Dunkey is such a great content creator that he didn’t even make a big deal or announcement about the return of Donkey Kong December. He just continues the tradition out of the kindness of his heart. Only something I can get from MonkeyManDunkey
Nah nah nah this is business! And in business there is no kindness! If the schedule says we're getting the Donkey Kong videos, we're getting it, this is not a promise, this is contractual obligations!
In Donkey Kong, you encounter a variety of terrains, overcome environmental obstacles, and build ladders and bridges to solve traversal puzzles. Donkey Kong was the first strand-type game
I remember playing it on the GBC when I was 8 and taking forever to beat the intro levels thinking that it was just the same old game. When DK got back up and the next screen was completely different I nearly lost my underdeveloped pre-pubescent mind. I realized in that moment that nothing was real and everything society had taught me up to that point was all a lie.
Looking at all those details, you wouldn’t think that Gameboy could have fit all that info into a game. That’s honestly impressive for that time period
Today, you need a 2 Terabyte external drive to play Tetris. Because why would they spend money on game compression when they can have the customers pay for that without them doing anything.
If Dunkey actually just releases these episodic instalments of a video essay that goes over the entire history of the donkey Kong franchise I will be extremely happy
The transition from Mario swinging on a rope in Sunshine back to him swinging on the bar in the Gameboy game was honestly inspiring. I got the sense that if you don't give up on the ideas and ways of thinking that make you unique they will allow you to succeed.
@@conaldeugenepeterson2147 I love pulling up that picture on my chromebook at school and showing it to my friends like it's the first time I've ever seen it
Great little spot in the video. He's just reviewing things that happened in sequence but the way he stitches them together within the context is just all-time. Dunkey one of the greats!
The end had me flipping back and forth between expecting Dunkey to do a bait-and-switch and thinking that he'd already baited us so many times that it would be a bigger bait-and-switch to not bait and switch. This is what years of gaslighting does to man.
As confusing as what you said is, not only do I understand it but I can also say you literally just described my experience. Though I still was caught off guard by the actual punchline. It was the last thing I thought and simultaneously the first thing I felt I should have thought of after the fact.
It's a brilliant way to immediately show the player that the game is going to be so much more than they're used to. Let them bust the original maps wide open before revealing the real game.
Even if you don't use them those maps are made a lot easier than they were in the arcade in a lot of subtle ways, because they don't want to hold back the surprise of there being way more game too long.
It's true that the new moves are available from the beginning, but they don't tell you that. You're not going to discover them if you just play through the beginning, you'd have to screw around to discover them. They do however show them off in small cutscenes as you progress through the game, it's pretty clever. It's like you're unlocking them as you play except they were always unlocked.
Yeah, Dunkey isn’t credited enough for being so economizing with his words imo. Lesser youtubers would make a video on this topic ten times the length and one tenth as enjoyable
It’s unfortunate that it got released in 1994 and not 1993, because I think most people (myself included) just think of DK Country when they see DK 94. Of course DK Gameboy was fantastic, but DK Country just overshadowed it.
When I first played the Gameboy game I really did think it was just a port of the arcade game, and thought I'd be playing the same few levels on repeat like in the NES version. Then, I was surprised to find out there was more. Oh so much more! And the little scenes in between worlds that were like a wordless tutorial for the new mechanics. Top tier Gameboy game!
4:00 his comedic timing is unmatched, he's done the same bit so many times I thought it was somehow gonna be a game other than Donkey Kong Country, but guess what, he DID mean the game he was showing all the pictures for
Having played a TON of Mario vs. Donkey Kong on GBA, it's blowing my mind right now seeing the jumping, flipping, wire, handstand mechanics and puzzle platformer aspects almost all originated in Donkey Kong for Game Boy. I've heard of this game but never realized JUST how POLISHED it is holy mackerel!
Donkey Kong December is back. This is truly the best time to be alive! I grew up with Donkey Kong 64 when we my mom bought a used copy. I remember having to practice this arcade game for hours in Frantic Factory and thought about how cool it was to play a video game inside a video game.
