Exploring the Mysterious Donkey Kong Country Iceberg (EXPLAINED)

[@JJMcCullough]

Until DK 64, King K. Rool wasn't really supposed to be a "king" in a permanent sense. He was just a master of disguise who adopted a different persona in every game. So in the second he's not called King, he's just "Kaptain K. Rool" and then in the third he's "Baron K. Roolenstein." But then in 64 he becomes "king" again. I kind of resent that, if feels like later developers forgot the original intent of the character which reflects how DKC1 became the only game anyone remembered, with the lore of the other two games ignored.

[@realgambadogaming]

I agree, Donkey Kong Country 2 is my favorite Donkey Kong game and that's large part due to the theming and Kaptain K. Rool's presence, and besides a reference in DK64 and I think a trophy or two in smash bros they really don't mention him or Baron after DK64, it really is a shame. Even newer K Rool iterations mainly focus on his King persona in Mario Baseball and Smash. Worst part is I hardly noticed the through line of K Rool adopting several different disguises, imagine what we might've had if they kept that canon going. Thanks for the comment, made me think about something I haven't given a lot of thought to lol

[@DeerBonesBaby]

@@realgambadogaming I think an Umpire K Rool would have been fantastic for the Sluggers series.

[@kat_lynx]

Well, I certainly didn't expect this video to open with the Mexican commercial for this game narrated by Gus Rodríguez and on-screen appearance of his son Javier.

[@Borti_Ovi]

The thing I find fascinating with the preproductions of these great games is how they “trim the fat” to make the games less of a chore. Like the Animal Buddies cage one: it would’ve been way more annoying and less rewarding if you have to jump through hoops (finding a key) just to use an Animal Buddy for that one stage.

[@Newline_Void]

"A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away."

[@M1XART]

Re-using the bosses is simply due that albeit huge space at the time, -the 32Mbit cartridge could not hold any more data. Yoshi's island original art -style was rejected by Nintendo, but the art -style found on final release was approved. During early days of Yoshi's Island development, Nintendo was indeed pressuring Miyamoto to go for DKC -style, when Shigeru wanted the make unique looking game instead. So Miyamoto san was pissed of by Nintendo itself, not Rare.

[@jayl5032]

The Manky situation is strange. Manky is an Orangutan. Diddy, and some others on the other hand, are either chimps or some other sort of monkey. Manky is more closely related species wise to the great apes of the DK crew. What's also strange, is that he was overly aggressive with his barrel throwing. Now thats not too unnatural considering great apes and monkeys in general are also aggressive . So why exclude him? There's some got'damn deep seated Orangutan racism going on here no doubt.

[@RoninCatholic]

Or it's not racism, but personal. Because he's a jerk so he's banished.

[@Sam_T2000]

Lanky Kong is an orangutan.

[@forrestpatterson6053]

@@Sam_T2000lanky… manky…. Whoa

[@SHYKOOPA]

Manky Kong looks like someone that got kicked out from the family because of a crime or serious addiction. I bet Donkey Kong doesn't like to talk about it

[@Sam_T2000]

@@SHYKOOPA - he had a bad coca leaf habit.

[@PhazonOmega]

"WaTch OuT fOr KEiiith!" -Boingo the rabbit, Hoodwinked

[@AngelGuzman-f9c]

Darn it change your name please…

[@CalTheHogNosedBat]

Gambado is like if Dunkey and Bo Burnham had a lovechild

[@PubsDown]

I totally get what you mean. And it's not even like "he has this half of bo and this half of Dunkey" Hes legitimately a direct fusion of the two

[@crackster234]

That's an insult to Gambado

[@FionaEevee87]

Imagine if they stuck with the idea of Wario being the big bad. We might've gotten Waluigi in a game later down the line.

[@BioPhoenixReviews]

always cool to find out more things about one of my favorite games. the stone enemy would have been a creepy idea

[@CooperDooper38]

The pre-rendered art style was unique to DKC... on the SNES, at least. Yoshi's Story totally takes the same approach, and still looks really good today, imo.

