As a kid and to this day I love the variety the trilogy gave: The first one felt like a fun road trip. The second was a dark Don Bluth film. The third felt like a vacation in North Murica.
I think the gimmicks save it for repeat plays but hurt most people's opinions on initial playthroughs. Also the rocket barrel levels are no where near as hard as the retro ones.
Always been called crazy for having it as my favourite in the trilogy. Never understood the hate it gets. The levels are creative, graphics are outstanding, I actually quite liked the brother bears side quest and of course the music was on point too! Fantastic trilogy
Donkey Kong Country 2 is my childhood. I still remember seeing the commercial in my parents room before going out for breakfast and asking them to buy it for me. They did so that weekend. Good memories.
The comedy was on point in this video, every "FUCK" joke with the characters taking damaging had me on the floor laughing; I love DKC and the gameboy adaptations, great video!
Completing DKC3 105% was one of my favorite playthroughs of the whole trilogy. I feel DKC3 has such well-designed levels that going for those secrets without a guide is very doable, and is more in line with how the modern games treat hidden collectibles and bonuses. Going for full completion while playing in the hardest mode is a challenge, but a it's a fun one.
I can't wait for the Returns series. I love the Returns series so much and I legitimately believe they are some of the best platformers of the 21st century
As someone who grew up playing and loving this series of games, I'm glad you had such a good time with them. All I will say for the next game in the DK series is "Take your time with collecting all the things.".
With 1000 comments, I’m sure someone’s already mentioned this, but in DKC2 there’s a secret you can do in the very first level that gives you every Kremkoin. I don’t think it counts towards your save file percentage, but it guarantees that you can play through the secret world. It’s great for repeat playthroughs.
So wild that these three games released on a yearly basis, especially given the arduous process of rendering its sprites. Really puts into perspective how much game development has ballooned in scope these days.
You’re right. Funny how even if the old DKC’s feel like they have more effort put into them compared to the modern games (Nintendo excluded). Looking at you COD
Eveline Fischer also did great work on the first game too, including both level themes for the forest and ice worlds, the temple theme and the iconic world map theme.
People seem to forget that all the time. The amount of Fischer tracks that have been mislabeled on RUclips as Wise tracks makes me sad. She's a great musician. Almost every track she made for the first game are amongst my favourites of that game.
One of my earliest memories in gaming overall was playing the original DKC on a rented SNES as a little kid, then with the ZSNES emulator in the very early 2000's, and the sequels and their respective GBA ports followed suit years later (even owned the first 2 ports). And one of my first ventures into RUclips was also looking up 101/2/5% video guides of the whole trilogy. Thanks to those old videos that might've long since been lost to time, I pretty much memorized the route to fully complete all 3 games. Anyway, the DKC games are lifelong staples which are always a blast to play and watch. And I hope Johnny also reviews the Retro Studios entries since they're also great. Also, the trilogy needs to also have a PC decompilation (just like SM64 and ALTTP) soon for them to have their own Render 96-like makeover and Jammin' Sam Miller's restored soundtrack.
I was at a video game music concert in Toronto a while back where a big band played a swing version of Jungle Hijinks. It was incredible. The water stage music, Aquatic Ambience, from DKC1 will forever be my favorite track though. It just takes me back to the weekends I played through the games with my best friend (who is sadly no longer among us) when we were little. I love these games so much. The only other game that comes close to tugging at my heart strings with its music like that is Secret of Mana.
The Donkey Kong Country games has had such a long of enjoyment for me ever since I played them in the 90s. And the games are always great to up back in and replay over and over again. I feel that these games will still be fun to play in the future as well.
Oh no, that ending felt like a teaser for the inevitable DK64 or I'm looking to hard into that thought lol. Anyways, I'm actually glad you enjoyed DKC3. I don't hear that a lot so that was shocking. I always say if you gonna play the DKC games, play the trilogy as a whole whenever someone asks me where to begin.
@@orangeslash1667 I gotta check that out, Castlevania is one of my favorite franchises. Wallachia: Reign of Dracula looks pretty nice Castlevania inspired game too, including Miriam from Bloodstained and we know Johnny's love for that franchise as well.
