Editing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)

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|developer=[[Retro Studios]]<br>[[Monster Games]]<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze/b/wii_u/archive/2013/12/24/nintendo-answers-our-donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze-questions.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 GameInformer: Nintendo Answers Our Burning Questions]</ref><br>[[Nintendo SPD|Nintendo SPD Group No. 3]]
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'''''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''''' is a [[Reissue#Ports|port]] of the 2014 [[Wii U]] [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze|game of the same name]] released for the [[Nintendo Switch]] in May 2018. It includes the new Funky Mode, a beginner-friendly mode which features [[Funky Kong]] as a playable character.

==Differences from the Wii U version==
[[File:Funky Kong DKCTF Switch screenshot.png|thumb|right|250px|Funky as a playable character]]
*The port introduces a beginner-friendly mode, the '''Funky Mode''', which centers on [[Funky Kong]]. Here, the player can select the main playable character to be either Funky Kong or Donkey Kong. The '''Original Mode''', which is set apart from the Funky Mode, represents the default mode of gameplay, with Donkey Kong as the main playable character.<ref name="direct"/><br>The following are the exclusive features of the Funky Mode:
**Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Cranky Kong, and vehicles can each withstand an extra hit, increasing their heart amount to three.
**As a new playable character, Funky Kong has five hearts, and can perform continuous roll attacks and underwater corkscrew attacks.<ref name="direct"/> His surfboard grants him a number of additional abilities as well, such as a [[Double Jump (airborne)|Double Jump]], a slower descent, an immunity to most kinds of [[Spike Trap]]s and the ability to jump on most enemies that the other Kongs cannot safely jump on.<ref name="direct"/> He can also breathe indefinitely while underwater.<ref name="direct"/>
**A parrot named [[Tawks]] appears in the Funky's Fly 'n' Buy shop. When playing as Funky Kong, Tawks replaces him as the shopkeeper. He impersonates Funky and gives him an employee discount.<ref>GameXplain (April 5, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpLEyr_zyI Who Replaces Funky Kong When Shopping in ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' for Switch? + World 1-2 Gameplay (PAX)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 5, 2018.</ref>
**While playing as Funky Kong, [[Kong Barrel]]s only display the FK initial. This prevents Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong from joining Funky Kong outside of two-player mode, but Funky Kong can still heal himself by breaking them.
***Likewise, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong cannot hop on Funky Kong. On the map screen in two-player mode, Funky Kong holds onto one of the three Kongs on his surfboard, including in the map screen idle animations.
**The player is allowed to select and use items purchased from the shop while in a level. In the Original Mode, this is only possible on the map screen.
**[[KONG Letters]] do not have to be collected again should the player lose a life before reaching the next checkpoint or the end of the level. In addition, they appear permanently translucent when the player re-visits the level where they were collected previously, similarly to the [[Puzzle Piece (Donkey Kong Country series)|Puzzle Pieces]].<ref>GameXplain. (April 12, 2018). [https://youtu.be/ryDYB7TGaGc Some Funky Hoverboard Action in DKC: Tropical Freeze DIRECT FEED Gameplay (Alpine Incline - Switch)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 13, 2018.</ref>
**A figurine of Tawks can be obtained from the [[Capsule Toy Machine]]. It is listed under the "Kong Family" section.
*All [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze#Bosses|bosses]] have fixed attack patterns, instead of being RNG-based.
*The arrangement of "Stickerbush Symphony" that plays halfway through the game's credits is replaced with an original melody, featuring voice clips of Funky Kong. During that part of the credits, in-game pictures of Funky Kong are preponderantly shown.
*Donkey Kong's nose in his in-game model is now more emphasized and defined, matching his appearances in recent ''Mario'' games.<ref>GameXplain (April 6, 2018). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo-cArK9T8s DK Got a Nose Job for ''DKC: Tropical Freeze'' on Nintendo Switch (Character Model Change)]. ''YouTube.'' Retrieved April 7, 2018.</ref>
*Donkey Kong gets a new idle animation in which he pulls out and plays a Nintendo Switch, replacing the his original idle animation where he played a [[Nintendo 3DS]]. Also, if Diddy or Dixie are with Donkey Kong when he pulls out his Switch, they play along with him, whereas Cranky expresses contempt for the console when offered a chance to play.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62I3GgOCdWc</ref>
*The [[Crash Guard]] has changed from blue to green for unknown reasons, and the star on the [[Banana Juice]] has changed from red to green.
*Funky Kong's toy in the Figurines Gallery shows him holding the red surfboard he uses in Funky Mode instead of the blue stylized one from the Wii U version. However, the icon that appears when the figurine is obtained from the [[Capsule Toy Machine]] still displays the original blue surfboard.
*The physical version comes with a reversible cover featuring Funky Kong.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cs1AIKVGQQ</ref>

==Promotion==
The [[Play Nintendo]] website features a [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Trivia Quiz|skill quiz]], a [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Playable Characters Quiz|personality quiz]], and a [[Donkey Kong Match-Up|match-up activity]] related to the Nintendo Switch release of ''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''.

==Reception==
===Sales===
The Nintendo Switch version of the game debuted at the #2 spot in the UK. It was noted that the Nintendo Switch version debuted 53.7% higher than the original release and that its sales already accounted for 17% of all physical copies of the game in the country.<ref>Brian (May 08, 2018). [https://nintendoeverything.com/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freezes-debut-sales-on-switch-in-the-uk-were-53-7-higher-than-wii-u/ Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze’s debut sales on Switch in the UK were 53.7% higher than Wii U]. ''Nintendo Everything''. Retrieved May 11, 2018.</ref> In Japan, it was the top-selling game for its week of release, doing more than double the launch of the Wii U version with 96.754 copies sold.<ref>https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/games-by-year/2018-weekly</ref> In the United States, it debuted at #5 for April 2018 and was the 2nd best-selling game for the Nintendo Switch according to NPD data.<ref>rawmeatcowboy (May 22, 2018). [https://www.gonintendo.com/stories/309576-april-2018-npd-nintendo-labo-donkey-kong-country-tropical-fre APRIL 2018 NPD - NINTENDO LABO, DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: TROPICAL FREEZE, MARIO KART 8 DELUXE, SUPER MARIO ODYSSEY MAKE TOP 10]. ''Go Nintendo''. Retrived May 23, 2018.</ref> By December 31, 2021, it had sold 4.12 million units worldwide.<ref>[https://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-million-sellers-cesa-2022-update-super-mario-3d-all-stars-at-9-million-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-over-6-million-more/]</ref>

==Gallery==
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DKCTF Funky Kong Artwork.png|[[Funky Kong]]
TawksArtwork.png|[[Tawks]]
DKCTF FK Barrel.png|[[DK Barrel|FK Barrel]]
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==Staff==
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==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=ドンキーコングトロピカルフリーズ
|JapR=Donkī Kongu Toropikaru Furīzu
|JapM=''Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze''
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://donkeykong.nintendo.com/tropical-freeze/ Official North American website]
*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch/Donkey-Kong-Country-Tropical-Freeze-1325706.html Official United Kingdom website]

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