Tropical Depression Coming to Donkey Kong Island

By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Consoling my colleague.

Well, Rawk was supposed to write an article about his depression and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. Unfortunately, his depression continues. As in, he's so depressed he can't write articles. Time to take it to the [Koopa Keep] AIM Blast, because that's what Koopa Keep is all about: We look after one another! (And try to kill plumbers.) I'm Nintendork 13 13, and RawkHawk2010 is... RawkHawk.

Nintendork 13 13 8:50 pm
    YR
    get Rawk alive
    >_>;

 RawkHawk2010 9:00 pm
    who is rawk

 Nintendork 13 13 9:00 pm
    you motherfucker
    were you sleeping for the past 9+ hours?

 RawkHawk2010 9:00 pm
    uh
    yeah
    I DID say "goodnight"

 Nintendork 13 13 9:00 pm
    what the fuck happened to your sleep schedule

 RawkHawk2010 9:00 pm
    TF's delay made me want to die.
    I'm only happy when I'm unconcious.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:00 pm
    ...
    When you said you'd write your article when you woke up...
    ...I didn't anticipate this.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:02 pm
    TF being delayed is only a delay.
    It's not *canceled*.

 RawkHawk2010 9:02 pm
    not YET

 Nintendork 13 13 9:02 pm
    It's delayed by *two months*.

 RawkHawk2010 9:02 pm
    When there's smoke there's fire.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:03 pm
    The fire was the delay.
    There's no more fire.

 RawkHawk2010 9:03 pm
    Sabreman Stampede got "delayed" before it got canceled.
    So did Mother 64.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:03 pm
    Name a Nintendo game other than Mother 3 wh--...
    Iwata said it'd never happen again!
    He's kept his word on that.

 RawkHawk2010 9:04 pm
    Donkey Kong Racing?

 Nintendork 13 13 9:04 pm
    That's Rare's fault. >_>;
    You can't honestly compare DKR to TF.

 RawkHawk2010 9:04 pm
    Man Icarus?

 Nintendork 13 13 9:04 pm
    ...:|

 RawkHawk2010 9:04 pm
    that counts

 Nintendork 13 13 9:04 pm
    I don't even know what that IS.
    Besides a pun.

 RawkHawk2010 9:04 pm
    Level 5's Kid Icarus
    That was in development a few years ago

 Nintendork 13 13 9:05 pm
    ...
    Uh.
    Never heard of it.

 RawkHawk2010 9:05 pm
    http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/05/pitofpersia050908.jpg
    http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/119981-Man%20Icarus.jpg

 Nintendork 13 13 9:06 pm
    For the record
    Factor 5
    is not Level 5.

 RawkHawk2010 9:07 pm
    my b
    (I don't even know who Factor 5 is.)

 Nintendork 13 13 9:07 pm
    That wasn't even ANNOUNCED.
    They're apparently a LucasArts...thing that's defunct.
    You can't give me an UNANNOUNCED game as your example.
    None of your examples except Mother 3 come even close to Tropical Freeze.
    That's like saying Brawl was going to be canceled
    after it got delayed.
    Or Twilight Princess.
    Or SPM.
    Nintendo games get delayed all the time.
    It's par for the course for working in a company with Miyamoto in it.

 RawkHawk2010 9:14 pm
    however
    #1 - donkey kong has a history of being the victim of prejudice
    #2 - an entire Nintendo series fanbase WANTS this game to be canceled

 Nintendork 13 13 9:16 pm
    When has #2 ever had relevance before?

 RawkHawk2010 9:16 pm
    #3 - Nintendo is unable to show us anything else about the game
    suggesting there might not be anything TO show
    uh

 RawkHawk2010 9:16 pm
    What's another Nintendo game a sizable amount of people wanted to see canceled?

 Nintendork 13 13 9:16 pm
    Retro has to be doing something. They did release the boxart, after all.
    NSMB2
    ...Game and Wario.
    lol

 RawkHawk2010 9:17 pm
    I could have seen Game & Wario actually being canceled
    and for good reason

 Nintendork 13 13 9:17 pm
    Bayonetta 2.

 RawkHawk2010 9:17 pm
    Same for Bayonetta 2

 Nintendork 13 13 9:17 pm
    (I guess that could still happen.)

 RawkHawk2010 9:18 pm
    I didn't care if NSMB2 was canceled
    because
    I knew the team behind wasn't capable of doing anything more productive
    behind it*
    But Intelligent Systems?!

 Nintendork 13 13 9:18 pm
    Hey, that team happens to be supervising Artoon as we speak.
    erm
    Arzest.

 RawkHawk2010 9:18 pm
    lol

 Nintendork 13 13 9:19 pm
    I'm actually kind of suspicious of YNI since we haven't heard anything new on it.

 RawkHawk2010 9:19 pm
    I'm suspicious of fucking Mario Golf.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:19 pm
    Also people wanted Wind Waker canceled.

 RawkHawk2010 9:19 pm
    That was supposed to come out in

 Nintendork 13 13 9:19 pm
    Back in the GCN era.

 RawkHawk2010 9:19 pm
    SUMMER
    OF 2013

 Nintendork 13 13 9:19 pm
    A LOT of people wanted Wind Waker canceled.
    Did Retro provide steady updates with Returns?

 RawkHawk2010 9:21 pm
    oh dear
    just saw a new pokemon
    it's making me laugh hysterically
    and yes
    More steady than now anyway
    We also had Nintendo Power

 Nintendork 13 13 9:22 pm
    I think Retro has always been a little secretive.

 RawkHawk2010 9:22 pm
    Which had confirmed Cranky by now.
    dude
    duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude
    you gotta see this new pokemon

 Nintendork 13 13 9:22 pm
    no

 Nintendork 13 13 9:25 pm
    Anyway. There is nothing to be depressed about.
    We've BEEN THROUGH THIS delay stuff BEFORE.
    Besides, what does it say about Retro if they can't complete this project?
    That hurts that certain antagonistic fanbase, too.
    Because then all their hopes are with a completely unreliable developer.

 RawkHawk2010 9:26 pm
    Yeah.
    That's their problem.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:27 pm
    Remember, Nintendo isn't... Capcom.
    <_<
    Mega Man fans have reason to be depressed.
    Not you.

 RawkHawk2010 9:28 pm
    so yeah
    lemme just say
    dude
    You need to be experiencing these leaks

 Nintendork 13 13 9:28 pm
    You went through like 10 years without a DK game
    you can survive 2 months.

 RawkHawk2010 9:28 pm
    Well keep in mind
    DKCR saved my life.
    If DKCR had not come when it did...
    ...I was set to divorce myself from the hobby forever.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:30 pm
    Then you'd be a loser.
    With no hobbies.

 Nintendork 13 13 9:34 pm
    Regardless
    you'll be alright.
    So will Tropical Freeze.

 RawkHawk2010 9:51 pm
    I hope you're right...(for my sake.)

You're not getting in the [Koopa Keep] AIM Blast. Besides, you probably don't even HAVE AIM. Who does nowadays besides us?