@@superluigi8539 I always assumed they were coconuts, seeing as how - that's what they look like, and that's what the Mini-Neckys used to spit/cough at you in DKC1, so Squawks doing it was just a carry-over from that game. How anyone would gets eggs from what are clearly coconuts is beyond me. It seems like a deliberate trolling/Mandala Effect going on by people choosing to be obtuse for "teh lulz" in the same vein of people claiming that Krow, the first boss from DKC2, is "a girl actually" because they've heard others referring to Krow as a "chick" and assume they mean "chick as in female", when in reality, they're calling Krow a "chick" as in "a chick is what baby birds are called" - and since Krow is modeled on the Mini-Neckys which are meant to be baby versions of the fully grown adult Necky, it would stand to reason that he (Krow) is only a baby - a chick if you will. This weird insistence of treating misinformation and lies/falsehoods as "fact" and that everyone who doesn't believe what you believe are, at best, morons and at worst, "sheeple who need to wake up to the 'truth'," that has been going on since 2015/2016 is absolutely frustratingly exhausting and I'm honestly over it.
I think you should have mentioned how the music helps offset the frustration players may feel at the difficulty spike. It's a soothing, calm piece that says to slow down, relax, you've got this just take it easier.
I've never heard it put into words before, but the bramble levels really are the "skill checks" of the game. The first one is all about timing and navigation. Can you understand how to orient yourself and time your button presses to get through the barrel maze? Until you get timing down, you can't pass. Bramble Scramble is all about climbing and confidence and adapting to animal buddies with limited movement - you are fenced in by the brambles. Screech's sprint is a final exam of being able to read enemy patterns and execute movement quickly. And animal antics is the platformer equivalent of one of those music compilation CDs - "NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: VOLUME 2!"
I always knew the song "Stickerbrush Symphony" as "Bramble Scramble" when I was a kid, because this stage was so freakin good. I loved this stage, by far my favorite in the whole game. So memorable, and well done analysis!
I still get endless enjoyment over how contested the inclusion or lack thereof of the R in brush is. Only gets this exciting when the topic is Electrodrome vs dome or Sweet Dreams being made of these. I mostly know these as Bramble Blast, but Scramble is the very next word I consider.
@@runningoncylinders3829 Brush is a type of vegetation that is characterized by its dense and often tangled growth, while bush refers to a woody plant that is typically smaller than a tree and has multiple stems or branches. It's pretty clear that brush is the correct word to describe the thorny plants found in DKC2. The suffix -drome is used to form words that refer to a course or a larger place for a special purpose, while dome is a standalone word that refers to a rounded roof. It's extremely obvious which one is correct within the context of a course in Mario Kart.
Hands down my favourite level in the game! My favourite part is after the checkpoint, when you blind jump over the bramble to land straight on a Squawks crate and right back into Squawks’ talons. I don’t know why, just always feels so cool. And I just love Squawks, he’s my favourite animal buddy. Feels so good whizzing through the Zingers and bramble with his impeccable control once you get good at it. It’s a really good compliment to the kinetic on the ground gameplay of Diddy and Dixie.
Ok the fact that I only now know that Diddy and Dixie don't count as hurtboxes when they grab Squawks is mindblowing to me. Knowing that would have made this level so less stressful on the first try xD But yeah, Bramble Scramble is incredible by aesthetic alone, but this video really give it justice. Amazing job!!! Also Squawks is legit one of my fave DK characters. I love this silly bird.
7:38 the endgame bonus bramble level with a normal empty skybox (from the combo animal buddy level immediately before the secret final boss). Seeing it even for a moment fires through my mind like lightning through my arms. I love it.
Best level is best! I am now a pro at this entire level after editing this one. Thanks for letting me be a part of DKD and forcing me to enlist in Top Gun Squawks.
