Nintendo Swap house owners can add Donkey Kong Country Returns to their assortment for the third time this week. The great side-scrolling platform initially launched on Nintendo Wii in 2010 and was ported to Nintendo 3DS in 2013. Now, over a decade later, DK and Diddy are swinging again into motion with remastered graphics and the whole lot provided in each earlier variations of the side-scrolling platformer.
Preorders for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD lastly went stay at Walmart this week. It’s also possible to preorder a bodily copy at Greatest Purchase, Goal, and GameStop. Relying in your location, you’ll be able to nonetheless get release-day supply from choose retailers.
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Preorder Bonuses

GameStop has an unique bonus for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. In the event you order on-line or in shops, you may get a DK Barrel Pen Holder at launch. Sadly, you may want to select up the barrel at your native GameStop. You may wish to name your native GameStop earlier than buying the sport on-line to see if the bonus is in inventory. On-line orders will ship to your home–you cannot preorder on-line for in-store pickup–so the bonus will not robotically be included along with your order. To get the bonus–if it is in stock–you have to deliver your transport affirmation to your native retailer. It is a slightly obtuse course of.
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Donkey Kong Country Returns HD has the identical cowl artwork because the Nintendo Wii and 3DS variations.
You will not discover Donkey Kong Country Returns HD at Amazon forward of launch. The retailer hasn’t carried new Nintendo-published video games since Spring 2024. Walmart was in the identical boat for some time, however with the final couple of releases, preorders have opened at Walmart within the days main as much as launch. DKC Returns HD continues that development.
Third-party listings will probably begin popping up at Amazon shortly after launch. We additionally would not be shocked to see DKC Returns HD at Amazon-owned retailer Woot within the coming weeks. Woot had most of 2024’s Nintendo exclusives for $10 off shortly after launch. Woot has a ton of Nintendo Swap recreation offers normally as of late, together with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for $42.
Third-party listings will probably begin popping up at Amazon shortly after launch. We additionally would not be shocked to see DKC Returns HD at Amazon-owned retailer Woot within the coming weeks. Woot had most of 2024’s Nintendo exclusives for $10 off shortly after launch. Woot has a ton of Nintendo Swap recreation offers normally as of late, together with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for $42.
Primarily offered because the “definitive” version of the platformer, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD gives the unique problem of the Wii model whereas additionally giving gamers the choice to play with the friendlier “Trendy Mode” settings from the 3DS version. It additionally incorporates all the additional ranges from the 3DS model. Even with Trendy Mode enabled, DKC Returns is likely one of the tougher modern Nintendo platformers. In the event you preferred Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, you’ll virtually actually have a good time working by way of the 80-level, nine-world gauntlet solo or cooperatively with a companion.