K3D: Dedede's Drum Dash - 27 - town with animals or landscape

oh my gosh this was so hard for me
so far outside my skillset
ahhhh
/ raocow
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[@Haar_Dragon]

"I'm happy I beat it and got silver, I'm just gonna take it--AH BUT IT LOOKS WEIRD" The biggest mood.

[@mmmmnism]

For what it's worth, from what I can tell (based from another video I looked at), these are the platinum scores you need for each stage: Level 1: 31000 Level 2: 33000 Level 3: 40000 Extra: 41000 Getting platinum requires the Backbeat Perfect bonus. (Important to note that you only need to hit the backbeat for it to count, it doesn't have to be "Great" every time you do it...not that it makes it that much easier, but still). At the same time, platinum is just bragging rights: Completing the levels are the only things affecting the game percentage. Finally: 6:33 I'm pretty sure the instrument is a recorder (in the French, flûte à bec ("beak flute")), possibly also a tin whistle (though I suspect the former is more likely).

[@witchfynder_finder]

Nintendo has become obsessed with recorders in their OSTs over the past few years, wouldn't surprise me at all if there was one here

[@joew1237]

Imma spell out what I'm observing: This is a 2-beat rhythm game. There is the down-beat, when DeDeDe lands on the drum, and the up-beat when you do the 'backbeat' tambourine. There are 3 complicating factors: the down-beat has 3 levels of rebound (depending on your timing), you don't move forward automatically, and the different platform types. Being able to move forward and backward as you desire as well as the coins and enemies giving an indication of what level you want to be at are great ideas. The multiple types of platform I think is less good. An improved version of this IMO would probably have a column locking mechanic, so you pop forward or backward one column rather than free form movement.

[@Koushakur]

Tags: I feel like, I have at least, SOME rhythm, in real life, but in video games though

[@ThePokefan116]

So, ever wanted to play a rhythm platformer as King Dedede? Well, here's Dedede's Drum Dash! The freeform movement and managing the downbeat to modulate your jumps off the drums while also timing the backbeat at the top of your jump for bonus points is an interesting concept. The coin guides and enemy placement also helps to have an idea of how you want to move~ Medals go up to Platinum, and the only way you can lose points is getting hit. Getting the best score means hitting all of the clear bonuses: -No Damage -Time Bonus: finished with 30 or more seconds remaining -All Coins -Backbeat Perfect: Hit the backbeat on time every time during the stage. The songs for Dedede's Drum Dash are: -A new rendition of Green Greens for Stage 1 -A new rendition of Gourmet Race for Stage 2 -A new rendition of Dedede's theme for Stage 3 -Interdimensional Traveler(or Magolor, the Far-Flung Traveler as it was originally known) from New Challenge Stages' Magolor Race 3 and EX Race for Stage EX Like Kirby Fighters, this got a Deluxe version on the eShop, which had 7 stages, each with a secret harder version, new obstacles and objects to contend with, collectable masks for Dedede to wear, bottomless pits are no longer instant death and there's a replay mode where you can watch your most recent run and hit the various buttons on the 3DS to play instruments and sounds in the process~ ...I've never been one for rhythm games, and as fun as this game looks, I think I might suck more than raocow, but hey, you showed it off despite the trouble~

[@DarknessGuard]

This minigame... the nightmare for anyone who wants do get the 100% in this game.

[@pulsardragon1999]

I'm really impressed you were able to gold medal all of the levels. This minigame replaces kirby's usual floatiness with surprisingly punishing bounciness. (Not to mention the need to follow the rhythm.) I'm glad you got at least some enjoyment out of it.

[@SiFi270]

Maybe Dedede would be better at this if he was a tadpole. But then again, that might make other parts of his life harder. Gruntilda might call him "Marmalad" and try to eat him on toast.

[@KirbyComment]

Pretty sure these do have Platinum Medals but just like in Return to Dreamland, these require you to make (almost) no mistakes so you should be skipping them anyway for the sake of this playthrough

[@joew1237]

This is a very interesting take on a rhythm game. You can definitely see the times that raocow was doing it right.