It's hard to put into words how impressive it is...they went so far to make Mario come alive with the different mechanics and animations. Modern pixel platformers could learn a lot from it
I also wish Dunkey had talked a bit about the soundtrack, because it's really spectacular. The post-game credits song still brings a smile to my face whenever I look it up :)
I can't wait to put all 20 of these four minute videos together and have it turn out to be a comprehensive Dunkey-style documentary about the history of Donkey Kong
DK 94 was the first video game I ever played, and was a childhood favorite. Then like 20 years later I found out that, since it was a Super Gameboy title, it had an expanded color palette for that system. That was a wonderful surprise after so many years.
This is why I love Dunkey. He just loves video games and wants to spread that love and he also understands why video games were art long before the Western cinematic games of the 2010s.
@@michaellochlann4797 craftsmanship elevated to a high enough level says as much about the human spirit as a lot of conventional art. Much of the famous works of the Renaissance were works of pure craftsmanship when you consider that the subjects of those works (religious figures, nobility, wealthy merchants) were only the subjects because someone paid an artist, who was looking to pay the bills, to paint or sculpt them. You think da Vinci cared about Lisa del Giocondo?
I don't why, but I felt immense goosebumps towards the end of the video, as Funky's Fugue fades in and the anticipation in Dunky's voice. I just love your videos!
This was my favorite game growing up. I would play it all the time and there was a level I just couldn't beat. (8-11 I'll never forget it) I'd ask my dad to beat it for me so I could keep progressing, waiting a whole week or two before I got to see him on the weekends. I'd come to him with all 3 save files on the same level ready for him to beat. It was one of the few things that really helped form the short bond we had before his passing. I'm thankful for Dunkey talking about it a bit. Stay safe all :)
When I was a little kid I used to love leaving it on the main screen until demo mode started, which was Mario doing acrobatics demonstrating the new mechanics on a stage to a clapping audience, I thought it was so cool and it did actually teach me about the possible moves. I was a tiny child so I was an idiot and didn’t know button combinations were a thing the first few times I played it.
Donkey Kong December is so eventful, that whole world started decorating their houses with pretty lights and trees. I think they even gave a part of the month off as a “holiday.” Thank you Reggie for this blessed holiday.
This game is literally my childhood. Back then I had no idea what speedrunning is but I came to a level where I can finish all levels in one sitting. It is amazing to learn that people actually knew this game. Thank you, Dunkey.
I remember the first time I played Donkey Kong '94! It was at my cousin's house when I was 6 or 7, and I brought my Game Boy with me to be occupied on either Thanksgiving or Christmas Day (I can't exactly remember which holiday it was). I saw it lying on a shelf in the living room and decided to check it out. I had the NES version, so that's what I went in expecting. I was blown away with how amazing it was. Thank you for bringing this underrated masterpiece into the light again!
Donkey kong december has been a tradition even in the times when Dunkey was a Minecraft youtuber that uploaded videos to Vimeo You have had to be pretty busy in december last 30 years to miss it
That GBA donkey kong you showed was the first video game I ever owned. It blew my mind and set me up for disappointment because you weren't kidding, it was incredibly in-depth.
I never knew how crazy the GameBoy title's mechanics were - I always just assumed it was a port of the arcade game. Guess I'll have to go play it now - thanks for putting a spotlight on it, Dunk.
It also brings back and integrates some mechanics from SMB2 (USA, the Doki Doki reskin one). The whole game is almost shockingly mechanically filled and polished for a Gameboy game. Definitely recommend playing it.
The trivia about the moveset in that Game Boy game is amazing. History is such an eye opening field, we just need people like Dunkey Munkey to share them effectively.
shocking to me that a game with such important and revolutionary mechanics for the platforming genre has been largely passed up in wider conversations because its title led modern audiences to think it was just donkey kong again. thank you for the education dunk, always happy to see video game history being given the attention it deserves
@@conorneligan7694 Considering how important the first Gameboy was historically you think people would be talking about it’s best game more. Funnily enough I think the other contender that DK’94 really has for that title is the port of Donkey Kong Country.
@@conorneligan7694 I had a gameboy at the time, i've played the many mario and wario titles at the time yet i've never even heard of this game and i'm pretty sure none of my friends born in the same generation knows about it too. It looks cool though I think i'll go pick that up and play it
Thanks for unlocking another core memory. I remember playing this on my brick so many times. It really was above and beyond and I just didn't realize at the time
Just as the entire Donkey Kong arcade game served as the intro to the Gameboy game, Dunkey recaps the entire history of the Donkey Kong franchise as an intro to his review of the Donkey Kong Gameboy game. Truly a genius
That Donkey Kong game for the GameBoy is still one of my favorites to boot up in an emulator. Prolly one of my first games I ever played when I was like 5. For as old as the game is, Mario’s movement still has a lot of depth to it. Incredible music too!
