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Activision's Vicarious Visions worked on a cancelled 3D Donkey Kong game
Vicarious Visions – the Activision studio now known as Blizzard Albany and perhaps best known for supporting the develo…
Vicarious Visions – the Activision studio now known as Blizzard Albany and perhaps best known for supporting the development of Destiny 2 and several Call of Duty titles, as well as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 – pitched a 3D Donkey Kong game to Nintendo. Set in an expansive open-world island, the game would've made use of VV's burgeoning skateboard expertise, as DK would've grinded across the map with bananas on his feet. According to Robertson, after only six months the project lost momentum and was eventually cancelled in 2016, around the same time Activision pivoted to focus on its world-beating Call of Duty franchise.
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