I'm not getting this. Aside from the price, this seems low effort. The only reason to buy this is if you didn't like the motion controls on the Wii, and to access the exclusive 3DS content.
as someone who has worked on games, it’s very frustrating when marketing shows off unfinished work. the creators probably didn’t intend on anyone to see this stuff. this video is stressing me out
@@HelloSayEm6 so idk about other social media platforms but this is/was a massive instagram meme culture recently. It's basically all kinds of posts of people filming still water in mysterious locations hinting at brain eating amoebia with texts like "those who know 💀". I think it started with people jumping into still water which led people to comment "those who know 💀" which in turn became massive brain rot meme culture. Just look up 'still water' and 'those who know' and you'll be greeted by lots of brain rot memes :D
The fact that they improved some things from the previous trailer really gives me hope! I didn't think that the "it's still a couple months till the release!" excuse would really be true
Like “Donkey Kong World”. Based on Super Mario Odyssey. Donkey Kong and the kongs travel around the world, bumping into not only the jungle, but different places like islands, forest, modern cities, and maybe kingdoms. To spice things up, he might even bump into some cameos (maybe cameo Islands, besides or more than just the Mario series at least). The DK crew can even be involved for the finale.
Maybe Nintendo is all self conscious about how DK TF was better than any side scrolling mario game, and still shows up Wonder by leaps and bounds. Therefore a sequel can't be allowed to happen, even if everyone wants a sequel.
@@NathAnarchy45 inferior is a little unfair. Over all the game looks a lot better than the original, the only real downsides are a couple backgrounds which are missing a couple small things, but calling the entire version inferior for that is a little much.
Retro actually spent a whiiiiiile to get DK’s color right to make him stand out from, say, the wood and whatnot in the backgrounds. This new developer probably slightly adjusted to better fit with some of the new lighting and texturing on the background objects.
Mind you, this game was marked down to $20 on both Wii U Virtual Console and 3DS for YEARS. I don't know about you but if i'm going to pay 3 times as much for a game that's over a decade old I'd like to see significant improvements
Not only do I still have my 3DS copy but I also bought the original one for the Wii less than a year ago. That was before they announced the HD (Switch) Port.
Dude, I’m so disappointed. It’s legit been a decade since the last new donkey Kong game. And it’s been 30 years since the first country game released. I love returns, and I have the 3DS port. But with that, at least they had an excuse to downgrade the graphics given the limitations of the hardware. As much as I love returns, I don’t think I’m gonna be paying 60 bucks for this. DK deserves better.
For real bro!! I have enjoyed Tropical Freeze last year until I sadly lost my game but I managed to complete the gane 100% *TWICE!!* So the fact these idiots are wasting so much time on another port *NO ONE ASKED FOR* leaves a sour taste to everyone's mouth. And don't get me started of how they also f(guitar feedback) up the DLC for Smash Ultimate. *I'LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM FOR F(guitar feedback)ING UP THE DLC!!!* These idiots had *ONE JOB!!!*
See, I don't fully get this argument. SHOULD it be $60/$80(CAD)? Perhaps not. But as someone in college for game development, it's amazing the amount of work it takes to create a DEMO, let alone a full game! I made a time-attack racer in Unity and it took almost 3 months from conception to a final build. And it ONLY had 1 track with 3 difficulties. And planned features weren't added, like all 4 races or even a nitro boost. That was largely from scratch. Times that by, say, 60 levels and suddenly you have a boatload of stuff to test and ensure it works. Plus, developers don't get paid enough and are forced to crunch a lot more than you may expect. Hell, even I WAS CRUNCHING to meet that project deadline. And the Wii and 3DS versions were compiled for different CPU architecture. And while that's a lot less of an issue nowadays, even in stuff like Unity I found can be a hassle to port stuff. What rendered correctly on Windows didn't render correctly on Android. Developers deserve to be compensated for their work. And let's be honest, it's a new version of a game that needed testing to ensure it worked. Otherwise, it would launch in a buggy state. And I've seen loads of people complain about that. And like JRRR92 mentioned, yes it IS 14 years old. But people also should realize that games have often BEEN $70/$90(CAD) in the past. WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION! Like, Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation? If adjusted for inflation, it WOULD be just as much, if not MORE expensive than games today. Sorry for the long-winded comment. I just feel that not enough people acknowledge what goes on behind the scenes or recognize important context with some of these decisions. I'm NOT attacking anyone. If someone doesn't feel it's worth that price tag, that's fine! Great, even! But it may be worth it to others. People made a stink about Tears of the Kingdom being a $90CAD game, which I get. And while I got it on sale, I would have gotten it at $90 if I knew how much more fun I'm having over Breath of the Wild. I just hope that others can at least see and acknowledge the other side, even if they don't agree.
