendo GameXplain

[@ilikegetting]

@@GameXplain thank you!

[@shuckylad]

The Wii was a beast of a 480p machine 💪🏻

[@ZeroPlanZone]

The Wii was the definition of "less is more".

[@justineld4905]

The power of two Gamecubes duct taped together is unstoppable!

[@ZeroPlanZone]

@@justineld4905 and those were two of the best GameCubes know to man.

[@filmnmusic1]

I didn’t have a Wii for very long, because the 480 resolution made my eyes hurt. I had the same problem when playing a PS2 on an HD TV.

[@ZeroPlanZone]

@@filmnmusic1 The struggles of using them on newer TVs, they don't translate well.

[@alexsudati]

They literally added 5 horizontal almost static stripes of "sea foam" and said "here's your freaking waves..."

[@PlasmaStar87]

Guess You can say Dk has been having a "BAD FUR DAY"?

[@noahpimm8272]

Haha nice one

[@SuperPwnageBoi69]

Say that again…

[@zediahtimmons9704]

Compare to the 3DS I'm starting to think it's a 3DS to Switch port

[@cosmicopeyote]

that's it

[@nil7444]

it does feel like that and would explain ALL ISSUES pointed out in the video.

[@mikayel6175]

Except its missing 3ds effects too

[@Pragles]

makes sense. they would've had to remake all the 3ds exclusive levels if they used the wii version of the game. less work and can still put the price tag at 60 🤷‍♀

[@luisoncpp]

It's a possibility, the 3DS and the Switch both use ARM architecture in their processor, but the Wii uses PowerPC; so it should be much easier to port a game from 3DS to Switch than from Wii to Switch. Maybe they just took the 3DS version, put the assets from the Wii, upscaled it and tried to improve the lighting and the effects.

[@volvoman5262]

This remaster is going to make us say "we treated you too harshely Luigi's manshion 2 hd"

[@PeachyFanboy]

At least that remaster made lot of good scene changes with upgraded textures and it has online plus better controls with the pro controller

[@volvoman5262]

@PeachyFanboy exacly. And yet people hated it, So Nintendo said "you want something actually lazy? Here you go!" Still buying the game

[@avery-u1w]

Mansion

[@josh6453]

I’ll never say that. Because I still hate Luigi’s Mansion 2.

[@raymaniqe1906]

​@@josh6453 game is goated for me

[@Anubalfer]

Every downgrade is awful. They were either porting it one to one with no quality control, or they simply couldn't port it and didn't bother to find a way to make it happen. I hope they fix these things like the other improvements made.

[@aleckermit]

Seems like the devs are in a war for replicating lighting and effects from the Wii version. The lava and mud bubbles are pretty bad... hope it's sorted out.

[@ItApproaches]

This just shows that Retro is quality, and whoever is handling this is not.

[@jakeviolet2195]

No-name 3rd world outsource firm I'm sure. Some of these mistakes are amateurish. They have access to the original assets, but they don't know what to do with em.

[@everettgiesbrecht779]

It's by Forever Entertainment, and they don't have a great reputation based on their past work IIRC

[@ashfallen1]

@@everettgiesbrecht779 True, the only good games they’ve developed was the Front Mission remasters.

[@Ziomeq57]

@@jakeviolet2195 Forever Entertainment is based in Poland so.... yeah you could say it's 3rd world in some aspects :D They've also have never done a good port in their lives so the quality checks out.

[@aionios1796]

The only thing I'm really bothered by is the missing sun in level 1-5 Canopy Cannon and 3-6 Temple Topple. I specifically love those levels because of how they look with the sun in the background.

[@GagePlays]

Happy to hear a lot more positive changes this time! The lava and water look bad, but most everything else is looking pretty good! I hope they fix these small details so this $60 remaster is an actual upgrade to the original.

[@perpetualcollapse]

Basing the port on the 3DS version was a bad decision. It saved time, but it just doesn’t feel like the grand home console game it’s supposed to be.

