EPG Review: Donkey Kong Land Trilogy
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2024
- One of my shortest reviews in a long time. I'll be honest folks, I don't have the patience in me to make 30 minute videos any more, so expect future videos to be more in the low twenties range. At any rate, it's time to talk about the Donkey Kong Land trilogy. Is it any good? Well, maybe? Did you watch the video yet?
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Here's a tip for you: When you boot up an GB original game on a GBA or Gameboy Player (And maybe GBC), rotate your D-pad. It changes the colour! Now that only leaves you with 4 options. But if you hold one of the main 2 buttons you have 12 color options. The B button is the key to the White, Grey and Black color scheme.
If you already knew this than this is for the comment dwellers.
+Neo kirbyvskirby I remember how I used that to always play the GB Batman with a B&Y scheme. Brings back memories.
Wait, really? That's awesome! I've got to try that out now
I just tried that and...
I WISH I KNEW THIS YEARS AGO! THANK YOU
I've had a Gameboy Advance and SP since they came out. I've been playing a ton of games on them for over a decade including plenty of original Gameboy ones. Not once have I ever heard of something like this and now it just really blows my mind.
I liked doing that, but I forgot that you needed the dpad
I like how you start with praise where praising is deserved and THEN you point any flaws you noticed.
+Jerred Zoll It's not about perfection, it's about being respectful and level-headed. I'm not sure what exactly you're going on about.
*****
Nevermind. This is getting out of hand. Bye.
Flaws are the most important part, a single flaw can bring a 10/10 game down to a 0/10 game
Huh. I absolutely don't remember roll jumping at all in the SNES games. ... how did I beat them without this apparently awesome ability?
I also didn't know about that for ages, I completed DKC2 100% and never knew about it lol. There were some parts where there were pickups inside pits and I always thought you get them with the team-throw move or by just taking the hit...
I knew about it, but was very reckless with it when I was a kid.
@@JODA93 same when I kept losing. 🤣😓
@@NCXitlali I found out by just jumping out of panic.
@@cypher838 😂 those were the days!
I owned a game boy and Sega mega drive growing up so my first and only DK experience for years was the DK Land trilogy. Still love them. I never knew the flaws as they were. I just thought they were hard :D
That cloud level though........
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I personally loved the first DKL game, more than the sequels since it had unique level themes and music. The controls may not have been perfect, but it's still a unique experience. I personally had no issues with the camera. Also, I've beaten it on a 3DS without save states, though not fully completed it.
+Natok the Dragon [PresStarToPlay] Continue to enjoy the game, by all means. I just chose to be honest as always.
I sure will! And it's great to be honest.
I agree!
@@FireRising86 yup
Same. I play it on the Game Boy, and I've 100%'d it multiple times. The only thing that kinda sucks about it is there's no real bonus for doing it other than a "congrats" screen and its intrinsic value lol
The GBC version of DKL3 was actually the only version of it Japan ever got. The original Game Boy version was never released in Japan, so why they waited 3 years and denied the rest of the world the GBC version is beyond me, but yeah, the GBC one is just the Japanese version
That screamer actually helped me.
I was getting sleepy watching the review (dont get me wrong,its amazing,i was just tired),and all of a sudden im no longer sleepy. XDDDD
I thought my tablet broke. Then all of a sudden WAAAAAAH (BLACK KONG!!!!) it scared my grandma too XD
DKL3 was pretty fun, although the very final boss is one of the worst designed boss battles I've played. But other than that, I agree that DKL3 is the best in the Land trilogy
The Side Quest Gamer I agree that DKL3 is the best of the trilogy, especially after playing DKL 1 + 2, not so much 2. It's simply a joy to play and , like Exo said, the Japanese GBC version is the definitive version.
I didn't mention the final boss because I didn't do a spoiler section, but yeah. I agree 100%. I actually rage quitted. It's worse than the Death Egg Robot, Andross Brain, and Super Mario 64 Final Bowser combined.
ExoParadigmGamer Hmm... I might have to see this boss. I never did, even after I did my DKL video. I was just done with the game.
EDIT: Just saw the boss fight. OH FUCK NO!
