Honestly I can’t remember lol, but it could well have been an error since the video is so long, good catch though!

@@OGAutismonaut I wouldn't blame you for making an error in an almost 6 HOUR LONG VIDEO lol, just pointed it out anyway

After having listened to it many times in editing I now also agree, it just doesn’t stand out much in the game unfortunately since it’s so quiet I think

It does yeah, I mainly put that in because it’s something me and my friends complained about as kids, I decided to leave it there as a reference in case they watched that far

@OGAutismonaut :D haha. Also commends for making such a long video, must have been hard work.

I really like colonel pluck himself, it’s a real shame that feather fiend kinda stinks. Returns probably has my favourite boss roster in the series too. Maybe if he was 5 times faster the boss could’ve worked, but even then there’s so many better things they could’ve done with his design, I mean he’s literally a chicken in a giant mech! Funnily enough you’re not the first person to comment something like this, a lot of people seem to really like colonel pluck! Just a shame he’s not remembered more fondly because of his boss

That part took absolutely ages lol, glad someone noticed! Thanks so much for your support

How long did the entire video take you, with all the script writing, footage gathering and cutting, music fitting, voice recording and then the finishing touches like the little texts from post editing and the 2 voiceovers combined with all the puns and the amazing quality overall... It must've been years!

About half a year probably lol, the voice recording was easily the longest part because I don’t have a good setup for recording unfortunately so I’d have to do so many takes to avoid background noise. Probably going to be something a little shorter ideally for the next one! I’d like to upload more than once a year if I can, thanks for leaving such a nice series of comments, really is my favourite part of making videos

Happy I could make your day a little better! This is one of my favourite videos I've ever seen, especially because I'm currently going through a donkey Kong phase, ive only played tropical freeze, and am planning to play the others too. Now I know that returns is definitely the way to go for me, as it looks absolutely amazing. What kind of content are you planning to make next?

@Party_FruitI'd definitely recommend returns if you enjoyed Tropical Freeze, it's quite similar in terms of controls and there's some great levels in there too, one of my favourite platformers for sure! The older games are great too, a bit more of a learning curve if you're not used to the more cruel design in places, but Tropical Freeze in particular takes quite a lot of inspiration from the second game so there's a good chance you'd like those as well if you're interested. I'm currently making a video on M+L Brothership right now, just because that series is like my original childhood games and I never thought we'd get another one after Alphadream shut down. I really wanted to play it but also didn't want to wait another 6 months between uploading videos since work keeps me pretty pinned down as it is, so I thought it'd be a great idea to use my time playing it to make a video at the same time. The script is almost finished for it now, I've also just been asked if I want to take part in a collaboration video too so if that goes ahead then I'll probably be working on that before so I don't hold things up for anyone else. Anyway, really appreciate the high praise, hopefully I can get some free time at the end of this week and get something out relatively soon!

Oh nah, I haven’t used super Kong since I was like 7 lol. I tried using my own footage for dk returns but it didn’t look very good unfortunately, I’ll have to get a capture card that works properly at some point since my current one seems to be a little broken with certain consoles. The best looking footage I could find for DK returns was from TheGamerBay, he’s the only person I’ve seen who uploaded the game in 1080p 60fps, but as much as I appreciate the super high quality of his gameplay, he’s not exactly the best at some of the harder levels, so he used super Kong for quite a few of them. I would definitely have tried to find replacement videos, but I was quite pressed for time when I was making the latter parts of the video, so delaying it any more would probably have ended up affecting the quality of the final few parts. Hopefully it isn’t too distracting, I don’t want to give off the impression that I’m talking about levels I haven’t even properly played!

@@OGAutismonaut Thank you for the detailed explanation. It's perfectly understandable that you didn't find time to search for other footage when you were under time pressure and that you prioritised maintaining a high quality instead. I can't speak for others, I personally have thought that there was the possibility for you to not have played the levels properly because of the footage, that's why I've confronted you with my question on that regard.