[@demontamerbf18]

This was such a treat, GambadoGaming's humor, Donkey Kong Country trivia, jokes dissing Shigeru Miyamoto, what's not to like?

[@trevise684]

i applaud the execution of the joke at 5:14, lotta videos let those go on too long

[@ONLINE.SUPERSTORE]

I think the game over screen represents them both in the teammate barrel. Both hurt no one is free to open the barrel.

[@Nick-up5wv]

Really cool video dude!👍 On a side not while Wario didn't use a futuristic gun to turn Mario into stone he DID use a futuristic gun to turn Ness into a trophy in SMASH and Mario was turned into a statue by Bowser in the SMW comics; so maybe that's how those ideas ultimately ended up being used. Either way we still have DK to thank for inspiring those ideas and I'm betting that's why Bowser attacked Donkey in Subspace Emissary. That or revenge for DK always getting the vest of him through out the Mario Party series, but that's just MY theory.🤔

[@Sam_T2000]

_Donkey Kong Country_ is the greatest 2D platforming franchise there is 👌

[@JustAPrinnyDood]

Something interesting I want to add is "Funky's Fugue" sounds heavily inspired by Culture Beat's "Anything" especially around the 1:57 mark

[@MustyYew]

Neat video (as always), hope more people catch wind of it

[@SleepyLuigi]

I personally like to watch iceberg videos before I sleep, and this was a great watch!

[@ALLMETAL1970]

When it comes to the reused bosses, the game boy advanced version did those bosses justice. They also added a bit into existing bosses like queen b which now had zingers surrounding it that had to be defeated before you got to damage her.

[@Vincentvalentinezxa]

finally someone who hates miyamoto as much as i do!!

[@Exoallas]

I had more trouble with the first Necky than with the 2nd

[@tessademsky1156]

23:20 holy fuck that laugh w that face is so cursed. actually made me lmfao irl

[@karldi7648]

Thank you gor including the Mexican commercial for it. Listening to Gus Rodríguez' voice today wasn't something I was expecting, but how good it did to my soul. Excellent video, thanks again!

[@nintenbro2282]

Dude, you should do a Miyamito iceberg

[@TGFMusic]

Miyamoto*

[@rodrigomarcondes5857]

24:50 teary eyed bully Maguire caught me off guard and made me laugh way much than it should have 😂😂😂

[@hichaelhyers]

Your videos are life, man.

[@rkatlr5508]

wow i was expecting this channel to have tons more subs, youre really funny!!

[@Hatosan_]

Thanks for always making this wicked awesome videos, Gambado! ✨

[@SceneComparisons]

great video!

[@TheLazySage7]

Jank Thief Creativity lol

[@malabbism]

yay a new iceberg vid!! c:

[@tessfabled4115]

16:29 AND IT APPEARS IN THE SHOW, COMPLETE WITH MUSICAL NUMBER! 'Our Love is Stronger Than a Golden Banana'

[@trevise684]

also where is the iceberg? this is just kinda a list, one of the fun parts of these is to see the iceberg first and then understand it later

[@realgambadogaming]

I didn't really mention it in the video but I made up this iceberg myself just for the video, and I didn't craft an official iceberg in tandem with it. There are a few entries I grabbed from other Donkey Kong Icebergs but to my knowledge, there isn't an official iceberg for the first Donkey Kong Country so I just decided to do it in video form. Due to it not being an official iceberg, I felt it was not necessary to format it in layers. Sorry for the confusion

[@gigaslave]

The DEEPEST LORE that you didn't bring up is that the current DK is actually DK Junior (or Junior's son) from DK2 (NES), and that Kranky is actually the original DK from the first Donkey Kong arcade game. Looks like whatever foul concoction Stanley the Bugman sprayed at him in DK3 (NES) did a real number to him and left him all shriveled up...

