It sucks being a Donkey Kong fan 

Us Duck Hunt fans are taking it easy these days. Even if we get hyped over minor cameos, and I’m basically the only one in the community.

I can understand the pain people go through if they're only DK fans or Metroid fans. Retrostudios can really only make a new entry in one series at a time. For me personally, I love both DK and Metroid. So no matter which series they choose to work on next, I'm happy. The way I see it, the best thing they could do is alternate between the two. Make a new Metroid Prime game, then a new DKC game, and go back and forth. That's probably the best way to please both fandoms.

I think the hardest part of being a DK fan is the uncertainty of it all. Nintendo certainly isn't shy about using DK, with the DKC theme park next year, the Lego line coming out next, and the Kongs' inclusion in the SMB movie. But Nintendo could always relapse into their old ways at any time and for any reason. The Rare Buyout wasn't even the first or last "Dark Age of Donkey Kong". It's also a monkey's paw sort of situation, while there's benefits to DK and sometimes Diddy or other Kong family members showing up in Mario spin-offs, there's also the downside of it that it's assimilating DK into Mario instead of allowing it to flourish as its own franchise.

Ya know what's worst then being a Donkey Kong fan? A K. Rool and the Kremlings fan

Let's not forget that this is Nintendo we're talking about. They just don't know what to do with some of their franchises, and ultimately chooses to forget them entirely. Need I remind you of F-Zero? Cuz Nintendo sure needs that reminder!

I would be happy with just DK64 on the damn Nintendo Switch online! make it happen Nintendo!

You forgot about DK king of swing and DK Jungle climber, King of swing was experimental with their climb and artistic design, but is fun at the least, and Jungle Climber is a really great game commonly overlooked by many, it perfected the climb gameplay and added a new original story, if you haven't played it you should, and yeah right now we could only wait and see what happens in the future of DK as a franchise.

DKC-DK64 was the golden banana Era for DK anything else is alright. Need to being it back to that

Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze is one of my favorite games!

"The dark ages of the donkey Kong franchise" is a sentence i didn't know i needed to hear

I personally think DK fan right now aint so bad. He was definitely the best part of the Mario Movie.

I 100% agree with this. The way Nintendo treats some of their franchises is just not fair at all. Metroid Starfox Mother F-Zero and lots more. and Donkey Kong is definitely one of them.

dk64 was stupid good and almost unbeatable. Still holds a record for most collectables to win the game and I still haven't beaten it over 20 years later...

And now Returns is getting a Switch port meanwhile I'm still waiting for either a new fully 3D DK game or a remake of DK64 whether it be a fan remake or official.

Being a donkey kong fan: Stans cap hard for your favorite franchise Only get a port and call it a day Only get a port that sits next to another port that doesn't have platforming as good as yours Watch as that port sells more than yours by four million That six million convinces nintendo to make a new game in that style Watch as your franchise falls into obscurity People forget your franchise was even a thing People ignore your franchise on virtual console People make fake rumors about your favorite franchise that never come true Those rumors end up making your favorite franchise just as niche as R-Type/Gradius/Secret Of Evermore They hate your character in super smash bros Being a donkey kong fan in a nutshell StarTropics fan: There there buddy, it's okay, I know the feeling all too well DK fan: Don't touch me

Prox: it sucks being a glover fan

Ive been a fan since I got returns as a little kid. This video hit hard and im glad I watched

You know what? I see the Lego Sets and the "get to know the king of swing!" article as good signs, at least we know that Nintendo hasn't forgotten DK, which opens up to hope for a new DK game.

DK🥁 DONKEY KONG🥁

It's tough being a Donkey Kong fan, but Jungle Beat is an absolute banger.

I understand this, as a Pikmin fan, we have had it rough, not just the gap from Pikmin 3 to Pikmin 4, which lasted from 2013 to 2023, but also the gap before that, from Pikmin 2 to Pikmin 3, which lasted from 2004 to 2013, 9 year gaps, back to back. That is why I completely understand this.

Yes and no. Yes, because as pointed out, it's been 9 years since Tropical Freeze. But also no, because the lack of releases gives me time to catch up on older titles (I have yet to play DK Jungle Beat, for that matter - the one DK game I missed out on playing when it came out).

If Pikmin 4 has anything to judge for, then surely F-Zero and Donkey Kong will get an another chance eventually, and it's probably because Nintendo's devs is working on other stuff. They have probably forgotten F-Zero in the 2010s, but I think they finally remembered it, telling from F-Zero 99.

