Donkey Kong Country Returns

November 21, 2010 (Wii)
May 24, 2013 (Nintendo 3DS)

Donkey Kong Country Returns is a 2010 platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released first in North America in November 2010, and in PAL regions and Japan the following month. The game's story focuses on an evil group of Tiki-like creatures known as the Tiki Tak Tribe that are unleashed on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotize the island's animals to stealing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's banana hoard, prompting the two to traverse the island to reclaim it.

Donkey Kong Country Returns was the first installment of the Donkey Kong Country series to not involve the original series developer Rare. The game was a critical and commercial success; it has sold over 6.53 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling titles on the Wii and received positive reviews for its graphics, level design, and gameplay, although its motion controls and high difficulty received more mixed responses.

A Nintendo 3DS port developed by Monster Games, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was released in North America and PAL regions in May 2013 and in Japan the following month. A sequel, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, was released for the Wii U in February 2014 and ported for the Nintendo Switch in May 2018. In 2025, an HD version, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, will be released for the Nintendo Switch.

Also See

• Donkey Kong Country
• Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
• Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
• Donkey Kong 64
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Sound Effects Used

• Hollywoodedge, Explosion Incoming EXP023101
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - ALARM BELL: CLANGING
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, BELL - ALARM BELL: FAST CLANGING (Heard in a small portion whenever a minigame starts.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CLOCK - FUNNY CLOCK TICKING FAST
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - BIG POP 03 (Heard when entering Cranky Kong's Shop.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, POP - LITTLE POP
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - LONG ZIP BY (A cut-off version is heard once in the intro cutscene.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, ZIP - SHORT 01 (Heard once in the intro cutscene.)
• Sound Ideas, CASH REGISTER - ANTIQUE: SINGLE KEY WITH BELL, FAST
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - ZIP AND HEAVY THUMP
• Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - ANVIL FALL ON HEAD, CARTOON 01 (Used for when the mine cart keeps jumping from different rails.)
• Sound Ideas, HIT, METAL - HEAVY CLANK
• Sound Ideas, HUMAN, BURP - HUMAN: LARGE BELCH 01
• Sound Ideas, PLUCK, CARTOON - VAROOP
• Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - HOYT'S POP
• Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - POP GUN 01
• Sound Ideas, POP, CARTOON - POP GUN 02
• Sound Ideas, ROCKSLIDE - ROCK IMPACT INTO DIRT
• Sound Ideas, SPLAT, CARTOON - PAINT FIGHT GLOP 01
• Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - ROPE TWIRLING SWISHES
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - STEAM TRAIN: WHISTLES, CLOSE UP
• Sound Ideas, TRAIN, STEAM - WHISTLE, DISTANT, LONG BLAST 02
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING IN (Heard once in the boss "Thugly's Highrise".)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT (Heard once in the boss "Thugly's Highrise".)
• Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - SHARP ZIP (normal & reversed)

Image Gallery

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