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 an excellent 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 together 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 may not 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 method to proceed — making a full co-op run on Swap removed from very best.
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 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 method to leaping on enemies — one thing it might nearly get away with due to its diminished concentrate on 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 testing 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 sources” moderately than taking the supposed route — and searching on the following instance from the ‘Platform Panic’ stage, “conserving” is not all the time an possibility.
It isn’t sufficient to think about the sport essentially “damaged”, and the issue will solely apply to these enjoying in co-op, however come on. An enormous promoting level for the Swap HD remaster is the possibility to play with a pal on the go, and proper now, that appears like a fairly hair-pulling expertise.
Perhaps Ceaselessly Leisure has a patch within the works. Perhaps. Till then, nonetheless, fireplace up the Wii.
