Not to mention there is a sort of beauty to it. Why would such a prideful old ape willingly give up his name for his son. Because he firmly believes in hisbold cankerous ways that he will be surpassed one day and sees it as passing the torch. Alot people nowadays need to be alot like cranky
One thing I always figured about Cranky's softening over-time was specifically Wrinkly Kong's death. That moment (and likely the fact that she could still give him an earful whenever she felt it necessary) probably reminded him that life is too short to spend it stewing in self-pity and fear of the times changing. You gotta move on at some point, because life will MAKE you move on one way or another. So he swallows a little bit of his pride and just rolls with the punches from then on, for his sake, Wrinkly's sake, and the family's as a whole. Because that's the thing about "The good old days." You can absolutely keep them alive, but not by just complaining and refusing to move on from them. But by adding more onto what counts as "the good old days". Making new memories, adding more exploits, and learning to tap into the old sparks that gave you such good memories in the first place. I think Cranky realized all of this between 64 and Returns, and that's why he's gone from talking smack about games being too easy or too complex, to actively helping make a game easier or adding more complexity by stepping up to the plate.
Something cool about Cranky's appearance in Tropical Freeze is that he's the best choice for speedrunning most levels (Funky Mode notwithstanding) but bounding through levels on his cane also demands a lot of course awareness to not be sent careening into an enemy or off a cliff, and he doesn't provide any mid-air course correction like Diddy or Dixie. He's a character designed for more experienced players who have shown they've got the skills to kick it with the old-timer.
I love how Reggie appeared at the game awards just to announce that Cranky Kong would be playable in Tropical Freeze! It goes to show Cranky's staying power as a character, when other Kongs come and go, Cranky will always have something to complain about!
Sooner or later, all gamers wake up one day and find themselves making a post online that could have come straight from Cranky Kong. It is a harrowing thing to realize it has happened to you.
I love how Cranky's characterization retroactively contextualizes the original Donkey Kong game too. He's either always been cranky or only became cranky because of the events of that game. Either way it's great, he really is the bloodline of the entire franchise.
I find it interesting that he was chosen to have a role in the Mario Movie over any other DK Crew member. Yeah, we've seen blink and you'll miss it cameos from the others, but Cranky will be the first other than DK to speak. I...kinda hope he's like this in the movie. Doubting and snarky to the Mushroom Kingdom's plea and hero before turning around. The brief glimpse of him in the trailer is already pretty great. Confidently shrugging to Mario's beat down before snacking on a banana.
Well i mean no one else aside from DK himself was gonna be considered before he was. Maaaaybe, Diddy in another context but for a Mario origin story? Cranky's gotta be there
So, DKC, Wario Land, and Yoshi's Island bring me back to the weird experimental days before Mario characters were set in stone and completely unchangeable. Like, these are games involving characters that regularly interact with Mario in his 'world', heck one of them co-stars a baby Mario, but they are so very different in tone and style. And your brain slowly has to accept that Castle Wario, Yoshi's Island, and DK Island are just places that exist on this same planet. It was the kind of thing that made my child brain stay up for hours on end for when I should have been sleeping. Strange feelings of poignancy held on from playing Super Mario World again and realizing that in a way, Mario was returning home crossed with far off ideas of K. Rool/Bowser team ups and odd connections between blinking hills and cave walls with eyes. And that sort of wonder was lost with time, age, experience. Until Odyssey' s trailer first dropped, showing New Donk City. My brain went alive with ideas. Would we see the Construction Site? Maybe the Greenhouse? Would we get an appearance from the Big Ape himself? New Donk didn't end up being everything I hoped for, but I had hoped for too much,and what I got was fantastic. But... It felt real good to feel that wonder again.
After DK, Cranky is my favorite supporting character in the Donkey Kong series. He's the patriarch of the Kong Family, the Elder Statesman of the Kingdom of Kong, and he has the most history. He's always been the greatest source of humor for the series, providing snarky commentary, he's both a mentor for the Heroes and provides a different sort of antagonism. He challenges DK and Diddy in a way that King K. Rool can't. I'm super stoked for his appearance in the Super Mario Bros movie, which looks to depict him as sort of a God Emperor over the Kong Kingdom.
Cranky asks, what I get out of this video? I answer, I get to enjoy the passion and enthusiasm another is willing to share. Besides, Cranky was willing to DJ for the DK Rap.
