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Donkey Kong Country Returns[lower-alpha 2] is a 2010 platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii. It is the fourth Donkey Kong Country game and follows the gorilla Donkey Kong and his nephew Diddy Kong as they set out to recover their stolen banana hoard from the Tiki Tak Tribe. Gameplay, presented from a 2.5D perspective, is similar to previous Donkey Kong games. It features side-scrolling levels where the player jumps between platforms as they collect items, ride minecarts, defeat enemies and bosses, and find secrets. In multiplayer, players control Donkey and Diddy simultaneously and work cooperatively.
Donkey Kong Country Returns | |
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Developer(s) | Retro Studios[lower-alpha 1] |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Director(s) | Bryan Walker |
Producer(s) | Kensuke Tanabe |
Designer(s) |
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Programmer(s) | Tim Little |
Artist(s) | Vince Joly |
Composer(s) | Kenji Yamamoto |
Series | Donkey Kong |
Platform(s) | |
Release | WiiNintendo 3DS
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Genre(s) | Platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Following Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996), the Donkey Kong Country series went on a hiatus and its developer, Rare, was acquired by Nintendo's competitor Microsoft. Donkey Kong creator Shigeru Miyamoto expressed interest in a revival in 2008, and producer Kensuke Tanabe suggested that Retro Studios, known for the Metroid series, would be a suitable developer. Retro sought to retain and refine Donkey Kong Country's game mechanics and art style, and added multiplayer gameplay to distinguish Returns from Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004). Kenji Yamamoto composed the soundtrack; because Rare was uninvolved, series composer David Wise was unable to contribute.
Donkey Kong Country Returns was released on November 21, 2010, the 16th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country's release.
A port with additional content developed by Monster Games was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2013. The Wii version was rereleased on the Wii U's eShop in 2015 and for the Nvidia Shield TV in China in 2019. A sequel, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, was released for the Wii U in 2014. Retrospectively, Returns is considered one of the best Wii games and one of the best Donkey Kong games.