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What's your favorite level and music from each DKC game?
Also if someone has more DKC renders to share, I would appreciate it a lot, thanks.

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I've always liked winky's walkway because it felt like the first 'dark' level.

>> No.5378915 [DELETED] 

Dkc 1 probably the mine cart or mayan levels
Dkc 2 the levels where you play as the parrot were great. they really gave their best with 2.

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S N A K E Y C H A N T E Y

>> No.5378995

Aquatic ambiance

>> No.5379029

>>5378995
This one but Cascade Capers from DKC3 is also magnificent.
Favorite level is a lot harder to choose but the second castle level in DKC2 in world 6 is probably my favorite to replay now and then. There's no autoscrolling but there's also still a lot of variety in enemies and stage hazzards in general and the whole atmosphere of it is incredible to this day.

>>5378884
Sorry man, I haven't saved any renders that aren't posted here on the regular. I assume some other posters will come by and contribute with those in the near future.

>> No.5379047

Im also looking for prerenders. Does anyone know of the Jungle patterns from promo materials? I want them for a desktop background and I've been asking here for a couple years now

>> No.5379049

Favorite level is the roller coaster race from dkc2, or the first hive level. I think that's definitely my favorite world though. Least favorite world bring krematoa
Favorite music is fear factory

>> No.5380951

bump

>> No.5381091

1 level: Millstone or Treetop levels, no one in particular
1 music: Misty Menace (I love minimalism)
2 level: Castle Crush
2 music: Stickerbrush Symphony
3 level: Lemguin Lunge
3 music: The music in those cliffside levels that only appear somewhat later in the game, too tired to find the name

>> No.5381092

DKC was an early experiment by Nintendo to see if people will like a game with ass controls and gameplay if it looked pretty enough and had enough fake hype around it at launch.

Obviously, they were insanely successful so they repeated the same formula with Mario 64 and pretty much every other game since.

>> No.5381095

>>5381092
Go home Steven

>> No.5381143

>>5381092
Kys

>> No.5381146

>aquatic ambience / K. Rool's theme
>disco train / forest interlude
>frosty frolics / treetop tumble
I 100%'d 1 and 2 recently, going for that 105% on 3, never tried it before. 3 is definitely the weakest game, but I've come to appreciate it more when going for everything. It has the most content.

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https://www.dkvine.com/?p=gallery&album=artwork&page=dkc2

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But to answer OP's questions

DKC1
>Level: Platform Perils
>Music: Fear Factory

DKC2
>Level: K. Rool Duel
>Music: Bayou Boogie

DKC3
>Level: Krack Shot Kroc
>Music: Rockface Rumble

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what was his problem?

>> No.5382057

DKC1
>Level: The level in the first world where it starts out rainy and gets sunny at the end
>Music: Gangplank Galleon

DKC2
>Level: Target Terror
>Music: Bayou Boogie

DKC3
>Level: springin spiders
>Music: treetop tumble

>> No.5382071

>>5382047
He skipped leg day, like half the people on /fit/

>> No.5382090

>>5382057
ropey rampage?

>> No.5382109

I kind of think that while dkc1 was a good game, it was kind of a mess final product.
like the levels are good by themselves, but there's a really peculiar overuse of cave levels, some level themes have only one or two levels. chimp caverns is really disappointing theme wise as the last world..

you can tell even rare thought they dropped the ball on this, because in dkc2 and 3 every level theme got reused the same number of times.

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>> No.5382485

>>5378884
Mine Cart Carnage
/thread

>> No.5382567

DKC1 level: Platform Peril
DKC1 song: Ice Cave Chant (too bad it’s only in one level)
DKC2 level: Castle Crush
DKC2 song: Crocodile Cacophony (final boss song)
DKC3 level: Krac-Shot-Krock
DKC3 song: Pokey Pipes (plays in low-g labyrinth and poison pipeline)

>> No.5382570

>DKC1
Tree Top Town
Fear Factory
>DKC2
Screech's Race or whatever it's called
Lockjaw's Saga
>DKC3
Riverside Race
Mill Fever GBA

>> No.5382582

>>5382570
screech's sprint

>> No.5382585

http://www.suppermariobroth.com/tagged/donkey%20kong

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>> No.5384106

>>5382590
Is there any more like this?