When I was little, the first time I saw Squawks was in Squawks Shaft, being played by my older brother and some friends. I have a weird mandela effect about it because I distictly remember Squawks spiting red sparks from its beak, instead of... eggs? Coconuts? Whatever Squawks spits. The spark would fly horizontally, in a slow, wavy fashion. As a little kid I never questioned why a parrot would shoot something like that; I remember seeing Squawks' attack only once so maybe that's why my eyes misinterpreted what was happening
Omg I can't believe Squawks was throwing eggs until you mentioned it. In my childhood, I thought he was throwing crackers, cause you know, he's a parrot and in my childhood crackers being fed to parrots was common place by pirates. I think I'll continue thinking those are crackers, eggs out the mouth seems a bit uncomfortable for the bird XD
Donkey kong country and Donkey kong country 2 are my favorite SNES games along with others and they had great sound tracks especially Stickerbrush symphony from DK2 it brings back memories and nostalgia as kid I had a hard time beating bramble scramble and the boss King Zing as Squawks they were rage inducing lol and after many many tries I finally beat them
I thought this was going to be about the other Bramble stage, but I'm glad it was about my favorite of the two :). Also I had no idea Squawks was shooting eggs out of his mouth, I always thought they were nuts, like with the Necky's
Man, I had the exact same arc you described with this level. DKC2 was my childhood game, THE video game, and it was so hard but so rewarding. I absolutely used to hate Bramble Scramble, but in my time playing it and dying over and over and over, i grew to actually like it, it was like a friend to me. A friend that I would use to tick off my real life friends when I would pick it on purpose back when we used to play levels for fun on our multiplayer file >:) Just found this DKC series and deffo gonna be binging through that hehe, the og trilogy are my favorite platformers of all time.
Holy shit, you can jump through the vines after the checkpoint? I've always helicopter spun down the exit, it seems, to get there. Thought Cranky's advice was specifically for the DK coin and not the entrance :O
I thought i was the only one to do that lol I always sacrificed Diddy to fall besides the exit barrel, and then used Dixie's heli ability to reach the Squitter platform. I gotta say it really did feel like something was missing, but i never realized the correct way to get it until recently xD
It's easily the most memorable level name in the entire DKC series after Jungle Hijinx. I remember being soooo disappointed with the Bramble Scramble stage in Tropical Freeze, and when I asked myself why, it's because this stage was a turning point in DKC2 from great to one of the greatest of all time.
i heard that Twilight Terror around the end of the video second best Bramble Blast remix, no question #1 happens to be the Smash Bros Brawl remix oh, and nice spamton cameos
Hell yeah, Designing for DK December is everything I could wish from this channel!! Hell yeah Shoes is the best anibud Bramble Scramble was the level that took me the longest any 2d game ever took me to beat, 2 months, playing everyday for at least 2h
These videos so far are a great way to research level design. I intend to make my own platformer soon; one with very meaningful and intentional design with heavy inspiration from the DKC franchise
I never knew you could use the up and down arrows to change the amount of flap. Nor did I know Kongs didn't count as hitboxes. No wonder this level was so frustrating to me, www.
I just got flashbacks to the toughest challenge this game ever gave me... NOT this level, NOT Animal Antics, NOT the final boss... but rather, Animal Antics _Parrotless._ Oh yeah, it's possible to squeeze between the Squawks barrel and the thorny ceiling there, but the wind will still be in full effect. You think _ascending_ with Squitter is a challenge? Try _descending,_ during a windstorm, past tons of Zingers!
@@iamLI3 I should really recommend the site that gave me that challenge: RetroAchievements. It was one of the Bonus Set (read: for glitch and otherwise "unsuitable for Core set) cheevs, worth 100 points. For comparison, 100 is the highest amount a single cheev can grant you on that site, and even 25 is considered a "big" accomplishment. We've recently added PS2 support as well!
This level......I was attempting a no-death run of this game one time, because I'd replayed it every year since I was a kid and it felt like it only made sense as a way to raise the stakes. I died once in the third world (swamp), but decided I would see if I could still get by on just one death.... This.......level....... I think I got halfway without dying.....then I died. Okay, it had to happen again sometime I guess. Then I died again. And again....and again. I died 20 times. Eventually I lost count. I was absolutely tilted....I couldn't finish the level at all and I had to turn the game off. I didn't play for months after that. The next time I played, I almost beat Bramble Scramble on my first try, dying to the last enemy right before the goal. Then I beat it on my second attempt. I couldn't believe how much trouble it gave me that run, but I definitely gained new respect for it on that day.
even a year later your opening joke still got a major laughing fit out of me XD ..... also i can't believe someone who actually did a full and high quality DKD still hasn't gotten more attention for it than this still D: ....
surprised there is no mention in the comments of that video with the music of the level with all the people leaving "checkpoints" even fits with the themes of this video
notice how it's bramble scramble and not barrel blast i still go back to play this stage the most because it is the most fun , also stickerbrush.......