GaminTank yeah, it's Bubsy levels bad
GaminTank The Side Quest Gamer To be clear, we're talking about K. Rool's Last Stand in DKL3.
Donkey Kong Land was the first game I ever owned. my mother bought a gameboy Pocket and this game as a present for entering school. I beat this game as a 7 or 8 year old. Nostalgia hit me hard just now. I love my mum and I love Donkey Kong. Good old 90's.
I always found it interesting when you say that you know people who don't kongsider the DKC games as good as the likes of Mario and Sonic. I was always under the impression that they were; I can't tell you how many times I've heard people say that DKC2 is one of the best games on the SNES.
Coming from someone who's only played the first DKC I think your marathon was a success; I've been growing more curious about these games since, and I've been tempted to buy them on the Wii U. And I will in the near future, I can tell you that much. A job well done!
***** Nice pun. There are certainly plenty of people who like these games, but it seems to me that even many of the fans only really seem to care about them because of nostalgia for how big they were back in the 90's. I wanted to reapproach these games and make a case in terms of their game design rather than just their aesthetics, because the CBR Overtone argument is generally what the admittedly limited group of haters are always objecting to.
ExoParadigmGamer ive tried emulators of these games and the one playes was dkl 3 because it was the most fun
ExoParadigmGamer Also dude, just starting to watch your reviews and like them and you don't get angry, but I really dislike when you start attacking other people you disagree with. It doesn't like help your argument.
ew275x but isnt that what youtube comenters mostly do
Nathaniel Foga You mean the people making the videos? Because while there's a lot of drama between Youtbers, most of them are friends and know each other.
I just mean for Exo to stop complaining about IGN's/Egoraptor's/CGRU/'s opinion that he doesn't like. At least he doesn't use the word fanboy, although when he uses purist, it's usually in a negative sense.
ATTENTION COMMENTERS:
If you're curious about the GBC remake of DKC1, then your question is answered at 23:08. Please watch the whole video before commenting on this subject.
ExoParadigmGamer Kinda sad about this fact as that's the only one I've ever truly seriously played and own in physical form.
Teraunce Foaloke tbh it would be a reebreak easily. it's the worest version of dkc and something was lost in translation as it was dkc running on the land engine.
megamike15 maybe, but it also has some unique content and modes.
ExoParadigmGamer 18:50 How can you patch a cart for the english text (for the GBC reissue of DKL1)
Teraunce Foaloke Wrong. So did I
I can't say I had any issues myself with inputs being ignored for the first game. But I can't agree more in saying DON'T PLAY THIS ON A ORIGINAL GAME BOY! IT'S TERRIBLE!
I have DKL3 on my 3DS. I was gonna buy DKL1 first, but by the reviews i've seen, I think I'll pass.
So did you end up buying the first game? As I own all 3 and have 100% each of them on my 3ds with none of these issues.
6 years later finding this gem. Thank you! This is the kind of review I was looking for. I grew up with the Super Nintendo, then the GB and GBA but I've never noticed the difference between the "Country" and "Land". I just found the DKLand 2 to buy and am hesitating whether to buy it or not but this video is helping me a lot. Thanksssss yoooo
Man, I remember playing DKL 1 on the ORIGINAL gameboy. You did bring up that the backgrounds blend, the worst part of it on the Oringinal (ie not GB Pocket) the refresh rate on the original screen was too slow to keep up as well. That said, you not only have blending, you have blurring so bad that you can't see ANYTHING.
Axlkaitoshin And then you have people like CBR Overtone telling you that "the games are perfect because they're DKC... ON THE GAME BOY! It's so technically impressive that their flaws are moot!" It makes me wonder if some other reviewers actually played the games before reviewing them.
ExoParadigmGamer CBR Overtone Logic: Praise the Donkey Kong Land games (or just 1 and 2), but had little good to say about the GBC version of Donkey Kong Country.
Axlkaitoshin I should add, that going back now without that issue, I don't really mind DKL 1 that much. BUT THOSE CLOUD STAGES!! URRRRRG!
