History Videogame / DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze

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* AquaticMook: Various fish and sharks.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: The last world, Donkey Kong Island, is a review of every world in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'', which each regular stage being based around the most iconic challenges found in that particular area in the first game. The FinalBoss, Lord Fredrik, is also fought where Tiki Tong was in the previous game. The secret levels are brand-new, however.

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* WindmillScenery: The Autumn Height level ''Windmill Hills'' obviously features many, ''many'' windmills, many of which are carrying platforms on which DK can land.

* GuideDangIt: During a roll, you can jump even without touching the ground, in a sort of DoubleJump. The game will ''never'' tell you this, but it's required to grab a few collectibles without cheesing them with Diddy or Dixie's flight skills.

''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (released as ''Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze'' in Japanese) is a UsefulNotes/WiiU {{platform game}} produced by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/RetroStudios, a sequel to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'', and the fifth side-scrolling ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' game. The game was originally slated for release in November 2013, before being pushed to February 2014.

* DumbDodoBird: This game has Dodos as enemies in the Lost Mangroves.

* OxygenMeter: The Kongs can be seen making use of OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles in swimming segments. Funky Kong in the Switch port averts this, and [[SuperNotDrowningSkills can stay underwater as long as he likes]] thanks to his scuba-diving gear.
* OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles: How could Donkey Kong refill his OxygenMeter without those?

* YeahShot: If you decide to quit the game during the GameOver sequence, the Painguin Tucks keeping the defeated Kong frozen in a block of ice will do this.

* RecursiveCanon: One of the games Donkey Kong may play on his 3DS within his IdleAnimation is ''[[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''.[[note]]It's a lot easier to tell what game he plays if the level music's down due to said level music drowning out the sounds of DK's 3DS.[[/note]]

* TeleportingKeycardSquad: In World 4-B (Shoal Atoll), when you collect the second-to-last key, more enemies inexplicably appear throughout the stage.

* TurnsRed: All the bosses do this, but Bashmaster ''literally'' turns purple as he is closer to defeat, [[JustifiedTrope because you keep dunking him in the purple fruit juice surrounding the arena when you hit him]].

** World 2-6 (Wing Ding) has two versions of the track for when you're on the ground and zip-lining along the vines.

* WindmillScenery: The Autumn Height level ''Windmill Hills'' obviously features many, ''many'' windmills, many of which are carrying platforms on whick DK can land.

* AdvertisedExtra: Funky Kong, apart being PromotedToPlayable in the Switch version, makes no appearance in the game's cinematics and only with his own model-animation for boss battles.

** As the number of figurines to collect increases each time you clear a world, and getting unique figurines is a LuckBasedMission as they're only available through the Capsule Toy Machine in Funky Kong's shop (with no real way to manipulate the chances of getting a unique one), Funky will stop the player from using the machine if all the unique figurines currently available had been collected, preventing them from wasting their hard-earned Banana Coins on the machine.

* ArtifactMook: Screaming Pillars are back, but in a whole different island and in spite of the rest of the Tiki Tak Tribe being nowhere to be seen.

** Green Balloons returns Kongs to the stage after falling into a BottomlessPit.

* BioluminescenceIsCool: Several living creaures in the UnderTheSea levels are bio-luminescent.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In addition to the [[OneUp red balloons]], you can go to Funky's shop to buy the [[BottomlessPitRescueService green balloon]] from the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS port of ''Returns'' and a brand new blue balloon that extends your OxygenMeter. DK Barrels also change color to indicate which Kong is within.

** Snaggles, Mimics, Screaming Pillars, and Squiddicus are [[{{Pun}} returning]] enemies from the first ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''. The Big Squeekly also makes a cameo appearance, frozen in a block of ice in 6-4 Blurry Flurry.

* HeavilyArmoredMook: Various Snowads that wear helmets and wield {{shield|Mook}}s require more hits to defeat.

* InterfaceSpoiler: Completing the Kong Temple levels with all Puzzle Pieces will unlock its own image gallery separate from the worlds they're placed in. By going into the gallery early on in the game, You'll see that the gallery is represented by the Mysterious Relics all placed together, each with a symbol representing a world. This will give you a hint that there will be a total of [[spoiler: seven worlds]] in the game to beat even though you haven't collected all the Mysterious Relics yet.