It took Cranky a few years, but the fact that he went from constantly complaining about 2D platformers like DKC to eventually co-staring in DKC TF with DK, Diddy, Dixie and Funky shows how far he's come. Be it with his cane, potions or a good supply of barrels, Cranky's still got it.
''You're just reading through these comments 'cause you're bored!'' - Cranky Kong Okay, all joking aside, this was a pretty great look at one of the best members of the Donkey Kong cast. Nice work as always!
4:40 While yooka-laylee didn't flop outright, it certainly did not meet expectations, so the self-deprecating humor became a sort of self fulfilling prophecy as people were pretty let down by their initial offering. Hey though, Impossible Lair is fine, I still go to tropical freeze to scratch my platformers itch though.
It’s sweet seeing Cranky finally seeming to get over his past in tropical freeze. He has finally moved on from getting beaten by mario and stanley, and Wrinkly’s death. Glad to see he’s finally spending his days more happy and energetic. Finally at happy at his own son’s birthday. Finally willing to team up with the fam to get the island back
Can we just talk about how badly Cranky aged physically in a little more than 10 years? Like he goes from climbing buildings to a cane and white beard.
Scrappy Doo was introduced to save Scooby Doo's rear when the rating had already tanked. He SAVED THE SHOW, and any fan of the cartoon owes him the character that much acknowledgement!
im actually shocked at how many of cranky's jokes are about game design, and how specific they get, lining up with the kind of arguments that get thrown around in conversations between gamers today.
Even sadder how many gamers say they relate to Cranky not realizing they're the butt of the joke. And that Cranky's charm comes from the fact that he's based on fun ribbing and not just senseless whining.
No better way to wrap up Donkey Kong December than with The Nostalgia Kong himself. I absolutely adored this series, I didn’t think anyone could look at such a wide variety of design elements across DK and give each of them an entertaining and insightful video essay. That said, this whole month, especially your vid on why you love Donkey Kong, raised my respect for the franchise and you. Hope you have a Happy New Year’s Eve, and here’s to a great 2023!
Originally Cranky Kong was for people who originally played Donkey Kong Arcade back in the 80s. Now it seems that the original DKC Trilogy players are the current Cranky Kong.
Wow I never really realized Cranky Kongs had such a well rounded character arc! The way it represents a certain portion of players is so clever. This video was truly phenomenal and surprisingly profound and eye opening.
I love how you ended this month by giving Cranky his due. Honestly, you made me want to go back and actually BEAT all the DKC games on Super Nintendo (got 'em on the seven seas, in case yer wonderin').
That's disgusting and awful, and you should honestly be ashamed of yourself. Nothing to be proud about or to announce in your comment. If your experience wasn't on the original SNES carts or on Virtual Console or even the Switch Online then you're honestly just a scumbag.
@@eof6270 She actually, but yes. Kinda had to, really. I used to own 2 on the SNES, but it doesn't work anymore. I have them on my computer because it was the only way TO get them all.
@@the-NightStar No it's not, lol. They already bought the fucking game. Their ORIGINAL experience was on the ORIGINAL SNES. It's not their fault that their copy of it doesn't work anymore, or that the only feasible way to play it legally is to use Nintendo's generally crappy service.
It’s been a good december of various DK discussions in these comments and what better way to finish the DK month than the big ape (Well not so big now) that started the franchise and the Mario universe. Honestly this was a really great series of videos, really show why people like me love this funny monkey game series, in both major ways and minor ones thanks so much for this series of videos that had the same passion that Rare had when they made the original DKC here’s to 2023 giving the big ape and his Kong family another chance in the spotlight!
A slight addition I had to this more focusing on Cranky, honestly my personal headcanon that Cranky is so harsh on the younger generation is because DK Jr. pretty much abandoned the whole idea of being a “Video Game Hero” so whenever DK and Diddy have visions of being better than him Cranky basically is pushing them to grow and not chicken out like his Son, but with Dixie, yea he just wishes that she was a damsel and not a hero like her friends even when she saved both of them (Poor girl can’t catch a break in her own game.)
Cranky is simply the best! And that's why, in my Mario Party fan project, Cranky is the one who occupies the DK spaces. Because not only was he the original DK, but also it lets DK still be playable!
Congrats on the marathon of Donkey Kong December videos! These have been a fantastic watch, adored them all! And to end with Cranky, my favorite Kong, just, perfect
Optimistic counterpoint: The indie game scene has never been better and the modding community has fired new life into classics like Link to the Past, Pokémon Emerald, Secret of Mana, and Final Fantasy IV-VI.
