Minimum Banana Challenge - How many Levels can you Beat in Donkey Kong Country 2 with Zero Bananas?
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- Опубликовано: 22 апр 2020
- Taking inspiration from the No Coin Challenge in Mario games, I’ve yearned to try the no banana variant in the Donkey Kong Country series, seeing only failed attempts. Turns out there’s a good reason, but that won’t stop me from trying. We’re taking an extensive look into Donkey Kong Country 2 as we explore challenges involving bananas, ultimately breaking down every single level in the game.
The dynamic buddy system with Diddy and Dixie, and also the subtle differences between the two, makes for an engaging challenge. Whenever a banana blocker shows up (and they will), we have a myriad of different strategies to employ in attempt to dodge the bananas. The Damage Boost alone offers unbelievable potential, but we also have the Team-Up Toss, the Spin Jump, and each stage has a unique gimmick which can be exploited in its own ways. And sometimes we just need to switch to Diddy because only he can fit through a tight passage. There’s much much much to talk about, probably why the video is over an hour! The best part of it all, is gliding with Dixie’s hair twirl is no longer a crutch, but absolutely mandatory in many levels. Indeed, there’s nothing easy about this challenge, other than maybe Gangplank Galleon. But from Crocodile Cauldron all the way to K. Rool’s Keep, we have devious levels always keeping us on our toes. But don’t worry! I’ve gone through these machinations already. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy this deep delve into one amazing game.
After humming “Welcome to Crocodile Isle“ for a long time, I knew that ending had to be done. Fun Fact: I have a weird fascination with Zingers and I can’t explain it-oh and only in Donkey Kong Country 2 specifically.
Uncommented footage of every level I completed in this challenge: • Minimum Banana Challen...
#donkeykongcountry #donkeykong #challenge
Links!
Discord: discordapp.com/invite/kZrGsUM
Twitter: / particularmushy
Extras Channel: / particularextras
Credits:
Shoutout to DKC Atlas and The Spriters Resource; the video would not be nearly as good without the resources there.
See my predecessors try and complete this challenge:
• Is It Possible To Beat...
• Donkey Kong Country 2 ...
EDIT:
• Donkey Kong Country 2 ...
This video comes with a few updates:
Toxic Tower is doable in 0 as suspected
Ghostly Grove can be done in 2
Rickety Race and Rambi Rumble can get under 20 
Игры
I swear, Particular has one of the most relaxing and somewhat soothing voices I've heard on RUclips.
I know right!?
Walter Clements yes he does
The only better one is ceave gaming, but it IS sothing
Agreed
yes him and good times with scar
I was like, "That was a very long opening." then i saw the video was an hour long.
Same.
It's still a 4th of the video though...
still too long
@@redpup6931It's actually a 5th
That got dang moment when he says "hello everyone" after 13 minutes of video and reveals that it was JUST THE INTRO
WHAT
"Squitter has a quac quac and a qwawawa."
god damn that hit me completelly off guard, i almost chocked on water.
17:44
Finally he’s back!!!!!
I agree!!!!
To kick some tail
performing for you
Still waiting on Pinna Park
Preforming for you
12:35 "We're talkin Strategy, We're talkin Technical Precision, We're talking *PURE RAGE TOWARDS YELLOW FRUIT!"*
This man ends a nearly year long hiatus with a wonderfully crafted, well edited hour long video. This was a fun ride, I missed this channel. Also I really liked that 'between a banana and a spiky boy' running joke.
i agree
Wish this man came back
@@agentblackbird9435 We all do, he'll be back one day!
~~Between bannannas!!!
And a spiky boi!~~
31:55
35:57
47:48
1:00:16
Thank you, heroic RUclips viewer.
I've done this challenge for all three SNES DKC games YEARS ago (2011-2012)! This brings back so many memories! I originally came across this idea from my brother who wanted to see in DKC1 who could get the lowest amount of bananas through the whole game. My total for DKC 2 was 214 for Any%, but have yet to do 100% in any of the games as a matter of fact. The idea of using Klobbers in my run though seemed too gimmicky since you can just do that and leave the world everytime you collected any, ruining the integrity of the challenge in the first place. So for this sake, I just only include the bananas that I purposely have to collect in a universal counter.
HERE IS MY VIDEO OF WHICH I AM COMPARING THIS DETAILED DESCRIPTION BETWEEN THE TWO VIDEOS : ruclips.net/video/UyXLe8UViNQ/видео.html
My Video vs His Video! Let the GAMES BEGIN!!!