What bothers me most is that why the hell new version does not use more polygons on Switch? Game's enviroments still look blocky and even enemies are not rounded -up.
Because that's on a whole other level. This is just an HD reamster, not a remake. It's A LOT of work to make new character models. It creates new problems that need to be solved, and so on and on.
This game is a hard pass for me. They need to be punished for shoddy work. I'm not running a charity for billion dollar companies. I expect better. Doubly so for 60 bucks. I would have passed for 30 bucks with this sort of work. Even indie studious do better than this when re-releasing their games. Thanks for being informative and making a nice video like this. I'm glad Xenoblade X is looking worth the money so far!
How did they manage to make this look WORSE in some aspects? And why can't they get GC & Wii remasters to run at 60 fps on Switch hardware?! The GC came out in 2001, and the Wii was basically just a slightly improved GC. It's crazy they can't manage 60 fps on a simple remaster, let alone remakes like Paper Mario TTYD. Switch should have zero issue with that. Even worse, they have the nerve to sell these games for *FULL PRICE?!* Pass.
Honestly if the game has all the content the Wii and 3ds versions had and looks better the majority of the time I am alright with it as me as a dk fan just needs something and though I wish it was a new game I am hopeful that a new dk will appear on the next console instead of another remaster like dk hd or tropical freeze
It's strange that this port for the Switch seems like a downgrade, especially considering that earlier, for the Nvidia Shield in China, they released official ports of several Wii games, including *Donkey Kong Country Returns*, where the Nvidia Shield port looks more HD than this one.
Hmm… very mixed… I will say we have no idea when this footage was taken. It could have been a week ago or a month ago. So they still have time to fix things, just not a lot. We have about 75ish days before launch, so there running out of time. I would say there at least aware of the problems now, but I’m not even sure that’s true with the fur textures being downgraded this time around. There’s only a few graphical issues I have with the game now so hopefully those are patched up
My thought process on the water is that they made those changes because the Switch is absolutely terrible with transparency when it comes to performance and how it visually looks even compared to the Wii and GameCube. Hopefully the water on the beach level is improved at least somewhat by release though.
This was one of my favorite 3DS games because it's so dam good and I wasn't used to DKC when it dropped. I'd never played one yet. Kirby Triple deluxe is another Good one.
So the games industry trend is to redo old games but worse? "Experience the same thing again but not as good and pay double the price!!! Get yours now"
I played the demo for Peach and that’s all I needed to play. I played Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon on the 3DS and it was alright, but I couldn’t stand the mission based structure of the game. I get they did that for quick pick up and play sessions, but let me explore the damn mansion without having to restart every 20 minutes.
Yes, it looks bad, but I've seen people here compare it to Sonic Colors Ultimate, which just, no. This remaster is nowhere close to how horrendous that game was.
I'm really hoping this is all just out of date footage. This is my preferred game of the Retro DKC duo and I've been waiting for a definitive release for a while free of motion controls.
At 6:38, remember that the new trailer for the Switch version (where the Kongs now look less furry), was released only by Nintendo UK. Meanwhile, the old trailer was also released by Nintendo of America, so maybe that has something to do with the Kongs’ graphical downgrade between the 2 trailers, but I’m not certain. I certainly hope the graphics in the U.S. copies of the game end up looking the same as they did in the original trailer, but I won’t get my hopes up until I know for sure.
Because the comparisons show different changes. More importantly, why would Nintendo put older changes in a newer showcase video? Shows they don't care about quality control..
This is why emulation is still so prevalent. You pick an old game and boot it up with higher resolution and better effects (if you use something like ReShade). This company doesn't even do the minimum effort to sell this Remaster and yet they charge 60 USD for this... I'm not gonna pay it.
Vicarious Visions did work on a 3D DK game at one point, but Activision canned the project. Also, this game is just really just a tie-in for the Donkey Kong Country expansion.
@@BIayne Unfortunately, DKC Returns HD is being worked on by forever entertainment. Combined with the $60 price point and you essentially got a recipe for disaster.
60 dollars is pretty wild to ask for sice thos was one of the games they re released as a Nintendo select game for 20 dollars later in the wiis life, and on wii u it was also 20 dollars on e shop. So now magical its worth 40 more dollars than before.
