Donkey Kong Nation Returns HD swung onto Swap earlier this month and it is a completely good time. Nothing we’ve not seen earlier than, however nonetheless a great little bit of enjoyable. That’s until you need to play a few of the later phases 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 buddies (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 phases — the place bouncing on enemies is the solely approach to proceed — making a full co-op run on Swap removed from preferrred.
The unique Donkey Kong Nation Returns on Wii overcame this drawback with a platforming ‘buffer’, the place enemies that had been beforehand bounced on hung round for about 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 strategy to leaping on enemies — one thing it might nearly get away with because of its lowered give attention to co-op play — and it appears the Swap has adopted within the handheld’s footsteps.
It is a tough oversight to explain (and we suggest trying out the Kong Kompendium video beneath to see it in motion), however the TL;DR of it’s that the co-op turns into about making an attempt to “preserve platforming sources” quite than taking the supposed route — and searching on the following instance from the ‘Platform Panic’ stage, “conserving” is not at all times an choice.
It isn’t sufficient to contemplate the sport essentially “damaged”, and the issue will solely apply to these enjoying in co-op, however come on. A giant promoting level for the Swap HD remaster is the prospect to play with a buddy on the go, and proper now, that appears like a fairly hair-pulling expertise.
Perhaps Endlessly Leisure has a patch within the works. Perhaps. Till then, nonetheless, hearth up the Wii.