[@Polska1994]

Probably for the bonus levels and already implemented button controls. That said, the games incredible on wii, 3ds and I'm sure on switch as well

[@JoseViktor4099]

Kind of weird considering that All Stars adapted Galaxy control scheme, and that tbh they could perfectly Remake the 3DS levels. Agreed, It was a poor decision.

[@SALTYTOAD00]

​@@JoseViktor4099 Because Super Mario Galaxy already had a version with button controls made prior. The NVIDIA Shield release in China.

[@JoseViktor4099]

@@SALTYTOAD00 Idk, I feel that they could had done something even considering the galaxy NVIDIA version. Changing control is not a big of a deal on programming, in fact I would say is the easiest thing you can do.

[@SgtSlapmaster]

That’s what they did? God, no wonder so many issues then.

[@JasLamArr91]

I just hope that this leads to a new Donkey Kong game soon…

[@BlueT128]

I'm convinced that the version of the game that has been used as the base is the 3DS port rather than the Wii version. It explains why things are downgraded and aren't quite working as you'd hope. I also find it so strange that the opening cutscene still has the expected hair on his wrist, yet the in-game model doesn't! I mean, surely the people developing this can see that? I'm still keeping everything crossed that the final version will have fixed most of this.

[@SALTYTOAD00]

It's improved from last time, even if it was minor. The devs are making progress.

[@ashfallen1]

Got a month left till release, so we’ll see how much more progress they can get in that limited time. So far looks promising but I’m not gonna say anything yet until we get closer to release.

[@volvoman5262]

@@SALTYTOAD00 thank god this indie company is slowly but shurely listening to our complains.

[@SALTYTOAD00]

​@@volvoman5262 The indie company comment doesn't work when you learn Nintendo nor Retro Studios is working on this port.

[@bemblob]

i swear if it comes out and is completely normal and better then the Wii version it’s gonna make all of this so much stranger

[@jjopification]

Or not. Maybe they’re just constantly working on the visuals and just happened to use a mix of different builds for the trailers, literally mixing up old and new stages of the game.

[@Cookieman01010]

the wii version is still better

[@darkestmoonoriginal]

Honestly Im quite happy with this, as someone who couldn’t enjoy the wii version because of the controls and couldn’t properly play the 3ds version because of how tiny the characters looked in that screen this port seems like the best of both worlds. I love tropical freeze and this game is shaping up quite fine.

[@Polska1994]

Agreed, always better when these ports have more effort but it's such a good game that I'm just happy it's a console game without motion controls

[@svenmandelkorn3238]

Glowing effects are missing in the sunset and lava level. It's very disappointing.

[@cody32390]

@@svenmandelkorn3238 Oh shit, not the glow effects. I only play games with glow effects

[@MoonSarito]

The only problem is that as they are charging $60 for this remaster, the minimum expected is that it would be equal to or better than the original versions. That's why these graphical problems are so annoying, I doubt anyone would create problems if it only cost $40 like the Pikmin ports.

[@darkestmoonoriginal]

I paid $50 for this when it released on Wii, paid $40 when it was ported to 3ds (I traded that away later), paid $20 when it was made available digitally in the wiiu eshop and paid $20 when it released as a Nintendo select on the 3ds eshop again to give it another chance. Im not saying price isn’t an issue but my point is there have been multiple ways to enjoy this game at various different price points for years, everyone knows the only reason this game is coming out is because of the Donkey Kong amusement park expansion so this is more of a premium release cause not a lot of people care for this game specially when tropical freeze already exists and is way better than returns. Definitely do not feel pressured into buying it.

[@FlergerBergitydersh]

At this point the trailers seem more like development updates for keen-eyed viewers than promotional videos.

[@Phelaidar]

It's clear the trailers are using stock footage from different builds and not the latest build everytime.

[@SergioPL]

It’s sad. So, it’s safe to assume that they “improved” the 3DS version and not the Wii game?

