DK: Jungle Climber
DK: Jungle Climber, publié le 9 août 2007, est un jeu de plateforme développé par Nintendo et Paon puis édité par Nintendo. Il est proposé sur Nintendo DS et Wii U. Ce titre constitue la suite de DK: King of Swing, sorti en 2005 sur Game Boy Advance, et en reprend un gameplay similaire. Ses visuels ont été conçus pour se rapprocher davantage de Donkey Kong Country, tout en ajoutant la prise en charge du double écran.
Le jeu a reçu une note agrégée de 70,86. L'accueil critique témoigne de perceptions variées, le site Thunderbolt ayant salué « This is a pick-up-and-play game in its purest form, albeit with a uniquely tropical control set-up that hasn’t been utilised anywhere else before, sans its neg… », et VideoGamer déclarant « If I was wearing a hat, I'd doff it to the DS development team at Nintendo, who for me can do no wrong... or rather I would, except that I need both hands to c… ». De leur côté, des joueurs sur Metacritic regrettent que « Unfortunately, this game will never be as good for Ice Climbers on the NES, although it tries very hard to be. I only played it hoping that the Ice Level would… », tandis que d'autres estiment le titre « Underrated high-skill cap title. K. Rool makes a return, story is pretty interesting, something you could also see in the Country series. Mechanics are origin… ».
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« This is a pick-up-and-play game in its purest form, albeit with a uniquely tropical control set-up that hasn’t been utilised anywhere else before, sans its neglected prequel. »
« If I was wearing a hat, I'd doff it to the DS development team at Nintendo, who for me can do no wrong... or rather I would, except that I need both hands to control DK, so maybe it's best that I'm not wearing one. This is though, another definite winner from the big N. »
« One of the year’s best. »
« Gameplay that's as pure and refreshing as a glass of cold banana juice on a summer's day. [JPN Import; Nov 2007, p.60] »
« A fun little game that will keep you busy for a while. Just don't expect it to throw you any wild surprises, other than the main control system itself. [Christmas 2007, p.85] »
« The development team stuck to its guns with the original concept and fleshed it out with new levels, new elements, and more stuff to beef up the variety and to toughen things up. »
« The unique control scheme makes for an interesting change and a lot of fun, while the extra challenge modes provide incentive for much replay. »
« DK: Jungle Climber is arguably more of what we saw in King of Swing, but with updated graphics. For those who felt that game was already a one-trick pony, it may be an undesirable sequel, but tons of hard-to-reach collectibles, unlockable mini-games, and four-player downloadable battles will keep the rest of us honing our skills for hours. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Unfortunately, this game will never be as good for Ice Climbers on the NES, although it tries very hard to be. I only played it hoping that the Ice Level would be as good Ice Climbers, but alas, nothing can ever reach that peak. Otherwise, It is a fine game with good vibes and music. »
« Underrated high-skill cap title. K. Rool makes a return, story is pretty interesting, something you could also see in the Country series. Mechanics are original, my only issue with this game is that it's way too hard at some point. Some nerfs here and there would have made this game even better imo. »
« This game is one that I was honestly very interested in taking a look at and when everything was set and done, I enjoyed it. The gameplay is really fun and had my attention throughout a good majority of the game, the soundtrack is a generally fun listen, and the characters were really enjoyable. Overall really fun time and improvement over a game that I already had a lot of fun with. It's not amazing, but I liked it. »
« Muito criativo, com ótimo level designer. Boa trilha sonora. Os negativos são pessoas que não entendem que a proposta NÃO ERA ser um Country. O jogo é diferente, quem tem a capacidade de curtir o game, vai ter um jogo unico, com mecanicas muito bem feitas e criativas, os melhores bonus da franquia é realmente muito divertido. »
« A sequel to the the GBA title "DK:King of Swing" is not exactly what the DS needed. Is it fun at least? Well if you consider awkward controls with a silly-bland story than be my guest. The story is that DK and his friends find an alien banana hybrid who says that his crystal coconut was stolen by King K. Rool. So as any of you would expect, DK decides to find it and get it back. This game has weird controls, you use the D-Pad to move, press R and L together to jump and also use R and L to climb. It already sounds difficult. And it is very difficult. Boss Battles are a prime example of this. It's like trying to shoot a moving target with an arrow blind. I barely got past the first boss. And not to mention there are collectables like DK coins you collect in every level. So good luck to you completionist! This is probably one of DK's more pitiful games, I must give credit though for putting bonus content and multiplayer, but it doesn't make up for it's amount of difficulty with the controls, as well as the controls themselves. »
« I respect the game for what it tried to do and I see that it tried to add a lot of new gameplay mechanics but this was not the way to do it. The game was honestly really fun though and I could see my self going back one day to try it. The problem is that this game alone was one of the main reasons my shoulder buttons failed on my original ds. This game became a joke for that reason, the killer of shoulder buttons »
« Maybe the most underrated game on the DS. I had a TON of fun with this game. It is one of these games that just feels great when you play it. You just want to jump and climb from wall to wall because it simply feels great. I can recommend it with confidence for anyone who wants to try a different kind of gameplay. 8 out of 10. »
