Johnny vs. Donkey Kong Country Returns & Tropical Freeze
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
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In today's episode, the Donkey Kong Marathon wraps up with the last main Country game. But this time, Retro Studios has taken the helm. What does this ultimately mean for the Gorilla?
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Funky's making me feel something.
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If you have time you should finish returns 3D. It has an entire secret bonus world that wasn't in the 3D version of the game. It was a nice surprise when I was completing the game a 2nd time.
Johnny doesn't let Link have a gun to stay with the Bow and Arrows but No guns! You forget Shadow the Hedgehog.
@SomecallneJohnny you should review xenoblade series.
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@zenone9698 Yeah after Johnny is done with Bayonetta 3 first then the Xenoblade series.
Cranky being the most popular with Speedrunners instead of Casual audiences really makes his whole character go full circle.
Thats actually a genius way of seeing it
Show 'em how we do it back in '81!
@@Mekboy_ComputerMonster He learned everything he knew with Master Scrooge McDuck
his cane bouncing bonus makes him my favorite kong to pick when theres an option
He can also attack underwater, so he can kill those damn sharks.
Tropical Freeze lets you play as individual Kongs without DK in its hard mode. But I do believe to unlock hard mode, you have to beat all of the Secret Temple stages. It's great for replays though.
Eeh, idk, I really didn't like hard mode in Tropical Freeze. Unlike Returns, you get no checkpoints, and the stages are already longer. Also there is no reason to play anyone other than Dixie.
@@19Szabolcs91 DKCR's hard mode was also a mirror mode, and it forced you to play as DK. It's fun to play as other Kongs, you get to see all of their unique animations, and have fun with their specific abilities, and I for one prefer playing as Cranky over Dixie, and heck, Diddy Kong is best for underwater stages.
I also prefer scrooge mc i mean cranky kong :D
Johnny paying the price for being a casual
Hard Mode isn't worth it honestly, they took the lazy path of just making it unfair for the sake of artificial challenge
What I always appreciate about both Returns and Tropical Freeze is how grounded the the levels are despite the fantastical geography. Most platformers usually have floating platforms sticking out, and while that's not a problem for me personally, I love how in the new DKC games, every part of the level feels connect to some sort of terrain. It's even better when you're playing through the more destructive levels where the environment shifts and changes how you expect to tackle the platforming.
Kongtext
The levels are very kongtextual
I loved how in the first level of each world you actually started in the previous world's design and (sometimes) gradually shifted to the new style
@@squirtluigi Continuity's a beautiful thing sometimes
@@Kronosdoesshit *Kongtenuity
Fun fact: Tropical Freeze has a unlockable Hard Mode that lets you control the Partner Kongs with needing to play Multiplayer...but it forces you to do a no hit run with no checkpoints of stages (Aka your Hearts are at 1, and the checkpoints are gone). Also Funky Mode still lets 2P play as the Partner Kongs.
I'd be fine with only having 1 hit-point (that's how it is in the SNES games anyway), but no checkpoints is bullcrap. No thank you.
@@k-leb4671 Well... It's hard mode, you literally unlock it by fully completing every level with every kong letters, including the temple and World 9 levels, so the game expectes you to know the levels like the back of your hand (which you should at that point) in order to attempt hard mode in the first place. It's like complaining about Doom Eternal's master levels because some of them takes your weapons away.
@@diegomedina9637 There are ways to make something more difficult without making it less fun.
@@PlayerZeroStart Uhhhmmm it's actually pretty fun. Like I said, you unlock hard mode when you're already mastered every other single level, so you're well equipped for a no hit run.
@@diegomedina9637 Having to start the entire level over again any time you make one mistake doesn't sound fun to me
I love how the title card image has Donkey Kong jealous of Funky Kong getting the spotlight.
David Wise returning to the DKC series as the music composer for Tropical Freeze was the smartest decision for the series after his long absence.
Genius composer, I really feel his musical work for Star Fox Adventures is highly underrated.
5:58 the pairing of Cliff with the Home Alone 2 clips had me rolling.
