Donkey Kong Country - Part 2: Bootleg Reboot

[@Iinneus]

This bootleg works... shockingly well. Like, a ton of bootlegs aren't even beatable because they just put a too-long jump that you can't make, or there'll be ABSURD hitbox issues (as opposed to this game's just-non-good-hitboxes). But this one is just "worse donkey kong country". Which is high praise, admittedly.

[@stoffhimel]

you left out the main failure of bootlegs. awful controls. also general complete instability. those kill them real quick.

[@SeruraRenge11]

Yeah it's amazing how playable this is

[@Zegaexiron]

"Donkey Kong for Country." ...Must be his campaign slogan

[@DragonslayerProd]

No Country for Old Kong

[@ZenoDLC]

Well, "Donkey Kong for TV Games" doesn't exactly fit...

[@Nejove]

I'm probably going to regret making this joke, but... Still smarter than Marjorie Taylor Greene

[@nathanturner7751]

And here I thought it was "Oooo banana!!!"

[@tsyumamatsuthehavenofguard32]

Communist dk? ...are you sure this from Korea, not Russia?

[@mitchellpatterson3044]

THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST CURSED DKC LP IN HISTORY AND I LOVE IT!!!

[@dragon1130]

Cursed....or transcendent?

[@Xenav14]

To make it better, or worse, We're only on episode 2.

[@magicalcapi9148]

I think it's blessed to be honest

[@JDeO1997]

Blursed

[@shadowdemon1375]

Jon is one of the few people I know who can carry a joke for long periods of time and not break. It’s definitely impressive.

[@TinaThePinkPhantom]

Reminds me of Tom Fawkes’s April Fools streams.

[@scrabblehandforaname]

Like the "classy" episode of LittleBigPlanet.

[@notquiteordinary]

It's easy when nothing you say or do is funny

[@shadowdemon1375]

@@notquiteordinary ooh, hot take.

[@notquiteordinary]

@@shadowdemon1375 thank you very much.

[@dragon1130]

Not gonna lie, this is an impressive bootleg. I'm surprised with how the levels they had were recreated near perfect. I was expecting some stupid rom hack of a completely unrelated game with the DKC assets placed over everything.

[@arciks11]

It might've been some weird skating game.

[@Rellik165]

Agreed. Hell, those are some nice NES graphics all things considered. Those pirates did a good job turning one of the most graphically impressive SNES games into this.

[@aquaticchaos1717]

Yeah for a bootleg it's pretty damn accurate on the GameBoy Color. Credit where it's due, there's hardly that many bad things about it excluding being a bootleg

[@papersonic9941]

Rare did a banger job, didn't they?

[@DinnerForkTongue]

@@Rellik165 Not quite as amazing as the Aladdin NES bootleg, but still.

[@SingularMechanicalCitrusFruit]

"Might as well restart the LP". Imagine if he did that for Superman...

[@SerLagsalot]

Just changes to Returns and never acknowledges it

[@DarkStarxLiveWire]

@@SerLagsalotProton: ”huh I’m surprised that the N64 was able to make Superman 64 look this good” First time viewer: “IT’S SUPERMAN RETURNS!”

[@Blaumagier]

This series just feels like several years of April Fool's jokes being rolled out at once.

[@Jygerthe2nd]

Okay, now he's just fucking with us. XD

[@SoraHjort]

He wasn't already?

[@deefdragon]

Always has been.

[@BlazeEmerald]

@@SoraHjort before he was only mostly fucking with us, now he's just fucking with us

[@XmodxgodX]

Guess it's a Canadian thing. They must celebrate April Fools in July.

[@BlazeEmerald]

Am Canadian, the official policy is no comment

[@solarixstar]

Now you gotta ask yourself: “did Jon do the skip ENTIRELY just so he could make this joke?” Commit to the bit; and he committed to that bit. God bless you Jon, god bless

[@nate567987]

the bit likely anit dead yet

[@solarixstar]

@@nate567987 oh the bit is undying; the show must go on after all :)

[@09MurphyM]

Only Jon would change games but act like nothing has changed.

[@n0m4nic]

He probably didn't notice. Elder Scrolls V is a knock off of Donkey Kong 4 Country , after all.

