/vr/ - Retro Games

I'M NOBODY'S HERO
AN ABSOLUTE ZEEEEROOOOO

>>9814524
YO NO SE LA HE METIDO
ME CULPAN DE SER UN PERVERTIDO

>>9814521

>Be me, young anon
>be obsessed with DKC1-3 and DK64
>mum says we goin to hollywood video
>fuckyes,jpg
>only get one thing sweetie
>find out there's a DKC show
>take it home it must be good
>DK's voice is high pitch
>coconut falls on DK, its the wiped memory plot trope
>it's a goddamn musical
>realize I wasted my chance to rent mewtwo strikes back for the 4th time
>mfw utter defeat

>>9814524
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV10yOUn9lo

>>9814968
>DK's voice
>High pitched.
I mean it's not deep like Grant Kirkhope's DK, but come on, anon, you'll diss on such great singing? >>9815001

I DONT KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME
*PLANE CRASH*

>>9814524
This and the pirate song about stealing shit from his mom was kino

>>9814521
Bluster was indeed a stroke of comedic brilliance. I've always associated him with Swanky Kong, and largely imagine them as the same character. King K. Rool and Cranky Kong were performed and characterized perfectly. They're the voices I read all of their lines in to this day, and always have been, since I had the dubious honor of experiencing the TV show before the games. Rool's aristocratic bearing and drive to be seen as cultured and important pair really well with his costumed personas gimmick from the games to make him feel like a deranged thespian. The show overlooking the costumes to the point of giving K. Rool a stated disdain for pirates was a mistake, but the unique pirate croc character we got out of it was more or less worth it. Klump and Krusha were the consummate pair of goons. Funky was great. DK's personality was accurate, and his singing voice was absolutely worth the musical element. Diddy was fine, as long as he wasn't singing. Candy was the only real misstep with the characters, along with downplaying Dixie.

I'd argue it was the second best video game cartoon of its day, after Earthworm Jim. Its biggest problem was employing cliched scripts where DK was constantly abused by the characters who ostensibly care about him; any of them would turn against him at the drop of a hat. It just gets frustrating and tiresome. I understand why they couldn't make it an action cartoon like the IP deserved (the technology/funding wasn't there; characters can't even interact with objects, and any item they pick up had to be baked into the render, so they never visibly pick up or put down anything), but since it more or less had to be a sitcom, they could have invested more in the plotting and execution.

>>9815001
Pure Kino

>>9815669
I fucking loved funky knogs jamaican accent and his stoner rasta laugh

>>9816001
>Knogs
jesus christ, i'm typing in the dark when it's sunny outside like a sad illiterate bastard. anyway he was why i watched several episodes, k rool and crusha were kinda fun to watch, apparently most of the female viewers had a crush for crusha

>>9815969
DKC cartoon began development around the same time as DKC2 was already halfway through development and I will forever believe Bluster was most likely based on pic related, an earlier version of Swanky.

>>9816108
Quite likely.

>>9816134
if memory isn't shit, I recall seeing photos of a Bluster mascot costume on the Japanese game developer conference 1999 when showcasing DK64, so, I want to believe Nintendo own Bluster and he's a "maybe" for a hypothetical DKC movie.

>>9816195
Incredible if true. They can just have Swanky channel him if they don't. The Swanky in the Mario movie definitely looked like he'd have that kind of personality.

>>9816212
Can't find the photo I'm thinking of, but this playset of Bluster's Barrelcopter sure is amazing.

>>9816212
>>9816251
better photo

>>9816251
>>9816261
I'm so glad he has merchandise. I need to track one down. I have big vinyls of the three Kremlings.

>>9816271
Absolute fucking kino.

Best songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F0to-ATnrQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6Ch_USdS8U

Cranky was the best character

>>9814521
Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V93ZyaiDPA

EDDIE
LET ME GO BACK TO MY HOME

Whoever redesigned Candy Kong needs to be keelhauled.

>>9816584
Honestly, what's up with Candy's 90s girlboss design in the cartoon?

>>9816592
It's been an issue with westerners for a very, very long time. Longer than people realize.

>>9816626
She's also angrier than a Japanese tsundere.
I guess it's accurate to a black woman though.

>>9816271
CRUSHAAAAAAA

I'LL SHOWER YOU WITH COCONUT CREAMPIES

>>9816985
I'LL CRUSH LIKE THIS PAPER CUP

>>9814521
Remember that episode where dk was looking for a little barrel he shat in when he was young and funky rapes the french jew ape at the end

>>9816108
Donkey Kong has deepest lore

>>9814527
vaya excusa para cortarme la Mano!