Those graphics and music truly were mind boggling back then and still hold up all those years later. Crazy to think that all three games came out on the same console with DKC3 really pushing the limits of the SNES.
Main problem I think it has is the bonus barrels and the repeating mini games. If half of those were just replaced with regular golden bannas instead of forcing you to do a stupid mini game after you already completed a puzzle or platforming challenge the path to 100% would be alot more enjoyable
I don't know, I never got why the game got THAT infamous for collecting...it's actually little compared to open world games or RPGs that take you forever to complete. DK64 can be completed in about 10-15 hours, that's not really that much by today's standards. Also, you don't HAVE to collect EVERYTHING...I always enjoyed the game.
20:52 I would like to mention that Eveline Fisher and Robert Beanland also composed tracks for DKC1. Standouts from Eveline: Treetop Rock, Forest Frenzy and Ice Cave Chant Robin Beanland only did Funky's Fugue (it bops).
I should be noted though that he didn't directly work on the game. His composition was originally a Killer Instinct promotional track that got used for DKC instead.
Back in my school days, I'd bring my GBA along with DKC 1-3 just so I could plug in my headphones and listen to the soundtrack. Even on a GBA, the music was just that good.
There’s one thing i’ve noticed few years ago.. In the first DKC, you fight King K.Rool on a Ship. In second game, you fight him in high tech (somewhat) airship (If you don’t count Real Final battle on lost world). In Third game, you fight him in a castle. So you fight KING in the 1st game, PIRATE in 2nd game, and SCIENTIST in 3rd game.
Man, I can't believe after all these years you finally did the DKC SNES Trilogy, which just so happens to be some of my favorite games of all-time. Awesome job, Johnny!!!
The Donkey Kong Country trilogy was a great sendoff for the SNES, as it offered challenging platforming in each game, while also achieving the pinnacle of 2D gaming, could lay off on the overabundance of collecting stuff though.
These are games that conjure vivid memories. I remember where I was when I first played them, who I was with, how I felt about things at the time. I don't just think about the fun I had with these games, but of times when surrounded by people I loved, and of those no longer here. That's why we say games are art because they can summon such an emotional response. Love these games, all of them. Good vid
This franchise is so dang good, I love all three games, 3 especially as that was my very first DKC game. Everything about this trilogy is perfect to me.
I managed to play like the DKC series during after I've played Melee since it was when I started to experience the DK chars. Felt very happy after playing them
DKC2 is one of my favorite games of all time. But I also really like DKC3, I honestly think it is a bit underrated, a lot of people talk of it as sort of a black sheep in the series. But the beauty of this trilogy is that it is so consistent and so good that there is a lot of division with which what game is on top and what is on the bottom. I would personally put DKC on the bottom or just about DKC returns if we count all country games. As a side note, I do recommend giving the Donkey Kong Land series a try, they are of course watered down DKC games, but they all have mostly original level designs, even if a lot of repeated themes. And I think they are among the best platformers on the gameboy.
Very glad that you decided to cover all three Donkey Kong Country games, Johnny. I really do believe all three of these games are some of the most solid platformers out there, each with their own charms despite building on the same formula as each other. This can be seen in thematic alone; Donkey Kong Country focuses more on the beauty of nature with a big emphasis on very natural looking environments, Donkey Kong Country 2 cuts loose a little and gets more cartoony but it does still have a pretty realism to it, Donkey Kong Country 3 is perhaps the most cartoony and zany of the three but it still feels grounded in reality. It balances a Herculean task of making the games look realistic and pretty, but not letting that get in the way of the fact that this is about some monkeys and gorillas grabbing bananas on their way to beat up an alligator that plays dress-up every game. I adore every facet of all three of these games...uh, aside from some frustrating levels like some of the Lost World levels in DKC2, the Krematoa levels in DKC3, and Lightning Lookout.
I remember growing up playing DKC when I was 6 and it was a lifetime experience for me playing it for the first time. To this day, it is still my favorite game. Donkey Kong was my favorite character to play as beside Diddy Kong. The levels and atmosphere of DK world were astounding. This game was Super Mario Bros of the 90s. Thanks for reviving my childhood memory of this game, Johnny.