@@ExoParadigmGamer Hey Exo, are you familiar with Super Mario World hacks? Because even the creator of the best one (especially of the 2000s), FPI (aka FBI according to WBG) thinks Whiny Bitch Gamer doing more Rant-views like “Why The Second Reality Project Reloaded is the WURST GAME IN THE WURLD!!!” would be absolutely hilarious. Sure, I can understand why it’s only ran in the mid-2010s, but disregarding how poorly viewed it is, it really is hyperbolically hilarious like Angry German Kid!
Your perspective on these games is interesting. I never really thought about the visibility in that way. I do agree DKL1 didn''t control the greatest. All in all, it was nice revisiting the series with you. Cheers!
Woah, you thought THESE games were frustrating? Then jak 2 is gonna give you one heck a bumpy ride!
Iris Rodriguez Is it bad that I am looking forward to Jak 2, just to hear his frustration? But yes, DKL1 is the most frustrating of the trilogy.
GaminTank Judging by the results video, yes, it is bad that you're looking forward to Jak 2, just to hear his frustration. =P
***** Ok. Thanks for confirming that. =P
Red Wharf, WOOOOOW. I would not have expected that, I thought the show was too obscure to be referenced like that!
Do you mean the _Donkey Kong Country _*_animated T.V. show_* or the _Red Wharf_ T.V. show???
British developers, I suppose. I think the show was still being made at the time.
What, Red Dwarf isn't obscure...I'n the 90s it was a huge show
@@StevenVillman why would he be talking about the Donkey Kong TV show when the only thing he mentioned was Red Wharf?
Also, thank you for making these. I loved these games as a kid and haven't thought about them in years; it's been fun watching you analyze them.
Like I said before, don't worry about length u have to get all ur thoughts in.
What the hell is up with that earrape at the end?!
yeah i didn't like the stingers for the DK ROR's
got to say epg your views are note worthy. you give the good along with that bad and demonstrate what made them bad or good. keep up the good work
I know it has been a little while since you have posted this and many other RoR's, but since you have made these videos, they have become nostalgic to me as I have very fond memories involving them. Whenever I come back to them, I always think of the good times I had involvong them and the DK games and the different memories. And because of this, I want to say thank you very much for providing this wonderful content and the memories along with it :').
I played it on my gameboy color as a kid. I hated it but i loved it. All the problems you had were the same problems i had back then. Ive never played it since i gave it away as a kid. But i played the hell out of it when i had it.
Really interesting review. From my understanding the GBC remake of DKC1 is essentially DKL1, I think
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Um, no, completely different levels.
I can see why people say that, but it's definitely different enough.
Play them. It's a really dumbed down version, but it's Donkey Kong Country. It also has several improvements. FOR THE GBC, it was really well-done.
Fun Fact: What Cranky Kong said about DKC 1 only being popular because of fancy graphics was what Shigeru Miamoto (apology for bad spelling) said about the game to Rareware, which then he made Yoshi's Island in response.
I heard that was a rumor, actually, and that he loved the Donkey Kong Country series, even calling it his "baby" at one point.
Your videos are very good, man. I found you by accident and I'm glad I did. I love your look at remakes and you had a lot of the same thoughts I did after playing Land 1 for the first time. I can't wait to see what you come out with next!
DKL was the first Donkey Kong game I've ever played when I was just 4 so I really liked it. But I remember it took me two years to finish it. When I did it I couldn't have been happier.
Nice video. I played through these a year ago and I pretty much have the same opinions.
* Yes, the first game does get ahead with the later levels being pretty different than DKC on the SNES.
* DKL2 loses a surprising points for the levels being so damn close to the SNES original. Until they play the game people won't realize how damaging it is.
* I thought the controls were more "squirrely" in DKL2 than DKL1... but it's really matter of preference.
* Also thought DKLIII was the best... and the time trial mode really does add a lot to the game.
exo's been donkey kong'd out for 8 years
in my opinion donkey kong land games are okay and i prefer the Donkey Kong Country Gba remakes over the Donkey Kong Land Games
I managed to snag this trilogy complete (with box/manual) on Ebay. And played it on my backlit GBA-SP. They look really good by Gameboy standards. It's like...how did they make the original Gameboy do this?
