Top 5 Best & Worst Donkey Kong Bosses
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“Unless a new game is announced in the future...”
Man, wouldn’t that be a good idea.
What, did Donkey Kong get Metroided?
@@CharlesUrban Wut? Is "To Metroid" now a verb to bury a franchise now?
@@ruffusgoodman4137 Sure, why not? It sounds better than "Mega Manned."
Very cool, Bluster The Benevolent
@@CharlesUrban Same as Rhythm Heaven and Warioware
29 Years old and just now noticing that Kleever is being held by a hand before it starts flying at you Holy crap! O.O
Same lol. I'm kinda shocked.
The GBA port features a new boss that I'm now convinced owns that hand.
haha I had no idea either and I've played this game like 100 times
yeah I only noticed by about the time I got close to ebating him after several tries.
@@batfan1939I also commented the same theory.
you sounded so defeated when you said “when they make a next game” 😭😭
Wasn't expecting to see you Tyler!
This physically hurts me
If you want a new game in a series from nintendo that isnt Mario or Zelda its a coinflip if they ever will do it. Like A fugging new Wario Land when?
@@nissedood8013 pokemon should be on the list aswell with mario and zelda and kirby those 4 always will get new games
Yo my dude, love your channel
Rip Donkey Kong month, gone but not forgotten
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Can’t believe he didn’t say Dark Link from Zelda 2 was the best DKC boss.
What is fighting Zelda 2 fights in DKC like for a non gamer?
Me when I habe to win an overused joke competition and im up against Razbuten in Grand finals:
@@peterschulkke6072 it’s not an overused joke; it’s a lifestyle
You ruined your own satire by saying "from zelda" and it pains me more than it should.
I'm disappointed he didn't even include an honorable mention for the wilford Brimley (diabeetus) boss.
The #1 Best in this list is probably my favorite boss battle ever. Great use of the game's mechanics, lots of variety, challenging without feeling cheap, many innovative attacks and obstacles to cap off the game, and amazing music.
A badass end to a badass game!
Eh that last hit feels cheap sometimes
Belcha always reminded me of the Flower Pot boss from Yoshi's Island. In both they push you forwards towards a pit and you have to push them towards a pit.
Belcha reminds me even more of the boss of world 5-4, Sluggy the Unshaven. In this boss battle you cannot get hurt but must throw eggs through Sluggy's gelatinous body to reach its heart several times before he pushes you into the pit.
@@officertom6751 agreed
It reminds me of the boss from super Metroid that’s the little crocodile thing that you have to push back with missals
@@motorwayt-s628 yep. Ol pal crocomire
And the Potted Ghost from World 2-8 in Yoshis Island SNES and DS
I have to confess: until this video I never saw the arm in the Kleever fight.
Don’t worry, your not alone on this.
I liked all of them...but the one that I really liked that stands out is Bleak. Camera view is different than usual and Throwing snowballs at a snowman and dodging all of his was fun. I also like the animation of bleak getting hit and exploding. Not only that this is the only place you see a different animation when Dixie or Kiddie gets hit.
His heart palpitations when hit and explosion at death also reminds of the bosses from the first game, who, aside from Dumb Drum, all seem to be defeated by heart attacks.
Plus funny sound effects!
7:06 Ok, but you at least have to admit that h has an amazing boss theme
I was gonna say that too! I used to play that fight over and over purely to listen to the music
Thats actually my favorite boss in DKCR. Even in one of my Top 5/Top 10 bosses...
Until this video I never realized that there was supposed to be a hand holding Kleever in his first phase. I guess I always thought it was just part of the lava he was rising from, or that I was too busy trying to dodge his attacks. Guess you learn something new every day
Oh my goodness it Mish Koz
I also think this is the hand from Kerosene seen in the GBA version of the game
Omg MishKoz !!! Hey !
@@JMartini810 hi Jordan Martini 😳
I just realised the last Donkey Kong game was realised in 2014
:(
@@moonman9504 Yeah...and that's not counting the Tropical Freeze port on the Switch
Oh yeah! DK month is back, BABY!
