Donkey Kong Country SNES

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Originally Posted by Salsashark

What the hell were they thinking with all that rapping business?

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The one thing I can take away from Rare games, however fun they may be: Rare has the worst taste of any entity that has ever, or will ever, exist. It is impossible to beat them in a bad tastathon, or even place close in an ugly character design contest. They are like gods ... gods with bad taste. (And so they probably love a lot of the strictly mediocre platformers recommended today here at TNL. *rimshot* :chick: :chick: )

Incredibly, this is precisely why one of my friends is a raving Rare fanboy. It's like the hideousness of their productions is a big in-joke between Rare and a select few who happen to be privy. Come to think of it, said friend is British -- hmm.

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Originally Posted by skelly

The one thing I can take away from Rare games, however fun they may be: Rare has the worst taste of any entity that has ever, or will ever, exist. It is impossible to beat them in a bad tastathon, or even place close in an ugly character design contest. They are like gods ... gods with bad taste. (And so they probably love a lot of the strictly mediocre platformers recommended today here at TNL. *rimshot* :chick: :chick: )

Incredibly, this is precisely why one of my friends is a raving Rare fanboy. It's like the hideousness of their productions is a big in-joke between Rare and a select few who happen to be privy. Come to think of it, said friend is British -- hmm.

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Yes. Of "high profile" development studios, I would have to say Rare has the absolute most consistently horrible designs ever. It's like they go out of their way to offend your senses. It's incomprehensible how they can be so good at bad, and... a lot of people seemingly don't notice, or care.

This game was one of my favorites on the SNES. The series was progressively watered down because of the over abundant use of different characters, but as platformers they ranged from great/amazing to decent/mediocre. I'd love to see some remakes done if they could make some sort of difference. If not, I'd like to see some new games coming from Nintendo.

Older SNES games on handhelds are fun.

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Originally Posted by skelly

I felt some small vindication when the recent GBA rehash of DKC got ripped in reviews .. and rightfully so. Take away the graphics and the game's got nothing but average platforming. It's a one-trick pony of glitz over substance, and always has been. It fooled a lot of people.

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I played a lot of both, and I can confidently say that DKC GBA was just broken. The control was off. I think it was a port of the GBC version for reasons that escape me.

I really enjoyed this series. DKC3 especially is underrated. But if you like one, you'll like the rest, and vice versa.

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Originally Posted by Korian

Was I the only one who finished DK 64? I bought it on launch, it required the expansion pack. I found every blueprint, and all the secrets. The Beetle races were so darn hard. There were two hidden games to be found too. People always bash DK 64, but the last boss battle fight is genius and worth the playthru.

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I found every last goddamn thing in DK64. Game had a lot of good points and a ton of great minigames but no way I'm slogging through that again. The last boss fight was among the best ever...pity so few bothered to get that far.

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Originally Posted by skelly

Have we derailed this thread yet? :chunobi:

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You can't derail a Rare thread with me around.

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Originally Posted by Salsashark

What the hell were they thinking with all that rapping business? And why did Nintendo let them go through with it?

I almost shut DK64 off before I even played it because of that intro...

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If people can like Itagaki, I can like Rare.

"...the leader of the pack, you know him well..."

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Originally Posted by Grave

Yes. Of "high profile" development studios, I would have to say Rare has the absolute most consistently horrible designs ever. It's like they go out of their way to offend your senses. It's incomprehensible how they can be so good at bad, and... a lot of people seemingly don't notice, or care.

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Go play Conker.

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I think it was a port of the GBC version for reasons that escape me.

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It was. Thats why it was so ridiculous.

My relationship with Donkey Kong Country-

DKC: AUHHHGG, What happened to Donkey Kong? Hey! It's a fun platforming game, not mindblowing, but throughly enjoyable!
DKC2: A monkey with a broken neck that flies with her hair! Thats neat...okay I'm bored, this is the exact same game.
DKC3: Why isn't Donkey Kong even in these games anymore? This is the exact same game..auauhggg..
DK64: This game was better when it was called Banjo Kazooie...I wonder if Banjo Tooie is coming out on the Dolphin..taking them for god-damned-ever.

I got Donkey Kong Land and that was pretty cool..Kinda shameless how they ended up releasing Donkey Kong Country after they did a slew of Donkey Kong Lands.

For shame. A rare thread without any mention of Goldeneye, the best console shooter ever (yes it is, yes it is, yes it is.).

DKC 1 was awesome, though I really didn't like the others.

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For shame. A rare thread without any mention of Goldeneye, the best console shooter ever (yes it is, yes it is, yes it is.)

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Last time I checked, the thread was about Donkey Kong Country :p It's just in TNL fashion everyone feels to go off on tangents about how much Rare sucks.

another vote for #1.