The Story of Donkey Kong Country on Super NES & Nintendo's Console War Comeback in 1994

[@davidscott9257]

man the quality and way you present your videos is easily the best of any retro game focused youtube. it really feels like i'm back in 1992 watching a tv show about video games. you deserve way more subscribers.

[@InsomniumX]

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[@RemoWilliams1227]

Agreed one hundred percent.

[@davidscott9257]

@@RemoWilliams1227 REMO WILLIAMS hahahah. god i love that movie

[@trenthoward6800]

This is exactly the type of context-setting coverage I want DKC to get! It's such a shame that so many half-hearted retrospectives fail to paint the whole picture of where Nintendo was in 1994 and why the big ape was such an industry-changing deal.

[@r-rod8116]

The 1990s was one of the greatest decades for video games. The great 16-bit wars, Playstation coming on the rise, new franchises like Tomb Raider, Resident Evil, Crash Bandicoot, Tekken, Gran Turismo, Nintendo 64 taking Mario, and The Legend of Zelda to 3D.

[@GTV-Japan]

And all the RPGs!!

[@Silvergun_Raven]

I still have my promotional VHS tape Nintendo sent me in the mail (I believe a few weeks before launch) and it completely sold me on asking for it that Christmas. I believe I found all or almost all the secrets and it was one of those truly special games at the time and all these years later. I know the majority prefer DKC2 as the best in the series (and you’re not wrong), but DKC is still my favorite by a small margin and will be timeless to me for the rest of my life and in my top favorites for SNES. I still get goosebumps playing the “Snow Barrel Blast” stage with the snow continuously getting more intense accompanied with the music and those barrels you had to get down with near perfection.

[@JosephCox-yx4ds]

You willing to sell that tape?

[@vjspectron]

Personally I like my Donkey Kong games to include Donkey Kong.

[@colinschmitz8297]

Excellent video! Thank you for giving Sega credit for getting Nintendo off their phoned in effort and putting this ground breaking game.

[@GTV-Japan]

Everyone calls me a Sega fanboy but I only call balls and strikes.

[@TheBamaPrinceable]

​@@GTV-Japan The simple honest truth is that Sega lit a fire under Nintendo Competition sparks creativity and creates cash

[@GTV-Japan]

@TheBamaPrinceable Eric Bischoff said controversy creates cash. It’s true!🍌

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

Magnificent! What a magical era for video games. I still go bananas for Nintendo's golden ape. These games are truly timeless masterpieces.

[@inceptional]

It's important to understand that while Sega had the lead in the early years of the 16-bit generation, it was because for one to two of those years it didn't even have any 16-bit competition, and the rest was largely Nintendo closing the gap with SNES until it naturally took the lead and I think kept it thereafter. I think there were still some months the Genesis outsold the SNES when both systems were on the market at the same time, but it certainly wasn't just a case of the Genesis always outselling the SNES every month of every year until Donkey Kong Country came along and changed the game. It makes you wonder what the situation would have been like if the Genesis hadn't had that one to two year head start to build up a lead of multiple millions of units before the SNES even entered the market. PS. Man, I reckon that 1994 CES must have been dang exciting.

[@Aenima308]

In 16 years of watching video game stuff on KZbin, this has become my favorite channel

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey thanks for the kind words!! 🍌🐒

[@LeftEarth2]

Plot twist: Bananas are a perishable product. King K. Rool stole (found) Kong's banana hoard to feed homeless Kremlings. _How a giant beaver got them afterwards is a total mystery._ 😅

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh that’s right they do go bad! Maybe the cave acts like a freezer?

[@jeggitv]

What if the giant bananas the bosses carry are actually some manner of banana bread? K. Rool baked them so that the bananas could last way longer. lol

[@DannyDeVoid]

Man I remember the " 'tude " era of gaming. Seems like we got a new anthropomorphic mascot with an attitude monthly back then and only a few of them actually worked.

[@HPRshredder]

It’s Danny Devoid! 🎊 🎉

[@DannyDeVoid]

@@HPRshredder Holy crap, It's HPRshredder! Creator of the awesome Retro Odyssey series! (go watch it now, but also finish this video first of course)

[@InsomniumX]

A huevo valedoresssss carnales sino que no se si sea viernes y domingo y además es de mamey pinches carnales pinches valedores locos de mamey pinches carnales pinches valedores locos de mamey pinches bacilon BACILON dije y además es de mamey

[@DanZero77]

I still have my (clean) DKC T-shirt from Babbage's, thank you very much! I got the game, the shirt, and the DKC Nintendo guide all on Christmas '94. I'm a true believer!

