Donkey Kong Country Returns is a 2010 side-scrolling platformer video game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released in North America on November 21, 2010,[5] Australia on December 2, 2010 and Europe on December 3, 2010.[6] It was released in Japan on December 9, 2010 under the name Donkey Kong Returns (ドンキーコングリターンズ)A 3D port of the game, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in Europe and North America on May 24, 2013.