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#1776: Jul 23rd 2025 at 9:52:14 PM

A random song lyric that I'm surprised hasn't become a meme related to this game LL Cool J-Don't call it a komeback, I've been here for years. That feels like an easy AMV to make.

KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#1777: Jul 23rd 2025 at 9:55:47 PM

I wonder if they'll go with this game's depiction for K. Rool's canon size from now on. Even when not transformed, the guy is freaking massive in this game.

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#1778: Jul 24th 2025 at 5:28:09 AM

[up]Guess that means he's.....too big for Smash. Joking.

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#1779: Jul 24th 2025 at 7:24:25 AM

I like the gruffness of Grumpy Kong. Dude's got that abrasive edge, but like he's just here to do his job, and he ain't gonna sugarcoat things, preferring to tell them as is. I know it's a character archetype that's done a lot, but he's a reminder of why it works so well.

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#1780: Jul 24th 2025 at 7:32:41 AM

[up]And conversely, he doesn't take things personally, nor make things personal. As a villain, very respectable and makes his Heel–Face Turn convincing.

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#1781: Jul 24th 2025 at 7:58:52 AM

It wouldn't surprise me if Winky Kong or someone else that knew Cranky Kong called him a grumpy Kong without knowing that there is a Kong called Grumpy Kong.

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#1782: Jul 24th 2025 at 8:44:49 AM

Cranky: "He didn't exist at the TIME, ya whippersnappers! They musta just added him later, honestly!"

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#1783: Jul 24th 2025 at 9:12:09 AM

Makes you wonder if Kong names are given names or nicknames.

Like, was Grumpy Kong *born* Grumpy Kong?

Though on second thought, I guess we do know (well, maybe, Nintendo loves to swerve and double back on this one) that Cranky Kong was originally named Donkey Kong.

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#1785: Jul 24th 2025 at 9:51:17 AM

I found a great comment on the final boss theme: "Honestly, with the way the beginning of the second half is timed with the cut to K. Rool soaring his way up to the Banandium Root, it's almost framed like he's the hero getting his big shonen anime second wind. Even with the world on the line, K. Rool's return is such a cause for celebration that even the game itself can't help but briefly cheer him on against you."

EDIT: This one too: "A whole new generation of Donkey Kong fans has joined us in never putting down our controllers after initially defeating K. Rool."

Edited by lalalei2001 on Jul 24th 2025 at 12:53:00 PM

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Fireball246 Since: Jan, 2023
#1786: Jul 24th 2025 at 10:11:19 AM

I like how all members of the Kong race just have their species name as their last name. It’s like if a human named John’s full name was “John Human”.

Edited by Fireball246 on Jul 24th 2025 at 10:11:31 AM

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#1787: Jul 24th 2025 at 10:21:58 AM

Even Manky Kong from DKC 1.

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#1788: Jul 24th 2025 at 10:24:04 AM

[up][up]I mean, it can't really be a species name considering how many Kongs are different species.

That, or "species" doesn't mean much in the Mario universe.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Jul 24th 2025 at 1:25:52 PM

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#1790: Jul 24th 2025 at 11:02:29 AM

[up][up] I guess they’re less of a species and more of a sub-group of monkey.

Edited by Fireball246 on Jul 24th 2025 at 11:27:10 AM

lalalei2001 Since: Oct, 2009
#1791: Jul 24th 2025 at 11:15:33 AM

You can turn NPCS into dust if you move them towards hazards.

Edited by lalalei2001 on Jul 24th 2025 at 2:16:57 PM

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#1792: Jul 24th 2025 at 11:20:16 AM

Are there any Kongs introduced after Donkey Kong Junior's debut but before Donkey Kong Country release?

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#1793: Jul 24th 2025 at 1:16:58 PM

The answer to that is pretty obvious.

There's only 2 games.

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#1795: Jul 24th 2025 at 7:23:14 PM

Doing a Low% run now that I've done a 100% run of Bananza. It looks like you can take your pick of skipping either Ostrich or Zebra, as well as skip Snake. Speedruns look like they're skipping Zebra, but still picking up both Ostrich and Snake, which makes sense: those two combo well together, and the things you have to do to skip Snake is... well, it takes a while. Sand is coarse and irritating, you know. Still, this Low % attempt has been interesting. There's a lot of stuff you just don't have to do with the right skills or general game knowledge.

Edited by RacattackForce on Jul 24th 2025 at 10:27:02 AM

BOOXMOWO Since: Mar, 2013
#1796: Jul 24th 2025 at 7:36:07 PM

You absolutely can skip both ostrich and zebra. Doing Forest Layer with no ostrich is quite tedious but it is doable.

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#1797: Jul 24th 2025 at 7:40:40 PM

it would be really funny if the low% was JUST Kong Bananza, and i'd really like to see what the Final Boss looks like with JUST Kong

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RacattackForce (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#1799: Jul 24th 2025 at 8:19:44 PM

[up] (x3) Huh, good to know. In which case, the only mandatory Bananza outside of Kong might be Elephant: even if there was a way to get the key to the second sublayer without using its ability, the boss fight for that world/layer would be impossible without it as far as I can tell.

...But then again, while the final boss itself is possible with just Kong Bananza, I have no idea how you'd go about navigating NDC to get to said boss fight without either Zebra or a combo of Ostrich/Snake.

Edited by RacattackForce on Jul 24th 2025 at 11:27:35 AM

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#1800: Jul 24th 2025 at 9:14:04 PM

Considering how many people were theorizing that Void Kong was K. Rool in disguise. I wonder how those two would’ve reacted to hearing those theories. Same with the other Kongs including Poppy and Grumpy

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