donkey kong It is a somewhat inconstant series, because although Nintendo has not neglected it since its premiere, it has never managed to establish itself as an IP with a pattern of consistent releases. An example that clearly demonstrates this is a supposed game that Nintendo worked with a studio that is now Xboxbut which was canceled and of which new details came to light today.
Does 1 year A rumor arose that a new game of donkey kong was in charge of the study of Activision Vicarious Visionswhich in the end had to be cancelled.
The channel of Youtube DidYouKnowGaming contacted developers Vicarious Visions to get more information about this ill-fated project and the interesting thing is that they would confirm that the studio had indeed worked with Nintendo.
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How was it going to be canceled? Donkey Kong: Freedom?
According to the details, work on the project would have started in 2015after the studio worked on Skylanders: SuperChargers and managed to associate with Nintendo by presenting a demo of a possible game of donkey kongwhose code name would be Freedom.
The report questioned sources close to the development to find out if what the original rumor mentioned was true and obtained interesting and new information, such as the fact that donkey kong would slide on vines like in the movie Tarzan.
Something curious is that an anonymous developer commented that although Shigeru Miyamoto He was not deeply involved in the project, but he did make the recommendation to put banana peels on the ape as shoes to prevent him from injuring the soles of his feet.
Something very interesting is that this rumored project would depart from the usual art direction of the series donkey kongsince it was planned that the protagonist would have “exaggerated proportions” and one of the sources described this look as similar in style to that of the filmmaker Tim Burtonsomething that would have been well received by Nintendo.
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Because Donkey Kong: Freedom it was cancelled?
DidYouKnowGaming mentioned that, although the original rumor mentioned that Pauline would be a playable character, none of the developers he spoke with could confirm this feature.
According to the details, Vicarious Visions would have worked on the project donkey kong only 6 months and it would have been nothing more than a demo; in fact, it would not have advanced more than a gray box test (very premature prototype). At this time, the studio was also working on other projects, such as one of Crash Bandicoot and a new Skylanders code name prismwhich in the end was also canceled.
One source mentioned that Activision He didn’t want to take risks, which contrasted with the creative freedom that characterized Vicarious Visions and precisely the project of donkey kong was one of them, since it was feared that Nintendo at some point during development he will suddenly cancel the project.
Unfortunately for fans of the IP of Nintendoin 2016 Activision I would have decided to cancel Freedom to make the studio focus its resources to Call of Duty and Destiny. In 2021 Vicarious Visions merged with Blizzard Entertainment and changed its name to Blizzard Albany.
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