DK Tropical Freeze still manages an 83% after 73 reviews

http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii-u/donkey-kong-country-tropical-freeze

flop it is not son!

in before gamespot score or GTFO

Pretty certain it's a flop.

Definitely not a flop.

It sold well enough, it scored well enough, I'm sure it's a good game too.

But because I can't say it enough, I'll say it again.

Nintendo:

Enough. With. The. Fucking. Platformers.

As much as I love platformers, I think the Wii U has had its fill for its first year.

did you try Pikmin 3, Wonderful 101 or Windwaker HD? Are you ready for Mario Kart 8 and Smash and Bayonetta 2?

@SolidGame_basic: No to the first two, yes to the third. And hell yes to the last three. Kart 8 is my most anticipated game of the year, actually.

@SonicNextGen2: Or forever, really.

Lol, I bought mine for the platformers

Can't get enough.

I'll never get enough.

But think about it!

New Super Mario Bros. U. New Super Luigi U. Rayman Legends. Sonic Lost Worlds. Super Mario 3D World. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze. Sonic Boom. Yoshi Yarn. The inevitable Kirby game.

I mean gaaah, what the fucking hell. Have some variety on your system for crying out loud. At least this year looks better in terms of that.

You listed 8 games. 3 of which are 3rd party. 1 which isn't announced. And 1 which was DLC but also sold individually. That doesn't really seem like much to me.

Nothing wrong with variety, as long as the platformers keep coming :)

I really didn't like NSLU to be honest, it was such a disappointment after playing NSMBU. The game is difficult because of the short time you get to finish all the levels. I never liked games where you are always pressured by a time constraint.

@R4gn4r0k: You must have hated Majora's Mask :P

@Kaze_no_Mirai: And I would be okay with it if in this period, the Wii U had had something more than just platformers to play. Outside of Pikmin 3, and maybe The Wonderful 101 (which is a super niche game), it didn't really.

Never played it :p

But yeah, I have heard a lot about it and I don't think I would like the concept. Though I probably would check it out if they do another remake for 3DS.

Pretty solid review scores. I'll be sure to get this when I get a Wii-U.

I agree with Charizard though. Wii-U could use a break on the platformers; except for maybe a 3D one because I don't think there have been a lot of those yet (hint hint, Retro; if you're going to make another Donkey Kong, make it a 3D one).

It's incredibly underscored for what it is: one of the finest platformers ever crafted in this industry. It's a masterpiece in my eyes. I honestly cannot think of a game better in its genre.

speak low have you even played any zelda game , i suggest you do before making that assumption , nintnedo can make any game oh look theres project x ,, uh huh and you were saying . .

lol

I played a little bit of it and its definitely a tight platformer. To my surprise though, it really failed to lock me in. It'll probably be one of those games that I'll play through during a drought.

Haha, speak low is such a fool.

Unfortunately only "GS scores count" on GS wich is probably the most stupid rule ever made in SW.

I propose a voting to change that rule

...Zelda isn't even an rpg man.

7/10 Edge
6/10 Gamespot
7/10 Game
7/10 Eurogamer

Versus

10/10 Wii brasil
10/10 Nintendo Dojo
10/10 Destructoid

Biased v non-biased sites. Its hard to put down nostalgic games afterall.
Might as well say gamespot underated 90% of their games due to metacritic scores from Call of Duty to GTA5 to TLOU also.
Nintendokids still scraping a flop.

@KBFloYd said:

@g0ddyX said:

7/10 Edge

6/10 Gamespot

7/10 Game

7/10 Eurogamer

Versus

10/10 Wii brasil

10/10 Nintendo Dojo

10/10 Destructoid

Biased v non-biased sites. Its hard to put down nostalgic games afterall.

Might as well say gamespot underated 90% of their games due to metacritic scores from Call of Duty to GTA5 to TLOU also.

Nintendokids still scraping a flop.

He wore his ass out years ago from all the butthurt.. all that remains now is vag itch.

way to cherry pick out of 73 sources lol

No, the game is a fippy flop...but the game is also critically better than what GS rated it.

The hype level for the game is higher than what it got on GS so it flopped by SW standards, however the game ACTUALLY isn't the low lever of quality that GS rated it under mass critical opinion just like TLOU.

The GS review speaks more of the reviewers failure to give a proper and reliable opinion of a games true quality than that the fact that if flopped system wars hype.

So Gamespot is wrong again. Not surprised.

It's a flop here, deal with it.

You're trying too hard.

Who cares. End of the day metacritic is stupid and always will be stupid.

Them making more platformers isn't much of an issue to be quite honest, at least it doesn't necessarily have to be.

Them making one devoid of any imagination or creativity? That is a bit irritating.

But that's Nintendo. They are allergic to doing things against the status quo.

Its their lowest metascore ever and has dragged their average score down to 89, making Retro AA devs rather than AAA.

Thats a flop.

Not that a flop can't be fun.

@93BlackHawk93:

Its a sound point though. Metacritic includes all the fanboy sites that shriek 10/10 at any exclusive. I prefer GS, or other reputable reviewers like euro gamer, edge, giant bomb, etc.

He picked 7 reviews out of 73 to use that as an argument to make it sound that is a bad nostalgic game. :/

How? By it's score or by its sales? Because if we've reached a point where an 80+ metascore is a flop then I've lost all hope.

Why are people insistent on calling out GameSpot by saying they got yet another score incorrect? It's bull sh*t. If you look that far in to review scores then you're missing the point. And, let me be honest, I'd rather listen to GameSpot than any other publication. Unlike IGN, EGM, Edge, Eurogamer or Game Informer, GameSpot doesn't give out perfect scores like Viagra at an old peoples home.

@widdowson91:

Flop = didn't meet it's hype. A high quality high scoring game can still be a flop.

The game is 10/10 quality. Cows and Lems hating on the game don't know what they're missing out on.

Surely, as long as fans enjoy it, that's all that matters. I've not spoken to one Donkey Kong fan who has not enjoyed it. For me that's a lot more important than any review scores.

@widdowson91:

Sure. Still a flop tho.

But really, what scores was everyone expecting it to get? Did everyone expect it to average over 90? Even Donkey Kong Country Returns has a sub-90 metascore, but that still rocked. Each to their own, I guess.

Yet their games still rock.

Flop on GS, and their lowest score ever on Meta. It's a flop if you're into that.

I'll be getting it though :3