After four years someone found a Metroid cameo in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

A tiny, tiny cameo

People have been playing Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze for roughly four years since its debut on the Wii U, and just this week someone found a fresh Metroid Easter egg. Pretty wild!

Twitter user Shane Marchis managed to hunt it down on the Amiss Abyss, and it involves a bit of backtracking that you wouldn’t normally do, which explains why it was hidden for this long. I mean even if someone found it in the past I can easily see them missing it if they aren’t paying attention.

See it? Enhance, enhance. It’s a little Metroid! He’s right above the player character in that shot below. In addition to the screen Shane explaining how he came across it. In case you’re wondering, yes it is in both the Wii U and Switch editions.

Found the elusive Metroid cameo in Tropical Freeze! Players have been searching for four years and I got t♉o it first!

— Shane Marchis (@ShaneMarchis)