>> No.5384113

>>5384106
that's from smash bros

>> No.5384121

DKC 1: Forest Frenzy
DKC 2: Animal Antics
DKC 3: Swoopy Salvo

>> No.5384141

>>5384113
Well, now I feel lie an idiot. To be fair, I never really liked Smash.

>> No.5384469

>>5384141
I don't blame you.

>> No.5384516

>>5381091
>3 music: The music in those cliffside levels that only appear somewhat later in the game, too tired to find the name
Rockface Rumble.

>> No.5384529

>>5382590
this is cool but something feels off about this, maybe too many trees or the shiny cartoony textures, I dunno

>> No.5384558

>>5382047
obv tiny peepee
he's overcompensating with that big club

>> No.5384584

DKC1
>Level: Snow Barrel Blast
>Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v18pEFQb3EM
DKC2
>Level: Animal Antics
>Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Qp0_NE8M1c
DKC3
>Level: Ripsaw Rage
>Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qntu2QvHQRE

>> No.5384709

>>5384558
maybe he just speaks softly

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Hey might as well ask here since I haven't really done any digging on this since 2012~2013, but has anything been unearthed/revealed with the DKC3 Prototype? It exists but I couldn't find any new information.

>> No.5384837

>>5384113
Smash Ultimate? I don't recognize it. What was it used for?

>> No.5384839

>>5384141
Its okay, Smash likes you back

>> No.5384849

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMoroEuJPA8
Treetop Rock is one of my fav DKC tracks.
It's dark, yet very groovy and fun.

>> No.5384861

>>5384831

I wish we could find out if the new levels in the gba version of dkc3 were ever intended to be in the snes version

>> No.5385081

>>5384861
Pretty sure most of them were, since there are enough level headers in the SNES rom that are not used as there are levels in the extra GBA world.

>> No.5385239

>>5384837
yeah. world of light

>> No.5385240

I really wish Kiddy Kong had diddy's movement speed.
DKC3 is really just too sluggish feeling. Diddy made platforming in 1 and 2 especially feel really tight.

>> No.5385378

1 - Misty Menace
2 - Stickerbrush Symphony
3 - Nuts and Bolts (This song is under rated)

64 - Creepy Castle
MvDK - Mystic Forest 1

>> No.5385527

>>5378884
I love these renders. And the Mario 64 ones too. I always thought and hoped this is what games would look like in future generations... boy was I disappointed. This is the direction graphics should have went.

>> No.5385529

>>5382586
soul
>>5382590
soulless

>> No.5385598

>>5385527
I kind of agree with you.
Photorealism is great, but that kind of weird and surreal graphics are very distinctive of computer graphics. I always loved watching the 3D animations of tha era because GCI was then a very interesting mix of realism and surrealism.
I prefer old intros like Soul Edge for PS1 or Final Fantasy VIII than modern 3D cutscenes.

In my opinion, that style is something that only a computer can do. Photorealism, cell shading and other styles are just imitations of reality or of other styles like Stop moption and 2d art. Meanwhile, the interesting possibilities of the original CGI style have been almost abandoned, unfortunately.

>> No.5386024

>>5382109
yeah but 3 is shit so there's that

>> No.5386238

I just wanted to say FUCK the Fiery Furnace bonus. As you were.

>> No.5387331

>>5386238
It's not that hard.

>> No.5387343

I don't care if people call me stupid or troll for having this opinion, but DKC made me absolutely hate the controls in Super Mario World. It feels so heavy and unresponsive, whereas in DKC you can do pretty much anything and it never gets old. DKC1 is one of the best games of all time.

>> No.5387370

>>5387343
I hate how the spin jump is in super Mario world.
The gba port is unironically better because the spin jump is bound to the shoulder button rather than the A button.