[@GTV-Japan]

Awesome! No doubt you kept yours well but for those that spent 25 years in the closet….

[@Theycallmeali3.12]

Im always so excited when GTV uploads a new video. You can tell how much time and energy he invest in his videos. :)

[@MoonMagicks]

I remember when this game came out. Best Buy used to have a bunch of TVs bundled together to make a large display that hovered over the center of the show floor. The game was like nothing we'd seen at that point. There was even a raffle to win a huge, life-size DK plush. Man, it was so cool.

[@Theycallmemusicole]

When this game came out, it pissed me off because I had a Genesis.

[@jetstreamdefalpha5411]

I played it at my local ToysRus while my mother went shopping with my younger sister's. Killed two birds with one shot😂

[@jakenav103]

Thank you for this. Amazing video!

[@pdthorn]

Putting my DKC preorder tshirt on to watch this

[@InsomniumX]

A huevo!!! Thats so fucking cool dude!!!! ITS a BACILON of mamey how do you like that? This Is my english test how did i do? Give It a ten OR DIEEEEEEEE JOIN ME LINK AND I WILL MAKE YOUR FACE THE GREATEST IN QWORADAI OR ELSE YOU WILL DIIIIIEIEEEEEIEIDIIKDKEIEIIEEKEKEK DIDIEIEIEIEIEE

[@BURRITO44]

Great video !!!! Thanks !!! A perfect video !!! Extremely detailed !!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks 🍌🐒

[@anthonyfrench3169]

I remember this era very fondly and I love how you cover both Nintendo and Sega with equal passion. One of things I like about your channel is the quality of the episode. Obviously you got a life outside of this realm. But how you manage it is really awesome. Look forward to more stuff...also love the timing with the USJ opening.😊

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m lucky to have long train rides to do this!

[@anthonyfrench3169]

​@@GTV-Japanthose are the best. And I agree that helps!!

[@Fabiano.Bittencourt]

The last piece of this video titled "Thank Sega" is a masterpiece. Must see KZbin.

[@therealtijuanaman]

From someone who's seen a million videos and read a million articles of exactly this topic, you've done a really good job presenting all this history in an interesting, dramatic and accurate way.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thank you! 🍌🐒

[@MysticMike]

39:15 DKC2 was originally going to be on virtual boy though it was barely in production before it was cancelled so no screen shots or playable demo exist, at least to the public.

[@kodoyama]

Top notch content as always my friend. As others have said, your work stands head and shoulders above others

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks friend 🍺

[@BrownMan-gg7dx]

Nice video. Really like the extra effort you went in to put commercials in it to add to the nostalgia. Really took me back to the good ol days. Keep up the good work.

[@GTV-Japan]

I’m glad you liked it!! Thanks for watching as always 🍌🍌🐒🐒

[@BrownMan-gg7dx]

@GTV-Japan love it. Can't wait to see what you come out with next

[@GTV-Japan]

@BrownMan-gg7dx next up, best anime game on the Saturn!

[@bxsolx5086]

Did not see this one coming, but it's so obvious in retrospect!!! What a year for GTV, just hit after hit!

[@LessTh3nThree]

If you watched the s&k video that just came out, he told us this one was coming.. 😅😅 but yea banger after banger

[@bxsolx5086]

@@LessTh3nThree How MetalJesusRocks and etc. get higher numbers than GTV Japan for their retro gaming content is hard to comprehend.

[@LessTh3nThree]

@@bxsolx5086 im not arguing man, just responding to you saying you didn’t see this video coming out lol. He actually told us in the last one, and a community post that this was the next video. This is peak retro gaming journalism

[@bxsolx5086]

@@LessTh3nThree Yeah no I didn't get any negative vibes, my reply was in like good spirits celebrating this fantastic channel. I watched the S&K vid a couple times and I didn't catch the DKC preview : P

[@GTV-Japan]

Actually it was the Sonic 3 video that said that, but I have been talking about it for a while now. I thought it would be cool to have a part one and then a long wait for part two and three to give people something to look forward to. Maybe like, oh what a bad day I had, but its ok because in 2 months that Sonic video is coming out!

