Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Play it on: Nintendo Switch, Wii U
Current goal: Finish Autumn Heights
I bought my kids Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for Christmas but I’ve been the one spending most of the time playing, which is fine, honestly, because this game rules. The new Donkey Kong Country games never quite managed to rekindle the magic of the evocative 3D visuals from the original SNES trilogy but the level design and set pieces are top-notch in Tropical Freeze. It’s fast, breezy, and unlike the modern 2D Mario games, genuinely challenging at parts. It’s getting me hyped for the Donkey Kong Country Returns HD remaster and what I hope might secretly be a new Donkey Kong Country platformer launching alongside the Switch 2 later this year. My bananas are crossed. — Ethan Gach
