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## Video: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze  - Exclusive Preview

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_Published 2014-02-16. This is the first time ever that Donkey Kong has been in HD. This new Dokey Kong installment releases February 21st._


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## Transcript

Donkey Kong is one of Nintendo's most enduring, most beloved characters. Donkey Kong was a classic quarter muncher they call it because you know, you sat in an arcade or whatever and it took a quarter or two if you ran out of life. Donkey Kong has a lot of heritage in 1990's where we reintroduced Donkey Kong Country. And now Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze finds Donkey Kong and his Kong friends, Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong and Cranky Kong. Their Tropical Island is invaded by these invaders from the north called the snowman. One of the great things too about Nintendo is that we get these second and third generation gamers to [ unk ] around for a while.

So, there's a lot of people, there are big fans of Donkey Kong Country when it came out in the Super Nintendo System, so if that's the case this is going to be a great game for them. For gamers that like challenge, the puzzles are intense, it's a pretty intense gaming experience. It's not a really easy game. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze has a great [ unk ]. See, two players can sit down from the TV quite the same time. Player two gets to be one of Donkey Kong's other buddies. So, you either have Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong and you have Cranky Kong. Cranky Kong is actually like the original Kong.

He's been around a long time. So, the different Kongs will allow you to get into different areas by playing cooperatively, you'll be able to uncover different secrets. It's just a great way to tap on with a friend.

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