>>9814527
You have to go back

>>9816195
I mean, if we can have fucking Eddie the Mean Old Yeti in the Mario movie, we can sure as fuck get Bluster in there

>>9818134
>Eddie is in the Mario movie
Wait really?

Fuck Seth Rogen, this is the only true Donkey Kong.

>>9814527
AHORA QUE ES NUESTRA FIESTA DEL AMOR ANAL VEAMOS EL ANO DE BLUSTER

>>9818898
Didn't know that show was available in spanish? The only 3D cartoon we had translated here to portuguese in the late nineties was Reboot. I only knew about Donkey Kong recently, and I think there are still no portuguese translation available yet

>>9819372
It is also ripe for spanish YTPs. See: >>9816568

>>9819372
In Brazil it was aired on Record and Fox Kids in portuguese.

>>9816568
>CANDY CANDY
fucking lost my sides right there

>>9814521

>>9817000
BERZERRRRKEEEEEEER

>>9820205
¿Te diviertes al estar en fuego?

>>9814524
Seriously, why was his singing voice so good?

>>9821572
A better question is why Sterling Jarvis never really had a big break with a voice like that. Maybe he simply prefers a low profile.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dy4rhBOm94&list=PLM1yh9rYSbTsfQtK3M8ccPeai58HF-75O&index=2

>>9821857
I wonder if it's that or simply he couldn't find a good agent.

>>9820179
>Fox Kids in portuguese.
It makes sense, those cable channels are usually aired simultaneously in both spanish and portuguese countries. They usually air their shows one year after the transmission in english countries. But Fox Kids was not included in my package and Record had bad reception in my city, but I do remember watching Beast Wars on cartoon network, that was another pretty cool 3D cartoon

>>9824104
Beast Wars was a really good show, while the CGI doesn't hold, the story sure does.

>>9816108
>DKC cartoon began development around the same time as DKC2
Huh. I didn't hear about the DK show until about '09 and always presumed it was more recent that the late 90s. Always thought it was just a low budget mid 00's show.

>>9824367
The CGI may be primitive, but it was pure unbridled soul. The future was here, and it was awesome.

>>9824387
It came out first in France in early 96.

>>9824104
We had Fox Kids too in the Netherlands but I've never seen Donkey Kong on there. Would've been pretty shocking for me as I was a huge DKC fan back in the day.

>you now remember the avatarfagging tripfag

He could be funny from time to time at least

>>9825603
It was quite shocking for me as a kid, I loved the game so the fact a cartoon existed was mindblowing.

>>9825603
According to Wikipedia it aired in the Netherlands through Telekids. I don't know why but unlike Reboot and Max Steel, DKC had not been airing for a long period, maybe is because the show has flopped.

>>9827317
It's weird because even shows that flopped get picked up by some channels for being cheap acquisitions.

Since this is a Kong thread, is the gba version of DKC3 worth playing for the extra levels? The graphics are dreadful and music is a bit jarring.

>>9825668
MUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

>>9825668
>>9827956
Goddamn it, I had forgotten all about this shit.

>>9827935
Pacifica levels and Croctopus are shit, not worth it. Pacifica area was made to pitch to nintendo DKC4 on GBA, since Microsoft doesn't consider portable platforms competition, but their subpar quality basically made them decline

>>9814521
I think what makes this series great is how the animators used their (obviously limited at the time) resources and CGI.
Iirc there was one episode with fake Candy robot where they just used regular Candy's 3D model doing "robot" things (like head falling off, etc).
Also Eddie "Let me back to my home" the Yeti was just a recolored DK with beanie hat and sharper teeth.

They were kinda creative with it

>>9828516
Quite in line with DKC itself, really. Funky and Swanky are just modified DK models after all.

When I was a kid, I didn't care that DKVine and the rest of the internet hated this. I love it. I still think the voices in this were perfect and I can't think of the characters sounding any different. Especially Cranky.

>>9828937
DKVine back in the day (not sure about now) were a bunch of goons who hated anything fun and had a large stick up their asses about everything regarding DK.

>>9814521
I prefer his personality in the cartoon over his personality in the Mario movie. The overall mid-90's CGI style fit perfectly with the games, too.