Yeah and gone......
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Hey Nick K, you like Snoman Gaming too? 😄 I’ve always wanted to do a full review of the crazy DKC animated series for DK Month but some other project takes its place (including this year...) maybe next April I’ll finally make it happen
So this is the final DK Month because there's nothing new to talk about? :0
I'll contact you when my DKC fangame is completed. I promise you quality.
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Last time I was this early we actually got donkey Kong games
Tropical freeze’s bosses may not be the best all around, BUT THE MUSIC
Bringing back David Wise was such a "Wise" choice. I'm still butt hurt they didnt bring back Stewart Copeland for Spyro the Dragon. Music makes a difference.
Not be the best all-around? I have to disagree there. I personally like them all. Their challenging, epic, and the soundtrack for each is a banger.
@@thesnatcher3616 Only boss fight I don’t like is Fugu Face-off, it just goes a bit too slow for me, the best boss levels are Punch Bowl and Mountaintop Tussle.
@@therealpiranhaplant7415 That I wholeheartedly agree with. I really liked Fugu though.
@@thesnatcher3616 I can see why people like him. He’s a cool boss, he’s just not for me.
3:41 I had NO idea that attack could be avoided. Thanks for the tip man. Also Colonel Clucks music sounds like something STRAIGHT out of Crash Bandicoot. Oh and one more thing. You can now NEVER unsee Squirt as Jar Jar Binks.
Not just hanging off the edge, you can wait for it to chase you all the way to the corner and jump off/double jump back on at just the right time. That's what I always did. DK games don't have any unavoidable attacks. Banjo-Kazooie had 1, but it also had on-command Invincibility, so it was moot.
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"Also Colonel Clucks music sounds like something STRAIGHT out of Crash Bandicoot."
I thought the exact same thing.
“As he turns more and more into the Kool Aid man” OMG 😆
Sad to see the annual celebration go, but if it’s done, it’s done. Good job elaborating on and redoing your ideas, and I can’t wait for a new DKC or a follow up to 64 or something along those lines.
All I want is another 3D donkey Kong game.
I just want another game
I'll take a scaled down sequel to DK64.
Like a collect-a-thon? I wouldn't count on that...that genre is dead for triple A's or big IPs. Maybe something like Mario Odyssey, with only one collectable that is scattered in what are essentially mini-challenges along the maps, but even that is a stretch for the direction this IP was taking
@@SKyrim190 the direction this IP is taking is into the grave, the last entry to come out was tropical in 2014, 7 years ago (not including the rerelease on switch)
@@ragingmonkeycritic Yes, sadly this is true. But still...if something were to be released I would expect another 2D (in terms of gameplay) platform
I don't know, finally getting that last hit on Fredrik on Hard Mode was so satisfying and memorable I actually love that fight in retrospect.
Lol, for me it was the complete opposite. I hated it on Hard Mode and needed so long that I felt no satisfaction at all, I was just glad that nightmare was finally over. ;)
I gotta disagree about Frederick; I like him for basically all of the reasons you listed for DKC2's final boss! It's long and challenging but totally doable, and I like that even though the fight's long, he changes things up throughout the fight, and these new attacks are based on some of his old ones so you're not completely blind. Not to mention his sick theme, too.
Definitely agree about DKC1's bosses, though. They were way too simple and repeat too many times throughout the game.
"The number pick for the worst boss fight is-" (ad begins to play) "Fritos"
It's been a blast watching your DK Month videos over the years. Thanks for making all of them.
So happy to return to DK Month!
This was an excellent video.
I love it!
Sad to hear it’s the end, at least for now.
But such is the way of things!
Much appreciation for many years of DK analysis.
I have a special sort of love for creators going back and updating old videos like this.
I've done revisions on videos that were 1-2 years old when moving to a second channel. But seeing someone start from scratch on an older title is so satisfying! Seeing all the minute ways you've grown and improved is just a joy.