My favorite RUclipsr reviewing my favorite game of all time. I've beaten DKC more times than I can count. DKC was the first game I can ever remember playing at 5 years old. DKC 2 and 3 took me 23 years to beat but I quite enjoy them all the same, but DKC 1 will always remain as my favorite video game of all time.
I feel the exact same way about DKC3. I didn't sit down and seriously play it till a few tears ago and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. That was right after a full play through of DKC2 which was a lot more frustrating than I remembered.
21:50 For me, my favorite track from DKC2 was "Lockjaw's Saga", and from DKC1 was a tie between "Aquatic Ambiance" and "Fear Factory"; I'm unfortunately not as familiar with DKC3's soundtrack, so I don't know which one from that was my favorite...
The DKC series is what got me into video games in the first place since they came out on the Super Nintendo. I was so excited to see this video. My favourite track is the one that plays is the haunted forest stage from DKC2. Listen to it a lot especially during the Halloween period.
23:08 so…Johnny, how dense do you feel when I point out that the second game is a play on words…“conquest”….which I only just now realized after about 20 years, fml
Fun Fact: In Donkey Kong Country 1, you actually can kill enemies in the underwater levels. Though, you have to really go out of your way to do so. If you explode a DK barrel at the same time a killable enemy is aligned with it, you will kill that enemy in the process. Incredibly niche useless, but I just thought it was funny to share.
I never really understood the name changes between the three, but there is something unique about K. Rool's personas that kind of comes full circle as of the third game. In the first, he starts out as King K. Rool, on the PIRATE ship Gangplank Galleon. ...but he's CAPTAIN K. Rool in the second, commanding from the Flying Kroc, which looks more appropriately suited to the likes of a mad scientist. But the third game, Baron K. Roolenstien is holed up in a castle...probably more fit for a King. Pretty interesting if you think about it, in my opinion.
Firiun's art style for your avatar looks really nice, I especially love the shading on it, and the new thumbnail art looks great too. It's really nice to see your content improving, in this case with some help from someone. All that said these news have been really exciting, Firiun's so generous to help you out.
These games were what my sister and I used to play when my mentally Ill mom sort of abandoned us for days at a time. Bittersweet memories. And the soundtrack is the best by far.
It makes me happy to see clips from that VHS tape. I never owned the game, but I still have the tape, and I don't know how I got it. I remember watching it TO DEATH though.
27:34 he coments on the fact that back in the game, there wasn't much of a story in many games and often protagonists weren't even named. In Cranky's first outing, the protagonist was called Jumpman... I wonder if he appeared in any games after that....
I really love how you’ve evolved as a reviewer over the past 10+ years, how you’ve come to still love the games you have a nostalgic attachment for, but still have the ability to point out their flaws while being able to appreciate the other games you may not as be as well-versed in. Good stuff as always!
Donkey Kong is incredibly special to me, it was one of the first games I remember playing with my dad and having a fucking blast with…two being my favourite of the three ❤ Thank you for the review Jonny, been a fan of your videos for ages - keep up the good work my friend 👊😎
I adore Donkey Kong Country 2, I remember having a fun time with it on New 3DS. Heck, I completed it 102% on both the New 3DS and Switch. Also I knew he was tempting fate at the end
I see what you did there at the end. You're totally foreshadowing... Donkey Kong Land 1, 2, and 3 on the Super Game Boy. Also the Game Boy Color, in the case of DKL3 in Japan. Those games are (mostly) original adventures, and definitely worth a quick video. It's also worth mentioning that the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong _Country_ 3 had its soundtrack completely replaced, for some reason.
In DKC2, there's a neat little trick you can do in the very first level that will net you 75 Kremcoins (if you don't care about finding all of the Bonus Stages nor 102% completion).
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That's probably the most eerie ending a Johnny Vs. video has ever had.
its the face of "oh shit DK 64 is next"
my own personal opinion DK 64 is great
@@papermariottydfan1 ....And I was about to comment on that 😆
@@ProtoBusterSwrd just barely beat you to it next time you'll one up me XD
DK 64 would make Johnny pull his hair out if he had any.