[@MoGamingPlay]

It really appreciate you breaking the DK country history. I never got a chance to play it because my interest changed to fighting games.

[@MaidenHell1977]

Another incredible and fantastic retrospective. Lots of good memories playing DKC 1 and 2. Can't remember if I ever tried 3. Oddly enough I've never owned the original trilogy physically which I'm trying to correct now if I can get them for a good price. Rare was always such an enigma to me in the late 80s and very early 90s, there was no question their games had their own signature feeling and style. Fascinating company for sure.

[@GTV-Japan]

Hey old free meet again 🍺 it’s funny how many Rare games they’re were! Like as many as Nintendo! I really liked the music on any Rare NES game. It just had its own feel

[@phazonmasher]

This is the best DKC retrospective I've seen. Great job! Small correction tho - Rare developed the GBA DKC ports as they still made and released GBA and DS games as Microsoft allowed them to since they weren't competing in the handheld business.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks! Yeah I know...

[@KehHs-l8b]

I remember Nintendo power sending me the two dkc VHS tapes. With that kid acting like he was king of cool. Sure enough I was at funcoland the day it hit stores. wow what a game silicon graphics cpus could produce. After Jurassic park film hit theaters the silicon graphics computers were paramount and sure enough my TV studio snagged some workstations and life never was the same. Another great vid ken way to go

[@GTV-Japan]

Understandable!

[@KehHs-l8b]

​@@GTV-Japan60 freaking k on the subs my man. Keep it up

[@only1gameguru]

The complaint letters to dinner came back with "we don't know English" and that's why it was good

[@remarkablehairdo3110]

Another mega quality GTV doc! I definitely remember my first time playing DKC , it was at a local arcade chain called Boomerangs. This was right around the release of Sonic and knuckles. They did birthday parties where you could rent out their badass video games room - complete with a big screen TV, surround sound, leather couches and Snes and Genesis + a library of games you could choose to play. The 2 we picked out of course were Sonic and Knuckles and Donkey Kong country, i believe both had been freshly released and we hadnt seen them yet. We had a ton of fun checking out both and they were both so good it was hard to pick the favorite of the day. The graphics of DKC definitely blew everyones little minds though. I was the SNES kid and Birthday Boy was the Sega kid, so he got S&K while I got DKC a few months later. And later swapped snes for genesis so that we both got a chance to play through both games 😊 good times. P.s. i was hella sick with a stomach flu yesterday when this episode launched and you have no idea how much it cheered me up!

[@GTV-Japan]

Please feel better soon🍌🍌

[@LeftEarth2]

22:22 At this screen Press: Down, Y, Down, Down, Y

[@Chrisezo]

Since we usually got things later than in the US for my country, I only managed to experience Donkey Kong Country when it wasn't even relevant anymore, and I actually played the trilogy out of order since my family got their hands on DKC 3, and then I played DKC 2 at a friend's place, and I think I played DKC 1 on the GBA. As for the other Donkey Kong games, I didn't really play any of them as my family never owned an N64, but I was sort of interested in trying both DK 64 and Diddy Kong Racing. Then for recent times, I never played the DKC Returns, but I did buy DK Tropical Freeze on Wii U only to basically put the game on the shelf, because I originally intended to play the game with my Navy buddy who was the one who showed me DKC 2, but he didn't really like Tropical Freeze so we never completed it and I just left it on the shelf.

[@CarletonTorpin]

GTV always gets an instant-click and a 4K watchthrough!

[@igodreamer7096]

Such interesting thing that you said there. I never though too much about it how fast the gameplay was in 🦍Donkey Kong Country 🍌, they really took the Sonic 🦔approach and never let it go. Great video like always, GTV man. In 1994 we all won indeed. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@GTV-Japan]

It is VERY Sonic-like! The barrels are like the loops and they're are several paths along the way, it is super fast and you lose a lot of lives but its not frustrating as you learn how to go. I'd say its more like Sonic than Mario.

[@igodreamer7096]

@@GTV-Japan Absolutely!

[@65637guy]

Excellent documentary. Really takes me back to that time and my youth. How lucky we were to grow up with such games and innovation. This video kept me glued throughout. Well made and well done.❤

[@MrCalverino]

I wake up to a new upload... IT'S AN AWESOME DAY ALREADY ‼️‼️‼️

[@FnRenner]

Donkey Kong Country was a great game. It had the perfect mix of fun vs challenge that was rarely achieved in the NES days but a staple of good games with the SNES and the industry going forward.

