Top 5 Best and Worst Donkey Kong Bosses - Donkey Kong Month 

I'm kinda surprised the DKC2 Kaptain K. Rool fight wasn't in the best fights. It's pretty darn difficult.

It's interesting that you repeatedly pointed out "waiting =/= excitement." The original King K. Rool boss fight was nothing but waiting. You dodged the cannon balls, and then waited for KKR to throw his crown. And then waited while he jumped around the stage. And then waited for the cannon balls to pass you again.

I may be alone on this but... I loved King Kut Out. Yes, you had to hit him the exact same way all the time but so what? that laugh was worth it. even if you died from getting inside the cannon too late... or too early.

What? xD King Kut Out was my favorite boss for the humor.

I personally found the Chicken Boss and the red Thugly boss from dkc returns to be incredibly difficult in mirror mode, and beating them were two of the most satisfying moments I've had in games.

I feel like Bashmaster didn't get enough credit here, his ice projectiles get really cool towards the end of the fight, especially when he's shooting them extremely quickly, and then fakes you out.

I like Tiki Tong from Donkey Kong Country Returns.The music is perfect for Tiki Tong.He's a certain type of hard which gives him a good place in memory.

My personal favorite boss in Tropical Freeze was Skowl the Startling. I feel like he was a much better giant egg dropping bird boss than Krow from DKC 2 or Stu from DKC Returns. I also really liked Mad Jack from DK64's Frantic Factory level.

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Personal favorites (I have not played DK64 or Tropical Freeze): -K Rool (DKC2) Awesome music, fun kind of challenging even tho I nearly always die on the last part of the 3rd phase -K Rool (DKC1) The reasons you stated -Bumble Bee Rumble (DKC) Intimidating like King Zing, and nostalgic Personal least favorites -K Rool (DKC3) Kinda anticlimactic, feels like an easy puzzle platformer boss -Mole Train (DKCR) Combining mine cart antics with whack-a-mole, and being a marathon boss -Colonel Pluck (DKCR) The reasons you stated -Second K Rool fight (DKC2) Anticlimactic, takes only one hit after a long gauntlet of attacks

I always had a liking for Stu, the 3rd boss in DKC Returns. This was the first fight in which bombs had a major impact, and I loved the diversity in his different spastic movements. Also, he has a nuke. Just sayin'.

People saying Bleak is a bad boss battle have no soul.

boss dumb drum was my favorite boss before king k. rool in dkc 1....

I loved King Kut Out ... :( It made me rly scared since if I missed a shot I would lose a kong... for some reason that just made me super scared :O

First of all, thanks for doing the Donkey Kong Country series justice with these videos. I grew up with them and love them all. Secondly, my favorite boss was Kaptain K. Rool from DKC 2. The different ways he would should projectiles at you kept you jumping to avoid damage and got harder as the fight progressed. And the start of the rematch when his gun is full of water was hilarious. Keep making DK videos!

that picture of chucky made me jump out of my seat oh my god

Clearly the most fascinating and hard of all was Captain K. Rool at the secret world (DKC2). It started with a funny animation of Captain firing a fish, then madness. Also the scenario is awesome and meaningful: its the very industry that generates Kremlings. I miss him in the list!

My first DK game was Donkey Kong 64 and i still love it!

I disagree for colonel cluck. He was one of the best bosses in the game. I mean sure, the first phase could get a little tedious, but the rest of it was awesome. Look at his moves while he's flying!

Donkey Kong 64 is my second favorite game of all time.

mad jack is best

Dogadon had the darkest battle and death of any dk character. You legit kill his child and burn him alive. Which honestly traumatized me as a kid. It looks pretty real too when he burns.

Dude, Necky's Nuts is the best boss.

I have t played every Donkey Kong game. But I’ve never disliked any level or boss level. They all have their own challenges and sometimes being patient is the challenge and that’s cool with me because the different challenges is why I play the games.

Surprisingly, Colonel Pluck was my favourite because of how different I felt while playing it. Most other bosses didn't really amp up my courage while watching a cutscene, but Colonel Pluck really did. +His theme is my favourite out of all of DKC:R.

For me, very gnawty is the absolute worst.

My favorite is thugly from returns and the dkc 1 final boss plus the dkc 2 final boss and true final boss

I know you told me not to watch this buuuuut I just had to find out what you said originally.

I like a lot the snow man boss fight :(

I remember battling Dumb Boss Drum for the first time and thinking " Wow! This guy could've been the first or even second boss of this WHOLE game." He's pretty bad. Belcha was pretty fun to play against. Thanks for the memories 😊

Bleak was awesome I disagree but the cardboard cutout sucked it was such a good creepy levels so much potential for a spooky boss....

Dumdrum is especially annoying if you just have Diddy because of those annoying Armadillos

King k rool was the best to you? Srsly his patterns are so easy to track.

I've played all of the games featured in that video except donkey kong country: tropical freeze (but I really want to). Anyway, you did miss KAOS. He was an awesome boss, and my dad always had jokes for him. But anyways, that video was your opinion, and even though I don't agree with it, excellent job! I'll be liking it!

