/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10632008]

Which one's the best?

[Anonymous No.10632026]

2 > 1 > 3
any other answer is wrong and cringe

[Anonymous No.10632031]

>>10632026
Yeah this
Kiddie ruins 3 just by being in it and the world themes are bland compared to the rest

[Anonymous No.10632041]

As a kid, DKC2 was the clear winner to me and it might still be in a way, it's a masterpiece, but so is 1, and as an adult I prefer 1 for its more seamless obstacle course level design. Rare sure took a note from Japanese developers on this one.
3 is still good, but feels more like DKC: The Lost Levels. Still has some of the most impressive graphics of 16-bit.

[Anonymous No.10632045]

>>10632041
Why did the Kongs let their enemies build that factory on their island? I feel like there is some history we're not aware of here...

[Anonymous No.10632048]

Diddy Kong's Quest, easily.

[Anonymous No.10632050]

1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5rAjOjTGtc

[Anonymous No.10632051]

>>10632048
*Diddy's Kong Quest

[Anonymous No.10632073]

DK64

[Anonymous No.10632079]

>>10632045
DK's island was pretty much only inhabited by the Kongs, and they were all on the tropical beach side, unaware of what was going on at the mountain heights.

[Anonymous No.10632087]

2 > 3 >>> 1

[Anonymous No.10632101]

1 > 2 > 3
Pic related was better than all three of them tough.

[Anonymous No.10632105]

>>10632073
>>10632101
based 69 anon pair

[Anonymous No.10632109]

>>10632101
t. Miyamoto

[Anonymous No.10632145]

1 and 2 are the best, BUT 3 is still a great game.

[Anonymous No.10632151]

>>10632031
>Kiddie ruins 3 just by being in it
This except unironically. Kiddy is so fucking shit and lame. What the fuck where they thinking? Who the fuck wants to play as a big ugly retarded ass toddler? I just want to punch him in his stupid face and watch him cry

[Anonymous No.10632171]

>>10632008
2>3>1 is the objective truth.
I love 1 too but its far less polished than the other 2. Diddy cant even throw barrels properly in it.
People overhate 3 just because of Kiddy. I agree I would rather he had been DK but the game is better than 1 in terms of level design and stuff to do.
Aesthetically anybody who rates 1 higher than 3 I can totally understand though.
2 is the GOAT everybody knows it

[Anonymous No.10632183]

>>10632151
it's the equivalent of 90s cartoons introducing toddler character into old cast, like in rugrats and fairly odd parents

[Anonymous No.10632197]

>>10632151
he looks like the american goblin "lets go brandon" meme guy

[Anonymous No.10632204]

>>10632151
One good thing about DKC3 is that it brings back the light/heavy combo from DKC1 that was missing in 2, since 2 had two lightweights, Diddy and Dixie who played very similar.

[Anonymous No.10632207]

>>10632204
>that it brings back the light/heavy combo from DKC1 that was missing in 2
So why couldn't they have made DK playable rather than to make a new character?

[Anonymous No.10632214]

The one where I can actually play as Donkey Kong.

[Anonymous No.10632216]

>>10632041
I played it 2, 3,1 and as a result I never finished the first one because it felt like going backwards. To be fair, I haven't really put any effort in either.

I love the third one for its atmosphere. It felt a bit more adult and dark to me.

[Anonymous No.10632237]

>>10632051
*Diddy Kong Quests actually

[Anonymous No.10632253]

>>10632008
Tbh, I love the three and can decide which one I love the most. It's literally "the one I played last is my favorite" whenever I play any of them. 1 has the best stages, 2 has the best ost, 3 has the best world map, though.

[Anonymous No.10632350]

>>10632041
I think 1's level design is just too horizontal. It just isn't that interesting compared to 2 or 3.

[Anonymous No.10632375]

>>10632350
That's what I mean by it being more focused on obstacle courses, it's more like japanese platformers games.
To be fair it's not like 2 and 3 are suddenly metroidvanias either, but their approach at level design is more geared toward challenging the stablished formula by fucking around with different ideas that twist the level design a bit. DKC1 has those as well (like most of the chimp caverns levels, most of the factory levels too), but the majority of levels in DKC1 are just straightforward platforming action without any distraction.

[Anonymous No.10632383]

Can someone please explain to me why they made so many sonic friend type characters for dk games. Like why would you want to not play as dk for 2 out of 3 games. What's the point of making completely different kongs for 64

[Anonymous No.10632435]

>>10632008
Clearly 1 is the correct answer
Game is fucking called
>DONKY KONG Country
And only 1 actually has DK in it. So every other game is false advertising plus the chick is annoying and the baby is worse

[Anonymous No.10632441]

>>10632008
the three of them are equel good, but in order are better in nostalgic stuff or more memorable.