@@Marku912 Hey man he has facial hair. Johnny about to come back with that smooth egghead look.
God, the long pause after "I'm just glad I can finally stop worrying about collecting shit" had me rolling
welp we know what's next...
Took me a second or two to realize it.
DK 64 is gonna make Johnny realize that Mario Sunshine was merciful with its collectibles.
And then there's Johnny
He's dead
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As a kid and to this day I love the variety the trilogy gave:
The first one felt like a fun road trip.
The second was a dark Don Bluth film.
The third felt like a vacation in North Murica.
DKC 3: A trip to Washington state
DKC2 is very cinematic, thats what makes it so much fun
Especially with the soundtrack. Very cinematic.
I hate to be that I guy since I agree with you but it’s Bluth not Bleuth.
@@MichaelManning15 I always thought DKC 3's setting was based on Canada.
That ending of this video.....I'm so sorry, John. We feel your pain.
Oh man, DK64. It's a pity the game doesn't come with the Tag Anywhere Mod (unless you find the hack).
Thought it was a joke about the games and figures in the background
that one... oh god the horrors...
O H F U K....
Oh snap…lol
9:58 I so hope this sound continues to be used in future reviews as a running gag~😂
Seeing John randomly smoke weed will never not make me laugh from how out of left field it is
Right?! 😂😂😂
Maybe I should lay off this shit? *Coughs*
Facts. seeing John pull out the perfectly rolled SWISHER was NOT on my 2022 bingo card🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's mentioned he smokes a few times on his streams
@@DirectorOfChaos9292 He does? Oh shit I thought he was just pretending to smoke for the video. He never seem like the guy that would be into smoking.
Finally, someone who gives DKC3 the recognition it deserves.
Might I recommend the Geek Critique’s recent review of it too.
Johnny from BSC's Donkey Kong Country 3 Part 1: "This is probably my least favorite Donkey Kong Country."
How much opinions change.
Yep, I thought I was the only one who liked DKC3, everyone else I’ve seen just forgot about it
I think the gimmicks save it for repeat plays but hurt most people's opinions on initial playthroughs. Also the rocket barrel levels are no where near as hard as the retro ones.
Always been called crazy for having it as my favourite in the trilogy. Never understood the hate it gets. The levels are creative, graphics are outstanding, I actually quite liked the brother bears side quest and of course the music was on point too! Fantastic trilogy
Donkey Kong Country 2 is my childhood. I still remember seeing the commercial in my parents room before going out for breakfast and asking them to buy it for me. They did so that weekend. Good memories.
Only DKC2? I think of these games as one massive adventure. I couldn’t imagine any of them being left out without the others
Dang rich kids, I could only rent it, haha.
I only had 2 on my SNES, of the DKC games. It was a Christmas present and I still have that copy.
Dafaq that weekend? Geez man some kids r so lucky! I had to wait till I got my PC to emulate it.
DKC3 was mine. Emulation saved my strict christian parents childhood
The comedy was on point in this video, every "FUCK" joke with the characters taking damaging had me on the floor laughing; I love DKC and the gameboy adaptations, great video!
ikr hes good at those kind of jokes even the one about the bird that shit was perfect
I can't be the only one here who needs that sound clip
I've waited so long for this moment
Uncle Al? More like monkey's uncle.
Quick, somebody get him the Slurpy Super Sucker 5000!
You and me both dearest Uncle!
There is no better feeling than sitting down with a plate of food and seeing a new Johnny VS.
Other Kong features 10:28
Animal Buddies 11:08
Good old days? 12:55
DKC 13:34
DKC2 23:07
DKC3 29:58
31:48
Johnny smoking what I presume to be a blunt, is the best thing I’ve ever seen, I love role models from my childhood getting blazed😎😂😂
"Why. Why did you take so long to review this game?"
Johnny: Mmm, Monke.
Next time: OOOO BANANA
31:48 that made my day 😂
Completing DKC3 105% was one of my favorite playthroughs of the whole trilogy. I feel DKC3 has such well-designed levels that going for those secrets without a guide is very doable, and is more in line with how the modern games treat hidden collectibles and bonuses. Going for full completion while playing in the hardest mode is a challenge, but a it's a fun one.
