(Former WR) Donkey Kong Country 2 Any% Speedrun in

After spending about 10 months running this game and category fairly actively, I finally got a WR time that I'm happy with. This has been by far the run that I've put the most amount of time and effort into thus far, so the satisfaction that comes from this is particularly high. In addition, this was the first World Record run to ever implement the mega difficult Gusty Glade Wrong Warp, which killed so many of my attempts before this one. I am not going to be attempting another PB in this category in the near future, although I have a feeling I will try to beat this time some day. I'll be moving on to other games and other categories before then.
This video is the run as it happened in real time, broadcasted live on my Twitch channel.
Run FAQ: pastebin.com/K...
For a version with post-commentary click here: • (Former WR) Donkey Kon...
For a gameplay only, no commentary version click here: • (WR) Donkey Kong Count...
Twitch channel: / sbdwolf

[@Françinha_1002]

One of the best games ever made. One of best soundtracks too. Good job with the speedrun.

[@93snowwolf]

True that, it's such a piece of art :D Btw. do you know, are these shortcuts with the bananas that bring him right to the finnishing line of a level glitch-generated or not? I never knew they were there, but they don't look like a glitch's causing them^^

[@ArcienPlaysGames]

@@93snowwolf They're warp barrels that are not glitch generated. They're knowingly planted there as hidden shortcuts. I don't know about the ones where it's like the entire level is skipped, including the finish line part, like at 2:47

[@93snowwolf]

@@ArcienPlaysGames So they are like the warp pipes of the early Mario Jump and Run games then, I thought they might be connected to some glitches, like the one to get 75 krem coins in level 1. Of course speed runner don't only and always use glitches, but very often. Thank you for your message.

[@HBC423]

Had no idea there were all these skips to the next level

[@vatltatl]

I was trying to sleep so I decided to put on a speedrun of DK2 since the nostalgia relaxes me, but I ended up watching the whole video of how awesome you play. Bravo Sir 👏🏼👏🏼

[@voia_online]

this was unreal to watch, congrats

[@doopliss6648]

This is alien… What shocks me so much is how underrated something this mind boggling is…

[@vatltatl]

True

[@eMKayyoUwhY]

I've seen many speedruns, but not of this game. I'm flabbergasted. I've played DK2 many times when I was young (20+ years ago), but your gameplay is awesome! GG!

[@in4mus85]

Man this is game is just amazing, the best of the series and one of the best in the genre.

[@nanerpussz]

Did not expect to watch 48 minutes of this. Minecraft, counterstrike, donkey kong top 3 games.

[@alf2633]

That was absolutely insane. You're a BEAST!

[@goldbigeagle6772]

Amazing skills, well done, so much fun to watch. The minecarts jumps as EARLY as possible to save time is insane, literally on the edge of death, and Sqwak's race was insane fast

[@simonvanmook3805]

Duuuude! This was my era of gaming… just mind blowing how smooth that was, kudos

[@RekkaKien3]

the tech in this run is bananas. as many runs as i've seen of this there were so many new strats. 🔥🔥🔥

[@thealldayspecial]

Easily one of my top favorite games of all time on all fronts and a pretty damn good challenge when going for full completion %. Also the levels really pushing the player to mastering both characters when it comes to stuff like movement, timing etc really ups things. The fact how you get Toxic Tower and then immediately Screech's Sprint to end the regular path of the game was just absolutely brutal.

[@SuperNovii]

its so sad to see a proffesional speedruner not get any attention at all wish you luck man

[@doopliss6648]

Ik!!! Like this is Alien, this takes insane skill… Also who the fk came up with all of these strats I just can’t fathom how this is even possible for some people…

[@Fade016infinity]

All the comments have been super positive and there are 64k views. Thats a american football stadium. What do you mean no recognition?

[@CEOofAutism]

@@Fade016infinityfuck yea American football

[@StatickyCat]

I never played or saw this game before, I only played the original DKC, Returns, and Tropical Freeze and wanted to see the second one so I decided to search up a speedrun. I'm not disappointed at all. It looks like some of your strats are right out of the book of TAS, you need more recognition for giving this game recognition. Lol.

[@cjslickmusic]

GG man ) great run.

[@boltonbrowne7413]

Diddy's Kong Quest has a whole new meaning in 2024.

[@ToxicZombieZ888]

congratulations mate, such an awesome run!!

[@travisbaez8430]

He's not monkeying around. For real though, that was a joy to watch. Thank you!

[@ShlisaShell]

This was fun to watch. We still play on our original games and TV consoles.

