It seems that in the last few year a strange wave of nostalgia has washed over the games industry. Classic franchises brought back to life, old school gameplay making a comeback and on a personal level I couldn’t be happier.
You see I’m now 28 and while that is not old it does mean that, having got my first proper console at age 8, I have been gaming for more than 20 years. It also means that the current nostalgic wave is a double hit for me as many of the games making a return are the games of my childhood.
Of the studios bring it all back I think its fair to say that Nintendo have been pretty much been leading the charge. Their latest game to see itself brought out of gaming oblivion is the classic Donkey Kong Country.
Donkey Kong Country Returns sees the series returning to its familiar 2D side-scrolling format seen in the first games of the series all the way back on the Super Nintendo. Like its SNES predecessors the game’s story is…well the same as always…someone has stolen all of DK’s bananas and he wants them back. (more…)