Since the first trailer, I’ve always questioned why this remake doesn’t have the graphics of the Tropical Freeze remake. It’s genuinely one of the best looking games period and I really expected DKCR HD to follow in its footsteps. In my opinion, with the way the graphics are looking now, I’d even say that (and this is a *very* bold statement) the Wii version looks better. I don’t know what it is, but the whole game just looks very flat to me, even with the better resolution.
These kind of people are the reason why game devs take 8 years to make a game so that these people don’t cry and complain about a certain graphic not fully polished
Who is doing that low-quality port already? Completely shameful. Nintendo needs to do more quality-checks for their games with some of their affiliates, it's been going down a dangerous slippery slope lately.
I don't know why they're being so finicky with this port. While it looks like they're trying to make it look better, it does still fall short from the original in some aspects making it seem like it's not in high priority of a series to them, yet the price tag is still high as if it was a brand new installment of the series.
This is all “fog wall in Dark Souls Remastered looks worse” level stuff. Barring some catastrophic set of bugs that make the Switch version objectively worse, this stuff is luckily all immaterial.
I remember there being two different pan-up shots to DK's hut, one for Diddy coming out and one for DK coming out, so it's likely they were just two different shots.
Well we should get an overview trailer for the game soon sometime in December so hopefully they might polish the game more and make it look better than how it looked in the announcement trailer five months during the Nintendo Direct 👀🤞
[💚]It's the same thing that all the pokemon remakes since ultra sun/ultra moon (thankfully not legend arceus) have been doing. [💛] Still better than sisterboat
@@benmalsky9834 I mean, sure, it allows us to experience the game with more accessibility, but we could've gotten something else -though this game is awesome-
we really need dk64 remake it deserved more, or also a new dk open world revival the 3d donkey kong was cool idk why the hate... the dk saga only have ports on switch... no new games, whats next? donkey kong jungle beat?
You know they could’ve easily made a remake of something like Donkey Kong 64 or heck even the first Donkey Kong game with the time they had but nope instead they decided to make a second port of a already existing game with supposed better graphics but in places they just seems downright worse and they seriously dare to ask $60 for it. At least Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD has torough better graphics everywhere… I’m eventully still going to buy it because well I always do
Nintendo's policy is becoming increasingly shitty. On one hand we have to pay to subscribe to retrogaming that on emulators or original consoles looked much better and without extra pixels, on the other hand, they create attractions with partial elements taken from the original games, like the new Donkey Kong country attraction. Then they don't make new games with these characters, Oh well, they made another piece of crap remaster, I had already seen a lot of defects in the shadows and in the focus, this time seeing that sea so fictitious and shitty I thought "let them keep it", if I want I'll replay the original on Wii. 🤮
![Enemies, Movement, and a Demo on Real Hardware [SM64 GBA]](/img/n.gif)
I really don’t get Nintendos logic sometimes. So Prime is 40 but this is 60? Legit why? I already own the game twice so I doubt I get it a third time
Probably cause DK sells more then Metroid.
It so obvious,DK sell Games,Metroid have more dificults to sell Games
@@ItApproaches true
@@ItApproachesthat makes his case even stronger then..
I'm not getting this. Aside from the price, this seems low effort. The only reason to buy this is if you didn't like the motion controls on the Wii, and to access the exclusive 3DS content.
as someone who has worked on games, it’s very frustrating when marketing shows off unfinished work. the creators probably didn’t intend on anyone to see this stuff. this video is stressing me out
Haha sorry for causing you stress! That's a completely understandable reaction. Here's hoping it all comes together in the end :)
Well, Retro Studios wasn't involved at all. Forever Entertainment is responsible for this.
@@Austinator0630 That's not an excuse. You're just as much deflecting that the new company isn't doing a better job
@@knuclear200x Forever Entertainment being responsible for this port explains why the visuals aren't all that great.
@@Austinator0630Did like the Panzer Dragoon Remake they made. And Front Mission Evolved 1&2.
Got to remember Retro Studios wasn't in charge of the HD remaster
DKCR HD got the still water update 💀
those who know
@@boyonthephone4331 ☠️
@@boyonthephone4331I don't, care to explain?
@@HelloSayEm6 so idk about other social media platforms but this is/was a massive instagram meme culture recently. It's basically all kinds of posts of people filming still water in mysterious locations hinting at brain eating amoebia with texts like "those who know 💀".
I think it started with people jumping into still water which led people to comment "those who know 💀" which in turn became massive brain rot meme culture. Just look up 'still water' and 'those who know' and you'll be greeted by lots of brain rot memes :D
@boyonthephone4331 Well that's just weird.
Oh my god DK didn't deserve this...
@@Domtendo Hi Domi :)
You’re overreacting.
Didn’t deserve what?