[@Drayiss]

@@n0m4nic I can’t believe it! I had way too much faith in the Elder Scrolls series, to think they stole from Donkey Kong 4 Country and thought we wouldn’t notice!?

[@Iinneus]

The fact that the bit continues right up until the last SECOND of the video is truly impressive!

[@toooydoeur]

@@n0m4nic 🤢

[@JustCrazyDK]

I mean to be frank, he didn’t specify which version of DKC was gonna be LP’d. Checks out

[@ffffffffROTHY]

When Jon says it's been a over year between recording episodes, I can't tell if he's serious for this one.

[@Gaht64]

considering at 32:12 he references Korone, a V-Tuber (or at least I assume that's where that's from), it's definitely 2020

[@Koushakur]

@@Gaht64 So referencing her became impossible this year or something?? I don't get in the slightest what you're trying to say with that sentence

[@corruleumblue3317]

@@Koushakur The previous episode was recorded in 2019, and Gaht's saying the earliest *this* one could have been recorded is 2020.

[@Gaht64]

@@corruleumblue3317 yeah this basically, but considering I think Jon's said he's had multiple LPs recorded, its safe to assume this one was likely done in 2020

[@ZipplyZane]

@@corruleumblue3317 What's the evidence that Part 1 was "recorded in 2019"? It was posted last week. And, when Jon replied to me, he didn't act like it was an older video.

[@kokorikopi]

The Kirby Super Star bit got me laughing harder than the actual punchline.

[@Callumbuddy]

I really appreciate when let’s plays go beyond the ordinary and instead step into more unique territory. This whole playthrough has really shaped up to be something super interesting.

[@TheDapperDragon]

MASSIVE credit to Jon from keeping from losing his shit and staying in character so well.

[@wolv0223]

Honestly, I hope the next episode is "Bonus Episode 1" where he starts showing off the version differences between his own copy and the borrowed copy.

[@soronexle2681]

Oh my goodness. This is absolute madness. It's not even just the SNES version. Jon, you are a madman and I will enjoy this even more.

[@GBDupree]

Fun Fact: As you mentioned, you can't roll off ledges and jump in this game, That was introduced in the sequel, Donkey Kong 4 Country 2. However the story behind that change is pretty interesting. So when making the Sequel, the dev team was in talks with Miyamoto who told them in broken English, "I want to roll off air". Obviously he meant that he didn't want momentum to stop on the ledge, and they did fix that, however it was late enough in development that no one caught that you could still jump out of a roll, even when midair. Thus it was left in and became an iconic part of the series, despite being an oversight. But during the development of DKC Returns, Miyamoto told Retro Studios, "keep in you can roll air", however no one knowing what that meant thought "roll air" was like blowing air, which is where the blowing mechanic came from (basically, shaking the controller to ROLL was why they thought Roll Air meant to shake the controller to blow air too).

[@DestinyTrioInc]

This isn’t even done and it’s already a masterpiece Jon.

[@totallynotabot8580]

“Donkey Kong 4 Country, this isn’t Country!” - Space Hamster, playing this game.

[@PinkDreemurr]

I'm really enjoying this Donkey Kong "Country" series.

[@myohel0]

Thanks for allowing me to revisit Donkey Kong Country, Jon. It was a blast from the past for me. I was wondering why the visuals looked different. Like something seemed really off. Then I realized... I grew up playing the GBA version! That's why! The GBA visuals and audio were very different from the original version's! --And I also grew up with the accursed dancing mini-game--

[@ZeeOwlMan]

I'm loving the anarchy of this LP so far. Great on you for saying no to linear playthroughs.

[@pokedude720]

as someone for whom this LP is their first experience of DKC. WTF is going on at this point?

[@arciks11]

@@pokedude720 I suspect this a rabbithole dive into DKC across various things. Even chinese bootlegs on NES.

[@pokedude720]

@@arciks11 Wonder if one episode will be watching the cartoon, then.

[@IdahoFox]

Donkey Kong Kriss-Cross-Country Spanning time, space, and occasionally crossing some wires along the way for the perfect blend of mixing things up. "After broken Mario 3 this is nothing." -- Jon, possibly Loving the editing, by the way. A+

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Broken Mario 3 was an absolute joy to watch.

