https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8-rZvHzUGw <-- Go read the comments and come back and read this thread.
When I got DK Tropical Freeze for my birthday a years ago I thought I was in for an adventure. I thought this 2D game would suprass NSMBU but I was wrong. I WAS enjoying this game until I got to the World 4 Boss battle. Sure some levels were hard and were frustrating, but THIS level was unbeatable for me. I put down my controller, I destoyed the game itself and I never played a DK game ever, and not planning to. But I still want Nintendo to save DK. I know, I was such a hot head back then. If I first played this game right now, I'd simply sell it and never come back to DK.
Why did Tropical Freeze have a hard mode but no easy mode? Does Nintendo think all of us are expert players? Who designed this game? If I gave this game to my nephew, he's NOT going to enjoy this. Poor kid will probably cry his eyes out. If I gave my nephew a Kirby game then he'd enjoy it!. This is why Kirby is my favorite 2D series. I wouldn't mind Kirby to be a little harder but not to the point where its super hard where it frustrates its players, or where you have to practice for hours to get good, blah. Dying over and over is not a "exciting challenge!", its simply not fun and it hurts the game.
It's going to be painful for me and the players who found this game too hard/frustrating . When the next DK sequel comes out, it'll feel like I'm missing out because Nintendo left out the casual gamers out with its difficult DK games. I just WISH the DK games were easier so I could buy ALL of them and enjoy them. But since their too hard, I'll always criticize the series, and who's fault is that? Nintendo.
Point of this thread: It's not too late to make the Donkey Kong games better. Make them easier so everyone can play and love DK. I want DK to survive. My theory is Tropical Freeze didn't sell that well compared to other Wii U games is because its difficult. People played DK Country returns and found it too hard.
Ways to avoid The Next DK game of getting criticism because of its outstanding difficulty
- Include EASY MODE instead of hard mode
- Give us an option to skip levels
- Give us an invinicbility mode (Star Fox Zero and NSMB had it)
- Or just make the levels easier so everyone can play
- Remove the DK brother shop. I don't like buying more lives just so I can waste them.
- Give DK more hearts instead of 2 or 4
- Reduce the number of hits on Boss's. (If that boss that made me break the game only took 3 hits to kill, I would've played more)
