Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a 2010 platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released first in North America in November 2010, and in other regions the following month. The game's story focuses on an evil group of Tiki-like creatures known as the Tiki Tak Tribe that are unleashed on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotize the island's animals into stealing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's banana hoard, prompting the two to traverse the island to reclaim it. Donkey Kong Country Returns was the first installment of the Donkey Kong Country series to not involve the original series developer Rare and the first to be released after Rare's purchase by Microsoft. The game was a critical and commercial success; it has sold over 6.53 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling titles on the Wii and received positive reviews for its graphics, level design, and gameplay, although its motion controls and high difficulty received more mixed responses. A port for the Nintendo 3DS developed by Monster Games, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was released in North America and PAL regions on May 24, 2013, in Australia the following day, and in Japan the following month. A sequel, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, was released for the Wii U in February 2014 and for the Nintendo Switch in May 2018. A high-definition version of Donkey Kong Country Returns developed by Forever Entertainment, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, was released for the Nintendo Switch on January 16, 2025.

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Developer

Retro Studios

Publisher

Nintendo

First release

November 21, 2010

Series

Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Country

Cover

Official thumbnail

Record ID

Q585939