I bought a psp to emulate gb, gba and ps1/ps2 games a few months ago. I never knew their is a good Dk game for the gb. I feel like my winter is about to be robbed.
I remember playing the Donkey Kong on the Game Boy while waiting for a dentist appointment and thinking it would be something I could beat in 15 minutes, and I was surprised when it just kept on going.
And the handstand and a lot of the mechanics this Donkey Kong invented survived in Mario Vs Donkey Kong, an incredibly awesome GBA platform-puzzler game that nobody remembers
2:11 Also one of the games with Super Game Boy support, which added color and new sound effects using the SNES. Man, this game was really advanced at the time.
Donkey Kong GB was my first intro to Donkey Kong so I thought they were all like that. I loved it, and played it for hours. Little did I know what a freaking masterpiece it was.
this was amazing, i can't believe this game pioneered so many mechanics in later mario games and I've never even heard of anyone pointing it out until now. Bravo dunkey. would love to see you do one of these on the sonic universe
1:30 the font used for monkey kong is called "hobo STD" a sans serif type font made in 1950's Russia, hobo comes from a pig translation of the Russian word for "new" (heebo)
I love when Dunkey gets nerdy over the smallest details of older games. And especially we know the love for platformers. That's crazy about the double jump and somersault in the Donkey Kong Gameboy game. That is really huge.
Holy Mary Mother of God, a JUMPMAN reference! I had a C64 when I was a kid and that game was one of the best games on the platform. That thing had like 48 levels, some had bullets, some had little robots, some had one way ropes, some had parts of the level that would only appear when you collected the pellets, one level was invisible and would only appear a little at a time as you walked, and this was in 1983! Great game, and yes the sound when you moved was dope.
I played this for the first time a couple months ago and was honestly mind blown this game came out when I was only four, most developers today struggle to make a game this mechanically consistent. I remember spending the whole day just trying out the moveset, landing the perfect jump after doing a backflip from a roll. Cannot recommend this enough.
I genuinely never realised how influential the Donkey Kong series was, and you brilliantly highlighted this in the video. It’s just a shame how Donkey Kong has sort of fallen in popularity in recent times. But Kirby was never that popular, but after getting a 3D game it’s popularity skyrocketed. So maybe if Donkey Kong gets a new 3D game the same could happen. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Mario came a long way from jumping over barrels now he has cappy to help him get further. Imagine a Donkey Kong arcade mod with cappy and Donkey Kong having other enemies go after Mario as he throws the barrels to increase the difficulty. Cool video. ^_^
This was one of my favorite gameboy games as a kid. always thought it was ridiculous how good it was. this and super mario land 2 punched far above there weight and still hold up today.
I love the love you give to the Donkey kong games, even if it feels low key an joke, Donkey its actually builing up to the point that Donkey kong is the Alpha and the omega of everything.
I'm so grateful he covered this version of Donkey Kong. I've always been a huge fan of Donkey Kong 94' and I've always thought it's so criminally underrated. Also monkey.
Dunkey is such a great content creator that he didn’t even make a big deal or announcement about the return of Donkey Kong December. He just continues the tradition out of the kindness of his heart. Only something I can get from MonkeyManDunkey
just out of the kindness of his heart? he makes money from these videos you know...
Nah nah nah this is business! And in business there is no kindness! If the schedule says we're getting the Donkey Kong videos, we're getting it, this is not a promise, this is contractual obligations!
@@jordangunn7514 Cool
you should have already known
DunkeyMunkey is truly a genius
In Donkey Kong, you encounter a variety of terrains, overcome environmental obstacles, and build ladders and bridges to solve traversal puzzles.
Donkey Kong was the first strand-type game
I love how much I hate this
Kojima wants your number.
Dunko like this comment means your right
god i wish you people would stop making the same joke
@@fwoqma good. After some more exposure to the meme, it'll get funny again. But for now, you have to endure, my guy.