[Anonymous No.10632446]

>>10632101
True

Why did those assholes make sequels of one of the best GB games ever and it's suddenly about some gay ass mini Mario toys and not rescuing sexy Pauline
How can they ruin a game so much???

Not only that
We got 1 soulful GB game
And like 3 shitty mini Mario games and now they even remake it
Mini Mario DK fucking sucks and I can't even pinpoint why exactly. Maybe it's the shitty 3d sprites or that the game is just no fun.

[Anonymous No.10632478]

>>10632383
I don't mind it. I think the mindset was "let's make something new because it's a new game". I'm honestly kinda sad that Returns and Tropical Freeze weren't allowed to to just add whatever random shit they wanted.

[Anonymous No.10632480]

>>10632051
>mfw I first realized this was the title
I spent my entire child hood thinking it was Diddy Kong's Quest.

[Anonymous No.10632485]

>>10632435
not rewarding you with a dk segment in 2 was a big miss, could have let him fight a stage of the k rool final boss or just postgame have a bonus level.

[Anonymous No.10632505]

>>10632435
Diddy and Dixie are both better, boyo.

[Anonymous No.10632527]

>>10632214
based
fuck 2 and 3

[Anonymous No.10632563]

>>10632505

[Anonymous No.10632676]

>>10632101
Why did they hide a completely new and awesome game behind such a misleading title? People would surely just assume it's a port of the arcade game and nothing else

[Anonymous No.10632797]

>>10632676
So you'd be surprised if it isn't, anon. Imagine how your mind would be blown if after the first four levels you have 96 other levels to go through.

[Anonymous No.10632801]

2=3>1
I grew up with these games.

[Anonymous No.10632806]

>>10632801
I grew up with 1 and 2, but didn't play 3 until a few years ago. Thought kiddy was gay and refused to play it before.
I'd say 2>3>1
3 is great, but has a few too many annoying gimmicks and the enemy redesigns aren't as good as the old ones.

[Anonymous No.10632809]

>>10632806
I don't like the enemy designs in the post Rare Donkey Kong games.

[Anonymous No.10633196]

>>10632383
>>10632435
Ever thought how you don't play as DK in any of the original trilogy of arcade games?

[Anonymous No.10633218]

>>10633196
Damn

[Anonymous No.10633239]

>>10632008
1 and 2 are tied. 1 has great ambience and a pleasant difficulty curve while 2 is chaotic and much harder. They play off each other nicely. 3 is worthless.

[Anonymous No.10633276]

>>10633196
he was a bad guy.

[Anonymous No.10633282]

If rare hadn't lost the original uncomprssed media would it be feasible to do an hd remaster of the country games? Would that work stylistically?

[Anonymous No.10633293]

>>10633276
Not in DK JR

[Anonymous No.10633315]

Everyone in this thread shitting on DKC3 just because they dont like a character design is fucking insane. DKC3 has so many awesome levels and secrets and the world map stuff is really cool. My favorite soundtrack of the 3 too.

People that dismiss a game because of the character you play as don't fucking deserve to play games at all.

[Anonymous No.10633335]

>>10632008
Diddy's Kong Quest is probably one of the best games ever made. I don't really mind 3 all that much, it has some pretty fun levels. The original DKC was very impressive for it's time and would probably be my second favorite in the series since 3 came out after the N64.

[Anonymous No.10633401]

>>10633315
I like the game too. A complain I've read is about game having game design as gimmick: the game where every level has a different gimmick etc. It has some building up, common theme on a base level say it docks, hangar, trees or factory and build up from there. But there is a good amount of gimmicks that doesn't appeal some part of players.

Collecting things is the aspect I dislike the most. I liked the DK Coins and bonus level on 2, on 3 those are fine but banana birds and trading sequence and so on is kinda the dooming of times for me. Never liked Banjo or DK 64 for the same reason.

[Anonymous No.10633441]

>>10632026
/thread

[Anonymous No.10635047]

>>10632151
Yeah, I refused to even consider 3 to be a DK game at the time.
I tried it but I couldn't get into it...
I hate that retard...
it's like in MGS2, where everybody wanted Snake, but you get a gay fag.
In DK3 you get a retarded fag instead of DK

[Anonymous No.10635208]

>>10632151
Kiddy would've been based if they went with the original idea.
>DKC1: Diddy introduced
>DKC2: Diddy's mate introduced
>DKC3: Diddy's kid introduced
Instead they said "hey this arc is moving too fast so let's just have it be about Dix babysitting her unwanted cousin."