DKC Returns taught me of my hidden talent. You see, this game has a screen where you can unlock and then listen to the music from each level. My family found that I could turn away from the tv, close my eyes, they could pick any song, and I could name the level name it came from. I still carry this skill today, though not towards those songs in particular anymore unfortunately. Anything on my playlist, though, and you've got it in 2 seconds guaranteed. I'll always appreciate DKCR for enlightning me to my useless special talent.
I'm not much of a (2D) platformer guy, usually, and I've never played the original trilogy for reference, only watched others play them, but I can say that I adore Tropical Freeze. It really, really impressed me, honestly. I think it controls like a dream (coming from someone who dislikes the feel of Super Mario Bros. games) and the levels are so wildly imaginitive, with super clean audio and visual presentation and holy moly, how did they cram so many unique (environmental) assets into this game??? Almost all the levels look and sound so distinct, I feel like you just don't get that with most platformers. Absolutely gets my personal recommendation and I'll gush about it every opportunity I get.
I sure hope there will be a new Donkey Kong game next year.
Metroid Prime 4 and DKC 6 2023!
They gotta end the Retro Studios DKC with a 3rd game with the Kremlings somehow. That would be perfect
I hope for Mario odyssey 2
I usually don't Overly, Dramatically LONG for things as much as I use to,
(I mean, stuff like Metroid Dread came out last year, so Im pretty well fed),
But I look at my watch and think,
_"Hey, a new Donkey Kong game would be Coo."_
I also would love a Returns port to the Switch.
Another cool addition to Returns 3D is an entire extra world if you beat all the Temple Levels. In the Wii version, you just get 1 additional stage where in 3D, you get 8 brand new levels, each based off a different world plus the level from the original game at the end.
It’s not in 60fps like the Wii version, though.
@@gamestation2690 I mean that was mentioned in the video so I didn’t think it was necessary to mention here. Same with the lowered resolution
@@gamestation2690 Doesn’t change the fact that it has extra levels. Saying that was really redundant.
@@EWOODJ If you prefer to play DKCR on the go, does that mean you also prefer to play the original trilogy on the go?
@@MrHomelessHobos Never mind
Not gonna lie I might be only with this but Tropical Freeze is my favourite DKC game
For years DKC2 was my favorite platformer ever but then I played Tropical Freeze and now I'm not so sure anymore. Seriously this game is crazy, the secret temples are insane and the music is godlike. I'm excited for a new DKC if it gets better than this
my ranking: DKC2 > Tropical Freeze > DKC1 > Returns > DKC3 lol
@@islandboy9381 mine is the same except 2 and Freeze are constantly swapping lol
@@islandboy9381 mine is tropical freeze > DKC2 > returns > DKC1 > DKC3. all great games
Tropical Freeze is definitely the best in my mind. The SNES games are classic but Tropical Freeze has so much content and so much detail and isn't confined by the limitations of the SNES. Plus, the soundtrack is heaven.
@@jclkaytwoman I’m seeing you everywhere
20:02 “If found: That’d be nice.”
LMAO
I’m surprised Johnny didn’t mention the music during the rocket barrel. It’s so of the most bombastic and energetic music I’ve heard.
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If you're looking for something as a kind of alternative to "Donkey Kong Country", I highly recommend playing the indie game title "Kaze And The Wild Masks", since the gameplay is remarkably similar to that of the DKC games while also adding plenty of challenge despite it not being as long as the newer games in the series.
I can't believe I've never heard of this game before, thanks for making me aware of it.
Tropical Freeze was such a fantastic time back when I played it years ago. I honestly rank it above DKC1 and 3, but tied with 2. Grassland Grove is my favorite track in the game and the level itself is one of my favorites in the game. The level design, the music, the platforming, you could tell the devs really went all out for this game. Whoever makes the next Country game has a lot to live up to but I have faith that they'll do the next game justice.
In the return games when you have a companion such as diddy on dk you can roll infinitely. Don’t blame you for not knowing that as the game should’ve taught you. 8:25
To be fair I think they expect you to learn it naturally especially on that stage. Like obviously you're supposed to keep rolling right there and you should probably naturally learn that you can do so. I'm kinda surprised Johnny never figured it out lol, especially if he tried doing the time trials.