[@yroosjasso2006]

Maaaan puede que no me entiendas porque hablo español pero toda mi vida eh jugado este hermoso juego y siempre pensé que solo la primera etapa tenía los pasadizos y veo que no, eres un crack hermano

[@alisson_302]

I'm really glad for you, Wolf This run is super clean! And GL on Castlevania/102 stuff

[@dominickbabington8085]

Bro good stuff!

[@samuelese22]

Great play dude

[@KindredFenrir]

GG dude thats awesome

[@bullets1x99]

I only found one of the level ending barrels and it was in the first level and found it by accident 😅 I didn’t know every level had one good speed run man

[@dautolover]

Wild ride. Good job!

[@Vasopressor_]

Bruhhh how is this possible. Just mind blowing.

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

this game's hitboxes are so nice and crispy

[@kom555]

34:59 типа он тоже человек 😂 ну да, ну да 😂😂😂 Bro, that’s absolute godmode level of gaming, but incomplete without lost world

[@PanCakeVCr]

Wow dude this is amazing this dude make me love the game much more than I was❤❤❤❤

[@Fade016infinity]

This is incredible

[@folioloeil9951]

Amazing work mate ! 👌👌✌️✌️

[@wojtekjakub1810]

He knows the map and timing with his eyes closed its years of playing this...I passed this game but obv took me a year and not in approx an hour...

[@dregas_]

Holy fuck dude , that was awesome

[@elphs]

nice run:)

[@カリカリクレーマー]

24:50 you are not human

[@daviddelgadillo5389]

GG very good run man and very interesting to see honestly, congratulations. amm I would like to ask at minute 3:02 after hitting the thing that throws barrels, do you double jump after hanging on the hook, how do you do that?

[@SBDWolf]

It is! When your partner kong returns to you after a horizontal team throw, you have an opportunity to do a kind of mid air double jump. The dkc speedrunning wiki has a tutorial on how to perform it on that level's page - dkcspeedruns.com/Kannon%27s_Klaim

[@daviddelgadillo5389]

@@SBDWolf Thank you very much for the information and the link helps me a lot I am learning how to speedrun this game and there are things that I still do not understand well again thank you very much and very good video greetings from Mexico

[@SBDWolf]

@@daviddelgadillo5389 No worries, good luck learning the run!

[@israelrojas5523]

Watching this in November 2024. Good times

[@orlandocabral8138]

That was AMAZING!!!

[@M.upstarclips]

A beautiful training

[@doopliss6648]

Who comes up with these insane strats??? Also how long does it take to learn strats like this, it’s absolutely incredible…

[@SBDWolf]

It's a community effort! I did not come up with the great majority of the strats that I used, that was the work of the people who came before me. I simply learned off of what they were doing and added a few of my original strats (including the Wrong Warp in Gusty Glade, for which I came up with a humany viable route). That's one of the things I love about the speedrunning scene, there's no patents or even much jealousy, it feels like a work shared among others. And ideas came come from anyone: other speedrunners, TASers, or even casuals making random observations which lead to discoveries. It's great. To answer your second question, it took me a couple weeks just to learn the run to a point where I could complete the game in a single segment, a lot more to get good of course. Although I did make it a little difficult on myself by learning a lot of tough strats right away, others can and have picked up the game by learning some easier strats first and it doesn't take nearly as long to jump into runs like that.

[@Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman]

Somebody besides Vooid with a record. This pleases me

[@Lee2Tact22]

W.😊

[@Mas2SSBM]

Best game ever made

[@mpawli10]

beast run holy shit

[@spirale000jerm3]

Les barils apparaissent dans chaque niveau ? Je joue avec un emulateur et j'ai des bugs. Je bloque au niveau Avec les ballons bleus

[@sosamanotf642]

This is mental, truly a God amongst mortals

[@johnross456]

Cranky Kong could have done this in half the time! Easily!

[@91Panagos]

How does it feel to makes us all look like idiots have you any idea how long it took me to pass some of these lvls when i was i child?? hahahaha But anyway goodjob

[@brunacrepaldi9898]

Good evening, I would like to know, how did you pass the snake stage in Toxic Water So fast, I barely managed to pass the whole stage, please give me some tips.

[@javierretamal7154]

Hello, how do you make the triple jump with Rattly? 1:47

[@SBDWolf]

It's a trick called the Rattly True Double Jump: dkcspeedruns.com/DKC2_Tricks#Rattly_Double_Jump

[@thepotato3337]

I didn't know that jack black is a speedrunner

[@fabiosaque1294]

O_O Como Assim? Fase Tem Warps? 0:37

[@monnaliseferraz867]

So queria saber o da fase 2 world 2

[@Collin255]

Crazy

[@HunterTinsley]

Are things like the bug move at 1:50 glitches, or secrets?