Glad to know you enjoyed 3! Maybe this will make more people appreciate it a bit more
Love you.
@@SomecallmeJohnny damn Skippy. Love you too my guy
All the 3rd game left in my mind were the bad stages, meh music and kiddy kong's weird appearance
Hey Nathan, does John like banana like DK do.
@@SomecallmeJohnny love you too :)
I''ve been watching Johnny for years and 31:48 is still the most blessed frame i've ever paused on
God you really have just gotten funnier over the years haven't you, Johnny?
DKC3 is super underrated. Glad to see it getting praise for a change
Refreshing to see DKC3 getting some well deserved recognition.
I can't wait for the Returns series. I love the Returns series so much and I legitimately believe they are some of the best platformers of the 21st century
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The one on the Wii was good but had some weirdly mandatory motion controls. However Tropical Freeze is legit in my top 5 favourite games of all time.
@@thegreatgonzales6813 I agree. Paly it on Dolphin and you can map the shake to a button press and it's like playing the SNES games
They _are_ the best platformers of the 21st century.
(2D platformers at least)
DKC 3 is so underrated man. It's got so much excellent variety and creative ideas
4:35 had me snorting while pinching the bridge of my nose, thank you John
Never thought Johnny would be a fellow DKC3 enjoyer, a great surprise
As someone who grew up playing and loving this series of games, I'm glad you had such a good time with them. All I will say for the next game in the DK series is "Take your time with collecting all the things.".
It's hilarious that you never noticed Dixie's hair resembling a banana, because I thought it WAS a giant banana for many of my childhood years.
With 1000 comments, I’m sure someone’s already mentioned this, but in DKC2 there’s a secret you can do in the very first level that gives you every Kremkoin. I don’t think it counts towards your save file percentage, but it guarantees that you can play through the secret world. It’s great for repeat playthroughs.
So wild that these three games released on a yearly basis, especially given the arduous process of rendering its sprites. Really puts into perspective how much game development has ballooned in scope these days.
You’re right. Funny how even if the old DKC’s feel like they have more effort put into them compared to the modern games (Nintendo excluded). Looking at you COD
@@paulgilbert5278 even nintendo has had some bad moments. Mostly their online games excluding Splatoon and Kirby Dream Buffet
@@paulgilbert5278 Talk about a gaming circlejerk.
And each game had more content than the last!
Eveline Fischer also did great work on the first game too, including both level themes for the forest and ice worlds, the temple theme and the iconic world map theme.
People seem to forget that all the time. The amount of Fischer tracks that have been mislabeled on RUclips as Wise tracks makes me sad. She's a great musician. Almost every track she made for the first game are amongst my favourites of that game.
One of my earliest memories in gaming overall was playing the original DKC on a rented SNES as a little kid, then with the ZSNES emulator in the very early 2000's, and the sequels and their respective GBA ports followed suit years later (even owned the first 2 ports). And one of my first ventures into RUclips was also looking up 101/2/5% video guides of the whole trilogy. Thanks to those old videos that might've long since been lost to time, I pretty much memorized the route to fully complete all 3 games. Anyway, the DKC games are lifelong staples which are always a blast to play and watch. And I hope Johnny also reviews the Retro Studios entries since they're also great. Also, the trilogy needs to also have a PC decompilation (just like SM64 and ALTTP) soon for them to have their own Render 96-like makeover and Jammin' Sam Miller's restored soundtrack.
I was at a video game music concert in Toronto a while back where a big band played a swing version of Jungle Hijinks. It was incredible. The water stage music, Aquatic Ambience, from DKC1 will forever be my favorite track though. It just takes me back to the weekends I played through the games with my best friend (who is sadly no longer among us) when we were little. I love these games so much. The only other game that comes close to tugging at my heart strings with its music like that is Secret of Mana.
The Donkey Kong Country games has had such a long of enjoyment for me ever since I played them in the 90s. And the games are always great to up back in and replay over and over again. I feel that these games will still be fun to play in the future as well.