I can't wait to see what other fun you have cooked up for the final DK Month :)
Hi bro
The final boss of Tropical Freeze was definitely crazy difficult
Awesome vid. It's nice to see DK get some love. Especially after watching my other favorite Kong get worked over by Godzilla.
Amazing. I would love to watch you rank ALL the bosses across the five games. It would be amazing
I started watching this video and thought, “OK, but how good can the worst list possibly be, either DKC1 will hog every spot or the list won’t feel accurate.”
I should’ve known better than to doubt Snoman.
I’m pretty partial to the Zinger boss from dkc2. Really cool implementation of Squawks abilities and pretty intense after the buildup from the previous level.
Favorites:
Pretty much every tropical freeze boss except the pufferfish, they’re all really dynamic and fun
Least favorites:
King Zing Sting in DKC2 (that’s his name right?)
His stinger’s hitbox is PAINFULLY small, I hated it
Thank you for giving Dogadon the love he deserves
Honestly I don’t understand why he hates colonel pluck, yeah he’s slow but that’s for a good reason, the battle is about going under this guy’s legs and you only have to hit him 3 times before you go to his next phase.
On my first playthrough of DKC: TF, I was about halfway through the game when I stopped playing it for about a couple of months. When I resumed, I'd forgotten about the intro cutscene where Lord Fredrik is shown to be the main culprit behind DK Island being frozen in ice.
So, when I got to the fight against him, although I did notice it was a bit tougher than anything prior to that point, I didn't realise I'd just beaten the final boss until the credits rolled. It goes to show how I feel about him: he doesn't feel like a final boss at all.
Also, as you mentioned, the hitbox on his back is beyond flawed. Landing the last couple of hits just isn't a fun experience and doesn't feel rewarding whatsoever.
I find it interesting that you showed my personal least favorite boss when you started the Worst Bosses section.
Mad Jack from DK 64 is a classic boss. You can't directly hit him, you have to ground pound on a specific switch you have a very narrow time window to activate. Can't be too far away from it by the time the dodging phase ends, you have to pay attention to which color tile he's on so that you don't hit the switch for the wrong space, and he shoots lasers at you when he's done trying to squash you- while you're trying to hit the switch. Plus he gets so fast that it's effectively impossible to dodge the squashing phase unless you master how to float diagonally- which has little margin for error. And in the last phase, he turns invisible. Definitely no slouch in difficulty, but it's fair difficulty, doesn't throw any unpredictable shenanigans into the mix.
Kreepy Krow was the best repeat boss because of how smart it was. The fact that the eggs it used in the first fight are now ghost krows in the second fight is really smart and a good design
Honestly I liked Frederik a lot, though I'm not super sure if it's because of the spectacle at this point, considering I was an easily impressed teen at the time. I think it may have been that I never really reached a point where the cycles felt like tedium, or even possibly nostalgia blindness, since I haven't touched the game since launch, but even so, I remember it pretty fondly.
Tiki Tong on the other hand I found miserable to slog through, though admittedly that was even longer ago, so I can't very easily put words to why. I just remember being so bored by the fight that dying felt more like agony than it normally would have, and if it hadn't been the last boss I honestly might've given up on it.
Long live Steve's goblin face! Great start to DK Month! I think you were a little harsh one some of the worst picks, like c'mon dumb drum is such a fun boss fight. And like final boss for tropical freeze is a pain in the rear but it's frigging epic. Kaptain K Rool deserves the best tho!!!
I hated King Zing Sting with a passion when I was younger. It took me forever to beat.
I remember how the first time i watched the channel i only watched the you need to play series but this is such an underated channel hope you find another game for you to have such enjoyment with snoman cheers
Kaos has to be my absolute 1st favorite boss, number 1, fighting a robot is badass, it reminds me of the Robinson's robot from Lost In Space 1965. That and the boss music goes insanely well with KAOS. Sadly my super Nintendo does not work anymore so I constantly watching videos of the bosses and the game
I was today-years-old when I learned that there's a lava hand holding Kleever lol
"I think I've talked about everything I can from the series."
