What Happened to Donkey Kong?
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- čas přidán 16. 03. 2024
- Donkey Kong is an industry icon. He’s been there from the start, catapulting Nintendo into the legendary status they’re still known for today. He’s had plenty of top selling games, cartoons, a plethora of merchandise and more recently, is even being immortalized with his very own theme park. But, over the years Donkey Kong’s prominence has faded. What was once a franchise that dominated the Super Nintendo era with revolutionary titles like Donkey Kong Country, is now relegated to being just another part of the Mario cast. Nothing more than a character used to fill up a slot in a Mario Kart game. So, how did we get here?
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DK!
In a world of pixels and bright light,
A legend emerged, bold and right,
Donkey Kong, the ape so grand,
A tale of adventure across the land.
In barrels he soared, with a mighty roar,
Through jungles deep, he'd explore,
With bananas as treasure, he'd gleefully find,
His courage and strength, one of a kind.
Princess in peril, at the villain's hand,
Donkey Kong fought, a hero so grand,
With hammer in hand, and heart so true,
He battled foes, his courage grew.
Jumping high, across platforms he'd leap,
Through challenges tough, he'd bravely keep,
A symbol of resilience, and never giving in,
Donkey Kong's legacy, forever will win.
So raise a cheer, for the ape so strong,
In the world of gaming, he truly belongs,
Donkey Kong, a legend, forever renowned,
In hearts and memories, his legacy is crowned.
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The team that worked on the DKC remakes for GBA wanted to make a DKC4 for the DS using their experience and assists from the remakes and they even pitched it to Nintendo as well but it was rejected unfortunately….
This is great, it perfectly sums up the state of the franchise, and why it's so frustrating.
It's not spin-offs as the problem it's metroid fans for canceling us being the issues
Great video, rough to think it's been a full decade now since the last main DK game. With Retro Studios still working on MP4 after a billion years with no reveal yet in sight, we unfortunately have a longggg way to go unless some other studio picks up the reigns.
The buzz right now is that Nintendo is taking DK in-house after a failed deal with Vicarious Visions a few years back.
I have never forgiven Metroid fans for being annoying pieces of shit about Tropical Freeze considering it was the goat
Yeah, their beef with DK was so misplaced.
@@jarerarebear1765 Like, Oh I'm sorry, what the fuck do you want us to do about it? Like if Retro Studio didn't want to make it, they wouldn't have.
@@orsonzedd What about Metroid Fusion on the Wii U Virtual Console????
@orangeslash1667 I actually like the 2D Metroids a lot but like man Fuck Metroid Prime fanboys.
@@orsonzedd Have the Prime fans forgotten that the trilogy can be played on the Wii U???
I don't know what's happening to me
I'm getting all the blame for things I didn't do
Can anybody tell me just what I did wrong
I'm all alone and I'm so confused
I don't know what everyone wants me to be
I only know just how to be me
Once I was the ape of the hour
They think I'm a coward
An absolute zero
I'm nobody's hero
An absolute zero
I'm nobody's hero
I'm nobody's hero
"Donkey Kong Country 2" for Super Nintendo was the best Donkey Kong game ever made. Ironically, it starred his pal Diddy Kong.
Tropical freeze beats it by a mile, as long as you play it on the switch with a controller.
If a game disappoints Reggie, you know its bad.
Dude, I freaked the fuck out at E3 2010 when I heard that DKC music. I never thought we would get a DKC4, let alone one from Retro Studios AND be this good. Compare that opening to how NSMBWii looked a year prior and it was night and day.
Also, great video as always, Jak 👏
Great video! This was my favourite series growing up, still remember my Mum fighting a crowd for the DKC SNES bundle💕
This vid introduced me to your channel. Love this. I hope we get another new DK game soon. Hopefully we get the Kremlings to come back too.
Not only was the Game Boy title REALLY good, but it was the birth of the modern Pauline design from Yoichi Kotabe, and that alone makes that game worthy of love, attention, and respect.
Donkey Kong under Rare and Retro will always be THE Donkey Kong for me. That's just how Donkey Kong is supposed to be. I'd even go as far as to say that Diddy's Kong Quest and Tropical Freeze are strong contenders for the greatest game ever made.
For a DKC4 K Rool Should be a Mobster Or A Pilot
A pilot would be perfect!
