Paris Lilly

They didn't give us much. I thought they were going to give us more to talk about, but cool.

Thank you, Greg.

Thank you, Greg.

Story number two. Give me a water bottle. Talk about how good dinner was. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets a review roundup here. It has a Metacritic of 77 currently, Open Critic of 78. Logan Plant at IGN gives it an 8 out of 10, saying Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a passable remaster of an amazing platformer.

Story number two. Give me a water bottle. Talk about how good dinner was. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gets a review roundup here. It has a Metacritic of 77 currently, Open Critic of 78. Logan Plant at IGN gives it an 8 out of 10, saying Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a passable remaster of an amazing platformer.

More modern improvements and a larger graphical update would have been nice, but this is still one of the greatest 2D platformers Nintendo has released this century. Alex Olney from Nintendo Life gave it a 7 out of 10. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a fine way to play the 2010 original, but it's also lacking any real reason for fans to double dip beyond waggle-free controls.

More modern improvements and a larger graphical update would have been nice, but this is still one of the greatest 2D platformers Nintendo has released this century. Alex Olney from Nintendo Life gave it a 7 out of 10. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is a fine way to play the 2010 original, but it's also lacking any real reason for fans to double dip beyond waggle-free controls.

It's less of a remaster and more of a port, to be honest, which would be all well and good if it wasn't being sold at such a premium. There's plenty of fun to be had, but we can't help but walk away from it with a slightly sour taste in our mouths. Our advice? Grab the superior Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze instead.

It's less of a remaster and more of a port, to be honest, which would be all well and good if it wasn't being sold at such a premium. There's plenty of fun to be had, but we can't help but walk away from it with a slightly sour taste in our mouths. Our advice? Grab the superior Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze instead.

Steve Watson GameSpot also gives it a 7 out of 10, saying the 2010 franchise revival gets a makeover and some modern conveniences. But while difficulty spikes make it tough to recommend for anyone but the most dedicated DKC fans. Paris, are you playing this? Do you have it yet? No, I don't have it yet. Have you played the original? Yeah, yeah, I played the original. I am playing this.

Steve Watson GameSpot also gives it a 7 out of 10, saying the 2010 franchise revival gets a makeover and some modern conveniences. But while difficulty spikes make it tough to recommend for anyone but the most dedicated DKC fans. Paris, are you playing this? Do you have it yet? No, I don't have it yet. Have you played the original? Yeah, yeah, I played the original. I am playing this.

I'm the final boss right now. Very difficult, if you remember. Kicked my ass a little too many times. I would give Donkey Kong Country Returns HD a 7 out of 10 as well. I'm right there with IGN and GameSpot on this. I... Love the original, but only in the context of when it came out and the time and like platforming around it.

I'm the final boss right now. Very difficult, if you remember. Kicked my ass a little too many times. I would give Donkey Kong Country Returns HD a 7 out of 10 as well. I'm right there with IGN and GameSpot on this. I... Love the original, but only in the context of when it came out and the time and like platforming around it.

Mainly because Tropical Freeze so much better in every single way, I think. And this game, the HD version, solves many of the issues that the original had. The issues being it was on the Wii. And Nintendo loved putting horrible gimmicks into games on the Wii that legitimately, I feel like almost across the board, you could remove the gimmick from the Wii game. And it's a better game. Yeah.

Mainly because Tropical Freeze so much better in every single way, I think. And this game, the HD version, solves many of the issues that the original had. The issues being it was on the Wii. And Nintendo loved putting horrible gimmicks into games on the Wii that legitimately, I feel like almost across the board, you could remove the gimmick from the Wii game. And it's a better game. Yeah.

And age has shown that. And I think it's specifically with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD mechanics like the blowing where Donkey Kong just needs to blow on things. It's horrible. It's never fun in the game. It never feels good. It doesn't feel like it's doing anything useful for adding to the gameplay or the experience at all. So it's still being there. Kind of a bummer.

And age has shown that. And I think it's specifically with Donkey Kong Country Returns HD mechanics like the blowing where Donkey Kong just needs to blow on things. It's horrible. It's never fun in the game. It never feels good. It doesn't feel like it's doing anything useful for adding to the gameplay or the experience at all. So it's still being there. Kind of a bummer.

The original game having waggle controls for the role, one of the most bizarre gameplay choices for a precision platformer that I've ever experienced. So getting rid of that makes this game better just from the jump. But yeah, so what are your memories of playing Donkey Kong Country Returns as the original?

The original game having waggle controls for the role, one of the most bizarre gameplay choices for a precision platformer that I've ever experienced. So getting rid of that makes this game better just from the jump. But yeah, so what are your memories of playing Donkey Kong Country Returns as the original?

Yeah, so I'm conflicted in a lot of ways, because I think that the quality of the game in terms of level design and what's actually here is higher than a 7 out of 10, but I do think that this package for this version in particular, the price outraces. Yeah, the price is the big thing. Absolutely outrageous.