I just love how my generations slang has developed into "Cooked" and "comp" its so goofy. I wonder what the comments would be 14 years ago when this game released.
Wow, they really remade this almost exactly, just with a slightly different timbre for the instruments (and DANG that piano glissando is just perfect). I also like the new part they added near the end; it feels so grand and heroic, like DKC really has...well, returned!
Still love this game to this day and im glad people are coming back around to listen to this song scince the game had an amazing soundtrack. Possibly one of the most fun games from when I was younger.
Honestly, I've never stopped loving this game, it's just that the donkey kong IP has just been mediocre at best for years, the only thing Nintendo ever does with it makes a game every couple of years if we're lucky, and then throw him in all the party games they make. This game was probably in the top 5 best Wii games I had as a kid, it's just Nintendo didn't let the donkey kong franchise bloom like it could have
Man...I first got Donkey Kong Country Returns as a Christmas gift back in 2010, just a few days after seeing a commercial for it on TV. Me and my brothers put it in, and as soon as I heard this music again...I was home!
Same here. But I got it after going to a toy store. I think it was the 23rd of December. My mom made me choose between this and a cool little robot. Easy decision 😅
I really love how one half acts as new version of island swing, and the next is a more upbeat reinterpretation of the later part of island swing. Its great!
this was my first donkey kong country game i ever played. i remember learning how the game works, and all of a sudden, as im crossing the bridge and see the ship go by, i just hear 1:47, and i stop. this part gave me SO many chills. so i keep going. and i stop AGAIN, when the horns come in. at this point, i kill whatever enemies are on the screen currently, drop the controller, and just listen.
If we're talking strictly 2d platformers, then yeah Mario is outclassed. But including 3d platformers, Mario is in first place, no contest. I'd say that Mario would lap DK in that race too lol
@@EM7575 i don't think the 3d ones are that good to lap dk, especially with super midio odyssey. although dk64 sucks too so they balance each other out i guess. i'd say that dk wins vs mario if we include 3d, but it's close. if we include spinoffs though, mario laps bc dk spinoffs are straight cheeks. just my opinion tho
@@ecstaticwooper368 there are some comparatively mediocre 3d Marios, like 64 and Sunshine imo, but even those are pretty good games. Both Galaxies are the best ones, and Odyssey was good imo (esp when compared to the prior entry). Not saying that DK Country 1-3 and the 2 Retro-made games are bad. They are very very good. But I think when the 3d Marios are added onto the 2d ones, Mario is a tiny bit above DK. World and the first few new Super Mario games were also pretty good. With that being said, it's obviously just my opinion. I mostly just think they are neck-and-neck rather than thinking Mario outright wins. And I'll admit that I don't have the same nostalgia for DK as I do for Mario, so I guess I have a slight bias lol.
@@EM7575 eh i didn't think 64 was mediocre, actually quite cool, if rather flawed and frustrating, but yeah the galaxies were great, just not enough to carry the mediocre 2d games past dk imo. For me world and the new soup series were some of the worst offenders, they just do absolutely nothing interesting or unique. I don't got nostalgia for either (maybe a bit of new-stalgia for dkc2 but other than that nah) so this is probably unbiased other than the obvious opinionation of this discussion, but yeah, good talk. (also, just curious, what do you like about mario world? I personally have no clue what somebody could possibly like about that game but i know there has to be something i'm missing because, y'know, opinions)
I always wanted to play this game! I played on my Switch the original Donkey Kong Country from 1994 and always looked forward to playing DKCR, despite the fact that I never had a Wii. Now it swings on the Switch on 16th January 2025!! 😊
@@fishyperil2153It Is Better Just I Don't Like The Bosses For These Two Games (Bashmaster Tho Is An Exception) BC They Didn't Really Do Anything TO Threatening Like The TIKI'S Just Stole Dks Banana Horde And The Snowmads Just Took Over His Island But King K.Rool Is Honestly More Deadlier BC He Was Threatening To Literally Kill DK In Dkc2 And DK And DD In Dkc3 And Was Gonna Blow Up The Whole Island In Dk64 So K.Rool Is More Deadlier
man, when i was a little man, i kept replaying the first level cause those plant chompers dudes on the second level were terrifying. probably why i like this song so much. i no longer think they are scary but i wish my friends would play this game with me cause this a real good game.
