Donkey Kong Country Returns
Donkey Kong Country Returns with the classic side-scrolling play that made the original so popular, now rendered with new levels and vibrant 3D environments. When Donkey Kong's banana stash is stolen, he goes on a quest to get them back. This time, Diddy Kong joins the adventure, opening up the franchise's first opportunity for co-op play. Diddy can hop on and off Donkey Kong's back any time, giving rookies a chance to ride along when the going gets too tough.
Donkey Kong Country Returns | |
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Developer(s) | Retro Studios, Nintendo |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
Series | Donkey Kong |
Platform(s) | Wii |
Release date(s) | NA November 21, 2010 AUS December 2, 2010 EU December 3, 2010 JP December 9, 2010 |
Genre(s) | Platform |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer (2) |
Input methods | Wii Remote, Wii Remote + Nunchuk |
Compatibility | 5 Perfect |
GameIDs | |
See also... |
Dolphin Forum thread |
Problems
Controllers Disconnect
Wiimotes randomly disconnect if "Enable Speaker Data" is on. Disable it to correct the problem.
Odd Primary Colored Halo
Sometime bananas and other objects get an odd primary colored halo (typically red), refer issue 2068. In game this can be addressed by briefly visiting the Wii home screen and then exiting back to the game, but such doesn't work during the title screens.
Low Resolution DK
If "EFB to RAM" is used Donkey Kong will appear blocky and pixelated, "EFB to Texture" corrects for this.
Super Guide May Die
The Super Guide may fail or die because the game and Super Guide recordings fall out of sync. Fortunately, the game continues as if he won.
Odd sounds, Sound cut-out
Sound effects sometimes stop working, or odd erroneous sounds will sometimes endlessly repeat. Use DSP LLE to fix this. This can also be addressed by briefly visiting the Wii home screen and then exiting back to the game. Fixed by 3.5-1154. Odd sounds only are back in 3.5-2429. Same fix solve problem.
Configuration
Only configuration options for the best compatibility where they deviate from defaults are listed.
Wii Remote
Config | Setting | Notes |
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Enable Speaker Data | Off | Fixes Wiimote disconnects |
Version Compatibility
The graph below charts the compatibility with Donkey Kong Country Returns since Dolphin's 2.0 release, listing revisions only where a compatibility change occurred.
Testing
This title has been tested on the environments listed below:
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Revision | OS | CPU | GPU | Result | Tester |
r6501 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD 965 Phenom II X4 @ 3.4GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5770 | Playable | |
r6631 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 @ 1.8GHz | nVidia GeForce GTS 250 | Playable | |
r6871 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 | nVidia GeForce GTX 275 | Playable | |
r7696 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | Perfect. Locked at 60 FPS in DX11 with AA Samples 8 (quality 16), AF x16, and Internal Resolution x4 (2560x2112), at 1920x1080. | |
^r7093 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 | nVidia GeForce GTX 470 | Playable | |
^r7095 | Linux x86_64 | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T | nVidia GeForce GTS 450 | Playable | |
^r7302 | Windows XP x86 | Intel E7400 Core 2 Duo @ 2.8GHz | nVidia GeForce 9800 GT | Playable | |
^r7319 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 @ 3GHz | nVidia GeForce 450 GTS | 50 - 40 FPS, Playable but not full speed. | |
^r7561 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X6 1090T @ 3.2GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6950 | playable but not full speed (50-52 FPS). | Gix |
^r7670 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-2500K @ 4.1GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | Runs at 100%. Must use Virtual EFB for sharpest graphics. Super Guide still dies. | MegaJump |
^r7671 | Mac OS X 10.6 | Intel Core 2 Duo @ 2.4GHz | nVidia GeForce 9400M | Playable, not full speed (~24 FPS) and slight graphical corruption on main characters. Slight audio glitch, too. | Sanjamal |
r7714 | Windows 7 x86 | AMD 955 Phenom II X4 @ 3.2GHz | nVidia GeForce 9800 | Playable, not full speed (35-41 FPS) | Bruno |
^3.0 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Celeron E3300 @ 3.3GHz | nVidia GeForce GT 240 | Playable, 40-50 FPS most of the time. | EliasYFGM |
^3.0 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.6GHz | nVidia GeForce GTX 460 | The best i could get was 45-55 FPS. Sounds issues, and texture issues. | Dorman. T Reign |
^3.0-71 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X6 1055T @ 3.6GHz | nVidia GeForce GTX 460 | The best i could get was 45-55 FPS. Sounds issues, and texture issues. | Dorman. T Reign |
3.0-151 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom 1100T | AMD Radeon HD 6850 | Almost perfect 55-60 Frames, no freezes with no "Odd Primary Colored Halo", only Audio issues listed above. | Aldaris |
^r3.0.198 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II Thuban 1090t X6 @ 3.2GHz | ATI Radeon HD 5700 series 1go | Perfect-speed 100% 60 FPS Colour problem Fixed, only Audio issues listed above | Hjenovah |
3.0-201 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X4 980 @ 3.7GHz | AMD Radeon HD 6870 | Playable at 35-45 FPS with any graphics settings; black halo around the main character and audio issues present | Squareby |
3.0-354 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i7-2600k @ 4.7GHz | nVidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti | Playable 100% at 60 FPS with some Audio issues | s4nt11 |
3.0-371 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X4 840 @ 3.2GHz | nVidia GeForce 9800 GT | Playable at 45~60 FPS with some audio issues | Droover |
3.0-421 | Windows 7 x64 | AMD Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.825GHz | nVidia GeForce 560 Ti | Totally playable at 50-60 FPS. If only my CPU was a bit faster... | AgainstYourThought |
3.0-721 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.2GHz | nVidia GeForce GTS 250 Pro | Game freeze everytime you complete a level if you use savestates, so don't use them. Game is almost perfect at 40-60 FPS. Just some minor lag. Sometimes music got some strange loops, but if you press home button and then return to game, music go back to ok. | dr4g0n3 |
3.0-750 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-650 @ 3.2GHz | nVidia GeForce GTS 250 Pro | Game freeze everytime you complete a level if you use savestates, so don't use them. Game is playable at 20-30 FPS, but no 100% speed. Dolphin crash almost everytime with alerts of Backpatch EAX errors, so it's unplayable. | dr4g0n3 |
3.0-754 | Windows 8 x64 | Intel Core i7-2600K @ 5.047Ghz | nVidia GeForce GTX 460 | Perfect | Roger Carvalho |
3.0-763 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i5-2450M | AMD Radeon HD 7610M | Perfect. I have VBeam Emulation on .. with this 50-60 FPS | Chinmorph |
3.5 | Windows 8 x64 | Intel Core i7-3630QM @ 2.4GHz | nVidia Geforce GT650M | Perfect. To all nVidia users use OpenGL if your GPU supports it. It increases the performance on almost every game and you can use anti-aliasing and anisotropic filter. I used OpenGL after the video. | ZanBolt |
3.5-144 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel i7-2670QM @ 2.2GHz | nVidia GeForce GT 540M | Perfect. JIT Recompiler, Lock Threads to Cores, DSP HLE emulation, Use EuRGB60 Mode, DIrect3D9:EFB copies-Texture, External Frame Buffer-Disable, Disable Per-Pixel Depth, OpenCL Texture, Disable Fog, OpenMP Texture, VBeam Emulation-on. Almost all of the time 60 FPS | bbc |
^r3.5.2429 | Windows 7 x64 | Intel Core i7-3770k | nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | Almost perfect. Some minors graphics bugs 60 FPS 1080p with Direct3D11. Less with open GL but 40-60 FPS in 1080p | Jrr123 |