A volcanic eruption looses an army of animated, hypnotic tiki masks who enslave the inhabitants of Donkey Kong Island and steal all of Donkey Kong's bananas. Donkey and Diddy Kong team up once again to free the animals and reclaim their bananas. Stars the voice talents of Takashi Nagasako and Katsumi Suzuke, directed by Bryan Walker, art led by Ryan Powell. Released for the Wii in 2010.
Another great and incredibly difficult platform game, great design and innovative if extreme challenges. The only real criticism I have for DKCR is that its gameplay can be incredibly unforgiving, and you sometimes feel like you're playing a game devised by a team of sadists. One-hit kills that cost two lives just seems like a little much, but extreme penalties for the tiniest mistakes encourage very precise gameplay, so it's truly an accomplishment, sometimes, just beating a level. But there's also the occasional ragequit. And has anyone picked up on the strange parallels this plot has to the myths of Scientology? Evil spirits erupt from volcanos and make everyone do things they don't want to do. I'm surprised Nintendo hasn't been sued. Also, wicked music.
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