SORTING: My # of bananas is my run that I list first, and in parenthesis will be his banana count (his run) and the strats we used:
NOTE: He seems to use strategies within a level as opposed to death abusing to get another Kong Barrel from a safer level within the area, so my run and banana count might differ slightly from his routing (Example: Bramble Blast checkpoint dying to get a DK barrel in earlier stage and damage abusing to dodge some more bananas). I would like to know if that is allowed for this challenge that you set. Anyway, without further ado, here we go!
WORLD 1:
11 (4) Biggest problem I had was using 2 more warps than I needed to.
WORLD 2:
19 (14) I took an extra warp compared to him and grabbed 1 extra without utilizing the trick with Diddy to avoid the 1 in Lava Lagoon.
Overall, my World 1 and 2 are garbage because of warping over doing the level. Just un-knowledgeable back then I guess, but the rest from here gets a lot more interesting anyway!
WORLD 3:
73 with Bramble Blast, 28 without (36 without Bramble Blast, ?? with all stages) The biggest optimization I had was Barrel Bayou and Krockhead Klamber. Basically in Barrel Bayou you can avoid grabbing all the bananas (11:44 in my video) and only grab a partial amount of them. In Krockhead Klamber, (15:40-15:57 in my video), I utilize more gliding with Dixie and bouncing on enemies to surpass Kroc heads which contain 2 sets of bananas. I wish that he went through the entire Bramble Blast and see if he would utitize death abuse to dodge more bananas like in my run (example: 22:30 in my video). Otherwise continued as normal!
WORLD 4:
58 with all stages, 11 with counted stages (10 with counted stages, ?? with all stages)
Hornet Hole we both had the same amount, but I took Squitter Route and ended up with the same amount as him. Target Terror sadly was not discussed, but with checkpoint death abuse for a DK barrel later, I got 20 in that stage. Interestingly in Bramble Scramble, we both get past the first Banana Barrage, but I use a much bigger damage boost by throwing kongs and damaging yourself at a specific time which gives a MAJOR height boost (32:30 my video), but his way is a lot more simple! ^^
*WITH THIS STRATEGY IN MIND, SOME OTHER LEVELS MIGHT BE DOABLE WITH LESS BANANAS SO KEEP THAT IN NOTE!!!*
Anyway, he has me beat in this level by 1 banana with the divot advantage he used at 32:20.
RICKETY RACE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE!!!
(35:40 in my video) I purposely stall the skull cart for about 2 minutes to let the Kremling ensure that they get ahead of me so I can place last in the race. This is because when you hit them from going too fast, you get bananas from them, and overall is more dangerous to dodge at faster speeds, so I wait about 2 minutes to ensure that they all reach the end of the stage without running into any! You can control the speed of your cart at this point in time and only need to speed up when you cross over open gaps. With this strategy in mind, I was able to get only 9 bananas from this stage through the means of cart jumping timing. A VERY challenging and tedious stage to say the least though!
Rambi Rumble I had only gotten 6 before the checkpoint with a damage boost into a zinger (42:20 in my video). Rambi can do a double jump if timed correctly after doing a dash attack. I hate that row of unavoidable bananas myself during the queen bee chase section! xD For some reason, there was a lot of audio issues in the second half of the stage, and if I remember correctly there was some kinda weird issue with Windows Movie Maker that I didn't check during reformatting when I was getting it in MP4 format (This was 2012, Windows Movie Maker soooo oldschool! :P). Either way, ended up with a total of 18 bananas for that level so I think it could be barely possible with your trophy counter.
WORLD 5:
42 with all stages, 12 with counted stages (21 with counted stages, ?? with all stages)
Ghostly Grove has another strategy at the first banana arch to where you can buddy jump after using the barrel to get rid of the zinger to only collect 1 instead of your route going over it, but hey I like your way too! ^^ (46:40 in my video). The second set with 2 banana archs can actually be done with only collecting 1 in it (47:25 in my video). Basically you have to jump really low on the rope and grab the very bottom of the next one and use the dodge technique you display for the second one. So with that I managed to only get 2 in this stage compared to your 5.
Haunted Hall...................................................Yeah, this stage sucks....Only tricks you can use are hit abuse ones for certain parts of the route and going through a bonus stage to bypass an area with more bananas. 30 Bananas here. You are right, alongside Bramble Blast, worst stage for banana collecting.