Isso
Betrug
The fact that they improved some things from the previous trailer really gives me hope! I didn't think that the "it's still a couple months till the release!" excuse would really be true
If only they could hage added an extra world or 2
Stop being a damn consumer
@@fillerbunnyninjashark271 All he said is that he's glad the footage has improved from last time. No need to lash out at him.
@SALTYTOAD00 It's barely improving 💀Nintendo can't even do a simple job of porting games.
@@45yearsold This series isn't even developed by them.
And yet, they still charging $60 for this.
You're paying for the name.
Yeah. Not for me.
Just play it with your zipper down, and it will be like less than that it'll be more like 45 or something... Yeah
Just for the record, I'm talking about the zipper on your jacket hoodie... Just don't want to get misconstrued as one of those bagel biters
You'll be fine once the game releases. This also happened with Luigi's Mansion 2
Nintendo should REALLY needs to make a Super Brand Newest Donkey Kong Video Game.
Agreed
An open world with all the kongs like 64
_Super Brand Newest Donkey Kong Video Game_ (2025)
Like “Donkey Kong World”.
Based on Super Mario Odyssey. Donkey Kong and the kongs travel around the world, bumping into not only the jungle, but different places like islands, forest, modern cities, and maybe kingdoms.
To spice things up, he might even bump into some cameos (maybe cameo Islands, besides or more than just the Mario series at least). The DK crew can even be involved for the finale.
@ And with King K. Rool in it.
the worst part is
we have had NO new donkey kong game since the Wii U
Will the next console finally have a new dk game
Also $60 for a 10 year old inferior re-release is insane
The actual last original DK game to date is Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge released in 2016 for the Wii U & 3ds eShop.
Pretty sure theyre building up to something. It is very obvious how they have been releasing all the DK country games on switch over the last months
Maybe Nintendo is all self conscious about how DK TF was better than any side scrolling mario game, and still shows up Wonder by leaps and bounds. Therefore a sequel can't be allowed to happen, even if everyone wants a sequel.
@@NathAnarchy45 inferior is a little unfair. Over all the game looks a lot better than the original, the only real downsides are a couple backgrounds which are missing a couple small things, but calling the entire version inferior for that is a little much.
I don't like how DK looks too brown on the switch, he needs a tinge of orange like the Wii original and the Snes games.
I prefer the brown color, but It is not an issue
Haha
Retro actually spent a whiiiiiile to get DK’s color right to make him stand out from, say, the wood and whatnot in the backgrounds. This new developer probably slightly adjusted to better fit with some of the new lighting and texturing on the background objects.
That's racist
Yeah I don't know why HD remasters do this, it clearly looks darker but at the same time it looks more detailed on Switch.
Oh man, I really hope they fix that wave and bring the fur back
Brand new Zelda: $60
Brand new Mario & Luigi: $60
Port of 14 year old wii game with no new features:
I think it's based on the 3ds version.
and they're still expecting 60? Nah. I've seen better quality through the Dolphin emulator.
Mind you, this game was marked down to $20 on both Wii U Virtual Console and 3DS for YEARS. I don't know about you but if i'm going to pay 3 times as much for a game that's over a decade old I'd like to see significant improvements
I wish I still had my copy of the 3DS version.
Meanwhile, I still have my digital version that I got for free thanks to Club Nintendo from when that was still a thing.
baught it for 10💶
Get it while you can, it's really cheap right now
Not only do I still have my 3DS copy but I also bought the original one for the Wii less than a year ago.
That was before they announced the HD (Switch) Port.
Do what you want cus a-
They should give us the entire dkc show as a separate application when you buy it as compensation.
Compensation for what? As long as the game is still fun to play, that’s what matters.
Nintendo why would you hire a studio that makes shovel ware to make this remaster
Dude, I’m so disappointed. It’s legit been a decade since the last new donkey Kong game. And it’s been 30 years since the first country game released. I love returns, and I have the 3DS port. But with that, at least they had an excuse to downgrade the graphics given the limitations of the hardware. As much as I love returns, I don’t think I’m gonna be paying 60 bucks for this. DK deserves better.
For real bro!! I have enjoyed Tropical Freeze last year until I sadly lost my game but I managed to complete the gane 100% *TWICE!!* So the fact these idiots are wasting so much time on another port *NO ONE ASKED FOR* leaves a sour taste to everyone's mouth.
And don't get me started of how they also f(guitar feedback) up the DLC for Smash Ultimate. *I'LL NEVER FORGIVE THEM FOR F(guitar feedback)ING UP THE DLC!!!* These idiots had *ONE JOB!!!*
I just stick to my Wii for this game.
