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Games like Donkey Kong Country Returns 2010
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About Donkey Kong Country Returns
Games closest to Donkey Kong Country Returns
Sonic the Hedgehog 1991Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Wonder Boy 1986Also classical in form, resolved and cool
Kaze and the Wild Masks 2021Also nostalgic, classical in form and resolved
Super Mario Bros. 1985Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Torchlight II 2012Also classical in form, resolved and cool
Viking Squad 2016Also classical in form, resolved and cool
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 1992Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Donkey Kong Land 2 1996Also classical in form, resolved and warm
Crystal Caves 1991Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair 1988Also classical in form, nostalgic and resolved
Ninja JaJaMaru: The Great Yokai Battle + Hell 2022Also classical in form, nostalgic and resolved
Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo 1988Also classical in form, resolved and cool
The same feel, in other forms
Albums
- Run Devil Run 1999Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
- Clásicos de la provincia 1993Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
- While We’re at It 2018Also classical in form, resolved and cool
Books
The House of Arden 1900Also resolved, classical in form and earnest
To visit the Queen 1999Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
Les milliards d'Arsène Lupin 2015Also resolved, classical in form and cool
Films
Gentleman Jim 1942Also classical in form, resolved and warm
Kismet 1944Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
The Goonies 1985Also classical in form, resolved and earnest
Series
DC's Stargirl 2020Also classical in form, resolved and nostalgic
Fuuto PI 2022Also classical in form, resolved and unpretentious
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries 2012Also resolved, classical in form and nostalgic
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