The Paradoxical Perfection of Squitter the Spider -- Designing For Donkey Kong December
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- Опубликовано: 21 дек 2022
- Animal buddies are absolutely fantastic companions in any Donkey Kong Country game. Good friends who serve as an expansion of the Kongs' movesets or emphasize specific features of their gameplay, However, Squitter isn't like that - a slow, projectile-based character who makes their own platforms and can ignore level design. Yet it's how his unique traits are played with inside the constraints of DKC level design that makes him stand out and feel so unique!
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I was a afraid of spiders as a kid, but never Squitter. His smiling face, his goofy ass sneakers, his great color palette and flexibility in traversing every stage he's in has always made him joy to play.
Despite my arachnaphobia, i was never bothered by squitter or the spider boss... thankfully making spiders look goofy and semi unrealistic shuts that down.
@@Ply447 Same, Arich never scared me because his chin was so funny. But Belcha and Squirt... Those things scared the crap out of me.
@@Fancy_Lebowski as a kid, I honestly found Belcha's design to be...dumb, and Squirt I had no idea what I was looking at with him
As somebody who actually likes spiders, that face is WAY scarier than any realistic one would be.
"his goofy ass sneakers"
He's trying his best. Give the spider a break
I'm guessing you are gonna love this.
Someone made a DKC2 hack were the only difference is that you play every level with Squitter. It's called Squitter’s Spider Quest.
squitter helps the kongs because all the kremling aligned bugs called his jordans fake, king zing even referred to them as "dollar store *ss shoes"
Plot twist they were fake, and the kongs gave him real Jordans
@@doom4627 That's how you know the Kongs are good people- they see a poor guy who got suckered to buy FOUR whole pairs of fake shoes and didn't make fun of him, they got him four REAL pairs of shoes to replace them.
@@goranisacson2502Based Kongs
Squitter must have been scared to death when going to the Zinger nest....as wasps put their eggs inside of spiders
Only some wasps
Tarantula hawk
And Squitter does it anyway. Man really goes out there and risks mpreg, just to help the Kongs. That's real friendship, right there.
I could have lived a happy life without knowing this, Y’know.
@@almightyturtle8085 accept everything at face value and life’s gonna be rough
"We want a playable spider in the game that won't put off the arachnophobes."
"Hi-tops."
"Genius."
Quite the Spider.
Feels a touch like Cloud Mario, hopping from web platform to the next.
Squitter was here first. If anything, the Super Mario Galaxy 2 team drew inspiration from DKC2.
@@cannibalisticrequiem Similarity had nothing to do with saying that something from the Wii era somehow influenced a thing on SNES.
i love squitter's gameplay so much i made a romhack that makes you play every DKC2 level as squitter!! i just love the freedom of his control!
Hope Nintendo doesn't find out about it ok
Two animal buddy videos in a row, pretty cool! Honestly Squitter’s mechanics are so well defined that someone made a full on DKC2 hack where you only Play as Squitter throughout the entirely of DKC2.
Also I did not hear any slander about Rick the Hamster, the big distinction between the DKC animal buddies and Kirby’s Animal buddies is that, while DKC’s pals are more inherently power ups and later on level specific gimmicks (Not that is a bad thing) Kirby’s animal friends are full on alternate playable characters having unique distinctions from the Pink Puff and their own takes on Kirby’s copy abilities, Rick himself is the only character in the Kirby series aside from Kirby and Gooey that can actually copy abilities. They may seem similar to each other at first, but these two menageries of rideable buddies take the simple formula that Yoshi established and expanded on it in their own ways.
Weird I had more to talk about Kirby than today’s DK video topic.
Coo and Kine also copy abilities.
Rick topping a Dream Friends list makes me ever so curious for how good he was in the older entries.
Presumably the inspiration here as Star Allies picked up a while after release.
We know he's more than meets the eye. Same for Yoshi. Animal Buddies likewise feel like full-fledged roster members in the platformer that stages account for, may make gimmicks just for, and go beyond power-up.
@@BohemianRaichu Well it’s moreso Kirby inhaling the enemies and transferring his copy abilities to them, Rick straight up eats the enemies and copies with no issue.