[Anonymous No.10635349]

>>10635208
Unwanted, gay, and retarded

[Anonymous No.10635391]

>>10632204
Diddy and Dixie were similar but I always preferred how Diddy controlled. DKC1 I would primarily use Diddy and switch to Donkey when I needed a heavyweight. DKC2 was the similar, would switch to Dixie when I needed the slow fall. DKC3 kinda sucked because it took away Diddy entirely and left the worse lightweight.

[Anonymous No.10635452]

>>10632563

[Anonymous No.10637201]

>>10632026
Yes

[Anonymous No.10637224]

>>10632008
Well 2 obviously, but 3 is a lot better than it gets credit for while 1 is much more archaic compared to the other two than people remember. 2 tightened almost every aspect of the gameplay up immensely and 3 is full of little secrets. The boss fights aren't as good as they are in 2 but they're a lot better than the ones in the first game either way and they tried to be more creative with them.

[Anonymous No.10637230]

>>10633196
Still he is fucking in there prominently on every screen while he is literally absent in 2 games bearing his name

>>10632505
Why? Two are silly champs straight out of Lancelot Link while the other is a strong King Kong (hence the name) gorilla. Gorillas mog the shit out of chimps. Chimps only chimp out and squeak with a high pitch.
I cut Diddy some slack but that doesn't stop the
>I shit my pants
Baby from being annoying as fuck. Like who would really want to play this. I can play a chick that sucks Donkey dick while she is forcefully held down by her pig tails or play a mentally retarded baby. Hard pass.

Is there a hack that lets me play as DK or Diddy in 3?

[Anonymous No.10637237]

>>10632797

I can confirm this. I thought it was just a port of the arcade titles and I was playing it as a kid and like
>why the fuck did I even buy a port of those arcade titles?? It's not like they are bad but a bit short, eh? Oh well no need to rush things then
So on my very first time playing I didn't even beat all the arcade retro levels. So when I picked it up again and beat those arcade levels and thinking it would go in a loop I was like
>holy shit what is this?????

Also why is this game so much soul and the GBA micro Mario games suck so hard?

[Anonymous No.10637308]

>>10632026
2 is flashy gimmicky bullshit for children who need two diddys to be good. dkc1 is a gentleman's game for true platormerers

[Anonymous No.10637356]

>>10637224
this anon is so right it hurts... only fags complain at "diddy kong baby" as if its a fucking thing. the levels and soundtrack are so fucking top tier, as is the fact u get to choose the order you do the later worlds in

[Anonymous No.10637431]

>>10637230
>I can play a chick that sucks Donkey dick while she is forcefully held down by her pig tails
it's true, Dixie takes dix and Diddy do her.

[Anonymous No.10637461]

>>10632045
One could argue that until the kongs lost all their bananas, they are unaware of what was happening outside their area.

[Anonymous No.10637484]

[Anonymous No.10637525]

>>10632008

Games have no scoring system, are extremely casual and boring slow games for babies

[Anonymous No.10637564]

>>10637525
Wrong
DKC3 scores you based on time and completion rate

[Anonymous No.10637596]

>>10637564

Ok so they learned their lesson after 2 games. Still boring, casualest of the casual platformers, honestly don't know why they're so hyped on here, nostalgia I guess

[Anonymous No.10637642]

>>10632446
First Mario VS DK is good

[Anonymous No.10637650]

>>10637525
Kookily reply

[Anonymous No.10637656]

>>10632008
sonic > 1 > 2 > 3

[Anonymous No.10637669]

>>10632008
All of them are shit and hugely overrated, western jank platformer with huge problems. I'd rather play Sonic back then.

[Anonymous No.10637673]

>>10633315
>>10633401
I like DKC 3 as well but it also felt at times like it felt really "Unrefined" compared to the previous two games because the ideas for the levels just weren't as polished or just not very fun in DKC 3. And some collectables like the Banana Birds would get frustrating. It's a game that they probably didn't have a huge amount of time to refine as well because it was the last big SNES holiday game and it needed to be out by Holiday 1996 (Especially in Europe as the N64 got a disastrous delay till March 1997). Still a great game, just when you compared it to the first two doesn't really hold up as much.

[Anonymous No.10637686]

Why its so difficult to admit the all 3 games are good?

