Beautiful concept art for Retro Studiosā Donkey Kong Country Returns shows that this Wii game could have been a different looking beast.
Artist Sammy Hall posted early design work for the Wii game at his blog and on the Concept Art forums late last year, showing off some concepts that didnāt make it into the final gameālike Donkey Kong in Super Mario Bros. 2 filtered through a Virtual Boy lensāand a few familiar locations.
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itās on like Donkey Kong [Country Returns, update 11-28] [Concept Art Forums via Tiny Cartridge]