I remember playing it on the GBC when I was 8 and taking forever to beat the intro levels thinking that it was just the same old game. When DK got back up and the next screen was completely different I nearly lost my underdeveloped pre-pubescent mind. I realized in that moment that nothing was real and everything society had taught me up to that point was all a lie.
that was how i felt entering the dark world in lttp
Yeah that game was hard man
@@twocows360 How I felt going into the Upside Down Castle in Symphony of the Night
D-D-D-DOOOOOOOOONNNNNKEEEEEY KOOOOOOOOOOOOONNGGG
How it felt finding Kanto region in Pokémon Silver.
Looking at all those details, you wouldn’t think that Gameboy could have fit all that info into a game. That’s honestly impressive for that time period
Shoot, a lot of modern pixel games today don't have that level of smooth, detailed animation.
limitation breeds creativity yknow
modern games are just using pixel art to cope at this point
@@Hadeto_AngelRust Pixel art?
He didn't even mention that there is a specific, color pallet + border when you boot that game in with the Super Gameboy on the SNES
Today, you need a 2 Terabyte external drive to play Tetris.
Because why would they spend money on game compression when they can have the customers pay for that without them doing anything.
I’m very happy that Dunkey is keeping the Donkey Kong December tradition up
nice pfp
This yearly tradition is so quaint.
DKD
@@mokat Thanks :)
Wait Donkey Kong December is real? I thought it was a joke...
Dunkey really is the most consistent youtuber of his generation. I don't see anybody else honoring Donkey Kong December
Duke of Dorks and Desinging For
Designing For is keeping the tradition alive. May he be blessed by our savior, Donkey Kong.
Look up "Designing For"
Dunkeykongdcenber
Played the absolute shit outta this game as a kid. So, so many hours. Final boss music goes HARD
Holy shit first reply
@@shelenagant46 😳HOLY SHIT!😲WOW🤯OMG🥹CONGRATS😵SO WOW😭MUCH NICE🥳VERY SURPRISE🥴WOW!🤩
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@@John-X thank you so much
@@shelenagant46 good one 💪😎🤙
yo
Dunkey’s passion for video games is inspiring.
If Dunkey actually just releases these episodic instalments of a video essay that goes over the entire history of the donkey Kong franchise I will be extremely happy
I seriously hope he continues
This is gonna be a Christopher Nolan joke.
Yea it felt like it isn't finished yet :D hope to see more coming too
DKC Frozen Ape review?
It's Donkey Kong December after all
The transition from Mario swinging on a rope in Sunshine back to him swinging on the bar in the Gameboy game was honestly inspiring. I got the sense that if you don't give up on the ideas and ways of thinking that make you unique they will allow you to succeed.
ty
Just like that cat on a clothesline saying
“Hang in there”
@@conaldeugenepeterson2147 I love pulling up that picture on my chromebook at school and showing it to my friends like it's the first time I've ever seen it
That transition reminded me of a scene called bone to satellite from the film 2001 A Space Odyssey
Great little spot in the video. He's just reviewing things that happened in sequence but the way he stitches them together within the context is just all-time. Dunkey one of the greats!
The end had me flipping back and forth between expecting Dunkey to do a bait-and-switch and thinking that he'd already baited us so many times that it would be a bigger bait-and-switch to not bait and switch. This is what years of gaslighting does to man.
As confusing as what you said is, not only do I understand it but I can also say you literally just described my experience.
Though I still was caught off guard by the actual punchline. It was the last thing I thought and simultaneously the first thing I felt I should have thought of after the fact.
more dunkeylighting
That “little bastard” line is one of the best reads I’ve ever heard in media. I listen to it at least every other day and it still makes me smile.
I think something genuinely funny about DK ‘94 is how you have the new moves in the original levels too, which just completely breaks them
It's a brilliant way to immediately show the player that the game is going to be so much more than they're used to. Let them bust the original maps wide open before revealing the real game.
Even if you don't use them those maps are made a lot easier than they were in the arcade in a lot of subtle ways, because they don't want to hold back the surprise of there being way more game too long.
It's true that the new moves are available from the beginning, but they don't tell you that. You're not going to discover them if you just play through the beginning, you'd have to screw around to discover them. They do however show them off in small cutscenes as you progress through the game, it's pretty clever. It's like you're unlocking them as you play except they were always unlocked.
I’m a big fan of these video game histories. The twist of comedy you add makes it much more entertaining than other documentaries.
Elite talent! Whole "Video Essay" in under 5 minutes still more informative, edited, researched and entertaining than many docu series.
