As Nintendo fans pored over the company’s reveal trailer for Nintendo Switch 2 and its new Mario Kart ... Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, a Switch re-release of the original Wii game.

The game in question is none other than Diddy Kong Racing, the 1997 hit from Rare that remains the only true kart-racing rival to Mario’s series ... side kick of Donkey Kong.

Mario saw his coming-of-age during the Nintendo 64 era. Mario's voice ... Donkey Kong, and Wario, to go on an adventure at 6 different worlds to prove who among them is the superstar. Super Mario ...

If it’s any consolation for the redesign haters out there, Donkey Kong Country designer Kevin Bayliss — also known as the man ...

This relatively plain name is standard practice for the opening track in Mario Kart games, with Wii U turned Switch ... and (a funky looking) Donkey Kong all feature too, plus what appears to ...

This would be the first new Mario Kart ... Wii U in 2014, followed by its Switch Deluxe version in 2017. Below are more screens of the game from the reveal trailer: One small detail is that Donkey ...

Wii game Donkey Kong Country Returns gets a new remaster on Nintendo Switch, but has it become just a bit too retro? But the Switch 2 still hasn’t been announced, so in the meantime new titles ...

Sometimes, the new versions are worth every penny of the price: Mario Kart 8, for instance, felt just as new on the Switch as it did on the Wii U. Donkey Kong Country Returns, on the other hand ...

Donkey Kong Country Returns is one of the best platformers of the Wii era. The two Super Mario Galaxy games were ... and lives are plentiful, the mine kart and rocket barrel levels are all insta ...

He’s been the villain, the hero, a kart racer, a tournament fighter ... Even after all these years, Mario and Donkey Kong still have trouble getting along. When Donkey Kong breaks into his ...