[@ChaseSP1]

Trying to narrate rhythm games is always really tricky

[@tepig2828]

Glad to know my memory of the final level of this mode being very difficult turned out to be true.

[@novidstkbg6636]

When (not) poyo is harder than mario Oh, not a poyo fighter episode? (I would like to see more of that with each abilities, not difficulty) Man, platforming rhythm is -8 half stars- really tough for you, but you succeded to gold all those levels, congrats! You're getting better at rhythm!

[@tovarischkrasnyjeshi]

oh man this is probably something that really suffers when doing the shenanigans needed to capture the screen, woah

[@joew1237]

YooTub correctly identifying today's game

[@BrainshockOmega]

I somewhat enjoyed this mode back in the day, but I will say that there is too much going on. On top of concentrating on the beat, you have to avoid enemies, jump on moving platforms and position yourself with left/right. I actually feel like taking away some player agency would improve this mode a litte bit.

[@SomeGuy712x]

(0:01) Yeah, I see those two screens alright. (2:03) Ouch. Welp, Dedede can't do the Mario stomp, apparently. (2:21) You probably just have to avoid the enemies. (2:50) .......... .......... SPLAT!! (3:06) Well, you are on a time limit, and I imagine that finishing faster gets you a higher time bonus score. (3:15) Dedede: "I must go now. My planet needs me." :P (3:55) Yeah, that's kind of annoying. Return to Dream Land told you what the gold target score was, as it was the highest default score. But, this game has 0 for all defaults. (4:08) Start of the gold run of level 1. (5:37) All coins did indeed get you up to gold. (7:00) It wouldn't have been too late to go back for that coin. (7:25) Poke. Didn't quite have enough "ERGH" with that bounce. (8:05) It would be funny if the gold requirement here was 30000. (8:32) Start of the gold run of level 2. (9:54) Heh, maybe it was indeed 30000. (10:25) Yaaaaahhhhh... (10:44) Welp, your time was about to run out there anyway. (11:28) Start of the winning run of level 3. (13:16) Reached the end, and got all the coins at least. (13:50) Start of the gold run of level 3. (14:00) Darn, missed a coin up there. (15:31) Well, you managed to get gold anyway. I bet there's a platinum rank for doing everything just about absolutely perfectly, like in Return to Dream Land. (15:36) Ah, so you didn't see the one you missed at 14:00. (16:15) Oh, you only get 3 HP in this Extra course. (16:43) Whoops, overshot that blue drum. (16:57) Welp, those purple drums are already in a damaged state, and break in one hit. (18:59) Dang, that failure was right at the end. (19:16) Start of the winning run of Extra. (19:59) Success! Didn't even take any damage, and finished very quickly! (20:08) Alright, you did well enough for silver. (20:15) Yeah, I wish it showed what the gold requirement is. (20:21) You mean 37 THOUSAND, not hundred. (21:17) Start of the gold run of Extra. (22:15) Nice! All coins, no damage, and fast finish! (22:27) Ah, it was indeed 37 thousand, it looks like! All golds get!

[@warpio]

This game is just the worst combination of both suffering and addicting at the same time. From my experience, going for platinum medals is not really fun at all and is more like a curse that you become afflicted with until it's over.

[@renakunisaki]

Watching on tablet in portrait mode 😎

[@BrazillianCara]

I'm afraid you're not quite done with dededeing in this game yet, though it will certainly be something you're more used to.

[@MacmanReturns]

Curious to know the full recording time just for the final song.

[@ShadwSonic]

"This looks like it's going to murder me." Which is exactly why I'm watching this episode and none of the others for this game!

[@THiNGYBOBinc]

I'm gonna be honest, as a Kirby music liker and rhythm game liker I... don't really care for Dedede's Drum Dash. It never really felt satisfying to me in the way that other rhythm games do, I dunno. The soundtrack being all recorders and melodicas didn't really help, either

[@randomnpc445]

I learned recently that the full eShop release of this game apparently has a map for CROWNED, the final boss theme of RtDL. It sounds about as goofy as you imagine.