[@chadboban]

Feels like they're getting footage from several different builds hence why the fur was gone in one trailer then back in another. It's really weird. But I think, since they're charging $60 for this remaster, the nitpicking is warranted. Remember the Metroid prime remaster was $40 at launch and that had so much work put into it, it may as well have been called a remake.

[@everettgiesbrecht779]

Thanks for making these videos! Someone needs to hold Nintendo accountable for trying to publish a somehow inferior version of a Wii game at full price in 2024

[@nunflower18]

gotta say, the environment and level design in the DKC games are what make them so much different from other platformers. Like NSMB, 2d assets in the background with little variation, but in DKCR it has so much depth, and you can clearly see that in the original version. There's not much "flavour" in what I've seen so far, as vibrant as the remake looks

[@BammsSippRoppHutzLeppSippLoi]

Who would have thought back in 2010 that we would get a worse version 15 years later haha

[@shadowednight1600]

Had we known, we would had let Nintendo know this is not ok. Picture 15 years from now we get a worst looking version of Super Mario Bros. Wonder

[@Oscar-Guzman]

Right, I hear the best version is on PC.

[@BammsSippRoppHutzLeppSippLoi]

@ Could be. I doubt that I will care though😂

[@BammsSippRoppHutzLeppSippLoi]

@ 🐬

[@johnforkner]

He sounds so bewildered. Compare the Switch version to the 3DS port and all your questions will be answered. This remaster is based on the 3DS version, not the Wii.

[@theofficialzeldamaster6377]

Was thinking that too. I knew nintendo would be lazy. It makes getting the exclusive 3ds levels on switch more easy for them.

[@jakeviolet2195]

They should call it DKC Returns SD.

[@everettgiesbrecht779]

DKC Returns: Demastered

[@mikayel6175]

DKC Returns LD

[@steelraids]

it's obvious this is a port of the 3DS version and not the Wii original it's unfortunate that they didn't do much to touch it up but the main reason why this game looks worse in many aspects is only because the game is a port of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

[@mkb8997]

Look at 8:02, the background has no texture at all. This is one of my favorite games of all time. I can't believe how they butchered it. There's still time for fixing this mess i hope.

[@dragon-tamer7956]

It's one of my favourite games too... This "remaster" is a travesty and a rip off 😿😔

[@StrangeDad]

GameXplain single-handedly making Nintendo clean up their mess.

[@Pheicou]

Watch fur being a toggeable option in the final game lol

[@Gnadab]

This is hurtig the DK and Nintendo brand.

[@levimilk]

Its really interesting seeing the differences but this is a pretty fast platformer, ill be too focused on not jumping down a pit to notice these things in motion.

[@Internetpurge]

Justice for octopus bubbles! 😤

[@inverse_of_zero]

At this point I'm convinced that all the visual 'downgrades' are due to the developers trying to ensure that the frame rate isn't tanked. With these visual downgrades, and the fact that they didn't revert to the classic aspect ratio, I'm now so glad that my first time ever playing this game (which was earlier this year) was the original Wii version (using deblur, HDMI output, and 4:3 aspect ratio hacks) 👌

[@MoonSarito]

Sometimes I wonder if this remaster is being made by some inexperienced team at Nintendo. It's kind of strange these inconsistencies and downgrades for a $60 remaster especially since generally remasters of Wii/Wii U games are great on the Switch.

[@AWMonopolyMan]

Its not, its being handled by an entirely different studio

[@ashfallen1]

@@AWMonopolyMan It’s being made with an amateur dev team end of story.

[@ashfallen1]

@@AWMonopolyMan You’re just proof Nintendo fans have no standards, you’ll take anything as long as it is half-assed decent.

[@jamesmcgeachie]

I keep going back and forward on buying this in every video. The lava scene is BAAAAAAD. Hopefully that's one last thing they can improve before release.