I played this game with my dad when i was 5 on the family Wii. now i'm 18. I didn't get very far in this game because it was too hard for me at the time. Hopefully i can finish it eventually
I used to play this with my brother, but got stuck at world 7. I finished the game a while back with a friend. And recently, I’ve been trying to beat the game + K-levels with him. I hadn’t done any of those before. They certainly aren’t easy.
Ah yes the game in which 7/8 year old me got stuck in a place in which it was so easy to get out from LMAO, but of course I was 7/8 years old, so of course I would get stuck in places that were easy to get out from LMAO, anyways good game good game it was ^u^
This era of gaming was golden
Ah the memories
god, I remember playing this when I was like 7, 8, something like that. good times.
Eh, above average imo, like B tier
The Wii was honestly a god tier console
Nah it wasn't the era of gaming twas the era of your life
The intro did not have to go that HARD BRO THE WAY IT BUILDS UP 🔥 THEY COOKED
Fr
Can’t stop rewinding
Ong
I just love how my generations slang has developed into "Cooked" and "comp" its so goofy. I wonder what the comments would be 14 years ago when this game released.
@@Oceansprayq23would you be surprised that I’m 24 years old?
the buildup is the best !
Love it!!!!!
Yeah!!
whoa how are all these comments so recent, i’m glad people are coming back to relive their childhood memories
lmao yeah
maybe recommendations doing its magic?
I just remembered this out of nowhere
@@TheAlison1456 fr
I feel old
Fr
1:00 is probably what you're looking for
@ongezellig.fax
69 likes currently, nice!
Why would I skip to the climax? It's the build-up that makes it feel so good!
Absolutely, but we also need the progression to the climax of this masterpiece
Yeah
Wow, they really remade this almost exactly, just with a slightly different timbre for the instruments (and DANG that piano glissando is just perfect). I also like the new part they added near the end; it feels so grand and heroic, like DKC really has...well, returned!
I miss having fun early the childhood
We gettin out of the jungle w this one lol
Still love this game to this day and im glad people are coming back around to listen to this song scince the game had an amazing soundtrack. Possibly one of the most fun games from when I was younger.
Honestly, I've never stopped loving this game, it's just that the donkey kong IP has just been mediocre at best for years, the only thing Nintendo ever does with it makes a game every couple of years if we're lucky, and then throw him in all the party games they make. This game was probably in the top 5 best Wii games I had as a kid, it's just Nintendo didn't let the donkey kong franchise bloom like it could have
They need to remaster this game on the switch
Been begging Nintendo for a remaster on the switch since tropical freeze came out
I agree
@@Raph-T.M.FUm Your Wish Has Now Been Granted.
Man...I first got Donkey Kong Country Returns as a Christmas gift back in 2010, just a few days after seeing a commercial for it on TV. Me and my brothers put it in, and as soon as I heard this music again...I was home!
🎉🎉🎉🎉
Same, I got it for Christmas that year as well along with the red Mario Wii bundle with new super Mario bros Wii and Wii sports.
Same here. But I got it after going to a toy store. I think it was the 23rd of December. My mom made me choose between this and a cool little robot. Easy decision 😅
Bro, this game was the bomb
Man I miss this game. I remember playing it with my brother all the time.
Bro same
so, we need wii emulator. lol. (im using dolphin emulator for android)
Dolphin emulator
I really love how one half acts as new version of island swing, and the next is a more upbeat reinterpretation of the later part of island swing.
Its great!
Better yet: the original second half is actually its own song, in 1-2, King Of Cling!
And the journey begins…
Did anyone else ever try to see how far they could get in the level before the part at 1:00 kicked in? Or was that just a weird "me" thing-
when 58 seconds comed i'm already cleared stage 1. because i played it at 8x speed
I did alot, it was fun to race it
this was my first donkey kong country game i ever played. i remember learning how the game works, and all of a sudden, as im crossing the bridge and see the ship go by, i just hear 1:47, and i stop. this part gave me SO many chills. so i keep going. and i stop AGAIN, when the horns come in. at this point, i kill whatever enemies are on the screen currently, drop the controller, and just listen.
