jump to navigation

How to Play Donkey Kong Country online: A Prologue 24/08/2014

Posted by jspanero in Features.
Tags: , , , , , ,
2 comments

Group_Art_2_-_Donkey_Kong_Country

After deciding to revisit Donkey Kong Country on a co-operative multiplayer mission with my friend Aldara, we set out to find out the best way of doing so. The English Channel between us means the original (and preferred) option, my slightly oxidated Super Nintendo with my trusty 20 year old DKC cartridge slotted in, is sadly out of the question. The DKC trilogy, although available on the Wii Virtual Console for a long time, is now conspicuously absent from the Wii U’s and in any case VC games do not offer online play, just local multiplayer. So yes, Nintendo’s inability to offer a truly competitive online experience for their back catalogue is forcing us to resort to SNES emulation via our PCs.

(more…)