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A [[Nintendo Switch]] port of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' was released on May 2018.<ref name="direct"/> It features several additions and changes over the Wii U version: | A [[Nintendo Switch]] port of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' was released on May 2018.<ref name="direct"/> It features several additions and changes over the Wii U version: | ||
*The port introduces a beginner-friendly mode, the '''Funky Mode''', which centers on [[Funky Kong]]. An '''Original Mode''', which is set apart from the Funky Mode, represents the default mode of gameplay, with Donkey Kong as the main playable character.<ref name="direct"/><br>The following are the exclusive features of the Funky Mode. | *The port introduces a beginner-friendly mode, the '''Funky Mode''', which centers on [[Funky Kong]]. An '''Original Mode''', which is set apart from the Funky Mode, represents the default mode of gameplay, with Donkey Kong as the main playable character.<ref name="direct"/><br>The following are the exclusive features of the Funky Mode. | ||
**As a new playable character, Funky Kong has five [[heart]]s and can perform continuous roll attacks and underwater corkscrew attacks.<ref name="direct"/> His surfboard grants him a number of additional abilities as well, such as a [[Double Jump]] and immunity to [[Spike Trap]]s.<ref name="direct"/> He can also breathe indefinitely underwater.<ref name="direct"/> | **As a new playable character, Funky Kong has five [[heart]]s, and can perform continuous roll attacks and underwater corkscrew attacks.<ref name="direct"/> His surfboard grants him a number of additional abilities as well, such as a [[Double Jump]], a slower descent, and an immunity to most kinds of [[Spike Trap]]s.<ref name="direct"/> He can also breathe indefinitely while underwater.<ref name="direct"/> | ||
***Funky Kong's surfboard also enables him to jump on most enemies that the other Kongs can't safely jump on. | |||
**When Funky Kong is the character being controlled, a parrot named [[Tawks]] runs the Funky's Fly 'n' Buy shop. He impersonates Funky and gives him an employee discount.<ref>GameXplain (April 5, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpLEyr_zyI Who Replaces Funky Kong When Shopping in ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' for Switch? + World 1-2 Gameplay (PAX)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 5, 2018.</ref> | **When Funky Kong is the character being controlled, a parrot named [[Tawks]] runs the Funky's Fly 'n' Buy shop. He impersonates Funky and gives him an employee discount.<ref>GameXplain (April 5, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpLEyr_zyI Who Replaces Funky Kong When Shopping in ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' for Switch? + World 1-2 Gameplay (PAX)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 5, 2018.</ref> | ||
**[[Kong Barrel]]s only display the FK initial. This prevents Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong from joining Funky Kong outside of two-player mode, but Funky Kong can still heal himself by breaking them. | |||
**The player is allowed to select and use items purchased from the shop while in a level. In the Original Mode, this is only possible on the map screen. | **The player is allowed to select and use items purchased from the shop while in a level. In the Original Mode, this is only possible on the map screen. | ||
**[[K-O-N-G Letters]] do not have to be collected again should the player lose a life before reaching the next checkpoint or the end of the level. In addition, they appear permanently translucent when the player re-visits the level where they were collected previously, similarly to the [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]].<ref>GameXplain. (April 12, 2018). [https://youtu.be/ryDYB7TGaGc Some Funky Hoverboard Action in DKC: Tropical Freeze DIRECT FEED Gameplay (Alpine Incline - Switch)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref> | **[[K-O-N-G Letters]] do not have to be collected again should the player lose a life before reaching the next checkpoint or the end of the level. In addition, they appear permanently translucent when the player re-visits the level where they were collected previously, similarly to the [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]].<ref>GameXplain. (April 12, 2018). [https://youtu.be/ryDYB7TGaGc Some Funky Hoverboard Action in DKC: Tropical Freeze DIRECT FEED Gameplay (Alpine Incline - Switch)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref> | ||
**The arrangement of "Stickerbush Symphony" that plays | **The arrangement of "Stickerbush Symphony" that plays halfway through the game's credits is replaced with an original melody, featuring voice clips of Funky Kong. During that part of the credits, in-game pictures of Funky Kong are preponderantly shown. | ||
*Donkey Kong's nose in his in-game model is now more emphasized and defined.<ref>GameXplain (April 6, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo-cArK9T8s DK Got a Nose Job for ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' on Nintendo Switch (Character Model Change)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref> | *Donkey Kong's nose in his in-game model is now more emphasized and defined.<ref>GameXplain (April 6, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo-cArK9T8s DK Got a Nose Job for ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' on Nintendo Switch (Character Model Change)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref> | ||
*In his idle animation, Donkey Kong is shown picking up and playing on a Nintendo Switch, instead of a New Nintendo 3DS XL as in the Wii U version. Also if Diddy or Dixie are with Donkey Kong when he pulls out his Switch, they play along with him while Cranky rejects the console.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62I3GgOCdWc</ref> | *In his idle animation, Donkey Kong is shown picking up and playing on a Nintendo Switch, instead of a New Nintendo 3DS XL as in the Wii U version. Also if Diddy or Dixie are with Donkey Kong when he pulls out his Switch, they play along with him while Cranky rejects the console.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62I3GgOCdWc</ref> | ||