[@Marc_Araujo]

Happy 30th DKC! We got three awesome games from this series and all three were masterpieces. P.S. GamePro's Undercover Lover really loved the game lol.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for coming by on day one as always 🍌🍌🍌🍌

[@EhrgeizGod]

My favorite KZbin channel of all time.

[@GTV-Japan]

Thank you for the kind words 🍌

[@AlexRN]

I love the SNES games to bits especially the 2nd one which is why it breaks my hearts that the DKC theme park looks so far to be exclusively based on the Retro DKC games for Wii/WiiU instead. I hope the ride that’s named straight out of the SNES level “Mine Cart Madness” at least features some references to the SNES game.

[@ninjagrinder]

Awesome job. Thanks for putting this together. The amount of research, the quality of the production, the editing, the voice over, everything reeks of perfection. I'm a DKC freak, and I can safely say this is the best DKC video I've seen so far. Congrats on such a masterpiece!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks so much! I hope to see you around for more!🍌🍌🐒🐒

[@ridensroom6957]

I loved playing this at a froends house since I had a Mega Drive. This was amazing and was one of the first games i downloaded on my Wii in 07

[@mpsmoov128]

Great video. For someone who lived through that era it truly was a golden age. Just hearing that music brings back so many memories. I remember watching the promotional VHS a million times before Christmas and my Dad commenting that it can't look that good on the snes. That video also had a KI teaser at the end i remember. Funny thing about hubris is that its cyclical. Whoever gets on top one generation then screws it up the next generation.

[@GTV-Japan]

And there’s always a hungry underdog waiting to take over!

[@DIAC1987]

1994 was such a spectacular year for Nintendo, that it was already turning the tides even before Donkey Kong Country shook the entire landscape of console gaming. We saw the likes of Mega Man X, Super Metroid, Final Fantasy III, Street Fighter II: Turbo, Super Bomberman 2, etc.

[@dcboys4195]

None of those games scratched the surface of what DK did for Snes.

[@parin3140]

The Super NES Donkey Kong Set Bundle was available in December '94. I got it as my present that year.

[@Dariothehungry]

Ohhhhh man! Just started watching. Already know im in for a good time.

[@mrtree1368]

Rare : we need money for super computers to develop more games Nintendo : yes

[@DeffoZappo]

The quality put out by this channel is absolutely second to none.

[@brandonwilliams6119]

Ohhh we starting a Donkey Kong Country Retrospective? This is gonna be fun wild ride like riding Rambi the Rhino! Rare did a fantastic job expanding and creating a subseries with nothing to go off of but just the Arcade Donkey Kong, the intro to DKC1 is epic it starts on Arcade girders and has a seamless transition into the Jungle, that intro always gives me goosebumps!

[@GTV-Japan]

I always liked that part!

[@logansharpe9034]

Holy crap, THATS how you do an outro. Another brilliant video like always!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks so much! 🐒🍌

[@pakasack]

This is so incredibly informative, growing up as a kid in early 90s I had a Genesis and loved it but it was a "grass is always greener" situation where I envied people who had SNES and the cool-looking games, lol. I never considered the idea that Sega had a larger market share for a few years.

[@GTV-Japan]

Some of it was playing fast and loose with the numbers. Sega was “leading” Nintendo in 1992 but only if you ignore the NES. I guess it’s fair. They aren’t equal machines. Also Nintendo of America never announced US revenues but Sega always did. Now it is true the genesis sold more systems every year and more cartridges, and for a long time had more games available but I guess if you only read Nintendo power and didn’t have Sega friends it looks a lot different. 🍌🐒

[@pakasack]

@@GTV-Japan Very true. Thanks again for your awesome videos!!

