Can You Beat Tropical Freeze Without Bananas? - Part 1
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- Apologies for the occasional audio and video glitches; I switched from Elgato 4k to OBS and from Microsoft Clipchamp to Davinci Resolve. Still going to take some getting used to, but it'll be worth it in the long run.
Let me know of any questions you have for the Q&A! That will be my next video followed by Autumn Heights minimum bananas.
Thank you so much for watching!
The minimum is a lot more entertaining, because you really get to push the boundaries of each level and give it love! Take as much time as you need, these levels look so tough hehe
Thanks! I agree and I’m glad the comments agree so far too! Let’s just hope it gets a lot of views!
That final single run at the end was a nice finale. The switch to your live commentary made it clear how much tension you were under while doing it.
Thanks; I was really glad that was the successful run since my commentary at the start was really good compared to the dozens of attempts I did before
only found ur channel today but absolutely love ur content, and i like seeing the minimum number of bananas required (:
Thanks a lot! Hope you check out my other videos then!
@@Snowman-xt1cd Yh ofc can’t wait for the next parts to come out
I really love the video!
And I have some small question since you ask:
- what is your favourite game ?
- what is your hardest in geometry dash ?
- what is your favourite level in gd ?
Edit: to the end of each world, it would be nice to tell how much banana you take for each level.
Thanks for the questions! Q&A should be out in a few days!
@@Snowman-xt1cd
You are welcome.
aww yay a qna!! i wanna open this by mentioning that i love the minimum bananas idea a LOT! i'm super excited for the next part!
i would like to know who your favorite kong is throughout the whole DK series. both gameplay-wise, and and in terms of your opinion on the character itself
good luck and godspeed with world 2 o7
I’ll answer that question in the Q&A, thanks for leaving one! Glad you enjoyed; I’m gonna start recording autumn heights tonight!
Minimum bananas is definitely more entertaining, but I've enjoyed every video of yours I've watched since I found your channel last week so do whatever you prefer.
Thanks! Good to hear!
I'm so glad this pivoted to minimum bananas
I literally just came from your Returns video and commented that minimum bananas would be more enjoyable as a viewer lol. I know this takes a lot more effort but I’d love to see you revisit Returns with this mindset at some point. Great stuff!
Gotta say I usually am not a huge fan of these challenge type vids, but somehow the way you script and edit these just works for me. Great vid!
Also jungle beat with minimum bananas would be interesting. Think I attempted banana kingdom once and got barely under 100.
I LOVE Junglebeat. One of the most underrated games of all time. It’d get no views but I’d still love to do a video on that game. I thought max combo in every level could be interesting too
This is so fun to watch! Please do more Live Commentary, i was really invested in the last level. Also as someone else already said it would be nice to see a total at the end of the video with a) Amount of Bananas you had to get on each Level b) Amount of Bananas collected total in this World c) total banana count for the challenge.
Good idea! I’ll see what I can do for the next video. Glad you enjoyed and yes I will absolutely do more live commentary when it feels appropriate
Very fun watch! Love the vid as well as the previous one. Maybe you could go back to Returns’ impossible levels to try and go for minimum bananas there as well as a follow up :) keep up the great work!
looking forward to the rest of the series!
And my question for the QNA is who's your favourite Kong
Thanks for the question! Should be out in a few days!
I could barely beat 1-K when I played this game, so props to you for doing it bananaless.
Thanks! Took an hour and a half just to figure out how to do it and execution was another hour and a half on top of that. Definitely worth it though!
that last level was wonderful to watch! loving this format and your growth, can't wait for part 2
Started watching you recently and you’ve honestly became a go to channel for me. Keep up the good work! A question for the QnA as well, what inspires you to keep making videos, especially during the tough times?
oh wow gotta try out that 1-k banana-less run you did at the end there, excited for part 2 as always keep it pumping man
I have a few questions!
You started uploading videos about 2 years ago, it looks like, but all the challenge videos started like, less than a month ago?! Insane power move. Anyway, what made you pivot from your death battle analysis/reviews and tier lists to challenge videos? (I am just seeing now you are still reacting to death battle stuff, glad to see you're sticking to that too!)
How long has it on average taken you to make a challenge video?
Do you have any pets and can we see them?
Looking forward to more of your vids!
All good questions! I actually only started making videos in October of this year; that one from 2 years ago was a low effort one off
Great video. I really enjoyed it. Small tip for bosses: if you damage the boss while on low health he will drop a hart instead of a banana or at least he’s less likely to spawn a banana (I think)
That’s a good idea, thanks!
3:43 “nothing can stop me” gets bit by fish
lol I noticed that in editing but left it in because I thought it was funny; glad someone noticed
I'm so glad you decided to do this! I will be watching this project with GREAT interest; keep up the great work! ❤
Thank you very much! Hope to have part 2 out in the next few days!
This came out right as I finished the Returns video lol. This was really fun, the minimum banana format is more interesting I'd say.
I agree and it seems like most others do too! Thanks for watching!
