It never really made much sense why it was $50 then to begin with. People are super upset that Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is more expensive now than it was on the Wii U. I'll dedicate a whole article to Funky Mode later, since I think it's fascinating.įor now, I want to address two interrelated issues: The game has been removed from the Wii U eShop, and people's general upset reactions. But NOW it features Funky Mode, which is where all of the marketing for the Switch version is going into. It's just as fantastic as four years ago.

Fantastic game, developed by Retro Studios and composed by David Wise - David Wise's work won KoopaTV's Best OST of 2014.ĭonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is released on the Nintendo Switch today, on for $60. So, let's do that.ĭonkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released on the Wii U on Februfor $50. Nintendo is generously offering us the opportunity to make up for that unfortunate dark stain on KoopaTV history. KoopaTV's infamous February 2014 hiatus prevented us from doing that.

I wanted to write something about déjà vu, but it turns out that while we wrote a lot about Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze before its release, and a lot about Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze after its release, we never published a release article for the game on the Wii U. Though you should have done that four years ago. By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - You can still get the game on the Wii U.

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