The Donkey Kong Country Iceberg Explained
Vložit
- čas přidán 2. 03. 2022
- Want to make money doing what you love? Join Maker Masterclass and learn how to turn your creativity into a lucrative career on CZcams:
www.MakerMasterclass.com
This groundbreaking title revitalized the donkey kong franchise with a series of games that went down in history. Inspired by the super mario series, DKC went on to be one of the first home console games to feature pre-rendered graphics. It was visually revolutionizing for its time and would be met with mountains of praise. Despite having some hiccups along the way, DKC went on to become one of the greatest game series of all time.
This is the Donkey Kong Country iceberg.
What are Iceberg Videos?
• What Are Iceberg Videos?
Support the channel and purchase your DKC Loot through my affiliate link:
tinyurl.com/MakerDKC
Join Our community Discord Server:
/ discord
Support the channel, receive custom emotes, & get your name featured in the credits by joining the channel membership:
/ @maker1
=========
Sources
=========
Thumbnail Art:
art.alphacoders.com/arts/view...
Intro Song:
• Donkey Kong Country - ...
Background music:
• Top 20 Greatest Donkey...
DKC4 Video:
• DKC4: The Kongs Return...
New Funky Mode Video:
• New Funky Mode
#DKC #DonkeyKongCountry #DonkeyKong
Want to make money doing what you love? Join Maker Masterclass and learn how to turn your creativity into a lucrative career on CZcams:
www.MakerMasterclass.com
Did you so the layers of all these icebergs or did you feel the layers were unnecessary?
Legit, I got no problem with your videos. I am actually a willing subscriber to your channel!
I just noticed a difference in your editing style and the order your do things, so I am only curious. No negativity from me! 🌝
Donkey Kong country 2 will forever have some of the best music of any game ever.
True
Uh uh uh uh uh, ah ah
Better than commercial music
Forest interlude
@@ashimochi are you doing Diddy’s end of level beat box??? 😂
My dad got me that tape and the game when I was a kid. It was very unexpected because he didn't value videogames at all, and was an oldtimer and very traditional, so it shocked me. That was the only videogame thing he ever got me, but I cherished it.
You shouldn’t talk to your dad forever because he was an old timer and was very traditional.
@@Cobra-yo7fx Well, I lost him this past Christmas Eve at the age of 84, so he had an excuse to be like that, and maybe you'll feel better that I don’t have him in my life anymore.
@@ChrisNeilMusic I'm sorry for your loss. My father was also an old-timer and very traditional that was unable to relate to my gaming interests. And unfortunately he had a stroke a few years ago and it took the remaining coherence from him, making him just a shell of the man he used to be.
You're right to cherish those memories. I certainly cherish the few memories I have of my father bonding with me over games like that. Cheers friend.
@@Maker1 Much appreciated, man, and I'm really sorry to hear about your experience, too. Those memories will always be there, though, and we can always look back on them and smile. Take care, buddy.
Same bro same. It was actually my grandma who bought DKC for Christmas 94 and my dad would wait for me to go to bed and play the game for hours
5:29 Small error, you said 2022 instead of 2002.
I sure did. Dyslexia popped up and said hello! :)
'small error' 🤓
Viva piñata never happened 🤷🏻♂️
@@pardonmygiggles7101 viva piñata is a good game
Thanks for that. We need people like u. 🙄
I think "DK's little nephew wannabe" means that he's his nephew and he wants to be like him, not that he wants to be his nephew.
I agree and I was thinking a little step further - "wannabe" was synonymous with "poser" or "herb" at the time. he was basically just giving him a little shit in an endearing way. and as you pointed out it denotes that he looks up to donkey :]
I love these series, especially DKC 2 for the GameBoy advance, my mom would sit there and play with me when I couldn’t pass it.
I miss her so much 🥲
Your mom had great taste in video games, rip to her.
I grew up playing donkey Kong 1-3 with my mom so I can only imagine what it would be like to lose her and then watch videos or even listen to the soundtrack. I’m sorry for your loss. I’m glad we both have precious memories involving this game.
