The COMPLETE Donkey Kong Country Retrospective

[@rhetttr0]

Anyone else crack up at the COD reference? "THOSE GAMES ARE INCREDIBLY BORING, YEAR AFTER YEAR!" I just love the indignant sound of how he said that lol

[@kylekostamo1880]

The underwater music for DKC 1 was so perfect for the atmosphere, so mesmerizing. Still one of my fav level tracks of all games to this day.

[@KMDEOD]

Hearing anything about DKC fills me with unbridled joy! This series means everything to me and is what inspired me to be a game developer! It’s definitely difficult, but I’m doing my best! Also Dixie is best Kong, favorite one out of them all.

[@EggsWithSyrup]

Dixie is literally an ape child

[@neox5642]

funny

[@KMDEOD]

@@neox5642 I JUST NOTICED THE ERRO IFIFOUF

[@neox5642]

@@KMDEOD lel

[@Shaniverse]

@@KMDEOD You might like Diddy Kong once you've played through the games a lot. He can't glide, sure, but he's the fastest, jumps the highest, and holds barrels to the side, which makes it easier to keep yourself safe while running, and find bonus rooms. And the animation of picking up the barrel takes up less time. Even in Tropical Freeze, I think he's the best to assist DK. He lets you buffer in midair without slowing you down.

[@casualgaming-15]

DKC2 is by far, the toughest game in the trilogy. I've replayed all 3 on my channel as well and I want to redo them all as I've got a new capture card now. I've been playing DKC since I was 4 years old and I don't plan on stopping!

[@KoolKittKat4679]

I just wanna say, you are my comfort tuber. I’ve been watching sense near the end of your theory videos. You got me through a few hard times and I’m happy to have grown up on your videos.

[@JulesShadow]

You don’t know his true colors yet…

[@kariqdatmenace6642]

Every single game had a banger soundtrack

[@paulgilbert5278]

Very true

[@boiledcabbage5139]

All 3 were great, but 2’s was super special to me

[@jayrukks8039]

@@boiledcabbage5139 same here 🔥🔥

[@robotx9285]

​@@boiledcabbage51392 and Topical Freeze have the best osts.

[@allendefullismkinsshi5881]

3's my favorite but probably just cause of nostalgia- it's the only one that i was old enough to remember when my family first bought it, and also the first one that i finished as an adult. Also shout out for the hollaback girl reference. I remember calling the local radio station and asking them to play that song. Good video! I enjoyed the info and insights!

[@tgnics]

Donkey Kong 3 has the most iconic level imo: the Saw Level. That stage is the first one that comes to my mind when I think in any DK game

[@Roolenstein]

I usually play with the big guy, since it's his game, keeping Diddy in reserve. But quite often this means having to finish the level with Diddy, which gives him the credit!

[@miamimagicians]

3 is the 2nd best one! I lovvvved 3 ! The world map RPG elements blew my mind.

[@aethssbu]

Your channel came back to me. I used to watch you about 3-4 years ago it’s good you still make vids!!!

[@themanwithsauce]

