DKC Atlas Forum

The same friend is still waiting. I'm not sure which is more unbelievable, that this issue still exists or that he still cares to join.

Please resolve this registration issue. I've had a good friend wish to register in the past week and he still can't do so.

There does seem to be a bit of disparity going on. The interviews are saying all the right things (or not, in the case of K. Rool and the Kremlings, but others have already harped on that) but looking at the game itself, it's clear a bit of reading between the lines is needed. There's talk about kee...

A DKC RPG would be wonderful if done right. As has been mentioned, DKC3 was leaning in that direction already. Going all the way with a greater emphasis on storytelling has the potential to be a natural and extremely effective outcome. Concerns about villain motive and the like is a non-issue, as el...

Guess it'd have to be Dixie. She's just too cute.

Donkey himself's a close second.

^ QFT.

But while we're at it, K. Rool had several frames restored to his existing animation, most noticeable in his crown-throwing and idling animation. This applies to some other characters, like the Kritters now tumbling end-over-end in a full cycle when defeated.

It would be nice if someone here knew Japanese and had Japanese copies of the DK games - just so we'd know for sure whether they drastically rewrote virtually every line of Cranky dialogue or if they simply ignored it in subsequent games. Call me premature, but I'd put money on the latter.

See Wes from the game Mother 3, a grouchy old has-been who ceaselessly berates his stupid/lazy/useless son; a fine 'Japanese' example of the archetype.

I can't help but doubt that their culture has any relevance to a character's established personality. The fingers have an understandable reason, the other doesn't. Nevermind that though: Also, I think I've made it quite clear this whole conversation that I viewed the glass as half full. If you had s...

"It's just a Japanese thing to do" - The Japanese aren't stupid. It's not the way it is because of the Japanese. I wouldn't deflect criticism of these idiotic changes because of the developer's culture, of all things. I wouldn't care about it so much if these were the simple harmless spino...

Well here we are again aren't we? The PAON games are a 'blessing' given the utterly wretched circumstances. The punchline is the same however, DK got screwed. Lacking in resources and freedom? They weren't inventing the wheel here, or even re-inventing it: again, all of the resources Rare created ar...

Yes yes, now we reach the crux of the argument: the notion that 'It could easily be much worse, so who are you to complain?' Another hollow means of shining off criticism. I understand that point of view however: PAON really is a patron saint in comparison to folks like EAD Tokyo and what they wante...

Another deceptive notion about the Mario series: the idea that its consistency is owing to its simplicity. Nothing is too simple to screw up. How do you think productions like Disney and Looney Tunes maintained their characters and icons for decades, even generations, despite their original creators...

"Perfect Canon"? You miss the point. The point was simply to take games that don't run roughshod over established elements or have enough good new material to make up for the missteps. DKR was a harmless outing that again demonstrated Diddy's independance. That said, I could strike it from...

Happy sweet sixteenth, Jomingo?

What's the problem with DKR? It didn't step on anybody's toes, unlike Jungle Climber where K. Rool is depicited as a thug with a small gang. In DK64 he had an appropriately kingly dialect, yet in every subsequent game he talks like Bowser-lite. That and his idiotic new appearance (to say nothing of ...

It's important to identify which changes are good and which ones suck. Take good, block bad. DK64 was greatly inferior to the DKC trilogy, but still fared much better than JC and the like, namely in characterization. It's worth keeping for K. Rool's portrayal alone. And the whole discussion of canon...

With the series in the miserable state it's in now, I've simply narrowed things down to the games that best represent DKC. Which are the games that actually need to be rembered? The cameo games, however many there be or how popular some are, have done far more to damage DK's image than help it. What...

I don't think even the DKC titles are neccessarily official; David Wise himself never referred to them by name from what I've read, such as referring to Aquatic Ambiance as simply 'the water level'. Who knows though? The given titles in the soundtracks (including the ones DKU made up) are good enoug...

One of my favorite references in the whole series.

Personally the only games I would regard as canon are the Arcade trilogy, DKC/DKL trilogy, DKR and DK64. Everything else distills or outright taints the series. Not to slight all those other titles mind you, but a robust and tightly-focused continuity is something DK could have sorely used. Not that...

There was also a DKC3 GBA commercial, in which Dixie, Kiddy and Ellie save Donkey from a lion. They even used the original models from the game, barring Donkey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ_myU3lGI0 Sweet Jesus. Look at that! Nintendo dusted them off just for this one stinking commercial before...

Yes, yes, the original character designs are a must. Remember those ensemble images Rare put together? Like this: http://dkvine.com/news/gallery//dkc3/artwork/familyentertainment.jpg It's very easy to imagine those as stills from a DKC cartoon. And with the progress of technology in the 13 years sin...

Rare asked Nintendo for Donkey Kong? I thought they were just demonstrating their nifty ACM conversion tools, and Nintendo said "Here's Donkey Kong and a few Silicon Graphics workstations, go nuts". Though granted I lost the interview in question.