EPG you made me remember just how hard DK Land 1 was. I played the hell out of this in first grade and managed to beat it. My memories were initially fond, but the review made me realize how much I had to play to painstakingly memorize each level.
This was a great review, thanks for this! I always assumed these games were inferior gbc adaptions, never having played them. But now I am definitely going to pick them up and try them out!
Omg that ending made my day.
Cosmo SilverWing I always put a little Easter Egg at the end.
I've noticed :D But that specific Donkey Kong voice clip was hilarious due to the fact I've heard it more than 100+ times in- game and I would always joke about it xD
ExoParadigmGamer EPG and endcard jump-scares. I hate/love you for that.
Honestly, the graphics is the main reason it succeeded. And having it on a Gameboy is amazing, they fit so much on those tiny carts, and they had incredible music, and graphics for Gameboy standards, shame about how the controls got gimped.
I feel that a lot of new game-centered channels are, more or less, rehashes. But on the DKC topic, you brought something worthwhile to the table; if for nohing else than solidly backed up viewpoints on the entire rare-made series.
I am new to your channel, but I thank you for that.
Great reviews man! keep them coming please!
Man, these videos are really good.
So dk land 1 is like a dkc 1.5
Coincidentally, I was looking for a good video talking about the DKL trilogy earlier today. I found two before this, and they were okay, but this one is definately the best, as it provides the most details about each individual game, as well as pointing out their varying amounts of originality (something which I noticed, myself).
love seeing dk reviews
Everyone I knew and met Loved Donkey Kong country 1 when it came out and for years afterwards. Perfection is an illusion, but back in the day, games were obviously simpler tha nthey are, yet they became so iconic and lasting.
I wish I saw your review before I bought the VC versions of the game. I have just picked up a back lit modded GBA and I bought all the GB Donkey Kong Land games and love them so much better on the GBA. Why Nintendo did not include the color on the VC versions I will never know. Keep up the great work!
I like your videos. The SNES trilogy is my favorite trilogy in gaming, and, I enjoy all three for different reasons. I have not played the GB games, cause honestly, the small screen size always put me off. It would be great if someone made some sort of mod (impossible, I know) that extends the 'camera' by two tiles, or 32 pixels in each direction.
Thanks for letting us know about the third game in color being available in English online. Good to know. I liked these games, but only played them each once
Great marathon +ExoParadigmGamer
Hey brother, me dejó nostálgico el intro que utilizaste, felicidades men y buen video
I do love this new gaming interface. It needs work but I love the way it's structured. It kinda reminds me of how youtube originally was.
Him: don’t play it on the 3ds virtual console. Play it on the gameboy color, advance, player and super game boy.
Me being 11 and not rich like that: :/ not everyone has money
Maybe you can emulate it. If you think that's piracy just buy it from the 3DS and then play it on an amulator
@@oscarzxn4067 I’ve tried to get citra every way I could but my laptop isn’t strong enough. That’s why I’m asking for an iMac for Christmas
@@edgary2388 I mean, just download the Gameboy Emulator then
@@oscarzxn4067 oh. That makes sense. I mean I already have Dk land one actually on my 3ds but I’m just gonna use a emulator for the other 2
@@edgary2388 I used to have dk country 1 on my 3ds but the many 3ds stopped reading sd cards and I lost everything on it the only thing I can play on it now are the ds games I have, luckily I got a switch not long after the 3ds messed up
You know, when I was a kid, I grew up with DKC1 on SNES and this, but I didn't know that there were two other games in the Land series until about a year or two ago. Guess I should check out the other two now...
EXO: I know how to fix these games!
*ports the DKL games onto GBA*
??
@@ChiefMedicPururu GBA has bigger screen resolution which means more visibility. Screen crunch was a big problem in these games
@@animatorbroman3710 Yeah, but nobody will be fixing that anytime soon. I take the games as they are.
My father gave me this game (Dk Land as a gift back in year 2000 when i was 5. I had no way to get past from the weird cloud level, as the controls got really weird and the first checkpoint is literally 15 minutes of play from the start. Re-visited the cartridge 5 years later, already in a GBA, and could beat it. If that's not enough, internal battery was faulty and sometimes the savefiles randomly died.
