(Former World Record) Donkey Kong Country Returns 100% Speedrun in

This took about as long as I thought it would but I wasn't expecting to lower the record by this much. All three of my previous PBs lost multiple minutes in 9-1 and this was the first run where I didn't choke it. I had quite a few deaths but none of them were that bad (some were really unlucky though) so they only cost me a minute or two in total.
Overall a pretty solid run but still a bit sloppy everywhere (especially world 6). Not sure if I'll continue with this category right now since all I wanted was a 2:12 for the time being but I'll definitely go for sub 2:10 eventually.
Deaths: 6 (5-2, 6-1, 6-5, 6-7, 7-5, 8-2)

[@Qwerty-dg4bq]

I didn't know the puzzle pieces didn't count toward 100% til now

[@BuddyDragon18]

Yeah they're just to unlock 80% of the concept art

[@lschlickmkw]

Does anyone know what the category is that collects all the puzzle pieces?

[@minusonetwelfth]

@@lschlickmkw It's called Puzzle% but it's not on speedrun.com and there are only two runs of it as far as I know

[@notschmebulock5447]

@@minusonetwelfthHave you ever seen a true 100%? like all mirror mode levels, platinum medals, kong letters, puzzle pieces

[@minusonetwelfth]

@@notschmebulock5447 Leah did a run of that which took around 10 hours but it wasn't recorded

[@ajl4878]

Legend! Glad to see you back in DKCR!

[@yoshihoho]

It took me 5:36 to realize why you had two images of 50 cent in the thumbnail

[@LeahKazuno]

Tiger: 4 deaths, 2:22 Leah: 5 deaths, 2:15 minus: 6 deaths, 2:12 this category is cursed, but i'm glad that my rekky is in the right hands now. i rescind my title 👑

[@kasquez]

Finally a WR that can be watched. Congrats BTW

[@minusonetwelfth]

Leah would agree with you on that one lol

[@crinklyonion1410]

Probably one of my favorite games of all time.

[@axeldeeker5644]

31:15 I've never seen this before!

[@Slightly_Decent]

This game was my first exposure to classic 2D Donkey Kong since I never owned a SNES and it'll always hold such a big place in my heart. I've heard people complained about the waggle controls but I never understood it since my remotes always worked fine. I always figured I either got lucky with some good ones or I just took better care of mine than other people. I really should give this one another go sometime soon.

[@axeldeeker5644]

2:06:00 pfew great save

[@zacattack763]

minusonetwelfth the GOAT!!!

[@anonymousagent4336]

I NEVER KNEW YOU CAN HIT FEATHER FIENDS HEAD TWICE

[@minusonetwelfth]

You can hit him three times in one cycle but I messed it up in this run

[@thunderbolt4567]

Congrats

[@aaronthemusician3894]

Bro speedruns an old game that is way to underrated to have any kind of attention 💀 There even is a German guy who speedruned this games 200% category… TWICE. (And Tropical freeze 200% once.)

[@Samuelburge37]

on the level 1k at 10:30 it looks ur just jumping on air

[@minusonetwelfth]

You can jump on air as long as you're in a roll and some KONG letters are impossible to obtain without doing it

[@JuniorGaming19]

GG

[@zacattack763]

I'm curious about 4-3, why is the split called "2 frames" what do you only have a 2 frame window for?

[@minusonetwelfth]

The jump to grab the O apparently

[@zacattack763]

@minusonetwelfth That's annoying, glad you landed it first try!

[@mario574]

Well you'd do it on Nintendo 3DS, because in 9 world (Cloud) there are 9 levels! ( 8 levels (One from every map) and Golden Temple (9th level) ) Do you have this console?

[@minusonetwelfth]

Don't have the 3DS version. This is specifically a 100% speedrun for the Wii version.

[@BloodEventReal]

Late here but good job

[@melontoad]

Why's the 4-3 split called 2 frames?

[@minusonetwelfth]

I was told the jump to get the O is a 2-frame window but I'm not entirely sure if that's the case

[@melontoad]

​@@minusonetwelfth that's why that O is so hard💀 Great run dude!

[@lexfordjackenstiresirjacke2082]

I love that the speedrun tag for the Itty Bitty Biters level is "we're not candy", because those fuzzy blue monsters look like the singing pills in that one old commercial.

[@minusonetwelfth]

YES finally someone gets it

[@unclegrimsley839]

The sound effects in this game are majestic. Definitely a great successor to the original SNES games!

[@rapidmonkeyhd6953]

When you meet someone who appreciates the game as much as you🔥🔥

[@enelweskiold]

How did you just get 50 seconds closer on 5-4?????

[@minusonetwelfth]

Must've died in the PB I had before I got this run