[Anonymous No.10637883]

>>10637673
If you want to talk about unpolished levels, that's more of the first game's deal where everything feels mostly thrown together and some really questionable ideas got made into one-off levels with no regard for difficulty spikes. DKC3 has gimmicks all over the place, but they're developed and work well even if they only appear once. I can't think of a moment where I felt like jank was the reason I had trouble or a level felt too tricky compared to where it was placed.

[Anonymous No.10638070]

>>10637431
Dix sucks Diddy dong?No way..I thought she was too much of a bro to be such a girl..

[Anonymous No.10638130]

>>10632183
Literally gay and retarded

[Anonymous No.10638134]

>>10632527
Incredibly Based and RedPilled

[Anonymous No.10639478]

>>10632008
2

[Anonymous No.10639480]

this is in fact the best

[Anonymous No.10639487]

Can I start playing these on my Gameboy or should I really play them on SNES instead?

[Anonymous No.10639491]

>>10639487
The only one on Gameboy that is a unique game is Donkey Kong Land 1. 2 and 3 are very cut down versions of their respective SNES counterpart.

[Anonymous No.10639512]

>>10639487
You should REALLY play them on the SNES. The Land games are a form of last resort, despite how impressive they were for the time.

[Anonymous No.10639531]

>>10632026
correct answer
1 is my favorite though, its simple, ambient and has DK

[Anonymous No.10639773]

>>10632008
the one that has the only non-annoying character as playable

[Anonymous No.10639776]

>>10632041
Where did you got this render?

[Anonymous No.10639805]

>>10632151
Blame baby huey and Britbong Humor.

[Anonymous No.10639887]

>>10637431
>Dickylicky
Holy shit, that's the most based thing I ever see come out of Rare. Three names in the lower-right look digitally blacked-out, and I have trouble imagining how much more hardcore they can be than DICKYLICKY. What the fuck did they say? "Donkeydumpster?" "Diddydoer?" "Suxdickalot?" Is there magic AI tech that can unblur this, or does that only work with pixelization?

[Anonymous No.10639909]

>>10632087
Beyond based and correct

[Anonymous No.10640004]

>>10635208
Considering Diddy was originally DKJr., I think it's pretty cool that the DKC games were nearly about the spread of the DK lineage. weird in retrospect that time froze at "Diddy finds love" but I guess killing off Wrinkly meant Cranky aka OG DK was next and Nintendy ain't having that.

[Anonymous No.10640041]

3

[Anonymous No.10640042]

>>10632041
>that render
>kremkroc industres before gorilla glacier
what did they mean with this?

[Anonymous No.10640112]

>>10640004
RetroStudios kind of brought back the idea as "Rare's DK is the new Cranky" but it was subdued and I guess they ignored it in Tropical Freeze.

[Anonymous No.10640167]

>>10632008
Played 2 a lot, so I guess 2 for me.
Always preferred the look, setting and tone of 2, and Dixie was a lot of fun. You can tell they really got a grip of what they wanted to do in 1 both mechanically and visually.
Didn't play much of 3, just remember not liking it, so I can't say much. 3 also gave of that vibe of the Country games running its course, like it was time to try something else with DK. like Sly 3, Jak 3, Deadlocked, TR Chronicles

[Anonymous No.10640175]

>>10637431
>dicky licky
lmao

[Anonymous No.10640186]

>>10640112
rumor has it there's a new game supposedly being announced this year for DKCs 30th anniversary, maybe they'll go with that, enough time has passed for DKCs DK

[Anonymous No.10642508]

>>10637686
Everyone thinks this except giga autists who genuinely get upset by a cartoon baby.

[Anonymous No.10642510]

>>10632008
>2 and 3 have DK in the title
>but you don't play as him
1 of course.

[Anonymous No.10642772]

>>10642510
see: >>10633196

[Anonymous No.10642773]

>>10639776
twitter, I think some ex rare guy shared it online.

[Anonymous No.10642787]

>>10632008
As a kid I rated 2 and 3 equally, but around 5 years ago I replayed the trilogy with a friend and I came to the conclusion that 2 is truly a timeless game that never ages, perfect balance of difficulty, stage themes, music, the two playable characters have their fun niches (quick boi cool to play on skilled hands VS slower character that has special power), etc

I feel like 3 is still objectively a good game, but it's certainly easier than 2 and the level themes more straightforward.
I don't like to shit on a game just to make another game seem greater, so yeah I'll leave at that, 2 is a great platformer that you can recommend people even today, 3 is a good game.