This is just aimed specifically at you, but those who never played the original game.
Do you understand what it means to make things accessible to the newer generations? That’s the beauty of things like this.
@@benmalsky9834 I would rather buy a Wii for my kids. Newer doesn't always mean better.
If the game was $40 or even $50 I can probably forgive things like this, but for $60 I expect nothing less than quality visuals
This should be 20.
The game is 14 yo.
You’re still getting a terrific game though that’s very fun to play.
See, I don't fully get this argument. SHOULD it be $60/$80(CAD)? Perhaps not. But as someone in college for game development, it's amazing the amount of work it takes to create a DEMO, let alone a full game! I made a time-attack racer in Unity and it took almost 3 months from conception to a final build. And it ONLY had 1 track with 3 difficulties. And planned features weren't added, like all 4 races or even a nitro boost. That was largely from scratch.
Times that by, say, 60 levels and suddenly you have a boatload of stuff to test and ensure it works. Plus, developers don't get paid enough and are forced to crunch a lot more than you may expect. Hell, even I WAS CRUNCHING to meet that project deadline. And the Wii and 3DS versions were compiled for different CPU architecture. And while that's a lot less of an issue nowadays, even in stuff like Unity I found can be a hassle to port stuff. What rendered correctly on Windows didn't render correctly on Android.
Developers deserve to be compensated for their work. And let's be honest, it's a new version of a game that needed testing to ensure it worked. Otherwise, it would launch in a buggy state. And I've seen loads of people complain about that. And like JRRR92 mentioned, yes it IS 14 years old. But people also should realize that games have often BEEN $70/$90(CAD) in the past. WHEN ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION! Like, Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation? If adjusted for inflation, it WOULD be just as much, if not MORE expensive than games today.
Sorry for the long-winded comment. I just feel that not enough people acknowledge what goes on behind the scenes or recognize important context with some of these decisions. I'm NOT attacking anyone. If someone doesn't feel it's worth that price tag, that's fine! Great, even! But it may be worth it to others. People made a stink about Tears of the Kingdom being a $90CAD game, which I get. And while I got it on sale, I would have gotten it at $90 if I knew how much more fun I'm having over Breath of the Wild.
I just hope that others can at least see and acknowledge the other side, even if they don't agree.
@@benmalsky9834 yeah I agree you probably get $60 worth of value here it still feels wrong especially since it's not even a remake it's a remaster
@ it’s really mostly for newcomers, they will find the $60 worth it.
Tropical Freeze is on sale this weekend, don't miss out.
Amazing game!
What bothers me most is that why the hell new version does not use more polygons on Switch? Game's enviroments still look blocky and even enemies are not rounded -up.
Might be intentional art direction
Because that's on a whole other level. This is just an HD reamster, not a remake. It's A LOT of work to make new character models. It creates new problems that need to be solved, and so on and on.
That would make it a remaster not a port
@@ordersquid38that would make it a remake
This game is being worked on by forever entertainment in case you're wondering.
Its a port of the 3ds remake which doesnt have the same effects as the wii
Yeah but that's no excuse for it to not surpass the wii
@@NathAnarchy45 Ofc
It actually has some of the effects, but they seem to be missing on the switch.
@NathAnarchy45 It does surpass the Wii. In resolution. Hahahah! And ya get the 3ds levels and it's 60fps which the 3ds version wasn't.
And I thought Rockstar rereleasing Red Dead Redemption at full price was bad. Holy shit.
This game is a hard pass for me. They need to be punished for shoddy work. I'm not running a charity for billion dollar companies. I expect better. Doubly so for 60 bucks. I would have passed for 30 bucks with this sort of work. Even indie studious do better than this when re-releasing their games.
Thanks for being informative and making a nice video like this. I'm glad Xenoblade X is looking worth the money so far!
How did they manage to make this look WORSE in some aspects?
And why can't they get GC & Wii remasters to run at 60 fps on Switch hardware?! The GC came out in 2001, and the Wii was basically just a slightly improved GC.
It's crazy they can't manage 60 fps on a simple remaster, let alone remakes like Paper Mario TTYD. Switch should have zero issue with that.
Even worse, they have the nerve to sell these games for *FULL PRICE?!* Pass.
We want the OST to be remade by David Wise, and we'll forgive everything.
And this is why I miss the pre-render old style. This is like they making a port of the 3ds version instead.
People will be like: "This is fine! Take my money!"
