{"id":874168,"date":"2025-12-19T09:35:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-is-on-the-way-to-switch\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T09:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T09:35:28","slug":"donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-is-on-the-way-to-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-is-on-the-way-to-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Is On The Way To Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-is-on-the-way-to-switch.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"foaf:Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\">Today\u2019s Nintendo Direct brought news of the welcome return of Donkey Kong to Switch. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is headed for release on January 16, 2025.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\">The new version looked great in its reveal trailer today, which showed off DK and his little buddy, Diddy Kong, making their way through a slew of jungle-themed environments, collecting bananas, popping barrels, and even riding Rambi the Rhinoceros.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\">The new remaster is set to include 80 levels, which means it will also have all the extra levels that appeared in the 2013 3DS port. The trailer also reveals plans for two-player local cooperative play.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\">Check our the new trailer for yourself below.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameBorder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qdjam3yHC-4\" width=\"640\"><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/nintendo-direct\/2024\/06\/18\/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-is-on-the-way-to-switch\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today\u2019s Nintendo Direct brought news of the welcome return of Donkey Kong to Switch. Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is headed for release on January 16, 2025. The new version looked great in its reveal trailer today, which showed off DK and his little buddy, Diddy Kong, making their way through a slew of jungle-themed environments, collecting bananas, popping barrels, and even riding Rambi the Rhinoceros. The new remaster is set to include 80 levels, which means it will also have all the extra levels that appeared in the 2013 3DS port. The trailer also reveals plans for two-player local cooperative play. Check our the new trailer for yourself below. Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":874169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Donkey Kong Country Returns HD Is On The Way To Switch | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Today\u2019s Nintendo Direct brought news of the welcome return of Donkey Kong to Switch. 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