It's like doing the roll-off-edge jump in DKC for the SNES, the game itself never tells you that, but there's so many letters and bonuses that require it that you learn it pretty naturally. You see a letter directly off an edge and think "huh...there's gotta be some way I can get that." and same in Returns with the roll, when you see a line of enemies too big for one roll "huh...there's gotta be a way I can keep rolling continuously"
@@Deadflower20xx the difference is that there is absolutely nothing in the game that suggests you can infinitely roll nor is the infinite roll actually required for completion. I happened to find out by complete accident rather than me trying to test it out.
@@collinherrin4596 How does anyone not figure out the infinite roll? I remember knowing how to do it in my first playthrough as an 11 year old.
@@k-leb4671 some call me Johnny didn’t figure it out. And it’s 100% possible to not figure it out as the game doesn’t require it and nothing suggests that you can do it
Im pretty sure Returns tells you you can do that.
4:35 The fact that you added Seth Rogan's laugh in this makes this even more perfect than it already is.
Changing topic, I'm so excited for the Super Mario movie by Illumination especially because of Donkey Kong. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like DK's presence in that movie alone is a HUGE teaser for a Donkey Kong Country Animated movie. If the Mario movie ends up being successful enough, we may indeed end up with a DKC movie with Seth Rogan as the main star himself DK. I am very excited. Can't wait to see how the Super Mario Bros. Movie does and where do they go from there.
Tropical Freeze is not only one of the greatest platformers ever made, it's also one of the best games of all time. Damn shame it was stuck on the Wii U for so long, but once it got ported to Switch, it was open season for everyone!
Tropical Freeze is pretty much a perfect side-scroller. I love it so much, and I was never really a major DK fan before. I heard so many good things about it being a master class is platformer design and finally decided to give it a try, and holy crap was it amazing.
Another fun fact about the 3DS version of Returns:
The secret world that you can access after collecting all of the Kong letters and colored orbs has an additional eight levels that are not present in the Wii version, with each new level being based on one of the eight worlds of the main game respectively.
They are also rather difficult, and are immediately followed up by the one secret level the Wii version had.
World 3's boss has a clever design choice: its cauldron is filled with bombs, but because the skull icons on the bombs face upward in the cauldron it looks like the cauldron is filled with skulls.
That's an insanely sneaky way to cheat around the game's rating.
Who here after the Nintendo direct where Country Returns is comping to the switch?
Here
Yeah.. can't believe they're re re releasing a game from 2011 the creatively bankrupt jerks.
Right here! Loved Tropical Freeze, and missed the original Returns back on the Wii, so I'm definitely gonna pick this up. I hope they add Cranky and Dixie as characters, I always found their abilities the most fun.
Me
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Bit disappointed that all that we got for Tropical Freeze was a brief six minute cliffnotes review. That game deserves way more than six minutes.
The puzzle pieces are for art and dioramas.
You only need the K O N G letters to unlock the extra world.
To keep rolling as DK with a kong on your back; you need to keep mashing the roll button, or in the wii's case shaking.
From what I've heard, there were plans to have the Kremling Krew in DKCR3, including K.Rool. but Tropical Freeze didn't do well enough to allow a third game to come along.
which I myself put down to 'it's on the Wii U' but that's personal conjecture
I always find DK Returns decent platformer, but a solid return to the series.
Tropical freeze tho? One of My favorite 2D Platformer there is
16:24 I was just waiting for Johnny to acknowledge that.
18:10 There's your inner Sonic fan showing itself, Johnny.
I had a blast going through Tropical Freeze; way more than I did with Returns which was already a positive impression. Enjoyed how every level felt different and unique, how the 6th World's levels are basically the themes of each of Returns' worlds, the Snowmads being more entertaining than the Tikis, the online leaderboards, playing each individual Kong in Hard Mode (really shouldn't be locked there though), the soundtrack and graphics...I'm just glad it isn't trapped on the Wii U because it really is one of the best games on that platform imo.