>> No.5387616

>>5387343
Same here. I never share this because I assume people would just dismiss it as bait but SM jumping is way too floaty for me. I also don't like the insane amount of inertia in SM. But then again, I have to admit that I never really got gud at any SM game.

I also prefer the ability to roll through enemies and throw barrels over cape spin or fireball throws.

>> No.5387626

>>5387343
>DKC1 is one of the best games of all time
Also this, mainly because the physics in DKC1 are slightly different than in 2&3. That is why the first one is so much more fun to play, purely because the physics feel better.

>> No.5388052

>>5382047
In his dialogue it's made clear he's aware K. Rool treats him and other kremlins like shit and he becomes super friendly after you pay him.

>> No.5388065

>>5387626
>>5387616
>>5387343
>but but people told me the dkc series is mediocre and stole yoshi island spotlight.
>Mi-miyamoto.

>> No.5390004

>>5381275
>Bayou Boogie
My man.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTVPcw98S28

>> No.5390079

>tfw you realize it's stickerbush symphony and not stickerbrush symphony

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>> No.5390121

>>5390103
i still don't understand why DK64 didn't reuse kiddy and dixie

>> No.5390127

>>5390121
Rare is actually kind of retarded, that's why.
http://web.archive.org/web/20020805184158/rareware.com/the_site/talk_to_us/scribes/aug25_99/aug25_99.html

Here's their official answer for what's it worth

>> No.5390206

Was there ever a source on Miyamoto shitting on DKC or has that always just been a rumor?

>> No.5390217

any non-DKC2 level is my favorite

>> No.5390236

>>5390206
>Was there ever a source on Miyamoto shitting on DKC
no

>> No.5390252

>>5390127
I miss when developers would answer questions directly through the official website, clearly we are living in the darkest of timelines.

>> No.5390260

>>5390252
nowadays it's easier to ban or block people than just answer them

>> No.5390263

Why the fuck was this theme so good? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YspcNnb-AhI

>> No.5390268

>>5390263
I wonder how ashamed of DKC3 rare was to overhaul so much of the GBA port.

>> No.5390272

>>5390268
It wasn't really ashamed, it had to do more with the GBA not being able to handle low pitches and DKC3's ost being primarily low pitched. The GBA port feels a bit rushed as well, seeing how it just doesn't have some of the features in the 2 previous GBA ports (no new intro, no improved collectable list) had.

>> No.5390285

>>5390272
I wonder how ashamed of DKC3 rare was to rush the GBA port.

>> No.5390339

I really liked
DKC1: Aquatic Ambience
DKC2: Stickerbush Symphony
DKC3: Rockface Rumble

>> No.5390391

Never played this game, but I really like Stickerbush Symphony track. It sound so peaceful.

>> No.5390416

>>5390391
you should play the games

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Kaptain k rool is platformer boss perfection

>> No.5391263

>>5385529
How the fuck is the higher quality image souless when that was what rare drew themselves? Go back to /v/, falseflagger.

>> No.5391294

>>5391263
>rare drew themselves
hmmm?

>> No.5391910

>>5378914
Is there a website of these type of images?
Spreadouts of the levels with all the items depicted?

>> No.5391918

>>5391910
Nvm. Found it.
http://www.snesmaps.com/index.html

>> No.5392510

>>5390252
>>5390260
The ideal outcome of GG would have been increased, direct customer to developer/publisher contact, effectively cutting out the the press altogether. Trying to reform those fuckers was always a futile and nonsensical approach. The video gaming press has become 100% superfluous in the internet age where reputable and competent hobbyist customer reviews are abundant and promotional material can be freely distributed to fan sites and social media.

The only function the press has nowadays is to demand bribes for favors from the devs, misrepresent the fan's wishes to the devs, browbeat both devs and fans for enjoying things those failed English mayors object to, people who oftentimes can't even competently play the vidya they review. In a better world, both the consumers and the developers would understand the uselessness and superfluous nature of reporters in this day and age where the internet exists.

It's 2019, time to genocide the video game journalists.