Gusty Glade
I love your updated tech for reaching Rattley!
I remember these ;)
@@WilfredCthulu Aww, that's so nice to hear that people actually remember my old videos from so long ago!
This is great! Would like to see some sort of tally somewhere so this can be optimized by the whole community. Like a speedrun leaderboard!
@@ness682 Yep 2012 I just randomly had that stuff on.
This was a good read, thanks for the in-depth comment! I wish I could have tried some of these strategies out for this video! I should have known after all the trouble Ghostly Grove was, that there would have been a way to get less, but I didn’t catch it. I’m really surprised you can get Rickety Race under 20; I figured there was nothing that would even come close.
12:36 has to have the best quote: "We're talking *pure rage towards yellow fruit* !"
Between banana and a spiky boi!!!!
Sadly it also implies we have to hate mangoes and pineapples as well.
@@besquareorbethere8093 Truly a shame.
I feel bad because I forgot I was subbed to you or that you even existed. Glad to see ya back! You are so underrated, and I love your voice.
Same
same here, I saw him and thought "why do I know him" his mario sunshine videos are great.
Yeah I had this experience a while back until his Sunshine video showed up in my recommended again. His videos are so good and pleasant that I probably filed him under "Major RUclipsrs who upload weekly or monthly" when I subscribed to him. But he really doesn't have too many videos. It makes the channel feel like it must be a passion project of his, rather than a job or an attempt to imitate other people. It's really great. Long live Particular Mushroom -- see you guys on his next video, whenever that may be!
I don’t often watch things again, but every once in a while, I’ll drop in to rewatch this. Something about it puts me at ease, and I’m not sure why. 😅
Anyway, I hope that everybody is having a nice holiday season. 😌
Oh my god... The myth... The man..... The legend.... PMushy. He's returned! Salvation!
with an hour long video!
Only 13 minutes in and I already love this video.
That was a magnificent introduction to the challenge. It's like I'm watching an exciting documentary.
Just finished watching it all and it was definitely worth it.
I really enjoyed the effort put into the video, it was really entertaining.
Love that outro music too.
finally, mushroom GOD is back.
all hail the mushroom god¡¡¡¡¡¡¡
Heeelll
36:02 Seeing those Sonic knockoffs earlier in the level made Diddy want to try to charge a Spin Dash attack himself.
He’s back!
*He's back?*
Aryan Descendant HE’S BACK!
@@Jake_Josh
*HE'S BACK*
HEEEEE'S BAAAAAACK!
28:35 isn’t it crazy how we all cal (myself included) l this track “Stickerbrush symphony” when it’s officially called “stickerBUSH symphony?” It doesn’t make sense because there are actual sticker bushes in it.
Amazing vid by the way
28:31*
@@ryanbradley248 you can edit comments
Aaron Vey I’m aware. But I hate the “(edited)” sign that pops up.
@@ryanbradley248 why?
It's nothing to be ashamed of
Red happy??
Ooooh.. Kong-Quest. As in Conquest.
I wonder why no one noticed that before.
mind = fucking blown
I'm sure people have
Your editing is so full of life, I love it.
It looks like some of the Bronze medal stages could have several bananas shaved off of them, Gusty Glade and Parachute Panic being chief among them. You'd need a TAS to do that though, and it wouldn't make them silver medals, but it's still worth mentioning. Also, frickin awesome vid man!
Pretty sure if you shave off all possible bananas, then it instantly makes it a silver, due to silver being minimum and bronze being “able to be reduced if you have skill”
@@azericthetraveller6355 Maybe. I thought Silver meant copping 1-2 bananas, and copper being anything over that. Gonna have to rewatch it
🎶 He's finally back, performing for you if you know the words you can join in too🎶
🎶He's back again and about time too and this time, he's avoiding fruit🎶
He may leave for a couple of months; but when hes back hes got quality and quantity.
The production quality is amazing.
Oh heck, Particular upload.
Time to get to watching.
Oh also, play some T&T some time again ;)
Btw, sorry for bringing GBJ memes to this comment, they're inevitable tbh.
Hey jet! It’s always a nice surprise to see your comments outside of dad’s videos.
@@StompyRoA appreciate it.
What's up Jet? Good to hear from you again! Ah Tooth and Tail, what a great game!
ey!
