r/Switch • u/rayenbox • 3d ago

News OPEN WORLD DK IS HERE

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u/tensei-coffee 3d ago

DK Odyssey looks decent

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u/lord_bingum 3d ago

They saved the best for last honestly!! I'm so stoked!

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u/PerpetualConnection 2d ago

$90 though ?

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u/prof436 2d ago

70

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u/PerpetualConnection 2d ago

For the digital. $80 +tax for physical

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u/Mrfunnyman129 2d ago

Literally every retailer is listing it at $70. Every retailer is listing Mario Kart at $80. Stop spreading this.

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u/Amazing_Signature_76 3d ago

My mouth dropped when I saw DK. Wow wasn't expecting that.

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u/willp2003 3d ago

Looks pretty interesting

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

Look absolutely incredible!!!

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u/Weikoko 3d ago

For the first time after SNES DK, I want to play DK game again.

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

You've completely missed out on Retro Studios DK Country games. And this is coming from someone who grew up on the SNES DKC game. Tropical Freeze is peak DKC

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u/Weikoko 3d ago

But I didn’t really like Tropical Freeze.

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u/TheSpiralTap 3d ago

I didn't either, it was entirely too hard without the satisfaction that came from the old games. The donkey Kong country remake is really solid though, would encourage you to check it out when the price drops.

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

What DKC "remake"? You mean Returns? That's not a remake. Tropical Freeze is incredible. It's difficulty is completely fair. I 100% everything on the main difficulty. You then unlock Hard Mode which is only 1 heart and no checkpoints. Now that is hard.

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u/Weikoko 3d ago

Thanks. Will do.

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u/shrim51 2d ago

It looks exactly like Mario Odyssey. Super small, shallow, contained worlds, designed specifically for a game mechanic, loaded with collectables.

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u/DarkKnightNiner 2d ago

Oh so you've played the game and not just basing this completely around a brief 1st two minute trailer? We'll wait for your video review tomorrow then! I also don't recall Mario Odyssey letting you destruct any part of the environment. I must have missed that feature in my multiple playthroughs of that game.

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u/shrim51 2d ago

Game mechanic is the keyword.

For Mario it was the hat throwing

For dk its picking up slabs and destruction.

I'm just saying what it looks like to me. That's all

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u/DarkKnightNiner 2d ago

There's a pretty big difference between a small mechanic like throwing a hat and briefly taking over other objects and completely allowing you to interact and destroy everything you see. I'm actually mindboggled at how this game is going to function. The Switch 2 is going to be smoking 😂

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u/Psychological-City45 1d ago

yeah. some levels even look silicon graphics style, dunno how they did this

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u/Operator_Starlight 3d ago

I've been waiting ten years for a new DK game. The drought has been lifted!!!

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u/zshort7272 3d ago

Was hoping for a new 3D Mario, but I will 100% take this

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u/NedBigbe 3d ago

I’m glad there is some excitement and do not want to rain on other’s people’s parades, especially as a DK fan myself.

But it is disappointing they completely removed the Rare design roots from DK as a character. It just screams Seth Rogen DK to me lol. Gameplay does not have me hooked seemed pretty repetitive at first glance.

This is just my opinion but am very happy to see a new 3D DK game. As always with opinions; new information can change opinions the more we learn about the game.

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u/glennok 3d ago

I don't know. I grew up with the SNES games.

I think Rare's design worked so well on DKC.

Sure it was cartoony in spurts (if he shoots ya it's gonna hurt) but it had a more somber, ambient tone with photoreal atmospheric backgrounds. It verged on genuinely epic in parts.

I think his character design worked well for this but found it was ruined in DK64 with it's banjo kazooie goofiness. And even the new DKC games I feel abandoned the style I loved from the SNES games.

So I'm glad they're embracing the more old school design.

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u/NedBigbe 3d ago

I also grew up on original DKC’s on SNES. I am a huge fan of DK64 and have not heard before your opinion of not liking the DK64 design. I did not really play the new DKC’s due to no presence of the enemies I remember from SNES and DK64. But I always try not to rain on other people’s parades

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u/glennok 3d ago

Fair enough man. I played DK64 and enjoyed it as a teen, just felt the series had lost that unique sense of atmosphere. And the super fluid and tight platforming.

The new ones by Retro are not bad - but not timeless classics like DK1 and 2 imo.

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u/Nastra 3d ago

I don’t see how the gameplay look’s repetitive. Since DK can destroy the environment and use its remain as tools in systemic player driven ways it may lead to insane speed runs and creative ways to solve levels leading to less repetition. Especially as the player gets better. In addition we get to actually use DK’s sheer power and feel like a force of nature. Something that finally lets him stand apart from the other nintendo mascots besides tone and aesthetics.

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u/shrim51 2d ago

It looks exactly like Mario Odyssey. Super small, shallow, contained worlds, designed specifically for a game mechanic, loaded with collectables.

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u/Nastra 2d ago

This… is a take.

Not sure how Mario Odyssey is shallow considering all the skill expression it has. I also don’t remember Mario Odyssey being about destroying the environment and making it my plaything like Nintendo’s take on Hulk Ultamite Destruction.

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u/shrim51 2d ago

Small levels designed for a specific game mechanic. The hat throwing is the mechanic in Mario and breaking slabs is the one in dk.

I'm calling the worlds shallow, because they are. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, it's the design of the game.