[@noahmichael2213]

Fall of 94 is one of my favorite gaming times from my teenage years. My birthday is in November and all I wanted in 1994 was Final Fantasy 3 (6) and DKC. My dad got me both of them and after I unwrapped them he told me the guy at Software Etc. broke the street date by selling him DKC early so I could have it for my birthday. I'm sure retailers didn't care as much about breaking street dates back then as long as it was sort of close. But either way, that was some of the most fun I'd ever had gaming. It was overwhelming getting both of those games at the same time and I'd stay up late playing both of them back in '94. Thirty years later, I still fire them up regularly

[@CyberFoxy87]

Loved the day Rare became known back then

[@GTV-Japan]

🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌🍌

[@ecu4321]

it truly is a breath of fresh air to hear someone from youtube correctly and properly give respect to Nintendo's 8-bit Japanese console, the _FAMILY COMPUTER_ as it keeps getting relegated and mispronounced as either the Japanese NES or Sharp's twinfamicom. Please keep up the good work!

[@GTV-Japan]

It's all explained in "Famicom Wars"

[@jjmini]

Every time you release a video I'm filled with an immense amount of joy. Your production, research, and GTV charm is absolutely top notch. Thank you for all you do

[@GTV-Japan]

Thank you for the support!

[@CushionSapp]

I miss these old game company rivalries.

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah it was fun! The best we have now is Samsung taking a swipe at the iPhone

[@FaTBoYs_GaMInG_N_NoNsEnSe]

Let's Go Awesome Video and insights have a wonderful day and week brother

[@ninjetti9898]

Your content is 🔥. Terrific video. A plus

[@GTV-Japan]

Thank you as always! And hope to see you again next time 🍌🐒

[@Bladezer3000]

Huh, the play it loud ad campaign reminded me of the get n or get out ad campaign. Wonder what game it was first attached too.

[@wlsmojo]

Excellent doco :-) !!!!

[@JeremyAustin-hw1qy]

I loved these games as a kid my brother and I had them growing up but I never beat the first 2 until a couple years ago and the 3rd

[@GimblyGFR]

That was an exceptional retrospective. Man, you are really on the top tier of KZbin retro gaming content. I had a ZX Spectrum when I was a child, and the Stamper brother's games on the system were impressive even back then. They were always two and a half steps ahead of almost everyone else. Heck, for my money, Jet Pac is as good as Pac-Man, Galaga or Donkey Kong. I remember when DKC was announced. I was (and I still am) a Sega guy, but the images of the game made me realize that the SNES was really ahead of the Genny in the graphics department. Luckily, when Toy Story and Sonic 3D Blast were released, the Genny showed the world that pre-rendered graphics were possible on the system, so my Sega fan pride was somewhat restored. The gameplay of DKC was really good, but not to the level of awesomeness of Super Mario World, Yoshi's Island, or other first-party Nintendo Games. I played the heck out of the game, though. Your conclusion to the video was awesome: We were really the winners of the greatest Console War of all, no doubt about that. We got amazing games on both systems, and you could usually play SNES at a friend's house if you were a Sega kid, and vice versa. Amazing times, really. Great video, man. You deserve a heck of a lot more viewers and subs.

[@GTV-Japan]

I really would have liked to talk more about Rare, this video would have gone out of control, It was all over the place already. It was 12000 words and I cut it down to about 7500 but maybe next time. They literally made more NES games than Nintendo! And I guess they had a separate company that did those ZX games, I'm not so familiar with them, but people loved them! 🍌

[@GimblyGFR]

@@GTV-Japan Dude, you could have made a killer two-parter! Back in the ZX Spectrum days, the Stampers founded Ultimate Play The Game and made some amazing games. They must have been in their late teens or early twenties. Then, they sold Ultimate and created Rare. Those early Ultimate games, especially Jet Pac and Pssst would have been a great success if released in the arcades. The Speccy, the Famicom and the Genesis are the systems that created and cemented my love for gaming, and most Ultimate games were my favorites on the Spectrum. You should try them via emulation; it is really great stuff.

[@thunderboargames8369]

One of THE BEST GAMES OF MY LIFE (yes i play the GBA Version first).

[@SuperTrainStationH]

Before I dig into this professional tier material done entirely at your own expense and at no financial benefit to you... to give my perspective as a dedicated Sega fan in the early 90's, I was beginning to scratch my head as to why Sega was releasing multiple expensive secondary platforms to the Genesis promising the next generation of gaming, while Nintendo was releasing games with polygonal 3D graphics and Silicon Graphics spritework without any additional hardware purchases required. The one thing I knew for sure was that Sony needed to stick to making TVs and no one would bother with a system with weird symbols on its buttons instead of sensible letters or numbers like a REAL system.