Yeah, Dunkey isn’t credited enough for being so economizing with his words imo. Lesser youtubers would make a video on this topic ten times the length and one tenth as enjoyable
Appreciating the wave of Donkey Kong December. Now I expect more everyday this month, especially Donkey Kongmas
Putting the D back in December
Yes
Looking forward to Jungle Japes January
This truly is the December of Donkey Kong.
I thank Dunkey for introducing Donkey Kong '94 to some new audience. Such an excellent game should receive such big attention.
It’s unfortunate that it got released in 1994 and not 1993, because I think most people (myself included) just think of DK Country when they see DK 94.
Of course DK Gameboy was fantastic, but DK Country just overshadowed it.
There's actually a sequel to that game specifically on the Gameboy Advance: Mario vs Donkey Kong. It was pretty good from what I remember.
I have a Game Boy and 2000$
I know what I'm buying on eBay
@@shadowslasher11X It's not as good since it focuses more on puzzles than platforming, but it's still worth playing.
frr looks like a cool game and I NEVER even heard anyone else talk about it
When I first played the Gameboy game I really did think it was just a port of the arcade game, and thought I'd be playing the same few levels on repeat like in the NES version. Then, I was surprised to find out there was more. Oh so much more! And the little scenes in between worlds that were like a wordless tutorial for the new mechanics. Top tier Gameboy game!
2:02 Ah Yes My Favorite Mario villain. Mango...
I'm so glad you covered GameBoy Donkey Kong in depth. A hidden gem of a game.
I have the same feeling. I felt like I was the only person to play this game.
@@RICEKRISPY8 More people should be talking about it. It was a staggering and unmatched level of quality and variety in level design back then.
He unlocked so many memories of that game on the gameboy for me. It was one of my first games at around 5 or so.
my first donkey kong game was mario vs donkey kong 3 minis march again for the nintendo dsi
Easily in my top 3 Gameboy games ever. So much fun
4:00 his comedic timing is unmatched, he's done the same bit so many times I thought it was somehow gonna be a game other than Donkey Kong Country, but guess what, he DID mean the game he was showing all the pictures for
SOUPAHMARIOBROTHAS TWOOOOOOOOO
Donkey Kong 94' is super underappreciated and love that Dunkey gave this game a spotlight. It feels great to play to this day.
2:24 It seems like this game not only introduced Wario, but also his princess, lady of the night.
He had to save her, he was still on the clock!
1:11 "Look at his little smile... Little bastard! what is he smiling about? What did this donkey kong do???" lol
I love how Dunkey always sounds like he loves what he does and is always really interested in what he talks about. Love ya man
I like that he is puerto rican
@@Skepsis710 bruh
@@Skepsis710 no stfu he's clearly black
@@tumultuousv hi
@@user-yv6xw7ns3o uh
Watching how the mechanics of each character progressed over various installments is so awesome. Totally changed the way I look at the games.
1:49 Yo my Dad had the Donkey Kong Game and Watch. I remember pretending to play on it because I didn’t know how to change batteries back then
Having played a TON of Mario vs. Donkey Kong on GBA, it's blowing my mind right now seeing the jumping, flipping, wire, handstand mechanics and puzzle platformer aspects almost all originated in Donkey Kong for Game Boy. I've heard of this game but never realized JUST how POLISHED it is holy mackerel!
It’s officially time for Dunkey’s Donkey Kong December! Grab ya popcorn, grab ya root-beer!
Get ya licorice, get ya fuckin’ stromboli, it’s gonna be a looong one
I have A&W cream soda...does that count?
@@AGuyWithOneWing **gunshots**
What else is missing... oh these are pretty good bananas.
@@OutrunExile Sure, sounds about right.
"EA's first game was knock-off"
Truly a standard setter for the video game industry
thats funny and sad
Donkey Kong December is back. This is truly the best time to be alive! I grew up with Donkey Kong 64 when we my mom bought a used copy. I remember having to practice this arcade game for hours in Frantic Factory and thought about how cool it was to play a video game inside a video game.
3:34 Sublime
Donkey Kong ‘94 is my favorite OG Gameboy game. It’s such a good game. It’s not talked about much, so it’s awesome to see Dunkey covering it.
It's hard to put into words how impressive it is...they went so far to make Mario come alive with the different mechanics and animations. Modern pixel platformers could learn a lot from it
One of the best Mario games to date.