The only image that pops in my head is him saying "Git gud" in the game over screen of a FNaF fangame with a name that would likely get you demonitized on RUclips.
This series was phenominal. I didn't know anything about your channel prior, but I'm sticking around, and have been binging all your old stuff! Thanks so much for sharing this love of all things DK, and I look forward to your future endeavors
massive props for all the incredible work put into this project. these videos have made each and every day of the month just that little bit brighter, always giving me something to look forward to. i never thought i'd get any entertainment out of DK Jr. Math of all things but you made it happen, alongside all these other fantastic videos!
Let's be honest every veteran gamer at one point had a cranky kong moment, where you whined about how modern games don't hold a candle to the classics...but soon finding yourself enjoying a modern game thats super experimental ,fresh take, and begrudgingly admit maybe there are good modern games ......before taking it all back when the next copy paste call of duty or fifa game comes out and the cycle begins a new
I always found it kinda weird that Cranky had K. Rool's number and could basically call him up any time and just have him steal DK's banana hoard. Like, why would you have a direct line to K. Rool Cranky? Were you two friends at one point? Were you part of a villains support group like in Wreck-It Ralph and just happened to swap digits? Maybe it's the former since, at least from the Smash Ultimate reveal trailer for Banjo-Kazooie, we see K. Rool basically hanging out with DK and Diddy in the treehouse, so maybe they're friends or more friendly now.
That was a really awesome video. Cranky for sure has got much character devolopement. I would have appreciated if you talked about him in Jungle Climber and other games between the gap of DK64 and DKCTF, that also could have been pretty interesting to look at, how he devoloped in that period. Of coure I understand not all fits in a single video tho.
I loved this series. I grew up playing DKC trilogy and DK64. Love all those games so much. Retro Studios hit it out of the park. A great studio that made Metroid Prime a masterpiece.
The ultimate irony of Cranky being a character meant to poke fun at a style-over-substance approach to game design was that DKC1 was the first game to really make me be annoyed by it because while the game was very pretty, it was also piss easy. Thankfully DKC2 came along and blew it out the water :D
Baby DK in the Yoshi's Island DS is Cranky. Apes like DK/Cranky are considered elderly in their mid-30s. Mario is confirmed to be in his mid-30s. So it would make sense that modern DK is the grandson of Cranky, who was Baby DK.
Just think of how much that "Cranky's Video Game Heroes" bit actually says. Not only is it a Nintendo published and licensed game where their own mascot willingly accepts second place, but he does so to a kong. Cranky himself could not best Mario in his original appearance, and yet his...nephew(?) did. That's got to be a serious blow to Cranky's ego, and is a major accolade for Diddy and Dixie.
Have you ever noticed that Cranky Kong is quite literally CRANKING a phonograph hand-crank in the intro to DKC1? True to his name from the very beginning of the game, and in more ways than one
If there is no confirmed DKJ in the Donkey Kong Country games, then in my mind current DK is always the SON of Cranky Kong in my view, NOT DK the 3rd. There is a reason why Diddy Kong looked up to Donkey Kong and I believe the vine swinging skills of modern DK originated from the Donkey Kong Junior Arcade game where Mario was the villain.
Why would anyone be confused about Baby Donkey Kong? Yoshi's Island DS takes place in the past, in which Mario is a baby, Peach is a baby, Luigi is a baby, Bowser is a baby, and even Wario is a baby. That obviously means that Baby Donkey Kong is the current Donkey Kong as a baby, and thus still Cranky's grandson... especially since the red little bib he wears is more reminiscent of adult DK's red tie, rather than the white shirt DK Jr. wears.
Yoshi’s Island DS is a time travel story where future Bowser and future Kamek kidnap babies all over the world in search of the 7 star children. Baby DK was taken from the time that he was born to the same timeline when Mario was a baby. Notice how in the cutscenes we see him getting taken from his home but not taken up to the sky or taken to Bowser’s castle. Why? Because he was already taken from his time period.
The filthier part is that he thinks Kruncha's life is only worth three bucks! In the GBA remake of DKC1, he also has the head of Sabre Wulf mounted on his mantle. However, because the eternal werewolf is immortal, it is still moving and able to react despite being a trophy. Cranky's just a mean guy like that!
i would like to see a kind of old cranky but still looks in his prime form rescue his grandson as a baby or he is able to be in prime form again and we see him team up with his grandson
... I'll freely admit I ran out of time to track it down, but have heard Hyle say it more than once, so if trusting him blindly takes me down, I accept my fate.
