Talk:Donkey Kong Country

Best game ever!

Love the article SnakeOilSalesmen (talk) 14:56, 18 November 2024 (UTC)

reception of DKC: faced a reexamination, but then over time has returned to good retrospective assessments?

In the section "retrospective assessments" it is discussed how DKC was viewed somewhat more critically roughly 10 years after its release, but arguably as we hit its 20-year anniversary, I think it's kind of reverted to the mean - case in point the repackaging of DKC Returns HD and a rise in the popularity of indie clones of classic mid-90s 2d sidescrollers or very early 3d games. In other words, while it became in vogue to throw shade at DKC in favor of Yoshi's Island or the like, which I would argue that coincides with a reexamination of 3d collect-a-thons like BK, DK64 etc., there's been a secular reversal of that trend where the cheesy excesses of the mid-90s are now viewed more nostalgically. Would anyone reading this agree? In terms of sources for its return to favor, I think the same blogs like Nintendo Life, GameXPlain, Time Extension and so on probably discuss this. I'm not sure how much the gaming press like EGM and the like even really exist in 2025. That's outside of the scope of this small, increasingly long talk page post, but, as an observer of the trends of the industry at large and particularly a lot of the recent indie game dev, feels to me that we hit peak throwing-shade-at-DKC and now it's facing some rosier nostalgic goggles that are kinder to it. Thoughts? Andre🚐 23:26, 22 January 2025 (UTC)