Except that defies the entire point of the Game Over sequence.

K. Rool's a genius, but his underlings are not. Thanks to his useless minions at the wheel, K. Rool's island stronghold grounded itself on DK Island's shore before his Blast-O-Matic was even ready. And he hadn't counted on his technicians sleeping on the job either. The Kongs stormed in before it wa...

Doubtful, but it will be far removed in terms of style, setting, design etc. if it happens.

Hooray! Well done, America!

Kong-Fu wrote:That or the first terrorist.

Barack Obama, more liek The Black Osama mirite?

Actually, no, your comment is so sad even sarcasm can't save it.

Hang your head in shame.

King K. Rool - One image is missing, the one where he looks like he is boxing http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y125/CMAugust/BigKrool.png If there's a higher-quality version of this picture I'd like to know about it, but this is the closest I could manage. http://gameinfo.com.br/games/data12/GC-317...

I'd contend that many of these changes have made a more than negligible impact on DK et al. While that kind of thing may be a common or inevitable occurence, I wouldn't call it an evolution by any means. No one's suggesting DK should have stayed exactly where he was in 1994; it's simply that a lot o...

That would be a long read, and too tangental to the current topic. I could make a new thread, but who really wants to read something along the lines of "this and that sucks and here's why"? Not to mention it's a subject most have difficulty relating to or caring about, namely design sensib...

They're both really terrible options, not to mention artificial since there's no choice to begin with. And Dixie missing her kneepads is the least of their problems.

Not that I'm slighting your own appraisal of the series, I simply disagree with it.

It's funny... before Donkey Kong, if somebody had declared "they're actually paying attention to the franchise and characters, they're actually using it!" I would have replied with "duh!"
It's amazing how far Nintendo's lowered our expectations.

Yeah, Japan his this stigma attached to 'toon' hands, as they believe it's a reference to Yakuza (Japanese mafia) who were infamous for cutting off fingers. It's a ridiculous notion, on multiple levels. As for how it applies to Donkey Kong, it's small potatos compared to what else they've done with ...

Can't say I think PAON's changes to the DK series are an improvement in any respect. Some of the actual additions are alright though.

An overworld of partially-submerged ruins in the game Donkey Kong Land.

It would be fine if it weren't for the growing evidence that Kremlings once ruled DK Island. There are Kremling temples and there's Kremlantis, and this would lead me to believe that the Kremlings ruled DK Island... Er... yeah dude, Rare answered that one in Scribes too. They did in fact rule the i...

Jomingo is stretching the truth: the game's manual - for that's where the info comes from, at least in the PAL version - simply states that the Lost World is the rumored 'source' of the Kremlings. Unless it was elaborated on further in the official strategy guides. Rare's explained in Scribes that t...

You wouldn't expect Donkey and Diddy to hurt and tease each other in the DKC ending either. It's just for laughs.

Well I certainly have no faith in Tiptup's common sense.

I've been sort of reluctant to update this topic, but anyway: Seems I've been given the runaround. I got a reply from Rare about those questions earlier - it turns out they DID still have the assets at that time, but now 'do not have access to them'. That is the extent that George K. has been told. ...

Donkey Kong, apon eating some suspect bananas, trips out. The entire game is a hallucination as Donkey endures his nightmarish subconsious.

It was a limited-edition release for... something or other. My incentive to getting it was a TV advertisement. The commercial featured a swimming champ playing Donkey Kong Land on it, with a kid trying in vain to distract him so he could have a go. It's the first Game Boy I aquired, and Donkey Kong ...

I'll try to put these in the order I got them. Sega Master System Sega Mega Drive Game Boy Pocket Gold Sega Saturn Super Nintendo Nintendo 64 Game Boy Color Sega Dreamcast Gamecube Sony Playstation Sony Playstation Portable Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Wii Nintendo DS However, I no longer own the Mas...

On the plus side, Baby DK doesn't have the grotesquely large chin they decided to give DK.

Most of the relations on this page are completely made up, my friend. This is just speculation on the part of the members here. The only Kongs we know for sure are related: DK is Cranky's son/grandson, Diddy is DK's nephew (possibly), Kiddy is Dixie's cousin, Tiny is Dixie's younger sister, and fina...

I love Dixie's character design and fantastic abilities. She has my vote, easily.

But even though I said that stuff up there, Oh, you mean this? Gee, sorry for having a positive outlook on life for a second. I guess I'm just tired of Brawl conversations like "Come on guys, the so and so franchise did pretty well with such and such", and then someone else says "SAK...

In response to your call to 'stop whining', while it's fine that you have almost no critical opinion whatsoever, there's no justification in deriding people that do. These are resonable points even if they're not flattering. For the record, none of those franchises had a level of importance comparab...

Those are all miniscule or obscure franchises however, rather than giants like Donkey Kong. Then take Kirby, a series on a much lesser tier than DK, and how much exposure that got.