[@GTV-Japan]

I got to say that i often read and heard complaints that Sony needs to make TVs and Walkmans instead of games. The start button looks like a play button on a VCR! Not good! Well well is Nintendo ever gonna make a TV? NO!! The sputtering was intense! A lot of people can not understand it today but I think you agree that many saw the PSX as another 3DO, a huge rich company releases this big powerful expensive thing but they have no experience in the industry and it was just junk nobody wanted. But then, we played it and saw, hey this is ok! 🍌

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

Exceptional as always!

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks!!🍌🍌

[@Emperorcalebtine]

Thank you for saying current DK is JR.

[@elmarakovideo]

Great history of & tribute to DKC! I enjoyed Retro's revival efforts, yet their updated visuals didn't quite capture Rareware's CG style. I always wanted a new game utilizing those 1994 render models.🍌

[@mariamaravilla9005]

In Mexico, along with the Club Nintendo magazine, Nintendo had a TV show too: Nintendomania, I still remember when they were pushing DKC. The show runner made a Donkey Kong out of plasticine to explain how pre-rendered graphics were made lol, it was cute, taking into account 3D graphics were only just starting to become a thing. My brother and I were so excited for the game! it looked like nothing else

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh I wish I had known so I could use that in the video! Lesson learned! 🍌

[@crissyretroguitarvideos3933]

Great video essay, but needs a slight correction. Nintendo did have an official magazine here in the UK which started in 1992, not relying on Total magazine as stated here. It was originally named Nintendo Magazine System, but changed to Official Nintendo Magazine & Nintendo Official Magazine later. It ended in 2006.

[@GTV-Japan]

Ah, I guess I should have said non official nintendo only mag. doh

[@crissyretroguitarvideos3933]

@@GTV-JapanDude, your videos are awesome & the work you put in shows. Don’t take it as a critique 😊

[@2001mark]

DKC still, after all these years, feels like playing as stuffed animal toys on-screen. I also say the title 'Donkey Kong Country' was a masterstroke - it defines the experience to be a big bold bouncy bundle for DK.

[@GTV-Japan]

It’s a nice compliment to Mario World. It’s not the world but yes literally a country where DK was hiding away all these years🐒

[@miguelb5661]

So like, if Diddy is Donkey Kong's nephew, who's Diddy's dad?

[@GTV-Japan]

One of Cranky's kids?

[@thingsiplay]

I thought graphics will never look better than DKC. That we reached the ceiling of graphics for all future. I also put (random) plants around my TV to feel like being in the jungle myself. And watched the DKC advertisement video cassette over and over. It was glorious. Game felt truly next gen on the same hardware, at least technological wise.

[@GTV-Japan]

I remember it well, but when I watched it just recently, I didn't think it was so great. The host was annoying and they just kind of repeat the same stuff and they call Rare on the phone! But yeah, the gameplay was the big draw and it was great for that!🍌

[@Sly88Frye]

I was born in 1988 so I grew up in the 90s. I wasn't very familiar with what was going on in the 80s when I was a child. I'm only aware of it through what people have talked about and various videos and looking things up on Wikipedia and what not, but I do remember a large portion of the 90s and just having so much fun playing games on both the Sega Genesis and the super nintendo. I definitely favored the SNES because there were just a lot more fun games on it. For Sega the only thing that was really memorable was Sonic the hedgehog. There were other games I liked on the Sega Genesis especially when I played it on the Sega channel, but ultimately the Super Nintendo just had so much more to offer and so much more memorable games. Mario, zelda, Super Metroid which I think is the greatest Super Nintendo game ever made, Super Mario all-stars, earthbound which yes I did have an earthbound cartridge back in the day and I did not realize how valuable it really was, and of course the donkey Kong country games. I always felt that the SNES trilogy of dkc got better with each game. The second game was the hardest but I like the third game the most because both Dixie and kiddy were very useful. I didn't find Diddy Kong very useful in the second game when Dixie could jump just as high and she can glide. But in dkc3, Dixie can glide of course and kiddy Kong not only can defeat buff enemies, but he can bounce on bodies of water to get to higher ground. The team of actions were good too because if Dixie throws Kiddy he can smash cracks in the ground for secrets and kiddy can throw Dixie really high

[@GTV-Japan]

Thanks for sharing your story! I like hearing the point of view from people who were kids back then!