Honestly if the game has all the content the Wii and 3ds versions had and looks better the majority of the time I am alright with it as me as a dk fan just needs something and though I wish it was a new game I am hopeful that a new dk will appear on the next console instead of another remaster like dk hd or tropical freeze
Imagine Mario Galaxy 2 with seizure inducing glitches like what happened with Sonic Colors Ultimate.
00:54 *SWITCH 2 CONFIRMED!* 😜
Definitely waiting for a sale. Comes off as rushed compared to other Nintendo remasters.
It's strange that this port for the Switch seems like a downgrade, especially considering that earlier, for the Nvidia Shield in China, they released official ports of several Wii games, including *Donkey Kong Country Returns*, where the Nvidia Shield port looks more HD than this one.
As a person who loved this game growing up, this is so disappointing.
Maybe you should keep your expeditions low next time you're so called "favorite game" gets a remastered on the switch.
@Bingman100 ok
EWWW, why did nintendo ruined the backgrounds? This is definitely not Nintendo's greatest port or remake😭
It boggles my mind how they would go OUT OF THEIR WAY to specifically remove a bunch of palm trees in the background like what
I already owned this in Wii and DS. No friggen way I'm buying it on Switch too.
It would be cool if the DK statue changed what color Joy-con it's holding depending on what joy-con you have. That would be an excuse for $60
Hahaha, good joke.
All the other possible GC ports, Wii ports, Wii U ports, and and DK64 did NOT die for this 🙏 😭
DK64 isn't dead. Wouldn't mind a Remake of it though.
Its an HD port not an HD remake. Im still buying it.
I'm not. Buy it for me if you want to give Nintendo that sale.
They have less than 2 more months to fix this so they might want to give Retro Studios a call.
This feels like a rushed remaster just like Pikmin 3 on Switch that even runs at only 720p at 30fps.
Better off playing the original in Dolphin at 4K
Hmm… very mixed… I will say we have no idea when this footage was taken. It could have been a week ago or a month ago. So they still have time to fix things, just not a lot. We have about 75ish days before launch, so there running out of time. I would say there at least aware of the problems now, but I’m not even sure that’s true with the fur textures being downgraded this time around. There’s only a few graphical issues I have with the game now so hopefully those are patched up
(45ish days mb)
It’s like they did all of these changes so they can say they did something
As a huge fan of DK, I think you a lot for these feedback videos which help Nintendo improve the game and let us the fans enjoy a better product
My thought process on the water is that they made those changes because the Switch is absolutely terrible with transparency when it comes to performance and how it visually looks even compared to the Wii and GameCube. Hopefully the water on the beach level is improved at least somewhat by release though.
I hope they will fix all the issues and create the best version of this game.
I think they just made the port HD of the 3Ds version
Yep. They’re comparing it to the Wii version which wasn’t even the base for the remaster. Thats likely the reason for lots of the graphical issues.
That's what I'm thinking as it has the 3ds levels.
THIS is how they're celebrating Donkey Kong Country's 30th anniversary? Pathetic. -_-
Well, this is essentially the grand cumulation of losing Rare to Microsoft.
I know you're upset now so I'll pretend you didn't say that
@@Austinator0630 Retro Studios made DKCR, not Rare.
@@Bingman100 Cope?
@@Sairiui Yes, Retro Studios made DCKR. What I'm saying is that this lackluster port is the grand cumulation of Nintendo letting go of Rare.
This was one of my favorite 3DS games because it's so dam good and I wasn't used to DKC when it dropped. I'd never played one yet. Kirby Triple deluxe is another Good one.
Wake me up when Wario Land Shake It gets ported instead.
You mean “in addition”.
So the games industry trend is to redo old games but worse?
"Experience the same thing again but not as good and pay double the price!!! Get yours now"
No, that’s not the case at all.
>>make mediocre product
>>people buy it anyway unless it's concord
>>make millions $$$
>>repeat
>>stupid people still don't boycott
>>repeat
>>laugh
Pretty much. Paper Mario TTYD got the same treatment. I hate this and prefer to stick to emulation because of it.
This game will go in the same bin I have LM2HD and Princess Peach. I'll pick these up on the second hand market in a year or two.
Lm2hd is far better than princess peach and returns hd
@NotScared with all due respect, that's not saying much.
I played the demo for Peach and that’s all I needed to play.
I played Luigi’s Mansion Dark Moon on the 3DS and it was alright, but I couldn’t stand the mission based structure of the game. I get they did that for quick pick up and play sessions, but let me explore the damn mansion without having to restart every 20 minutes.
