Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

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Not to be confused with Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D.
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
American boxart for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
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Developer Forever Entertainment[1]
Publisher Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
Release date Australia January 16, 2025[2]
Japan January 16, 2025[3]
South Korea January 16, 2025[4]
HK January 16, 2025[5]
ROC January 16, 2025[6]
Europe January 16, 2025[7]
USA January 16, 2025[8]
Language(s) English (United Kingdom)
English (United States)
French (France)
French (Canada)
German
Spanish (Spain)
Spanish (Latin America)
Italian
Dutch
Japanese
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Korean
Genre Platformer
Rating(s)
ESRB:E - Everyone
PEGI:3 - Three years and older
CERO:A - All ages
ACB:G - General
USK:0 - All ages
ClassInd:L - General audience
SMECCV:A - All ages
GRAC:All - All ages
FPB:PG - Parental guidance
Gmedia:3 - Three years and older
Mode(s) Single-player
Multiplayer
Format
Nintendo Switch:
Game Card
Digital download

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is an upcoming Nintendo Switch remaster of the Wii game Donkey Kong Country Returns set to be released worldwide on January 16, 2025. First announced during the Nintendo Direct on June 18, 2024, it is the second reissue of Donkey Kong Country Returns, following the Nintendo 3DS port, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, released in 2013. It features all levels from the original game as well as the extra Cloud levels included in the 3DS version.[8] It is the second reissue in the Donkey Kong Country series to be released for the Nintendo Switch, following the port of the Wii U game Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze; and the seventh reissue in the series overall.

Differences

Gameplay changes

  • New Mode from Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D has been renamed to Modern Mode, which gives Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong three hearts instead of two like in the original game and adds new items to Cranky Kong's shop, though unlike New Mode, the player can hold up to nine items in one level instead of three.[8]

Graphical changes

  • As the title indicates, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is rendered in high definition, rather than the standard definition of the Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions.
  • Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have more detailed fur similarly to their Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze models.[8]
  • The artwork of Cranky Kong has refined to resemble Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze rather than DK: Jungle Climber.[9]
  • The counters for collectibles such as bananas use a different font.[8]
  • The game uses the redesigned logo for the Donkey Kong franchise, first seen with the Nintendo Switch remake of Mario vs. Donkey Kong.
  • The statue of Donkey Kong's original 8-bit appearance in Wonky Waterway is now holding a red Joy-Con, replacing the Wii Remote from the Wii and Nintendo 3DS versions.[10]

Miscellaneous

  • The box art no longer shows the Tiki Tong Tower due to the smaller width of the Nintendo Switch keep case.

Promotion

Pre-Order reward for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, 4 pins which represent KONG Letters
The KONG Letters pin set

A KONG Letters pin set and themed microfiber cloth are available as a pre-order bonus on the My Nintendo Store in Europe. The store also features an "Adventure Bundle" that costs an additional £6/€7 and contains the game, a waist bag themed after the game's silhouette levels, and a DK Barrel pencil holder.[11] In North America, the pencil holder is a pre-order bonus at GameStop.[12]

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Miscellaneous

  • Microfiber cloth and pin set distributed with purchases of this game from the European My Nintendo Store

    Microfiber cloth and pin set distributed with purchases of this game from the European My Nintendo Store

  • Waist bag sold with this game in a bundle at the European My Nintendo Store

    Waist bag sold with this game in a bundle at the European My Nintendo Store

  • DK Barrel pen holder sold with this game in a bundle at the European My Nintendo Store

    DK Barrel pen holder sold with this game in a bundle at the European My Nintendo Store

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese ドンキーコング リターンズ HD[?]
Donkī Kongu Ritānzu Eichi Dī 		Donkey Kong Returns HD
Chinese (simplified) 咚奇刚 归来 HD[?]
Dōngqí Gāng HD 		Donkey Kong Returns HD
Chinese (traditional) 咚奇剛 歸來 HD[?]
Dōngqí Gāng HD 		Donkey Kong Returns HD
Korean 동키콩 리턴즈 HD[?]
Dongki Kong Liteonjeu HD 		Donkey Kong Returns HD