[@Sly88Frye]

@@GTV-Japan absolutely! I can't believe I forgot to mention kirby. There were three Kirby games I played on the SNES that I loved playing. I was first introduced to Kirby on the game boy, but Kirby's Dreamland 3, Kirby's dream course and especially Kirby super star were amazing games for the SNES

[@GTV-Japan]

@Sly88Frye it’s ok. Kirby would forgive you ⭐️

[@mrtree1368]

We all got lucky not being born during the time when atari was the game sytem you played

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah! We were born BEFORE the Atari came out so that by the time we were 6, we got a 2600 for Xmas! 🍌

[@Usernamehear]

I preferred Mario and sonic honestly. Never seen what was so good about DK country.

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

It's an oversimplification to say that Atari thought the 2600 could be sold _forever_. By late 1982 it was clear Atari needed a counter to Intellivision, but also Colecovision, Vectrex and others coming into the market. The Atari 5200 was the counter. But at the same time, millions of people had already bought a 2600 from within that year. It would have been market suicide to just abandon them and focus solely on the 5200. But then the crash happened and Atari was sold to a new owner, who saw the post-crash success of Nintendo as justification enough to focus on budget options to continue to compete, placing the 2600 as an ultra low cost alternative for low income families and the new 7800 for the middle class. The 5200 had not proven to be enough of a market seller prior to the crash to have a life post-crash and it couldn't be as cost-reduced as the 2600 could. The 2600 was very outdated by the late 80s, but yes, it was at this point selling to grandparents out of mail-in cataloges.

[@GTV-Japan]

yeah it is an oversimplification but they just let it go and go, and it isn't the focus of the story but that seed needs to be planted to show how this mistake gets repeated time and again.

[@SatoshiMatrix1]

@@GTV-Japan Given their cards, I can't blame Atari for actions taken post-crash. The Atari 7800 had already been designed and was just sitting there. It had been designed to be backwards compatible with games consumers already owned, and could move left over inventory from before the crash, and attract new low income customers too. Atari's XEGS also was a smart business decision as it also allowed mass produced software product from years prior to be sold as current. Atari made some pretty bad decisions before the crash, but after it, they made the best of the cards they were dealt.

[@GTV-Japan]

I had a 7800! It was great and a perfect upgrade to 2600

[@michaelkaduck1915]

Happy 30th Anniversary of Donkey Kong Country. One of my favorite games of all time, and one of the best platformers ever made. Thank you to the Stamper Brothers, the Staff of RARE, and of course to David Wise, Evelyn Novakovic and Robin Beanland! And of course Shigeru Miyamoto. 🌴🏝🍌

[@MCastleberry1980]

"Play it Loud" was so weird. You had gross out commercials and Butthole Surfers songs in ads for Yoshi's Island and Kirby lol

[@GTV-Japan]

Really? You didn't like it? I loved the Butthole Surfers and that was before Pepper was forced on endless repeat on the radio!

[@MCastleberry1980]

@GTV-Japan i loved them, it just seemed such a weird fit for cute Nintendo characters lol

[@erintillman4808]

eating a banana right now. Great video dude. Liking and subscribing right now.

[@GTV-Japan]

Welcome aboard! 🍌

[@Eric_Plunk]

I remember Nintendo having a representative hang out at the Walmart & K-Mart SNES kiosks for DKC to hype the game. It was the only time I recall that happening in the small city I grew up next to.

[@GTV-Japan]

Sounds cool! I can imagine they’d want to gauge the reaction

[@lhfirex]

This is going to make my Wednesday night great!

[@GTV-Japan]

MWNGA!

[@jamesmoss3424]

Donkey Kong County is still brilliant 30 years later. 😀👍🎮

[@megavolt67]

We had both consoles when I was growing up and I admit, in the first few years, I felt that Genesis was cooler even though I enjoyed the games on both systems. Then Secret of Mana came out in 1993 and raised my expectations of a home gaming experience. Genesis, although it had a few RPG gems, just couldn't keep up with the sheer volume of great RPGs on the SNES after that. RPGs aside though, it's true that the impact of DKC can't be understated. I was blown away by those graphics as a kid and I even recorded some of the music onto an audio cassette. Thanks to games like DKC, the sequels, Super Metroid, FF6, Yoshi's Island, Chrono Trigger, Super Mario RPG and so forth, the console ended up holding its own all the way through 1996. I distinctly remember thinking, "why do I need a Playstation or Saturn when DKC looks just as good anything on there?" I wasn't impressed with the early line ups on either 32-bit system and felt justified in waiting for the N64 after seeing how amazing Mario 64 turned out. It wasn't until games like FF7 and Resident Evil 2 that I finally felt the need to embrace Playstation.

