Donkey Kong Country Returns

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a side-scrolling 2.5D platform game developed by Retro Studios, and confirmed for the Wii at E3 2010. It will be released on November 21, 2010 in North America and on December 3, 2010 in Europe. Although no more release dates have been announced, it is scheduled to be released during the Holiday season of 2010. It includes Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. It is the fourth game from the Super Nintendo game series, Donkey Kong Country. So far Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Cranky Kong are the only Kongs that have been confirmed to be in the game. It has also been confirmed that the Kremlings will not appear, along with underwater stages. Star Barrels will be replaced with pigs as well.

Story
During the story, animals living along Donkey Kong Island, controlled by an evil group of Tikis, 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.

Confirmed Characters

 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Rambi
 * Cranky Kong
 * Squawks the Parrot
 * Tiki Tak Tribe
 * Pigs
 * Unnamed hippos
 * Unnamed whales
 * Super Kong

Enemies

 * Mugly (boss)
 * Unnamed bat-like creatures
 * Unnamed moles seen doing various activities such as riding minecarts and throwing bombs at the Kongs.
 * Unnamed parrot-like creatures
 * Unnamed crab-like creatures
 * Unnamed fly trap-like creatures
 * Unnamed frog-like creatures
 * Unnamed mole-like creatures
 * Unnamed shark-like creatures
 * Unnamed octopus-like creature
 * Unnamed tiki-like creatures
 * Unnamed bowling pin shaped gooses
 * Unnamed pirate-like crabs
 * Unnamed fossilized/mine car-riding dinosaurs
 * Wooden Spike Balls
 * Unnamed spider-like creatures
 * Unnamed giant bat creature
 * Unnamed giant bomb-throwing bird
 * Unamed leafy-like caterpillar

Confirmed Items and Objects

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

Confirmed Levels

 * Jungle Hijinx
 * Poppin' Planks
 * Rickety Rails
 * Mugly's Mound
 * Sunset Shore
 * Crazy Cart
 * Button Bash
 * Damp Dungeon
 * Temple Topple
 * Grip and Trip
 * Mole Patrol
 * Bombs Away
 * Muncher Marathon
 * Music Madness
 * Rocket Launch
 * Furious Fire
 * Hot Rocket
 * Roasting Rails
 * Smoking Peak
 * Bobbing Basalt
 * Moving Melters

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-order Donkey Kong Country Returns will receive a special banana-shaped Wii Remote pouch with the game's logo printed on it.