As a "boomer" (the term isn't even historically correct...) Cranky's right. Git Gud. You're more intelligent than my generation, you all have FAR more inherent skill and potential than we did and you have our full backing and support. You all just don't believe in yourselves for some reason and you all give up too easily. Though in all fairness, I blame me and the rest of my age group for not instilling into you what we learned during the 80's and 90's for life lessons. Don't mean you can't just outright ask us at _any_ time literally _anything_ to avoid decades of emotional pain and suffering tho. [THAT'S A HINT, USE IT]
![Evolution of Donkey Kong 1-2-3 GAME OVER screens [Mega Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/-7m-vgEzNKU/mqdefault.jpg)
Keep in mind Cranky WILLINGLY changed his name from Donkey Kong to well Cranky Kong. He knows he’s a cantankerous old ape and he EMBRACES it.
Yep
Don’t you mean “old ape”?
Not to mention there is a sort of beauty to it.
Why would such a prideful old ape willingly give up his name for his son. Because he firmly believes in hisbold cankerous ways that he will be surpassed one day and sees it as passing the torch.
Alot people nowadays need to be alot like cranky
Do you think Donkey Kong is actually a title? Like James Bond?
One thing I always figured about Cranky's softening over-time was specifically Wrinkly Kong's death.
That moment (and likely the fact that she could still give him an earful whenever she felt it necessary) probably reminded him that life is too short to spend it stewing in self-pity and fear of the times changing. You gotta move on at some point, because life will MAKE you move on one way or another. So he swallows a little bit of his pride and just rolls with the punches from then on, for his sake, Wrinkly's sake, and the family's as a whole.
Because that's the thing about "The good old days." You can absolutely keep them alive, but not by just complaining and refusing to move on from them. But by adding more onto what counts as "the good old days". Making new memories, adding more exploits, and learning to tap into the old sparks that gave you such good memories in the first place. I think Cranky realized all of this between 64 and Returns, and that's why he's gone from talking smack about games being too easy or too complex, to actively helping make a game easier or adding more complexity by stepping up to the plate.
Brilliant
Oh, I love this take.
I love this take
And considering how fun his abilities were in Tropical Freeze, and how absolutely borked they are if mastered, it makes sense.
I sometimes forget Wrinkly Kong died. I remember finding her in DK64 and was shocked.
Something cool about Cranky's appearance in Tropical Freeze is that he's the best choice for speedrunning most levels (Funky Mode notwithstanding) but bounding through levels on his cane also demands a lot of course awareness to not be sent careening into an enemy or off a cliff, and he doesn't provide any mid-air course correction like Diddy or Dixie. He's a character designed for more experienced players who have shown they've got the skills to kick it with the old-timer.
Cranky: I'm not the worst Kong in this game, I just refused to be played by PUNKS
An experienced Kong for experienced players
Cranky: Get outta here, you whippersnapper. We're going OLD-SCHOOL mode now!
I just love how entirely on brand that is for Cranky
To be fair, that is the only acceptable way they could have made him play.
I love how Reggie appeared at the game awards just to announce that Cranky Kong would be playable in Tropical Freeze! It goes to show Cranky's staying power as a character, when other Kongs come and go, Cranky will always have something to complain about!
Oh wow. Man I love Reggie.
Well, he is the original Donkey Kong?
@@wolfzend5964 cranky is indeed the old girder climbin monkey from the arcades. 2:09
Sooner or later, all gamers wake up one day and find themselves making a post online that could have come straight from Cranky Kong. It is a harrowing thing to realize it has happened to you.
We are the Cranky Kongs irl
wdym harrowing i always do that
Brown bricks in minecrap
Harrowing? Buddy, "harrowing" is for your first run through some stages. There is no shame in being a crabby old cuss, long as you've earned it!
the real cranky kong was the friends we made along the way
They really gave Cranky Kong the most fitting voice ever in the cartoon.
Him and the Kremlings
Cranky, Funky and the Kremlings.
Specially in English and Latin American-
@@blueknightskeleton8424 DK’s voice, not so much. I feel that Richard Epcar would’ve made a better casted role.
I loved the cartoon and I’m proud to say it.😂
REALLY hoping they get Cranky's voice actor back for the Mario movie!
I love how Cranky's characterization retroactively contextualizes the original Donkey Kong game too. He's either always been cranky or only became cranky because of the events of that game. Either way it's great, he really is the bloodline of the entire franchise.
