Summary

• Donkey Kong's influence in gaming shouldn't be overlooked.
• Donkey Kong Country Returns HD for Switch is a fantastic remaster that maintains the original's charm.
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is visually stunning and an excellent modern platformer in the series.

168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong doesn't get as many games these days as other gaming icons, such as Mario and Sonic. However, the Ape's influence shouldn't be overlooked. After all, Mario debuted in the Donkey Kong series. Plus, various DK gam🔜es have been influential to the platforming genre and gaming as a whole.

This is why he remains a famous character.🦹 His fame is helped by the fact that Nintendo still releases games featuring DK on the Nintendo Switch. Most of them are either remakes or ports of classic Donkey Kong titles. The following collection includes t🧸he best ones you can play on the console.

8 ♐ Donkꦆey Kong Country Returns HD

The original Donkey Kong Country Returns for the Wii is one of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the best Donkey Kong games ever, so it's no surprise that the remaster for the 💛Nintend🌺o Switch is also amazing. After all, it doesn't actually change much from the original.

The visuals have been improved, and it ar🀅guably feels smoother t𝔉o play. What it has kept is the litany of entertaining and diverse levels that Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have to make their way through.

7 ▨ 🌱 Arcade Archives: Donkey Kong

The first ever Donkey Kong game from the arcade is available to play on the Nintendo Swi🎐🍨tch as part of the Arcade Archives series. It's the classic game in all its glory.

This means that you play as Jumpman, who would later be renamed Mario, and attempt to save the princess from Donkey Kong's clutches. You ▨do so by jumping your way up to them while avoiding obstacles. As it's a very old game, it feels a bit clunky to play. Yet, there is still some charm to this classic platformer.

6 🧜 Donkey Kong Country

The Donkey Kong Country games are often considered the best to feꦜature the famous ape. This all started with the originaꦉl game, which also served as the debut of Diddy Kong, as he joined Donkey Kong on a platforming adventure.

When it was released, the game was seen as a big step forward for side-scrolling platformers. It's easy to see why, as it's still an excellent game today, due in part to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:its collecti✱on of unique anꦬd well-designed levels.

5 Donkey Kong Land 2 🌌💝

Like with the rest of the Donkey Kong Land titles, Donkey Kong Land 2 was originally released on the GameBoy. Yet, you can now play the title on the Switch, thanks to Nintendไo ๊Switch Online.

꧂Because it was originally a handheld game from the '90s, the visuals aren't very impressive. The core platforming gameplay is still pretty strong, though. You play as both Diddy and Dixie as you complete levels similar to those seen in the second Donkey Kong Country game.

4 Mario✅ Vs. Donkey 𝔍Kong

2024's Mario Vs. Donkey Kong is a remake of a 2004 game. There are 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:several differences between the𝕴 two titles, but the core adventure is the same. You play as Mario, and yo♒u must save mini-Marios from Donkey Kong. So, DK 𝔉takes the villainous role once again, like he did in his original game.

This is a very different game, though, as there is a bit more of a puzzle element involved. Yes, you still need to do the customary platforming, but you also need to use your brain a bit more in this one to figure out how to progress in each level. The result is a game that is fairly unique for both of the titular characters🔴.

3 ♛ Donke🐼y Kong Land 3

Donkey Kong Land 3 bears som🌃e resemblance to Donkey Kong Country 3 in terms of environments and themes. Yet, the story is a bit different. In this one, Dixie teams up with Kiddy Kong to find The Lost World before DK and Diddy.

So, you play as Dixie and Kiddy across six worlds containing all sorts of platforming levels. Not playing as either DK or Diddy makes this title feel a bit different from most others in the series. Both of the protagonists in this game have some unique abil𝐆ities that make them a joy to control.

2 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

In the second Donkey Kong Country 2, Donkey Kong takes a backseat, as he's been kidnapped by Ki🤡ng K. Rool. Therefore, Diddy teams up with Dixie instead, forming a new dynamic duo.

Diddy⭕ is faster, while Dixie can jump higher, so they co🌠mplement each other well, and you're free to switch between them while playing. It actually serves as Dixie's first appearance in the series, and she does a good job in DK's place. It helps that the game is so polished and still feels very good to play.

1 Donkey 💟Kong Cღountry: Tropical Freeze

Outside of remakes, remasters, and ports, Tropical Freeze is one of the most recent releases in the Donkey Kong𓆏 series. As such, it's one of the best-looking Donkey Kong 🐷games ever. More than that, it's generally just an excellent platformer.

The story of the game is that Donkey Kong Island has been frozen by some villains, and the Kongs must save it. Donkey Kong is the main playable character, but there are secondary ones that can assist him in his adventure. Plus, the Nintendo Switch version includes a new playable character named Funky Kong, w🔴hich is a unique kind of easy mode, likely due to the high difficulty of the base game.