For the past week, I've been going to bed with Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze's music stuck in my head. And I don't mind it at all.One of the standout features of the original Donkey Kong Country games on the Super Nintendo was their outstanding soundtrack, composed in large part by David Wise. His moody ambient underwater music and up-tempo jungle jams were missing from 2010's Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii, but the Wii U sequel coming February 21 brings Wise back for an encore.It's the best Donkey Kong Country has ever sounded.Wise's background tunes become increasingly rich and complex as you progress through the levels. One level has you quickly descending vines littered with bells. Each time you pass a bell, it rings, adding a new backing instrument to the background music. It's not until you trigger every bell that the song fully reveals itself in all its glory.

Donkey Kong Country is known for its atmospheric music that mixes natural environmental sounds with prominent melodic and percussive accompaniments. The lego movie videogame part 11.

The biggest culprits are the levels in which you ride a rocket barrel and must control your altitude by holding and releasing the A button so you don't crash into various hazards. (Yeah, it's kinda like.) It can be hard to tell where you are in relation to the level's obstacles.

In one of these levels, sharks jump out of the background at you, but it is extremely difficult to tell when they're about to hit you.In another stage, after outrunning a giant spiky fruit, I jumped onto a platform that promptly collapsed, sending me tumbling to my death before I could even react. Flashpoint movie. I probably would have shut the game off right then and there if not for the fact that traversing the level a second time provided another opportunity to hear the background music.But these are exceptions to the rule. Donkey Kong Country Returns: Tropical Freeze is a brilliant Mario-style game, one that constantly introduces new wrinkles to the gameplay in a way that reminded me of the excellent Mario Galaxy games.Even in the world comprised entirely of underwater levels, Tropical Freeze consistently finds new ways to surprise. One level has you throwing sacks of water to extinguish path-blocking fires, while another has you attempting to navigate past the wiry tentacles of a giant octopus. One world even has you work your way through a food processing plant, weaving past chopping blades and jumping over conveyer belts.For every maddening, difficult level, there are 10 delightful ones. Stick with Tropical Freeze–-past the frustration, past the sometimes unfair deaths–and you will be rewarded for your efforts.