nick_md wrote:

Are you guys familiar with the 'save point'? It's a DKC2 video of Stickerbush Symphony with a Japanese description that apparently finds its way into people's youtube algorithm, and the popular thought is that it's a 'save point' of life, and if you get it in your list, you're a main character. Like, if you see it pop up in your recommended vids (as I did) then you've reached a save point in life. Ofc it's bollocks, it's just the algorithm, but I love the idea of it. You've reached x years, this is your save point. This is the video that popped up on my recommend vids one day: ...this is the vid that talks about it: ...I dropped a comment on a different version, and it's by far the most commented on thing I've ever done, I get daily notifications about people responding. I think there's something about this piece of music that just makes people stop and take stock, it's such a brilliant, beautiful piece of music (the DKC snes series in general has amazing music). I really enjoy the whole idea of the 'save point' and the piece of music itself. I posted this comment on my bday whilst rather pissed and feeling emotional, apologies: Anyway, I'll enjoy playing DKC3 this month.

Gotta love stuff like this.  Every time you watch a John Prine vid you create a save state though.  Was it DKC or Super Metroid your mate wiped the save for? 

Hang in there m8.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

This one starts off looking slightly iffy, the galleon stages are a bit drab and it's not a visual style time has been kind to on the whole imo

Gotta say I think the pre rendered graphics would look much better on a CRT.

Even the difference between the SNES mini with scanlines compared to the Switch without them in night and day.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

so it practically screams VFM. I love my Sega classics but their platformers could rarely be described as epic.

When I made the links in here for our reviews thats one thing you mentioned in many Nintendo reviews.

I didn't realise it as a kid, but in hindsight Nintendo games definitely tend to have more meat to the bone.

In the 16-bit era Sega was more sports and arcade oriented in gameplay styles.
Nintendo was more focussed on unique gameplay experiences tailored to the home (sofa?). Think Zelda, Mario, Metroid.

But aye, the Miyamoto magic touch was everywhere during that time and really makes a difference.

DKC3 is a great game

Dokey Kong Cuntery!! I bet he's less of a prick that the wasp boss in DKC2.

Yeah I'm not a fan of the world map, so much so it put me off playing it a few occasions.

Anyone wanting to scratch a modern DKC itch could do a lot worse than Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair btw.  It has a few issues but it's a good game overall and an excellent one in places.  It's not quite the real thing but it's a very playable homage.    



I've got the Switch cart so if you fancy borrowing at some point, shout.

Just realised you can rewind sections of gameplay in the SNES app :eyes:

NOOOO

I think you can see the credits without them, they're for a hidden world from what I can remember.

The whole collection bonuses are what let the SNES Trilogy down for me. There's no way to know what your missing and from what level like the Wii series or NSMB games.

If there was a way to track them I think I would have replaced the first two for 100%, or 101/102 - whatever silly number they applied.

Donkey Kong Country 2 - SNES

Quality stuff, all things considered it's one of the best 16-bit games, which of course plants it firmly in the toppest tier of early to mid 90s platformers too. I was late to the DK party and the first one I played was the GBA port of DKC, and I don't think I played that until a few years ago. I'd always assumed that deep down it was a B list platformer with snazzy graphics, but I misjudged it with my Sega eyes (I think I wanted it to be average under the surface because I was hugely jealous of how it looked as a youngster - 'but we've got Vectorman!'). The roll and character weight both felt good and the stage layouts were well designed. The sequel is miles better though, which has surprised me again. I'd heard it was the best one and while I'd still say it's not (Tropical Freeze is almost certainly better and I prefer DKCR too) it's remarkably good for 1995. It's huge, varied, playable and packed full of secrets, all of which add up to represent insane value for money when compared to most games of the era. I remember convincing my mate to buy Ren & Stimpy on the MD once, which we polished off in just over an hour. Oops. I was busy chasing polygons when this was released, which was fun at the time but another oops in hindsight.

There are a few weak sections and the trial and error gameplay asks a little too much of the player at times (it's doable, but the final third is definitely on the rough side with one checkpoint per stage). Having to pay coins to save the game is also yikes, but it was a different time. It's hard to fault on the whole, so I'll go with a whopping 95% as its '95 score, it really is/was that good.

No, the 3DS one was a port of the Wii game, this one's a Wii U game that later became a Switch port.

Best game.

In fact just listening to DKC and DKC2 OSTs, I think DKC is miles better, but damn Stickerbrush Symphony is like all time top 3.