I also wish Dunkey had talked a bit about the soundtrack, because it's really spectacular. The post-game credits song still brings a smile to my face whenever I look it up :)
Hands down my favorite GameBoy game. It is such an amazing title.
CLASSIC
I can't wait to put all 20 of these four minute videos together and have it turn out to be a comprehensive Dunkey-style documentary about the history of Donkey Kong
Dunkey is one of the few who brings us together. He’s a real one ladies and gentlemen
DK 94 was the first video game I ever played, and was a childhood favorite. Then like 20 years later I found out that, since it was a Super Gameboy title, it had an expanded color palette for that system. That was a wonderful surprise after so many years.
He's setting up the sequels better than a pro director god damn I love DKD
This is why I love Dunkey. He just loves video games and wants to spread that love and he also understands why video games were art long before the Western cinematic games of the 2010s.
This man right here, turtle react him
Even better, he understands why video games are art without needing to be cinematic games.
@@michaellochlann4797 craftsmanship elevated to a high enough level says as much about the human spirit as a lot of conventional art. Much of the famous works of the Renaissance were works of pure craftsmanship when you consider that the subjects of those works (religious figures, nobility, wealthy merchants) were only the subjects because someone paid an artist, who was looking to pay the bills, to paint or sculpt them. You think da Vinci cared about Lisa del Giocondo?
I don't why, but I felt immense goosebumps towards the end of the video, as Funky's Fugue fades in and the anticipation in Dunky's voice. I just love your videos!
I'm happy Dunkey was reunited with his father after so many years apart. You've made Munkey proud, Dunkey.
This was my favorite game growing up. I would play it all the time and there was a level I just couldn't beat. (8-11 I'll never forget it) I'd ask my dad to beat it for me so I could keep progressing, waiting a whole week or two before I got to see him on the weekends. I'd come to him with all 3 save files on the same level ready for him to beat. It was one of the few things that really helped form the short bond we had before his passing. I'm thankful for Dunkey talking about it a bit. Stay safe all :)
that's a really cute and nice story
hey man, i'm not trying to cry
@@litapd311 thank you lol
@@Patryc sorry, man 😂
For me it was 9-11 (never forget). Hell of a game!
It’s actually insane how many mechanics were in GB Donkey Kong
When I was a little kid I used to love leaving it on the main screen until demo mode started, which was Mario doing acrobatics demonstrating the new mechanics on a stage to a clapping audience, I thought it was so cool and it did actually teach me about the possible moves. I was a tiny child so I was an idiot and didn’t know button combinations were a thing the first few times I played it.
For real, old school Nintendo was the master of making do with what they had.
As a kid it BLEW MY MIND, when it revealed the world map in the GB Donkey Kong.
Donkey Kong December is so eventful, that whole world started decorating their houses with pretty lights and trees. I think they even gave a part of the month off as a “holiday.” Thank you Reggie for this blessed holiday.
This game is literally my childhood. Back then I had no idea what speedrunning is but I came to a level where I can finish all levels in one sitting. It is amazing to learn that people actually knew this game. Thank you, Dunkey.
i cant believe I owned literally your childhood. Think I threw it away after I broke it too.
I remember the first time I played Donkey Kong '94! It was at my cousin's house when I was 6 or 7, and I brought my Game Boy with me to be occupied on either Thanksgiving or Christmas Day (I can't exactly remember which holiday it was). I saw it lying on a shelf in the living room and decided to check it out. I had the NES version, so that's what I went in expecting.
I was blown away with how amazing it was. Thank you for bringing this underrated masterpiece into the light again!
Thanks for uploading this in time for your bi-annual tradition of celebrating Funky Kong February, always my favorite part of the week.
No matter how much I watch Dunkey, he never ceases to surprise me
You watch Dunkey, and Dunkey Kong December surpirises You? Now I am surprised.
Donkey kong december has been a tradition even in the times when Dunkey was a Minecraft youtuber that uploaded videos to Vimeo
You have had to be pretty busy in december last 30 years to miss it
1:18 Many people have doubted Bigmode, but their first game clearly shows that they know what they are doing
That GBA donkey kong you showed was the first video game I ever owned. It blew my mind and set me up for disappointment because you weren't kidding, it was incredibly in-depth.