Thank you! Yes you’re right, wigglevine wonders I missed too, which is a real shame because for Blast and bounce I actually had a lot to say. When I was 8 it legitimately took me 6 months to beat it so I wasn’t a fan back then, but I quite like it now. Wigglevine wonders for me is just ok, a little samey but decent. I really wish I’d remembered them since it sucks to have been so close to not making any mistakes! Anyway, glad you enjoyed, thanks for your support

Thank you! I just used the Nintendo switch online snes emulator, it’s pretty good for these games and it’s free if you have switch online, if not though I’m sure you can find some good ones for it online

@OGAutismonaut Thank you for the answer! I appreciate it.

My phone died halfway through writing this lol, but it means so much getting comments like this. Really glad you enjoyed, hopefully over the Christmas break I’ll have time to work on something new

I’ve never really been a fan of that boss to be honest, I really like his design but the fight itself is a bit slow for me. But hey, if you like it then that’s great, more power to you!

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@@OGAutismonautI mean 14 ain’t bad But button bash above switcheroo and MM??? To each their own I suppose I’m just joshing ofc, great video mate

Thanks so much for such a detailed comment! If I had one major bit of advice it’s that particularly in the first game there is a bit of a steep learning curve when you first start. The first world in dkc1 for example isn’t too bad, but when you get to the later levels some of them can be a bit unfair to a new player. The developers were still figuring out how to make a good donkey Kong game so there’s a few stinkers in there, but don’t be too discouraged if you reach a super annoying level, once you get the controls down the game becomes a lot easier! DKC2 is easily the hardest game in the series so watch out for some of the levels there. DKC3 is probably the easiest and has the smoothest difficulty curve too, the first two games can vary significantly in difficulty level to level. Just thought of this now too, going back to previous worlds in the second game is weird, you can’t just leave and go to the map, you either have to beat the world boss or pay funky to take you around. The collectibles work quite differently in the original trilogy to the modern games, for example you don’t need to get all the Kong letters to get extra levels, they just give you lives so unless you want 100% completion you don’t need to worry about them. In the second and third game you may want to collect kremcoins if you want to do the secret world, but if not there’s a dev code built in you can look up to get 99 of them immediately. Oh, and saving too, the save system especially in the first game sucks! It’s much easier just to use the NSO save states whenever you want to save, otherwise you’ll have to replay three or four levels to get back to where you were if you get a game over. The original games are similar to tropical freeze so you’ll definitely have an idea of what to expect, but there are a few differences particularly with the controls and obviously their age which you’ll find as you go through. Anyway, really glad you like video and good luck with the first three games! I found it really interesting playing all of them for the first time and seeing where one of my favourite video game series’ came from, so hopefully they’re just as good for you

@OGAutismonaut Thank you so much! I really appreciate the advice! I started playing a few days ago, and just got to Poison Pond, and thought I might as well ask for advice before I go through the worst that DKC has to offer. Forgot to mention this in my previous comment, but your video was actually the tipping point to make me decide to play the classic DKC trilogy! I've been doing a bit of a retro Mario marathon, playing Super Mario Bros 1 (good), Lost Levels (bad), and Super Mario Advance 1 (great). Then I saw your video, watched some of it, and decided, "hey, this is great, but it'd be even better if I had context for anything other than Tropical Freeze" and decided to add the classic DKC games to my marathon. So thank you! I'm having lots of fun with DKC1 so far! With some exceptions, every level is fantastic! My favorite level so far is Oil Drum Alley. Also, sorry for all the questions, but should I also play the Donkey Kong Land games, since they're also on NSO, or should I skip them?

Wow, that means a lot hearing that my video made such an impression on you, thanks! Great to hear that you had a good time with the first game, personally I think the second one is even better. Unfortunately for the donkey Kong land games I actually haven’t played them so I’m not much help, as far as I know, they’re mostly very similar to the original games but with some different levels which from what other people have told me aren’t very good lol, although the first dk land does apparently feature the worst level in the series which does make me curious… They’re definitely not must plays or anything though. I really like oil drum alley too, I think I put it like in A tier or something, but this series is so good that every level up there is amazing. It actually sounds like you’ve been on a similar gaming progression to me, I also replayed all the old 2D mario games recently! Some of them like Mario land 2 I hadn’t played before so it was good to see where it holds up to the rest of the games. Maybe I’ll have to rank all of those at some point hmm… In the case that I do I’ll let you in on a quick preview and say that most of the lost levels stages wouldn’t rank very highly lol. Some other people don’t dislike poison pond as much as me so maybe it won’t be that bad for you, one can hope!