Love the retrospective. Always cool to see the series I cut my teeth on as a kid in the early 90s still getting love to this day. I am also here to spread the gospel of DKC3, and shed a bit of light into why it is the way that it is, and encourage others to give it a proper try (or give it a second try if they've already tried it, just do it with a new mindset). According to the developers of the series, DKC3 was made when the "A-team" were busy on N64 titles. So you had a team of people who were either a) new to the industry or b) new to rare for a dev team. They had a very polished game engine complete with graphics and sound techniques refined and polished over 2 years of hard work. But what you didn't have were the top tier level and world designers working 40+ hour weeks on it. You had people learning *from* those veteran designers. You also have this project going around while Rare's big N64 games were taking shape, specifically the adventure titles like DK64, Banjo Kazooie, and Conker. So naturally, adventure elements start to creep their way into the game as this "B-team" tries to both assemble a 2-D platformer game while integrating into a company that is gearing up to make some of the most incredible 3-D platformers of all time. That's the hidden depth to DKC3...........beyond the first two worlds, at least. Full acknowledgement that the first two worlds have some pretty weak level design and it's obvious where they dumped early/unfinished work (why was there a SNOW level in "topical village world"?). But once you get past those, the game starts to adopt adventure as its sub-genre. On those mountain and waterfall levels? Go exploring. You'll find hidden bananas, secrets, coins, enemies, extra lives.....they really wanted you to explore the levels they made. Many of the factory levels have quite a few points of branching paths. One direction is straight to the end, one is a secret or collectible, and another might be just bananas and coins or an animal buddy or something. It sounds strange, but if you imagine yourself as someone who doesn't have a map or gamefaqs.com to rely on, and imagine what path they'd take trying to get anything, those levels have quite a lot of doubling back on themselves as you go down every pathway. Couple that with the multiple worlds to choose from for the second part of the world as well as all the overworld/brothers bear interactions and you can see how DKC3 became the missing link between DKC2, and DK64. I think that's the biggest crime people hold against DKC3 - it isn't "DKC2, but more!". ANd really, if it was, then we'd just say DKC3 is best and DKC2 shouldn't be bothered with. BUt I like that DKC3 is different. It has a unique character that is fun to revisit and see how it predicted some of what Rare would do in its upcoming games.

[@paulgilbert5278]

Brilliant

[@jarerarebear1765]

I was just thinking about how the last Donkey Kong Country game came out almost 9 years ago. Gosh this series is so awesome, I really wish Nintendo would have more faith in it.

[@westonkenyonmusic]

Unpopular opinion: the third is my favorite. Only because it was the first and only one I played as a kid. Only played the other ones this year.

[@julioflores5946]

You didn’t mention the secret world in DKC2! But yeah, the second game is definitely in my top five favorite games ever.

[@Dxash360]

My roommate literally Drew himself insane trying to 100% complete Donkey Kong Country 3

[@paulgilbert5278]

DKC3 wasn’t too hard to 💯

[@Snick-the-porcupine]

Same except I set it to hard when he's was sleeping 😴 because he killed my dog in Minecraft hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@Thenumber1yoshi]

@@paulgilbert5278 Yeah when you have save states and a rewind feature enabled it isn’t!

[@cams040]

Easiest of the bunch to complete even at 105%

[@NcWcN1]

"Swoopy Salvo" is what stopped me cold from completely finishing the game.

[@nathanwoodcockn7184]

DKC 1 was the first game I ever got, when I got a SNES for Christmas when I was 5. As 2 and 3 came out, I got them as gifts as well. I'd consider myself a casual gamer, but at this point in my life, having played these games as much as I have, they're practically therapy for me. Lol

[@BigHead2615]

I think I was in my late teens or early 20s by the time I finally beat DKC 2 (born in '89). I got stuck on the 4th boss when I was a kid until around the age when I finally went back tk it and beat the game. And, I just beat DKC 3, earlier this year, or last year.... but man, just 3 of my most favorite SNES games ever. My older brother and I beat DKC 1 very well as kids, we rented DKC 2 a bunch, until I bought my own copy.... such good memories!

[@dotkaine]

@20:00 - Resident Evil 1, 2 & 3 for the PS1 as well as Grand Theft Auto 3, Vice City and San Andreas for the PS2 are both up there as absolute quality trilogies for a single platform released pretty quickly back-to-back-to-back.

[@Marc_Araujo]

3 isn't as good as 2 but it's the most polished of the 3...and it's a masterpiece in its own right.

[@miamimagicians]

3 is incredible!

[@cloudstrife1983]

Yeah. As a Brit, "diddy" can mean "small"

[@Equ3strianGam3r]

Squawks the Parrot was in the first Donkey Kong Country too but, only in one level and all he did was hold a lantern.

