It's no masterpiece.

Is it at least playable? I heard 10h of content

It's a masterpiece. Nintendo is back, baby.

>>715751629
first world will put you to sleep

>>715751737
It can't be that bad bro they have dk64 as a template don't tell me they went with M*rio odyssey instead..

>>715751913
I'm afraid it's much more like the latter

>>715751913
DK64 is awful. I played through it just long enough to get to the arcade game and it was a chore. I did it again years later on a Wii U and it was worse because it aged horribly. I don’t know how these Bong-developed games appeal to people

>>715751586 (OP)
Masterpiece

>>715751586 (OP)
Well of course. A masterpiece is the work that proves that a creator has become a master of their craft. This team didn't need to prove that.

I’ve enjoyed what I’ve played so far but it’s just too easy. Hopefully it will get more challenging later on.

How many boxes of Dunkaroos did they send to this guy so he'd give it a 10?

You’re no masterpiece.

>>715752259
>filtered by arcade machine games
It's a great collectathon maybe one of the best ever. Level design is fun and sets up lots of good backtracking moments. Kongs are all unique and fun in their own way. Unlocking powerups feels good same with unlocking zones. Boss fights and some enemies are especially memorable, and the 4player pvp mode was insanely fun for the time.

>>715752448
It won't, lol
Easiest donkey kong game ever made, no hyperbole

>>715752472
the fact dudes name is literally Plant is very funny to me. ign's brand is gonna be cooked so fast if they continue down this path of running punched up PR "reviews" written by nobodies groomed by nintendo staff for months in advance via exclusive press events.

>>715751737
Sounds like tropcial freeze in that regard

>>715752472
It was a really nice park to be fair, I liked the Mario Kart game

>>715751586 (OP)
Not every game can be a masterpiece. It’s still a GOTY contender though, slightly better than Astrobot imo but I’ve only played a few hours so far

How hard is the game if you don't buy the upgrades?

It feels like the majority of the shrine challenges are just super easy combat trials that you clear in ten seconds, wish they would've went harder on platforming and bananza-specific ones

>>715751586 (OP)
ive been watching it on streams today and i cannot believe anyone would actually buy this game. its literally a tedious "run around in circles collecting things" game. this is so bad. you all cant be serious right now. it doesnt even have cool DK music, its just some generic valley music.

holy shit i cant believe this is what DK is now, i am shocked by how bad this is. its like the DK version of Pokemon scarlet. even the paid shills cant pretend to have fun with it on stream.

>>715751586 (OP)
>It's new, it's shiny, and it's an exclusive, incentivizing even more under or misinformed sheople to go and buy a Nintendo Switch™ 2, IN STORES NOW :D
By modern "standards", it IS a masterpiece. You're mad at a symptom, not the sickness as a whole, but I share your frustration. Unfortunately, if S2 sales figures are accurate, I don't think things will get any better. There's too much bullshit momentum.

>>715755960
It fits nicely into the pile of unsuccessful forgotten DK spinoff games.

>>715752448
Yep, pretty much this.
Piss-easy difficulty measures are the primary underlying factor that's killing modern Nintendo games.
Nintendo needs to accept that not every fucking gamer out there is a retarded ADHD 6-year old, and that seriously need to implement actual difficulty options into their mainline games from this point forward.

>>715756359
nta, but if nintendo bothered to replace DK's design in mk AND the player icon, with no means of the rare version available unless you redeemed one specific to a certain game, this isn't a spin-off, this is meant to be DK's big comeback. I'm not saying I like it, or want it to be this way, but I mean.... I see little to no evidence on the contrary

>>715751586 (OP)
I haven't enjoyed a single post RARE Donkey Kong game. The series legit peaked on SNES.

>>715752259
The game is massively elevated by the mod that lets you swap kongs on the fly so you don't have to do a bunch of pointless backtracking.

>>715751586 (OP)
Nintendo hasn't made a single player masterpiece ever since Super Mario Bros 3.

Hot take but I really just don't think Donkey Kong has the cultural staying power to be a mascot like Mario in 2025. Kinda like Superman he's dated and inseparable from the past. Whereas Mario is like Batman in that he always adapts to the current times.

>>715757468
Kids don't play mario games outside like mariokart anymore. Its all 30-40 somethings.

I cant believe that tendie IGN reviewer gave it a 10. I feel ripped off buying this game and its also piss easy

>>715752520
64's level design is terrible even beyond the kong swapping and bananas. Banjo Kazooie and Tooie both have relatively open worlds with lots to explore, DK64's worlds are a bunch of hallways with small rooms placed around. There is little flow or cohesion, it sucks.

>>715758041
>ripped off
>piss easy
I honestly take no enjoyment from kicking those who are already down, but with all the threads venting frustrations about modern nintendo, ESPECIALLY considering switch 2...
You're not actually surprised by this, are you?

>>715755960
>run around in circles collecting things
the horror of a collectathon game revolving around collecting stuff instead of being a cinematic story about blacks/troons

>>715758915
You're saddled with an annoying fully voiced female who doesn't shut the fuck up throughout the game. That's inching dangerously close to Sony exclusive territory.

>>715759689
No, anon. You see, voice acting in nintendo games is a good thing, because immersion. There's no way the botw naysayers were on to something all those years ago

It should've been a beat 'em up like Godhand.

>>715758915
aren't there 600 bananas? real rewarding shit, there

>>715751913
it ripoffs banjo kazooie, actually

>>715759689
>You're saddled with an annoying fully voiced female
>back loli
I will now play your game