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 Donkey Kong Country Returns was a big success, selling around 9 million units across the Nintendo Wii and the 3DS. Retro has been no stranger to creating sequels to their beloved games, so in 2014 they released the next gorilla-sized installment for Donkey Kong! Only there was one problem... it released on the Wii U. The Wii U was a commercial flop, especially following the juggernaut of the Wii, so Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze didn't stand a monkey's chance in a No Banana factory of ever matching Return's earnings. Despite this, Tropical Freeze became a fan favorite, earning tons of critical praise and selling around 2.5 million copies. It was everything people loved about Retro's previous outing, only featuring better graphics, more Kongs, and even more creative levels. Once the game was re-released on Switch, the game was hailed as one of the best side-scrolling platformers of all time, and it quickly eclipsed the Wii U original's sales. So get ready to add one more voice onto the pile of accolades as I (TheJayOfSpade) and my Funky Bunch of co-commentators (ChorpSaway, FutureFriend, and Taoc) ride out this tubular wave! In this LP, I'll be grabbing 100% of the game's collectables, and I'll even be showing off the time trials for every level in separate videos. Heck, I also played through all the stages on Hard mode, just to show you lovely viewers all the unlockable art! Get ready for a game to remember, this is just the frosted tip of the iceberg! Thanks to HandDrawnSquare for the wonderful art and thanks to Jordan for the thread title!                                                                                   
TheJayOfSpade fucked around with this message at 18:21 on Jun 23, 2020 |
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Who do you think would win in a fight, Jeff Kong or Doug Bowser?
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Oct 24, 2019 20:23
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Please ship Jay to FutureFriend's house, after this LP is over, so you guys can get him to a doctor. 6 strokes in one video is a bad sign.
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Oct 25, 2019 03:50
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thetoughestbean posted:Who do you think would win in a fight, Jeff Kong or Doug Bowser? The Kongo Bongo viewing public wins that one, my friend. Also, while it's clearly ruined the natural order of the island, it's revealed in the expanded material that Donkey Kong gets a new favorite dessert thanks to this adventure: the banana frosters.
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Oct 26, 2019 04:28
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Nov 10, 2019 23:53
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Nov 11, 2019 00:40
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I love the illustrations
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Nov 11, 2019 04:54
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Grasslands Groove has to be one of my favourite levels in the game, just because how everything is having such a good time.
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Nov 11, 2019 10:31
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Nov 29, 2019 03:43
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Dec 22, 2019 05:03
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ChorpSaway posted:So I appreciate this level because it specifies that Donkey Kong, not just a banana guy, he loves all the fruits, every single one TheJayOfSpade posted:I mean I haven't seen eat any of these fruit Taoc posted:I feel like we also very rarely see him actually eating the bananas considering how many of them he finds This is Jungle Beat erasure
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Dec 22, 2019 06:10
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Jan 20, 2020 00:20
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Digamma-F-Wau posted:This is Jungle Beat erasure I take full responsibility for this gross neglect of one of the best Donkey Kong games.
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Jan 20, 2020 00:22
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You're doing all the time trials too?! Well, you are officially a mad lad.
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Jan 26, 2020 10:14
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Quackles posted:You're doing all the time trials too?! Well, you are officially a mad lad. I originally wasn't planning on it, but I started doing them and I had a real good time!
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Jan 26, 2020 18:32
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Jan 26, 2020 18:34
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I love Frantic Fields. It's really intense, and you just have to charge forward on Rambi - and you get better music with him.
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Jan 27, 2020 07:01
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TheJayOfSpade fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Mar 6, 2020 |
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Mar 6, 2020 00:08
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Professor Layton was a professor of Archaeology, not English! None of you are true gentlemen.
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Mar 6, 2020 01:24
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It was Donkey Kong, at the Improv Class, with the Hot Banana. 
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Mar 6, 2020 02:46
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This may surprise you, but I'm still waiting eagerly for your next time trial video since you mentioned you really showed that fish-boss whatfor in it.
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Mar 6, 2020 22:33
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Same, this is a really fun LP and it's really rare to get good commentated ones where they get all the puzzle pieces and do the time trials.
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Mar 7, 2020 17:27
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Careful DK, that walrus is ice cold!
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Mar 19, 2020 16:36
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Mar 31, 2020 23:30
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I think this is the first time you've had a K level in the time trial vids, neat!
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Apr 1, 2020 05:17
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When you put up the video it was already April 1st here so for a moment I was wondering if the whole video would be AC fishing. Either way you certainly bagged a big puffer fish.
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Apr 1, 2020 10:06
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ManlyGrunting posted:I think this is the first time you've had a K level in the time trial vids, neat! Oh, whoops, I think the plan was to do them all at the end. I guess that level will get a double dip
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Apr 2, 2020 01:00
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Niiiice video! You mentioned Hard Mode. Some of the levels in Hard Mode gave me conniptions, though one that holds a special place of infamy in my head for Hard Mode purposes is Irate Eight. It's 10 times as hard when you only have one HP and no checkpoints, even being Dixie all the time.
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Apr 4, 2020 12:08
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Apr 11, 2020 23:05
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Truly, the reward for winning the pie-eating contest is more pie.
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Apr 11, 2020 23:45
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If you somehow managed to get the Crew to commentate with you over playing the whole thing on hard mode I'd still be watching  Anywho, besides finishing up the time trial videos got any further plans?
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Apr 11, 2020 23:52
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Zanzibar Ham posted:If you somehow managed to get the Crew to commentate with you over playing the whole thing on hard mode I'd still be watching There's going to be short group commentary video where I show off hard mode and Funky Kong, then the rest is all time trials
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Apr 12, 2020 17:16
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You guys' knowledge of Leisure Suit Larry games is alarming
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Apr 13, 2020 01:59
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TwoPair posted:You guys' knowledge of Leisure Suit Larry games is alarming some of the leisure suit larry games were my childhood games, which is exactly how i became twisted enough to start a career in let's play
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Apr 13, 2020 02:03
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Fair.
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Apr 13, 2020 02:05
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Apr 17, 2020 20:21
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Funky having 5 hearts feels more like it should be the standard for the game. For a bunch of apes and gorillas, you sure are fragile in all these games. One or two hits and that's all you get.
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Apr 18, 2020 01:20
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May 17, 2020 18:01
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smh at not getting all shiny golds
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May 18, 2020 07:40
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Those time trials are (I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist) bananas.
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