Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze

[Ark Kuvis]

While there are quite a few "objects with googlyeyes" in the Banjo-Kazooie games, there are just as many solid character designs as well. And I think some of the N64 games can get away with that sort of thing. Remember that Mario 64 had an excessive amount of bomb-ombesque enemies that were just that round cannonball with eyes and legs. While that wasn't certaintly the case for ALL of the enemies, it was the case for a few of them. Limited technology. It's when those same "googly eyed objects" design appears in newer games, like it does in Mario and Luigi Dream Team and Super Mario 3D World, that it grinds my gears.

From my time with Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, the new enemies seem more in universe than half of the new enemies in Super Mario 3D World. I'd love to see the Snowmads return in future installments. They are much cooler than the Tiki Tak Tribe from Returns!