Cranky Kong ironically predicted the modern game industry.
I find it interesting that he was chosen to have a role in the Mario Movie over any other DK Crew member. Yeah, we've seen blink and you'll miss it cameos from the others, but Cranky will be the first other than DK to speak. I...kinda hope he's like this in the movie. Doubting and snarky to the Mushroom Kingdom's plea and hero before turning around. The brief glimpse of him in the trailer is already pretty great. Confidently shrugging to Mario's beat down before snacking on a banana.
Well i mean no one else aside from DK himself was gonna be considered before he was. Maaaaybe, Diddy in another context but for a Mario origin story? Cranky's gotta be there
@@MagillanicaLouM True, though it's unclear if he's still the "OG DK" in the movie's universe. It was definitely him or Diddy though x3
It sucks the movie isn't keeping the lore of Cranky being the first Donkey Kong that fought Mario though.
@UltraspinalKI Well, there's that old idea that Jumpman is actually Mario's father or grandfather, but that just a theroy... A GAME THEORY!!
It makes sense since he is the oldest
I'm gonna miss this series.
I will, but I’m looking forward to disinging for intimidation super punch out
@@OrbitalFrog_ did we hit that goal?
@@Magic_Ice probably
have you played minecraft?
@@Magic_IceSadly none of them did.
So, DKC, Wario Land, and Yoshi's Island bring me back to the weird experimental days before Mario characters were set in stone and completely unchangeable.
Like, these are games involving characters that regularly interact with Mario in his 'world', heck one of them co-stars a baby Mario, but they are so very different in tone and style. And your brain slowly has to accept that Castle Wario, Yoshi's Island, and DK Island are just places that exist on this same planet.
It was the kind of thing that made my child brain stay up for hours on end for when I should have been sleeping.
Strange feelings of poignancy held on from playing Super Mario World again and realizing that in a way, Mario was returning home crossed with far off ideas of K. Rool/Bowser team ups and odd connections between blinking hills and cave walls with eyes.
And that sort of wonder was lost with time, age, experience. Until Odyssey' s trailer first dropped, showing New Donk City. My brain went alive with ideas. Would we see the Construction Site? Maybe the Greenhouse? Would we get an appearance from the Big Ape himself?
New Donk didn't end up being everything I hoped for, but I had hoped for too much,and what I got was fantastic. But... It felt real good to feel that wonder again.
After DK, Cranky is my favorite supporting character in the Donkey Kong series. He's the patriarch of the Kong Family, the Elder Statesman of the Kingdom of Kong, and he has the most history.
He's always been the greatest source of humor for the series, providing snarky commentary, he's both a mentor for the Heroes and provides a different sort of antagonism. He challenges DK and Diddy in a way that King K. Rool can't.
I'm super stoked for his appearance in the Super Mario Bros movie, which looks to depict him as sort of a God Emperor over the Kong Kingdom.
I'm an old-timer at heart. Cranky Kong is perfect as an old grouch. That type of character never gets old for me.
@@PhilosophicallyAmerican the personally never gets old, because it’s already old! That’s why I love Cranky Kong so much
Cranky asks, what I get out of this video? I answer, I get to enjoy the passion and enthusiasm another is willing to share.
Besides, Cranky was willing to DJ for the DK Rap.
Cranky has always been one of my favorite Kong's.
It took Cranky a few years, but the fact that he went from constantly complaining about 2D platformers like DKC to eventually co-staring in DKC TF with DK, Diddy, Dixie and Funky shows how far he's come. Be it with his cane, potions or a good supply of barrels, Cranky's still got it.
''You're just reading through these comments 'cause you're bored!'' - Cranky Kong
Okay, all joking aside, this was a pretty great look at one of the best members of the Donkey Kong cast. Nice work as always!
4:40
While yooka-laylee didn't flop outright, it certainly did not meet expectations, so the self-deprecating humor became a sort of self fulfilling prophecy as people were pretty let down by their initial offering.
Hey though, Impossible Lair is fine, I still go to tropical freeze to scratch my platformers itch though.
I don't know if this was ever brought up, but Cranky is Miyamoto's favorite Kong.
It’s sweet seeing Cranky finally seeming to get over his past in tropical freeze. He has finally moved on from getting beaten by mario and stanley, and Wrinkly’s death. Glad to see he’s finally spending his days more happy and energetic. Finally at happy at his own son’s birthday. Finally willing to team up with the fam to get the island back
May he continue to aid us while reminding us we'll never be as good as he was in his prime for another 4 decades and more to come
Can we just talk about how badly Cranky aged physically in a little more than 10 years? Like he goes from climbing buildings to a cane and white beard.