In the original you can see the giant DK statue is holding a Wii remote in the remake you can see the giant DK statue, is holding a red joy con
2025 the year of the Donke
Demeech is gonna to have a field day with this topic 😆
He sucks 😁
I do have my hopes seeing some improvements, and I hope the studio behind the remaster fixes these problems.
what did we learn?
the budget always goes into the big nintendo games.
Yes, it looks bad, but I've seen people here compare it to Sonic Colors Ultimate, which just, no. This remaster is nowhere close to how horrendous that game was.
Even that game was fine in my opinion.
Even that game was fine in my opinion.Like with Sonic Colors, the game itself is still great, and that’s all the matters.
I can see why they'd say that. Poor lighting and texture changes for another Wii remaster? Checks out.
I'm really hoping this is all just out of date footage. This is my preferred game of the Retro DKC duo and I've been waiting for a definitive release for a while free of motion controls.
I wish they at the very least added new content so this stuff wouldn't be as bad
You can now play all the 3DS exclusive levels at 60 fps
@lol-ih1tl And it's 1080p. The 3ds was like 512p? Something like that. Actually it's 240p. Damn!
@@WllKiedSnake the 3ds version ran at 30 fps.
@@lol-ih1tl It did. This version is 60fps.
I agree. More levels or a new rendition of the DK Rap would be a nice bit of content to add in on top of the 3DS levels.
2:12 I see a difference of Wii controller, but I see it’s holding a joy con that’s clever.
Oh…
They’re not gonna fix them, are they?…
Probably not, unless it's glaringly obvious.
At 6:38, remember that the new trailer for the Switch version (where the Kongs now look less furry), was released only by Nintendo UK. Meanwhile, the old trailer was also released by Nintendo of America, so maybe that has something to do with the Kongs’ graphical downgrade between the 2 trailers, but I’m not certain. I certainly hope the graphics in the U.S. copies of the game end up looking the same as they did in the original trailer, but I won’t get my hopes up until I know for sure.
How do you know the second trailer isn’t using earlier footage than the first in some scenes? Things like that have happened in game trailers before.
Because the comparisons show different changes. More importantly, why would Nintendo put older changes in a newer showcase video? Shows they don't care about quality control..
This is why emulation is still so prevalent. You pick an old game and boot it up with higher resolution and better effects (if you use something like ReShade).
This company doesn't even do the minimum effort to sell this Remaster and yet they charge 60 USD for this...
I'm not gonna pay it.
Same.
Fingers crossed that DKCR HD is just a precursor to a much bigger, better DK game 🤞
Vicarious Visions did work on a 3D DK game at one point, but Activision canned the project. Also, this game is just really just a tie-in for the Donkey Kong Country expansion.
@Austinator0630 Fingers crossed that DKC Universe Studios expansion is just a precursor to a much bigger, better DK game 🤞
@@BIayne Unfortunately, DKC Returns HD is being worked on by forever entertainment. Combined with the $60 price point and you essentially got a recipe for disaster.
@@Austinator0630Their remakes for Panzer Dragoon and the Front Mission games have been alright.
@@Austinator0630 This really gives off the same vibes as the Pokemon BDSP situation, tbh.
60 dollars is pretty wild to ask for sice thos was one of the games they re released as a Nintendo select game for 20 dollars later in the wiis life, and on wii u it was also 20 dollars on e shop. So now magical its worth 40 more dollars than before.
Not finished yet? Is that realistic with a game releasing Jan 16?
Maybe the Frames, FX, Details, etc. are still in Development
But there were no new trailers released, is this still the same trailer from six months ago?
Nintendo UK/Europe posted a general DK trailer yesterday which had new footage
Since the first trailer, I’ve always questioned why this remake doesn’t have the graphics of the Tropical Freeze remake. It’s genuinely one of the best looking games period and I really expected DKCR HD to follow in its footsteps. In my opinion, with the way the graphics are looking now, I’d even say that (and this is a *very* bold statement) the Wii version looks better. I don’t know what it is, but the whole game just looks very flat to me, even with the better resolution.
These kind of people are the reason why game devs take 8 years to make a game so that these people don’t cry and complain about a certain graphic not fully polished
Who is doing that low-quality port already? Completely shameful. Nintendo needs to do more quality-checks for their games with some of their affiliates, it's been going down a dangerous slippery slope lately.
You’re overreacting. These are all just pointless nitpicks of what will still be a fantastic game.
@benmalsky9834 Sure, whatever. No point in discussing it.
I don't know why they're being so finicky with this port. While it looks like they're trying to make it look better, it does still fall short from the original in some aspects making it seem like it's not in high priority of a series to them, yet the price tag is still high as if it was a brand new installment of the series.