@@OGAutismonaut Hi again! Thanks for replying to my second comment! I actually finished both the rest of DKC1 and Donkey Kong Land 1 since my last comment! Whoever told you that DKL1 has the worst level in the series was right. I counted at least two levels that were just Poison Pond But Even Worse, to say nothing of that one level in World 3 with some of the most infuriatingly designed platforms to exist. However, I did have fun with DKL1 overall! There were some really creative levels in there. My favorite was the one where you had to collect the KONG letters to form platforms using them. I'd love to see a ranking video from you on 2D Mario levels! And yeah, Lost Levels...isn't very good. At all. And as for Poison Pond itself, while it was pretty bad, it wasn't as terrible as I was expecting, though maybe that's just due to my copius usage of savestates and the rewind feature. If you'd like to hear more of my thoughts on DKL1, I'd be happy to share! Thank you for taking the time to reply to my previous comments, and I hope you have a great day!

I’m now extra curious to see the donkey Kong land levels I’ve never played, might have to give it a go when I get time! I’m probably going to do something shorter before I move on to the 2D Mario levels though because I’m not sure I’m mentally ready for such a massive undertaking at the moment lol, it’d probably end up being even longer than this one! I’ve been really busy with work for this past month, but hopefully over the Christmas break I’ll have some time to work on something. Responding to people’s comments is one of my favourite things about making videos, so sure if you feel like sharing more about your opinions on dk land I’d be happy to read them

I personally really like them, but I’ve seen a lot of other people who agree with you. The only one I’d put close to F tier is rocket rush, but I can understand people not liking the completely different gameplay style and control scheme

I mainly hate the ones in returns cuz of the one-hit handicap. All th ones from tropical freeze are 10/10 imo

@@GilbertHartley I definitely agree the one heart system for the rockets in returns was a bit silly, for that reason I would say the rocket barrel levels in Tropical Freeze generally feel more fair and it allowed them to get crazier with the level design too. I hated the harder returns rocket levels like gear getaway and hot rocket when I first started playing! Over time I've just come to really like the rocket gameplay style, but I can definitely understand the frustration the rocket returns levels can cause as someone who myself was the frustrated before lol

Yeah a few other people have pointed this out too, I didn’t actually know this until I made this video! I don’t generally go for all the collectibles in the original trilogy since a lot of them are really annoying to find, usually so long as I get the bonus rooms I’m fine with that. So I never figured out that a ! appears when you find the secrets because clam city must’ve been one of the only ones I did it for, thanks to you and a few other people for pointing it out though

Nah I didn’t forget about it, I’ve played all of those levels. The reason I didn’t include them was because it’s exclusive to the 3DS, and there’s certain ports of the other games with differences between the levels (some of which I haven’t played), so to keep everything as simple as possible I just stuck to the original versions of each game

@@OGAutismonaut ah okay

I do indeed hate those things!

Definitely, a lot of the bosses in tropical freeze have really cool concepts, but they just repeat way too much for me. If it were 2 hits per phase then it wouldn’t be nearly as much of an issue, Frederick has to be the biggest offender in this case. He stalls for so long before you get a chance to hit him and he’s hard too so you’ll be replaying each phase several times. It’s actually kinda strange how the series rarely seems to nail their bosses when almost every level turned out so good. I actually didn’t play dkc3 until this year, people always said to me that it wasnt very good, but I was pleasantly surprised when playing it at how good it was! And yeah it would be great to get more collections of Nintendos older games, having them on the switch online virtual console is good but I’d love to actually have a new copy of them. Even on the virtual console versions, for some games it almost seems like Nintendo are intentionally hiding them away which sucks considering how good some of those games are. I really hope the switch 2 has an actual decent virtual console where they add more than one game a week, but somehow unfortunately I doubt it. Anyway, thanks for leaving such a detailed comment, glad you enjoyed!

I definitely agree about the originality aspect, I think the idea of a contaminated poison level is fundamentally good and better than most of the forgettable levels in the last world. The problem I have with poison pond is that I really don’t like the gameplay, all the off screen mincers and confusing layout wasn’t for me. But hey, if you liked it then more power to you!

