I will say that I got to play the demo of Donkey Kong Country for the Wii today, and looks like it played like a competent platformer.  However, I don't see what is special about it.  Can someone fill me in here?  When you had DK Country on the SNES, it was the graphics that set it apart.  But now, it doesn't have that.  Based on the hypefest out of some people, on par with what I did for the Kirby Epic Yarn, I have to wonder what is there that is special?  Is it merely more DK Country for the fans of the original, or does it really bring anything new and notable to the Wii in the area of platformers?  I am NOT saying it is bad, just I don't see what would make it stand out.

Fill me in here, please.

You really don't see the game's virtues 'till you get further in. The complexity, difficulty, the wii-disc-drive-destroying peculiariaties :/

It's one of those games that needs time to grow on you

Stage 1-K is IMO among the best platformer levels ever created, that alone secures DKCR's place among the greats of the 7th generation

@the OP  im with you, I played it at comic-com prior to release and it was good, but it was nothing that made me say i needed to have the game ASAP.  I'm waiting for a price drop, until then there are good 2d platformers on all three systems that are cheaper and just as good IMO. Or ill just boot up one of the many older DKC games

You gonna be waiting a while!

@Khuutra  1. i have patience, ill be alright  2. got 15 games for PS3 i need to complete, 5 for Wii, just got Mario & Luigi 3, still havent completed MGS: Peace Walker. my hands are full. 3. still have a backlog of about 10 games i want to get. 4 Amazon has it ten dollars off the original price, New. I figure by fall it should be about 30 bucks, which is what im willing to spend on this type of game

Hey, there are sales that can happen, although they are usually around the holidays. Plus you might be able to find one used.

DKCR may not be the most innovative title evarr...but it near about refines and perfects the genre to perfection and adds in its own awesome quirks. Lets be honest here, 2D Platformers as a genre have been lacking since the SNES.

*the word 3D in the following post isn't the more popularly known 3D of today but the "old" meaning of what 3D used, so not 2D.

The art design and 3D pop out stuff, in general the use of 3D objects in this 2D world has been done spectacularly (anyone elses jaw drop during the level where boulders drop on you? and then roll down a hill away from the screen while you need to jump in time...it was so well done). Another great example of the use of 3D in the 2D world is the octopus level, that was just so fantastic, his tentacles on the screen and everything was done very well, it was one of the genre defining moments.

Then we have the platforming itself and the levels, astounding variety, no two levels feels the same. The levels end when they need to, they never drag. Next we have locations...ok I admit many of them seem very similar, thats something that can be improved, but there is still some amount of variety there and even if the levels look a bit similar, like I said what you do in them is different pretty much almost every time.

The boss battles were amazing, arguably the best in any platformer ever maybe. Each boss battle was different, a new experience that needed you to apply your platforming skills in different ways. My fav is the boss battle on the mine cart...it was so unlike any boss battle I had experienced before.

DKCR is definetely the greatest platformer released in a long long time and however trolly this might sound but to me it honestly made NSMB Wii look like a cheaply made game as it eclipses NSMB Wii in both production values, level design, art style, music...hey just about everything except the multiplayer aspect.

*Kisses Retro's Feet*

This is exactly what I saw in DKCR and why I got it.  Great 2D platformers is a rarity (which seems Nintendo is the only one that got it down cold).

As others have said, towards the later parts of the game the difficulty is raised. It is then that the game truly grows on you. Everyone has their favorite level, and it would not be outlandish for said level to be among their favorites in all 2d platforming history.  My personal favorite is Switcheroo in world 7.

What made the game unique?

• How many other platformers have included the depth platforming?
• Assuming you have the integrity, some of the levels are incredibly challenging and fun 
• Flet like an old school platformer

Donkey Kong Country had smooth platforming, animal buddies, fantastic music, and truly great challenges.  It would be a shame for people to remember the original trilogy as merely eye candy.  With this in mind, Retro delivered a fantastic homage to the classics while putting their own twist on it.

Is it perfect? No. There are a few too many rocket levels, a weird filler level in world 7, and the rolling control was not the best(although not as bad aspeople have said).  Is it fun? Is it worth every penny? I think so.   

And it is the return of DK!!