Because to notice what others have not becomes the goal in this game. But it might as well be one of those Hidden Object puzzles, full of rich details spread out across the screen waiting to be found. Ostensibly, this collaboration between Nintendo and Austin, Texas-based Retro Studios is a platformer, and very much a direct sequel to 2010’s Donkey Kong Country Returns on Wii, a reboot of the classic franchise begun on the Super Nintendo but ignored since 1996. Something else felt more necessary, beyond the simple jumping and running through levels, a simple task really: to pay attention. But with my newer glasses I saw the visual grandeur before me with what seemed like an important clarity. My old prescription was slightly weaker, the lenses harder to scrub clear. I had one rule when playing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, and it was this: Wear my good glasses.
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