Review mmazurr 4/5 · Mar 2, 2026
Just beat this game again for the third time(played on Wii and 3DS) and plan to dabble a little bit running through the extra levels. This game has always been great to come back to over time. I personally enjoy it more than the Rare games and when it came out it was a welcome return to form to what …
Just beat this game again for the third time(played on Wii and 3DS) and plan to dabble a little bit running through the extra levels. This game has always been great to come back to over time. I personally enjoy it more than the Rare games and when it came out it was a welcome return to form to what the first game offered.
As a port I think this is ok. They've since patched the game for Switch 2 to support [I assume] 4k and now the game lets you play with Dixie Kong as a partner. Dixie gives a way bigger boost than Diddy and even lets you access secrets far easier than originally intended. She's still a welcome addition, though. I think this version of the game still lacks a bit of polish in UI and a good amount of the visuals in the game seem to be from the lower fidelity 3DS version instead of the Wii version. It's not the biggest deal, since this is still the definitive version of the game. I just wish it was 100% of the way there instead of 85%.