Donkey Kong Country Returns is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Retro Studios and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. The game was released first in North America in November 2010, and in PAL regions and Japan the following month. A Nintendo 3DS port of the game by Monster Games, titled Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, was released in North America and the PAL region in May 2013, and in Japan the following month.

The game's story focuses on an evil group of Tiki-like creatures known as the Tiki Tak Tribe that are unleashed on Donkey Kong Island and hypnotize the island's animals to steal Donkey Kong's bananas. This forces him to retrieve the hoard with the help of his friend Diddy Kong.