I’m just replaying DK games, because that’s all we got

Donkey Kong fans hardly know suffering look at FZero, Kid Icarus

Fully with you here brother. For the time being though, I've got so much on my gaming backlog anyway that I'm not stressing too much about it. Between the Lego sets and the DK movie that's currently in development, Nintendo is clearly thinking about DK and I'm hoping that maybe we'll get an announcement about a game soon. Maybe to coincide with the DK movie?

About a year later it still sucks in case you were wondering

*Cries in Fossil Fighters Fan*

【Shades Finnish Pirates】I would count myself among DK fans, i still love the character and i might not go for the platformers anymore but i go for the pics of the character & soundtracks. Glad DK got a appereance in the Super Mario Bros movie, even if the personality of DK was not what i expected as he was kinda vain and he played smaller part than i hoped for.

I remember playing Donkey Kong on the Wii, fun times, great vid man

Now, hold on a second... Not only does Jungle Beat rock, but you're not forced to use the bongos, either!

As a Pokémon fan, you really shouldn't envy us. While Arceus is the best game since ORAS, the rest are in a pretty unacceptable state to this day. It's the exception, not the rule. That aside, it's pretty frustrating Donkey Kong hasn't had a new game in a decade, but with Retro working on Metroid Prime 4, the DKCR port is probably the best we can ask for until the game comes out.

Nintendo punch us fans in the balls when they announced mario vs donkey kong

*Cries in King of Swing and Jungle Climber*

It really does, hopefully we get a new one soon!

I believe that a New 3D Mario game and a new 3D Donkey Kong game THAT DOESN’T SUCK is coming. One that plays like Mario Odyssey instead of having a 3D DK game where we run through corridors and switch characters and bonus stage, bonus stage, bonus stage, bonus stage.

Donkey Kong, Metroid and F-Zero are the unwanted children of Nintendo :(

It's pretty much the same for us Wario fans. We get stuck we a character that is a complete downgrade from what he was in the 90's. WarioWare is what I like to call "Donkey Konga, but it became the main series for Wario".

The Nintendo Switch got 2 Donkey Kong ports. His new name is Donkey Port.

0:38 and Eveline Fischer!!!!!!!! She wrote literally half the trilogy’s music with Wise.

It does suxk to be a DK fan, i am hopeful and probably gonna tear up if they do drop a surprise DK game out of no where or even just announxe one. Love DK 💪🏽🦍 I thought i was the only one who felt this ha 😅 muxh love y’all

I think nintendos marketing push for dk as brand recently with the legos and donkey kong expansion to the nintendo world park, as well as his role in the mario movie, are all good signs for the future of DK. Still sucks not having any games for almost 10 years. Like, damn. Especially sucks that retro is preoccuped with prime 4 which still has no release date. It's unlikely they work on another DK game in the next couple years

Soon brother...

Great video; it DOES suck to be a DK fan, just like being a Wario Land fan. Btw, gonna upload your thoughts on Crash 4 anytime soon?

I ended up becoming a fan of the games Nintendo doesn't care much about: Metroid and Donkey Kong. But I think that's about to change with the launch of the DK theme park, the franchise is gonna get some spotlight and Nintendo will grab the chance to release something, even if it's just a remake. I think the future looks bright for us fans.

Also I would be just happy with a DK trilogy of the DKC series but reworked/remakes of of them or imagine DK64 remade. 😮

The next donkey kong country game better have a velvet worm boss

Funny enough two of my favorite game franchises as a kid were both Donkey Kong Country & Killer Instinct. ironically enough both made by Rare & both IPs that suffer from long dormancy from their owners. Hopefully things will get better for DK cuz I would very much like to see a 3rd Returns 2d-game or the long-awaited sequel to DK64.

We are kremlings,hear our cry, hoist the cross bones to the sky🎶🎵 God i miss king k roll and the kremlings

RU-vidr Uncle AL feels the same way about being a donkey kong fan. I didn't realize that there wasn't a really good game since 2014. I always wanted to play Returns and tropical freeze, hopefully they have it on the nintendo switch on eshop.

And to top it all off, last year there were rumors of “a new Donkey Kong game” and it turned out to be the Mario vs Donkey Kong remake.

