Retro Studios' upcoming kong-centric 2D platformer will not run in a native 1080p resolution. Instead, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze will run in 720p upscaled to 1080p.
GameXplain spoke with Nintendo about the game's resolution and broke the news on Twitter.
![](https://gamerevolution.staging.vip.gnmedia.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/01/file_7232_Screen-Shot-2014-01-22-at-9.36.27-AM.png)
With the game being a side-scrolling platformer, many gamers have been hoping it would run at native 1080p because of its rather simplistic game design. That said, our own Daniel Bischoff got some hands-on time with the game and found it to be quite gorgeous.
[Via NeoGAF]