[@SBDWolf]

That's a glitch, an invisible object is used to throw an object that can't normally be thrown, in this case a warp barrel, and when you enter it it triggers a routine that ends the level on the spot.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

@@SBDWolf Does it still work on the Switch version?

[@SBDWolf]

@@MegaManXPoweredUp yup, the switch version is 1.1 which is the one where the wrong warps work.

[@MegaManXPoweredUp]

@@SBDWolf Sweet! I'm gonna try it the next time I play 2 Player with my girlfriend. She's gonna think I'm a wizard!

[@JavierGuerra-v5z]

What is the difference to do a speed run using dkc2 in English and Japanese?

[@SBDWolf]

@@JavierGuerra-v5z There are 4 versions of NTSC DKC2: US 1.0, US 1.1, JP 1.0, and JP 1.1. The two 1.0 versions have more major differences, however they're more useful for other categories becayse most wrong warps don't work there. Meanwhile, US 1.1 and JP 1.1 are identical in terms of gameplay mechanics, however they feature small level design differences (notably for Any%, a bee is missing on JP 1.1 which saves 2 frames). Additionally, loading times may be slightly faster on the JP version (building up to less than a second probably).

[@JavierGuerra-v5z]

@ thanks so much for clarify :) it is interested to know the difference :)

[@leandroretrogames]

Impressionante

[@2005jjrb]

But this guy is not the one who is playing, this was a video posted for a japanese guy before

[@lukerne9260]

Is this on original hardware? How can it look this good?

[@SBDWolf]

It is. I use a (old model) retrotink2x which upscales the signal to 480p.

[@JavierGarcia-x1m]

Es uno de los juegos mas difíciles y no ke quitaron vida 😳😳😳😳😳

[@michaelcrosby7715]

6:33 Not WR. No G

[@jojonr619]

Are these actual skips in the game? Or are they glitches?

[@sunkillsmoon]

Some are regular warps, some are glitches

[@shannonroberts3959]

How do you make the snake jump like that

[@SBDWolf]

It's a double jump glitch, check this out for more information - dkcspeedruns.com/DKC2_Tricks#Rattly_Double_Jump

[@David-lr5mq]

You missed the entire ending of the game tho?

[@whoismitchconnor120]

I had this game like 22 years ago 🤣

[@fabiosaque1294]

Donkey Kong Esta Preso Diddy Kong Chegar Chefe Final 0:29

[@michaelcrosby7715]

GG

[@guillermobustamante8214]

Impresionante

[@coolgameplays1454]

thats alien bro lol

[@x0lopossum]

10:26 Vine level speed run.

[@nateboy1489]

See, this doesn’t count in my book. So, yeah, you completed nothing my friend.

[@kadenbrewer310]

How?

[@dismo021]

Theirs an issue homie..... world does not revolve around "your personal opinion" so theirs that as well...

[@teamvolketstoryonline1684]

38:14

[@ackl3yff540]

28:41

[@ackl3yff540]

30:43

[@ackl3yff540]

32:15

[@hamster9]

24:50 ...............

[@tjockmensnall]

god this game is hard

[@fabiosaque1294]

tudo kkkkkk diddy kong bicho mão 0:56

[@teamvolketstoryonline1684]

1254:32252

[@GatinhaCaraDePoggers]

oxe do nada o gemaplys

[@teamvolketstoryonline1684]

3:8

[@Tyrael66]

Why don't you make an attempt where you concentrate only on the game and not on the stupid chat? Great gameplay anyway. Enjoyed watching.

[@JayDeeIsMyName]

Because reacting to chat is part of entertaining your audience as well. It gives a bit of interactivity ^_^

[@walissonfarias4216]

Burlando o jogo mano pensei qui era passando as fases o mais rápido possível mais e pulando as fases

[@eclipseedits2696]

Any% é literalmente isso, zerar o jogo o mais rápido possível usando tudo o que for possível dentro do jogo. Isso inclui glitches, bugs e exploits.

[@fabiosaque1294]

-_- speedrun isso mesmo donkey kong 2...

[@BLACKout_TF2]

oh, so basically, speed running these games means not even playing the game at all. just running to the skip level barrel .. kinda lame ngl

[@Zigglertv]

Thats the way to play for pretty much every game, depending on what speed run category you are running for ofc.

[@Kinoparapino]

Whats Any%?

[@Chiloloko192]

Beat the game as soon possible , Just that

[@yannelisrengel8490]

imposible

[@harbisantoniofelizmontero7372]

Broken!!!

[@edricscherpen3238]

Looks kinda cheating

[@ArtisticImagesGallery-rj6yx]

huh... disliked... proudly downvoting this.. even though you gave it a real shot and went through.. I disliked the fact that your video started at level 3. You're a clown for that.

[@teamvolketstoryonline1684]

35:48