Make me wonder how things could of been if rare was not owned. It one thing Microsoft disappointed me huge for

I think the reason for how weird Donkey Kong got in the 2000s is attributed to that era of gaming as a whole. 2D Platformers were so over saturated in the 80s-90s, the average consumer probably felt fatigue & more focused on developers with new innovative ways to play video games. When you got a franchise that started out as a 2D platformer in the 1980s you definitely need to adapt. It went from Arcade Platformer, to SNES Platformer with 3D graphics to a full fledged 3D open world platformer. Donkey Kong 64 existed in that “Collectathon” era. Obviously you had Mario with his 3D outings but was another installment of Donkey Kong like DK64 something Nintendo wanted to pursue when their flag ship character already had its own successful 3D Platformer per console? Country Returns could’ve only came out when the market needed it to. 90s Nostalgia was hot & 2D Platformers were not over saturated. I personally would like to see another crack at a game like DK64 since 3D Collectathons are dead while FPSs are in. But that’s my take, I’m not a historian, just a guy who likes video games.

Donkey konga and dk jungle beat is awesome

Make me wonder how things could of been if rare was not owned. It one thing Microsoft disappointed me huge for me

I'm surprised you didn't talk at all about the Donkey Kong Land series or the DKC remakes on the Game Boy Advance.

Rare's quality was already slipping with DK64 and Banjo-Tooie. They started padding their games out to be as long as possible which is the current trend in open world games these days.

Laughs in *Metroid*

For me Not counting Donkey kong Country Returns and Tropical Freeze I Really like Jungle Beat The Wii Version of the game Definitely a Hidden Gem I Do Hope We Get a Donkey Kong Jungle Beat 2 Before the Next Donkey Kong Country game Make it Grand Appearance

Did you watch Return to Krocodile Isle?

If a brand new Breath of the Wild/Super Mario Odyssey/Sonic Frontiers-style game starring DK and others came out today, I'd buy it. If a Donkey Kong 64 port came out today, I'd buy it. If it was already on Nintendo Switch Online, I wouldn't be spending my time here posting this comment.

My idea for a sequel to DKC 3 which is also a prequel celebrating the 30 years since DKC1 as well as the original DK game. Donkey Kong Country 1924 or DK24 The plot is that Funky Kong now has a nerdy son named Ditto who also has a knack for building things--a time machine 1920s style car. King K Rool and Bowser somehow finds out and decides to steal it so he can travel to 1924 New York City to prevent Cranky from ever meeting Wrinkly Kong thus preventing the birth of Donkey Kong Jr (the father of Donkey Kong the 3rd aka Donkey Kong) and Bowser can stop Mario from meeting Princess Peach Ditto has another a time machine 1920s style car and a four monkey team is assembled of him and Donkey Kong who is older, wears glasses, and carries a suitcase. Donkey Kong is a workaholic banana accountant now. Candy Kong who is now Donkey Kong's wife. She is starting to feel like Donkey Kong doesn't love her because she is getting older. When they time travel Candy becomes a 1920s flapper girl. Kiddy Kong. He's no longer the big crybaby that he used to be. He's even bigger, stronger and possibly more of a cry baby. Kiddy Kong becomes a 1920s gangster with a Tommy Gun that shoots tomatoes. Kiddy Kong is eager to prove himself as strong just like his brother Chunky Kong. Ditto Kong is a genius scientist. Ditto Kong can drink a potion that turn him into an enemy such as a Kremling until the potion wears off. King K Rool's plan was to make Cranky Kong fight Jumpman (aka Mario) long enough that he misses his first date with Wrinkly Kong who back then was called Jazzy Kong. In the game when you travel back to 1924 it would be in a black and white film noir style. In a 3D perspective like DK64. The plan is for Donkey Kong to switch places with Cranky Kong so they can drive Cranky Kong to go to the movies with Jazzy Kong. It's supposed to be a silent movie. But since they're Kongs it ends up being not so silent as they decide to play some of their own music to accompany it. (Much to the rest of the audience's dismay) However it turns out that Bowser and King K Rool were both being manipulated by the real mastermind....Stanley the Bug Man. Stanley the Bug Man has created a powerful chemical "bug" spray which allows Stanley to bug his victims with subliminal orders. Stanley's plan is to steal the time machine so the Kongs are stuck in the past and to travel to 2024 DKC island which he plans to rename Stanley's Island But when all seems lost a mysterious time traveling Kong wearing a fedora allows the Kongs, the Kremlings, the Mario Bros and the Koopas all to travel together to present day 2024 DK Island put a stop to the notorious Stanley the Bug Man. This would be more in the style of the Donkey Kong Country series games. but it would really have a big brother dystopia vibe. The enemies would be "bugged" Kongs and well bugs too. Donkey Kong thinks he remembers seeing Fedora Kong before but can't remember where. He doesn't get the chance to ask because Fedora Kong has to stay behind. Later Donkey Kong finds an old photo of a Kong wearing a Fedora...and it's his dad. Donkey Kong Jr. I know this would be a very different game from any other Kong game before but I think that's what would make it a lot of fun. I think one of the strongest elements in all the Kong games is although they may not all be related they are a close family and they each play an important part. I also think it would be fun to see old enemies such as the Kongs and Kremlings join forces in order to stop the big bad Stanley. The gameplay would be a fusion of arcade style from the OG donkey kong game, 3D like DK63, side scrolling, like DKC and racing like Diddy Kong racing and a bit of RPG.