Apes age faster than humans.
@@EGRJ Humans ARE apes. But fair enough gorillas and chimps do age faster that humans.
That thumbnail was only made greater by this video being in the very first spot of my homepage
Scrappy Doo was introduced to save Scooby Doo's rear when the rating had already tanked. He SAVED THE SHOW, and any fan of the cartoon owes him the character that much acknowledgement!
All Hail the Puppy Power
im actually shocked at how many of cranky's jokes are about game design, and how specific they get, lining up with the kind of arguments that get thrown around in conversations between gamers today.
Even sadder how many gamers say they relate to Cranky not realizing they're the butt of the joke. And that Cranky's charm comes from the fact that he's based on fun ribbing and not just senseless whining.
No better way to wrap up Donkey Kong December than with The Nostalgia Kong himself. I absolutely adored this series, I didn’t think anyone could look at such a wide variety of design elements across DK and give each of them an entertaining and insightful video essay. That said, this whole month, especially your vid on why you love Donkey Kong, raised my respect for the franchise and you.
Hope you have a Happy New Year’s Eve, and here’s to a great 2023!
Originally Cranky Kong was for people who originally played Donkey Kong Arcade back in the 80s.
Now it seems that the original DKC Trilogy players are the current Cranky Kong.
Wow I never really realized Cranky Kongs had such a well rounded character arc! The way it represents a certain portion of players is so clever. This video was truly phenomenal and surprisingly profound and eye opening.
I love how you ended this month by giving Cranky his due. Honestly, you made me want to go back and actually BEAT all the DKC games on Super Nintendo (got 'em on the seven seas, in case yer wonderin').
What do you mean by seven seas?
@@carnage0685 He pirated them
That's disgusting and awful, and you should honestly be ashamed of yourself. Nothing to be proud about or to announce in your comment.
If your experience wasn't on the original SNES carts or on Virtual Console or even the Switch Online then you're honestly just a scumbag.
@@eof6270 She actually, but yes. Kinda had to, really. I used to own 2 on the SNES, but it doesn't work anymore. I have them on my computer because it was the only way TO get them all.
@@the-NightStar No it's not, lol. They already bought the fucking game. Their ORIGINAL experience was on the ORIGINAL SNES. It's not their fault that their copy of it doesn't work anymore, or that the only feasible way to play it legally is to use Nintendo's generally crappy service.
On the last day of December I find it ironic how this series ends with its very own Scrooge.
Strictly between us, Donkey Kong is Cranky's grandson. You gotta promise you won't tell anyone though.
It’s been a good december of various DK discussions in these comments and what better way to finish the DK month than the big ape (Well not so big now) that started the franchise and the Mario universe. Honestly this was a really great series of videos, really show why people like me love this funny monkey game series, in both major ways and minor ones thanks so much for this series of videos that had the same passion that Rare had when they made the original DKC here’s to 2023 giving the big ape and his Kong family another chance in the spotlight!
A slight addition I had to this more focusing on Cranky, honestly my personal headcanon that Cranky is so harsh on the younger generation is because DK Jr. pretty much abandoned the whole idea of being a “Video Game Hero” so whenever DK and Diddy have visions of being better than him Cranky basically is pushing them to grow and not chicken out like his Son, but with Dixie, yea he just wishes that she was a damsel and not a hero like her friends even when she saved both of them (Poor girl can’t catch a break in her own game.)
@@smashers6971 Yeah that'd be an interesting spin on revealing where Jr is and why Cranky is so harsh aside from being old lol
Cranky is simply the best! And that's why, in my Mario Party fan project, Cranky is the one who occupies the DK spaces. Because not only was he the original DK, but also it lets DK still be playable!
Congrats on the marathon of Donkey Kong December videos! These have been a fantastic watch, adored them all! And to end with Cranky, my favorite Kong, just, perfect
Cranky Kong is the Grandpa Joe of video games
I said you wouldn't do it, but you did it every day!
I relate to cranky more and more as the years go by and the game industry sinks further and further
Optimistic counterpoint: The indie game scene has never been better and the modding community has fired new life into classics like Link to the Past, Pokémon Emerald, Secret of Mana, and Final Fantasy IV-VI.
And just LIKE Cranky, you're continuously and objectively wrong, too. So good job.
