History YMMV / DonkeyKong64

* BrokenBase: The game's greater focus on exploration and item collection than [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry the games that came before it]] is the single biggest dividing factor of the game. Some love it due to the humor and creative worlds that come with it, arguing the presentation and varied gameplay prevents the massive amount of collecting from becoming dull. Others hate it for feeling bloated and at times arbitrary, owing to how segmented much of it can become due to it being split between five characters.

** Puftoss forces the player to adapt to the controls and maneuvering of Lanky's little boat, as well as an overhead camera, inconsistent lighting and ''very'' short [[TimedMission time limits]]. The sheer amount of {{Scrappy Mechanic}}s present makes this rather straightforward boss perhaps the [[ThatOneBoss most challenging battle in the game]] for many people, and even those who have no problems with it thinks it's more of an annoyance than fun.

** Puftoss forces the player to adapt to the controls and maneuvering of Lanky's little boat, as well as an overhead camera, inconsistent lighting and ''very'' short [[TimedMission time limits]]. The sheer amount of ScrappyMechanics present makes this rather straightforward boss perhaps the [[ThatOneBoss most challenging battle in the game]] for many people, and even those who have no problems with it thinks it's more of an annoyance than fun.

** General opinions on Puftoss will depend on how much you manage to adapt to the controls and maneuvering of Lanky's little boat, as well as the overhead camera and limited lighting. [[ThatOneBoss They are usually not the best]].

** Opinions on Puftoss will depend on how much you manage to adapt to the controls and maneuvering of Lanky's little boat, as well as the overhead camera and limited lighting. They are usually not the best.

** Opinions on Puftoss will depend on how much you manage to adapt to the controls and maneuvering of Lanky's little boat. They are usually not the best.

* GoddamnedBoss: Mad Jack isn't a very difficult boss but he's extremely tedious and repetitive due to needing to jump from platform to platform as he chases you for a very long time before he becomes vulnerable. Falling off doesn't damage you but it restarts the cycle. It doesn't help that towards the end he becomes so fast that you have little time to jump to safety (which opens your finger up to slipping off the analog stick or misjudging a jump) and when he does become vulnerable he uses an attack that predicts what platform you're gonna land on and is guaranteed to knock you into the pit.

*** One Winged Kong deserves particular mention for having inspired [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mkm8E8YVrJc Advent Country]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83caHdfJOAQ Rebirth]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJKeOQilDkU&ab_channel=St.Franklin Kongdom Hearts]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4fdb3cdC8&ab_channel=St.Franklin Krisis Kore]] remixes, which get more and more threatening, with Krisis Kore stating that [[OhCrap Donkey Kong is after you]]. It's partly due to the timing of Sephiroth's invasion of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' to torment Cloud ''again''.

** It's also become a meme on [=4chan=] to post pictures of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGm39CweSj4 Lanky Kong accompanied by the word "HE"]], as if to start his verse of the DK Rap. Quoting Lanky's verse is also applicable whenever anyone says "he", an example being [[AndIMustScream "He has no eyes with which to see,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt13gePxwDE his every waking moment is misery..."]]