This game made up my entire childhood, good times
Sammmeee bro. And new super Mario bros ds
@@WeegeedoodSame dude.
The Return of the King of Swing Returns! In the New Year 2025!
Time to relieve our childhood, boys!
Yes sirrrrr
These were the golden days
If Mario is Nintendo’s poster character then why did his platformers come second place for 2 console generations? Long live DK
second place is being generous
If we're talking strictly 2d platformers, then yeah Mario is outclassed. But including 3d platformers, Mario is in first place, no contest. I'd say that Mario would lap DK in that race too lol
@@EM7575 i don't think the 3d ones are that good to lap dk, especially with super midio odyssey. although dk64 sucks too so they balance each other out i guess. i'd say that dk wins vs mario if we include 3d, but it's close. if we include spinoffs though, mario laps bc dk spinoffs are straight cheeks. just my opinion tho
@@ecstaticwooper368 there are some comparatively mediocre 3d Marios, like 64 and Sunshine imo, but even those are pretty good games. Both Galaxies are the best ones, and Odyssey was good imo (esp when compared to the prior entry).
Not saying that DK Country 1-3 and the 2 Retro-made games are bad. They are very very good. But I think when the 3d Marios are added onto the 2d ones, Mario is a tiny bit above DK. World and the first few new Super Mario games were also pretty good.
With that being said, it's obviously just my opinion. I mostly just think they are neck-and-neck rather than thinking Mario outright wins. And I'll admit that I don't have the same nostalgia for DK as I do for Mario, so I guess I have a slight bias lol.
@@EM7575 eh i didn't think 64 was mediocre, actually quite cool, if rather flawed and frustrating, but yeah the galaxies were great, just not enough to carry the mediocre 2d games past dk imo.
For me world and the new soup series were some of the worst offenders, they just do absolutely nothing interesting or unique.
I don't got nostalgia for either (maybe a bit of new-stalgia for dkc2 but other than that nah) so this is probably unbiased other than the obvious opinionation of this discussion, but yeah, good talk.
(also, just curious, what do you like about mario world? I personally have no clue what somebody could possibly like about that game but i know there has to be something i'm missing because, y'know, opinions)
I always wanted to play this game! I played on my Switch the original Donkey Kong Country from 1994 and always looked forward to playing DKCR, despite the fact that I never had a Wii. Now it swings on the Switch on 16th January 2025!! 😊
Definitely check out DKC Tropical Freeze on Switch if you haven't. IMO it's at least as good as this one, if not better.
@@fishyperil2153It Is Better Just I Don't Like The Bosses For These Two Games (Bashmaster Tho Is An Exception) BC They Didn't Really Do Anything TO Threatening Like The TIKI'S Just Stole Dks Banana Horde And The Snowmads Just Took Over His Island But King K.Rool Is Honestly More Deadlier BC He Was Threatening To Literally Kill DK In Dkc2 And DK And DD In Dkc3 And Was Gonna Blow Up The Whole Island In Dk64 So K.Rool Is More Deadlier
Will always be hype
man, when i was a little man, i kept replaying the first level cause those plant chompers dudes on the second level were terrifying.
probably why i like this song so much.
i no longer think they are scary but i wish my friends would play this game with me cause this a real good game.
That’s what I’m thinking about (but the chopper dudes aren’t scary for me)
I almost quit on the chicken and the big head guy because the intro cutscenes for both of them grossed me out until I found the skip button
Well it only has 2 players which is a big flaw. Even on Switch
I played this game with my dad when i was 5 on the family Wii. now i'm 18. I didn't get very far in this game because it was too hard for me at the time. Hopefully i can finish it eventually
I used to play this with my brother, but got stuck at world 7. I finished the game a while back with a friend. And recently, I’ve been trying to beat the game + K-levels with him. I hadn’t done any of those before. They certainly aren’t easy.