Minimum bananas is super cool! A bit more challenge and it let's you flex your DKC skills too!
Swinger Flinger will likely be my magnum opus of DK skill for a long time lol. Glad you enjoyed!
Minimum bananas is more entertaining. Enjoyed the video.
Man I thought you were a big TH-camr your vids are made very well
I’m so happy to see that you’re putting so much effort into what is one of my favourite games of all time! I’m super curious to see how you tackle Wing Ding next episode. I know a lot of optimization is possible, but it sounds like a nightmare to me
Yeah autumn heights is going to be awful honestly; wish me luck! Glad you enjoyed it!
this is some really great content! I'd much rather you talk us through every level like this format rather than the proposition at the end.
Hey man, love your vids! I got a question for you: what are your top 3 Wii games?
I much prefer the minimum. The ability for blatantly impossible levels to still provide a challenge is great.
Thanks! That seems to be the consensus and that’s great!
You're making some great content!
Thank you so much! Hope to see you in the next one! Got any Q&A questions (I don’t have enough please help)?
I'm not sure if you know this tech, but it could be a tool to help out in the future. When you have a buddy on your back, you can roll onto the surface of water and skim across it like skimming a stone. It's not very well known. I only learned of it recently. Hope this helps, mate!
I did know about it but didn’t even think about using it; hasn’t come up so far. I’ll definitely keep it in my back pocket though! Thanks!
@Snowman-xt1cd no worries, mate. Hope it helps out in the future if need be
Glad you made a minimum run instead of just giving up. Hype for the Q/A.
Thanks! Got any questions (I’m pretty low on them so far)?
@@Snowman-xt1cd i mean how can I top the first one I gave you
Oh I didnt realize you already left one my bad ( I am NOT tech savvy and struggle to figure stuff like that out ha ha)
For busted bayou.
The direction of the wave let's you talk under them kinda like you did with the last 3. But the entire way.
I thought that too but the first part isn’t possible to squeeze under sadly. The ground is just a little too high
hell yeah cant wait for part 2
Idk if its just me, but i would love a banana counter to keep track of where we are. I know you keep saying it, but a visualisation would benefit the Video a lot, especially if you watch it somewhere outside or someone walks into your room. One missed banana count via voice and you have no idea where we are. Otherwise really good series tho. Enjoyed it a lot so far and i am looking forward to the future worlds
I’ll see what I can do for part 2. Thanks!
At 6:30 it's actually possible to not grab any bananas since the flow is different than in returns. You can simply walk under the whole thing.
So I WASN’T right the first time lol…thanks!
In funky mode, you can use 1 green balloon 3 times, which is good on it's own, but you can straight up just access your inventory mid level and use the items too in funky mode. Also, banana juice in funky mode works like returns.
Infinite green balloons would save a ton of bananas in these later worlds I’m sure. Thanks for the info!
@Snowman-xt1cd you're welcome! Great content btw, if you put in effort like this eventually you'll be popular
Hi Snow!
Ain't no barrel like a Diddy barrel.
Except for a Dixie or cranky barrel that is!
Great video on a peak game. I got a question for your Q&A.
What video game has your favorites ost?
Oooh that’s a great question! I love music and love gaming music specifically a lot too! Thank you!
7:09 the best part is, that’s an intentional speedrun strat for the time trial mode
That’s how I knew about it! I love that retro went so far out of their way to account for speedrunning; of the many reasons this is my favorite 2D platformer that isn’t named Celeste ever
@ They really went above and beyond with the level design, I adore this game
Q&A question: what is your favorite memory/experience with video games?
Do you ever plan on doing any live streams of any of these games? The love audio is awesome.
Great question! Glad you love the love audio lol
I love the minimum run of the game rather than just saying a level is impossible and moving on not saying the dkcr video was bad but I just love this style way more and it makes me curious about a minimum banana run in dkcr but I wouldn’t want u to suffer that again and I am looking forward to more dk videos and others in the future and my question to you would be after minimum bananas will you try challenge runs in 3d Mario games or will u try other Nintendo games I would love to see Kirby and the forgotten land minimum copy abilities and mouthful modes but I am sure whatever comes next will be great and I wish you luck on the rest of the minimum banana run
Thank you! I’ll use your question for the Q&A in a few days!
I love your videos keep doing what you're doing
I certainly plan on it! Thanks!
Please continue the minimum bananas runs, I loved your dkc returns one but felt it was a little short with only the possible levels looked at.
Thanks! I think that’s what I’ll do!
1:53 I made a comment on the last video about and air swim glitch and from what I remember from doing a portion of this run a year and a half ago, you can lower the banana count by swimming around the barrels up until the axis shifts. You can't see where you're going though
I remember you telling me about that! It would definitely save bananas but like I said multiplayer is outside the scope of my videos. Thanks a lot though!