I fully agree with your top 5 worst, and I like your picks for top 5 best, although I detected some salt towards King Snowmad, but I honestly loved that fight. The music is badass, and the fight is obnoxiously difficult, which I enjoyed.

I loved Colonel Pluck. He was one of my most favorite bosses because of the theme and the mech he was in

I loved Mad Jack tbh. It was one of the most difficult in DK64 but I really like his design and the setup.

GBA Dumb Drum is way better because you have to actually hit it with TNT barrels. However, the GBA port of 2 gave us Kerozene... and the ungodly amount of waiting around between attack patterns that came with him.

I'd hardly say you had to play each level 5 times in Donkey Kong 64. It was more like one time and then you just collected everything.

King Kut Out was actually one of my favorite DK64 bosses. Sure, it can be repetitive, but it keeps me on me on the edge of my seat each time. And it does get more hard and intense as it goes on

i really like bleek in dkc3 as boss :D

You gotta love Colonel Pluck's theme though

most of the dkc 1 bosses are pretty crap, imo

BEST 1.) Tiki Tong 2.) King K. Rool 3.) Mole Train 4.) Mango Ruby Rush 5.) Zinger Fight

Who is here after the new best and worse of snoman

I like Kudgel, I thought it was cool how, instead of a regular big animal as a boss, you had a gigantic hulking Kremling instead. I'd also suggest that Klubba is a palette swap of the boss, not vice versa.

Mole Train?

Against your better judgment, I'm watching it.

He's not a boss, but the fucking Parrot that you have to race in DKC2 18 years later, I still hate birds

To be fair, Bleak pretty much puts your Swanky's Sideshow skills to the test. If you haven't visited the sideshow hut even once, then you will die quite a bit before figuring out the pattern. And Kudgel's fight wasn't that bad imo. He pretty much enforces that the ground isn't always a safe spot anywhere. The others I can kind of get around on, but those two at least have some kind of merit.

Bleek sounds so hilarious on the GBA version of DKC3

Fun Fact: You actually do damage to dumb drum in the gba version of donkey Kong country.

frankly I like colonel pluck

10 years ago... dk month started

You like DKC3? Instant like. You have no idea how hard it is to find someone who likes it at least as much as the other games (I personally like it the most out of the three). In the worst bosses section, I personally would have almost all of the places filled with a boss from the first DKC. One of the worst aspects of the first game is its bosses.

Favorite bosses in order: DKCR Final Boss: Gets harder each time you attack him, and his third phase is really hard, but this boss is fun. DKC Final Boss: Reasons you stated. DKC 2 Final Boss: Awsome music, good gameplay, and an amazing plot. DKCR Mole Train: You have to fight some moles on a train. The entire mole crew helps Max the Mole to get his train moving faster so the kong's do not ruin their dinner. Least Favorite bosses in order: DKCR Thugly: Can barely get past his first phase. Is much much much more harder than Mugly. Just the cousin of Mugly, who is smarter. DKC Dumb Drum: Reasons you stated. DKCR Colonel Pluck: Reasons you stated. DKC2 Waterfall Boss: Just weird.

I LOVE BASHMASTER he is the best polar bear

Woah at least the number 5 worst boss had decent music

We'd probably give the best slot to Kaptain K. Rool (K. Rool Duel) in DKC2. The worst would probably be Colonel Pluck, because fuck that guy. Oh, and in our opinion, Bleak's laugh is precisely what makes him one of the most memorable bosses. In fact, we want an entire spinoff series based on him and his wacky family.

Bleak doesnt get hurt, infact he laughs to death

Easily my least favourite Donkey Kong Boss has to be the fight with K. Rool in DKC 3. That game was pretty amazing right up until the end, which is too bad because all of the other bosses were challanging, and if not that, at least creative.

In DKC for Game Boy Advance everytime you defeated the enemies Dumb Drum spat out you would have to thorw a TNT barrel at him making the fight a little bit better. Great list though

dkc3 robot it was fun and gave me nightmares but it was long

I liked Colonel Pluck and his accordion theme.

dk64 is part of the dkc trilogy

I liked the owl and the baboons from DK country tropical freeze

Dkc 3 expanded dong the dkc series

Bleak was so much fun in dkc3. It was such a unique way to fight a boss in my opinion.

How dare you say dk64 was bad.

That waterfall boss at 5:59 made me quit playing DKC3 as a child. I played the GBA version and I could not for the life of me figure out how to shoot water using the elephant.

IMO DK64 was fun, because you had to go through the game as 5 unique characters, but I digress. A favorite boss was Kapitan K. Roll, because it keeps you on your toes. Least favorite boss was the Cardboard cut out from DK64 mostly because you had to be two steps ahead with up to 5 Kong's, because if you missed you lost a Kong to use for that "fight"

My birthday is on Donkey Kong Month.YAY

You failed to mention the most annoying part about King Kut Out, what makes him difficult. For those of you who are unaware, King Kut Out is not the ONLY King Kut Out. There are FOUR of them. And only one, which moves around during the fight, is actually the boss. The others are phonies and spend less time active as the real one. So if a clone is active for 2 seconds, the real one is active for 4 or so. Why is this important? You saw how a successful impact stranded you next to the edge of the playing field? If you hit the wrong one the momentum will carry that Kong over the playing field REMOVING THEM FROM THE FIGHT PERMANENTLY. You get five chances not to fuck up. Don't waste them. Heed my advice and take your time with this boss, and learn how long each cut out stands up. I remember when I first got this game in Kindergarten and I was so panic stricken fighting Mad Jack I failed to notice how you beat him and just thought the electricity was random.

