Is Donkey Kong a system seller?

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Soundwave said:
The problem I see with this DKC is it doesn't really take advantage of the system too much. The DKC games on the SNES were the best looking 16-bit games, and even DKCR was among the better looking Wii games.

The Wii U version though looks good, but nothing that special, it looks like they just re-used the Wii engine, beefed it up a bit, bumped the resolution to HD, and went from there.

Yeah, considering Retro's history of system-pushing graphics, it is disappointing to see how modest Tropical Freeze's visuals are. This is the first game from them that won't rank among the target system's most graphically accomplished games. Looks like it started as a Wii game on the DKCR engine, then they punched it up to 720p, added fur effects to DK, upgraded the water effects, and left the rest as is.

That said, I still think it looks visually pleasing; it retains DKCR's quirky, off-kilter geometry and characters, the DKC series' vibrant colour pallette, and the 60fps all Retro games adhere to.