So it seems our dear Waffle King has abandoned the blogs section at least temporarily, no longer providing us with any of his signature humor.
But see, this situation has paved the way for something better.
"How could it be better than it was before?" you may ask.
Well, if Waffle King hadn't stopped writing, BanMan may not have decided to write blogs to keep you entertained.
So today I am reviewing the ONE ADVENTURE GAME that Donkey Kong ever got that's in 3D.
Oh, and it's on Wii U now. So that's neat.
This game is so amazingly amazing. When you start it up, you are immersed in monkey business. It's like a monkey storm. Or a monkey tornado.
Or a
Monkeynado.
And then the DK rap starts.
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HERE WE GO
Instead of going to YouTube and watching it, buy the game and listen to the glorious tune in its original environment. It's splendid.
ok but what's the game like banman
We're getting there. This is a pretty big game. And before we even start on the adventure, we need to clear something up.
You either like collectathons or you're wrong.
You're going to be collecting a lot of things. And I mean a lot. Golden bananas, regular bananas, banana coins, banana medals, and some other stuff.
OHHHHHHHH BANANA.
It's just part of the job.
In fact, I didn't even realize so many people disliked it for its collecting when I first played through it a couple times. I didn't consider that it was something to dislike then.
I don't get why people think it's so tedious. Who doesn't like exploring and looking for stuff? It's like a kid's dream going out on a treasure hunt, except you get to be monkeys and explore different worlds.
Speaking of the worlds, there's some reaaaaally cool places to visit. There's a desert world that isn't empty and dull like deserts in other games, a creepy castle (appropriately named Creepy Castle) which has some stuff that could easily rival the Shadow Temple creepy level, and a huge mazelike factory with multiple floors and hallways and rooms.
The music's nice, and whether it's the peaceful DK Island melody or the snappy Snyde's HQ tune, you'll probably find more than one song memorable after playing.
Besides what you would expect in an adventure game's gameplay involving running and jumping, there are some things that mix it up occasionally such as transformations and minigames. And hard minigames at that. Like, throwyourcontrollerattheTVscreen hard.
There's a game called Beaver Bother and it has potential to make you develop a strong dislike for critters like these.
And the minigame doesn't even let you defeat them so you can't take your anger out on them. It's rather satisfying to dropkick one with DK though if you come across one outside the minigame.
There's also a couple arcade games that may make you want to ragequit, but pretty much everything else should be okay difficulty.
The characters are great too. There are five playable characters in the main game after they're unlocked. It's been a really long time since a new Kong was introduced and I think it'd be awesome if they did that again. All of the Kongs that appeared in DK64 have reappeared again somewhat recently except for Chunky. So much for being politically correct and including the fat character in modern games.
Non-playable characters are executed nicely as well. Funky Kong in DK64 is probably my favorite rendition of him and there are some new characters as well that give a fresh style to the game.
I'm not sure why this is in a DK game though.
Who puts that in a DK game?
That's pretty much all I want to say about the single player mode. But there's multiplayer. And this isn't the kind of multiplayer that you use to play a few quick matches just to try it out. This is the kind of multiplayer that you like. There's a mode called Battle Arena which is okay, and then there's Monkey Smash which is way better than okay. It's pretty simple since it's basically a free for all, last man standing type battle, but it's so good. I've played so much of this over the years and have great memories of it. You can pummel each other with guns, close-range combat, and orange grenades. This is seriously one of the best multiplayer modes Nintendo has ever put in any game ever. So even if you don't want to play a collectathon game, you can get plenty of enjoyment out of the multiplayer alone, assuming you have friends.
For a game that's roughly fifteen years old, it's a really good game. The graphics don't look gorgeous by modern standards, but this is Nintendo 64 we're talking about here.
By @BanMan