>>9828937
Agree 100% about Cranky Kong, the Mario movie did not do him justice at all. RIP Aron Tager

The technology behind the show is really interesting.
Most people know that the characters in the show have weird elongated faces, but most don't know that this is because the faces were animated with a second motion capture performer controlling them like a hand puppet
https://youtu.be/7rcNu8rrLXg?t=30

>>9829806
The motion capture technology used on DKC truly was like a form of digital puppetry.

>>9829557
Cranky Kong also passed away, for all intents and purposes. This kind of character is antithetical to Japanese sensibilities and Nintendo is never going to understand it. Not even Retro made Cranky cranky. A Larry David-esque character like in the movie is honestly the best deal he's going to get in the blight of modernity.

>>9814521
ME LIKE SNOW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGS7elLOEZw

>>9829915
>This kind of character is antithetical to Japanese sensibilities and Nintendo is never going to understand it.
Are you sure? Miyamoto a few years back before DKCR was announced said Cranky was his favorite Donkey Kong character and IIRC Arino also enjoyed Cranky's ramblings during the GCCX episode.

>>9814968
I was so pumped for the dkc show when it came on tv and was massively disappointed

>>9830564
The Nintendo-produced DK spinoffs made him a generic grandfather figure and the Retro titles did nothing to really walk that back. It's unclear what he likes. I actually just got back from my second screening and I like this Cranky, it was just unexpected and took some getting used to. Aron Tager's take and the characterization he was given were much better and very true to the games (and just as importantly, their manuals), though, for sure. His voice is the only one I can read those lines in. Always will be.

>>9830827
I agree with Aron Tager being the definitive Cranky, it was perfect on all fronts, but given how said characterization carried on to the Japanese dub of the cartoon and Cranky's Cabin from the show was given a whole playset, I do think they can see the humor of Cranky being a cotchety old monkey.

>>9830968
I remember what I was referencing now. It was specifically about Nintendo not understanding the manual being packed with jokes where Cranky puts the game down relentlessly, due to their relative lack of sarcasm and self-deprecating humor culturally. They asked Rare if they really wanted to proceed with this direction before letting them go ahead and do it. I conflated this with how non-Rare depictions of Cranky never really had any bite to them, which also would have explained that. I guess we'll just have to see how he is in the next DK game. The...next DK game, yeah, they'll announce that any day now. 9 years since Tropical Freeze.

>>9830972
Supposedly, Koizumi's team has been working on a new DK game for a while now, I'm crossing my fingers after TotK's release we'lll hear about it.

But I do agree, Cranky lacks the bite he had back then nowadays. They should at least let him be angrier at the enemies in some sort of dialogue. Closest I think he got was joking at the player's expense if you buy the Banana juice to take 10 hits.

>>9830978
That was a rumor started by DKVine in the fall of 2018. It gained traction among leaker larpers a year or two ago. Cynically, they made it up to get new blood interested in their dying 90's web forum. Realistically, their source was mistaken or possibly baited, because the reason they believe this rumor is because the same person told them the details of K. Rool's Smash trailer before it was revealed. This person could have gotten turned around somewhere else when it came to DK leaks outside of Smash's sphere. There is a small part of me that believes they made the whole thing up for traffic.

>>9830987
Well, that's a damn shame. I really miss DK. What is up with Nintendo? It's like in the HD era their output became even slower.

>>9831307
Got it in one. HD development has blown them the fuck out and all they can do is crawl. They have been expanding their teams to try and straighten this out, but they just weren't prepared for the realities of modern game design. Gone are the days when they could supplement their IPs with AA games and 2D handheld titles. Everything's got to be a big, dick-swinging blockbuster now, and those take time to make.

>>9831319
I really hate this. I wish we could have AA or even A Donkey Kong and Legend of Zelda to play something while we wait for the big titles. Not all games need to be an overly-bown-the-fuck-out 1000 staff multimillion project.

>>9814521
I'LL SHOWER YOU WITH COCONUT CREAM PIE
OUR LOVE IS STRONGER THAN A GOLDEN BANANA

>>9830364
ME LIKE YOU
YOU SO SWEET

>>9814521
hold it now hold it now hold it hold it right there
you wouldnt drop couldnt drop
you wouldnt dare

>>9833504
>>9833509
>>9833512
>>9833513
>>9833520
Now this here feel's a weird mix of nostalgia for better days on /v/ and saying good riddance that this faggot fucked off.

>>9833528
It's been long enough we're nostalgic for bad times, huh? Maybe they were better compared to now but for me peak /v/ will forever be mid-2005 /v/.

