I played Donkey Kong Country on a Gameboy Colour (I had a SNES but never got the SNES version) and I thought it was one of the best games ever 😭 still remember tryin to get past that mine cart level lol
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Am I the only millennial that doesn't care for Nintendo?
No their games lack innovation. The games are essentially the same as they were 3 decades ago but with better graphics.
That is a wild take.
Damn, what a wild take.
Nintendo might not be as innovative as some indie games but they constantly innovate and define new genres.
I mean, look at the consoles. Wii, Wii U, and Switch are all crazy innovative.
Some of their more innovative stuff might not be as popular, e.g., ARMS and LABO. Even their mainline series have some innovative mechanics for the genre.
Serious question. What company is more innovative than Nintendo?
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I'm glad to see pushback on DKC, like I was about DK64. DKC2 is the only one I really enjoyed, the rest aren't great. Being honest, I think Rare has been overhyped for years.
Konker is a fun concept, but it's honestly a pretty bad game. And I've played it through and through a few times. It feels bad giving any sort of criticism to developers who absolutely pushed the hardware limits of their consoles.
Part of why Conker doesn't feel like a good game to me is that the story feels totally disjointed. The emphasis on shock value overrode everything of value.
thats what made it so great, it poked at every trope it could within its boundaries, which with nintendo was insane.
the great mighty poo! and that sunflower with the bouncies. 12 year old me was astounded even back then nintendo let them get away with it. Even the multiplayer modes where you are nazi teddy bears was insane for its time.
One word:
::: Berri :::
I can’t stand most platformers, but particularly older ones. It’s maddening to play within such small visual areas. If I have to consistently guess what’s on the other end of a jump in a game about controlling my jumps, you’ve fucked up completely as a developer. Donkey Kong is awful at letting you know what exists in front of you within a timely manner.
Yep, agree
Played it all the way through but my snes platformer of choice is smw2: yoshi's island
which game is this? I never played it. only DK i played was the N64 one and i loved it
This is the one right before that on SNES. I think it’s Donkey Kong Country? Let me look it up.
Yep, that’s the one. At the time, the graphics were revolutionary. It’s not a huge surprise it doesn’t look as good on a non CRT, but that’s an unfair retrospective criticism me thinks.