Man the gameboy advance ports suck . They changed way too much . Only dkc 3 can get a slight pass on the advance cause It has extra levels
@ 4:10 - You don't need to take a hit to play as the alternate character, you can just hit select to switch between them.
DK 64 actually needed the expansion pack to fix a memory leak, it didn’t actually make use of the extra RAM, it was just an easier and faster fix for the bug, otherwise they would’ve had to delay the game.
Marketing at work, blast processing anyone
this is likely false. yes the leak is why they ended up using the expansion pak, but they had a few months after learning this, they could have easily added some other stuff into the game with the pak in mind
I think this can be added to the iceburg as another debunked rumor that's floated around. though strangely enough even other Rare employees believed it for a while, but apparently different teams at rare were really secretive from each other and didnt share their work since they thought the inside competition pushed them to develop better games.
This has been proven false already
As was mentioned, they used the RAM pack for the memory leak, but fixed the issue before it went gold. The pack is used for the lighting. Like in hallways and stuff. Can’t think of what else.
Really cool video man, that theory about Jumpman being Mario and Luigi's father is one of my favorites of all time, that would mean Mario isn't the one who once trapped Cranky Kong in a cage and later forced him to juggle pineapples in a circus, I find it hard to believe the Mario we all know was capable of doing such horrible things to a gorilla.
This was an awesome video! I loved how you used soundtracks from the 3 games! So nostalgic I love this series great job on making this
Been watching your icebergs for a while now, and I was surprised to find I hadn't subscribed yet. I've also been waiting for this one!! I'm glad it finally came around!
Miyamoto would never have said that about a nintendo game, people will believe anything
i get so stoked when you upload these videos. keep up the great work!
Great job bud. I love to see the growth of the channel.
Another great iceberg! Keep up the good work
Damn this video is good I am a a huge DK fan and love watching videos like these. You have have earned a new sub!
I'm gonna binge all your iceberg videos. Thanks for creating such interesting content. Love this.
Cheers
22:48 There is another connection between Donkey Kong Country and Killer Instinct: Funky Kong's theme in DK1 was originally a song in the beta version of Killer Instinct.
23:00 Not only that, but the music that plays inside Wrinkly Kong's house is actually the Peach Castle's Theme from Super Mario 64.
Looking back, we technically ended up with a 4 &5 with the Retuns dualogy
Not even just a technicality, those were straight up DKC 4 & 5, so unless they do that thing where they ignore previous games when numbering a new one (like Crash 4 and other games I can’t think of off of the top of my head), the next game would be DKC 6
Coincidently enough, I was just at a con today and bought DK 64. I loved this game growing up and now I can enjoy it in my adulthood
I have it on the Wii U and I still like it. I dunno why everyone hates on the amount of collectables, that was a great time sink as a kid. sure we don't have as much time to spend playing as adults but that's okay
@@richarddavis8863 I agree, especially since you don't HAVE to collect everything... don't get all the criticism, it's still a fun good game from the N64 times
Thank you Maker. Honestly wish I could support your channel first time. I’ve thought that about anyones channel. You and your crew do the work make it interesting all most always learn something new.
Also any chance you could do Drakengard Or Souls games? Truly appreciate your hard work man!
Your engagement and feedback has been massively appreciated Eric. I'm truly grateful to have returning and supportive viewers like you.
Souls have been on the list but I'll look into Drakengard.
Cheers friend.
@@Maker1 Thank you! You have a great weekend!
Great video dude! The best DK iceberg out. I wonder if Rare had any influence with the DK animated show. It's just interesting to think that they threw something from some non cannon cartoon into their major IP, then making a cannon (I suppose.) That's usually unheard of in this type of scenario with game devs. I'd love to ask the OG crew a ton of questions.
*I* say the cartoon's version of Candy Kong IS canon...
DKC is everything to me as I grew up with it, the third entry on GBA being my first experience with the series.