Your back he is alive long live Particular Mushroom
Seinfeld: “WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH FLOATING BANANAS?!”
Do another one of these, because damn was this good. Watched it all in one sitting and couple that with the pleasing OST's and interesting tech, well hopefully we see another.
I cannot stress this enough, your voice is incredible and your content is my favorite thing to see in my feed.
Good to have you back, PMushy!
Thanks for being an awesome RUclipsr.
Chao Gardener hello drr from particular discord (tm)
Isabelle w/ a Hammer sends his regards
A Ness Main havent heard that name in a loooong time
Celica I left after some dumb dispute on the Discord server. Still debating rejoining.
Good job to everyone who guessed the video in the particular discord
Cardboard's Videos hi cardboard from particular discord (tm)
33:47 "near the end of the level is where things *bog* down a bit"
don't think I didn't see what you did there! Excellent video so far, and super impressive how you did each stage completely fairly!!
I have zero desire to do these kinds of challenges, but seeing how much creativity they inspire.. if i ever make a platformer, ima make sure this kind of challenge isn't impossible
some men want to watch the world burn
1 hour of my favorite game ever? Very yes. I now expect you to make a particularly detailed video on DKC3, too!
Honestly one of the best videos I think I've ever seen, great job! I really appreciated your deeper discussion and breakdown of every level in the game, and you did an excellent job, coming in at a nice total. Was amazing to watch until the very end.
The return of the king.
Seriously though, I appreciate the time you put into making this video as content-packed as possible. Great quality as usual
Glad to have you back! Ever since I first found the Turbo-Box challenge vid you've been one of my favourite youtubers.
Dude this was a very fun video to watch. Donkey Kong country 2 is one of my most favorite games and seeing you do all these maneuvers and strategies in my favorite game was just so intriguing to watch. The editing is great and the visual jokes are amazing. Thank you so much for making this video.
"Oh... Banana"? more like "No Banana!"
Nobanana
More like banano
6:00 Thanks for bringing this to my attention!
I'm too sleepy to remember everything that comes to my mind about this, but I do look forward to seeing how this goes in other DK games, & what records can be broken!
Great to have you uploading, & I'm eager for more!
Love ya Mushroom, your vids are so in depth and full of charm and care, all while being genuine.
Another A+ production under the belt!
What a fun channel, so happy I found it. You manage to be both wholesome, entertaining AND informative.
This was very fun to watch!! Donkey kong is definitely hard as is, this is another way to make it even harder! Thank you for including captions, those always help watching videos ^^
So, I have a ritual for your videos.
I listen to them to fall asleep, since you have such a soothing voice, and then I find I have nice dreams about the games in them (especially the sunshine ones, which is my favorite game). Then, I look through my history and actually watch them during the day. So like, thanks. You're a great creator.
High level of detail.
Good editing.
Trick explanations.
Nice comedy.
Enjoyable voice.
Long enough to really sit back and relax with it.
Top tier video! Definately hoping for more challenge run videos in the future, once I'm done watching your others.
Instant sub as soon as you talked about the spider's web abilities. Just the right amount of insightful commentary mixed with silly humor without over the top reactions makes you a great watch. Thanks for the entertainment!
What a lad. DKC2 is my favorite game of all time so to see someone put the work into doing a run like this just warms my heart to see. Excellent job
Fantastic Video as always! I really enjoyed the editing and jokes in this one, it feels like a good direction for you! Can't wait to see what you make next!
I'm only 13 minutes in but I'm enjoying the video. I like the little prologue about the philosophy of challenge runs and what what a good one versus what's just an endurance test and/or exercise in tedium. Great stuff, and worth discussing before defining the main challenge.
The freaking coolest fungi is back. You are awesome Particular Mushroom!!! Please keep making the premium content. It is a big deal when you upload. :3
Fantastic, another enthralling video. Don’t worry about video length being too long, I could watch a two hour Particular Mushroom video without hesitation. I never played a classic DKC game but this has certainly showcased what makes them classics
Finally, when the world needs him most, he has returned.