[@simonvandenbroek6384]

I think it just shows, from a technical point of view. that it was very difficult to port this game. all these changes about particle amounts and rocks disappearing earlier. means that so much had to be redone in such a way for it to look the same. But I believe this was a lot of work.

[@michaelcottrello]

It looks like they worked on the 3DS as a base for the game rather than the Wii

[@EzekielBread-fv1xc]

even though this game has it's flaws, i'm still excited to play it as it will be my second DK game I've ever played.

[@cubeg5813]

it's = it is

[@EzekielBread-fv1xc]

@@cubeg5813 what is this supposed to mean?

[@Franklinstein18]

I feel like all these graphical issues can be pointed to the fact that this version is based on the 3DS version of the game, where things probably had to be toned down to run on 3DS. So they’re taking 3DS assets and trying to remake it too look like the Wii version, but are failing on some aspects; like number of particles, the sun not being present in some scenes, background elements being wrong, etc.

[@Franklinstein18]

Too add, I would like to see more comparisons with the 3DS version so we can see if any of what I stated above is the case

[@captainphoton1693]

It's so wierd how they just downplay so many little effects. That likely would look just fine in HD. Even while Blu-ray. Most of tjoses effects are supposed to be messy. The lava would blend better. The water would look less crisp. Like HD doesn't mean crisp some stuff shouldn't be crisp).

[@zackivanov9461]

Just seeing gameplay footage of this game plus your classic voice over talking about it makes that 60 price tag less daunting by the minute. Bananas!!

[@DanielCeniza]

a lot of what sakurai advices on his channel... they didn't do here...

[@mrperson9877]

At this point, nintendo's just going to shave the kongs bald

[@Dremag_Gaming]

1:07 Meanwhile in Mario Kart Tour... 👀

[@b2j135]

to me, this is pretty much a confirmation that they remade the 3DS version and NOT the wii version...probably because they didn't want to remake the new exclusive stages? sadly because of this decision the wii portion is suffering for it...what a confusing port

[@LightOfEon]

My two cents: I agree with most of the things. I am however of the opinion that you might be a little too hard on the water. I think the waves look better than the wii.The only real problems with it are that the water is not see through enough, and the one spot where it's kinda glitchy. I have full confidence that Nintendo will fix and deliver.

[@mecharidley]

Still gonna buy it. We need more Donkey Kong.

[@ignatiousmary8413]

I wish Retro Studios were making Donkey Kong Country Returns HD instead of Nintendo doing it themselves. Nintendo needs to improve the game on the switch before they release it next year.

[@dorien9127]

I think instead of comparing the switch and the Wii versions. You should do all three considering the switch is a 3DS port (which really really bothers me)

[@matthewvandyk7773]

I 100% agree. I have a feeling ign is doing this on purpose to just hate on the game.

[@wesker2397]

This is a port of the 3DS version, not the Wii version for sure? 3ds was a major downgrade. Switch looks like a tiny downgrade, making me think it's the Wii version with some system compat. problems.

[@dorien9127]

@@wesker2397yes it’s the 3DS port because the 3DS port had the extra levels at the end and the Wii version didn’t. And since the switch is including those levels it’s clearly the 3DS Port. But tbh I would leave the levels to have a better looking HD port

[@wesker2397]

Then seems like the best way to experience this game is play on Dolphin in HD and then the Lost World on Citra in HD. Not sure then if the Switch offers ANY upgrades, other than a little more hair

[@matthewvandyk7773]

@@wesker2397 i meam the switch offers the extra levels added in the 3DS version and normal people controls. The only way to play the wii version is motion controls.

[@カーマンさん]

Hello, I'm Japanese, but to be honest, I've only ever played the 3D version, so I'm looking forward to seeing the Kongs on the big screen! (Or is this a remaster of the 3D version?) I'm looking forward to seeing what will be improved in the next month! (I'm also looking forward to going to Donkey Kong Country in the next month.) By the way, I'll be buying it with a game voucher, do you have any complaints?