Oh no, that ending felt like a teaser for the inevitable DK64 or I'm looking to hard into that thought lol. Anyways, I'm actually glad you enjoyed DKC3. I don't hear that a lot so that was shocking. I always say if you gonna play the DKC games, play the trilogy as a whole whenever someone asks me where to begin.
And he already went through it in Donkey Konga.
31:41 Banana Birb 🍌🕊
I’m so very happy Johnny is doing this marathon because Donkey Kong is my favorite fictional character! 😁
IKR? Donkey Kong rocks! Nintendo can shove a banana up their butt for ignoring him
@@brucebaird- I recommend Kaze the Wild Masks, it's game play is a lot like DK.
@@orangeslash1667 Kaze is so damn good, I'd love to see a Johnny VS. video of it.
@@JoakimOtamaa For indie games I think Johnny is going to review Dead Cells, because he's huge Castlevania fan.
@@orangeslash1667 I gotta check that out, Castlevania is one of my favorite franchises. Wallachia: Reign of Dracula looks pretty nice Castlevania inspired game too, including Miriam from Bloodstained and we know Johnny's love for that franchise as well.
Those graphics and music truly were mind boggling back then and still hold up all those years later. Crazy to think that all three games came out on the same console with DKC3 really pushing the limits of the SNES.
As much as I love DK64, I can definitely see drunk Johnny making a return when he reviews it
Main problem I think it has is the bonus barrels and the repeating mini games. If half of those were just replaced with regular golden bannas instead of forcing you to do a stupid mini game after you already completed a puzzle or platforming challenge the path to 100% would be alot more enjoyable
I don't know, I never got why the game got THAT infamous for collecting...it's actually little compared to open world games or RPGs that take you forever to complete. DK64 can be completed in about 10-15 hours, that's not really that much by today's standards. Also, you don't HAVE to collect EVERYTHING...I always enjoyed the game.
20:52 I would like to mention that Eveline Fisher and Robert Beanland also composed tracks for DKC1.
Standouts from Eveline: Treetop Rock, Forest Frenzy and Ice Cave Chant
Robin Beanland only did Funky's Fugue (it bops).
I should be noted though that he didn't directly work on the game. His composition was originally a Killer Instinct promotional track that got used for DKC instead.
@@k-leb4671 Cool, didn't know that.
And fun fact: Funky’s Fugue was included as one of the Donkey Kong soundtrack in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (and they kept it intact).
Back in my school days, I'd bring my GBA along with DKC 1-3 just so I could plug in my headphones and listen to the soundtrack. Even on a GBA, the music was just that good.
There’s one thing i’ve noticed few years ago..
In the first DKC, you fight King K.Rool on a Ship.
In second game, you fight him in high tech (somewhat) airship (If you don’t count Real Final battle on lost world).
In Third game, you fight him in a castle.
So you fight KING in the 1st game, PIRATE in 2nd game, and SCIENTIST in 3rd game.
You fight a king on a pirate ship, a pirate in an airship and a scientist in a castle.
I love that detail
Man, I can't believe after all these years you finally did the DKC SNES Trilogy, which just so happens to be some of my favorite games of all-time. Awesome job, Johnny!!!
DKC3 is one of my favorite platformers ever so it’s really nice to see more people warming up to it over the years
Finally, there's justice for DKC3. I always thought this game had the most refined design of the 3.
The Donkey Kong Country trilogy was a great sendoff for the SNES, as it offered challenging platforming in each game, while also achieving the pinnacle of 2D gaming, could lay off on the overabundance of collecting stuff though.
These are games that conjure vivid memories. I remember where I was when I first played them, who I was with, how I felt about things at the time. I don't just think about the fun I had with these games, but of times when surrounded by people I loved, and of those no longer here. That's why we say games are art because they can summon such an emotional response. Love these games, all of them. Good vid
This franchise is so dang good, I love all three games, 3 especially as that was my very first DKC game. Everything about this trilogy is perfect to me.
7:46 woah, woah, woah! 😅
12:50 Squawks isn’t shooting eggs, he’s shooting nuts, much like the big Necky boss fights from the first game.
35:50 That cold dead stare of silence is all you need to know about what he's gotta do next.