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I was not prepared for the Phrase "Squawks Unborn Child Attack", Excellent writing
same here - an excellent way of putting it XD
Except they are crackers, how does anyome see eggs? How would it even make sense?
I stand corrected lol my world is upside down now
@@superluigi8539 impossible, the eggs probably season their food, maybe. Also, how the hell do those look like crackers?
@@superluigi8539 I always assumed they were coconuts, seeing as how - that's what they look like, and that's what the Mini-Neckys used to spit/cough at you in DKC1, so Squawks doing it was just a carry-over from that game. How anyone would gets eggs from what are clearly coconuts is beyond me. It seems like a deliberate trolling/Mandala Effect going on by people choosing to be obtuse for "teh lulz" in the same vein of people claiming that Krow, the first boss from DKC2, is "a girl actually" because they've heard others referring to Krow as a "chick" and assume they mean "chick as in female", when in reality, they're calling Krow a "chick" as in "a chick is what baby birds are called" - and since Krow is modeled on the Mini-Neckys which are meant to be baby versions of the fully grown adult Necky, it would stand to reason that he (Krow) is only a baby - a chick if you will.
This weird insistence of treating misinformation and lies/falsehoods as "fact" and that everyone who doesn't believe what you believe are, at best, morons and at worst, "sheeple who need to wake up to the 'truth'," that has been going on since 2015/2016 is absolutely frustratingly exhausting and I'm honestly over it.
I think you should have mentioned how the music helps offset the frustration players may feel at the difficulty spike. It's a soothing, calm piece that says to slow down, relax, you've got this just take it easier.
You’ve covered the most iconic levels of DKC1 and DKC2. Well done
I've never heard it put into words before, but the bramble levels really are the "skill checks" of the game. The first one is all about timing and navigation. Can you understand how to orient yourself and time your button presses to get through the barrel maze? Until you get timing down, you can't pass. Bramble Scramble is all about climbing and confidence and adapting to animal buddies with limited movement - you are fenced in by the brambles. Screech's sprint is a final exam of being able to read enemy patterns and execute movement quickly. And animal antics is the platformer equivalent of one of those music compilation CDs - "NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL DONKEY KONG COUNTRY: VOLUME 2!"
I always knew the song "Stickerbrush Symphony" as "Bramble Scramble" when I was a kid, because this stage was so freakin good. I loved this stage, by far my favorite in the whole game. So memorable, and well done analysis!
I still get endless enjoyment over how contested the inclusion or lack thereof of the R in brush is.
Only gets this exciting when the topic is Electrodrome vs dome or Sweet Dreams being made of these.
I mostly know these as Bramble Blast, but Scramble is the very next word I consider.
@@runningoncylinders3829 Brush is a type of vegetation that is characterized by its dense and often tangled growth, while bush refers to a woody plant that is typically smaller than a tree and has multiple stems or branches. It's pretty clear that brush is the correct word to describe the thorny plants found in DKC2.
The suffix -drome is used to form words that refer to a course or a larger place for a special purpose, while dome is a standalone word that refers to a rounded roof. It's extremely obvious which one is correct within the context of a course in Mario Kart.
OMG. I never caught that Squawks was spitting eggs. I always thought they were, like, walnuts or something.
I always thought they were coconuts personally, but I looked it up and the manual does say eggs. I too am shocked.
GAME THEORY: Squawks is a distant descendant of Yoshi!?
I thought they were oranges.
same brony , the secrets are endless in these games , even though they are tiny finite unchanging game files lol
I always thought they were rocks
Hands down my favourite level in the game! My favourite part is after the checkpoint, when you blind jump over the bramble to land straight on a Squawks crate and right back into Squawks’ talons. I don’t know why, just always feels so cool. And I just love Squawks, he’s my favourite animal buddy. Feels so good whizzing through the Zingers and bramble with his impeccable control once you get good at it. It’s a really good compliment to the kinetic on the ground gameplay of Diddy and Dixie.
Ok the fact that I only now know that Diddy and Dixie don't count as hurtboxes when they grab Squawks is mindblowing to me. Knowing that would have made this level so less stressful on the first try xD
But yeah, Bramble Scramble is incredible by aesthetic alone, but this video really give it justice. Amazing job!!!
Also Squawks is legit one of my fave DK characters. I love this silly bird.
This is news to me. I wish I knew this way back when.