Donkey Kong is my favorite fictional character and I’m so happy you made a video dedicated to him. Thanks, Dunkey!
I never knew how crazy the GameBoy title's mechanics were - I always just assumed it was a port of the arcade game. Guess I'll have to go play it now - thanks for putting a spotlight on it, Dunk.
It’s an insanely good action-puzzler, still holds up if you run it in a decent emulator.
It also brings back and integrates some mechanics from SMB2 (USA, the Doki Doki reskin one). The whole game is almost shockingly mechanically filled and polished for a Gameboy game. Definitely recommend playing it.
It's really good.
One of the best titles on the Game Boy.
I passed on it because I had Donkey Kong on the NES and assumed the Game boy game was just a simple port. :(
The trivia about the moveset in that Game Boy game is amazing. History is such an eye opening field, we just need people like Dunkey Munkey to share them effectively.
That Dunkey Munkey bit is such a good joke.
My favorite Donkey Kong this game was so important for Nintendo/Mario lore but rarely ever gets mentioned...
shocking to me that a game with such important and revolutionary mechanics for the platforming genre has been largely passed up in wider conversations because its title led modern audiences to think it was just donkey kong again. thank you for the education dunk, always happy to see video game history being given the attention it deserves
Not really. Many people consider it to be the best Game Boy game. It does garner less discussion than you would think, though.
@@conorneligan7694 Considering how important the first Gameboy was historically you think people would be talking about it’s best game more. Funnily enough I think the other contender that DK’94 really has for that title is the port of Donkey Kong Country.
@@conorneligan7694 I had a gameboy at the time, i've played the many mario and wario titles at the time yet i've never even heard of this game and i'm pretty sure none of my friends born in the same generation knows about it too.
It looks cool though I think i'll go pick that up and play it
Dunkey has truly evolved from a strand type RUclipsr to a Kong type RUclips
What are Kong types strong against?
@@mrguy9150 barrels.
@@Spitfire__1944and Italian plumbers
Donkey Kong on the Game Boy was one of my favorite titles as a kid. Played through it countless times.
Thanks for unlocking another core memory. I remember playing this on my brick so many times. It really was above and beyond and I just didn't realize at the time
Just as the entire Donkey Kong arcade game served as the intro to the Gameboy game, Dunkey recaps the entire history of the Donkey Kong franchise as an intro to his review of the Donkey Kong Gameboy game. Truly a genius
Can't wait for more Donkey Kongtent. This will be the best Donkey Kong December we've had all year!
That Donkey Kong game for the GameBoy is still one of my favorites to boot up in an emulator. Prolly one of my first games I ever played when I was like 5. For as old as the game is, Mario’s movement still has a lot of depth to it. Incredible music too!
Idk how the fk you make the most sarcastic, funny videos of games, but you also make the most honest game reviews
The game boy game straight up robbed me of an entire summer vacation it was so good.
I bought a psp to emulate gb, gba and ps1/ps2 games a few months ago. I never knew their is a good Dk game for the gb. I feel like my winter is about to be robbed.
No. It gave you an entire summer vacation.
@@porteurlistethere’s a PSP that can emulate GB, GBA, PS1, and PS2 Games!???
@@porteurliste how the hell can PSP emulate PS2? I think it has like a PS1 on a chip inside of itself tho
I remember playing the Donkey Kong on the Game Boy while waiting for a dentist appointment and thinking it would be something I could beat in 15 minutes, and I was surprised when it just kept on going.
And the handstand and a lot of the mechanics this Donkey Kong invented survived in Mario Vs Donkey Kong, an incredibly awesome GBA platform-puzzler game that nobody remembers
Yes! I'm so glad you spotlighted this game! An absolute gem. I sunk many hours into this game. The final boss was so epic too.
2:11 Also one of the games with Super Game Boy support, which added color and new sound effects using the SNES. Man, this game was really advanced at the time.
Donkey Kong GB was my first intro to Donkey Kong so I thought they were all like that. I loved it, and played it for hours. Little did I know what a freaking masterpiece it was.
I love Donkey Kong December, best holiday ever invented. It literally has no dislikes.
It's crazy how after decades "Donkey Kong" sounds perfectly fine, but "Monkey Kong" kinda gives you that sour milk face when you say it.
this is actually pretty wholesome how he describes donkey kong for the gameboy. you can tell he had fond memories of it.
