This is definitely my favorite Donkey Kong game.
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He's finally back to kick some tail: Donkey Kong Bananza
It's in my tops with DK '94, DK Country, and Jungle Beat, for sure.
I still say it's a crime that they're withholding the Super Game Boy version, the true version, from us on NSO.
Finished up the post-game today, which brings my playthrough to a close. I thought this was a great game -- it has some flaws, but it also has more than enough charm to paper over the cracks. I'll probably replay this at some point in the future, though maybe not soon.
I started doing some post-game stuff, realized I wasn't having fun, and looked up what the ending was. It... doesn't seem worth the effort.
I feel the Bananza post-game content is basically on the same level as the "extra challenge stages" in any recent Mario game. Even the final-final stage is similar by having the "run through 'coins' that spell out congratulations" cliche that has been happening since Super Mario Bros. 2 (J). In Mario's case, the reward is generally just bragging rights, or some unlocked easter egg on a map or something. In this case, they decided to give it all actual plot, and I feel like that vaguely obfuscates the point of the challenge stages that are just there for the super players.
That said, ignoring the post-game content means you are disappointing a moppet that is a perfect little angel that never did anything to hurt anybody, so if you skip it, you are probably a sociopath. I mean, I'm not a doctor, but I'm willing to bet that's true. Monsters.
That said, ignoring the post-game content means you are disappointing a moppet that is a perfect little angel that never did anything to hurt anybody, so if you skip it, you are probably a sociopath. I mean, I'm not a doctor, but I'm willing to bet that's true. Monsters.
I get that the point of having a post-game is to provide a challenge for players, but when the premise is "Help Pauline write a song!" it's crazy that you... don't get to hear the song.
That's not a song!
It's a theme song like Star Trek -- with hidden lyrics!
Yeah, that's how I felt. I always like when a game tells me I'm a super player, but also, if you're going to give me an entire series of objectives, with the final one being go to the surface, and then make me sit through the credits again, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect to hear the song you've been helping Pauline with for the past several hours. Just getting a static image was a bit of a letdown. I thought there was going to be at least a cutscene or something.
Your mileage may vary, as I really do not know what percentage of people ever finish any game's "post game content", but I did not think it was too bad. It is mostly based on the transformations and seeing what neat stuff you can do with these abilities beyond "I use this power to jump a little further". Not so much "difficult" as knowing how to use all the tools you have for specific situations. Also: a great reason to find bananas and power up your skills.
Also, for anyone having trouble with the post-game content (or some of the regular game content): Don't be afraid to accessorize! Pauline's outfit that restores health while transformed 100% works during the permanent transformation of the challenge courses, and DK's tie that neutralizes lava can be abused in a few areas to absolutely neuter some damage tiles. Come to think of it, that anti-lava tie seems like the most powerful thing in the game, particularly when cleaning up Zebra Land..
Overall I wouldn't call it extremely difficult, but it's definitely a step up from the rest of the game. There were two parts of it that I didn't find particularly enjoyable, which is more about my own gameplay preferences than anything else.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
22.
George Taylor
91 Points, 5 Lists, #9 Olli
Source: Planet of the Apes George Taylor
91 Points, 5 Lists, #9 Olli
Traveler-Type: Man Out of Time, Whisked Away
Method of Transport: Faster-than-light spacecraft
George Taylor is a 20th century astronaut who was sent on a mission with his crew using a spaceship capable of faster-than-light travel. Unfortunately, he was sent thousands of years into the future on a planet where walking, talking apes rule and see humans as, well, subhuman. Unable to speak, Taylor is called Bright Eyes by ape scientists Corneliu and Zira, who begin to suspect his intelligence. Taylor is finally able to speak, shocking the ape society and makes himself an enemy of ape official Dr. Zaius, who is insistent humans aren’t capable of higher intelligence. Taylor takes on a quest to the Forbidden Zone to prove Zaius wrong, only to discover a more horrifying truth.
Despite the silly b-movie title, Planet of the Apes is a thrilling sci-fi classic. Taylor begins the film as something as a misanthrope… at least about humans of the 20th century and is hopeful for the future. But it is a film about the past catching up in one of the most famous movie twists of all time in a script written by the icon of O. Henry genre fiction Rod Serling. Here, Taylor’s misanthropy is validated in strange ways through the funhouse mirror of ape society. Still, despite this and ending, Taylor does find compassion and humanity among some of the apes and while Zaius is in no way a good guy, he becomes more complex than he initially seems, particularly looking back at the reveal.
The series would go well beyond the first movie (and boy does it go to some wild weird places. Turns out in the third movie you could have nominated Zira and Cornelius) but Taylor only appears in this and the second movie, which is truly nihilistic and in theory should have ended the franchise. Still, the first movie is a classic. The iconography is more well-known but the strength of the movie is a social scientific tale that on paper sounds pretty heavy handed but in practice is well-told (even with some of the sillier ape gags) and it owes a lot to Charlton Heston’s performance.
Got this for Christmas and this game is a real treat. I keep asking "WHEN I GOING TO TIRE OF GOING BERSERK AND RIPPING APART THE EARTH LIKE SOME INCREDIBLE HULK DIG DUG" and so far the answer is never. There are a lot of songs on the soundtrack but it feels like I'm just listening to the one (not complaining because it fucking slaps).
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Johnny Unusual
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It took nearly two months but I'm done. Wow, I really wasn't expecting what a wild ride the climax was.
So... K. Rool killed a lot of people in New Donk City by flooding the city with rotten bananas, right? Like, that stuff hurt to touch and goes very high up. A lot of people died. That's dark, man.
So... K. Rool killed a lot of people in New Donk City by flooding the city with rotten bananas, right? Like, that stuff hurt to touch and goes very high up. A lot of people died. That's dark, man.
I...huh, he really did, didn't he.
Becksworth
Aging Hipster Dragon Dad
Metro Kingdom's military response against Crocodile Isle was swift, but the post war nation building dragged on for decades...
It hurts Donkey Kong, an ape that cares very deeply for bananas. I do not believe there was any evidence it harms New Donkers, who have measured, reasonable feelings about bananas.
I have measured, reasonable feelings about water, but that stuff can still kill me 50 different ways.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
My indifference to air means I cannot breathe and am now currently dead.
For some reason it makes me kind of sad that the statue we're getting of Wrinkly Kong is her as a ghost. But I suppose it's canon that she has passed on and it's supposed to represent the game she came from.
Emerald Rush continues to be a very cool DLC, I think Nintendo really didn't do it justice by just shadow dropping it and not fully explaining how it works and all the shit you can unlock, including extra perks and layers. I already loved DKB, but Emerald Rush really made me appreciate and learn a lot of the layers inside and out and I love the game even more now.
Emerald Rush continues to be a very cool DLC, I think Nintendo really didn't do it justice by just shadow dropping it and not fully explaining how it works and all the shit you can unlock, including extra perks and layers. I already loved DKB, but Emerald Rush really made me appreciate and learn a lot of the layers inside and out and I love the game even more now.