>>9833536
I wouldn't know, I was still fagging about on /b/ during that time. Think it was around this time when DK and other trip/avatarfags were starting up that I ventured onto /v/.

Anyone have more screen shots to share? Those are pretty funny

>>9833536
What was it even like back then? I didn't come to 4chan until 2007 because I thought I'd get hacked if I did.

>>9833723
/b/ was an absolute shitshow, much like /pol/ now, people would complain when /b/ leaked out, but it wasn't really politically charged, it was just innocuous shitposting compared to today's brand of schizoposting. I honestly would rather have that back.

/v/ itself was actually a place to hace conversations about videogames. There were some console warring and people angry feeling really jaded about the industry, but you could legitimately go "Hey, let's talk about [game]" and have a genuine discussion about it, hopes for sequels, dissapointments and the like.

Only exceptions would be the Halo threads, Oldfags who were then on their 20s had a massive disdain for the Halo series and "Halobabies", any Halo thread would be threated as a beacon for "OP is 12 years old, ban him", and I'll admit I took part on that, on not wanting on /v/ discussion of Halo, later CoD, since they were seen as "the games that only children play (in spite of their rating)". Mods wouldn't usually obey, but Halo conversations would normally happen when most people were asleep, not too dissimilar to Naruto threads on /a/ having to take place when a good chunk of the userbase and mods were asleep. But even in spite of that I'd call those better, more sincere days.

Captcha: STARY. Heh.

>>9816584
you wouldn't put your dong in that kong, anon?

>>9834037
I can't imagine talking about videogames on /v/. Sounds like a magical time.

>>9834057
It didn't last long, by 2007 it had finally gone to shit. A lot of it centered around the Wii not having the same horse power as the competition. There was a clip of Dexter's lab where he complains about an old game he plays with Deedee, about graphics, lack of blood, etc. That was 2007 /v/ in a nutshell
But all the PS3 memery and dunking will forever keep making me laugh.

>>9816584
It bowls me over every time I see it too. She looks like she belongs in a segment from a PBS show that's going to teach me about how "some families celebrate Kwanzaa this time of year."

>>9818134
>>9818287
Holy shit lmao! I have to see this.

>>9834073
Maybe that retroactively makes it hot. Imagine fucking that into submission and obedience like it's the 18th century confederate america.

>>9834070
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmUOA8gPS_U

>>9834374
I really miss the original upload of this without that song loudly overpowering Dexter's voice. I should've downloaded it back then.

>>9816108
Would you buy an used car from this ape?

YA GOTTA SEND ME BACK

NO CAN DO

I'VE BEEN DISSED!

YOU NOT EXIST

>>9814521
So many of you are pretending to enjoy this trash for poser nostalgia points and how many enjoyed this slop because they were stupid kids

>>9833528
I miss old /v/ "bro"culture. Now it's just schizophrenia, trolling and irony. Excessive hostility is a hallmark of low-IQ.

>>9835583
Nah, fuck you, I liked watching this show on Fox Family.

>>9835595
2008 ruined 4chan as a whole and it's been getting worse since.

https://youtu.be/2mUOymWLCqE

DON'T GO LOOKING IN MY CLOSET

YOU MIGHT FIND MY POOP SOCK

GET AWAY FROM THERE

THAT'S WHERE I POOP

Nobody has posted this gem?
>https://youtu.be/dsVAkk0VWaA

>>9835973
Banana Ice as Funky Kong was the best thing about that dub.

Season 2's horrible CGI done in taiwan ruined the series.

The songs elevated the show. I am supremely disappointed Ninty didn't even attempt to make any of the monkey voices sound like they did in DKC. Fuck Illumination.

Also Candy could have been like she was in the games but being a bitchy feminist had more comedic potential (and the show was too primitive to animate loose hair, look at the time DK had his head shaved).

>>9837116
>I am supremely disappointed Ninty didn't even attempt to make any of the monkey voices sound like they did in DK
Unfortunately they only did for the Japanese market. DK's current voice actor who's been on the role since Jungle Beat sounds like the seiyuu who voiced DK in the Japanese dub of the cartoon. I really wish they had Megumi Hayashibara or a soundalike back as Diddy if we're going that way.

>>9837120
I meant the Mario Movie. I'm not watching until some fan does a redub.

LOOKIN' GOOD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9B0-HFkpT4

>>9837692
Ultimate chad.

>>9834054
I have the weirdest boner right now.

>>9833504
God, these sort of annoying tripfags seemed everywhere on /v/ back in the day.

>>9814767
What was up with Diddy's voice