Following particulars of a cancelled Donkey Kong challenge on the now-defunct improvement studio Vicarious Visions, supposed idea artwork has now surfaced on-line.
Recognized on-line as ‘Donkey Kong Freedom’ (although an in depth video from Did You Know Gaming claims that this was by no means the working title for the challenge), the sport was designed to be open-world, permitting DK to ‘grind’ throughout vines with a heavy concentrate on traversal and fluidity.
The beneath picture has now been shared on-line and was supposedly sourced from a tough drive containing promotional belongings from Vicarious Visions.
Vicarious Visions was below the Activision Blizzard umbrella on the time (and nonetheless is, thoughts you, albeit now below the identify ‘Blizzard Albany’), and it was supposedly Activision who finally canned the challenge, regardless of involvement and assist from Nintendo.
Gross sales of the Skylanders franchise have been in fast decline, and so Activision determined to pivot away from single-player experiences, ditching the Donkey Kong challenge utterly.
Donkey Kong is in considerably of a wholesome state now, nonetheless, with a brand new title within the type of Donkey Kong Nation Returns HD making its approach to the Swap on sixteenth January 2024.