The Oddly Deep Adventure of Diddy's Kong Quest
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- Опубликовано: 1 дек 2024
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, or DKC 2 is one of the highest-regarded games ever made, and for very good reason. Much like the first game, it has a very distinct tone and atmosphere that sets it apart from other platformers of that era. Let's find out what that is, together!
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Glad I helped the algorithm yesterday to get you to make another Diddy's Kong Quest video 😂
Haha!! 😂
Criminally under-viewed channel
I appreciate that so much
Your comment made me watch this whole thing and subscribe
DKC2 made me click on the video
One good comment makes a difference for a channel is the lesson here
This game is so underrated, it lives in the shadow of its predecessor despite being undeniably better. Great video as always
I wouldn't say it's underrated - everyone knows and acknowledges it's the best of the trilogy and a top 10 game on the SNES.
I just 102%'d it and DKC 1 again for about the 6-7th time and loved every second. playing DKC3 now and I am starkly once again reminded of how BAD the music in DKC3 is. It's not just 'not as good' as David Wise's first two OSTs it's actually bad,
This game is arguably my favorite game in general and that goes without saying my favorite donkey Kong game
Forest Interlude sounds like something that plays in a Don Bluth movie, that has a lot of dark moments but has a bittersweet hope throughout for things to get better. Like “yeah, things are terrible now, you aren’t in your bed safe and sound, but it’s going to be okay. Keep moving.”
In 1995 I used to go to bramble scramble and hit pause so I could fall asleep to stickerbush symphony. I’ve heard just about every lofi and remix version of those tracks by David Wise and they all take me back to the 90s. Back to back home runs man. I think Ken Burns has some competition now. Keep em coming
That's so cool! It's my favorite piece of video game music ever, great choice
Games being as deep as DK2 should be the norm. It’s a rarity.
You're 100% right, it should absolutely be the norm
I guess you could say games this deep are RARE...im sorry that was horrible
Nailed it again! I feel like the soundtrack of this game gives it a sense of being a sort of love story between Diddy and Dixie. Not a particularly romantic love story; more the sort of "mutual unwavering support through adversity" relationship often represented in Studio Ghibli love stories. Like these two can overcome anything because of their commitment to each other.
I'm excited to hear your tackle DKC3's "negative emotional aura" as some have framed it. I love DKC3, but I can't deny the Northern European setting feels almost haunted.
Thanks so much man, I'm already writing the script for my DKC 3 video!
DKC2 has always been one of my top favorite games of all time. I am a sucker for watching every video essay on the game and you did great. David Wise is my favorite composer and I am so happy that Nintendo released there own music app with this games soundtrack on it, (as if I haven't been listening to it on RUclips for years. Great job and keep up the good work. This game means so much to so many people just like me.
Thank you so much for the comment, it truly is such a special game
When I think "The best games ever made", I always think DKC2 and Chrono Trigger
Amen
Thanks for reiterating how I've felt about the Bramble Levels and Stickerbush Symphony as a song. It DOES feel sad. I always thought it was maybe because navigating through the brambles of this size and length felt insurmountable. They just seem to go on forever! But you're right, it also says a lot about Crocodile Isle, because so much is in disrepair. Where there's water, ships are crashed everywhere. Where there's LAVA, ships are crashed. Zingers are infesting the theme park, which is itself falling apart. I love it.
If you're interested in Donkey Kong, look up the composer David Wise. He's the genius behind the music of DKC, DKC2 and DKC3. In fact the songs he wrote for DKC were so iconic and memorable that they brought him back for Tropic Freeze and remastered many of his original melodies.
He's my favorite video game music composer!
The greatest and most underrated 2d platformer of all time. I know most people discuss the bramble levels, but really i was so impressed by the uniqueness and originality of ALL the levels, from climbing up a pirate ship to going through a bayou to being in a beehive to going on a roller coaster ride, it just had so many original themes.
Absolutely!!
DKC2 was NOT underrated. It was always loved and well regarded, hell it was the sixth most sold game in the entire SNES library, with the first DKC being the third. The series was hugely popular.
Please guys, stop using “underrated” at random.
@davion4777 it's underrated. Many people just consider it great, but it gets forgotten. It's not just great, it's legendary.
I’ve long konsidered Krook’s March to be the anthem of the Kremlings, so much so that the team and I wrote lyrics for it(see: Return to Krocodile Isle). It serves as the antithesis to ‘DK Island Swing’ from the first game and really puts into perspective just how far you’ve kome in this little adventure. You’ve scaled the Crocodile Isle citadel, laid waste to K. Rool’s army and his generals- Diddy is on the kusp of saving his uncle from the scaly klutches of the Kremlings…but there’s still work here to be done. You’re locked in on this final stretch and there’s no turning back now. You’ve entered the oppressive korridors of K. Rool’s Keep, guarded by Rool’s royal guard and lined to the brim with prison cells just begging for more simian occupants. Rool even has his men flood the tower with liquid tritium/phosphor waste as a last-ditch effort to keep the Kongs from reaching the top where DK is being held. It’s exhilarating, to say the least.
