Donkey Kong Nation Returns HD swung onto Swap earlier this month and it is a completely good time. Nothing we have not seen earlier than, however nonetheless little bit of enjoyable. That’s until you need to play among the later levels in co-op, it appears, as a result of followers have found an oversight that sucks all of the enjoyable out of platforming along with your friends (thanks for the heads up, GamingReinvented).
As shared on YouTube by the splendidly named DK fan channel, Kong Kompendium, Returns HD has an issue with its co-op fight: two gamers cannot bounce off the identical enemy. It won’t sound that bizarre on paper (heck, Mario does it on a regular basis), however such a capability turns into fairly essential as you progress into the sport’s later levels — the place bouncing on enemies is the solely manner to proceed — making a full co-op run on Swap removed from excellent.
The unique Donkey Kong Nation Returns on Wii overcame this downside with a platforming ‘buffer’, the place enemies that had been beforehand bounced on hung round for roughly 25 frames, giving P2 simply sufficient time to take the identical route themselves. The 3DS model removed this workaround for the usual one-and-done method to leaping on enemies — one thing it may nearly get away with due to its diminished deal with co-op play — and it appears the Swap has adopted within the handheld’s footsteps.
It is a troublesome oversight to explain (and we suggest trying out the Kong Kompendium video under to see it in motion), however the TL;DR of it’s that the co-op turns into about attempting to “preserve platforming assets” slightly than taking the meant route — and looking out on the following instance from the ‘Platform Panic’ stage, “conserving” is not all the time an choice.
It isn’t sufficient to think about the sport essentially “damaged”, and the issue will solely apply to these taking part in in co-op, however come on. An enormous promoting level for the Swap HD remaster is the prospect to play with a good friend on the go, and proper now, that appears like a reasonably hair-pulling expertise.
Perhaps Endlessly Leisure has a patch within the works. Perhaps. Till then, nevertheless, fireplace up the Wii.