Speaking of which, K. Rool was dressed up as a pilot in a scrapped gameboy Advance game called “Diddy Kong Pilot” (which is assumed to be a sequel to “Diddy Kong Racing” before the scrapped game has been changed into “Banjo Pilot” where the game has Banjo Kazooie characters instead of Donkey Kong Country characters).
If you’re curious about the scrapped game, there’s videos with footage of Diddy Kong Pilot that can be found on CZcams.
@@Creation4Satisfaction What About
His Pharaoh Outfit From Sluggers Complete
With The Hat?
@@donnae1899 I think it would be a unique idea, and since K. Rool has used some magic before (like becoming invisible for a little while and using teleportation for either himself or his crown in the Donkey Kong Country games), I can imagine that he can possibly use magic from his jeweled scepter, like trying to paralyze the current Kong you’re playing as by mummification (I meant it as just wrapping of who you’re playing as with linen) for a couple seconds as an example. His jeweled scepter could’ve either spawned the linen from thin air or he just found some linen on his way of wherever he’s at and decided to try to wrap it around as an attempt to keep the Kongs still before they can finish them. Who knows?
Anyways, the ideas of K. Rool wearing different costumes (or “silly disguises” as Cranky likes to call them) are endless while they’re filled with a lot of great potential!
@@donnae1899 I recommend Yooka-Laylee the Impossible Lair, and Kaze the Wild Masks, their based on DKC.
Pretty good retrospective of the Donkey Kong franchise overall! Also, I do agree that not all hope is lost, since Pikmin fans had to wait for Pikmin 4 to come out in a lot of years (until the game got released on July 21st of last year), so the DKC should continue to hold onto their hope, even if Nintendo seems to put the King of Swing in many Mario games in the future instead of giving the big ape his own spotlight more often. But at least Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and King K. Rool has appeared in SSB as playable fighters (seriously though, the King K Rool SSBU trailer is actually cool, and I seriously hope that he gets to come back in some way outside of Super Smash Bros, the DKC franchise is not the same without the Kremlings, Y’know?).
Nintendo has never understood Donkey Kong, that’s why it took Rare to make him a household name.
16:10 you can in fact play the game with just a regular controller without DK Bongos at all. It's how I did as a kid. Idk why this is such a common omission whenever Jungle Beat is brought up.
It's just like Rayman: even when he gets a hint of success, Ubisoft just messes the franchise up.
Fun story when i was little i had a Wii and i had Donkey Kong Country Returns and i digitally had Mario Party 2 and i feelt confused why Donkey Kong was a playable character. Later i found out how it makes sense but back then i was confused.
Video is great been adoring what you've been making as of late although i do miss the old LPs
Time to rewatch a jak and lev LP
Forgot to mention that Cranky Kong was the original Donkey Kong from the arcade games
You have to wonder what Retro Studios was working on between 2014 and 2019 when they took up the responsibility for Metroid Prime 4. Would've love to have seen their take on a 3D Donkey Kong game.
Donkey Kong 64 is my favorite Donkey Kong game.
We gotta be patient, but man... Ten years is a long ass time, almost as long as that original hiatus from the arcade days up til SNES. Great vid, dude.
I wouldn't say DK doesn't have an identity. Most people tie Donkey Kong to the Donkey Kong Country lore. That kind of took over the brand and is still prominent. This was why King K Rool was so well received for Smash Brothers. He is considered the true villain even though he hasn't really made a mainline appearance since DK64.
I do feel like Retro has been working on a DKC Returns sequel for some time. I also wouldn't be surprised if the big pitch on this one is the return of King K Rool and the Kremlings.
Hey Jak, I just found that you had your own channel. I was going through watching old Jak and Lev vids. I thought yall were just done, how are yall?
can't agree on this one. Donkey Kong has been very consistent over the years. He's never not been an ape!
Truth to be told, I always thought Nintendo just didn't know what to do with DK, even before DKC1.
After the arcade trilogy, the series stopped being relevant in the 80's. The only thing we got was an educational game and NES ports. Sometimes I imagine what DK would've been like without Rare. Nintendo would probably make every DK game like the 1994 GB game (with the same character design) or only include him in Mario Kart and sports games.
But then came Rare and change everything. Rare, and despite being a foreign/British third part developer, had so much creative freedom from Nintendo.