"Find Kiddie where the fuck did he go?"
The Mario movie, believe it or not.
Nothing better than seeing a new video to watch while eating
Donkey Kong Country Returns was my 1st dive into the DKC series as a whole. I have a bit of nostalgia for this game when it came out on the Nintendo Wii. I remember receiving it as a Christmas present alongside Sonic Colors and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2010).
Looks like someone didn't pay attention because the second part of the credits has an amazing remix of Bramble Blast/StickerBrush Symphony
Contrasting the initial reveals of DKC Returns and Tropical Freeze is pretty sad… but hilarious at the same time.
Played it last year, this game is so amazing, I hope Nintendo makes another DK game soon
Johnny says he won't take the bongos out till he's covering all the bongo games... Johnny takes bongos out
Honestly it's sad your wii isn't functioning well because the controls were really fun. Everything just made sense and running through levels was great. It was so easy to get DK's roll stops short unless you have Diddy to extend it, the mechnic to jump off enemies...just everything flowed so well.
I honestly love these games more than the original trilogy. DK himself feels more agile (just how quickly he can climb up the grassy terrain) and actually strong (despite us being told he was in other games I never actually felt it). And just with how much half the levels get absolutely wrecked as you make your way through it, it makes DK feel like an absolute wrecking ball with the simple objective of going forward no matter what gets in his way.
Edit: Though I will admit that there’s a couple of major flaws in the games. The first of which being that the game never tells you how it’s odd way of bouncing off of multiple enemies works. That was something I had to figure out through trial and error, and until I did it was super frustrating _(especially_ in the bonus temple stages) to have the mechanic be so seemingly inconsistent when it wanted to work or not.
The other flaw is _much_ worse, though is in a similar vein: having to press A (on Wii, and whatever the button was on Wii U/Switch) multiple times to get a rocket barrel started. While I now get it was purely to get it started, at the time it “taught” me that the way we were suppose to control it was by pressing the button multiple times instead of just holding the button to give it gas, with the speed of the button presses determining how high or low the barrel would go onscreen.
That’s how I played the rocket barrel stages for all but like the last one or two, and it made those stages _10 times harder_ than they would have been if played properly. It wasn’t until one of the last ones (I think it was the one where that giant bat was chasing you through most of the stage), where I went from 90 something lives to an actual game over and restart and lost _even more_ lives to it, that I reached my wit’s end and was on the verge of giving up and so started doing long presses of the button in a defeated way…only to discover to my shock and delight/horror that that _worked._ I was delighted because it made the stage _so much easier,_ but was equally in horror that it took me _that long to figure out,_ after so many of these kind of stages and lives lost on this one particular one.
This is something that I don't see brought up very much, and it definitely helps the games stand out from their platforming contemporaries.
@@Rodanguirus
Definitely!
Though I did remember a couple of major flaws that the games had, and so I edited my original post to mention those.
Little tip for those who have a modified Wii and a Classic Controller on hand, there exist some codes that map the Wii mote controls to the classic controller, and it makes the game much better. If you really want 60fps, that's the way to go if you ask me
To me, Tropical Freeze is the best 2D platformer I've ever played. I only just beaten the original dkc trilogy on my switch last year and I swear those games felt harder, but maybe it's just because I didn't grow up with those games lol
Having a really bad today, so I truly needed this video. Thanks Johnny
19:50 Oh man, I had nearly forgotten about Donkey Kong's infinite penis joke material.
The jokes "expand dong"
You could say
4:34 I JUST realised Johnny gave DK the Seth Rogan laugh. Nice edit.
probably the worst thing about returns is that when your in 2 player mode when a player dies it takes a life, but whenever only one player is alive and they die it takes two lives even if it already took one for the other players initial death
16:50 aah, you see, John, DK and the gang can now ATTACK most things underwater, which means they gotta rewire their monkey systems back to needing oxygen, since the tradeoff for indefinitely holding your breath was not being able to attack underwater in the previous games. A common thing in primates.
Nature is beautiful.