[@paulgilbert5278]

And cause seizures

[@paulgilbert5278]

At least on the SNES version

[@Part_Time_Fox]

YOOOO A GAME REVIEW THANK YOU WAFFLE MAN

[@truepatriot6657]

This game never gets old , you might have played it millions of times but you can pick it up anytime & it still feels fresh , whereas todays fps tps once you played a level you never wanna play it again even if you love that game

[@DragonSkyNija]

I wonder how many people got revenge on their team partner in co-op by throwing them into wasps or other dangerous don't touch enemies willingly or by mistakes some stages later after their partner did the same few stages before?

[@borntoclimb7116]

I love those games

[@gurvmlk]

To answer the question of another game series that had three great games on a single console, Final Fantasy 4, 5, and 6 on the SNES.

[@n8ivegogo1]

This Retrospective hit me right in the feels 😭 Amazing vid!! Plz make more Retrospectives 😅

[@AdamAddictL]

Fun Fact: Donkey Kong LAND 1 for the game boy actually has the same PIRATE SHIP levels as Donkey Kong COUNTRY 2

[@SlapDash00]

This channel was my first ever channel i have seen, and nothing changed with his well everything

[@fatalwaffle1715]

Awesome Video Bro! And I loved that in DKC3 Link is mentioned and was said that he was there.

[@crimsonfox_yeah]

The best songs from dk1 is the victory theme, level complete theme, and gangplank galleon

[@maxserranocarrizo9308]

proud of my 102% dkc2

[@ShadwSonic]

Hearing about your 8-year old self in DKC2, I can't help but remember where my 6-year old self got stuck... Screech's Sprint and Animal Antics. You know, the last normal and bonus level in the game? Of course, it then took me six MORE years before finally breaking through...

[@miamimagicians]

DKC3 is far from just OK it’s incredible

[@boomstickYT]

It’s a divisive game. Similar to what came before, but also quite different, in ways that you might not like such as level and enemy design as well as music.

[@pjboland254]

20:09 Crash bandicoot

[@Pika-Chu64]

I haven't seen a video from you in a while, nice vid 😉

[@DonkeyKongCountryTV]

spoke of donkey Kong country, here I am... very good video man and if you really like the franchise search for donkey kong country 4 the kong's return

[@QHJR1986]

DKC memories for years

[@jamesbounds]

The original Donkey Kong games are some of my favorite Super Nintendo games.

[@pubeman]

Diddy does mean small in some parts of England. In Scotland, diddies are mammary glands 🤷‍♂️

[@xiphosmaniac]

the trilogy is essentially an equilateral triangle to me. DKC2 on top, DKC 1 bottom left, DKC 3 bottom right. I like dkc 2 better than the other two but not by much, and liek the other two about the same and theyre different enough from each other that i like them for different reasons.

[@TheSameGoobyGuy]

Finally, someone who doesn’t despise kiddy kong!

[@TBoneTony]

I played DKC2 as the GameBoy version DKL2, and I was around 10 at the time. Loved it and wouldn't be put off by a little platform challenge. I can understand the SNES was harder but the GameBoy version had challenges itself and only had difficulty on the Toxic Tower and the Slime Climb levels, those who ended up being my favs because of how they kept me on my edge. So I would have to say DKC2 is the best one for me.

[@Bucket_of_Sushi]

Mega man x1 x2 and x3

[@davidrooker5141]

wow

[@ShadwSonic]

"Name three other games that came out on the same console and were universally loved" Crash Trilogy Spyro Trilogy Classic Sonic "Trilogy" (at the time, that fanbase being what it is retroactively messed that up) Of course, all of those are considered special series that have something truly unique to them, that many failed to grasp, only for others to figure it out later and receive much praise OH WAIT that's the case here too!