...I heard an extreme lack of Donkey Kong Jungle Beat in that sentence.
I hate seeing DK Month come to an end, but I'm so happy we got one last round of it! Can't wait for the rest of this month's videos. :)
I've always had a special spot in my heart for Kreepy Krow from DKC2, conceptually if not for the actual experience of fighting him. Having an entire world of spooky haunted levels be capped off by the ghost of the very first boss you took down in this game was a stroke of genius. Plus, he explodes when he dies (again)! How cool is that?
"It was actually pretty hard to narrow this down to 5 for each" said after putting all of DKC1's bosses at #1.
It was so hard to narrow it down to 5 that he decided not to.
Do you think you could do a video on your favorite and least favorite enemies? Not bosses, but regular baddies you encounter in DK's adventures. I know you did one for the Kremlings, but there are a bunch of other enemies throughout the games, so I'm curious which ones you like the most and least.
I agree with most of what you've said here, but I have to hard disagree with DKC3's K Rool being 2nd worst. That fight has so much variety in it and is genuinely difficult. It's not unfair difficult though, because anyone with a bit (or a lot) of practice can do it quite easily once they understand the rhythm of it. I also really liked the idea of the metal barrels absorbing the electricity...
You have taken me through a journey since I've seen your previous 2014 boss video twenty minutes ago. I was almost convinced that you had moved beyond the Irate Gamer phase, but you just could not help yourself from making the Kool Aid Man joke yet again.
2:30 Crocomire from Super Metroid works in the exact same way, you have to make him fall into the lava behind him. In fact you need to hit him in the mouth as well, I wouldn't be surprised if it was some sort of reference. Great video though!
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Oh my gosh all these years playing DKC2 (since getting it on Christmas, in release year)-- I never noticed the lava hand holding Kleever at the beginning there. :o
6:50 this boss would’ve been fine if it werent for those stupid hitboxes on the ledges. KILLED me as a kid
Squirt is the only reason I never cleared the GBA port of DKC3.
And as for Baron K. Roolenstein, I once glitched out the fight so the HUD scrolled. I could see a bunch of internal numbers, like the game's clock ticking. I don't know how to replicate that glitch, but if anyone does, please contact Shesez of Boundary Break.
I love the concept of fighting bigger versions of basic enemies, I also somehow always liked Dumb Drum, but I was just a kid.
As for the number one entry, they did improve some of the boss fights in the GBA remake. Queen Zinger has a new attack pattern while enraged, Dumb Drum now needs to be attacked via barrels, Very Gnawty is now actually decent at jumping, Really Gnawty creates stalactites from the ceiling, and the second Necky fight not only has that recolor...but also the original trying to get back at DK and Diddy.
My least favorite has gotta be Creepy Know from DKC2. Climbing never quite feels agile enough to dodge the egg projectiles and it is a relatively long boss that takes some serious time commitment every time.
I'm stuck on that boss right now :(
The climbing could definitivly be better but I do not find the boss that hard. Though it could also just be my skill because I can complete the game to 100% within a day. I would recommend to constantly move left and right while climbing up. Or stay at the middle to not get screwed when the egg comes from at the wrong side.
6:47
I agree the hitbox on these platforms is nothing short of Insulting.
Squirt as a whole is just boring and it absolutely requires more attacks.
Damn. Fredrik is one of my favorite bosses ever. And probably my favourite from all the DKC series. Exactly for the reasons you mentioned. Its tense and punishing but fair, and I love long bossfights. Well, the bad hitbox sucks, yeah. Overall I found all TF bosses to be great and among the best in the series. I'd put all the DKC 1 bosses except K.Rool in the worst personally. Just way too bland, as you said.