If you want a better experience with Returns, there's a modded setup you can use with the Dolphin emulator that maps the motion controls to Classic Controller inputs making it practically indistinguishable from the 3DS version sans the extra levels, would very much recommend this as you get the good controls without sacrificing the framerate.
You can't just casually mention Jetpack Joyride without some people in the comments calling you a bad gamer for playing mobile phone games
16:24 this is why Johnny and his edits are so funny
16:26 There's an Expand Dong joke in there somewhere. Definitely a highlight of 2010, which says something considering Mario Galaxy 2, Sonic Colours and No More Heroes 2 all released that year, and that's just the Wii.
For us who grew up with the Wii, the motion controls feel completely natural to use
18:54 bramble blast comes back in the credits, but only in the wii u version for some reason
I never really warmed to the Rare games, but the Retro ones are great.
Dkcr actually only requires you to time your jump when bouncing on an enemy same with tropical freeze
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze is one of the greatest games I have ever played. It's phenominal!
DKCR 3D, like DKC3 GBA, has an extra world (Cloud), with the Golden Temple now being that world's final level. Clearing the temple unlocks Mirror Mode.
17:43 I’ve played Mario Kart Wii, so yeah, I could believe Funky’s secretly Xehanort…
I can't believe it was in this video of all places where I realised that in Banjo Kazooie smash reveal. DK has a picture of the Original Donkey Kong on his wall
I always feel like a weirdo because I actually liked the motion control bits in the returns games. I even chose to use them for Tropical Freeze.
Really though, TF is one of the best platformers ever made, imo. Incredibly solid game.
Helping keep Donkey Kong December going,
Good job Johnny👍
Really glad to see you doing the Donkey Kong month together with Dunkey
No need for the 3ds version to avoid the shaking control.
There is a Gecko code that allows you to use the classic controller with the Wii version of DKC Returns. The floor slamming gets assigned to a shoulder button.
I got all the kong letters and all of the puzzle pieces and I unlocked hard mode where I could play the game as Dixie by herself.
17:54
If he’s this good at platforming, imagine him as a LAWYER…
Hey Johnny, now that your first DK marathon is over, can you do a Round 2 for Breath of the Wild in preparation for Tears of the Kingdom's upcoming release in March? It's been years since BOTW's DLC and you still have yet to talk about it.
just ran into your channel while watching Zelda LttP and OoT reviews and dont know how ive never crossed your channel before. its cool youre still going 10 years after those reviews and youve got a new subscriber.
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Could never really get into any of the Rare-made games, but I really enjoyed Returns and especially Tropical Freeze. Hopefully, if there is a third Retro-made game, the Kremlings will return.
Thanks for celebrating Donkey Kong December.
Thank you so much for the years of entertaining gaming videos, Johnny. I wish you a very merry Christmas.
Tropical Freeze is my personal favorite out of all the Donkey Kong Country games. It's far from perfect, as there are plenty of brutal and difficult moments, and I really hate that boss battle against that pufferfish, but overall, I still had a good time. Especially the one on the Switch.
Johnny tropical freeze was already one of my favorite games I was skeptical or not too buy the Nintendo switch rerelease but ever since I’ve heard you say funky mode was a blast I thought I’d try and now I can saw tropical freeze is my favorite donkey Kong game 😊
Unpopular hill I'm willing to bleed out on: DKC Returns and DKC Tropical Freeze took everything that made the original trilogy good, and IMPROVED it exponentially. And yes, that includes DKC2.
I was in the audience at E3 when Reggies announced Returns. For a minute, my game journalist objectivity fell away and I promptly lost my shit lol.
8:21 Yes! The f*ck joke is back from the Country Trilogy video!
For me these two games are top notch DK games ❤️👍🔥
diddy kong does make your rolls infinite in returns, you just stop rolling if you stop shaking
Pretty solid games to bring back donkey Kong country on. I played a lot of returns but didn’t get that far into tropical freeze but I plan on playing it agains someday because a DK Viking invasion was kinda cool
I highly suggest giving it a full playthrough! It and Rayman Legends are tied for my favorite 2D platformer.