The only image that pops in my head is him saying "Git gud" in the game over screen of a FNaF fangame with a name that would likely get you demonitized on RUclips.
This series was phenominal. I didn't know anything about your channel prior, but I'm sticking around, and have been binging all your old stuff! Thanks so much for sharing this love of all things DK, and I look forward to your future endeavors
Congrats on DK December!! This was fun! My favorite video was definitely Crunch form DKR. Poor guy, outshown by our savoir Drumstick.
massive props for all the incredible work put into this project. these videos have made each and every day of the month just that little bit brighter, always giving me something to look forward to. i never thought i'd get any entertainment out of DK Jr. Math of all things but you made it happen, alongside all these other fantastic videos!
Let's be honest every veteran gamer at one point had a cranky kong moment, where you whined about how modern games don't hold a candle to the classics...but soon finding yourself enjoying a modern game thats super experimental ,fresh take, and begrudgingly admit maybe there are good modern games ......before taking it all back when the next copy paste call of duty or fifa game comes out and the cycle begins a new
this channel us criminally underrated
now THAT was a good video to end donkey Kong december one, hah!
I always found it kinda weird that Cranky had K. Rool's number and could basically call him up any time and just have him steal DK's banana hoard. Like, why would you have a direct line to K. Rool Cranky? Were you two friends at one point? Were you part of a villains support group like in Wreck-It Ralph and just happened to swap digits? Maybe it's the former since, at least from the Smash Ultimate reveal trailer for Banjo-Kazooie, we see K. Rool basically hanging out with DK and Diddy in the treehouse, so maybe they're friends or more friendly now.
Congrats on a successful DKCember!
Really gonna personally attack me with that thumbnail huh
Hey, I was recommended it, too!
What an awesome video. I've always really liked Cranky Kong. When he was shown to be playable in Tropical Freeze I went ape! Thanks for this.
Congrats on passing 50k in such an auspicious season!
That was a really awesome video. Cranky for sure has got much character devolopement. I would have appreciated if you talked about him in Jungle Climber and other games between the gap of DK64 and DKCTF, that also could have been pretty interesting to look at, how he devoloped in that period. Of coure I understand not all fits in a single video tho.
Yeah in Jungle Climber's story he's along for the whole journey as a guide along with Diddy.
Thank you for the great Donkey Kong december, it really helped to lift my mood throughout the month. Content like this keeps the big ape alive.
0:47 Not having a sound effect for once is an incredibly funny subversion, well done!
I loved this series. I grew up playing DKC trilogy and DK64. Love all those games so much. Retro Studios hit it out of the park. A great studio that made Metroid Prime a masterpiece.
12:09 Pac-Man, "You askin' for a whoppin'?"
You should talk about the game over screens in DKC1, 2, 3, and 64...along with Banjo-Kazooie.
R.I.P Aron Tager... The **TRUE** Cranky Kong.
I'll always read Cranky's dialogue in his voice, there's just no getting around it. Same with Ben Campbell and King K. Rool to a lesser extent.
Yeah, Cranky sucked in the Mario Movie. (2023)
Someone should make a series where daily they add a RUclips short of just cranky banter
Your voice, tone and humor reminds me of one of my favorite Lego youtuber (R. R. Slugger)
this is absolutely adorable
I've been waking up just to check my phone for this series since it started and I hope the becomes an annual thing
"We're gonna be okay, D4. You can rest now."
I love your videos! Thank you for brightening my day whenever you post!
I came to your channel because RUclips recommended these videos to me. Love this Kongember videos.
10:59 this is my personal favorite cranky text box in this vid
The ultimate irony of Cranky being a character meant to poke fun at a style-over-substance approach to game design was that DKC1 was the first game to really make me be annoyed by it because while the game was very pretty, it was also piss easy.
Thankfully DKC2 came along and blew it out the water :D
My head cannon is that baby Dk is very young Dk jr and once Dk jr grew up he became the Dk we know and love today
I hope to embrace my crankiness like Cranky Kong when I’m old. Wanna scare my grandkids lmao
Cranky the original speed runner!
Cranky's voice in this video reminds me of Gilbert Gottfried.
You know, I wonder if that was the direction the voice actor was given for the cartoon, considering that it came out only a few years after Aladdin.
8:34 chunky kong is an absolute savage OMG
Nice the First Kong on the Last day 💯
Thank you for this month, I loved this series
Baby DK in the Yoshi's Island DS is Cranky. Apes like DK/Cranky are considered elderly in their mid-30s. Mario is confirmed to be in his mid-30s. So it would make sense that modern DK is the grandson of Cranky, who was Baby DK.