I like Rick and Yoshi! But Rick's a bit more limited out of Kirby's animal friends for me, never getting the highs that Kine and especially Coo can reach, despite being the only one who actually eats the enemies on his own. I more appreciate him than enjoy him.
NAGO though. Oh Nago's my guy. Adore him.
@@DesigningFor Having extra jumps definitely makes the sluggish feel of his KDL2 counterpart (Rick) feel more bearable.
I never knew his shoes were branded with donkey Kong initials, cool!
The ending themes to the first two donkey Kong's are unbelievable
When I was little I loved the simplistic might of Rambi or Rattly's crazy leaps, but Squitter is by far my favorite buddy as an adult for all the reasons stated in this
Great analysis! I honestly loved the addition of Squitter for exactly these reasons. He was just quite unique compared to many of the other animal buddies that had basic attributes (barring maybe Ellie).
If they ever make a new Donkey Kong platformer, I hope they bring him back (along with some of the other animal buddies). I was always disappointed the Donkey Kong Returns games only brought back Rambi.
I originally hated Squitter because he's so different in how you use him. But I started to like him more as time went on because I realized he offered more creative freedom in how to play the game, lol.
I love the you are talking about the donkey kong country animal buddies, the most obscure one like squitter because I honestly think he does not get much attention as say Rambi that because the focus solo on momentum.
Not sure who Squitter is but Shoes The Spider is awesome.
Perry Terry Spider: what a great character to play as a spider
I love this constant flow of DK relates videos every day. Thank you :)
5:10
I laughed way harder than I should have here. Someone needs to rom hack that in game
Somehow I have arachnophobia and yet spider characters are usually my favorite characters and designs,This guy is one of those occasions
I was NOT expecting to hear Bernadetta's Sorry here, lmao
Love that Squitter like a Banana Fritter.
This chanel is soo good. I've never had a SNES, played DKC for a little over a week when spending some time on my cousins house circa 2002 or earlier, idk. But i'm binge watching this because it's really well done kind of video, even not relating to anything of my youth.
I really hope thjs string of DK content let a lot of people know more about this channels and the ones involved.
Another great banger for one of the best spiders in gaming
Also I know it's probably too much to ask, but considering how Rattly and Squitter got their own video, I kinda hope that Squacks is next. He is my favorite buddy and I love the kinda almost subtle evolution he got from DKC1 to DKC2
Sadly I think most of my thoughts on him (at least his DKC2 implementation) were said in Bramble Scramble, I got everything else in motion now. With that said, he's definitely the buddy I think has the most left to say on him, especially considering his progression into 64 and the Returns games in a support capacity! Perhaps someday, but I've been making all DK and one brief stop for Dedede for the past six months, I wanna focus on something else after this! For a little while, anyway!
@@DesigningFor Oh thanks for responding, really!!
And yeah I get it. It was just a silly comment I made because I like that dumb little parrot.
Still I appreciate a lot all of the effort you are putting this month. This is already impressive and I am really excited to see what is next in store. Keep up the amazing work :DDDD
This channel is insane. This is like spending decades debating the number the angels on the head of a pin, but for Donkey Kong Country.
Why’d you write 4 separate comments about your hate for these videos? Grow up.
Thank you for your continued support, GrantValdes. Very cool!
@@DisneyDude1928 Still couldn't tell whether or not it was praise. People say something's insane as in cool all the time. Being thorough is also commendable. Also doesn't help he'd used an obscure 17th century metaphor instead of just calling the project pointless, exhibiting a failure to recognize the passion that lead to it being made and the game design principles that are fun and clever. We all have our own eyes.
@@runningoncylinders3829 I know that, but his previous couple comments don’t seem like high praise if you ask me.
This is a compliment
You know in all true honesty this is probably the best youtube channel I've encountered so far
He was always my favorite. So unique and I always felt like I was cheating when playing as him as a kid.... but in a good way.
Animal antics lulles you into a false sense of security with squirter's section, changing into the insanely difficult parrot section
yeah the segment with Squawks will always remain infamous due to the wind, brambles and the unholy amount of Zingers, seriously why does that segment have so many of those damn bee's
Loved this video, you really managed to capture squitter essence
[watching a video for a video game I played like once as a kid] "Ah yes, the character who can shoot projectiles straight ahead and create one or two platforms to jump onto. Yes, I have played Mega Man 1"
Commenting for the sake of the algorithm. Great video as always!