Tropical freeze is tied with diddy's kongquest for my favorite donkey kong game
4:06 How is DK's mouth in the same position in these two boxart covers, but one has teeth and the other toothless... Toothless? Is he like nightfuries in How to Train Your Dragon with retractable teeth!?
If we get another Donkey Kong Country(we better) I hope they make sure to include a good amount of Kongs, Animal Buddies, and vehicles. I want both mine cart level types and the rocket barrel to return. There should be like five different animal buddies. And they should at least have the roster of TF for Kongs. Maybe adding Swanky and Wrinkly exclusively as NPCs with Funky now being a main character in the base story rather than just ‘easy mode’
Agreed. That's the one thing the modern Donkey Kong Country games lacks of are the Animal Buddies.
19:57 FK... in the barrels... I knew I could count on it, never fails
Classic Donkey Kong December
10:16 The original Donkey Kong scaffold in the background.
Glad to have join you on this donkey kong run
19:53
I laughed at that joke way harder than I should have.
My humour really hasn't evolved since I was 14 huh.
Johnny you are an inspiration to us all
Also I wish retro studios had made a third game, duologies always seem off to me
I prefer quality over quantity, usually the third part of any teilogy is the weakest one. Of course there are some exceptions like Lord of the Rings: Return of the King since the whole trilogy is so damn good.
Also, now that you mentioned, I'd die for a third Guacamelee at this point and why there isn't Johnny VS. Guacamelee 2?? The game's great!
@@JoakimOtamaa I'm gonna be the odd one out and say Return of the King is the worst of the LOTR movies and The Two Towers is the best. I just think ROTK has issues with pacing. It feels every bit as long as it is, whereas TTT has exceptional pacing and at no point am I bored watching it. TTT also has the best battle in all of the films at Helm's Deep.
technically lotr isn't a trilogy it's one book split into three
@@jacobmonks3722 But as a whole it works well and concludes the story nicely. Also, battle of Minas Tirith is badass too.
15:08 To be fair, Dixie did have SOME side gigs with being playable in Mario Hoops, Diddy Kong Racing DS and in Mario Super Sluggers. It’s not much but she had some work in between lol
I really loved the bosses in Tropical Freeze, all of them. The only exception maybe the final boss, that fight really does go on for a bit too long.
I liked all the bosses in tropical freeze except for bashmaster and lord Fredrick, just because those take to long
12:20 How did this work in the old DKC games then? You said that holding the jump button was used for higher jumps, but wasn't it also used for those longer jumps for Diddy and Dixie?
10:35 got me think about the time DIO’s voice actor played Optimus Primal in Beast Wars.
the Seth Rogen laugh is a good touch
Johnny you are a blessing on a stressful day. Thanks for doing what you do and I wish you and your loved ones a Happy Holidays.
That Cliff bit made me laugh more than it should have
Ahh yes, Donkey Kong December 👌🏼
Oh my gosh, I've always wanted to hear your thoughts on these games tbh. Now I'm glad I finally get to!
Also to add, I feel like they made DK the sole single-player character, at least for Returns, because he wasn't playable in DKC2 and DKC3 (which is wild to think about)
As for Tropical Freeze, Diddy, Dixie and Cranky are still power-up esque in *Normal* Mode, but once you unlock Hard Mode (and speedruns too I think), you can pick any of the three and go as them solo for the levels. Though maybe there's not much incentive to beat Hard Mode outside of wanting to 200% the game but yeah
For the record, beating the game in Tropical Freeze does unlock playing the other kongs separately.
20:01 he got lost in the Mario movie through a time portal after 2005
Also, it's not worth it AT ALL but in tropical freeze, you CAN play as partner Kongs in one hit mirror mode after you beat the bonus world. yep, that's not incredibly obnoxious at all.
Because of this review,
I interested in playing Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
Tropical Freeze is in my top 10 favorite games, second only to DKC2. I prefer the Wii U version because the music that plays during the credits is a remix of Stickerbush Symphony, sadly not present in the Switch version.
The Seth Rogan laugh on Donkey Kong... Oh my god what a great edit! Wonderful video. Hope you get some rest over the holidays!