[@nickkelley9139]

You are fucking with us so hard and I am all for it.

[@SketchpadLad]

“Every copy of DK Country is personalized” is the callback to a meme I didn’t know I needed.

[@ChaosMaelstrom]

Child Jon: Mom I wanna play Donkey Kong Country. Jon's Mom: We have Donkey Kong Country at home. DKC at Home: 1:03

[@PaperLaur]

Y'know, almost as much as the bit itself, I love how you can HEAR him corpsing, when something genuinely surprises him and he *almost* cracks. You can practically see him looking at the nonexistent camera with the most deadpan "do you see this shit?" expression. Bravo.

[@scsChaos]

Man what a good part, making sure to go back to what you missed was such a good idea, though… I don’t remember the game looking quite like this, it has been a while I suppose.

[@elizabethsmith7224]

Strange I could never find this for GBA, must be a rare game.

[@hudde814]

@@elizabethsmith7224 Well it is made by Rare so... Bad joke I know

[@Saiavinn]

5:07 "We celebrate killing this... rare, majestic creature." Snrk, your Canada is showing. All the Americans, like Emile, are gonna make fun of you for it~ With love, of course :P 38:14 "This is actually one I borrowed from a friend." Your dedication to this joke is _beautifully_ delivered. XD

[@JustCrazyDK]

10:10 Dang, never realized how weird the levels were. One level's a Jungle, the next water. It's like the Newer Mario Games where the first level's themed and then gave up on the theme overall.

[@devonwilliams5738]

HAHAHAHAHA! Dude, those animals are so fucking funny, they make me want to merge without looking!

[@dissinyosandwich7548]

*"What kind of music do you like, Gloria?"*

[@PantaroParatroopa]

YEAH! RUMSFELD!

[@classymarowak7001]

@@dissinyosandwich7548 "Hippo-hop!" *Goanimate dance*

[@phantomstormsilver]

I'll be honest, I legit thought this was the Game Boy Color version of the game until a couple minutes of gameplay.

[@Halcryder]

Ah, I love the trolly nature of this episode. It’s like a usual Jon stream.

[@kyubimage9526]

The comedic timing of Donkey Kong 4: Country's enemy placement is amazing. Also that secret MTT through in is perfect.

[@umbaupause]

Actually In Japan you see, the game was named "Donkey Kong no Densetsu 6" because they numbered it differently for some reason.

[@arciks11]

Oh so it's gonna be this kind of LP. Eagerly awaiting Episode 3 then. We only need 4 colors correct?

[@Silver_Ws_t]

So many completed series in such a short time, Jon’s really turning his channel around. I sent wait for the next one, maybe dkc 10, it’s the best sequel after all.

[@ThatEntityGirl]

You know, after working on an 8bit demake fangame myself I can appreciate just how much effort was actually put into this bootleg. This is a lot of work, and it was done pretty well despite how rough it is compared to the original game. The sprite work is also honestly really good for the nes and looks surprisingly accurate to the snes game. That being said, please don’t play the gbc or gba versions next.

[@uknownada]

0:32 Wow, even the Google Video playbar. Memories.

[@liamsgreatbitgaming]

Was that his first LP? Is the SomethingAwful stuff even archived?

[@uknownada]

@@liamsgreatbitgaming Kirby Superstar WAS Jon's first LP. I have no idea if it's archived, but I'm sure there's a reupload somewhere.

[@Monuver]

​@@liamsgreatbitgaming Super Star was indeed his first LP and he _did_ reupload it to his channel. He also reuploaded his runthrough of Kaizo special stage 4 (disclaimer: not the Stimpy one). Not sure about any of his other google video stuff (if there even was any).

[@PorLoaf]

This is already turning out to be one of my favourite LPs. Please never stop experimenting with silly ideas, it makes the series so much more fun to watch

[@Zacen299]

I suddenly realize why this lp took a while. This is my favorite kind of try hard LP.

[@ekimmak]

I remember the day before this released, I thought "Oh, tomorrow is going to be the next ProtonJon upload. Sweet, I really want to see more!" Zero disappointment there.

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

Ok, so Jon bought a bootleg Aria of Sorrow, and now we are looking at a Donkey Kong bootleg. Interesting turn of events, but let's see how this plays out.