Same here.. I played through this many times and never realized that. lol
7:38 the endgame bonus bramble level with a normal empty skybox (from the combo animal buddy level immediately before the secret final boss). Seeing it even for a moment fires through my mind like lightning through my arms. I love it.
The B A N AN A is always Right!!
The ceiling is right, Kiddy Kong. You're not a very good Kong.
I thought Squaks was spitting nuts, like the Neckys do.
Best level is best! I am now a pro at this entire level after editing this one. Thanks for letting me be a part of DKD and forcing me to enlist in Top Gun Squawks.
When I was little, the first time I saw Squawks was in Squawks Shaft, being played by my older brother and some friends. I have a weird mandela effect about it because I distictly remember Squawks spiting red sparks from its beak, instead of... eggs? Coconuts? Whatever Squawks spits. The spark would fly horizontally, in a slow, wavy fashion. As a little kid I never questioned why a parrot would shoot something like that; I remember seeing Squawks' attack only once so maybe that's why my eyes misinterpreted what was happening
I never knew you could adjust his flight by also pressing up and down. I just held left or right and flapped when needed. 😳
Omg I can't believe Squawks was throwing eggs until you mentioned it. In my childhood, I thought he was throwing crackers, cause you know, he's a parrot and in my childhood crackers being fed to parrots was common place by pirates. I think I'll continue thinking those are crackers, eggs out the mouth seems a bit uncomfortable for the bird XD
I have never heard this take before, but it makes so much sense I can totally see it and I LOVE it!
Donkey kong country and Donkey kong country 2 are my favorite SNES games along with others and they had great sound tracks especially Stickerbrush symphony from DK2 it brings back memories and nostalgia as kid I had a hard time beating bramble scramble and the boss King Zing as Squawks they were rage inducing lol and after many many tries I finally beat them
"unborn child attack"
I thought this was going to be about the other Bramble stage, but I'm glad it was about my favorite of the two :). Also I had no idea Squawks was shooting eggs out of his mouth, I always thought they were nuts, like with the Necky's
Man, I had the exact same arc you described with this level. DKC2 was my childhood game, THE video game, and it was so hard but so rewarding. I absolutely used to hate Bramble Scramble, but in my time playing it and dying over and over and over, i grew to actually like it, it was like a friend to me. A friend that I would use to tick off my real life friends when I would pick it on purpose back when we used to play levels for fun on our multiplayer file >:) Just found this DKC series and deffo gonna be binging through that hehe, the og trilogy are my favorite platformers of all time.
Man you really are doing a Donkey Kong video every day
Awesome
Of course, who would lie about Donkey Kong?
Holy shit, you can jump through the vines after the checkpoint?
I've always helicopter spun down the exit, it seems, to get there. Thought Cranky's advice was specifically for the DK coin and not the entrance :O
rofl
I thought i was the only one to do that lol
I always sacrificed Diddy to fall besides the exit barrel, and then used Dixie's heli ability to reach the Squitter platform.
I gotta say it really did feel like something was missing, but i never realized the correct way to get it until recently xD
Helicoptering with Dixie through the crack was a pain so I’d sacrifice Diddy too for it
It's easily the most memorable level name in the entire DKC series after Jungle Hijinx. I remember being soooo disappointed with the Bramble Scramble stage in Tropical Freeze, and when I asked myself why, it's because this stage was a turning point in DKC2 from great to one of the greatest of all time.
Bramble Status: Scrambled
I should be studying but YT keeps recomending me your videos, and TBH, loving them, keep the great work :)
i heard that Twilight Terror around the end of the video
second best Bramble Blast remix, no question
#1 happens to be the Smash Bros Brawl remix
oh, and nice spamton cameos
Hell yeah, Designing for DK December is everything I could wish from this channel!! Hell yeah Shoes is the best anibud
Bramble Scramble was the level that took me the longest any 2d game ever took me to beat, 2 months, playing everyday for at least 2h
These videos so far are a great way to research level design. I intend to make my own platformer soon; one with very meaningful and intentional design with heavy inspiration from the DKC franchise
Let me know when you get it out, I’d love to try it out! Especially if it’s inspired by DKC
6:47 I never liked how hidden goodies were in DKC2. Who in their right mind would think "oh yeah, just jump through the spikes"?
I love your channel. This is some good analysis on one of the greatest game of all time
Guys I think he's passionate about donkey kong
Best thing to happen from this level is Donkey Kong by Boy Friends.