I can vouch as the director, DKC2's tone was what inspired RTKI. Such an enigmatic feeling to pay homage to.
-M.L.
DKC2 is my favorite in the whole series for all the reasons you've mentioned. Rare expanded everything that made the first game great and made it even better.
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4:57 "Ascent", you say? Not only is the penultimate world map an ascent, most of its levels are ascents themselves.
Very true!!
Wow I just watched your loneliness of DKC video and loved it. Nice to see another so soon
Thank you man! Much appreciated
@ love your videos keep it up. It is “Diddy Kong’s Quest” though real quick I appreciate your work
This was the first game I ever owned alongside Super Mario World & I feel blessed that these two games got me into gaming.
The music of this game is so incredibly beautiful. Great job on this video
Heck yeah!
This game is so good that DKC3 just couldn’t live up to it.
I agree, while I still really enjoy DKC3 a lot
this game fascinated me as a kid, and it fascinates me as an adult
Funny how this video was uploaded a day before Nintendo announced the GameBoy port of this game for Nintendo Switch Online
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I always felt that Krook's March is a hidden gem amongst the many fantastic music of DKC2.
For a enemy stronghold theme, I always felt a rush when listening to the slow buildup of the rhythm heading to the release of it's epic conviction theme before the music repeats.
A buildup to the confronting battle between Diddy/Dixie against the King/Kaptain K Rool.
So valid! It's spectacular
I had the same with the boss music in DKC1. Never made it to the boss in 2 😅
This game is very special. It has such a unique atmosphere. Adventurous, dangerous, somewhat dark (for me) I remember the level in World 4, just before the boss, where you are Rambi and you get chased by the boss. I remember being afraid of that level as a kid, to the point where i couldn't finish the game FOR YEARS. I always started a new safe file and played until i got to that level, before starting anew, it was just so scary to me.
I also feel that this game puts me into a very melancholic mood sometimes. And much of that i put on the music. People say, that Stickerbrush Symphony is such a beautiful song... i just find it sad, it always made me sad, even as a kid. That doesn't mean, that i don't like it, but it doesn't make me happy either. Mining Melancholy is just that, a very melancholic song. Melancholy was a feeling i couldn't quite place as a kid, i didn't understand the feeling. Being sad, despite not having a reason to, was foreign to me, but it was also intruiging.
Some other aspects of the game seemed... not really scary, but.. eerie to me. Like the rollercoster levels. Why? The screaming throughout the track. I loved it, but i also felt danger, i didn't feel safe, i was on edge the entire time.
The castle levels and their music... they always had the feeling of "There's no going back now" to it, some sort of finality. They made it clear, that this is truly the end of the game. The fact, that i never got to these levels as a kid... somehow added to the feeling of finality... like i finally broke through a barrier, now finally facing what is at the end.
Not to mention the overworld theme and the boss theme. Intimidating, nervewracking and threatening.
All in all... i never felt secure in this game, i never felt safe. Like you said, it's enemy territory, it's supposed to be like that and i love it. But i also never felt the innocent part you spoke off. Completely lost on me. I always felt the stakes, the seriousness... and for me, even dark elements and feelings like dread and fear.
I hope you also do another video on DCK3, Returns and Tropical Freeze. I have a lot to say about those aswell, for example, how DCK3 was the complete opposite of DCK2 for me and STILL an awesome game.
I'm planning on doing one on every game, so rest assured! Thanks a lot for the comment 🙏🏻
This is just what I needed to reignite my Nintendo Soul
Glad I could help! :)
To me DKC2 is to DKC what SMB3 was to SMB. The first two were both on the simple side (not a bad thing) but with their sequels, while similar mechanically, upped the ante quite a bit. Gameplay was more in-depth, level designs were expanded, the bonus levels became more than just areas to collect extra lives, bosses became more complex, and the music was arguably more in-depth as well. You really felt that the designers after laying the foundation really were allowed to cut a bit loose and be extra creative.
Absolutely, great analogy!
7:12 ..."but it is also decaying."
Me: Hahaha, DK-ing
Jokes aside, another great video, loved it!
I'm SO GLAD someone commented on that😂Thank you!
@@TheJustintendo Couldn't resist!
Forest Interlude > Stickerbush Symphony
I've been replaying them all waiting for returns
Good plan! I'm very excited
Diddy and Dixie being children in a creepy land psychologically makes the enviroment scarier just like Stranger Things is scarier with kids and wouldnt be with adults.