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I had the exact same thing, it really is a level where you just have to sit it out since there’s not many ways to speed it up. It’s the same reason I dislike tumblin temple, because you can clearly see where you’re going in front of you but you just have to wait it out

That’s completely understandable, I didn’t expect everyone to agree with me. With webbed woods, I know a lot of people like it, but unfortunately I just find it boring really. I don’t hate the level, I don’t really hate any levels in this game, maybe if I liked squitter more then I’d be a bigger fan. Anyway, if you managed to like webbed woods more than me then that’s a good thing! I never go into a level hoping to dislike it, so if you got more enjoyment out of it then more power to you

That’s totally fair, it would’ve been a very boring video if everyone agreed with all my picks. I’d be interested to hear which ones you disagreed with the most

That’s fair enough, I don’t absolutely hate the level necessarily, but I definitely don’t like it very much. That might have something to do with the fact that I don’t really like the water levels in the first game lol. I do like the theme and if it were executed better it could’ve been pretty good for me. But anyway, I’m glad someone other than me managed to enjoy it!

@@OGAutismonaut It could also be that I'm weird. I do not understand why everyone says Mine Cart Madness is hard. That was unironically the first ever level I completed... and then years later I found out about the level skip.

@@Harley_Mitchelly I didn't find it quite as hard as some other people apparently do to be fair, that's probably because I played all the modern games first though. If it was the first level you beat and you found it easy then that's pretty impressive, at least coming from someone who would definitely have struggled if it was my first level I completed! Personally I found it to be a bit of a difficulty spike because its pretty fast with some jumps that seem a bit unintuitive at first, and especially the Krash enemies, they killed me a few times the first time I played. But then again a lot of people say the rocket barrel levels from the newer games are really hard which I find quite easy so maybe its just certain people being suited to a particular gameplay style

Returns is my personal favourite too, the second game I ever played. Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed!

Thanks so much for your support! The switch port of returns is nice, but I really wish retro studios had hired more people after tropical freeze so they could work on more than one game at once. Knowing that it’s been 10 years since the last original game and we’re gonna have to wait another year for Metroid prime 4 and then however many more years if they even do decide to make another donkey Kong country is pretty sad to think about, but at least we still have the 5 great games

@OGAutismonaut but Retro Studios only worked at Metroid Prime 4 since 2019 am I right? So I don't think they did nothing between Tropical Freeze and Metroid Also I already 100% Returns on Wii and 3DS 🥲 So I will only buy the Switch version for a cheap price

At first I thought they worked on it since 2017 but yeah you’re right, they only took over after the restart I think. Unfortunately even if they were making another DK game back then they’d probably have to spend quite a while updating it and remembering what all the code does, but one can definitely hope

Wow that’s interesting, I found it way harder playing as diddy. The fact that he bounces off the armys and can’t kill most of the enemies in the level made me just restart if I lost donkey, although the way he holds the barrels does make the second half much easier I guess

That’s actually one of the few I haven’t played, but after hearing some of those GBA remixes Im definitely interested now. The main reason I didn’t put any alternate versions in was because there’s quite a few different versions of some of the levels and additional stages, some of which I haven’t played either, so to keep everything consistent and fair I only included the original games. Although if they add DKC3 GBA to the switch virtual console (I haven’t checked in a while they might have added it already) I’ll definitely check it out next time I play them!

@@OGAutismonaut They won't be your cup of tea because it's a water themed world, but I actually enjoy how they tried interesting things, such as a tree level but half sunken underwater.

Out of all the games I definitely think DKC3 did water levels the best, it’s the only game apart from tropical freeze where I think there are more good water levels than bad, although a full world of water levels does sound like quite a lot lol

Thank you! Tropical freeze really is a near perfect game, returns will always be my favourite because it’s the one I grew up with, but tropical freeze in my opinion is the best 2D platformer I’ve ever played

Thanks for leaving such a detailed comment, and thanks for watching this massive video all the way through too! With the other levels you mentioned in particular panicky paddles I can definitely understand someone else having a different opinion on them, heck it would’ve been a very boring video if everyone agreed with my picks. If I’d made this video a year earlier then panicky paddles would 100% have been in F tier because those water sections are awful! But on my most recent playthrough I didn’t hate it as much, maybe it’s just because I’ve memorised most of it by now so I don’t die as much but when I first played it I despised that level lol. Returns was the second game I ever played, and right from the beginning it became one of my favourites, and then tropical freeze came along and it was even better. Playing dkc2 especially it’s surprising just how well it holds up all these years later. Somehow I don’t think it’s a coincidence that with tropical freeze being heavily based on dkc2 that it ended up being so great. Anyway, glad you enjoyed!