Dumb Drum is my favorite boss in Donkey Kong Country. I don't think of it as they ran out of ideas (especially because almost all the other bosses are just larger recolored versions of regular enemies), I think of it as the most creative boss fight in the game. I never expected to fight an oil drum as a boss, and that's what makes it fun. It's a hilarious boss fight. Also I played the game on GBA, and in that version you throw TNT barrels at Dumb Drum, along with avoiding enemies. I actually like the boss fight more than the final boss because it's so different from the others.

I'm sorry but dod you just say Donkey Kong 64 was quote on quote, a "BAD" game? That game is quite litteraly my favorite Donkey Kong game.

My favorite was the King K. Rool fight in Donkey Kong 64. So many phases and you had to use all the Kongs. It took me many tries as a kid, but it sticks in my brain to this day.

Woah wtf you think that dk 64 is bad? It's one of my favorites of all time

My fav boss in the DKC franchise is the final battle with the tiki man (Whatever his name is) in DKCR. You now finally get to fight a tiki in the game and he is pretty tough. He slaps his hands, he smacks them on the floor, and so on. You have to make him smack his hands on the floor to defeat him. But he gets harder after his hands are gone. He throws a bunch of flaming birds at you (I think) and you gotta jump on his head a bunch of times. My least fav boss is the fight with Thugly. He is super hard to deal with. I can barely get past the first phase, and I gotta ask Super Guide for help. He is too hard, and I would say that the final boss of DKCR is easier than THAT boss.

What kind of schmuck puts King K Rool over Kaptain K Rool? The Kaptain was far superior in every way if only because he was actually difficult.

King K. Rool of jungle climber

2:24 you messed up

Snowman was so cool man ! I think the most exciting boss fight of the serie is the first K.Rool of DKC2, really hard, with attacks which gave you special effects like reverse your controller etc...

Tiki tong

Best 5: Arich (DKC3) 4: Kleever (DKC2) 3 Queen B. (DKC) 2: Baron K Roolenstien 2 (DKC3) 1: Krow (DKC2) Worst 5: Belcha (DKC3) 4: Really Knawty (DKC) 3: Bleak (DKC3) 2: Kudgel (DKC2) 1: Squirt (DKC3)

DK 3's final boss is pretty awful.

Klubba was originally planned as a boss, and I there was not time to design a new sprite for a boss so they decided to use Kudgel in his place.

I think Dkc 3 Ending boss is the best

I’m calling it, number 1 is dumb drum

Srsly dude? Dumb Drum is the BEST boss in DKC. I never expected they would make a boss like that and he fits the world the best in all the bosses in DKC. And I also liked the Snowman in DKC3, its just originally thought out so that not any boss battle would look/be the same. And I liked the way how you slide down out of the world after you beaten the Snowman. And where the fuçk is Kleever (the sword from world 2-DKC2) He was AWSOME, and I liked how you could get Banana Coins in the boss battle! Srry dude, but I have to vote this video down.

A couple of my favorites from DKC 2 are Krow's nest and Kleaver's kiln also Belcha from DKC 3 cause of how easy it is but then again most first level bosses are.

ugh... DK64 isn't a bad game just because you don't like a mechanic in it... and why pick the dragon boss from it? have you even played the game?

totally love your commentary on dumb drum :-)) "meeh ya movin' so fast there's nothing me can do gonna go self-destruct! " rlly funny! but yeah, i liked King Kut Out, possibly due to the overall atmo of the whole level, or YES actually because of the soundtrack! ;) nice vid so far liked it !

K. Rool on DK64 is one of the best bosses in video games in general. Even if you dislike the game for the backtracking you'll still love how they incorporate all 5 characters in a single epic boss battle, each harnessing their unique abilities in creative waves.

My favorite is by far the mole train from DKCR on the Wii. I dont care you have to wait so much. The environment, music, and constant action makes it really fun.

I personally liked Colonel Pluck; his theme is amazing and I liked how he wasn’t just some monster, he’s just a smart chicken doing his job

the baboon trio from Tropical Freeze was a big stand out for me. The attack pattern variety kept me on my feet the entire fight. The challenge remained fair, so I was able to roll with the curveballs.

Why u gotta do my boy colonel pluck like that, my most memorable fight

My favorite boss fight from D.K. was fighting Kaptain K. Rool. The music was awesome and beating him felt super satisfying.

I like those kinds of bosses in the last one. Fighting wave after wave of enemies is a whole new experience for me.

I feel like the most redeeming part of colonel pluck is the boss music, it’s absolutely amazing. I think a few can agree