Compared to Nintendo's other first party developed platfomers for Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns is probably the most challenging. And that's what Retro Studios wanted.
Donkey Kong doesn't take the news about his lost banana stash lightly. In the opening stage, players make Donkey Kong punch a Tiki out of his home by shaking the Wii remote and nunchuck. After Donkey Kong proudly beats his chest the game begins.