Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a side-scrolling 2.5D platform game developed by Retro Studios for the Wii. It was released on November 21 in North America, and is scheduled to be released on December 2 in Australia, December 3 in Europe, and December 9, 2010 in Japan. It includes Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, who travel across the island to retrieve the Banana Hoard. It is the fourth game from the Super Nintendo game series, Donkey Kong Country.

Story
During the story, animals living along Donkey Kong Island, controlled by an evil group called the Tiki Tak Tribe, raid Donkey Kong's Banana Hoard, taking his stash of bananas. As a reaction upon this incident, Donkey Kong sets out with Diddy Kong to retrieve them.

Characters

 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Cranky Kong
 * Tiki Tak Tribe
 * Tutorial Pigs
 * Bopapodami
 * Super Kong

Animal Buddies

 * Rambi
 * Squawks the Parrot

Enemies

 * Awks
 * Rawks
 * Frogoons
 * Hopgoons
 * Tiki Goons
 * Tiki Dooms
 * Tiki Buzzes
 * Tiki Torks
 * Tiki Boings
 * Tiki Torches
 * Tiki Bombers
 * Tiki Tanks
 * Tiki Zings
 * Mimics
 * Snaps
 * Pinchleys
 * Squidlies
 * Electrasquids
 * Snaggles
 * Jellybobs
 * Squiddicus
 * Stilts
 * Toothberries
 * Cageberries
 * Tiki Pops
 * Acks
 * Squeeklies
 * Mole Miners
 * Mole Guards
 * Chomps
 * Buzzbites
 * Cling Cobras
 * Skittlers
 * Skellyrexes
 * Skullyrexes
 * Firehead Neds
 * Pogobots
 * Pyrobots
 * Buckbots
 * Buckbombs
 * Electroids
 * Char-chars
 * Tiki Seekers
 * Kowalees
 * Screaming Pillars

Bosses

 * Mugly
 * Scurvy Crew
 * Stu
 * Mole Miner Max and his Mole Train
 * Mangoruby
 * Thugly
 * Colonel Pluck and his Stompybot 3000
 * Tiki Tong

Items and Objects

 * Bananas
 * Banana Bunches
 * Banana Coins
 * Barrels
 * Minecarts
 * K-O-N-G Letters
 * Barrel Cannons
 * DK Barrels
 * Slot Machine Barrels
 * Hearts
 * Puzzle Pieces
 * Auto-Fire Barrels
 * Red Balloons
 * Bonus Rooms
 * Treasure Chests
 * Animal Crates
 * Rocket Barrels
 * Map Keys
 * Banana Juices

Jungle

 * Jungle Hijinxs
 * King of Cling
 * Tree Top Bop
 * Sunset Shore
 * Canopy Cannons
 * Crazy Cart
 * Platform Panic
 * Mugly's Mound



Beach

 * Poppin' Planks
 * Sloppy Sands
 * Peaceful Pier
 * Cannon Cluster
 * Stormy Shore
 * Blowhole Bound
 * Tidal Terror
 * Tumblin' Temple
 * Pinchin' Pirates



Ruins

 * Wonky Waterway
 * Button Bash
 * Mast Blast
 * Damp Dungeon
 * Itty Bitty Biters
 * Temple Topple
 * Shifty Smashers
 * Ruined Roost



Cave

 * Rickety Rails
 * Grip and Trip
 * Bombs Away
 * Mole Patrol
 * Crowded Cavern
 * Jagged Jewels
 * The Mole Train



Forest

 * Vine Valley
 * Clingy Swingy
 * Flutter Flyaway
 * Tippin' Totems
 * Longshot Launch
 * Springy Spores
 * Wigglevine Wonders
 * Muncher Marathon
 * Blast & Bounce
 * Mangoruby Run



Cliff

 * Sticky Situation
 * Prehistoric Path
 * Weighty Way
 * Boulder Roller
 * Precarious Plateau
 * Crumble Canyon
 * Tippy Shippy
 * Clifftop Climb
 * Perilous Passage
 * Thugly's Highrise



Factory

 * Foggy Fumes
 * Slammin' Steel
 * Handy Hazards
 * Gear Getaway
 * Cog Jog
 * Switcheroo
 * Music Madness
 * Lift-off Launch
 * Treacherous Track
 * Feather Fiend



Volcano

 * Furious Fire
 * Hot Rocket
 * Roasting Rails
 * Smokey Peak
 * Bobbing Basalt
 * Moving Melters
 * Red Red Rising
 * Five Monkey Trial
 * Tiki Tong Terror

Trivia

 * Currently, this is the only game in the Donkey Kong Country series that isn't developed by Rare. It is also currently the only Donkey Kong Country game to not be released with a Donkey Kong Land sequel.
 * At the game's release, those who pre-ordered Donkey Kong Country Returns at Gamestop in the United States or Canada received a special banana-shaped Wii Remote pouch with the game's logo printed on it.
 * This is also the only Donkey Kong Country game so far to have no Kremlings appearing at all; this includes King K. Rool.
 * If Donkey Kong does nothing for a long time while standing, he will look around, and sit to play what appears to be a Nintendo DS Lite. While he is playing, buttons can be heard, and a sound effect from the first Donkey Kong arcade game can be heard. Moments later, he throws the DS behind him, which fades away quickly.
 * In every Legend of Zelda game, Link stands in the same way as the Donkey Kong Seniors statue, when he gets an item.
 * In both Australia and Europe, Donkey Kong Country Returns was released on the same day as Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition.