Donkey Kong Should Make a Comeback in the Switch's Late Years

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The latest Nintendo Direct featured quite a few overdue comebacks from franchises that haven't gotten much love lately. Nintendo surprised Mario fans with Mario Strikers: Battle League, a revival of its beloved explosive sports title. Nintendo Switch Sports also made its premiere as a new official installation in the long-dormant Wii Sports series. Even Klonoa and Chrono Cross made appearances at the Nintendo Direct, making it a nostalgic presentation on the whole. Unfortunately, the Direct lacked one major Nintendo franchise that hasn't been acknowledged in far too long: Donkey Kong. This isin spite of last year's leaks indicating that Nintendo has a new Donkey Kong game in the works.

Details on the rumored Donkey Kong game are scarce, but with gamers having gone eight years without a new Donkey Kong game, just about any kind of game would be a relief at this point. While Donkey Kong himself at least remains a consistent presence in Mario sports games and party games, his own franchise deserves acknowledgement too. Since Nintendo says that the Switch still has a few good years of operation left in it, hopefully that means the Donkey Kong franchise will stage a comeback in the coming years by finally coming to Switch in a big way.

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There's no doubt that Nintendo is aware of Donkey Kong's important legacy. Nintendo Switch Online's game library is filled with acclaimed Donkey Kong titles, both from the NES and SNES eras. In contrast to that, though, Nintendo hasn't released a new installation in the series since 2014 when Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze came out. Tropical Freeze was warmly received, both in its original Wii U debut and its 2018 Switch version, so