Been loving these vids man, maybe because im on a Donkey Kong thing right now. Replayed the OG trilogy for the millionth time and wanted more so started playing romhacks of each of the 3 and have had a blast. Got my ass kicked a lot which reminded me of when i 1st saw DKC and played, n got my ass kicked lol really dig these vids man they're well done!
You always give consistent quality
i would pay an extortionate amount of money for officially licensed versions of Squitter's sneakers. Spider's got DRIP
Watching this and commenting before Dunkey coincidentally makes a video on the same topic in 2 days time! 😅😅
All Squittriders rise up!
1:44 the pac man smash bros grab range reference lol
THANK YOU I LOVE SQUITTER THE SPIDER AND HIS EPIC DRIP I AM THE NUMBER ONE SQUITTER FAN IN ALL OF REAL LIFE
Been watching these episodes, why because I love playing Donkey Kong all the games.
Well except the one with drums.
Squitter was always my favorite animal buddy since it felt like he had the most capability of any of them. Once you learn about instant platforms and the ins and outs of angling both web shots and platforms, you can blaze through his levels and segments with ease. Unfortunately, if you don't "get" how to handle him, it makes the segments where you are forced to be him very tedious. BUt that was the fun to me, that you had to learn how to use both abilities at once, and have some confidence in yourself when running through the levels to avoid feeling like he's a "stand and shoot" character.
Also Web Woods is the best level in DKC2, and I will hear no counter arguments.
It a freaking spider wearing shoes. That's 😎
Nice analysis for such a Special Attraction - and then you can probably still sink Bulstrode the Barge, too!
Just wanna say you have such an awesome series, thank you!
Finalmente após anos, achei a fanbase de Donkey Kong Country, estou tão emocionado
Squitter really is the best
very nice
I loved playing as squitter as a kid. I still wonder how there isnt an indie game where the whole thing is just the squitter bits, but stretched into a game.
I used to think squitter and rattly were saying jerk when they took a hit
Hashtag Squitter Sweep
Really wish there was a rom hack that made the games use Animal Buddies for EVERY stage, and the one chosen made to make the stage challenging. Stage one gives you Squawks, SAtage 2 gives you Rambi, Stage 3 a water level so you are Engarde, etc. No signs to cancel the until the actual levels end. Animal Buddy Country.
I hope we get to see him in the next DK game!
I bought an SNES controller with all the Turbo and Auto switches for each button in the middle from Blockbuster as a kid. Spamming Squitters ability to spit and deploy the webs while holding Right on the D-Pad to *slooooowly* cross entire levels along the game's ceiling was the only way I cleared one particular stage of DKC2 back then lol
Squitter makes my arachnophobia go
If you set your graphics card to 60Hz you wont get stuttering from SNES emulators.
lanky kong doesnt need animal buddies
Squitter stages/sections legit give me anxiety. I’m not afraid of him but I always feel like I have to slow down and make easy platforms because I’m always so unsure of myself. Don’t even get me started on that bonus room you have to go backwards chasing the cannonball to get into. Talk about getting my heart rate up trying to make it in time.
I refuse to use Squitter unless I absolutely have to. I hate spiders that much.
My favorite animal buddy
Under rated bug
we all miss squitter 😔😔
I wish every month was Donkey Kong December
That’s way too much power for some to handle
A Parallel Bird? (Does nothing) Parry the Parallel Bird!?
Aw, he has sneakers. That's funny. I love that.
Dear god that face though. Rare's character design has never been more questionable.
I love animal friends in games, either Yoshi, Rick The Hamster, Rambi or anyone really
if we do get a new DKC game from Retro, I'm hoping we get more animal buddies either new or returning ones, I mean Rambi is cool and everything....but I miss seeing the likes of Engaurde, Expresso, Winky and Squitter
I liked the spider because he had shoes and shot a dang gun
6 months only man
He called Kiddy Kong 'donor's 10:08
4:57 Multiple vertical shafts with deadly _what_ now?
Most frightening spider in fiction
nice
Squitter is a mad lad
Can you do an analysis all the donkey Kong 64 level frantic factory and boss
Will Chunky Kong get his own video too, someday?
epic
0:43 just a shame those appeared more because infinitely more people care about them lmao
So how many games lt him land on enemies?