I hope all is well with you and your family, you absolute lucky madlad
Ba Boom in tropical freeze pissed me off big time when I first played it
the first boss in tropical freeze is super memorable for me because of the music i was not prepared for that
Dude this is such a coincidence I just got tropical freeze a few days ago and now a brand new ranking vid
All the Bosses from DKC1 got better and more challenging in the GBA remake.
My b-day is on april 30th and I`m getting dkc3 gba tomorrow as an early birhtday gift and you always make my day, Snowman ever since I was 6
damn ok i really loved that final boss fight in dkctf
Belcha is like a Crocomire fight.
Fun fact about crocomire- he won’t attack(spit fire balls) until you attack him first. He just wants to hug you.
I liked when he listed a bunch of things that make Lord Fredrik cool and said they were the reasons he didn't like him! (It is annoying trying to jump on him but I feel that way about the entirety of Returns and TF.)
I think DKC1's bosses were cool for being just giant animals. I've always thought K. Rool himself may be a Krusha considering he sounds like one in the first game and they call him King Krusha K. Rool in DK64 - so he himself would fit in with the rest. When I think of Donkey Kong, I don't think that he should be fighting flying swords or evil snowmen, I think that he should be fighting huge animals. (I don't mind the flying sword tho.) Buuut Dumb Drum is undeniably a stupid idea.
We need a new Donkey Kong Country game
Yeahhh donkey kong month is back!!
First game's bosses might be push overs but I love Queen B
Great video!
I actually think Dumb Drum is better than all of the other normal bosses in DKC1 (K Rool being the best of the game, though that doesn't say much). Not to say that Dumb Drum is good, just that it was at least a nice break from almost all of the other bosses just being a big version that you need to jump on a few times.
Sure, you still just have to jump on things a few times, but the presentation of it shook things up just a bit.
Probably my favorite DKC boss fight as a kid was the mole boss from the mine word is DKC returns because I figured out that you skip the part were you ride the minecart straight to when actually hit the boss by just jumping off at the right time out of a roll also the music is really good so there's that too I guess
While I've never fought him myself (I only played the original SNES versions), a shoutout of the less flattering kind should go to Kerozene from the GBA remake of DKC2. Though I appreciate that they wanted to give Stronghold Showdown an actual boss instead of the fakeout cutscene from the original (which I personally never minded), I would have preferred about anything to... that.
My theory is that he was originally planned for the DKC cartoon, but was considered too hideous even for that, so he decided to take it out on the Kongs. And from what I've seen, he doesn't look very fun to fight, as well.
I'm sad to see this tradition end, but I hope it will make its return some day with your views on the new _Donkey Kong Country Returns_ title, once Retro Studios is finished with not making _Metroid Prime 4._
THANK YOU. I thought that I was the only one who didn't like Lord Fredrik's battle. I got stuck on there for so long because I couldn't even jump on him half of the time.
7:25 Huh! It reminded me of Sonics' Eggman and a reversal of Big Arms in a way.
Donkey Kong month is back again...for the final time
The stuff about Fredrick basically sums up my thoughts on almost all of world 6. Especially the volcano Rambi level.
General Pluck's theme, "Feather Fiend", is by far my favorite music track in all of DKCR though!
Who else here thinks the lava monster holding up the sword in DKC2 is that Kerosene boss seen in the gba version of the game
Hard disagree on Lord Fredrik, honestly. The one thing I'd concede about him is that despite the challenge and the top notch music, the fight did kinda feel like it should've had another phase beyond that. Something like him riding atop the giant ice dragon from the opening cutscene, for example.
Tiki Tong from Returns suffers from that same issue _on top_ of being a pretty basic and not very visually exciting battle, all things considered. So that would've been my pick instead.
I had the same top pick.
Though I have not played a lot of Donkey Kong.
Kerozene was also awesome.
LET'S GOO DK MONTH!
Also how dare you insult Colonel Pluck like that! I love him. 13 year old me would sometimes boot up my Wii just to fight it.