Our hero the mushroom of particularity has returned
I knew subscribing was worth it
Man, I'm glad I found your Sunshine videos in my recommends a week or so ago. I absolutely love your videos and just how deep you go into them, along with your nice voice and silly jokes. Good stuff! Excited to see more from you!
things I learned today, Diddy and Bootleg Sonic hate this run
Finally glad to see a new video from you, can't wait to watch every second. You make wonderful videos.
you are one of my favorite youtubers ever thank you so much for the work you put into your videos you actually change lives
Why not do the harder version,
“Can you beat Kirby Star Allies without collecting an extra life”
Not proud to admit it, but the part with the spider, where you explained the "Quwep-Qwuep". and the "Quwoawoawoa", was pretty funny to me :)
Consistently high quality content with every single upload. Definitely one of my favorite channels. Videos are worth the wait,
Dude, I thought you were de-HOLY ONE HOUR AND SIX MINUTES, like jezzums man now I see why
Glad to see you back! Youre one of my favourite content creators so it was a great surprise when I saw this in my sub box. Keep it up!
Glad you're back! Your videos are always of excellent quality, well edited!
Was sad to not see a Luigi’s Mansion video of some kind this past Halloween, but I’m surprised and happy to see you’re still here making videos! Another great video per usual Mushy 👍
also omgggg i’m so happy to finally have a new video to watch from you, love your videos, they’re all amazing!
You are seriously the most underrated youtuber ever. Big props to you.
I gotta say, the quality of your videos keeps getting better!
I only just found this channel the other day, noticed the last video posted was months ago, and subbed anyway. Got so excited this was posted (DKC 1 and 2 were a big part of my childhood) and I fell asleep halfway through, oops-
Twelve minutes in, I was like "...Wait, how long IS this video?"
And then I checked.
And then I realized that I was in for one hell of a wild ride.
So happy you are back. ♥️
This makes my day.
This has to be my favorite video on RUclips
I have watched it countless time already
I love how hard you work for these videos--your channel is such a treasure!
Yo! a new PM episode! The production quality seems to be increasing with every video :D loving it mah dude
Funny, informative and insane gameplay truly one of the finest challenge runs on the platform
Particular, you beautiful bastard! I thought you were gone for good! Glad you’re making videos again! Hope your life is still well and stable!
Wow what an amazing video and well done challenge. Thank you so much for such an excellent and thoughtful video about this game 💕
You're back!
I was rewatching your videos and when I got back around to the Kirby's Epic Yarn one I was surprised to see that it'd been almost a year since that one!
Well now I'm even more surprised to see this video pop up just two days after I'd finished my rewatch!
PMushy! It's been ages! I'm glad that you uploaded, I love watching your vids!
Wow. I just remembered this guy yesterday and was disappointed that his most recent video was from many months ago.
yooo i was literally thinking a few days ago "i wonder when particular mushroom will upload again" and here it is, well worth the wait
Yo! My favorite mushroom out with a new video! Love your work!!
Keep up the awesome work
Love the vid, I'd love more long vids like ths, makes fantastic background vids
Mr. Mushroom, you are accused of making too good videos, what do you have to say to your defense?
Doesn’t matter, I sentience you to making more awsome videos.
You put so much effort into your videos even if it takes forever Its worth it!
this is the best tribute to one of my favorite games growing up
The amount of time and effort that went into this video is astonoshing. I can only imagine the amount of time it took to complete this challenge. Very well done. I look forward to your next video.
woo, he's back
He's alive!
HE'S ALIVE!
ALIVEEEEE!
Just discovered your channel. Love this content! At first I was daunted by the long video and seemingly mundane topic but your voice and charm sold me.
I've never seen your content on RUclips before, but this is a really great video. Well constructed, fun to watch, and all the effort you put in really shows. You've clearly poured tons of hard work into your channel, and it pays off in the form of thoroughly informative, entertaining videos on all kinds of really cool games. Glad I happened across your stuff- Subscribed!
The comedic timing on the whole video is on point, I love it.
I can't believe I just watched a 1 hour video of someone avoiding bananas in DKC2 and enjoyed it all the way through. Amazing video!
13 minutes into the video before dropping the true challenge of the video?
Badass.
It's really interesting to see new takes on how to do these levels! I hope you do videos like this again!
very happy to see another video from you, my man. appreciate you and your content. hope things are going well for you.
It has been ages since I've seen one of your videos! Hype! Will likely comment more later!
I love this vid. This is like my 3rd time watching it. New sub and i loved the way you gave abilities lile Team Up Toss a little segment, very cool! :3
HES BACK!
I miss seeing your videos all the time. I know how long your videos take to make though, so it's all good! Just know we all love your content!
always love your stuff man. keep it up!