[@GTV-Japan]

A lot of early PS and Saturn games coming out of Japan were not great. they were 16 bit level in some cases, so i agree there wasn't a big 'jump' until later and by then it really was time for 16 bit to end.

[@darthtripedacus1]

Donkey Kong Land was impressive for an 8 bit monochrome handheld.

[@GTV-Japan]

Very! More than Super NES!

[@uroskesic6117]

Just a few days ago Nintendo showed off theDonkey Kong Country area for Super Nintendo World and now this

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah I heard about it. I am going in 2025 along with the Osaka Expo! 🍌

[@game-sheriff]

DKC snes games have some of the greatest music. Great games

[@CarletonTorpin]

24:13 - Perfect Millhouse.

[@Retr0gam1ngR0cks]

DK 30 years! 🎉

[@analog_ape]

30 year anniversary coming up in a week! If only Nintendo were to release an upgraded anniversary edition, HD, 16:9, new frames of animation, 3D effects, CD quality audio, ...

[@GTV-Japan]

That would be nice!

[@SergioPL]

Great video! Congratulations!! Also, I think is safe to say, that Nintendo won the first generation of games. With more than 3 millions Color Tv sold. The Odyssey never achieve that.

[@GTV-Japan]

🤣

[@JONNYSORENSEN_AU]

GTV does what Nintendon't!!😂❤😂

[@mraaronhd]

Good stuff!

[@TVsMrNeil]

Wow, this turned into a secret Sega fan video toward the end.

[@GTV-Japan]

It did?

[@VGAPixel]

I think you really missed the context of the home computer market and its impact on the gaming space. Apple, MSX, these two platforms had huge impact and they cannot be ignored. The video game story is a marriage of money, toys, and electronics. When Nintendo came onto the home game space we already were adopting computers for home.

[@GTV-Japan]

Well, I know it was very important and TV Games really are just computers too, but the video is already so long and I gotta stay on track. However that can alway set up for another topic later on 🍌

[@mevb]

Donkey Kong Country 2's subtitle is Diddy's KONG Quest (a pun on Conquest), not Diddy's Quest. It was originally called DIddy Kong's Quest but swapped for Diddy's Kong Quest.

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh. yeah.. how could I forget? 🍌

[@ruggie.74]

Super Metroid is probably the best looking non-Silicon Graphics-made game on SNES. I always wondered what they could've done with that game if it had been made on a pre-render station like the Silicon Graphics machines, and maybe even with a Super FX Chip.

[@GTV-Japan]

rotating Metroids would have been scary

[@waypastcoolkid]

I thought Diddy was a redesigned Junior. I didn’t think modern DK was an aged up Jr. But hot damn are your videos so delightful. SO polished.

[@GTV-Japan]

I thought he was too at first! But it makes sense because cranky talks about having 3 lives and makes references to the arcade game. Also Junior has always had his initials on his clothes! The J shirt or the DK tie

[@grasslandgraphics]

41:22 lol that's a great easter egg for the subtitle crew

[@GTV-Japan]

Oh, there are many this time!

[@striderskorpion]

I believe Donkey Kong in the DKC series is actually the son of Donkey Kong Jr. There has been some confusion about that (just see the Mario Wiki's article on Cranky Kong, particularly the section identity confusion).

[@GTV-Japan]

Yeah it is a little weird, so then where is the real DK? Maybe he is so senile he thinks he is someone else?

[@striderskorpion]

@GTV-Japan I used to think he was the son also because if he was the grandson, then where did Junior go?

[@mevb]

Actually, the DK in Donkey Kong Country wasn't Junior but Junior's son, which makes DK Cranky's grandson NOT son. That Cranky called DK his son in DK64, was actually an error.

[@Schwarzorn]

True. It states in the DKC instruction booklet that Cranky is modern DK's granpa. But then in DK64, it says "father". And to make things worse, nowadays Nintendo seems to treat modern DK as the same original DK, while still also have Cranky around.

[@GTV-Japan]

But Cranky talks about "3 lives in the game"