It’s been a while since the launch of Mario vs Donkey Kong for the Nintendo Switch family of consoles, but now we bring you a detail of an ape game that was in development. The truth is that the franchise has not had a new platform game since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in 2014.
Now we have a rumor that claims that the developer Vicarious Visions, responsible for Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, was working on a Donkey Kong game called Donkey Kong Freedom, a 3D platform game that would include Pauline as a playable character. These details have also been offered:
- The project was delivered to Nintendo EPD in 2018but nothing has been known about it since then.
- Did You Know Gaming investigated this rumor and was able to confirm with Vicarious Visions employees that a Donkey Kong project was in the works.
- The project was a 3D game set on a large open islandfocused on the fluid movement of the characters.
- Donkey Kong could climb walls, swing on vines, and move across horizontal and inclined vines.
- DK was planned to use banana peels as makeshift shoes during his adventures.
- Vicarious Visions It was intended to give DK an original appearance with huge arms and small legs.
- Development of the prototype began around September 2015 and lasted just over six months, with few employees involved.
- The prototype was developed in a jungle-infested urban landscape.
- Players started at the bottom of the city and increased speed to climb to higher areas.
The video below includes these details from Donkey Kong:
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