I also had the original Super Mario Bros remake (Deluxe), but the reduced visibility in that game (Compared to NES original) was no match for dk land tunnel vission camera.
Great review! I am currently working through the DK games on Gameboy / Color. I feel you frustrations as I thought I was going crazy with the poor controls on DK land I.
DKL 2 was a godsend for me. My favorite game on the go?!?! YES PLEASE! Nowadays we are so spoiled with portable games that no one would even give a shit.
+Hijynx87 I kind of see that, but at the same time, DKL2's controls and level design really just aren't as good as DKC2's, technical limitations of the GB withstanding. If I want DKC2 on the go, I'll stick to the GBA version.
The glitch you've mentioned, where going under the camera equals death, is present on every DK Country (except remakes) and Land game, although it's very common in the Land games due to the small camera and its delay to follow the character.
Toails77 Honestly, I have zero issues with the camera in the SNES games (besides the select moments I mentioned in the previous reviews). In fact, I dare say playing the DKL games makes me want to apologize for calling those few moments out.
Another great review. I didn't even know about these games til now so might check them out cuz I love donkey kong country. Think you will ever review any Castlevania games?
Probably. I don't know whenabouts.
4:22 I can see the stiffness just from footage. The characters warp up and down when jumping, from up and above, then ZIP to the ground
dont go at 24:38
Let me put headphones on my sister that's sleeping. 3 2 1...
I have played donkey Kong land 1,2,3 and i enjoying the gaming very much for its time it was great and for the game boy
20:54 OW DAT BURN.
In DKL2 on the file select, hold left or right and press BBAA and never worry about having sufficient banana coins for saving. Hold left or right and press AABB to get 50 lives.
In DKL3, press down down up left right on the title screen to get 50 lives.
This was a pretty cool video :) I admit I recently had my childhood nostalgia broken when I picked up DKL1 on the 3DS, cause I remembered it being a LOT better than it frankly is, but I'm still glad I got it.... and the other 2 Land games, since they're stupidly cheap. XD I'm working through them in order, so I haven't really messed with 2 or 3 just yet, but at least this video has given me hope that they DO improve on things, even if only slightly.
aaand subbed! love the video!
My opinion; I enjoyed DKL1...It was a very difficult title (the cloudy levels are so painful!) But I felt very satisfied when I managed to reach the 100% percentage :)
I liked DKL2 too because DkC2 is my favourite game in the series and playing a gb port of it was such a pleasure (I love game boy games)!
I just completed DKL3 (gbc) some days ago and yes, I think it's the best of the land series...to be honest I even prefer this game rather than its Snes/GBA counterpart.
Great video by the way!
Another quality video man :)
Wow, the best version of it is so good! How do they do that with a Gameboy and a tiny cartridge!?
Donkey kong land 3 was my favourite on the gameboy! Right behind kirbys dream land 2 and pokemon blue.
Donkey Kong Land is the only game I have played out of the DKC and DKL trilogies. Bought it new when it came out and played it on the original gameboy, gameboy pocket, and the super gameboy attachment. I do remember it was easier to control with the SNES controller while looking at a far bigger screen than the gameboys.
Great vídeo!
I think the DKL games while not as good as their DKC counterparts are good games for what they are and they were portable at the time too. I think the screen size and camera though was kind of a pointless complaint considering the system for what the games were for. Also in even the SNES games it's actually encouraged to take your time. You have only 2 hits after all. As such slow and steady is the key to beating the GB games as well. If you rush you may end up ambushed by enemies like jumping Kritters or mistime a jump. For me DKL1 was good. I never played DKL2 yet though but from what I seen it's a good re-imagining of DKC2 so I might download a ROM to try it. DKL3 was the best one.
Totally disagree about DKL 1.
I know, the camera is bad, but the controls aren't, in my opinion. I beat the entire game on an original GBC in about two months.
Imagine if someone made a DKC ROM hack to replace the levels with those of DKL 1 and 3.
I got DKL1 accidently. The thing is back in 1998 (3rd grade) my found a lost gb with DKL1 near my school. We never found the owner of the gameboy and said game, however up to this day I still have it and play it. As for DKL2 I bought it from a fellow student buddy of mine back in 2000/2001(5th grade). As for DKL3 I got it via an emulator for my cellphone.