Love you channel. Keep it up!! 😁😁🙌🏼
Thank u man this explains a lot of information and you explain it very well
The first Super Nintendo game that I got was DK 1. It came in a bundle. I fell in love with the DK franchise ever since, more so than Mario. I obviously played and best DK2 and DK3 in their time. It was fun as hell.
Excellent explainer! Also, I had forgotten how deeply creepy the bosses are in DKC3.
"the DK-ing relations between Rare and Nintendo" Nice one! ;)
I think people are confusing what Miamoto said with what Cranky Kong said, because in the instruction manual to donkey kong land, Cranky says the only reason why the game was popular was because of the graphics
I'm still bummed they didn't make DKC 4 on the DS. Awesome vid, man.
Very interesting video. There are two references you missed out on... one of which comes from outside Nintendo (gasp!) The first is Bleak's House in DKC3, which is a reference to the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. The non-Nintendo bit is the fact that Rare actually sneaked in a few discreet references to DKC in Sea of Thieves. For example, one of the ship decorations you can get is a swordfish that is colored EXACTLY like Enguarde. As for DK being Cranky's son and thus the grown-up Donkey Kong Jr., Leigh Loveday himself (the main writer for the trilogy) confirmed as such. Mario and Jumpman are also the same character and the age discrepancy between him and Cranky can be explained by the fact that, in real life, gorillas age roughly twice as fast as humans.
Leigh Loveday often made jokey remarks and made stuff up on the Rare forums. It's very unlikely that DK is supposed to be DK Jr. It's possible around the time of DK64 that they were supposed to be the same, but that's definitely been dropped. Nintendo has referred to Cranky as DK's grandfather consistently for the last 2 decades. What Leigh Loveday said doesn't matter, because it's in Nintendo's hands now.
@@DaNintendude That may technically be true, but I invoke death of the author. I personally prefer Leigh Loveday's telling of things, partly because I like the thematic consistency and partly because it fits more neatly into the Mario timeline. Not only that, but Returns and Tropical Freeze make nods to the "modern DK = adult DK Jr." line of thinking with the Golden Temple and Secret Seclusion levels.
Also, if I am going to nitpick, the bit about Nintendo consistently calling Cranky DK's grandfather technically isn't accurate. Back in the 2000s when the DKC games were being remade, Cranky was described as being DK's dad and the original DK on Nintendo's site. It honestly seems inconsistent, but Nintendo has been known to flip-flop on canon more times than not (with maybe Metroid and Kirby being the only exceptions).
I was happy you made a few references to DK Jr.
nice Video! thank you so much! i love anything DK or Rareware - related
Ah. I love how much there is to dig up in the trilogy and 64. So much little subtext details. And I just love the fun colorful nostalgic vibes they all give.
Also I actually recently just bought the exposed VHS in great condition with the pamphlet and everything for not even $5. One of the most awesome and lucky purchases I've made. And shoutouts to Mr. X wish he were canon lol.
That's awesome! Nice snag!
Thank you for the great video!!
My pleasure. I'm very glad you enjoyed it!
@@Maker1 The expansion pack for donkey kong 64 was needed to solve a game killing glitch if the game was running for more than 10 hours or something. The expansion pack was not origianlly intended for this title. The extra RAM was like a fix to the bug problem. Was not designed with the pack in mind and that is why it was bundled with the game. Rare lost a bunch of money on this title due to that.
i loved these games growing up, few games from my childhood i could play to this day and still enjoy, even DK64, which i actually loved and played at least 10 times (and i vaguely recall the show but i only watched a couple episodes)
Jumpman being Mario's dad is literally impossible, lol.
It has been stated quite a few times over the years that Mario and Jumpman are the same person. And this is backed up in Odyssey, where Mario is clearly the one who saved Pauline back in the first DK game. And no, Lady is not a separate character from Pauline. Odyssey has a handful of implications that they're the same as well.
Regarding DK being Cranky's son, it's worth noting that Cranky has been consistently referred to as DK's grandfather for 2 decades now. DK64 is the only time he was called Cranky's son. Nintendo officially sees Cranky as his grandfather.
