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'''''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''''' is a [[Reissue#Ports|port]] of the 2014 [[Wii U]] [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze|game of the same name]] released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] in May 2018. It includes the new Funky Mode, a beginner-friendly mode which features [[Funky Kong]] as a playable character.

[[File:Funky Kong DKCTF Switch screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|Funky as a playable character]]

*Donkey Kong's nose in his in-game model is now more emphasized and defined, matching his appearances in recent ''Mario'' games.<ref>GameXplain (April 6, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo-cArK9T8s DK Got a Nose Job for ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' on Nintendo Switch (Character Model Change)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref>

*Donkey Kong gets a new idle animation in which he pulls out and plays a Nintendo Switch, replacing the his original idle animation where he played a [[Nintendo 3DS]]. Also, if Diddy or Dixie are with Donkey Kong when he pulls out his Switch, they play along with him, whereas Cranky expresses contempt for the console when offered a chance to play.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62I3GgOCdWc</ref>

The Nintendo Switch version of the game debuted at the #2 spot in the UK. It was noted that the Nintendo Switch version debuted 53.7% higher than the original release and that its sales already accounted for 17% of all physical copies of the game in the country.<ref>Brian (May 08, 2018). [https://nintendoeverything.com/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freezes-debut-sales-on-switch-in-the-uk-were-53-7-higher-than-wii-u/ Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze’s debut sales on Switch in the UK were 53.7% higher than Wii U]. ''Nintendo Everything''. Retrieved May 11, 2018.</ref> In Japan, it was the top-selling game for its week of release, doing more than double the launch of the Wii U version with 96.754 copies sold.<ref>https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-year/2018-weekly</ref> In the United States, it debuted at #5 for April 2018 and was the 2nd best-selling game for the Nintendo Switch according to NPD data.<ref>rawmeatcowboy (May 22, 2018). [https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/309576-april-2018-npd-nintendo-labo-donkey-kong-country-tropical-fre APRIL 2018 NPD - NINTENDO LABO, DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: TROPICAL FREEZE, MARIO KART 8 DELUXE, SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY MAKE TOP 10]. ''Go Nintendo''. Retrived May 23, 2018.</ref> By June 30 2018, it had sold 1.40 million units worldwide.<ref>Nintendo's IR Information Website (July 31, 2018). [https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html Top Selling Sales Unit]. ''Nintendo Co. LTD''. Retrieved July 31, 2018.</ref>

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