I managed to play like the DKC series during after I've played Melee since it was when I started to experience the DK chars. Felt very happy after playing them
34:01 That caught me off guard.😂
DKC2 is one of my favorite games of all time. But I also really like DKC3, I honestly think it is a bit underrated, a lot of people talk of it as sort of a black sheep in the series. But the beauty of this trilogy is that it is so consistent and so good that there is a lot of division with which what game is on top and what is on the bottom. I would personally put DKC on the bottom or just about DKC returns if we count all country games.
As a side note, I do recommend giving the Donkey Kong Land series a try, they are of course watered down DKC games, but they all have mostly original level designs, even if a lot of repeated themes. And I think they are among the best platformers on the gameboy.
DKC1: Jungle theme
DKC2: Pirate theme
DKC3: Mechanical theme
Very glad that you decided to cover all three Donkey Kong Country games, Johnny. I really do believe all three of these games are some of the most solid platformers out there, each with their own charms despite building on the same formula as each other. This can be seen in thematic alone; Donkey Kong Country focuses more on the beauty of nature with a big emphasis on very natural looking environments, Donkey Kong Country 2 cuts loose a little and gets more cartoony but it does still have a pretty realism to it, Donkey Kong Country 3 is perhaps the most cartoony and zany of the three but it still feels grounded in reality. It balances a Herculean task of making the games look realistic and pretty, but not letting that get in the way of the fact that this is about some monkeys and gorillas grabbing bananas on their way to beat up an alligator that plays dress-up every game. I adore every facet of all three of these games...uh, aside from some frustrating levels like some of the Lost World levels in DKC2, the Krematoa levels in DKC3, and Lightning Lookout.
17:50 trying to give me a jump scare? Well it's definitely working 😅
31:44 "It's a Banana, that's also a Bird!" 😅
35:55 😅😂😂😂. Too soon on that one 😜
I remember growing up playing DKC when I was 6 and it was a lifetime experience for me playing it for the first time. To this day, it is still my favorite game. Donkey Kong was my favorite character to play as beside Diddy Kong. The levels and atmosphere of DK world were astounding. This game was Super Mario Bros of the 90s. Thanks for reviving my childhood memory of this game, Johnny.
My favorite RUclipsr reviewing my favorite game of all time. I've beaten DKC more times than I can count. DKC was the first game I can ever remember playing at 5 years old. DKC 2 and 3 took me 23 years to beat but I quite enjoy them all the same, but DKC 1 will always remain as my favorite video game of all time.
I feel the exact same way about DKC3. I didn't sit down and seriously play it till a few tears ago and was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. That was right after a full play through of DKC2 which was a lot more frustrating than I remembered.
21:50 For me, my favorite track from DKC2 was "Lockjaw's Saga", and from DKC1 was a tie between "Aquatic Ambiance" and "Fear Factory"; I'm unfortunately not as familiar with DKC3's soundtrack, so I don't know which one from that was my favorite...
That Squaks child support joke made me spew my coffee and laugh on the floor for a solid minute
34:01 cracked me right up. This was another excellent look into a series that made its mark on the SNES.
The DKC series is what got me into video games in the first place since they came out on the Super Nintendo. I was so excited to see this video. My favourite track is the one that plays is the haunted forest stage from DKC2. Listen to it a lot especially during the Halloween period.
23:08 so…Johnny, how dense do you feel when I point out that the second game is a play on words…“conquest”….which I only just now realized after about 20 years, fml
SomeCallMeJohnny is one of the creators that I would watch the whole video including the sponsor at the beginning as they are brilliant and funny.
Fun Fact: In Donkey Kong Country 1, you actually can kill enemies in the underwater levels. Though, you have to really go out of your way to do so. If you explode a DK barrel at the same time a killable enemy is aligned with it, you will kill that enemy in the process.
Incredibly niche useless, but I just thought it was funny to share.
22:19 I can't wait to check out his channel. I do love Aquatic Ambiance.
I never really understood the name changes between the three, but there is something unique about K. Rool's personas that kind of comes full circle as of the third game. In the first, he starts out as King K. Rool, on the PIRATE ship Gangplank Galleon. ...but he's CAPTAIN K. Rool in the second, commanding from the Flying Kroc, which looks more appropriately suited to the likes of a mad scientist. But the third game, Baron K. Roolenstien is holed up in a castle...probably more fit for a King.
