I loved Nintendo Power's DKC maps back in the day. Also annotations such as in Manic Miners which has an unused bonus game and a weird bonus game like passage you might remember.įucking incredible. Also Ropey Rampages' rain can be enabled. Apparently there's also other interactions elsewhere such as clicking on ropes that move when activated to see them move. It's a fantastic level) where you can turn the lights on and off. They have a WIP thing for Loopy Lights (which, by the way, should probably be talked about more.
Hahaha, some of the details in the updates to the DKC-Atlas DKC1 maps are amazing.
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There was also an update to DKC-Atlas's Maps feature that adds navigable overworld maps, music, animation and other cool shit. Quick, make a wish!Įdit: More things to check out if you're down for it! Here's a link to a Twitch Non-Highlight VOD (It'll vanish one day) of a DKC Anniversary Race the SpeedRunsLive guys put on. I’m probably going to just play some of it and think nice things about it. You could also just play some DKC or think nice things about it. DKC2 is the 8th most common game ran at Games Done Quick because it’s a great speed game and 1 and 3 are not too far behind. Maybe watch a speedrun of DKC or DKC2 from one of the Games Done Quick. Sadly Nintendo of America hasn’t seen fit to rerelease them yet. You can also buy the original trilogy on Wii U VC if you’re in Europe. It’s a phenomenal game in its own right that’s as good in 2014 as DKC2 was in 1995. He’s one of the most popular requested characters right now and it’s his 20th birthday as well! Another thing you can do is buy Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze for your Wii U. Maybe write your congressman, tell him that K Rool should be DLC for it. It’s best seen in GIFs I think where the animation quality can really shine.Īnyway, what should you do to celebrate? Well for one Smash Wii U is out today. Still to this day while the prerendered graphics are no longer cutting edge I can see that life and the detail in it. DKC had lush jungles, beautiful sunsets, dark stormy weather, background wildlife, fluid character animation with 30 frames of animation per second (for comparison Mario’s SMW run animation has 3 sprites whereas DK’s has 20), charming baddies which made honky noises when they were felled, etc etc. Mario always seemed sterile and lame in comparison to me. One of the things that I love about DKC is the atmospheric qualities. Yes, it had issues which would only be fixed entirely in its sequel DKC2 but that doesn’t diminish what DKC was. It was a sensational game that was hard to find for ages and revitalized the SNES in its last years.
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It was an amazing showpiece featuring at the time incredible sprite work, incredible animation fidelity, a profoundly great soundtrack, snarky manual writing, solid fast paced gameplay and attention to detail which was rare then. 20 years ago today (November 21st) Rare’s first super huge hit Donkey Kong Country hit store shelves in North America.