HeisenbergLannister
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New DKC: Tropical Freeze Info (1080p confirmed, Soundtrack 100% David Wise)
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
It is hard, but it does look sharp enough even with YouTube's compression to appear as if it came from a native 1080p source, as opposed to a 720p source upscaled.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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MemoryHumanity
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Game is absolutely gorgeous in person. Videos don't so it justice. Same with Pikmin 3.
Starphoenix
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friskykillface
Banned
trailer looked pretty good but that damn rocket barrel will cause me to lose 320489324839 lives :'(
hyped though B^)
hyped though B^)
MannyToons
Member
"One player must always be Donkey Kong". *sigh* As if they would actually make any last minute adjustments to this. I guess that will continue to be my only complaint about these games. Looking great otherwise.
That's what I didn't like about the Wii game. The monsters look horrible compared to the SNES goodness we had...
That's not the only thing that's hard winkwink
Quick, somebody post one of those dong shops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_VQOsJpAd0#t=155 I don't think the graphics are disappointing. Looks really great for a platformer like this
Well you'll always be able to push things a little more at lower resolutions. It does look good, it just doesn't wow me you know?
I don't mind that though, I loved Returns and I'm sure this game will be great too. I'm not that much of a graphics whore.
I'm afraid I haven't, I would have loved to though! But yeah, games always do don't they?
Metroid prime? Believe.
I saw it in real life back when you could play levels at Best Buy and it definitely looked dissapointing to me, something about the textures and lighting didn't look all that much better then a higher res Wii game. If it's truly 1080p then I'll forgive it entirely and actually be impressed by what they've managed to do
New gameplay video from IGN is up. Looks sharp!
Opinions and all but I can't for the life of me figure out how someone can like the Kremlins' designs other than nostalgia. DKCR's designs aren't great, but they're mostly inoffensive, I actually like the Tikis. The designs in this one look much better though. It's a very subjective thing of course.
LordOcidax
Member
The hair of the Kongs looks like it uses AMD Tressfx technology. Cool.
Jules Coast
Member
So much platforming goodness (or godliness) on the Wii U.
Just finished SM3DW. Picking up Rayman Legends and TW101 for Christmas and then this in February. Off the charts quality.
Just finished SM3DW. Picking up Rayman Legends and TW101 for Christmas and then this in February. Off the charts quality.
Did you play the first one? Pick that up for cheap and see if you like it.
masterlobo
Banned
So the game has everything DKC fans ever wanted
- Cranky
- Funky
- Cool levels
- DAVID WISE
- 60 fps
- 1080p
- Coop
BUT WHERE ARE THE KREMLINS?! I'll never forgive Retro for that. The monsters look like SHIT.
Just check the bees in the new trailer compared to that mother fucker:
Wait wait...
does this feature PROPER controller support (not wiimotes)?
I doubt it makes much of a difference, but when TF was scheduled for release this year, it was planning to release for $50, instead of the usual $60.
$10 difference isn't too much, but it's something.
I will say that the Snowmads so far look leagues better than the Tiki tribe who I found to be incredibly boring and a poor replacement for the Kremlings. Also it isn't just the Kremlings that are gone from the latest platformers, it is almost the entirety of the cast of the original DKC series. Returns for instance had only 5 original DKC characters which were DK, Diddy, Cranky, Rambi, and Squawks. Tropical Freeze has Dixie and Funky returning, but a lot of the original DKC characters are still missing, people just latch to K. Rool and the Kremlings since they are the most notable omissions. Things such as Animal Buddies (Squitter, Enguarde) and many non-Kremling enemies (Gnawty, Zinger, Necky) have also been left in the cold. I hope the primary reason for ditching most of the old cast was for Retro to stretch their wings and leave their own mark on the DK IP, because so far their original character designs are forgettable and lacking the strong ties that the old cast had for several years during Rare's run.
BruiserBear
Banned
I'll be quite pleased if this is native 1080p/60fps.
Looking at the graphics and sizing up this new information, I can only conclude that the Retro underestimated the capabilities of the Wii U. That or they didn't have the time to properly do R&D on the hardware.
100% David Wise is just awesome. The interns that worked on the first game are hopefully working where no one will give a fuck.
100% David Wise is just awesome. The interns that worked on the first game are hopefully working where no one will give a fuck.
BUT WHERE ARE THE KREMLINS?! I'll never forgive Retro for that. The monsters look like SHIT.
Just check the bees in the new trailer compared to that mother fucker:
Totally agreed, King K. Rool was ALWAYS the nemesis of the country series. HOW CAN YOU MAKE A NEW COUNTRY GAME AND NOT PUT KREMLINS IN IT? WTF is this shit Retro? but besides that it looks really good.
Yes.
Vanillalite
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Bravo if this is Native 1080 60fps.
That would mean the big 3 Nintendo titles we know coming are all gonna be 1080p in Donkey Kong, Kart, and Smash.
That would mean the big 3 Nintendo titles we know coming are all gonna be 1080p in Donkey Kong, Kart, and Smash.
masterlobo
Banned
YES!
Wait, what?? Since when was Mario Kart running in native 1080p?
If it's native 1080p, and we know it's 60fps, I will be VERY impressed. Seriously. I have been a little disappointed by the visuals, but if it's 1080p 60fps that would be impressive.
Yeah, there's no way Kart is 1080p. It has a huge graphical leap over DKCR and SSB.
Yeah, there's no way Kart is 1080p. It has a huge graphical leap over DKCR and SSB.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I don't think Kart is 1080p, unless this is a recent development. All media has been native 720p.
plank
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Wii remotes are supported but just like the last game its not mandatory.
Diddy Kong
Banned
100% DAVID WISE!!
Alls missing is the Kremlings :/
Alls missing is the Kremlings :/
TheSpaceBetween
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I thought it was confirmed he was collaborating with Yamamoto.
If they have fully rendered the worlds in 3D..I find it a shame they didn't make it into a fully 3d platformer.
It looks far more impressive visually when the camera is panning around than it does when it's just sidescrolling. I would have been far more hyped for a 3D DK platformer than another sidescroller.
It looks far more impressive visually when the camera is panning around than it does when it's just sidescrolling. I would have been far more hyped for a 3D DK platformer than another sidescroller.
TheSpaceBetween
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Retro's character design has never been close to the level of their environment design, even dating back to the Metroid Prime days.