IT'S BACK IN THE FORM OF HD XD. But they didn't forget the monkey at least.
Mannnn I can’t wait! Came back cause of it
Kong and the planet of the apes 🦍 🦧 can’t forget the year
People coming in for a nostalgia drive? Count me in.
Doesn't get better than this
I like to dance on the toilet and play this song. It’s fun
This game, is legit amazing
I used to play it on the wii
That’s nice
This is one of those games where no matter how many times I play it, I never get sick of it
whenever i’m about to do some stupid shit this song is playing in my head
This game was (and still is) amazing even down to the world details.
We all know why you’re here
Yes we do🔥🔥
Amen, brother!
Yeah!!!
I cannot.wait to try this on my OLED switch
I didn't come here for that reason, but I'm still hyped that the return of the return returns again.
I need to play the game again for nostalgia
I miss 2010s
@@heitorsantos7046 same here, man.
I just got shot in the head with nostalgia hearing this
Just hooked up my Wii in years that I have not played. Inserted the disk and this banger hits
Nostalgia
Holy shit this game came out 12 years ago???? Idk how I’m going to ever come to terms with aging
1:05 my favorite part
Me too
love the bass riff at 0:54
Juste iconique 😊
Donkey Kong is the king of Swing.
No hay ningún otro soundtrack con este ritmo tan espectacular 😮😮😮
Best song in the whole series
Commenting so you can come back and listen again
doin the same as @practicallydoug5145
Fax it is
Well Gangplank Galleon From Ssbu Is Also UP There
We are so back!
Thanks for golden years of early 2010s!
0:43 imagine this part w/o the bass
This last of us rdr2 and punch out are gonna be so nostalgic for me in 10 years
my 3ds is the best console i have ever had
donkey kong country returns was on of the best games on it
GOLDEN AGE ON TOP
wii also, had the better graphics
Amazing game
1000th like! I love coming back to this masterpiece and the glorious return of my favorite series!
It is a great music because you’re the king of the jungle
A work of art
i remember when my older cousin gave me her will this game and wii sports was on it oh the memories from that golden age
Certified bop
Wish they had the animal noises like birds in the beginning but other than that perfect
Kong.
When times were simple
Awesome
I like this music
Same
Que bonita canción
*The mask goes flying out of the house*
I just love the gerudo theme in OoT!
are you on the wrong video or am i missing something
me too!
this is the exact moment nintendo peaked, because literally nothing beats this
Gives me Madagascar vibes 🦁🦓🦒🦛🐧🐒🏝️
the memories are coming back
I’m definitely rebuying this game and I shouldn’t have let my friends borrow it in the first place
Im so happy i still have my 3ds version i wish i still had my wii version
When dk country returned was the point you heard this in 1-1
So nostalgic
Monke swing.
Nintendo music always just goes unusually hard
David Wise???
Imagine if Donkey Kong started a nightclub
It’s time to rumble
This better be playing in the Donkey Kong area in Super Nintendo Land
Epic
man what a banger
THIS SHIT HEAT
1.25x sounds pretty cool
1:00 best beat drop i know of🔥
Ah yes the game in which 7/8 year old me got stuck in a place in which it was so easy to get out from LMAO, but of course I was 7/8 years old, so of course I would get stuck in places that were easy to get out from LMAO, anyways good game good game it was ^u^
amazing
that bass 🥶
🔥
This gives me Madagascar vibes
I missed that game :(
Brna bre bre brnaaa
🌴🏠🦍
idk if I like this or Jungle Japes better
México
No , Perú
No, South Cárolina
Man
オリックス頓宮選手の登場曲になってほしいなぁ😮
This and mario kart made the man i am
Nenhum brasileiro tem nostalgia dessa musica?
provavelmente sim
@@Moe_NothingOLD Eu tbm sdds da minha época de criança
@@heitorsantos7046
Yeah, but it’s OK. I’ll build a Time Machine.
🦍🐒🌲🌳🌴🗿
ABSOLUTE FIREE OLD NINTENDO ❤❤
They cooked
MONKEEEYYYY
I have become monke
1:01
Nintendo music 🤌🏼