[@Gojiramaniac]

When did he buy the Aria of Sorrow bootleg?

[@jacobaldrich1534]

@@Gojiramaniac Jon mentioned it in his castlevania lp in the first episode I forget at what point he mentions the bootleg, but it was in the first episode of that series

[@123phi123]

The Donkey Kong 5 twist at the end of the series was foreshadowed!

[@fernando98322]

This reminds me of a bootleg Pokémon Gen 3 game I own since I was a child. It's called "Pokémon Perla" and it had Lucario from the anime on the cover. All Pokémon encounters were randomized, you could literally find Legendaries in the first route. Sadly, you can't seem to get past the city with your dad's gym so that only leaves you with 3 routes and the game didn't saved LOL

[@jonhikarizx3631]

God damn it, Jon. God damn it. What? You got me. That's what.

[@AlphaVenatusDeus]

I would unironically enjoy a Let's Play of Skyrim from P.J.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

He would activate all the glitches

[@Furen]

@@TeruteruBozusama He would discover new ones too.

[@jkazos]

He would probably get bored of it though. He's not going to actually enjoy a super-long game unless it's heavy+deep+good story like Persona.

[@Warrior_of_Fire]

@@jkazos Or Yakuza.

[@rainbowsparkle122]

I have a feeling the next part will take us through a journey of time and space

[@TheGoodWario]

18:48 Ok, I laughed my ass off. And then again when DK was inserted in.

[@devonwilliams5738]

I could have sworn you were going to make a "These are some strange names for a British company to have" joke.

[@ThatWolfWizard]

This is my first time watching a Donkey Kong Country lp and the first time I've ever seen this game and man it goes to places huh?

[@PokerJoker811]

Kudos to MTT on this one. This had to be an episode where you could not afford to miss a beat.

[@retronicxs9793]

That intro was hilarious especially with the context of it

[@Pikmin442]

Ok jon now your just trolling us XD i love it

[@phillipwhite948]

He has become what we fear most: a Super Saiyajon!

[@Edd_Harr]

I am now very afraid of whatever else Jon had in store for this playthrough

[@otakufreak40]

I've never played through DKC so I'm going to just assume this is perfectly normal and that there are no shenanigans occurring in this video. That'd just be silly.

[@dragon1130]

2:35 God willing we meet in the next game, Space Ba- err I mean Donkey Kong Country 6, Country: The Quest for more mon- err Bananas.

[@benhensley3621]

This LP. This wackiness. THIS is what I missed. Thank you, Jon.

[@gmaster2647]

Lmao, I see what's going on. I'm gonna bet he's gonna do the actual Game Boy Color game and GBA version.

[@RMGamer31O]

38:08 What, hand on. How dare you. I was tricked and bamboozled.

[@MasterReaperSID]

I had no idea Donkey Kong Country gave inspiration to movie planet of the apes, but seeing DK sailing across the stratosphere really proved it to me. Thanks for showing us this Jon.

[@CasualShowoff]

That intro gag sent me

[@shadowrose8907]

Was just coming to comment along those lines

[@MGlBlaze]

As far as bootlegs go, that was pretty damn impressive. It actually ran properly for the most part, and visually the demade graphical assets still mostly looked the part. I still wouldn't call it GOOD, but... an impressive bootleg demake nonetheless.

[@GenerousPanda]

I think I speak for everyone when I say... "There was a bootleg Donkey Kong?"

[@ThatGuy001]

Okay, second episode is already chaotic and i'm all in for it!

[@askthepizzaguy]

Thank you for this LP of Konkey Dong. I particularly liked the platforming section.

[@felinefancy9233]

This was brilliant! The intro had me laughing harder than I should have

[@azuretitan3720]

This is one of the best videos that you've made it has so much quality which Is ironic due to the game the editing and the concept of you being a different timeline unaware of this not being the same game well done and bravo

[@centurionquincy3899]

This is the most beautiful LP of donkey Kong I’ve ever seen

[@ApocApocrypha]

Thanks for breaking my brain in episode 1, and now again Jon. I expect the next episode to be part of the cartoon pieced together to make it a level.

[@LightbladeRiulo]

WOW this was a hilarious episode. Easily one of your best episodes Jon.