Diddy Kong is an entirely different species, apes don't have tails.
Your grandfather can still call you son. Nothing wrong about it. Son is in Grandson.
Still makes more since for it to be his actual son and not Donkey kong jr jr or dk jr the second or whatever you wanna call it
The only thing I'd add would be another fan-made game called "Donkey Kong Country: The Trilogy". All four kongs are playable, and the game physics/mechanics are very close to the original. Well done!
And it’s widescreen,
I was going to download that but it stuff surrounding the game (not the game itself) looked fishy. The game only being available on its own dedicated website for a download where it downloaded an installer that’s 1.6 gigabytes instead of just having a direct download for the game, the fact that has a guide on running it that says to ignore the malware warnings, the fact that the most common piece of technical advice the creator gives to people when they have problems is to turn off their antivirus, and how the creator doesn’t have any real defense other than just saying “no don’t worry it’s totally not a virus” when questioned about these things just keep me from downloading it.
Is there a way to get the game where the download doesn’t look like I’ll be getting several viruses from it?
Donkey kong country series will always have the best soundtracks in my opinion
16:10 Rare sighting of a claw grip player in the wild, let alone working for nintendo! Very interesting.
Because Mario Kart 64 used Rare to make the character sprites for the game, the DKC version of Donkey Kong was used in that game making it the first Mario game to have that version of Donkey Kong in it
I'll never forget my mom getting me Donkey Kong Country 2 I think I was around 7 or 8 when I beat it and my goodness I remember I felt so accomplished to beat that game I eventually got DKC3 and I spent probably 5 years trying to 100% it and I never did:( the best 2D platformer of all time and its not even close !!
This is so geeky and niche. I love this content. Makes you standout in a spectacular way!
22:15 Cranky is just spitting facts, what happened to all the videogame manuals?
I really wanted a newer more detailed game of DK 64 since they started making the gamecube DKC and Mario are still going to be the first games i ever played and what got me addicted since
I was pretty sure the expansion pack was to get over a glitch that happened if you played for too long
Rare couldn't find a memory leak that eventually crashed the game, so they shipped it with the pack. I wonder if it will still crash eventually. 🤔
@@ronindebeatrice I think so, it just gave so much time for it to happen that it probably hardly happened to anyone. I'm sure it would be cause problems with emulators if you even play it that long
Slipping on a banana peel, no matter if on foot or vehicles, is and arguably will be the most notable DKC reference ever, hands down. Can’t recall how many times I wondered if it was real back in my childhood, though I never tried doing myself lol
the concept of slipping on bananas has been a thing in popular media for decades and decades. it's a staple in slapstick and cartoons. DKC didn't just introduce bananas into the world lmfao.
I don't think a single DKC game even _depicted_ anyone slipping on a banana, not even once.
1994 in regards to the first ESRB ratings, the K-A rating was changed to E in 1998. When that detail came up, I was a bit confused because it didn't seem right. Nice work though.
I'm willing to bet that Diddy being a "wannabe nephew" was supposed to be "its his nephew," but he acts like a wannabe hero." But it just got messed up in translation, and how wordy it is. Diddy reminds me of syndromes introduction in the incredibles, but never went bad.
Dkc and dkc2 my child hood ! Best years of my life
You gave no explanation of why DKC returns isn’t DKC 4. It is.
Exactly! There’s no *good* reason it doesn’t count
he's probably nostalgia blind. as are a baffling number of people in this comment section.
DKC4 = returns
DKC5 = tropical freeze
simple as that. don't like it? don't play them. but don't try to deny that they exist.
Kudos to Maker for the captions.
I believe with Donkey Kong 64 (I think Did You Know Gaming covered it) that there was a game breaking bug that they couldn't fix, but for some reason the Expansion Pak fixed it. That's why it was included in copies of Donkey Kong 64
DKC4 makers should visit rare developers and get their opinions on storyline, graphics and worlds before releasing it
The next game would be DKC 6, we already got DKC 4 and 5 with Returns and Tropical Freeze
the DKC4 makers were retro studios. stop acting like these games don't exist.