Much like how Mario separated himself from the DK trilogy to start his own franchise, with own gameplay, character designs, lore, family, villains, etc... Rare did the same thing with DK. They gave him a friend, an entire clan of Kongs, a gf, an island, unique looking crocodile villains, a main crocodile villain, different design, unique gameplay and so much more.
I seriously can't imagine DK series without Rare. In the 90's and early 2000's, they became the main dev for DK, the Sonic Team of DK.
But then they left and Nintendo just didn't know what to do until Retro Studio stepped in. I thought to myself "finally, they found another dev to replace Rare". But I seriously have no idea what's going on. Is Nintendo not interested? Is Retro too busy making MP4? Who knows..
Tropical Freeze is Retro’s DKC2 so we need retro to make a third DKC game to be their DKC3 already….
Retro’s a sinking ship, dude. I’ll be surprised if they make it through Metroid Prime 4.
@@stanstanstan2597 they are?!
@@awesomeocelot7475 I recommend Yooka-Laylee the Impossible Lair, and Kaze the Wild Masks, their based on DKC.
@@orangeslash1667 I have impossible lair on my switch already
@@awesomeocelot7475 Oh, what about Kaze???
Donkey Kong 64 is still great. I'm replaying it in 2024 and it's fun! The original DK Country was of course fantastic but my fond memories are mostly with 64.
The collectathon style works really well today in a completionist era. The characters are well designed and have their own charms and abilities. It's not highly repetitive really as each character has different tasks to do.
I'd be very pleased if they came out with a DK64 sequel but I highly doubt it at this point.
My idea for the ultimate Donkey Kong sequel AND prequel:
DK/24 or Donkey Kong '24
Story:
It's 2024 on DK Island. Funky Kong has a son named Ditto Kong who built a fancy 1920s style car which is also a time machine.
King K Rool and Bowser make a plan to steal the time machine car to go back to 1924 New York City to trick the original DK
who is now Cranky Kong pointlessly fight against Mario so that Bowser can take over the Mushroom Kingdom and that
Cranky Kong never meets his wife Wrinkly Kong who back then was called Jazzy Kong so DK Jr the father of the current DK
would never be born. They trick Cranky Kong by making him think Jumpman is his rival Mario.
At the same time in 2024 Cranky Kong is dying of a broken heart and can't remember Wrinkly Kong so the Kongs need
to travel back in time using another of Ditto Kong's fancy 1920s style car time machine and have current DK fight Mario in 1924 New York City while they get original DK aka Young Cranky Kong to go on a date with Jazzy Kong aka Young Wrinkly Kong.
When the Kongs travel back in time they have to join the Brother Bears Gang and dress 1920s mobster style.
The Brother Bears are from DKC3 and they were shopkeepers. But here they are notorious mob bosses
and they are betting a lot of Bear Coins on whoever will win the Mario vs DK fight.
The time machine car can fit up to 4 Kongs at a time and whichever Kong is driving it the time machine car will copy that Kong's
own special ability. For example if you play as Tiny Kong you can make the car shrink. If you play as Kiddy Kong the car can
bounce on water. Diddy Kong makes the car go faster. Donkey Kong makes the car stronger and many more.
It turns out that King K Rool and Bowser were actually bugged by the real culprit:
Stanley the Bug Man from Donkey Kong 3
Stanley the Bug Man steals the time machine car to travel to 1994 DK Island so that he can use his bug spray
to turn all the insect bugs on DK Island into wire tapping bugs which turn the Kongs into his slaves so he
can build a giant bug spray factory so he can take over the world in 2124.
However DK Jr who here is Fedora Kong and his brother Uncle Kong arrive in two time machines of their own
so now the Kongs, the Kremlings, Jumpman and the Koopa Troopas all join forces to stop Stanley the Bug Man.
Sadly though after defeating Stanley the Bug Man it's too late for Cranky Kong and the Kongs have a funeral.
But wait why is there jazzy swing music and why is Cranky Kong getting out of his coffin and dancing.
Cranky Kong: Haha fooled ya. I was just taking a nap. Let's see how you did. Not too bad but I could beat that time in my sleep!
