History YMMV / DuckTales

* EightPointEight: The [=GameSpot=] review of ''[=DuckTales=]: Remastered'' written by Tom [=McShea=] is infamous for awarding the game a 4.5 out of 10, with the reviewer claiming the game was dull, predictable and pandered too much to nostalgia. The score was unexpected because even fellow professional critics who shared his opinion awarded the remake considerably better grades.

** The game reuniting the entire surviving cast of the 1987 series for one final sendoff feels especially poignant yet moving now that Alan Young, June Foray, and Chuck [=McCann=] are no longer with us. Additionally, with the involvement of Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/EricBauza in the game, both of whom have been involved with the show's [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]], it also comes off as something of a PassingTheTorch moment to the next generation.

* [[EightPointEight 4.5]]: The [=GameSpot=] review of ''[=DuckTales=]: Remastered'' written by Tom [=McShea=] [[ItsHardSoItSucks was]] [[CriticalResearchFailure very infamous]].

** The Moon theme, for how beloved the song is, has become a bit of a meme due to how incredibly awesome it is. Also helped that [[spoiler: [[Series/Ducktales2017 the 2017 Ducktales reboot]] incorporated it in canon]].

* HilariousInHindsight: Brentalfloss did a 'What if the Moon theme to Duck Tales NES had lyrics?', at one point explicitly saying it sounds like an ending credits theme. Come ''Remastered'', not only is the Moon theme a recurring motif in the soundtrack, it gets a rather heartfelt piano remix in the second half of the credits. And ''even more so'' when [[spoiler: [[Series/DuckTales2017 the reboot of Ducktales]] features the Moon theme with lyrics by Della Duck to her kids as a lullaby]].

** The classic Moon theme was worked into canon in the reboot, as [[spoiler: a lullaby Della Duck (Yes, ''the triplet's mother and '''Donald's sister''''') wrote for the triplets]].
* HilariousInHindsight: Brentalfloss did a 'What if the Moon theme to Duck Tales NES had lyrics?', at one point explicitly saying it sounds like an ending credits theme. Come ''Remastered'', not only is the Moon theme a recurring motif in the soundtrack, it gets a rather heartfelt piano remix in the second half of the credits. And ''even more so'' when [[spoiler: ''[[Series/DuckTales2017 the reboot of Ducktales]]'' features the Moon theme with lyrics by Della Duck to her kids as a lullaby]].

* OkaySoIt'sAverage: While the Boom Comics have a fair amount of detrators, many think they're still enjoyable enough, [[SeriesContinuityError Continuity errors with the canon]] and artwork redrawings aside, not to mention being the last goodbye to the original Ducktales team before the [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 reboot]] aired up in 2017.

* HarsherInHindsight: Doofus being [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed and threatening the heroes]] is this, considering [[AdaptationalVillainy what he becomes]] in the [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 reboot]].

** The classic Moon theme was worked into canon in the reboot, as a lullaby Della wrote for the triplets.
* HilariousInHindsight: Brentalfloss did a 'What if the Moon theme to Duck Tales NES had lyrics?', at one point explicitly saying it sounds like an ending credits theme. Come ''Remastered'', not only is the Moon theme a recurring motif in the soundtrack, it gets a rather heartfelt piano remix in the second half of the credits.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The game reuniting the entire surviving cast of the 1987 series for one final sendoff feels especially poignant yet moving now that Alan Young, June Foray, and Chuck [=McCann=] are no longer with us. Additionally, with the involvement of Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/EricBauza in the game, both of whom have been involved with the show's [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]], it also comes off as something of a PassingTheTorch moment to the next generation.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPkhhLC1tf8 The Moon]], one of the greatest songs of the 8-bit era, and one of the most praised and well-remembered video game songs ever. So popular that it made its first animated appearance in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' [[spoiler:to show that the triplets' mother, Della Duck, was alive on the Moon.]]

* Ensemble Dark Horse: Minima de Spell, Magica's niece from the 1991 story Dime After Dime. Despite only appearing in one Ducktales story, she was one of the few Ducktales original characters to regularly appear in non-Ducktales stories, and also inspired one of the original characters of the [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales|2017 reboot]].

