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It's on like Donkey Kong. Again.

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Donkey Kong is once again going bananas on the Wii U. Will you do the same for his latest adventure? Find out in the review of Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze.

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Xenoblade Chronicles, the massive JRPG from developer MonolithSoft that originally launched on Wii, is coming to New 3DS XL this April.

Nintendo announced this exciting news during today's Direct broadcast. Monster Games, the same studio that ported Donkey Kong Country Returns to 3DS, will be handling this port as well.

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Several Wii U exclusive games have been discounted, including Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate dropping to $19.75, The Wonderful 101 being reduced to $26.75 along with smaller price reductions for Bayonetta 2, Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze, Super Mario 3D World and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

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Chris Mawson writes: "As 2014 draws to a close, the staff here at Power Up Gaming are currently considering which games of the past year are most worthy of their praise. It's been a year of highs but also considerable lows, with some stellar titles being overshadowed by a few bug-riddled messes. As a result, we've decided to take a step back in time to a gaming era where things were, for the most part, much simpler. As 1994 came to an end, titles including Super Metroid, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Donkey Kong Country and Tekken were amongst the many contenders for game of the year. For us, however, it was Sega's last entry in its 2D Sonic the Hedgehog series that was most worthy of the accolade. Today, we fondly revisit a staple of many of our childhoods: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Knuckles."

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Polygon: It came out at the beginning of the year, with little fanfare on a platform that's still not doing so hot. Plus, it's a Donkey Kong Country game, a series long (and wrongly) accused of offering flash over substance. When it was announced last year at E3, people were underwhelmed many wanted developer Retro Studios to make a Metroid game, not another Donkey Kong Country. It's too bad, because Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is the finest platformer of 2014, and one of the best designed games of the year, in any genre.

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Warp Zoned writes: "Ever since Ocarina of Time, the Legend of Zelda franchise has been near and dear to my heart. When the first trailers for Hyrule Warriors were released, I didnt know quite what to think about it. It wasnt quite a Zelda game, really, at least not in the traditional sense. However, as Link bombastically destroyed huge waves of enemies with increasingly over-the-top weapons, I found myself intrigued. Nintendo doesnt often trust its most popular franchises to parties outside the company, although that has changed in recent years as Retro Studios continues to release solid titles like Donkey Kong Country Returns and Metroid Prime. However, aside from the much maligned CD-i games (that would eventually become fuel for countless YouTube parodies) and Capcoms handheld entries, Nintendo has rarely trusted another company with the Zelda franchise. In that sense, Hyrule Warriors is a unique animal, and I couldnt wait to try it out."

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Andrew N. from Negative World says: "I'm finally playing through Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Wii U a good 10 months or so after it released. It's a great game, maybe even better than Returns, and if you are into that kind of thing you should definitely play it. One of the coolest things about Tropical Freeze is that it marks the return of legendary composer David Wise to the Donkey Kong Country series. David Wise composed the original soundtracks (OSTs) for the SNES trilogy (although not Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii, which was handled by Metroid Prime composer Kenji Yamamoto, among others.) So I felt like it was time to give David Wise some much deserved love. And maybe some love for Yamamoto and his team as well. But mostly for David Wise, because that dude's Donkey Kong Country tracks are the best."

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Brian and Marty play through Rare's classic platformer on its 20th birthday.