0:54 - Don't lie to me Dunkey, I know the the Kool-Aid man when I see him.
this was amazing, i can't believe this game pioneered so many mechanics in later mario games and I've never even heard of anyone pointing it out until now. Bravo dunkey. would love to see you do one of these on the sonic universe
Wow I just had the best nostalgia flashback seeing that donkey Kong GBC game. So many hours.
3:40 American East Coastish accent is so cool
1:30 the font used for monkey kong is called "hobo STD" a sans serif type font made in 1950's Russia, hobo comes from a pig translation of the Russian word for "new" (heebo)
How are you so good at this? I'd happily watch a full documentary in this style (but I imagine it would be exhausting to make)
I love when Dunkey gets nerdy over the smallest details of older games. And especially we know the love for platformers. That's crazy about the double jump and somersault in the Donkey Kong Gameboy game. That is really huge.
3:00 Gives me flashbacks to Mario Vs. Donkey Kong for the Gameboy Advance.
Definitely a more face-lifted version of this game.
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I played so much Donkey Kong "94" on my Gameboy noColor when I was little. Still genuinely one of my favorite games of all time. That soundtrack too.
Holy Mary Mother of God, a JUMPMAN reference! I had a C64 when I was a kid and that game was one of the best games on the platform. That thing had like 48 levels, some had bullets, some had little robots, some had one way ropes, some had parts of the level that would only appear when you collected the pellets, one level was invisible and would only appear a little at a time as you walked, and this was in 1983! Great game, and yes the sound when you moved was dope.
I had this game when I was a kid and it truly is amazing. The puzzle solving is next level. I wish I still had it.
I played this for the first time a couple months ago and was honestly mind blown this game came out when I was only four, most developers today struggle to make a game this mechanically consistent. I remember spending the whole day just trying out the moveset, landing the perfect jump after doing a backflip from a roll. Cannot recommend this enough.
To see those sorts of mechanics in a game boy game is wild
I genuinely never realised how influential the Donkey Kong series was, and you brilliantly highlighted this in the video. It’s just a shame how Donkey Kong has sort of fallen in popularity in recent times. But Kirby was never that popular, but after getting a 3D game it’s popularity skyrocketed. So maybe if Donkey Kong gets a new 3D game the same could happen. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
Again Dunkey makes such a great content and listening to his narration of DK games is just so enjoyable to hear. Keep up the awesome work Dunkey.
Donkey Kong for the GB was one of my favorite games growing up!
How is there so much history behind just one game? Hot damn brings a tear to my eye
It was the first big hit from the person most often cited as the greatest video developer of all time. That's how.
1:55 hit me right in the feels. Thanks Donker
same 😭
What's the name of this track?
@@DarkSayno "Title Theme - Donkey Kong (NES)"
Mario came a long way from jumping over barrels now he has cappy to help him get further. Imagine a Donkey Kong arcade mod with cappy and Donkey Kong having other enemies go after Mario as he throws the barrels to increase the difficulty. Cool video. ^_^
This was one of my favorite gameboy games as a kid. always thought it was ridiculous how good it was. this and super mario land 2 punched far above there weight and still hold up today.
Donkey Kong December is truly the new Patrick Swayze Christmas of our time.
Once again, Dunkey proves that he is the best RUclipsr because there are 0 dislikes in this video. Truly one of the videos ever made
Well, I can't see the dislike count so... I agree.
I can see the dislike count and I'm afraid that there are 174 dislikes in this video right now.
The amount of history and tracing back features in this 5 min video is awe inspiring
Top Video Game Franchises of all Tim:
1. Knack 2
2. Knack 1
3. Dunkey Munkey
I watch Dunkey for the comedy but him teaching me the history of video games is just as entertaining
This feels like it’s becoming an entire series just on the history of Mario and I’m here for it
Who's Mario? This is a Donkey Kong channel
@@jhamPlays except for on Mario Mondays
It’s donkey Kong December!
I love the love you give to the Donkey kong games, even if it feels low key an joke, Donkey its actually builing up to the point that Donkey kong is the Alpha and the omega of everything.
I'm so grateful he covered this version of Donkey Kong. I've always been a huge fan of Donkey Kong 94' and I've always thought it's so criminally underrated.
Also monkey.
I played that donkey kong gameboy game all throughout my youth. It was such a gem of a game. It had everything you wanted in a game and more.