References

  1. ^ Initial post about the dev's work on Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Polish only)
  2. ^ NintendoAU (June 19, 2024). Donkey Kong Country Returns HD swings in January 16th, 2025 (Nintendo Switch) 🍌. YouTube. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Nintendo 公式チャンネル (June 18, 2024). ドンキーコング リターンズ HD [Nintendo Direct 2024.6.18]. YouTube. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  4. ^ (June 18, 2024). 『젤다의 전설 지혜의 투영』, 『메트로이드 프라임 4 비욘드』, 『슈퍼 마리오 파티 잼버리』, 『마리오&루이지 RPG 브라더십!』, 『동키콩 리턴즈 HD』 등, Nintendo Switch로 발매되는 타이틀의 최신 정보를 전달. Nintendo Korea. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  5. ^ (June 18, 2024). 《咚奇剛 歸來 HD》的最新資訊公開！本作預定於2025年1月16日（四）發售。 Nintendo HK. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ^ (June 18, 2024). 《咚奇剛 歸來 HD》的最新資訊公開！本作預定於2025年1月16日（四）發售。 Nintendo Taiwan. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  7. ^ @NintendoEurope (June 18, 2024). "Stomp, pound and roll your way through 80 levels of action-packed platforming – solo or in two-player co-op – when #DonkeyKong Country Returns HD swings onto #NintendoSwitch Jan 16th, 2025! 🍌 #NintendoDirect". X. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e Nintendo of America (December 11, 2024). Donkey Kong Country Returns HD – Overview Trailer – Nintendo Switch. YouTube. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  9. ^ Official website
  10. ^ @Andre‬Segers (November 29, 2024). [1] "DK is now holding a Joy-Con instead of a Wii Remote in DKCR HD on Switch" X. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
  11. ^ @NintendoStoreUK (November 11, 2024). "You can pre-order Donkey Kong Country Returns HD now on My Nintendo Store to receive a bonus Pin Set and Microfibre Cloth. For an additional £6/€7, you can get the Adventure Bundle including a Waist Bag and Barrel Pen Holder.". X. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
  12. ^ Donkey Kong Country Returns HD - Nintendo Switch. GameStop. Retrieved November 12, 2024.