Absolutely!!
Great video. I always knew DK 2 was always special, and you said it all on how special it is.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Donkey Kong Country: Welcome to
To the Jungle! Ready for the adventure?
Donkey Kong Country 2: Your friend has been taken to a dangerous pirate island. Are you sure you're ready for this?
Donkey Kong Country 3: Welcome to the Northern Kremisphere. Industry is encroaching on the land. Be careful!
Well said!
Thats what made DKC3 shitty... that "woke" feeling
Dkc2 imo is the perfect example of environmental and atmosphere storytelling in a video game , on top of being a fun and fast paced adventure with you plowing your way through bonus stages and jumping from platform to platform and rolling through the Kremlings, it also gives you a very in depth feeling of what the world around you , around diddy and dixie feel , the pre-rendered graphics (which are my favorite game graphicsbto date) combined with the music just really make you feel like you're actually there , hell , i theorize that the music can also be a manifestation of what the kongs feel about their surroundings , they feel the danger, the dread , the sadness, but also the fun and action heavy moments, like you said , dkc2 jsut leaves you with a feeling you can't describe, one that will stay with you long after you're done with the game, and that is very true , ever since i played the game for the first time 2 years ago, i still feel what the game gave me and what it means to me , and that's the brilliance of dkc and rare games in general, they just leave you with feelings and adventures that you'll never forget and will always want more from , it's just quite sad that we'll probably never see a proper rare game ever again because of Microsoft, but anyway, amazing video, i had a great time watching and im waiting for the dkc3 vid , have a good one :>
Appreciate you!! I'm already framing my script for my DKC3 video as we speak!
I’ve been in love with this game (and the 90s trilogy) for most of my life! 😆 I don’t obsess over it like I did as a kid, but at this point, I know I’ll never ‘grow out of it’ like I once thought I would.
Makes me happy to see others getting the same excitement, wonder and deep thoughts from it. ❤️💖
Great video, I’ll sub and watch more. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the comment, and thanks for sharing! :)
Next to the Donkey Kong franchise, Metroid is my other fav. Please talk about that, especially the Prime trilogy.
this game is absolute peak
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This game had the best enemies in the series
They were great!
My favorite 2d platformer of all time, Great soundtrack, everything looks so nice and 102% completing the game isn't insanely tedious
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RAREWARE became legendary when Diddy's Kong Quest was released.
DKC was a strong emerging for RAREWARE since their long forgotten Ultimate days on the ZX Spectrum.
DKC2 was the beginning of RAREWARE showing the gaming world that there was a reason why Nintendo saw value in the niche UK Developer who's only other game of note was Battletoads amongst the many Movie/TV/Sports licensed games they had made with LJN and other publishers they had to work for during the NES years a console gen before.
Nintendo has made some doozy mistakes over the years - Virtual Boy, going with cartridge over CD for the N64, fucking up the deal with Sony that spawned the playstation, the dearth of launch titles for the gamecube and the awful launch of the Wii U, but not fucking locking down Rare as a committed long term in house AA/AAA Nintendo studio and letting Microsoft buy them out remains up there with the worst of them
something about this game felt so alive man
It really did, pretty unbelievable
I just 102%'d it and DKC 1 again for about the 6-7th time and loved every second. playing DKC3 now and I am starkly once again reminded of how BAD the music in DKC3 is. It's not just 'not as good' as David Wise's first two OSTs it's actually bad. DKC1 and 2 soundtracks were revolutionary and remind us every time we play that DKC didn't just show us graphically what the SNES was capable of it showed us musically what kind of sound could be wrought from that beautiful grey box.
These days I’m using your first DKC video as a bedtime story while falling asleep ❤
My favourite SNES game.
GREAT pick!
My favortie game of all time, love that type of videos, continue like that
It's a phenomenal game, thanks for the comment 🙏🏻
Everything was very well said. Great video!
Appreciate it!!
I never understood why Stickerbrush Symphony was the most praised song from this game. Forest Interlude, Crocodile Caucaphony, K. Rool Returns, and many others are so much better.
Valid opinion! I think Forest Interlude is just as spectacular
I'm a fan of the Lost World theme.
@@acsound It’s definitely slept on.
This game, for me, is the peak of that original generation. I know we had Atari before the NES, but the NES and SEGA were pretty much the original gaming generation. This game seemed to max out all aspects of games at that time. I hated DKC3 and felt it was a huge step back with gameplay and graphics. But this game has forever been unmatched and perfectly represents what a platform game should be.
It's truly a special game!! You said it!
I found your channel several days ago and I love your dkc content !
Thank you!!
been waiting for this one, great video
Thank you!! :)
Another amazing dkc review. Keep up the good work for sure
Thank you! :)
The bramble levels are the most memorable! Those levels were for the hardcore fans who loved challenges!