>> No.5392519

>>5392510
Gamergate tried to warn us. We didn't listen.

>> No.5392798

Mine Cart Carnage. And if you suck at the level you can skip half of it by jumping in a hidden barrel at the beginning.

>> No.5392817

>>5392798
I've plugged a lot of hours into the dkc games, but I never made much effort to find the level skips.
I guess I enjoy them too much to skip anything

>> No.5392838

>>5378886
Tfw we will never get a proper DKC game on N64 in this style.

>> No.5393134

>>5391918
this is cool, bookmarked

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>> No.5393231

DK1 first level is the most memorable, also level two where its rainning.
Based Donkey Kong 1 best Donkey Kong.

Dk1>DK3>DK2

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>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR3urhHY11k
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePkRd69gbCw
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GyBVTAKA70
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1L9lWF5nO4
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9YYo9RYtjk
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afm_w5ceWrE

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How did the "DKC is bad" meme originate? Is it just whiny ninnies bad at the game crying sour grapes?

>> No.5395836

>>5395827
I don't know. I think people just attached themselves to a fake miyamoto quote and went from there.

Though, super mario world is an ugly game. Even smb3 looked better

>> No.5395908

>>5395417
Best levels. I love the spooky forest.
Kremland would be second best.
DKC1 wooded area (world 3) is also the best.
Basically these three areas are perfect in my opinion. For DKC3 I would say the world map is the comfiest part about that game.

>> No.5395986

>>5384529
I think its the land and the water, in the original they are crust as fuck, really give off the feeling of being actual rough ground and the pixel vomit on the water gives that feeling of light hitting water in movement, where its all different colors

Ultimate ground is too clean, it tries to look rough but not enough, it looked more natural in the original because our minds filled the details, while the water is too still an blueish.

>> No.5396116

>>5387616
DKC is what sanic should've been. you actually get rewarded for going fast in some levels with enemy cycles and momentum.

i know, i know, sonic if all about memorization to git gud. Fuck half the sonic games, the camera doesn't even track sonic properly.

>> No.5396450

>>5395836
>super mario world is an ugly game. Even smb3 looked better
I've always thought this, and this is coming from someone that played World before 3.

>> No.5396462

even though im a huge sega fan, i gotta admit that nothing on sega can beat super mario world.
so i don't believe super mario bros 3, an older gamer, could top it.

>> No.5396576

>>5378914
>>5379049
>>5381091
>>5381275
How do you guys remember individual levels so well? Platformer levels (especially from this era) sort of blend together for me until I can’t recall any of them specifically. They just aren’t very memorable to me.

>> No.5396606

>>5396576
thats called having a triple digit IQ

>> No.5396763

>>5390263
The GBA DKC3 soundtrack is pretty good but damn do I wish the GBA could handle fucking sick tracks like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qxgzPzkDNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbGDDNL26VA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAaWOjhaVCs

>> No.5397116

>>5393231
That contrarianism tho

>> No.5397127

>>5387626
>the physics in DKC1 are slightly different than in 2&3

In what manner? Please educate me

>> No.5397308

>>5397127
I don't know exactly what he means but rolls in dkc1 work a bit differently than the others.
You pick up more speed rolling into enemies and if you roll don't a hill or decline you'll continue rolling until you cancel the roll or reach the bottom.

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>>5378884

Music AND Level-wise? Okay:

DKC: Oil Drum Alley
DKC 2: Kannon's Klaim
DKC 3: Rocket Barrel Ride

Srsly it's hard to pick. Many levels have great atmosphere and awesome music. Also this render always stood out to me because of fond memories of going through the DKL manual pages.

>> No.5397342

>>5396606
Not him but I have a terrible memory yet I always do well in any sort of intelligence tests like IQ tests. Memory has very little to do with intelligence apart from how a good memory helps you in arguments. In actual fact dumb people like you get to look smarter just because you remember stuff better, despite being a mentally disabled freak.

>> No.5397348

>>5390339

Try this mate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n1JkrYU1ZQ