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Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D / Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi • Squawks • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig • Wigglevine
Bosses Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck • Tiki Tong
Enemies and obstacles Tiki Tak Tribe Fireball • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Giga Goro Ball • Screaming Pillar • Screaming Pillar (big) • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pilot • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Tong Tower • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing • Tiki Zing (big) • Tiki Zing (Foggy Fumes)
Other Ack • AckStack • Ape-Eating Plant • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Bowling bird • BuckBomb • BuckBot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-Char • Chomp • Chū Komorin • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Frogoon • Giant Chomp • Giga Rangwi • Green Chomp • Hopgoon • Hothead Jed • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping flame • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot · Pyrobot) • Rentamaguma • Robobee • Shooting Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snippys • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Toothberry • Wiggle • Yellow Snaggles
Objects Items Banana • Banana Bunch • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard2 • Green Balloon2 • Hanging vine • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb • Red Balloon
Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel
Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi Crate • Red and blue blocks • Tire • Train • Trapdoor
Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel
Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel Attack) • Blow • Cling • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack
Levels Jungle 1-1: Jungle Hijinxs • 1-2: King of Cling • 1-3: Tree Top Bop • 1-4: Sunset Shore • 1-5: Canopy Cannons • 1-6: Crazy Cart • 1-K: Platform Panic • 1-B: Mugly's Mound
Beach 2-1: Poppin' Planks • 2-2: Sloppy Sands • 2-3: Peaceful Pier • 2-4: Cannon Cluster • 2-5: Stormy Shore • 2-6: Blowhole Bound • 2-7: Tidal Terror • 2-K: Tumblin' Temple • 2-B: Pinchin' Pirates
Ruins 3-1: Wonky Waterway • 3-2: Button Bash • 3-3: Mast Blast • 3-4: Damp Dungeon • 3-5: Itty Bitty Biters • 3-6: Temple Topple • 3-K: Shifty Smashers • 3-B: Ruined Roost
Cave 4-1: Rickety Rails • 4-2: Grip 'n' Trip • 4-3: Bombs Away • 4-4: Mole Patrol • 4-5: Crowded Cavern • 4-K: Jagged Jewels • 4-B: The Mole Train
Forest 5-1: Vine Valley • 5-2: Clingy Swingy • 5-3: Flutter Flyaway • 5-4: Tippin' Totems • 5-5: Longshot Launch • 5-6: Springy Spores • 5-7: Wigglevine Wonders • 5-8: Muncher Marathon • 5-K: Blast & Bounce • 5-B: Mangoruby Run
Cliff 6-1: Sticky Situation • 6-2: Prehistoric Path • 6-3: Weighty Way • 6-4: Boulder Roller • 6-5: Precarious Plateau • 6-6: Crumble Canyon • 6-7: Tippy Shippy • 6-8: Clifftop Climb • 6-K: Perilous Passage • 6-B: Thugly's Highrise
Factory 7-1: Foggy Fumes • 7-2: Slammin' Steel • 7-3: Handy Hazards • 7-4: Gear Getaway • 7-5: Cog Jog • 7-6: Switcheroo • 7-7: Music Madness • 7-R: Lift-off Launch • 7-K: Treacherous Track • 7-B: Feather Fiend
Volcano 8-1: Furious Fire • 8-2: Hot Rocket • 8-3: Roasting Rails • 8-4: Smokey Peak • 8-5: Bobbing Basalt • 8-6: Moving Melters • 8-7: Red Red Rising • 8-K: Five Monkey Trial • 8-B: Tiki Tong Terror
Cloud2,3 9-1: Crushin' Columns2,3 • 9-2: Gushin' Geysers2,3 • 9-3: Spiky Surprise2,3 • 9-4: Mischievous Moles2,3 • 9-5: Topsy Turvy2,3 • 9-6: Tar Ball Fall2,3 • 9-7: Robo Factory2,3 • 9-8: Lavawheel Volcano2,3 • 9-11/9-9 2,3: Golden Temple
Further info Donkey Kong Returns Original Sound Track • Extras (image names in other languages) • Gallery • Staff
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Donkey Kong Country series Donkey Kong Country (1994, SNES) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995, SNES) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996, SNES) • Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010, Wii) • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014, Wii U)
Donkey Kong Land series Donkey Kong Land (1995, GB) • Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996, GB) • Donkey Kong Land III (1997, GB)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong series Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! (2010, DS) • Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (2013, 3DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015, 3DS/Wii U) • Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge (2016, 3DS/Wii U)
DK series DK: King of Swing (2005, GBA) • DK: Jungle Climber (2007, DS) (Banana Bonanza [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Rolling Panic [Unknown, Adobe Flash] • Banana Grab [Unknown, Adobe Flash])
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Other Donkey Kong Circus (1984, G&W) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Donkey Kong (1996, arcade) • Donkey Konk (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Donkey Kong 64 Lore Quiz (1999, Adobe Shockwave) • Memory Kong (1999, Windows/Mac OS) • Couic d'or ! (1999, Windows/Mac OS) • Picross NP Vol. 8 (2000, SFC) • Kremling Krushin (2000, Adobe Flash) • Donkey Kong Country Barrel Maze (2003, Adobe Shockwave) • Mini-Mario Factory Game! (2004, Adobe Flash) • Hurling for Distance (2005, Adobe Flash) • Barrel-Blastapalooza (2005, Adobe Flash) • Donkey Kong: Jungle Fever (2005, arcade) • Mario vs. DK 2: Cannon Kaos (2006, Adobe Flash) • Donkey Kong: Banana Kingdom (2006, arcade) • Timber's Balloon Pop (2007, Adobe Flash) • Play Nintendo activities (2014–present)
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Tech demos Unnamed Donkey Kong Country proof-of-concept (Unknown, VB) • puzzle (Unknown, N64) • spritemonkeyEX (Unknown, N64) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong Wii U demo (2014, Wii U)
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