It’s hard to believe that it has been over a decade since we’ve gotten a new Donkey Kong Country platformer.
Retro Studios’ Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was one of the best Wii U games, but we’ve yet to get a new platformer in that style from Nintendo or Retro since. We won’t be getting a new Crash Bandicoot anytime soon either since Activision canceled Crash Bandicoot 5, which would’ve featured Spyro the Dragon. Thankfully, we’re on a bit of an upswing regarding the return of these kinds of platformers.
Nikoderiko: The Magical World - Announcement Trailer - Coming October 15 Nikoderiko follows the genre formula to a T, down to a lighthearted, adventurous story needed to back everything up. Mongooses Niko and Luna are Indiana Jones-types who find a relic stashed away on a magical island, but it’s stolen by a villain named Grimbald. The rest of the adventure is about getting that relic back, and that will only happen after several worlds’ worth of platforming challenges.
Some set pieces are outright copies, like underwater levels that turn Niko into a black silhouette, minecart levels, and barrels that shoot the player around. It also sounds like Donkey Kong Country, as former Rare composer David Wise composed Nikoderiko’s soundtrack. Occasionally, levels will shift to play out in 3D. Here, the formula feels more like Crash Bandicoot beyond the fact that Niko is an orange and blue marsupial.
For better and for worse, Nikoderiko plays very closely to its main inspirations. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze and Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time are fantastic games, so VEA games is emulating a winning formula. In lieu of new games in those series, I appreciate having a whole game full of new levels that follow that formula. That fresh feeling only goes so far when I feel like I’ve seen most of Nikoderiko’s tricks before.
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