Today when the DK music started I almost pissed my pants I was so exited. I've been waiting for a new Kong game since JungleBeat in 2005. As a pessamist I automatically see the negatives not saying DKC:R won't be amazing but I quickly noticed something. The Kong himself looks alot more blocky and under textured when compared to DK in Jungle Beat. I was suprised to see Nintendo giving DK another sidescrolling platformer and I quickly realized Diddy was also pretty awful looking. So I decided to find proof and ask you if you think the Kong looked better on the Cube or on Wii?

/ Jungle Beat (GameCube)/

/ Diddy and Donkey (Brawl) /

Notice in Jungle Beat the arms are seemless. While in DKC:R the seams are clearly visable. Also the texturing of the hair looks inferior. Also look at the eyes, I find that the Country eyes look really 64 to me while the Jungle Beat eyes look well rounded and and add to the characters beauty.

Then look at Donkey Kong and Diddy in Brawl. Look at the in game screens they blow me away they even make Jungle Beat look bad. Why didn't Retro just borrow the character models and engine from Sora and make a DK game based on that.

I also noticed the other characters don't look as well textured and rendered as they did in Jungle Beat.

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Disclaimer

I love all things Donkey Kong, I'm not hating on Country:R just wondering if anyone else noticed the different look that Country has when compaired to Jungle Beat. That being said I know many of you never bought Jungle Beat so you wouldn't know about the different in visuals.

To me the new Country game just looks like its from the 64 and not the Wii, just look at Donkey Kong's parts of Brawl. The cinematics for example

your going to have to show me a image of DKC:R so i can see what you mean

The image of DKCR isnt appearing. Nintendo Life doesnt want images posted on foreign sites. But i do know what your going at. Remeber though, that DKCR is still in development, and that this is Retro we're talking about. Theyve made the 2nd best looking engine on Wii.

DKCR looks shockingly similar to Skyward Sword, actually.

yawn i thought graphics did not matter and gameplay>>graphics??

the new donkey kong looks great to me:):)

Copy Image Location -> Paste.  There, you bypassed the whole "NO HOTLINKING" thing.

OT: It is weird; the models are clearly less detailed.  I think it's because the characters remain relatively small (compared to Brawl), and thus less detail is necessary.  I'd guess they're averting some of the Wii's horsepower from character models to the backgrounds and scenery to make the game as a whole look better.  I dunno, this is just my educated guesswork.  I'm probably way off mark.

True, they did an amazing job making Prime look awsome. Also graphics don't mean everything but I couldn't help but notice DK looks alittle blocky. But I'm pretty exited for DKC:R maybe he will get a visual upgrade. Also the fact that he will be smaller in most of the game does make alittle sense where as in Brawl he was up close alot and the same goes for JungleBeat.

I wonder what I will enjoy more Jungle Beat or DKC:R. I can't wait to compare more then graphics. To actually get my hands on the real thing and judge for myself!

Man, that thread reminds me how Jungle Beat was such a fun (but easy) game! Best boss battles ever!

They just constantly try different looks. The game looks cartoony compared to the others, so it only makes sense to make DK look like that. It's like in the many different Star Fox games.

It has a different visual style... deal with it. IMO it looks great and it was one of the biggest news at this e3

The screenshots aren't that good, but the game looks amazing in motion.