I Absolutely Love Donkey Kong SO much from my Childhood Years! I ONLY love him as a Nintendo Hero, and him, having his own Evil Longtime Archenemy/Archvillain and Worthy Adversary, King K. Rool. And, Also, even though his own Racing Game for the Nintendo Wii System, *Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast* hasn't received any Popularity from us Nintendo fans, I Absolutely Love the Brand Newest Kremlings of King K. Rool's Kremling Krew in that game: Kip, Kass, Kludge, Kalypso and Kopter. Donkey Kong should've gotten his own Super Brand Newest Game out right about now. The Best Absolute DK Games I Absolutely Love, Cherish, Respect and Appreciate throughout the years are:
1. Donkey Kong Country
2. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
3. Donkey Kong 64
4. Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
5. Donkey Kong: King of Swing
6. Donkey Kong: Jungle Climber
7. Donkey Kong: Barrel Blast (I ONLY love that game, cause' of the New Kremlings are added in that game, who're now the Evil Archenemies/Archrivals and Worthy Adversaries to Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, Funky Kong, Tiny Kong and Lanky Kong in the game: Kip, Kass, Kludge, Kalypso and Kopter)
8. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
9. Mario vs Donkey Kong (Original GBA Game)
10. Mario vs Donkey Kong Switch Remake
These are My Most Favorite Epic DK Games throughout the years. Nintendo should start treating DK and King K. Rool with Love, Respect and Appreciation from us DK and King K. Rool fans, just like Mario and Bowser gets the same treatment. Nintendo should've been making a Super Brand Newest DK Game right about now. K. Rool should've been in that New DK Game, and he could've been like a Evil Western Crocodile Boss. Kip, Kass, Kludge, Kalypso and Kopter should've been in that New DK Game with him.
19:03 Perfect reaction.
i've been coding alot and want to make a 2d game based on donkey kong. The problem is what different can I pull off with this besides it just being jumping through and over stuff.
Sometimes I wonder if Indie Devs make their games out of spite for the companies that made or published the games they grew up with. And I also wonder if Donkey Kong really is his own character, or if he's the son/grandson of the Arcade Donkey Kong. It's the textbook definition of an identity crisis.
Nintendo says Mario and Donkey Kong are frenemies
Great video but I must say that as a life long general in the great kong army we the eternally patient fans of the big ape deserve a game better than DK as the second banana so to speak we and he deserve better hopefully videos like this will wake up Nintendo or should I say "Ninyendo" you guys want money then make a commitment to donkey kong and give the fans what they want and that is a DK that is a playable character in his own game and full length game no more b.s. Mario v dk
I've been semi-lucky enough to find some Donkey Kong arcade cabinets in the wild (so to speak). I say "semi-lucky" because EVERY cabinet I've ever found cuts out half the game!
They have levels 1 and 4, but the other levels are missing! Absolute garbage!
those are the US versions which reorder the levels
@@shyguy85 they weren't recorded, they were DELETED! Why do we always get screwed over?
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Can’t help but fell the same way about Wario Land
Bring back DK64!!
Yeah I know it has been 10 years since we've gotten a mainline donkey Kong game what is the hold up? Nintendo should just outsource the dkc franchise hell I don't see why they can't just produce a game themselves in house.
Donkonkey Wong
WHERE IS DK 64
Dk 64 makes sense back then, but it wouldn't work now a days.
@@orangeslash1667 I think collecting with different characters with different skills and mini games like DK64 would totally work today. People collect and record everything. How many shows they've seen, books read, game achievements... There are plenty of people who'd buy into that.
@@EvenstarSK I recommend Yooka-Laylee the Impossible Lair, and Kaze the Wild Masks, their based on DKC.
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I love dk 64
hey its seth rogen. great video jak. cheers.
hey thanks seth real cool
@@Jakstalgia The problem is that Retro Studios is too busy with Metroid Prime 1 and 4.
I recommend Yooka-Laylee the Impossible Lair, and Kaze the Wild Masks, their based on DKC.
This video expands dong
Two things, first Jungle Beat with motion controls was the best DK game on Wii. Second I flipped when Cranky was announced as playable in DKCRTF.
the answer is Nintendo they are the problem
I recommend Yooka-Laylee the Impossible Lair, and Kaze the Wild Masks, their based on DKC.
Donkey Kong is alright I guess.
I don't care for the SNES games.
Returns and Freeze are kinda cool.
2025 is slated to a new donkey kong country release for the follow up of the switch by the way :)
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