Even though Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze was recently delayed, that hasn't stopped
Nintendo from released another new trailer for it.
And so we're going to do what we do best and take a look at what secrets the footage might
be hiding.
But before we start, please make sure to checkout our previous analysis video if you haven't
already..
And with that, let's get started
So the biggest thing about the new trailer is that we finally get our first look good
look at Dixie Kong in action.
Now we already knew from the previous trailer that she could be paired up with Donkey kong
in order to allow him to get some additional hang time, but now we can see how play when
going solo too
Of course, she she can still hover in the hair by herself too, but we also get a look
at the rest of her arsenal --literally.
As we can see, she has her very own gun that fires small bouncy balls that can stun enemies,
similar to Diddy's peanut gun.
Now interestingly,the balls seem to come in different colors, as we see both yellow and
purple ones in the trailer.
And if we zoom in on her gun, we can see it contains even more, including red, green,,
and blue ones.
Though it appears the color is purely cosmetic and doesn't affect the gameplay at all.
Now if Diddy's gun shoots peanuts, then what are these colored balls that Dixie shoots
supposed to be?
Well based on their varied colors, we think they might be different kinds of bubble gum
gumballs, which could make her weapon a...Bubble Gun.,
*Groans* And this makes even more sense given that Dixie chewed bubble gum as her idle animation
back in Donkey Kong Country 2 and 3.
So if this is the case, it's a cool little throwback
Beyond her new weapon, she also gains a ground-pounding move similar to DK and Diddy's, only she uses
her hair to thrash around.
And like the others, it can be used to stun enemies too.
Finally, we can see that her hair-spin attack from Donkey kong Country 2 and 3 is back too,
and it works just like DK's roll or Diddy's cartwheel.
Another cool thing the trailer shows is to just what extent Retro's going to incorporate
Dixie into the experience.
For instance, take this cutscene from the intro of the World 1 boss fight that shows
Dixie gets her fully unique animation.
When we saw it in the E3 trailer, both DK and Diddy slammed hard into the ground, but
this time we can see that if you have Dixie with you instead, she'll use her helicopter
hair to slow her fall.
So it seems every cutscene will have an animation specific to each character, which is a nice
touch.
And let's not forget that there's still a mysterious 4th character to be shown, which
would offer even more
Alright, and that about covers it for Dixie, so let's take a look at some of the new levels
shown off in the trailer
And we finally get our first look at some beach-themed levels, which we're guessing
represents one of the 5 World themes
And it appears that at least one of those levels will be a minecart one, where you'll
have to dodge the sharks that return from DKCR.
But there's something odd about this level--there appears to be an awful lot of low clouds in
the background.
Is it just really foggy, or does this actually take place high above the ground?
Although if it is, where exactly are those sharks leaping from then?
But supporting this idea is this next clip which shows our heroes on a minecart on a
track high above, before descending through the clouds to the ground below.
But not only does it appear that part of this level may in fact take place far above ground,
but as we can see, the track will actually take them underground too
Here they'll race past a series of large windows that provide a waterfront view while also
having to evade a sea creature that'll apparently snatch away parts of the track.
In fact, he's so ruthless, we can see he even takes a fellow enemy out with him too--what
a jerk!
Now another new level shown off reveals a world full of fire.
Now our first instinct was that perhaps this is is the game's fifth and final world--but
this doesn't appear to be your typical lava world.
So it could be just part of an existing world that just so happens to catch fire.
At anyrate, it looks like it's not only the fire below you'll have to watch out for, as
if we freeze this clip, we can some will rain down from above too.
And it seems evern rope will catch on fire too.
But you're not helpless in this case, as there's a new gameplay mechanic and that's the ability
to throw water-filled fruit that can douse the flames
And since this looks to be a pretty important mechanic, we wouldn't be surprised to see
it pop up in several other levels.
Now one other thing we noticed is that it looks like Dixie will now hold things using
her hands instead of with her ponytail, like she she did in the original Donkey Kong Country
games.
Finally, like some of the level's in the volcano world of DKCR, it looks like this one too
will have platforms that sink when touched, as we can see the tree here begins to lower
as soon as Dixie and DK land on it.
Another clip reveals a level that takes place underwater in what appears to be a sunken
ship, complete with fish skeletons littering the area.
And it leads into a swimming section where you'll find even more ship depres scattered
about
We also get to see DK and Dixie showcasing their new underwater spin-attacks that we
also first saw at E3.
But this time, it looks like theis new move than we first thought, as it appears to interact
with the fish here, causing them to glow and illuminate the area.
And even the nearby plant life appears to react to this by retracting into the ground.
So is this simply to help you see better, or could there be even more to this light-mechanic
as those plants seem to indicate
A few other clips reveal some more ruin-type levels, such as this one that takes place
at night and reveals another new gameplay mechanic: Zip lines--or should I say, Zipvines
*groans*
Geeze guys.
now clearly these zip vines will play a major role in this level, though another clip from
that same level reveals there will be some normal platform sections too.
And btw, doesn't that platform look like one that you might be pound your way through to
reach a secret below?
Also, did you catch those winding trees growing out of the water in the background?
Yep, those are the same ones we saw in the background of the first level from the E3
trailer, suggesting this level also takes place in the same world.
And since it takes place at night, as opposed to the daytime of the other level, it looks
like the time of day will actually change even within the same world, which is a cool
detail--and one that's true to the original Donkey Kong Country.
Then in another ruins -like level, we get our first confirmation that the Rocket Barrel
from DKCR is also back, and it appears to function exactly as it did before
But there is something odd about this level--most of the obstacles appear to be made out of
cheese, including a giant cheese wheel that you'll have to dodge as it slowly falls apart
And did you catch all of the owl-carvings around these parts too?
We also get another look at that frozen level we first saw during the E3 trailer, but this
time we can see that some of the platforms will collapse under your weight
And speaking of levels we've seen before, we get another glimpse of the same cliff-world
that we also first saw in the E3 trailer.
And interestingly, one of the new scenes shows the exact same section--only there've been
a few slight changes.
Take the vine for instance, which is now thicker.
Also, they've added a torch to the podium here.
And also, we can see that the HUD's been changed slightly, as the heart icons are now surrounded
by a wood border.
But it's not just clips of the same thing that we see, as another clip showcases a hot
air balloon that you'll have to ground-pound in order to pop it on a spike below, causing
it to shoot upward into the clouds, where we're guessing another part of the level takes
place
Alright, and that's everything we could dig up on the latest trailer for Donkey Kong Country:
Tropical Freeze
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