This is all “fog wall in Dark Souls Remastered looks worse” level stuff. Barring some catastrophic set of bugs that make the Switch version objectively worse, this stuff is luckily all immaterial.
You mean like the Pokemon games on Switch? Or if it ran at half the framerate than older consoles for twice the price just like Paper Mario TTYD?
Honestly a lot of this feels like nitpicking considering the average player likely wont notice or care about these details.
Exactly!!!!
That's what i've been trying to say, but do Nintendorks understand NOOOO
even if players dont notice, the game looking worse than it did over a decade ago is an objective downgrade that you don't need to defend
People will notice if a game that used to run at 60 fps now only runs at 30 fps for twice the price.
it couldve been the original DK Country but remaking an old game would actually take a bit of effort while porting a Wii game is free money
I'M SICK OF HIM COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS; I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH THE GEN 9 GRAPHICS FOR A GEN 7 GAME. . .
The point is that the Gen 9 graphics are worse than the Gen 7 graphics.. lol
@@Sairiui I Couldn't agree LESS!!
@@New3DSLuigi364 Your opinion means nothing to me, tbh. I'm not going to support this trash.
Alexa, play the Pirates of the Caribbean theme.
I remember there being two different pan-up shots to DK's hut, one for Diddy coming out and one for DK coming out, so it's likely they were just two different shots.
True, but the one with Diddy has him in the shot, since the camera follows along.
P Diddy
@@KoolAidDinkyTV
Not a good year for Diddy Kong.
mario wiiu on miiverse won't be happy with the water change
The game night receive patches fixing those issues.
Well we should get an overview trailer for the game soon sometime in December so hopefully they might polish the game more and make it look better than how it looked in the announcement trailer five months during the Nintendo Direct 👀🤞
Well it’s still not the graphics of tropical freeze here.
Still haven't finished this game yet. Totally love it, got it on Wii and 3DS. For that reason I can't justify getting the HD version really..
[💚]It's the same thing that all the pokemon remakes since ultra sun/ultra moon (thankfully not legend arceus) have been doing. [💛] Still better than sisterboat
I never played this game in the wii so I'll wait to play in the switch 2 with better graphics
"What inspired you to make a pointless remaster of a goated game?"
"Money"
(yes that's the point but why $60- maybe I'm stingy but come on)
It’s not “pointless”, say why not make a great game more accessible.
Remasters are NEVER pointless. It’s always great to see great games always remain in gamer’s grasp.
@@benmalsky9834 I mean, sure, it allows us to experience the game with more accessibility, but we could've gotten something else -though this game is awesome-
@ Do not cross out that last sentence, it’s true.
@ I am literally okay with whatever Nintendo decides to do and whatever games they decide to release, I’m not picky or choosy.
Isn't that too soon to judge on a trailer instead of the actual game ???
we really need dk64 remake it deserved more, or also a new dk open world revival the 3d donkey kong was cool idk why the hate... the dk saga only have ports on switch... no new games, whats next? donkey kong jungle beat?
That's scary I see in the new trailer they have 2 health bars instead of 3 in the old trailer
There’s 2 different modes in the game, one has 3 hearts and one has 2. You get to choose at the beginning of the game.
@@Vindisk i know that I didn't expect them to use the extremely hard mode setting for this trailer
I think it's based on the 3ds port.
still buying it, same game but on a newer console, way more convenient plus it’s still the same amazing game
I hate how theyve changed DKs fur coat from light brown to dark brown. The whole game looks less vibrant and detailed. Shame.
You know they could’ve easily made a remake of something like Donkey Kong 64 or heck even the first Donkey Kong game with the time they had but nope instead they decided to make a second port of a already existing game with supposed better graphics but in places they just seems downright worse and they seriously dare to ask $60 for it. At least Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD has torough better graphics everywhere…
I’m eventully still going to buy it because well I always do
3:42 does it really look “bad”? Or perhaps just a stylistic choice?
Nintendo's policy is becoming increasingly shitty. On one hand we have to pay to subscribe to retrogaming that on emulators or original consoles looked much better and without extra pixels, on the other hand, they create attractions with partial elements taken from the original games, like the new Donkey Kong country attraction. Then they don't make new games with these characters, Oh well, they made another piece of crap remaster, I had already seen a lot of defects in the shadows and in the focus, this time seeing that sea so fictitious and shitty I thought "let them keep it", if I want I'll replay the original on Wii. 🤮
I often find myself proud to be a 3DS modder
The fire on the fire Tikis is missing yellow too.
I may be wrong but I'm sure that this is not a Wii port, but rather a 3DS port.
I’d rather a had remake of the original DKC games and the one on the N64