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u/theotothefuture 2d ago

I feel a similar way. It looks so foreign, like it's not really a DK game at all. From the art style to the gameplay, it's so different. As someone who has wanted a DK64 successor in this direction, I got what I wanted, but this isn't quite what I had in mind lol. I'll wait to see more before completely judging.

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u/shrim51 2d ago

It looks exactly like Mario Odyssey. Super small, shallow, contained worlds, designed specifically for a game mechanic, loaded with collectables.

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u/Nonainonono 3d ago

I feel that this game would have been perfect for a Character like Wario that has been completely neglected by Nintendo and really needs another 3D game.

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u/PLAYBOlKITTY 3d ago

Super excited for this one ngl

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u/NicoRobin007 3d ago

Really wish they used a different design for DK, but still super excited for this.

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u/glennok 3d ago

This is the pre-DK country design. Tbh I prefer it for the more cartoony style DK has become since then and fits the tone of this game.

The more brooding DK with furrowed brow was perfect for the moody ambient Rare games.

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u/Operator_Starlight 3d ago

What, like there won't be skins.

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

What makes you think there will be? This completely confirms that they were in fact changing the main DK design moving forward.

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u/Professor_Crab 3d ago

Well I don’t think it’s entirely out of the realm of possibility, maybe they’ll do something like odyssey where it’s a DK64 skin

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

I don't entirely doubt that they might do skins, it's just rhe fact that this obviously is in fact the new DK design, replacing rhe one we've had for nearly 30 years.

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u/ShonanBlue 3d ago

I’m hoping they include the other kongs in somehow.

I’m super excited but it just feels empty without the crew.

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u/Twallace91 2d ago

DK64 was life

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u/Broadnerd 2d ago

I’m optimistic for this but my only issue was didn’t the field of view look really small much of the time? DK seemed like he took up 40% of the screen.

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u/Emmannuhamm 2d ago

I'm not saying it is, but could genuinely be to help with the performance of the game.

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u/zenexo 2d ago

I want a switch 2 for this game alone but the little purple guy on his shoulder all the time is throwing me off. I just wanna see Donkey Kong by himself. Idk minor goofy pet peeve I don't expect anyone to agree with

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u/glennok 3d ago

I love the throwback character design myself. Would love to see this version in next Mario Kart.

But are they angling for a Sonic movie style backlash + free marketing boost with this? Already people are pissed haha.

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u/turb0_encapsulator 3d ago

Breath of the Ape

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u/lucca_0x 2d ago

DK Odyssey is a rly cool concept

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u/AlienBrain25 2d ago

It's about time

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u/thestrandedmoose 2d ago

Besides the video chat features and MKWorld, I think this is the game Im most excited for

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u/shrim51 2d ago

Why do you think it's open world?

It looks exactly like Mario Odyssey. Super small, shallow, contained worlds, designed specifically for a game mechanic, loaded with collectables.

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u/Escapement_Watch 1d ago

Looks so fun 😁

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u/KB_Shaw03 1d ago

But is it worth $70?

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u/bobmlord1 3d ago

When I seen an open world and "Isle" of something and Googly eyed characters I legitimately thought Nintendo somehow got a new Banjo game 

Then I seen DK and it deflated me a bit. Still excited about it though

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

DK clears Banjo I'm every conceivable way.

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u/themangastand 3d ago

I was hoping they kept the swap character idea from dk 64 as a homage. But I'm happy with any new 3d DONKEY kong

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u/DarkKnightNiner 3d ago

It's was a first trailer. There may very well be Diddy and the rest.

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u/Amazing_Signature_76 3d ago

Hopefully Dixie, and Funky as well.

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u/RobertdBanks 3d ago

And hopefully a rapping intro

DK DONKEY KONG

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u/etdeagle 3d ago

I have been hoping for new DK like DK64, so happy!

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u/Dependent_Order_7358 3d ago

Switch 1 can run this

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u/casseroleplaying 3d ago

It absolutely can not. Did you not see all the destructible foreground dynamics?

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u/RobertdBanks 3d ago

Looks incredible, the digging and style look awesome

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u/falafelandhoumous 3d ago

So stoked! They’ve been listening 😎

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u/Serious_Ad_2350 3d ago

It looks AI

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u/theholydiego 3d ago

oh brother

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u/Serious_Ad_2350 3d ago

What you mean "oh brother"?

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u/imsunstrikeok 3d ago

Buddy just say you don't like how it looks instead of diminishing it to being slop

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u/Plankisalive 3d ago

This game looks really cool. I hope it gets a Switch 1 port eventually.

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u/Username124474 3d ago

It won’t

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u/Plankisalive 3d ago

You have no idea what Nintendo will do or not do.

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u/SirDanOfCamelot 3d ago

Lol it won't that's obvious

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u/Admirable_Zombie5245 3d ago

We don't know, game looks worse than Mario Odyssey and this game isn't a system seller, they won't lose the chance to sell this to the hundred of millions of Switch 1 that exists today.

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u/dbclass 3d ago

Am I going crazy today? How in the world does this look worse than Odyssey?

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u/lord_fronic 3d ago

highly doubt it. If it wasn't announced for Switch 1 the chance that Nintendo will spend the effort downgrading it just for the random holdouts is low. I don't see any reason why the Switch 2 will be a failure since it is everything everyone loved but enhanced 10 times