Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Retro Studios[a]
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Ryan Harris Vince Joly
Producer(s)	Kensuke Tanabe
Designer(s)	Stephen Dupree
Programmer(s)	Aaron Walker
Artist(s)	Ryan Powell Will Bate
Composer(s)	David Wise[b]
Series	Donkey Kong
Platform(s)	Wii U Nintendo Switch
Release	Wii U JP: February 13, 2014 NA/EU: February 21, 2014 AU: February 22, 2014 Nintendo Switch JP: May 3, 2018 WW: May 4, 2018
Genre(s)	Platform
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is a 2014 platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. The fifth installment in the Donkey Kong Country series, Tropical Freeze is a direct sequel to the 2010 Wii game Donkey Kong Country Returns and was released in February 2014. An enhanced port for the Nintendo Switch was released in May 2018.

In Tropical Freeze, Donkey Kong and his family must venture across five islands to save their home, Donkey Kong Island, after it is frozen over by the villainous Snowmads—a group of invaders from the northern seas, who attacked the island on Donkey Kong's birthday. Like its predecessor, the game received generally positive reviews. Praise was directed at the level design, gameplay, and soundtrack, although its high level of difficulty received more mixed opinions.
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