The colonel pluck community will have its vengeance against you I swear!!
Kaptain K. Rool is definitively a top, while Baron K. Roolenstein is totally a bottom.
I feel like I remember being able to jump over the fire wall by jumping on the barrel... But it's been a while and maybe thst was just my attempt and I always got hit
there must be some DK games you haven't covered yet. . . uh, did you make a video about the original arcade game?
not sure if snoman had, but lonely goomba certainly did
Plenty more to come this month!
@@snomangaming How about rom hacks of the DKC SNES titles and SFX errors in the 3 games?
Good video, although I big disagree with your #5 worst boss. I love Fredrik because of how hard and unforgiving it is, and honestly I think it feels like the perfect cap to that game because that game honestly gets pretty brutal difficulty-wise. Plus, I don't think the encounter has any moments that are truly unfair, so I enjoy it a ton because it is the game saying to me like "hey, you can clearly play a video game or two so we ain't holding back at all, get ready for a true final boss."
I will say though I agree with the number one placement because every time I play DKC now I just trash talk the bosses (although I still like K Rool's fight).
EDIT: I'll do my top 5s here since I haven't really considered what they are till now.
Best:
1. Mad Jack - love the design, fight feels frantic, the sound fx during this fight are great and hit my nostalgia hard
2. Lord Fredrik - the ultimate test of skill, ain't for pushovers, one of my favorite boss themes
3. Kaptain K. Rool - yeah this boss is really good, one of my favorite boss themes too
4. Dogadon (Chunky) - the big chunky part is just too good
5. Sumo Kong - I fondly remember this fight feeling epic as hell
Worst:
1. Bleak - just way too gimmicky and easy, also I just don't like the visual designs of DKC3 bosses much
2. Dumb Drum - yeah this boss is just very silly and nonsensical
3. Squirt - yeah what the hell even is that thing
4. Tiki Tong - not necessarily a bad boss fight wise, but it feels like I am fighting knock off master hand and crazy hand
5. Really Gnawty - very silly fight, not very interesting in terms of what they change in the fight
I quite like the tropical freeze final boss, I actually just beat that game today. Although the polar bear guy from world 5 was better and felt more like a final boss
Best: MadJack from Frantic Factory. I thought he fit best to his level compared to the rest of the DK64 bosses: a rejected toy made from the factory that they can't contain so they have to keep him in his own isolated room. Good atmosphere, and he doesn't just take the 3 standard hits. It's perfect.
Worst: Also from DK 64: the first Dogadon fight. This fight is a a straight carbon copy from the last boss fight with Army Dillo. With Army Dillo, you run in a circle, avoid fireballs, wait for his que, then throw a barrel of dynamite at him 3 times. When you fight Dogadon, you....run in a circle....avoid fireballs....wait for his que....throw a barrel of dynamite at him....3 times. HMMMMM
One day we'll get another Retro DKC... One day...
Right?
I love King K Rool in DKC 1 and DK 64! I also hate both the Jack in the Box and the Puffer Fish in DK64 (man those are hell). I also love the boss in world 5 of DKCR (Donkey Kong Country Returns). I think it's called like some kind of berry boss or something I don't remember the name exactly.
here again for one last hurrah; let's go.
My first thought when I read top 5 worst bosses: "So all of the DKC1 bosses?"
Glad I was validated.
I do love the Urchin boss 5:33
Also I’m surprised there were less DKCTF bosses on the best list, because I think they were all really fun bosses and had great design. Just my opinion though!
I'd say Jungle Beat has some nice concepts for bosses, but they recycle them so much they loose innovation by the time you reach the end, honorable mention for Worst bosses
thankfully, in the GBA version of DKC1... you do get to toss TNT barrels at dumb drum to directly fight him, but even then... sadly 90% of the fight's the same, but still... they tried to make it more engaging! and... actually to make sense over the drum just dieing without being harmed at all.
i actually liked all the k rool bosses even from three..really tested out my timing ^_^