Pretty interesting if you think about it, in my opinion.
There's also a castle in DKC2 though so the circle is a bit wobbly.
DKC for atmosphere
DKC 2 for Presentation
DKC 3 for Musical variety
Getting 3 on Christmas morning is always a good memory for me as a young kid. Good to see the love.
Did you use the Christmas cheat?
@@k-leb4671 haha yes I did! Tips and tricks magazine!
4:38 not too often i laugh that hard in a game video
Firiun's art style for your avatar looks really nice, I especially love the shading on it, and the new thumbnail art looks great too.
It's really nice to see your content improving, in this case with some help from someone.
All that said these news have been really exciting, Firiun's so generous to help you out.
THE DAY HAS FINALLY COME
Also need to know where that sound clip at 7:46 is from
Hey budbud
@@BladeBlur Hello!
31:49 The fact that I a weed cough at the same time as Johnny was something else.
These games were what my sister and I used to play when my mentally Ill mom sort of abandoned us for days at a time. Bittersweet memories. And the soundtrack is the best by far.
"Nothing can hurt me anymore." That fucking got me lol
18:35 wait, DKC 1 was supposed to be harder? This game still kicks my ass!
It makes me happy to see clips from that VHS tape. I never owned the game, but I still have the tape, and I don't know how I got it. I remember watching it TO DEATH though.
I miss when DKC characters appeared more frequently in Mario spin-offs. Now we’re lucky to even have Diddy appear.
I can't freaking believe Diddy isn't in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
27:34 he coments on the fact that back in the game, there wasn't much of a story in many games and often protagonists weren't even named. In Cranky's first outing, the protagonist was called Jumpman... I wonder if he appeared in any games after that....
DKC3 will always be my favorite of the trilogy, the SNES OST is fantastic and I like how just a bit more free-form the game is.
6:55 aww, it's johnny, mark and wait, is that baby Elliot in the back?
Donkey Kong has the BEST video game music of all time, bar none!
I really love how you’ve evolved as a reviewer over the past 10+ years, how you’ve come to still love the games you have a nostalgic attachment for, but still have the ability to point out their flaws while being able to appreciate the other games you may not as be as well-versed in. Good stuff as always!
17:50 😂
"I'm just glad I can stop worrying about collecting shit."
"So we're finally here performing for you..."
That final stare says it all...we're getting the big one
Aquatic Ambience by The Super Guitar Bros. channel is a masterpiece :)
Donkey Kong is incredibly special to me, it was one of the first games I remember playing with my dad and having a fucking blast with…two being my favourite of the three ❤
Thank you for the review Jonny, been a fan of your videos for ages - keep up the good work my friend 👊😎
Mining Melacholy and Hot Top Bop are cheek clappers.
I adore Donkey Kong Country 2, I remember having a fun time with it on New 3DS. Heck, I completed it 102% on both the New 3DS and Switch.
Also I knew he was tempting fate at the end
8:35. Talking about the DKC trilogy and playing Mega Man X.
That amuses me.
I’m so happy you talked about the remastered music tracks. That man did an amazing job and deserves more praise for it
Earthworm Jim and DKC having beef is the funniest shit I’ve heard in a while
Great video Johnny. Donkey Kong is one of my most cherished franchises and I’m glad you were able to experience the fun and adventures
34:20 “I love the snowboarding minecart levels.“
Don’t you mean…
Sleds?
I see what you did there at the end. You're totally foreshadowing...
Donkey Kong Land 1, 2, and 3 on the Super Game Boy. Also the Game Boy Color, in the case of DKL3 in Japan. Those games are (mostly) original adventures, and definitely worth a quick video.
It's also worth mentioning that the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong _Country_ 3 had its soundtrack completely replaced, for some reason.
My FAV trilogy of all time!!!!
I can't wait for his review of Donkey Kong 64 It's one of my all-time childhood favorites!
In DKC2, there's a neat little trick you can do in the very first level that will net you 75 Kremcoins (if you don't care about finding all of the Bonus Stages nor 102% completion).