John Linneman examines Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Nintendo Switch. Does porting developer Forever Entertainment hit a new high point with Nintendo help?

With improved presentation and controls, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is the definitive version of a classic platformer.

Nintendo took advantage of Donkey Kong Jr.‘s classic design from the arcade and NES game of the same name ... like the remastered Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country Returns.

Country Returns breathed life back into the franchise and was considered the spiritual successor of the original Donkey Kong: ...

A look at Donkey Kong Country Returns HD confirms that the game's original developers have been omitted from the remaster's ...

I owe Donkey Kong Country Returns HD an apology. I laughed in disbelief at its initial announcement because it’s not only the third time Nintendo has sold us a version ... It’s full of tough ...

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD brings changes both good and bad to the Wii's impressive and satisfying cooperative 2D ...

Nintendo excluded the individual developers from Retro Studios from the Donkey Kong Country Returns HD credits. Nintendo's history of condensing credits in remastered games has been criticized by ...

Boss battles, whether you’re playing whack-a-mole on a train full ... version make their return here thanks to Joy-Con compatibility, the level of precision required in some of Donkey Kong ...

The original version featured some ... the first time around. Donkey Kong’s weight means he has a lot of momentum and needs a bit of space to get up to full speed, so you not only need to ...

That’s when Donkey Kong clicked for me — and, I’d like to think, when he clicked in general. This was a masterpiece of a platformer. Full of colour ... re-prettified HD version for the ...