watched the full video, i honestly agree with it

GP, Gamerless Primate

It's almost as if Nintendo resents Donkey Kong.

Let's hope we dont have to wait much longer for another Country installment. Now time to go press Subscribe for Press A!

Jungle Beat is great and I will hear no such slander

Jungle Beat was a beast. One of the best gimmick games ever, team went on to create Mario Galaxy series. Bad take on the creator's part.

This video could also be interchanged with Pikmin and Metroid, even after the recent support. I feel for you DK fans, hope you get your modern revival soon!

It sucks liking DK, EarthBound, F-Zero, StarFox, and many others that won’t come out with stuff consistently.

It really does

I mean even the fact that this video didn’t get much recognition proves that not many ACTUALLY care about the series. Which is really sad and disappointing. I’d actually go as far as saying that donkey Kong is better than the Mario games.

But DK has some of the best platforming games.

Sure does😊

So we're not going to talk about diddy kong racing or the DK king of swing games?

OH my gawd...This Giga Chad looking mofo loves Donkey Kong as I do...this gives me hope.

The main issue is, all the other franchise have studios that can take care of them. DK right now has no one that could take the franchise in.

nice Video, but i think, being a Banjo Fan is worse😢

Nintendo, please don’t fk up the next DK game 🙏

It sucks DK being a DK fan

Donkey Kong country and donkey Kong land is called super donkey Kong and super donkey Kong GB gameboy in japan btw and donkey Kong 64 is not donkey Kong country 64 nor super donkey Kong 64 it’s actually Donkey Kong 64 (Japanese: ドンキーコング64 Hepburn: Donkī Kongu Rokujūyon

In my opinion I love Donkey Kong, Yoshi’s Crafted World puts me to sleep, the music is really boring. In my mind is Nintendo trying to put the player into a snooze while playing?

Man who don’t like donkey Kong it’s fire

And on top of all of this, DK generally sucks in SMASH (except for the N64) too.

Kirby gets more love than DK

Now imagine been an F-Zero and Golden Sun fans, those had it worst than Donkey Kong.

DKC 1 ,2 & 3 was the best

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Spoiler alert it was a remastered 😅

It’s not like Mario 64 and Banjo Kazooie because the level design in DK64 is bad. They should have gone the Mario 64/Banjo route when it comes to level structure.

Your wrong it doesn't suck being dk fan, it sucks being a dkc fan, since theirs only been 3 true dkc games and they were on snes

Okay

Donkey Kong 64 was a terrible experience for me I couldn't get into it it was too much crap added to the game and multiple characters going back and forth I like how they did it with Super Mario 64 just plain simple 1 playable character. And just collect the Stars I wish they would have done Donkey Kong 64 like that if not giving us of Donkey Kong Country 4 but nope they had to go super extra so yeah I only like the Donkey Kong Country games

DK64 will never get a sequel because Nintendo would rather the new one have the same kind of level structure as Super Mario Odyssey.

i like donkey konga

Being a Star Fox fan is worse, the only thing worse than that is being an F-Zero fan.

Better to be a DK fan than a Chibi-Robo fan 🤣

at lease you guys've got a game on the switch. we wario land fans got nothing but handheld releases

Jungle Beat was excellent. However it was my first DK platformer, before I played the country games.

I'd rather get one good game every 10 years instead of these dogshit yearly releases (pokemon)