This groundbreaking title revitalized the donkey kong franchise with a series of games that went down in history. Inspired by the super mario series, DKC went on to be one of the first home console games to feature pre-rendered graphics. It was visually revolutionizing for its time and would be met with mountains of praise. Despite having some hiccups along the way, DKC went on to become one of the greatest game series of all time.
This is the Donkey Kong Country iceberg.
10:57 And also the idea of Klaptrap from Donkey kong 64 can lose their dentures from one hit is Reference to Klaptrap Jr. from Show.
All I remember was DKC 1, 2, 3. Never knew there was a 4. Unless you count that as DK 64, which I also loved playing.
4 was Returns, unless you count 64, then Returns is 5.
(Edit: I apparently accidentally sent this comment twice, so I deleted the extra one. Sorry for the double notification.)
@@supercamborg4218 Duh, Of course! *slaps own forehead* Yeah I played both Returns and then Tropical Freeze.
So we’ll edited! You deserve more views
Thanks!
Returns and Tropical Freeze are absolutely DKC4 and DKC5 whether you want to acknowledge that or not.
you're right. I have zero clue what the channel was thinking when he said returns wasn't DKC4. what would classify as the true DKC4 to him??
Wrong. DKC ended with DKC3 and DK64.
@@Raylightsen nostalgia blind. DKC ended with the most recent game with DKC in the fucking title.
@@Raylightsen Factually incorrect. Your nostalgia blindness doesn’t change the fact that **Donkey Kong Country** Returns and **Donkey Kong Country** Tropical Freeze are Donkey Kong Country games.
@@supercamborg4218 not only does it have "donkey kong country" in the title, but it also has "returns" in the title as well. at that point, anyone who tries to discredit its position in the DKC series is just downright idiotic.
19:54 i was thinking it is a reference to one hit gigs in 80s games
The lobby theme from SM64 plays when Wrinkly is playing her N64
I remember when the TV show was new every Saturday morning I enjoyed I very much being a huge DK fan
I used to watch the show on fox11, I remember DK's voice being higher pitched than I imagined but that it fit s well. Plus the crystal coconuts, lulz.
Nice!!!
I love he professional way you say "expand Dong"
Hmmm, good see the project here... the game still in development and have new contents added for the game!!!
Shucks, the first DKC might've been the world's first 2.5D game. How hadn't that occurred to me till now? :o
DKC 2 & 3 did use some mode 7 effects for flat water planes with real perspective, so you *could* technically argue they were 2.5D... even if only for a few levels.
Please bring back king k rool and kremlins in the next dk country , returns and freeze were great but it was missing the iconic enemies.
Thank you for teaching me the word deuteragonist!
That donkey kong vs super wario wudve been a great game that plot of DK trying to help mario wudve been good
It is absolutely wild to me that, even thirty years ago, there were people out there who would unquestioningly believe a rumor they heard that had no real evidence or any credible sources to back it up (essentially going on the "Source: Dude, trust me" mentality), so long as it reaffirmed their own agenda. It's honestly sad and embarrassing to be quite frank - one would assume (or at the very least hope) that we as a society would wise up and NOT continue to do this decades on from when it initially happened-- especially in a post 2015/2016 world... but no, we seem to only care about being right and appearing to be the smartest person in the room, but not actually using our brains to think critically about anything.
((Putting the soapbox away now. Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.))
Great video. But I can't help but think on the theory about the theory of Jumpman Mario not being the same Mario as the girlfriend in the game is the same Pauline from Mario Odyssey
If you make a sequel to this you should include the infamous bootleg games, like Super Donkey Kong 99 for the Mega Drive and Donkey Kong Country 4 for the Famicom.
Awesome suggestion mate! Thanks
Would love to see an Iceberg on the Ogre Battle Series
I interpret nephew wannabe as, he’s donkey kongs nephew, and he’s also a donkey Kong wannabe. He wants to be like his uncle.