@OGAutismonaut my pleasure! If you had the patience and skill to put out a video like this, sure this channel can be as big as you want if you can break this effort into smaller, more frequent videos 🤜

You’re actually the first one to point this out, good to know! Mostly I look up the names of enemies because I think it’s interesting to see what they’re actually called, I didn’t think to do it with the birds because I’ve seen some other people call them salvos and just assumed that’s what they were. Most of the images of baobabs I looked up had both fruits and trees in them lol and I’d never heard of baobabs up until that point, but as you say I guess they are still baobab fruits!

@@OGAutismonaut Yeah, fair. To be honest, sometimes the Swoopy/Salvo thing still trips me up as well, lol. As for the baobab thing, I actually knew this lil fact from way back in the day at school when those trees came up, and how many people it'd take to circle a whole baobab tree. Lol Darn it. Your video has me wanting to play these games again. Maybe I will soon!

Hadn’t noticed that until now! Definitely makes more sense than trying to kill a snowman by trying to throw snow at a snowman

Same for the rocket level 😂 one of the few times I felt good playing DKC3

Personally I don’t like that level very much lol, I get what they were going for with the controls switching but I’ve never really liked the water levels in this series too much to begin with and the controls reversing made it a bit much for me. But hey, if you liked it then more power to you! I never go into the levels hoping for them to be bad so if this one wasn’t to you then that’s a good thing With rocket rush I kinda see it as missed potential, because I think it could’ve been a great level if the controls worked as you’d expect, but at least to me they feel wonky and it’s also quite strange how sometimes it just shoots up for no reason. I usually love rocket levels too so I really wanted to like that one!

1:13:00 THIS this is the worst level by far. I was so pissed off by this N and the secret that I stopped playing the game for around a week until I had to courage to come back to it again. As boring as it gets

1:13:40 no, i digress, THIS is the worst level EVER of any game in the history of games. Just awful. This elephant is the worst 😂

3:16:14 omg dude you can't be serious 😂😂😂 comparing this to web woods should be considered a kong heresy. Web woods is hard and brutal and this is the fun out of it. This one is just.. mehhh...

Thank you! I’m glad someone managed to enjoy poison pond more than me, one of my friends really likes poison pond too and he wasn’t too happy to see it at the bottom lol

​​@@OGAutismonaut I think I just appreciate a good challenge with different controls and the unique theming sells it for me

It was definitely a really interesting way to open the game, ending where the first game left off. I’ve always really liked that about DKC2 and the early levels definitely feel more relaxing than the majority of the rest of the game lol. Plus the music and visuals for all of them are top notch

Thanks for leaving such a detailed response! I’m glad someone managed to enjoy Frederick a lot more than me, I never go into a stage hoping for it to be bad so it’s great to finally see someone who liked the fight. Unfortunately everyone I know doesn’t like him very much lol. For me whenever I get to volcano dome I kinda just sigh and say to myself “do I really have to fight this guy?” If you didn’t have to beat him to unlock the secret levels I have to say I’d probably have stopped at meltdown mayhem on a few of my playthroughs. I don’t hate the fight to be fair, I think the arena looks really cool, but for me it goes on too long and repeats the same attacks too much which I don’t find to be very fun to dodge. Then again, like you say maybe that’s just because tropical freeze is such a stellar game that it would’ve been almost impossible to make a perfect ending for it. Thanks so much for all your support and taking the time to leave this nice comment, always good to see a fellow geometry dash enjoyer!

Thanks so much! The song is switcheroo A (life in the mines returns) from Dk returns, probably my favourite song in the game, a shame every time I add it to a playlist Nintendo takes it down lol

Perhaps has something to do with the fact that my upload schedule is pretty busted lol, seriously though thanks a lot!