* Ensemble Dark Horse: Minima de Spell from the 1991 story Dime After Dime. Despite only appearing in one Ducktales story, she was one of the few original

* BrokenBase: The [[Creator/KaboomComics Boom! Kids]] comics. Many fans disliked the Rightful Owners saga for its plot, its artwork (which was redrawn and suffered modifications) and its continuity errors. Some didn't like the ideia of Scrooge being confronted with the fact that he would have been less than honest in his treasure hunts, and therefore should return some of these to its original owners, because it would betrayed the franchise's spirit of treasure hunt in favor of pollitical correctness. Others appreciated the ideia, but some felt it was poorly executed and ended up being a disservice to the theme.
* FanonDiscontinuity: "Dangerous Currency" was disowned by fans, especially of Darkwing Duck comics, due to its many contradictions to the Darkwing comic canon, and being published withow approval of the Walt Disney Company.

![[ComicBooks/DuckTales The Comic Books]]:
* Broken Base: The [[Creator/KaboomComics Boom! Kids]] comics. Many fans disliked the Rightful Owners saga for its plot, its artwork (which was redrawn and suffered modifications) and its continuity errors. Some didn't like the ideia of Scrooge being confronted with the fact that he would have been less than honest in his treasure hunts, and therefore should return some of these to its original owners, because it would betrayed the franchise's spirit of treasure hunt in favor of pollitical correctness. Others appreciated the ideia, but some felt it was poorly executed and ended up being a disservice to the theme.
* Fanon Discontinuity: "Dangerous Currency" was disowned by fans, especially of Darkwing Duck comics, due to its many contradictions to the Darkwing comic canon, and being published withow approval of the Walt Disney Company.

* GrandFinale: Despite being a remake, the HD title being rewritten from the ground-up, bringing in as many of the original cast as was physically possible and how the story ends with Glomgold finally being put away for his crimes, Magica finally obtaining Scrooge's Number-One Dime and the old trillionaire's climactic victory over the series' [[BigBad Big Bads]] has many see this as a true finale of the original series. Bonus points to this being Alan Young's last performance as Ducktales' Scrooge, neatly putting a bow on the end of his era.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Due to the show not airing in years (it hasn't even been on in reruns) and the comics still being fairly obscure, ''[=DuckTales=] Remastered'' is probably a lot of younger gamers' first exposure to any ''[=DuckTales=]'' media.

*** The entirity of the final level is full of this: [[https://youtu.be/O9rMfPjn1n0 Mount Vesuvius]]'s theme has an extremely climatic vibe to it, which espically fitting considering it's ThatOneLevel status and the boss it holds, speaking of which, we are then treated to the brand, spankin' new [[https://youtu.be/_C-EuHUNmnU Final Boss Theme]] for [[spoiler: Dracula Duck]] truly does the boss justice. It's as bombastic, frantic, and tense. And after that, we are treated to [[https://youtu.be/NMd6ZG76OSs "Dime Chase"]], which is frantic, intimidating, and tense. Oh, and the 8-bit versions of the level theme and Dime chase are also awesome.

* MostWonderfulSound: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF32DRg9opA The moon theme]] is widely, and rightfully, considered to be one of the greatest level songs in video game history, and it's a major source of SweetDreamsFuel to boot.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPkhhLC1tf8 The Moon]], one of the greatest songs of the 8-bit era, and one of the most praised and well-remembered video game songs ever.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The game reuniting the entire surviving cast of the 1987 series for one final sendoff feels especially moving now that Alan Young, June Foray, and Chuck [=McCann=] are no longer with us. Additionally, with the involvement of Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/EricBauza in the game, both of whom have been involved with the show's [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]], it also comes off as something of a PassingTheTorch moment to the next generation.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The game reuniting the entire surviving cast of the 1987 series for one final sendoff feels especially poignant now that Alan Young, June Foray, and Chuck [=McCann=] are no longer with us. Additionally, with the involvement of Creator/JasonMarsden and Creator/EricBauza in the game, both of whom have been involved with the show's [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017 reboot]], it also comes off as something of a PassingTheTorch moment to the next generation.

** The Amazon and the Himalayas are considered the hardest of the initial five stages due to their higher concentration of annoying enemies and precision platforming than the others.