I'm sorry, what? saying that returns and tropical freeze are not the "true" successors to the rare trilogy is freaking ridiculous. we have donkey kong country 4 right here, and a 5 as well. just because they're made by different developers, doesn't mean they're different series. I'd like to know this dude's thought process behind his unwarranted dismissal of these legitimate sequels. it's gotta be bias.
cmon for real? different tone and feel. not dissing the newer games but if rare comes out with another donkey kong that will be the true successor. the other games can be their own thing. sometimes companies should just continue to put the number after the title like final fantasy lol.
@@matteulberg3690 the only reason they have a different tone and feel is because they have 3D graphics and different villains. gameplay and design-wise, it's the exact same series we all know and love. it's literally called "donkey kong country RETURNS". that title alone makes it an _official_ successor.
super mario galaxy is still mainline mario, despite having a completely different tone and feel from its predecessors. your point?
No, that's not the only reason. It doesn't matter if it's the "official" successor, it's not the same. Art style is different, gamplay is different, you can tell it's made by a different company. Just like Dragon Rising was officially a successor to Operation Flashpoint but it never felt one and yet the Arma series did.
@@DM-rc4yu I'll be honest. I don't agree with that at all. it's undeniable that it has a different feel, but that doesn't mean it's somehow _not_ part of the same package as the originals, nor should it be written off as some weird side story.
Can’t believe It’s Mr. Pants was almost a Donkey Kong game
You could swap between Diddy and donkey at will. In single and multiplayer. You had to stand still and hit select I believe.
And the picture with the boat on the wall, the tiny boat moves.
Atleast were in the universe with 3 donkey kong country games . Which ironically for some people is the same as the universe with 2 games cause lots of people unlike myself skipped dkc 3 cause of kiddy kong when I was just happy to play more donkey kong country as a kid.
I loved that show as a kid!
Haha. I remember watching and enjoying it, but I don't remember it being so musically oriented.
@@Maker1 oh its probably a nightmare watching it now lol.
forgot to mention when wrinkly is playing N64, its playing the theme to peaches castle of mario 64
If you want to play the closest game to a possible DK country 4, play Dk jungle climber.
It's an incredibly underrated game that deserved much MUCH more.
the closest thing to a DKC4 is returns. because it literally is DKC4.
My favourite Donkey Kong game series
Where'd you get that cover art picture for Doom at 18:45?
Can you please do a Metroid Dread iceberg?
23:48 This may or may not be confirmed from Super Mario Bros Movie
I'm surprised you didn't mention the fact that there's going to be an animated movie of the DKC franchise being made by both Nintendo and Illumination (the same company who is making the Mario movie, and the same one who made the Grinch movie, Lorax movie, Despicable Me movies, you name it dudes).
That’s only a rumor at this point, nothing has been confirmed
@@supercamborg4218 I really truly hope it'll be confirmed for sure! That would be dope if we had an animated movie of the DKC franchise for sure!
I remember the donkey Kong tv series it was so blursed.
8:20 what do you mean? They're still working on the game. They have a Facebook page and post updates semi-regularly. I've been following them for years.
Wasn't the original Donkey Kong and Mario based on Bluto and Popeye? I Think they said that on the toys that built America
I use to play this with my grandma when I was a kid, those were the day. 😢
Sick intro song
Its too bad what happened with the rare/nintendo relationship. It was probably one of the best partnerships in gaming history. Only one close to it i can think of is bungie/microsoft making the halo series.
I feel like by "nephew wannabe" they moreso meant he's his nephew that wants to be just like him rather than wanting to be his nephew
I don’t think they ever retconned Diddy being DK’s nephew. I think the phrasing was weird. I think they are describing him as a wannabe in terms of wanting to be the next Donkey Kong, rather than a character literally that wishes they were DK’s nephew.
For me, DKC2 is the goat, THE MVP THE GOOOAAAT!!!
5:25 Rare was purchased by Microsoft this year?
uhhhhhhh, can you hear me? if so there is a slight audio/typo/Idk what to call this thing error at 5:26
"2022"