Absolutely!!
This video just goes to show why, even compared to Modern games, like Open World Adventure games, I consider DKC2 as my all-time favorite game. Not just for the SUPER NINTENDO, but my favorite game alone in general!
Diddy & Dixie should be in more Nintendo games
Fantastic video 💯
Thank you 🙌
This was a fun video.
Thanks!
My favorite 2d platformer ever this and super Mario world
Good vide oto add to my list of research 🙂
I intend to put together a game that's greatly inspired by this franchise
Heck yeah!!
Watched all three of your DKC videos today. Love how interpret the moods of the games. I beat DKC dozens of times and never quite thought of DK Island that way, but can definitely see it now. If I may make a couple of episode suggestions, I've always gotten a really eerie feeling of impending apocalypse from the Street Fighter III trilogy (New Generation in particular). Legend of the Mystical Ninja on the SNES feels quite somber despite the humor the series is known for. Curious on your take some time.
Thanks so much for the comment! :) great suggestions
Great review for my favorite video game 😁
Thank you!
If the soundtrack is powerful enough to set the tone for the game's premise, then that's one factor for a great game.
100%!
Watched several of your videos, Definitely an underrated channel. Games have definitely lost their souls, Completely replaced With graphics as a substitute... Even games designed for children back in the day are of such quality They're enjoyed by adults thirty years later
Just like mainstream music (in my opinion) died in the late 90s, video games died (in my opinion also) around 2010, Everything now feels like a soulless cash grab Of games that don't work on release date that are full of microransactions and a ridiculous opportunity to inject politics... We play games and watch movies to escape reality ...not to be reminded by it.
I could NOT have said it better, thank you! I completely agree
I love this game one of my favorite games of all time
Subscribed
Thank you!! 🙌🏻
Will you make a video on dkc3 too?
Already writing the script👀
Talk next about Kirby 64 plis
Facts ‼️💯
Alll I wanted growing up was a girlfriend like diddy's girlfriend and I got it. Over 15yrs married
2:30 why not show the levels you are talking about?
It was an editing mistake🙏🏻
Eloquently put
I have never seen this game glazed so hard
Proud DKC2 glazer
It's that damn good
@georgecheliotis418 Listen, it's good, but there is clearly some embellishment in this video. He's talking about the game like it's majoras mask or something, lol.
@@knatkniht many people feel it is. I'm one of those people and have always wondered why more people don't think it's one of the top 3 2d platformers of all time.
@georgecheliotis418 Yeah, because of nostalgia.
In reality, its controls are not as tight as the video says, it's visuals are only saved by the game"s poor resolution, its collectible system, it's level design is way too tight for the level of control and screen crunch that you have, and general quality of life is low. Many platformers, even games within its own series, have surpassed it since, and it should be no surprise that it isn't considered one of the best 2d platformers in the modern day.
Donkey Kong Country 2 is flawed. not having the choice of playing as Donkey Kong is dumb.
it takes away the uniqueness of the gameplay since Dixie plays the same as Diddy
Look up the DKC2 rom hack "Project 4 Kongs" if you want to play as DK in it :D
@@xboxed720 I'm not really into hacks, homebrew or whatever you call 'em
but thanks anyway though. my criticism is mostly based on original release.
I was pissed off back in 1995 when I read that Donkey Kong wasn't playable.
it didn't make sense since there had only been 1 Donkey Kong Country
I don't think that makes it flawed at all. Not to mention Dixie and Diddy are more agile and fun to play as anyways, and Dixie doesn't play the same as Diddy because she has her helicopter hair spin in 2 & 3 which is OP as hell. I always swap to Diddy in DKC1 because DK is slow and feels clunky to play as (as does Kiddy in 3).
I didn't play DKC2 at the time of its release but I played it a few years ago and, I don't quite understand why people generally considered this one to be superior to the first.
It's a great game of course, but I dunno, the fact that you can't play as Donkey Kong, the saturated colors, the lack of atmospheric moments compared to the first one (I mean, except for that amazing Stickerbrush Symphony theme, all the other musics of the game feel "uglier" compared to those from DKC1).
And with DKC2 it's the beginning of the "too many different stuff to collect" problem 😀
Plus the lack of some kind of context when you're starting the game (suddenly you're not in the jungle but on a pirate ship, you don't really know why. There's no introduction whatsoever, or any kind of "story")
Sure, DKC2 feels more like "an adventure" compared to the more atmospheric DKC1. Therefore it's action packed but I dunno, overall I consider it as an uglier/less refined game.
The purity and beauty of DKC1, combined with lots of really fun (and new at the time) game mecanics (the barrels, the rhino, the minecart, etc) makes it a true masterpiece for me.
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