![]() See? Three Donkey Kong Country games, still purchasable. The SNES Donkey Kong Country games are all still there. Upon hearing that Tropical Freeze was removed from the eShop, I checked. He lost that bet and then disappeared on a. In fact, RawkHawk2010 bet that within six months of those games getting on the Wii U eShop, they would be removed. The Donkey Kong Country series has a history of disappearing off Nintendo's digital distribution platforms, such as the three SNES Donkey Kong Country games on the Wii's Virtual Console. The inconsistency is a bit troubling, as well as the lack of announcement that they do for things as unimportant as the Wii Shop Channel. However, games like Mario Kart 8 and Pokkén Tournament are still available for digital download on the Wii U eShop, so this doesn't apply to the rest of the ported games. It's obvious why this would happen: So it wouldn't cannibalise sales of the Switch version. ![]() It's unknown exactly when Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze became unlisted from the eShop. And it's there, waiting for me to download it back. On that note, digitally downloading Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was one of my biggest mistakes of the Wii U. If you placed Tropical Freeze on your wishlist, then you can access it there as well.ĭon't be afraid of this Delete button. If you already have the game, you can delete it from your Wii U memory and redownload it at will. The Buy Digital button is now gone from the Wii U game page on. The game isn't removed or deleted from the eShop, but it is unlisted. It's true that, if you suddenly now want to buy Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze digitally on the Wii U, that'll be rather difficult. (Such as the Ace Attorney series, which sells for $30 when the standard 3DS game is $40.) With Nintendo repricing the game at $60, that might give Tropical Freeze the reputation boost it deserves. A substandard price might signal a statement about the game's quality, even though substandard price games are often amazing. They weren't good, and I was keeping track of them closely whenever Nintendo released financial statements because Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze deserves many millions of people buying it. ![]() I think the $50 price might have hurt Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze's sales. You can get it even cheaper now if you buy a physical copy of the Wii U game. 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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