[@K_collects]

Nice bro

[@whisperinwind87]

I played Donkey Kong Country 2, then Donkey Kong Country 3, then finally the first one. I remember loving Dixie Kong and thinking that Diddy's was slower and choppier than I would like and he couldn't even hover. I hated Kiddy Kong because his controls was even slower than Diddy and super clunky. When I played there first game, DK felt so slow and weird, and my favorite animal friends where gone so I barely gave that game a chance...

[@Dylan_-tu7zk]

Diddy is literally the fastest out of all of them.

[@paulgilbert5278]

Exactly

[@thegame2834]

Squawks was in DKC 1 but I think he was just a baby who just held a light. So he technically did return to DKC2.

[@miamimagicians]

Amazing trilogy! Also the Sonic trilogy

[@crissy131417]

2 words...Toxic Tower, I am still stuck on that damn level to this very day/night. 😤

[@rfhextra]

good Video 📹

[@Luisito073]

Banana slama!

[@Snick-the-porcupine]

19:55 Sonic 1, 2, 3, And Sonic and knuckles just in case you don't like Sonic 1. Super Mario Bros 1 2 and 3 the And original crash bandicoot trilogy, and again there's another game, crash team racing just in case you don't like crash bandicoot one like me I just don't like how difficult it gets. AND all three of the games I literally just mentioned the crash bandicoot trilogy came out YEARLY literally all the games came out one year and one month after each other.

[@BlueFire98]

13:44 Glad to know I wasn’t the only one lol

[@realsteezystevie]

The soundtrack of my childhood

[@juliannocartagena2007]

These games were made with Silicon Graphics Computers.

[@noble_wine2051]

My childhood playing Donkey Kong Country. P.S. Aquatic Requiem is my favorite track in DKC1

[@mrug123]

Chunky and kiddy are related, which explains his strength.

[@Dark_Mario_Bros.]

DKC Trilogy is gold, the third game being my favourite despite others having a toxic opinion on it, due the pure existence of Dinky/Kiddy Kong. And you know how some people are... Baby = Noisy = Annoying = Hate them.

[@Sjono]

It’s a shame we haven’t had a new DKC game since 2014, but at least we got Yookah-Laylee and the Impossible Lair & Kaze and the Wild Masks to fill the ominous void. Get on it Retro Studios!

[@gurvmlk]

Retro Studios is probably preoccupied currently with whatever's happening with Metroid Prime 4.

[@Sjono]

@@gurvmlk They didn’t work on anything until they got put onto mP4. They had all those years to make a third DKC game

[@rileymilkman]

@@Sjonolet them take their time, they're in a minecart level right now

[@stephenl2571]

DK was that game I really loved as a kid but I was SO bad at it lol. Even as an adult DK for the SNES is actually still pretty difficult

[@SantiagoThe]

ThirdtheWaffle

[@DecoderWalrus]

I want to play Papi's Playtime with ConnerTheWaffle~

[@Issachar-northern-kingdom]

I tried to find donkey kong island on DKC3 while flying around in a funkycopter

[@babynuggethead5576]

De waffle king!!!

[@son-of-a-game]

Few I'm shocked you didn't over sexify candy Kong on the thumbnail

[@nikos731]

I own all DKC games and personally, the second is by far the best. Also one of my fav games of all time (both the other 2 are also there in my list). IMHO that "something" that DKC3 lacks, is amazing soundtrack. With the possible exception of the tree stages (yes, the one with the great saw is a VERY memorable stage, it haunted me A LOT as a child), there are no "instant classics" like many of DKC1&2. Not bad in any way, far away from it, but "great" is different from "instant classic".

[@Nick-up5wv]

Double Trouble refers to BOTH DK and Diddy being captured. No one was captured in DKC and ONLY DK was captured in DKC2. That aside I feel the same way you do about 1 & 2. DKC2 IS the SUPERIOR game; in EVERY sense of the word, but DKC will ALWAYS hold a SPECIAL place in my heart!❤️ Mostly because it was the FIRST video game 🎮 I got my grandma👵 to play with me when she babysat. Also I played it a lot with my earliest childhood friends; whom I've lost contact with over the years. I have a LOT of fond memories. 😌

[@Marc_Araujo]

I'd say the "Double Trouble" refers to the kidnappings AND the fact Dixie needs to babysit Kiddie throughout the game...not as good as 2 but still a masterpiece, imo.

