The release of a game's box art is rarely the source of any revelations, but with Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

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The cover for the European release of Tropical Freeze surfaced online today, and along with the three characters we know are playable -- Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Dixie Kong -- it features Cranky Kong. Cranky is a character who has been a part of the Donkey Kong franchise since the original Donkey Kong Country and has been seen outside of it, including in the Super Smash Bros. series, but he has never been featured as a playable character in any game in a prominent way.Previously, Funky Kong and Kiddy Kong were two of the existing characters suspected of possibly being Tropical Freeze's fourth playable character.Nintendo has yet to officially announce the final playable character, though we would have known whom it is by now if the game had been released in November, as originally planned. However, during a Nintendo Direct in early October, Nintendo announced the game would be delayed until February 2014 in the United States and Europe. In the meantime, IGN has gotten to go hands-on with the game and found it to be a good-looking, challenging platformer, and something for Wii U owners to look forward to early next year.Thanks, Nintendo Town

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