New Metroid Cameo Discovered In Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Four years after Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze’s initial debut on Wii U, Twitter user Shane Marchis has discovered a new easter egg in the game.

In the level Amid Amiss, if the player swims through a long escalating tunnel and swims backward later, they’ll find Metroid in the background.

Here’s a video showing how it works:

As to why and how this easter egg has been hidden for so many years, no one knows for sure. The easter egg appears in both the Switch and Wii U versions of the game.

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