Captures from the Internet Archive show the "Buy Digital" option for Tropical Freeze on Nintendo's website disappeared sometime between Octoand February 25, 2018, suggesting Nintendo made this move well ahead of Friday's Switch re-release. While Reddit user bgold101 alerted the Internet at large to the Wii U version's online removal on Monday, the title appears to have come down well before that. Surprisingly, though, Wii U owners who want to purchase that original version of the game can no longer do so through Nintendo's North American online eShop. For now, the Wii U version remains available on physical media at around $30 in North America.Further Reading Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze brings an old-school challengeThis week sees the re-release of Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze on the Nintendo Switch, giving millions more people the opportunity to catch an enjoyable platformer they might have missed when it was first released in 2014 on the Wii U. Maybe it’ll pop back up, say, a week after the Switch port has been out? I’ll circle back then and update.
There’s still a lot of unaccounted for space between all of these dates so I’m going to wait before adding the game to the site in case this was all a big mistake. The latest capture that shows the download was available is from all the way back in October of 2017. The last capture from February 25th is missing any reference to the eShop version. While the thinking is that the game was delisted in a nefarious push to get consumers to buy the more expensive Switch port, shows it may have been removed a while ago. The game is still available to download from both Nintendo Europe and Japan. I did a quick check and, sure enough, the “Buy Digital” link has been removed… but only in North America.
Leading up to the May 4th release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Switch, one redditor decided to revisit the original title on Wii U this week and found it was missing from the eShop.
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