Just think of how much that "Cranky's Video Game Heroes" bit actually says. Not only is it a Nintendo published and licensed game where their own mascot willingly accepts second place, but he does so to a kong. Cranky himself could not best Mario in his original appearance, and yet his...nephew(?) did. That's got to be a serious blow to Cranky's ego, and is a major accolade for Diddy and Dixie.
I remember submitting a WritingPrompt on Reddit about Cranky hating anime protagonists and someone actually responded and it’s a fun read.
Quote of he video: “The worst version of Cranky, is just Cranky.”
Cranky adopted donkey kong, thats why the familal relationship is wonky.
Have you ever noticed that Cranky Kong is quite literally CRANKING a phonograph hand-crank in the intro to DKC1?
True to his name from the very beginning of the game, and in more ways than one
More Donkey Kong videos please. Especially about that animated series. Yiss yiss
@designingfor3694 How?
This December has been nice, ty d4. Also this was a cool video
RIP Aron Tager
29 years later, DKC turned us all into Crankies, thank you Cranky, lets complain together
happy donkey kong december everyone
this is my favorite DK December video it’s so so so so so amazing but all the others were really great too
Cranky got so angry at Donkey Kong using lives and taking too long that he decided to do it himself in Tropical Freeze.
I did get recommended this thank ypu
If there is no confirmed DKJ in the Donkey Kong Country games, then in my mind current DK is always the SON of Cranky Kong in my view, NOT DK the 3rd.
There is a reason why Diddy Kong looked up to Donkey Kong and I believe the vine swinging skills of modern DK originated from the Donkey Kong Junior Arcade game where Mario was the villain.
Cranky Kong is based, I love him roasting me 😂
Why would anyone be confused about Baby Donkey Kong? Yoshi's Island DS takes place in the past, in which Mario is a baby, Peach is a baby, Luigi is a baby, Bowser is a baby, and even Wario is a baby. That obviously means that Baby Donkey Kong is the current Donkey Kong as a baby, and thus still Cranky's grandson... especially since the red little bib he wears is more reminiscent of adult DK's red tie, rather than the white shirt DK Jr. wears.
Because DK is a baby at the same time as Mario
Yoshi’s Island DS is a time travel story where future Bowser and future Kamek kidnap babies all over the world in search of the 7 star children. Baby DK was taken from the time that he was born to the same timeline when Mario was a baby. Notice how in the cutscenes we see him getting taken from his home but not taken up to the sky or taken to Bowser’s castle. Why? Because he was already taken from his time period.
7:51 wait. Does Cranky have a Kremling head mounted to his wall? That... that's kinda dark.
The filthier part is that he thinks Kruncha's life is only worth three bucks!
In the GBA remake of DKC1, he also has the head of Sabre Wulf mounted on his mantle. However, because the eternal werewolf is immortal, it is still moving and able to react despite being a trophy. Cranky's just a mean guy like that!
I'ma miss all the near-daily level analytics videos.
15:49 WHAT 🤣🤣💀
0:49 in and we need a Designing For…Therapy episode.
0:14 WE'RE MAKING IT OUT OF KONGO BONGO WITH THIS ONE 🔥🔥🔥🔥
donkey kong december will be here once more in about 354 days
Shoutouts to the Kongs, thanks for naming all of your leaders Donkey I guess.
i use cranky as my avatar. have i beat any of the DKC games? no. but i spiritually relate. is it any wonder why miyamoto wanted him in TF?
i would like to see a kind of old cranky but still looks in his prime form rescue his grandson as a baby or he is able to be in prime form again and we see him team up with his grandson
15:00 I remember hearing that too, but is there an article out there that has that written down?
... I'll freely admit I ran out of time to track it down, but have heard Hyle say it more than once, so if trusting him blindly takes me down, I accept my fate.
@@DesigningFor As will I. Great work on DK December, dude!
As a "boomer" (the term isn't even historically correct...) Cranky's right.
Git Gud.
You're more intelligent than my generation, you all have FAR more inherent skill and potential than we did and you have our full backing and support. You all just don't believe in yourselves for some reason and you all give up too easily. Though in all fairness, I blame me and the rest of my age group for not instilling into you what we learned during the 80's and 90's for life lessons.
Don't mean you can't just outright ask us at _any_ time literally _anything_ to avoid decades of emotional pain and suffering tho. [THAT'S A HINT, USE IT]