[@sclurpsclurp]

Id add DK and Diddy's fur is not the right colour as well. Its much darker now and doesnt match the other games and key art

[@Nichou_The_WindMaker]

Did the 3ds port also have less details than the original Wii version? If so, would it be possible that this HD version was developed based on the 3ds port rather than on the Wii version?

[@kitcrucigera6516]

Every time he says "on Wii", I think of Inside Out 2.

[@GameXplain]

Me too hahaha

[@Jormunguandr]

Is the devs watching gameXplain?! 😮

[@GameXplain]

Fun fact: I know that our previous video was discussed internally lol

[@emericfiguet175]

@GameXplain Awesome ahah

[@wesker2397]

I was about to ask the same question. I do hope dev has a full list of downgrades themselves and working on improvements.

[@josecalderon8133]

The lava area is shockingly bad on switch

[@spyroG3]

A port of the NVIDIA Shield version would have been enough for me. (?) People downplaying the issues as just being nitpicking, but colors, effects, backgrounds, details, these things are someone's job, you know. Also, $60 dollars.

[@MahouPoint]

As someone who had trouble playing the original I’m just hoping some of the changes were done for gameplay readability

[@MahouPoint]

Like mega man 11 suffers from particle effects overlapping mega man too much which creates a bit of problems when speedrunning.

[@joshslater2426]

It’s strange that this game is altering so many minor things that shouldn’t be a problem but have a major style downgrade.

[@Solid-Lion_Official]

It seems to me like this is a work in progress if you noticed the fur come back. So if you notice anything missing before that's not here in the present revision I'm sure it's likely it will be back on release. Still worth criticism though since this is an official overview. There's no guarantee it will especially to this degree of improvement.

[@MrFouifoui]

D'un coté, je me dis que ce ne sont que des détails, mais d'un autre, cela aide le jeu à s'améliorer si la vidéo est de plus en plus visualisée. Dommage de ne pas avoir fait ça pour le booster pack de Mario Kart.

[@SolarMothOfficial]

Hopefully most of it is just an earlier version that they used cause if not it would be wierd

[@zanok7796]

Right now I'm more focused on DK64 release in the NSO+ I hope next week that something can arrive after the 2 Tetris games, maybe a Rare-DK Bundle or something

[@Pandarah]

That would definitely convince me on upgrading to NSO+!

[@workdays2]

is someone at Nintendo watching these videos.. as they seemed to fix some things

[@Feruchio1]

Worse Edition But In HD

[@cubechan1938]

I feel like this game will be the "Crash Dummy" to what was "CID the Dummy" (The only difference though is that it's not based on porting a bad game, it's about Dong instead)

[@sei161]

I see this as a pretty good sign that the final version will be pretty close (but hopefully better) to the wii version

[@Debug1954]

Dude, at this point, I feel like we’re just beating a dead horse. All we are doing now is just nitpicking such meaningless stuff. The game looks perfectly fine even when compared to the Wii version.

[@DovonMac1]

Maybe the change in sunset and the rise of water is showing a passing of time between Wii and switch versions. As a funny nod that so much time has come and gpne

[@aionios1796]

To be fair, I think the lava on Switch looks closer to real life lava which has more texture and blacks on top of the fiery orange.

[@CheloWiiU]

I wish Donkey Knog would look exactly how he looks on Tropical Freeze. I don't understand why his fur looks like it's a different color.

[@MaybeHarvey]

This game is still my favourite of all time so I’m still in shock that it’s a reality and am just glad people are talking about it again. I have to say though I do prefer the look of the original because of the colours and lighting and I’m not being biased, however this still looks so much better overall from being 1080p and seeing new details I’ve never seen before. The squid is beautiful

[@pepin.r.n.b]

I feel like with the things like the riple effects, debris and dust are based on the 3DS version of this game, which had I believe way less of that becasue of grafical limitations. Which isn’t a good thing, but it would explain it being off from the Wii version - I hope they will fix everything before its release though

[@greenrobot5]

That's it, I'm not buying this bad remake

[@22_and_unkissed]

Its not a remake...

