Funky Kong is the new character added to the list of playable Kongs in the Nintendo Switch port of
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for the Wii U. While the character did make an appearance in the game, as the Kong in charge of running the shop, he wouldn't be playable until now.
Funky Kong will be
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze's easy mode as he's not affected by spikes thanks to his trusty surf board, can perform an infinite roll which was only achievable by having either Cranky, Dixie or Diddy as one of the support characters, and has 5 hearts on his life gauge as opposed to Donkey's 2 hearts.
Now, thanks to the people over at
GameXplain, we have some Direct Feed footage of the first level, played as Funky Kong, recorded in crystal-clear 1080p at 60FPS.
Check it out:
Arctic invaders have turned Donkey Kong Island into their personal frozen fortress, and it’s up to you to save the day when Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze launches on Nintendo Switch May 4th! Barrel-blast into this critically acclaimed adventure, complete with a banana-bunch of new features. Traverse islands packed with platforming perfection and nonstop action as the classic Kongs in the original game, or mix things up by playing the story as Funky Kong in the new Funky Mode!
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is coming out exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on the 4th of May.