Donkey Kong Country Returns Review  by Brian Leahy, Nov 22, 2010
3:00pm PST Related Topics – Review, Nintendo Wii  Let me begin
this review by saying that Donkey Kong Country is one of my
favorite games of all time. The day it was released, I was 10
years old and stayed home from school to finish the game without
turning my poor, overworked SNES off. So, you might say that my
personal expectations for DKC Returns are a bit high.  The good
news is that DKC Returns is a great game. There isn't much of a
story to be discussed beyond: Donkey Kong's banana horde is
stolen and he and Diddy Kong set out to retrieve the stolen
fruit from the creatures of the island across 8 areas, turned
against Donkey Kong by evil tiki-themed, musical instruments and
their mind-control powers.  Donkey Kong now has the ability to
climb on grassy surfaces, which are used extremely well in some
levels and greatly add to the platforming. The climbing is used
much more than barrel blasting, which is quite limited when
compared to the ori