[@ManlyPlant]

Oh boy. I wonder what cursed things will happen this time. I wonder how hard this is to do with a straight face. And now I wonder if we'll get to see the Panda Prince get played

[@SMLuke215]

I’m so glad you’ve been posting again dude

[@SlyJMan]

We're not dealing with the average Let's Player anymore.

[@skirdus367]

this game looks more polished than i remember

[@darko-hexar]

My friend in high school used to tell me Skyrim was just a really HD remake of pong, but little did he know it was actually a shoddy bootleg of Donkey Kong Country.

[@icey244]

So in the first episode I made a long comment about my experience with donkey kong and tried to make it something wholesome and connecting to this lp. At first when he skipped to world 3 I was like "Oh he's just showing off a glitch" and now with this episode Jon has said screw those with comments trying to explain their experience with DKC.

[@arciks11]

I mean this very likely was some people"s experience with DKC in China, Russia and/or Brazil.

[@CinderTheFox]

Duuuuude DK5: The Journey of Over Time and Space is my favorite entry in the series

[@RedMimicry]

Between killing K Rool this episode and throwing Scar of that cliff in Lion King, you've committed regicide twice within the span of a week.

[@Vonajex]

Thank you for LPing Donkey Kong Country Jon! You got through it so quickly! Definitely one of the best Game Boy Color games of all time. Though the graphics look a lot better than I remember 🤔

[@roxasdrayheart5561]

OH YOU LITTLE.... I just figured out what he was doing. Damn you Jon....cant stop laughing

[@DragonFire64]

I swear that in one of these videos Rosa is just gonna hijack it...

[@Armameteus]

This entire "playthrough" is basically a giant meme.

[@MrInfoJoe]

this is a different type of LP, LOVE IT

[@alanbalan3539]

Oh hey, I love that 2nd rewind game. The best minigame will always be Stereo/Mono.

[@nodthenbow]

The credits threw me for a loop because this is way higher quality than most of the hummer team bootlegs

[@Rexaura888]

Hey wait, this isn’t Panda Prince! Man, I’m kinda glad we didn’t see these levels in the last episode. These are so much more brutal than even the Ice levels! Devs need to work on their difficulty curves. 10:53 Be more specific. Which Donkey Kong Country did you practice for? Probably one of the sequels and not Donkey Kong 4 Country, considering. 19:06 Nothing but another Skyrim mod to add to the evergrowing pile. I was gonna say that’s typical Rareware but I must’ve gotten this confused with the sequels myself because I went back to the title screen and there’s no Rare logo to be seen. Happy birthday to Donkey Kong (and technically Cranky Kong) BTW!

[@TheMack625]

This is the strangest LP I have watched thus far. I'll roll with it.

[@BeaglzRok1]

Now this is Tobin Bell levels of commitment to the bit

[@DerekZerusBarona]

As someone who's followed Proton Jon since very early in his LPing career, I laughed at the Super Star joke a lot harder than I was expecting to.

[@Eguzky]

'Why, DK, why?' This is not DK Y. DK Y is about collecting the 152 different Kremlings so you can battle them against each other to become the Kremling Master. It's what King K. Rool did to become king.

[@ekimmak]

*Slow clap* Fantastic work, Jon. Just fantastic. It took me till a few minutes in to check that yes, you're going all in on this.

[@Blackadder125]

I like that the music on most of the levels sounds like you've been hit by the lightning bolt in Mario Kart 8.

[@morkad]

The skyrim joke really got me lol

[@Mythraen]

'why didn't I listen to myself?" Well... have you heard some of the things you say? I'm not sure you can be trusted!

[@therealHLY]

jon what is this cursed thing? where did you find this? you know when you said go back to the begining, I was not expecting a return too th romhack days XD

[@JustCrazyDK]

Proton Jon Plays DKC Take 2 : Hits : Diddy : 25 Donkey: 24 Deaths : 28 Bananas(100) : 8 Balloons : 4 K :11 O :12 N :11 G :12 KONG : 9

[@digitool5944]

I love the joke at the start of the video, ugly laughed out loud

[@lightninstriker10]

35:05 "Crushed by Melons, how fitting." In the words of a Leisure Suit Larry narrator: "An experience not wholly unfamiliar to you."