[@Nick-up5wv]

@@Marc_Araujo Yup

[@VampireA1056]

19:55 Sonic The Hedgehog

[@righty-o3585]

I'm pretty sure you wouldn't hear any of those noises in the jungle

[@tronicgo8873]

literally when i started LOVING DK 1 ,2,3 COUNTRY GAMES you uploaded this video bruh HOW DID GOD TOLD YOU DO THIS???????? any way i didnt even start watching the video so bye :)

[@NovaAnimations365]

You should look a Rockman DX6 (aka Zook Hero Z).

[@robtanian865]

Yes i can confirm Diddy is a thing in the uk

[@n8ivegogo1]

Just seeing that HotAir Ballon lvl 🤬

[@Master_Calibur]

3 games on the same console that were in the same series and loved ok SUPER MARIO BROS 1 2 and 3 ... I thought i had more...

[@RODERICMUSIC]

the dk3 slander. i won’t allow it lmao

[@kirbylover2.038]

Wrinkly Kong is Cranky Kong’s Wife Also the dkc3 final boss is actually Baron K. Roolenstein

[@mysterym6757]

God I love DIC

[@paulgilbert5278]

Yeah they made good cartoons

[@Ce13stialBunny]

Love and prefer the first cause of nostalgia for sure, DKC 2 is a MUCH better game

[@pubcle]

I have to completely disagree with you on DKC 3 being less memorable. It's more laid back for the most part, less frantic, but it's still a similar level of quality to the others and the cliffs are very memorable, as is climbing up the insides of the trees, but the most memorable aspect is the world map. It's got a bit more atmospheric approach than the bombastic elements of DKC2. I appreciate ya calling yourself a "big stupid idiot." It's very disarming.

[@EverblueOfficial]

noice

[@mariokid-yx4kt]

15:43 "..with the difficulty curve being much smaller." are you playing the same game as i am?

[@analog_ape]

I also prefer the first game, as it was my first game ever! Plus I love the heavier feel of playing DK over Diddy or Dixie. But 2 is very close behind. DKC3... is fine.

[@Dbn_m.b]

Do a video on Kaze and the wild masks

[@thatguystar817]

B A N A N A

[@seanewing204]

Mario had four games on NES, since there were two versions of the second game. Also: Sonic.

[@manimdead485]

Can you make a Parappa Video?

[@DontReadMyBio2]

The pirate theme of Donkey Kong Country 2 makes you want to pirate the game

[@elementaljones1542]

I subscribe to you ConnerTheWaffle!

[@zambonijones350]

Ratchet and Clank (ps2), Sonic 1,2 and 3/Knuckles (Gen), FF VII/VIII/IX (ps1), Crash Bandicoot 1/2/3 (ps1) Spyro 1/2/3 (ps1), Resident Evil 1/2/3 (ps1)... I thought you played games.

[@audiovectra]

I always thought kranky was donkey Kong jr., I’m not sure why I thought that

[@andrewortiz5797]

Actually, donkey Kong from the SNES game is the same character as donkey Kong from the original donkey Kong!

[@miamimagicians]

Sonic1-3 was just as good and they came out in 1994 DKC

[@Taydar]

It's true we do say Diddy.

[@beardizz]

Yo Donkey kong?

[@mitcheze]

watching this video makes me wanna fire up the original DKC on the switch emulator....

[@piperformerlycassette]

Cash Banooka

[@cachulistar]

I knew you’d be the kind of person to like Kiddy Kong 🤦🏿‍♂️ Other fine saga in the same console would be Final Fantasy, Resident Evil, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Castlevania, Super Mario Bros (NES), and many more