Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
4.11 from 1209 ratings
2952 members have it in their collection · 208 playing now · 933 backlogged · 727 wish listed
How long? Main story 11h · with extras 12h · 100% 25h (from 37 logged playthroughs)
All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game-play elements and features. And now, there are four playable characters! Dixie Kong is back to join the adventure as a playable character alongside Diddy Kong, and for the first time in Donkey Kong Country, bearded old …
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All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game-play elements and features. And now, there are four playable characters! Dixie Kong is back to join the adventure as a playable character alongside Diddy Kong, and for the first time in Donkey Kong Country, bearded old hero Cranky Kong joins the adventure with his bouncy cane. Any of the three can buddy up with Donkey Kong, and each character offers a different gameplay experience. On their journey to reclaim Donkey Kong Island, Donkey Kong and his friends travel across five islands with a variety of stages that include underwater areas and frozen environments.
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Details
- Developers
- Retro Studios
- Publishers
- Nintendo
- Genres
- Platform
- Themes
- Action
- Franchises
- Donkey Kong
- Series
- Donkey Kong Country
- Events
- VGX 2013, Nintendo Direct @ E3 2013
Release dates
- Feb 13, 2014 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii U
- Feb 21, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
- Feb 21, 2014 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
- 2014 (Full Release) (Brazil) Wii U
- Apr 15, 2016 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
Also available on
- Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2018) · NSW
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Rating distribution
5 stars
453
4 stars
508
3 stars
187
2 stars
50
1 star
11
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status bikwin Jun 18, 2023
i replayed this sort of recently (wii u) and my opinion really hasn't changed much since 2014 (actually 2015 i got it late). this has a very bog standard structure for a platformer with its six neatly packed worlds with 4-8 perfectly linear levels in each as well as a boss and a couple of secret exits per world. but …
Read morei replayed this sort of recently (wii u) and my opinion really hasn't changed much since 2014 (actually 2015 i got it late). this has a very bog standard structure for a platformer with its six neatly packed worlds with 4-8 perfectly linear levels in each as well as a boss and a couple of secret exits per world. but god DAMN if retro didn't put their entire pussy into almost every level in this game!!!! the level design more than makes up for the fact it doesn't do anything particularly revolutionary with dkc's core gameplay. my only complaint is that i wish they put at least a fraction of that pussy into the bonus stages
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Status El_Diegote Apr 5, 2023
Unlocked hard mode and playing with diddy and dixie definitely feels more classical donkey kong-ey, so it is likely than some of my issues with the feeling of this game was more because of having to play with donley than with the game itself. And the secret world was quite fun although it is weird adding new gimmicks in the …
Read moreUnlocked hard mode and playing with diddy and dixie definitely feels more classical donkey kong-ey, so it is likely than some of my issues with the feeling of this game was more because of having to play with donley than with the game itself. And the secret world was quite fun although it is weird adding new gimmicks in the very last level.
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Status cwknight Mar 20, 2023
I think maybe this is going to be too hard for me to finish. I felt like the second boss was just so hard and it took me maybe 10 or 12 tries, even stacking myself with power ups. I just suck at dexterity stuff... That's why I'm more of an adventure/RPG gamer. Though I do really like the game …
Read moreI think maybe this is going to be too hard for me to finish. I felt like the second boss was just so hard and it took me maybe 10 or 12 tries, even stacking myself with power ups. I just suck at dexterity stuff... That's why I'm more of an adventure/RPG gamer. Though I do really like the game feel of this game, it's like a Sonic game I actually like.
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Status El_Diegote Mar 20, 2023
Is there a reason not to pick Dixie when possible? The "You're playing inefficiently" achievement?
Status El_Diegote Mar 18, 2023
I just love that they put back some mine cart levels.
Status El_Diegote Mar 17, 2023
Someone in design decided that they had to change how DK runs. Now you have to keep pressing Y to run for a long while. I just can't.
Status El_Diegote Mar 17, 2023
Busted Bayou is by far the prettiest DK stage I have ever seen.
Status georgeypoorgey Mar 16, 2023
Been playing this again because of DKD and @BMO playing it. So people know it isn't nostalgia just speaking, I still think this game is one of the best. Donkey Kong was riding Rambi while that pig guy was running checkpoints and David Wise was going bonko mode. What a great game.
Status BMO Mar 11, 2023
Sweet god, the hype is real folks. Now I understand why Mark Brown titled his GMTK video on DK: Tropical Freeze "Mario's Level Design, Evolved" and described it as "platforming design at its best." I wish New Super Mario Bros. U was half this good. Beautiful pixel precise platforming, tight character control, deeply reliable movement and a game that's, so …
Read moreSweet god, the hype is real folks. Now I understand why Mark Brown titled his GMTK video on DK: Tropical Freeze "Mario's Level Design, Evolved" and described it as "platforming design at its best." I wish New Super Mario Bros. U was half this good. Beautiful pixel precise platforming, tight character control, deeply reliable movement and a game that's, so far, a joy to play. Even swimming is pleasurable. I know the DK fandom loves the entire series, but now I know why some call this the best one. It's, without a doubt, the tightest, most satisfying DK game that I've played and up there with the best of Nintendo's other platformers. And even though we all know I believe that bar to be a low one to clear for DK games based on my opinion of the classic games, I really have to emphasize that this isn't just a small step up in my opinion of a DK game, this is a giant leap. This is an absolute banger of a platformer, at least from what I've played so far.
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Status DucksOnQuack Feb 12, 2023
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a work of art. It is the KING of context. The environments give so much context to the mechanics of the game and while it's still a video game first, the world isn't to the platforming's detriment as it still varies so much per level. Also, it's very pretty and well animated.
Status sonsistem Dec 10, 2022
I had never played a DK until this one and I bought it because a friend recommended it. I've enjoyed, but I didn't know how hard it was. Nevertheless , I enjoyed more Rayman Legends and Ori & the Blind Forest. I think I was expecting more of this franchise. Didn't enjoyed the bosses either, especially the last one.
Status m_e_mackin May 11, 2022
Weellll done donkey Kong platformer. What else needs to be said. You know who you are if you liked it. If you didn't, the you need to do some soul searching.