[@chompythebeast]

*6:04* It ain't too soon, those billionaires legitimately deserved it. As do all billionaires. DK says *"No war but class war!"*

[@samus-alita4252]

Subbing, great video my fellow mangkong

[@sewnkin_fournine]

As a child, my favorite thing to do was watch my dad beat this amazing game. My favorite animal buddy was always Enguarde the Swordfish. I wanna get a tattoo of him ❤

[@MikeVonwolkenstein]

Another great iceberg video 🔥🔥

[@marquesgorham4226]

Saying fuck you to shigiru miaymoto was just unesacary and uncalled for

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I personally don't believe Miyamoto ever made the "mediocre gameplay" comment. And he did work on the game despite it being primarily developed by Rareware. He is credited as the game's Producer. The choice to use a different art style for Yoshi's Island was due to an early demo using pre-rendered 3D graphics "lacking punch" according to Nintendo's marketing department. The cutscenes being done with pre-rendered graphics is the last holdover of that style.

[@tylerhughes9090]

Rare at one point we’re thinking about making Donkey Kong Country 4 for the Nintendo DS !

[@bestkeykeeper8975]

Which song is that again 26:04 ???

[@dripp_dropp]

cave dweller concert

[@Simeautomatic100]

*6:04* *WOWWWWWWWWW!!!*

[@cristinagomez3283]

21:19 this moment got me dead

[@jaygooese4242]

What an honor

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

Always thought king k. rool was a play on “rule” like how a king rules a kingdom

[@papereatingcowboy4363]

Please make the DKC 2 iceberg

[@CullenRotten]

isn't the commercial at the begging from Argentina television?

[@Scherzo-gvo]

I heard somewhere that Yoshi’s Island was based off of Plok! but I don’t remember where

[@tonilarios]

I was not expecting to start this video opening with the voice of Gus of all people.... (Probably 1% of people watching this Will know what i'm talking about but, the ones that know would give me an approving "knowing wassup" nod 😉😉😉)

[@frandor]

golden bananas dont go bad and are used a medium of exchange among kongs.

[@jacobbrown9894]

The beta designs shown in the DK Jr section are so cartoony. I don't think it's like a good or bad thing they were made a bit more grounded but it is jarring.

[@Kovac22]

15:59 made me lose my marbles

[@veo16]

How did we have fun with this game as children? There's a lot of minutiae unpacked in this short video alone that I never made use of in my time with the game as a small child. Didn't know the different attacks were of varying strength. Nor that Diddy was weaker than Donkey.

[@AtomicFlounder42]

God damn, this dude HATES miyamoto

[@slivovitz1683]

Ey bro Korporal Krizzle just dropped

[@crashharty]

Krocbot ended up in DK64 i think

[@CallMeSomething7]

Gambado im ypur first comment. Give me a kiss for my accomplishment

[@marcar9marcar972]

24:13 border of life?!

[@AFROKID116]

Where's dkc2 video? ._.

[@sanicsanic6890]

M O N K E Y

[@alphamoose4385]

Isnt dk in dkc actually dk jr?

[@RoninCatholic]

Either that or DK Jr.'s son, depending on whether Cranky is his father or grandfather (they're inconsistent).

[@ALLMETAL1970]

The donkey Kong in donkey Kong country is cranky Kong's grandson, cranky Kong has been confirmed as the original donkey Kong. So the donkey Kong in donkey Kong country is dk Jr's son, yet oddly enough red tie dk III is bigger than his dad lol.

[@Gary_P2]

Match only by Mario…sonic is crying in the corner

[@jamie8269]

bless

[@penguinmaster7]

Keith Krudd Rool

[@notfound2058]

SALVAJE *eats banana*

[@nspade9252]

Yeah I'm pretty sure that quote is bullshit. It's not great form to look at a random "quote" that never was confirmed and was explicitly denied by the person "quoted" and just go: "eh, it sounds like something he would have said"

[@rafaelpinto4395]

ohh esta en español oohhh no is in inglish

[@notedjog9]

I dont like monkeyz

[@chainchomp4139]

Too much swearing srry