I know this is irrelevant to the video but if it wasn't for the DK coin being locked in the goal post, Web Woods would have a better reputation. Sure, it's not a great stage to represent Squitter's skills but having to do it again just to get the coin is pretty stressful and unfair.
I'm going to have to contest a single point of yours in the video. For some, ungodly and unexplained reason there's a decent chance that when you shoot a third platform web the game just decides to erase the web platform you're standing on EVEN if it's the newest one. There were numerous times when i've seen the platform under me just randomly disappear, which is extra frustrating in stages like Animal Antics or Web Woods...ugh.
bernadetta jumpscare at 8:04?
I honestly found web woods to be pretty boring personally.
Like, it never felt threatebed any time, and the no floor gimmick is cool for a while, then it becomes a kinda there thing that just makes the level slower and makes you more bored.
It doesn't help the level is easy as pie too.
the factory level in 3 is the best level with the buddy for me.
Web Woods easy?
*Laughs*
poor dinky kong
4:12 How is the player supposed to know that's there?
It's marked by the single banana and is behind the only bee in the room, who otherwise does not need to be interacted with at all.
There are some WAY worse ones in Chain Link Chamber, that one's comparatively fair!
Wait, he can jump on enemies in DKC3?
It's very rare you'd do it instead of just shooting them, and there aren't that many TO jump on in the levels he shows up in but yeah, it's easiest to do on Rekoils or Kopters.
Squitter's face in his artwork never looked right to me. Even when playing as him, I envisioned him without a discernible mouth much less teeth.
Y'all gonna leave Rick alone! 😡
He's very fun to use but he also makes levels way too easy
10:08 Dinky Kong??
It's his Japanese name. Lets Kiddy still have the "DK" initials that all the other playable SNES Kongs have.
@@DesigningFor Wow! My mind is blown. I knew I'd heard it before, but I assumed it was a random side Kong from something niche like the TV show.
Great content by the way! I'm glad YT showed me your channel!
squitter can completely skip most of web woods. just web above the top of the level
also lol my avatar
Do you prefer Sonic Adventure or Adventure 2?
Each one does something better than the other
what about the Jordan emu
Espresso’s Jordans are fake.
This ostrich got me saying expresso for the coffee, as a kid not knowing it had been a portmanteau of express and espresso. But I guess lots of people say expresso anyway whether they know the bird or not so lol.
who T.H. is Dinky Kong?
Kiddy's Japanese name.
You've spelled S H O E S wrong
It’s espresso, not exspresso
The character in DKC is named Expresso in spite of the way the coffee is spelled.
dinky? :(
I'm enjoying these videos, but can you knock off the Yoshi hate, please? He walked in SMW so the Animal Buddies could run, and Yoshi's Island is sheer PERFECTION.
I only make fun of him because I love him. Yoshi's Island, Woolly World, heck even Yoshi's Story I truly do enjoy a lot!
You went a little too far with the random sound effects on this one.
I’m gonna have to disagree with this video. Squiitter is a complete pace breaker slowing down levels while you place platforms and shoot enemies and while free movement around the level seems fun the mechanic where it seems that putting out another platform destroys the one you’re not standing on instead of the one that was placed first seems like it would be better but it just makes him feel inconsistent and frustrating.
While I do see that, and felt that somewhat as a kid going through Web Woods, Squitter is incredibly fun to optimize. Insta-platforms create so much momentum for the character, especially ascending upward, and are entirely skill check and confidence based. If he didn't have DKC's basic momentum, I'd agree with you, but there's something about combining his flexibility with the natural flow of DKC that just works for me. Another comment compared him to Cloud Mario in Galaxy 2, and while I do think he's inherently a bit more cautious than that (albeit more forgiving due to infinite plats rather than a limit of 3), he's probably the buddy that I find the most joy getting better with. Him or Squawks, tough call there!
Squitter was kind of overated. I think people just loved the idea of a horizontal shooting animal, but the platform making was kind of clunky.
The aesthetic of a leopard spider with converse sneakers probably appealed to fans of cheetoz and Sonic
I used to hate him, but now I love him. He’s really good, especially when you master it
some people get way to into video games