Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze review: losing a-peel
Review
Donkey Kong Country makes its first trek to HD with Tropical Freeze. How does the great ape hold up on the new platform?
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"I had a hard time with this in the last game. You're just so far away from everything."
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