[@greenrobot5]

@@22_and_unkissed it's an upscaled port

[@MrMrTravman]

I think its a good update with some noticeable flaws. Probably still will be the best way to play that game and considering my wii has been long broken and lost It will def be worth the purchase.

[@lanluhylrean1122]

also, is kinda funny: Tropical freeze managed to get a remaster long before it's prequel Returns is going to get this january... though I wouldn't mind if they delay it with the notice of soo many problems popping up.

[@BenziDK]

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS SINCE YOUR LAST DK VID

[@pty80]

I want every one to apologize to that guy on Twitter who was pointing out all the bad stuff about this ports months ago when they first showed it off

[@mikayel6175]

Why?

[@Gman-mw5jq]

The water looks like the water from the tropical area in Spider-Man Friend or Foe on PS2. IYKYK

[@maguirre16]

Who would've thought the Wii version looked better

[@shawnregina9110]

The difference people are noticing is skill. Retro Studio vs whoever is doing this remake. It’s not the Switch’s ability. It the developers.

[@inceptional]

Christ, who handled this port? There's so much stuff that's just not up to scratch here. This game should be at least as good as the original Wii version in every single araa imo, and actually better in many too. It should never be worse. Get this sorted in a patch, Nintendo. People are paying a lot of money for these ports!

[@EarselBill-bi4xr]

No new playable characters or ANYTHING NEW?!?! For 60$ I’ll pass…

[@oldenvye6432]

Is this port based on the 3DS version?

[@chelseayt17]

The fact we have both control styles (motion and Button) on a bigger screen and the TV will make this the definitive way to play for me for sure but I can't help but be a little disappointed at the graphical issues. Like... has anyone compared the disappointing downgrades to the 3DS? Is it possible THAT is the version serving as the base and the cause of all the downgrades?! Like, that would kinda make sense right? Less particle effects and stuff WOULD make the game run better on 3DS right?

[@disneysydneyresortvirtual9264]

There's new Pictures on the Nintendo Website of the Game.Those seem to be much higher quality and reflect the current state of the development better. The water has better quality there.

[@zakirstocks9514]

I Absolutely missed the Glows of the Barrel Launches on the Wii Version of *Donkey Kong Country Returns.*

[@berkeleycreager3601]

Andre 😭 you realize if this game bombs there will be no more DK 😭😭😭

[@JonathanSArias]

I think the developers lowered the quality of these effects in order to run the game at 60fps on the Switch version.

[@Vvonter]

I'm starting to think that this version is working from the 3DS version and updating the effects has been somewhat trickier. Since if they were pulling from the Wii version, I suspect maybe the transition to HD would have been smoother.

[@Vvonter]

Maybe they're using that version because reworking the 3DS levels would have been harder to implemente to the Wii version. This all speculation. But who knows. We've seen Bandai Namco having issue with porting Tales of Symphonia and no version outside of the Gamecube one ever ran at 60fps.

[@Vvonter]

I feel Andre should just out of curiosity check if some of these lesser effects were present on the 3DS version.

[@duck___e]

Donkey Kong Country Returns DX: Director’s Cut

[@amazaneone1810]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@SamSupercreation]

let's wait until the game releases and then we can yell about screws on rails

[@geminijinxies7258]

The ongoing controversy is ongoing. These DK trailers throws me from despair to hope and then back again!

[@NinToby]

The fur thing is strange. My guess is they maybe they made the second trailer earlier in development than the first and revealed them out of order for whatever reason? But at that point why not just scrap the second trailer and make a new one

[@BakedApple989]

I think it's mostly really good, with the exception of the lava. I'm still excited.

[@mynintendo5996]

Wow, complimenti, fate dei video sempre molto interessanti 😮