Thank you for this video! I was just looking at them on eBay last night. I may only get DKL3. Im a new subscriber too
I remember having the original GB version of DKL3 back when it first came out, and I remember loving it, but not being able to get past the third or fourth world for some reason. There was something about one of the levels that was just way too hard for me to get past. When I got the fan-translation for the GBC version and played it on VBA, I fell in love with it. Managed to 103% it, though I've got to admit, whenever I replay it, I just make it to the final boss and win lol.
Edit - After 103%ing and 105% Donkey Kong Country 3, I can now confidently say I prefer GBC Donkey Kong Land 3 overall. I LOVE this game.
The camera is the true enemy in DKL 1
I never had that many problems with Land 1 and am always able to complete it 100 percent in around 2 hours. All 3 games are great imo especially 2 & 3
I passed it in 1hour with 30 minutes.
The Krem Cauldron thing was from the DKVine thing I mentioned on one of your other vids. They make little headcanons that they call "fanwanks"
I'm hoping that one day, Retro will remake the DKL games on the 3ds or Switch.
I started playing DK Land on my 351V handheld (no save states, don't worry), and yup, I have to admit it's painful.
I can only imagine how bad it was on an old school DMG gameboy with that blurry dark screen.
Donkey kong land 2.... The first donkey kong ive played and one of the first games ive played ever. Such nostalgia....
fucking love your channel
I thought it was just a matter of getting used to the controls on the first one. I was really addicted to that game and regret till this day that I lent it to someone who just disappeared and never returned it to me. But the fact that I never got into the original SNES version since I didn't own one may be the cause of it.
When I was a kid, Donkey Kong Land 2 was the version I played in the 90s mostly because my parents were too middle to low income to allow me to get a SNES at the time. Never had the NES either to be honest.
They would say that Video Games cost too much money and they instead got me a GameBoy since during the mid 90s it was priced at a fair retail price for them compared to when it first released in 89 at a much more expensive price.
And they often traveled allot around my home state on holidays, so it meant I would take my GameBoy and batteries to play it.
Donkey Kong Land 2 was the first game I completed including getting to the special stages and the level Animal Antics from my memory was easier than the SNES version.
i only played donkey kong land 3 back in the day. so much fun
12:12 In DKL2 I usually just play the first level over and over and it’s pretty easy to rack up extra lives
I love Donkey Kong. I played through the Game&Watch games, and the 1994 GameBoy Pocket edition, then I chose to move-on to DK-Land. Hell!
I've played this on gba sp for awhile and I've always found the controls perfectly fine for the game
My mom bought me DKL2 for christmas and played it before DKC2 and sadly have yet to play it
but i have beaten DKC3 and returns
I only have the first one and it’s amazing
Where does it say the games story? Is it in game or elsewhere?
It's all in the manuals. The mid-90's were just before in-game storytelling became common, but DKC and DKL were a little behind the times in that regard.
It's in the manual, and at the ends of the DKC games.
I can play donkey Kong land on the my computer because I search up donkey Kong land flash and plus it was frustrating with the keyboard cause of the buttons
Are you planning on making a video on Donkey Kong Country Returns Wii vs 3DS?
Cool review.
I've noticed in all three DKL games that the player sprites have random lines coming out of them, usually before an enemy comes on the screen...is there some decompressing or loading going on that makes this happen? The "K" at 15:20 has the opposite, lines missing from it the whole time it's on-screen!
The boss at 15:41 does it as well! It seems to only go away when they load new graphics or move.
Don't you mean the camera works in KONGtrast to the first two games?
I need that DKC1 On GBC review. I want the game along with Super mario DX, Pokemon Crystal, and a teal GBC to play it on, but I need your opinion. Plus, ive seen the mario DX and other DK vids of yours.
I played, and completed, DKL 1 on GBASP Without any issues. I'll admit it got a bit rough at the end, but it wasn't that bad.
I never had trouble beating donkey kong land as a kid surprisingly, but I was always aware of the crappy controls.