* KillStreak: Like the previous games, defeating at least 3 enemies in a row will grant Banana Coins and Extra Life Balloons.
* KungFuProofMook:
** [[TheSpiny Snowmads with horned helmets]] cannot be jumped on, but a roll will kill them.

** In the [[UpdatedRerelease Remaster]] for the Switch, Funky Kong got PromotedToPlayable. Not only does Funky have [[SuperToughness 5 hearts at default]], but he also has [[AllYourPowersCombined all the special abilities of the other Kongs]], essentially making playing as him the Easy Mode of the game. You can also play as DK and the other Kongs in this mode as well, but you're granted an extra heart for each Kong for a grand total of 3 when DK is alone, and 6 when partnered. Other perks include a more effective invincability potion for sale, Kong letters are now permanently collected, even if you die before reaching the next checkpoint (although not if you skip or quit a level), and you're given the option to skip a level after dying a certain amount of times.

** Sawmill Thrill. What kind of sawmill would allow minecart tracks to run through it, let alone ones that are in easy reach of the blades?

** The boss Fugu is a giant pufferfish which can inflate to tremendous sizes. It is covered with spikes and Donkey Kong can only attack its spikeless rear, else they will be damaged.

* SwordfishSabre: The Saw Mamas are sawfish enemies whose pronged rostrums cause damage to Donkey Kong, even when he performs a screw attack.

** The Archies' and their variatns use fishes (or fishbones) as arrows.

** Funky Kong mentions the Extra Heart item as a "container", referencing the Heart Container item from The Legend of Zelda series.

* TentacledTerror: The Squiddicus is one big octopus. It actively tries to harm the Kongs in Irate Eight

* TurnsRed: All the bosses do this, but Bashmaster ''literally'' turns purple as he is closer to defeat. Justified because you keep dunking him in the purple juice every time you hit him.

''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (originally released as ''Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze'' in Japan) is a UsefulNotes/WiiU {{platform game}} produced by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/RetroStudios, a sequel to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'', and the fifth side-scrolling ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' game. The game was originally slated for release in November 2013, before being pushed to February 2014.

* CelebrityParadox: Early on, you can hand slap to turn on a bunch of [=TV=]s. They have the US and Japanese title screens for ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns''.

* TomTheDarkLord: Downplayed. One water level has an ''enormous'' fish. It looks a bit scary, but it unintentionally helps the Kongs by knocking over a massive rock wall blocking them. While the giant fish turns out to be not so hostile, one still wouldn't expect its name to be [[https://www.mariowiki.com/Tim Tim]].

* IdleAnimation: DK breaks out a [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] (or a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in the UpdatedRerelease)if you make him sit still long enough.

** One level, Scorch and Torch, is set amid a forest fire, combining GreenHillZone and LethalLavaLand.

* IdleAnimation: DK breaks out a [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] (or a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in the UpdatedRerelease)if you make him sit still long enough.
* JigglePhysics: 5-5, Jelly Jamboree, demonstrates this with the gelatinous cubes that make up the main gimmick of the level. At one point you shoot your way into a pile of them and they all jiggle as you pound on them in order to break free and continue.
* JungleJazz: The jazzy Rocket Barrel is back from ''Returns'', and this time it's actually used in jungle levels rather than just being associated with the jungle-dwelling Kongs.

''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' (originally released as ''Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze'' in Japan) is a UsefulNotes/WiiU {{platform game}} produced by Creator/{{Nintendo}} and Creator/RetroStudios, a sequel to ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryReturns'', and the fifth side-scrolling ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' game.

Previous ''Donkey Kong Country'' composer Creator/DavidWise [[http://www.gonintendo.com/?mode=viewstory&id=204709 returns to the series]] to compose the soundtrack for the game, replacing Minako Hamano from ''Returns''. On December 2nd, 2013, the game's updated boxart revealed the long-rumored fourth playable character: Cranky Kong, PromotedToPlayable for the first time in the series. His previous ''Returns'' role as the shopkeeper is now filled by Funky Kong.

In January 2018, Nintendo announced an UpdatedRerelease of the game for the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, due for release in May of that year. The biggest addition is that Funky Kong, like Cranky before him, has been PromotedToPlayable, with his surfboard providing many unique abilities for him to use.

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