The trilogy is finally complete.

Back in 2004, game remixing super-site, OverClocked ReMix showed their love to the music of Donkey Kong Country with Kong in Concert. Years later, the community banded together again along with composer, David Wise, himself to bring us an album of the sequel titled Serious Monkey Business. Now the eight year journey has come to an end.

OCR is back. David Wise is back. And Donkey Kong Country 3: Double the Trouble! is finally here. Covering both the Super Nintendo and Game Boy Advance versions of Donkey Kong Country 3, the album is practically bursting at the seams. 5 discs, 77 tracks, over 5 hours of music, and a barrel full of awesome. And as always, it’s all free. Swing on over to the official site and grab it. (more…)

"Retro Studios hits another one out of the park."

Metroid Prime really put Retro Studios on the map. After they wrapped up the series, “What will Retro do next?” became a hot topic of discussion. The revival of Rare’s 2D platforming series, Donkey Kong Country, was definitely not among my guesses.

Donkey Kong Country Returns may not look as wildly different from earlier titles in the series as Prime did to Metroid, but it’s still crammed full of new ideas. Rather than attempting to make a shinier version of what you’ve already played a decade and a half ago, Retro has used the SNES originals as the foundation for something greater.

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“Friday Old Games” is a series of articles in which we review a game from the older generations of consoles, share why we picked it, and whether or not it holds up with time.

Back in the glory days, when companies would send out VHS tapes to promote their games, there was Donkey Kong Country. Rare took the series from its arcade roots and transformed it into a platformer, boasting revolutionary 3D graphics without the need for additional hardware.

The premise is simple. The Kremlings, a group of reptilian creatures, have stolen Donkey Kong’s giant banana hoard. With the help of his friend, Diddy, they must go through each stage, defeat a boss, and get more bananas back.

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On a very special seventy-second edition of WingDamage.com’s own, “Barrel Roll! A Video Game Podcast”, the guys talk all about how much they love throwing grenades… and great voice acting.

Jesse has been sick for several days, but doesn’t let that keep him from showing up for the cast. Now that’s dedication!

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