Product Reviews Net » donkey kong http://www.product-reviews.net Information on the latest gadgets, technology, news and product reviews Sat, 26 May 2012 11:39:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Donkey Kong Country Returns: No Sequel Planned http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/03/06/donkey-kong-country-returns-no-sequel-planned/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donkey-kong-country-returns-no-sequel-planned http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/03/06/donkey-kong-country-returns-no-sequel-planned/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:33:44 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=124443 Joystiq reported today that Donkey Kong: Country Returns shall ironically not return again when the developers of the game said that it will not be getting a sequel any time soon. The news came when an interview with the developers said that they were not going to deny a sequel, however there was not one being planned.

“I wouldn’t say we won’t do a sequel, but we don’t have anything planned at this time” the developers at Retro Studios told Game Informer. The news is likely to break the hearts of many fans of Donkey Kong games as it has been a long and ongoing series which stretches back to the old school days of games consoles where all that you had were four buttons and a four way D-pad.

The developers say that they encountered difficulties while deciding on how to create the Country Returns game which came about when the expansion of a simultaneous multiplayer mode was added. Problems creating the slider camera to follow the characters were addressed and reportedly over two thousand animations had to be made for the character movements which were increased with the addition of the second character.

All we can reveal for now is that no word is being said about a sequel. The developers have had their say and it seems that for now there will be no word of another Donkey Kong game for a while, however this does not mean that we should rule out the possibilities in the future. We have no fear because we know that Donkey Kong is a classic game character that will never die. Do you think Donkey Kong will continue for generations to come?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2011/03/06/donkey-kong-country-returns-no-sequel-planned/feed/ 0 Nintendo File “It’s On Like Donkey Kong” Trademark http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/10/nintendo-file-its-on-like-donkey-kong-trademark/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nintendo-file-its-on-like-donkey-kong-trademark http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/10/nintendo-file-its-on-like-donkey-kong-trademark/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:46:39 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=113461 After as many years as the phrase “It’s on like Donkey Kong” has existed, it has only taken until now for Nintendo, who have Donkey Kong Country Returns released this month, to file a trademark for the popular phrase.

The popular phrase which has been around since, well, we don’t actually know. Some say it was popularized by the American Pie movie American Wedding, others say it actually originated in a song by Ice Cube called ‘Now I Gotta Wet’cha’.

But the fact of the matter is that Nintendo now want to trademark the phrase “in honor of” Donkey Kong Country Returns that hits stores on November 21 for the Nintendo Wii.

There only seems to be a slight problem tied with this though, as we stated, we are not sure if they even have the right to trademark the phrase as we don’t know its origination.

Maybe you know where it came from?

Source: PC World

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/11/10/nintendo-file-its-on-like-donkey-kong-trademark/feed/ 0 Donkey Kong Country Returns: European Wii Release Date Confirmed http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/28/donkey-kong-country-returns-european-wii-release-date-confirmed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donkey-kong-country-returns-european-wii-release-date-confirmed http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/28/donkey-kong-country-returns-european-wii-release-date-confirmed/#comments Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:51:00 +0000 Jamie Pert http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=109747 Nintendo and Retro Studios have announced that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong will be returning to our video game screens with ‘Donkey Kong Returns.’ The Nintendo Wii exclusive offers the same pleasurable side-scrolling experience as the original together with a host of new features, modern graphics and full 3D environments.

Donkey Kong and his sidekick Diddy’s aim is to rescue the ever precious banana horde from a vast array of enemies.

To do this, you will use the favourable barrel cannons and mine carts together with the new feature that lets Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong play simultaneously, whether it be in co-op mode or not.

Diddy can also hop on Donkey’s back for those more challenging parts, whereas both have new abilities that can be activated by performing selective gestures using the Wii remote.

There are also new hidden treasures in each level, and a special side-game that players can optionally complete whilst playing the game. Those of you who are familiar with the previous games will remember the secret areas which were always a bonus, but now players can also find and spell out K-O-N-G for extra special prizes.

Donkey Kong Country Returns will be released in Europe on December 3, 2010 — just in time for a little bit of Christmas nostalgia.

Excited? Will you be purchasing Donkey Kong Country Returns?

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]]> http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/28/donkey-kong-country-returns-european-wii-release-date-confirmed/feed/ 0 Donkey Kong: Steve Wiebe Beats Record Again – Your highest Score? http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/22/donkey-kong-steve-wiebe-beats-record-again-your-highest-score/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donkey-kong-steve-wiebe-beats-record-again-your-highest-score http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/22/donkey-kong-steve-wiebe-beats-record-again-your-highest-score/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:20:52 +0000 Alan Ng http://www.product-reviews.net/?p=109076 It has been confirmed that Donkey Kong world record holder Steve Wiebe has managed to beat his own record set in 2007, with a new total which surely won’t be beaten for a very long time, if not ever.

As reported from Gather, Wiebe was playing in a 2 hour marathon session and managed to acculumate 1,640,500 points, almost 2,000 points higher than the previous world record.

The record was validated by Twin Galaxies and Guiness World Records, and it now means that Wiebe can return to his chosen profession of teaching in Redmond.

Of the very few times I played Donkey Kong, I can only remember making it to the third or fourth level or so. To beat all 22 levels surely takes dedication, have you managed to do this?

Have you ever bothered to record your score?

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