The good and the bad on Donkey Kong 64

[LuWiiGi]

first of all this is just a thread so that me and Yogurt wouldn't be ranting on about the game on a different thread. i just want to hear what Yogurt had to say what was bad about the game.

feel free to post ur own pros and or cons about the game that you found.

for me i really liked the story, the new kongs, learning new moves, the graphics, the music, the multiplayer (boom headshot lanky lost a piece of watermelon),and much more. i'll add more later.
to note this game gave N64 a new look (and i'm not sure but i think when the game was released it came with the system too), and also this was a huge game that came from my childhood. i grew up with the game and i still have it.

[Spore]

It was a very well crafted, very generic platformer in a time when platformers were popular. It is by no means a bad game though because of the fact that it was more or less a massive collectathon (like most other platformers...). It's only real fault was the intro.

[digiki]

It had awesome music, awesome battles, really good graphics (at the time), great level design, lots to do excetera.

And the DK Rap ruled.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

More Kongs = thumbs down. I don't think there should be any Kongs other than Donkey Kong and maybe, maybe Diddy Kong.

Boring collectathon with awkward levels.

Music and graphics were good though. I don't necessarily think it's a bad game, but there are better games out there.

Of course, I'm not a big fan of the DK series anyway, so that's my bias.

[Betagam7]

One Plus Point was the inclusion of Arcade Donkey Kong, something Nintendo refuses to give us for some unspecified reason on either of its download portals.
Surely it would be a huge seller boosted further by the rivalry aspect of King of Kong.

[Yossarian]

Originally Posted by LuWiiGi

first of all this is just a thread so that me and Yogurt wouldn't be ranting on about the game on a different thread. i just want to hear what Yogurt had to say what was bad about the game.

feel free to post ur own pros and or cons about the game that you found.

for me i really liked the story, the new kongs, learning new moves, the graphics, the music, the multiplayer (boom headshot lanky lost a piece of watermelon),and much more. i'll add more later.
to note this game gave N64 a new look (and i'm not sure but i think when the game was released it came with the system too), and also this was a huge game that came from my childhood. i grew up with the game and i still have it.

I loved this game and have some very fond memories of it. I spent a week solid playing this with my girlfriend many moons ago.

It was perfectly suited to her style of gaming which can be loosely characterised as 'me too'. If I play a level of a game then the usual thing is that on completion you move on to the next and progress through the game as normal.

My girlfriend prefers to play the same level AGAIN to show that she can do it and if she beats my score/time then all the better. With multiple Kongs we could play the game in this fashion without this driving me nuts and still make some progress and discover new things and locations.

The game had some great levels and some entertaining bosses (scary jack in the box! cardboard cut outs). I like collectathons and see no real difference between that and grinding for exp in RPGs.

The game made full use of the control pad and the addition of extra weapons and tools made it more than a typical platformer (at that time).

The later levels could drag and the last level was just mean.

[shippelton]

Pros
well i enjoyed the mini-games
The bosses rocked
Arcade DK
The Kong's special power ups
there new weapons also
More Kongs
More levels
The Racing mini-game in frantic factory

Cons
Collectathon and intro

[Angelic Lapras King]

It was a pretty good game, but it didnt hook me so much as Banjo Kazooie did. That would explain the fact I didnt collect all the Bananas (About 20 odd left? I dunno...)

[LinkFanatic]

Looking forward to DK 64 on the VC. One of my most anticipated releases so far (if it DOES get released).

[Pit 42]

Originally Posted by LinkFanatic

Looking forward to DK 64 on the VC. One of my most anticipated releases so far (if it DOES get released).

It'll get released eventually. Nintendo will probably have to find a way to emulate it because it's an expansion pack title, and they'll probably need to fix the size issue with the Wii's memory.

But we'll definitely see it sometime.