I got a whole bunch of bananas.....but I ain't got nothing for answers
I never knew you could use the up and down arrows to change the amount of flap. Nor did I know Kongs didn't count as hitboxes. No wonder this level was so frustrating to me, www.
I just got flashbacks to the toughest challenge this game ever gave me... NOT this level, NOT Animal Antics, NOT the final boss... but rather, Animal Antics _Parrotless._
Oh yeah, it's possible to squeeze between the Squawks barrel and the thorny ceiling there, but the wind will still be in full effect. You think _ascending_ with Squitter is a challenge? Try _descending,_ during a windstorm, past tons of Zingers!
holy crap you're right , i think i might have done that once before but i don't remember , im going to have to do that again then lol
@@iamLI3 I should really recommend the site that gave me that challenge: RetroAchievements. It was one of the Bonus Set (read: for glitch and otherwise "unsuitable for Core set) cheevs, worth 100 points. For comparison, 100 is the highest amount a single cheev can grant you on that site, and even 25 is considered a "big" accomplishment.
We've recently added PS2 support as well!
@@ShadwSonic link?
the toughest challenge in that set for me was completing every stage without dying once
One of the levels I fear the most any time I replay this game
This level......I was attempting a no-death run of this game one time, because I'd replayed it every year since I was a kid and it felt like it only made sense as a way to raise the stakes. I died once in the third world (swamp), but decided I would see if I could still get by on just one death....
This.......level.......
I think I got halfway without dying.....then I died. Okay, it had to happen again sometime I guess. Then I died again. And again....and again. I died 20 times. Eventually I lost count. I was absolutely tilted....I couldn't finish the level at all and I had to turn the game off. I didn't play for months after that.
The next time I played, I almost beat Bramble Scramble on my first try, dying to the last enemy right before the goal. Then I beat it on my second attempt. I couldn't believe how much trouble it gave me that run, but I definitely gained new respect for it on that day.
B E E C L O C K S
I really like this Donkey Kong December series, and hope you do more like it in the future!
“Squawks unborn child attack..”
Well I’m using it now. I thought those were nuts….
Flappy bird in difficulty spike maze.
I love donkey Kong December
Let's Go Bramble!
This level sucks so bad if you don't know you can rest the kongs on the bottom brambles with squawks without them dying
even a year later your opening joke still got a major laughing fit out of me XD .....
also i can't believe someone who actually did a full and high quality DKD still hasn't gotten more attention for it than this still D: ....
funny, i always thought that squawks was shooting coconut, not eggs
Please let there be an episode of Lanky Kong
i think i love this channel
surprised there is no mention in the comments of that video with the music of the level with all the people leaving "checkpoints" even fits with the themes of this video
I begin to see why I wasn't that good at these games as a very anxious child lmao
You can rest on the bottom of the brambles as Squawks.
Finally someone on RUclips who acknowledged that the Kongs aren't hurt boxes when riding Squawks. I thought I was the only one who knew.
You mean, all this time I didn't need to hurt my thumb playing this level?
to this day I always thought Squawks was puking up walnuts, not eggs
donkey Kong country two is really good! I love how you compared to sonic two an Mario three,
I could not do this as a kid, I only completed it on the WII and later on the SNES about 20 years later
i never got the DK coin the right way. i greatly overcomplicated it
This one made me suffer a bit but lovely stage
Could you analyze the levels called Ghostly Groove and Arctic Abyss? It's one of my favourites levels
Squawks is shootings eggs? I always thought they're were mini coconuts or something
I always thought Squawks shot coconuts instead of eggs. No idea why.
So glad this level isn't on the remake on the gba
It is lmao,maybe it's just has different name but the gba remakes didn't omitt any levels from their snes counterpants.
notice how it's bramble scramble and not barrel blast
i still go back to play this stage the most because it is the most fun , also stickerbrush.......
Bramble Scramble..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I'm excited for an episode of funky kong
wow ❤
Yeaaaah
Let's get this video to a lot of views in the first hour so that it gets love from youtube
Algorithm bless this video which i liked even before watching it because it's that good
Seriously, sometimes i end up pissed off because i can't like it again after watching it, fix that youtube
Lots of words lots of engagement, yadda yadda
Also hi D4
Not egg, is coconut
I did check, the manual says egg on Page 24.
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First
Weird voice.