There's a video by MTP that shows is being performed. You basically need to start flying as Diddy/Dixie while on donkey kongs back before hitting the water and have Diddy/Dixie dismount in a super tight time window to start swimming without entering the water. It still works on the most recent patch of the Wii U version
@@Snowman-xt1cdyeah that's fair. It's your video, and you can do it however you like
Every time I've done it, I did it solo, as long as you have 2 controllers it's possible. (It's probably easier dokg it solo than with another person) But ye it's your video and you can do whatever you want with it I just think it's interesting that it's possible
Have you seen Excelblem's videos? He uploads a mini-video for each chapter (or level) of a Fire Emblem challenge run, then combines them all into one giant, oftentimes hour-long video for people who want to binge the entire thing. Perhaps you could do something similar?
Also, I agree that the minimum amount of bananas is more interesting than just dropping a level if you have to collect bananas in it.
Never seen the channel (I don’t like turn based combat so I’ve never played fire emblem) but that’s a great idea! I’ll try and make that work!
3:00 you can air swim up this ledge too. Im pretty sure links are blocked in the comments so i cant send an example.
(This video is really cool, i just wanna help the count get lower if i can. I really hope this doesnt come off as condecending or anything like that)
Not at all! Admittedly it does get frustrating when commenters leave improvements and that’s it (like you clearly watched the entire video and you don’t have a single nice thing to say) but I love seeing what’s possible to improve! Feel free to leave any and all improvements you can think of in future videos whether it’s air swimming or something else!
@@Snowman-xt1cd wahoo thank you for being so kind 💜
Maybe add "minimum?" on the thumbnail. So people arnt just like "obviously it's not possible." and pass the video.
I would have gladly played with you. But unfortunately I don't have the game at home rn to even attempt them with funky Kong.
I don’t think nearly as many people would click on the video if I worded it that way; frustrating that you have to manipulate people into listening to you but that’s how TH-cam works unfortunately. Glad you enjoyed the video!
@Snowman-xt1cd the thumbnail is busy and confusing. It could be streamlined a bit. And give room for a few single word question on the thumbnail.
Like keep dk on the left with the banana being crossed.
At the bottom add a band on wich you write the part and world.
Instead of the frozen background. Put the blurred world image.
As a back drop for dk you can add a rectangle or a slanted slide of color. So he come out more than on the blurred image. And now you have much more space to write stuff relevant to the specific episode. "no banana?" "hardest world yet?" "insanely low!!!"
And you can keep the game logo somewhere.
Idk. Wierdly specific. But I guess this could work.
I do love me some good challenge videos that don't just give up
Amazing video
This was amazing!
Thank you!
Soo my TH-cam timeline is clutch 😭 TH-cam has been so boring fr and they put ur channel on my timeline it gives me something to watch while I eat or when I just wanna something to pass time
Glad my videos can do that for you! Thanks!
@ I love your videos man I hope I get to watch your channel grow more Ik I wasn’t a follower from the super early days but I can say I was here 🤷🏾♂️
I enjoy the minimum bananas a lot!!
Good to know! Thank you! Let’s see how the video does!
I’m not sure if you done this already but can you beat donkey kong country returns or tropical freeze without killing any enemies or just the littlest amount of enemies killed
Idk if anyone’s done that! I feel like it’d be REALLY interesting for certain stages but a large majority of the game would just be playing normally but without satisfying enemy bouncing
@@Snowman-xt1cd that’s true, but the challenge could be beating donkey kong country returns or tropical freeze with the least amount of enemies killed
"here we want a diddy barrel" 💀
Lmao this one isn’t full of baby oil though!
6:28 Not really ironic, just coincidental.
Ok
@@Snowman-xt1cd It's a common mistake- look forward to you using it correctly next time. I enjoy these kinds of challenge videos.
It’s just impossible to beat any donkey Kong game without collecting a single banana.
Unfortunately yeah. Check out nicobbq’s donkey Kong series no bananas video
@@Snowman-xt1cd I challenge you to beat the Mario series without collecting a single coin.
So the title should be "how many bananas you need to beat Tropical Freeze?" or "what's the minimum amount of bananas you need to beat Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze?"
It would be much more accurate and I heavily considered doing that but I didn’t think it’d get nearly as many views
I see
Dang that was fast
Mmm, monke
A question: Why did you start youtube
Sounds good! I’ll answer in the Q&A!
Do you know the difference between a hippopotamus and an elephant?
One of the best questions I’ve gotten so far lol
minimum collectables is always better. its better then driving yourself insane. so you dont have to flip out when a collectable is impossible to avoid....
alternate challenge. grab EVERY single banana???
That’s a fun idea too!
@@Snowman-xt1cd yep. tho skip bonus rooms. for obvious reasons...you need to get everything in those to 100% the 2 games... and would just waste time and drive you nuts....
@@Snowman-xt1cd you can do the same for mario games. grab all the coins, or you lose... just hit coin blocks once to count them. they are time based anyway... so hit it once and just count it... but do try to see how many you can get.
Monkey🥰🥰🥰
yo why aren't you collecting the bananas?
Too much potassium. Eating 58 bananas in one day is already way too much; trying to avoid all I can to minimize the damage