Mapping the Rare Universe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.พ. 2024
- It isn't perfect, but this is my attempt at Mapping the entire Rare Universe. So many games to cover ranging from original Nintendo games to recent Microsoft Xbox releases. I did my best so I hope you guys enjoy this massive love letter to one of my favorite Game Developers. So cool to have this video made and ready to go when a bunch of new Rare games come to Nintendo Switch online! Let’s gooooooo!
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Music from these games created by Rare:
Banjo Kazooie
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Diddy Kong Racing
Donkey Kong Country
Goldeneye
Perfect Dark
Battletoads
Viva Pinata
Jetpac
Blast Corps
Killer Instinct
Starfox Adventures
Grabbed By the Ghoulies
Kameo Elements of Power
Jet Force Gemini
Music from Games NOT By Rare:
Super Smash Bros
Earthworm Jim
Rare Logo Gif in intro by Dreams-N-Nightmares on Deviant Art
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Hey guys I realize this is something people may be passionate about and by no means is my video the “end all be all” for this discussion. I simply did this for fun and because I love these games. I definitely missed titles and you may get upset at how I connect certain things. But please be positive and kind to each other. In other words…
Chill. These are video games. 🎮
Those people are 🍌
Yeah people can get toxic about personal opinions of video games..lol..seriously toxic..
@@TheNintenja Too damn toxic.
I love the idea that all these characters live within the same world. It makes everything feel so big and vast, like there are other islands we have yet to explore.
I will note that DK JR. is actually the father of modern donkey Kong, and cranky is modern DK’s grandfather
Yeah wouldn’t it be cool for open world diddy king racing and you could fly to other islands like sea of thieves but DKR style?
I mean Donkey kong tropical freeze has multiple islands to the west, (and one in the east).
Yep, that's confirmed in the DKC1 manual IIRC.
@@renakunisaki and DK64 said Cranky is his father that was my point :P it changes
@@jiggylookbackExcept it changed *once* and then was immediately fixed. DK has been Cranky’s grandson since before and after DK64 and will continue to be.
In the ending of Grunty’s Revenge (a GBA Banjo game that takes place between Kazooie and Tooie), multiple Banjos & Kazooies travel to the present after the real duo arrive to the present from their time-travelling shenanigans.
This could explain all the mounted Banjo heads on the walls of numerous games.
Thank you! Funny enough I haven’t finished Gruntys Revenge! I’ve been playing it. You rock for sharing!
That's only in the Any% ending. 100% has only one Banjo.
That's actually the worst ending you could get in the game. The best ending has the duo return to what they were doing and prepare a card game for their friends later that night, a hint of what's to come in Banjo-Tooie.
100% nets you a special ending involving Mumbo after the best ending.
This is most interesting Rare topic video I've seen in almost a decade.
That is the highest compliment I have ever received. Thank you so much. I appreciate you watching my video!
I love the implication that Conker's Bad Fur Day is part of the Mario Universe.
Lol Bowser is about to eat lead like a motha buzza
Not anymore, thanks to Diddy Kong Racing DS retconning the guest racers.
@@X2011racerYou can never erase the original DKR. Diddy Kong Racing DS is a pseudo-sequel.
This was originally scheduled for Friday, but due to the recent Rare hype and convincing of pals I’m releasing this…today.
YEEESSSSS! 🔥🔥🔥 Thanks! 🙏🙏
It's Friday here in Australia anyway 😆
@TheGunmanChannel well there you go! It’s Friday somewhere LOL
STOP RELEASING THINGS BECAUSE OF RECENT EVENTS
@@TheGunmanChannel uh no it's thursday there.
Bruh this is a good idea
In my heart I can't help but feel this video is going to blow up. At the very least I worked really hard on it!
Holy crap I didnt even know half those games even existed
So mannnnyyy gaaaammmmeeeesss haha I hope you’ll check them out! This is one of those companies that the majority of their titles are great!
I've read before that the Kongs in DK64 were actually going to use real guns before Miyamoto stepped in and replaced them with coconut guns (etc) to make the game more kid-friendly. If Donkey Kong had been rocking a PP7 in DK64 then a shared universe with Goldeneye would have been confirmed 😎
You are 100% correct and that would have been amazing XD
when the monster hits extra hard and all you can think about is how everything is connected until you look like that guy in its always sunny
CHARLIE DAY is my spirit animal. I accept this and love this comment.
So, in Donkey Kong Land for the Game Boy, the final world is Big Ape City, which is stated to be the location of the original 1981 Donkey Kong arcade game. However, in Super Mario Odyssey, the same claim is made of the Metro Kingdom stage. It's possible that the warp pipe to the Mario universe may be connected to the Metro Kingdom, which the Kongs may know as Big Ape City.
I like that!
It's worth noting that the Kongs get to Big Ape City by Zepplin and that a city skyline can be seen from DK Island in Donkey Konga 2.
So I don't think he would get there by skyline. I do think Big Ape City and New Donk City are the same place. Odyssey's developers have confirmed that New Donk was based off of the Big City in Donkey Kong '94.
So if DK truly is connected to the Rare games, we have to get a bit more creative. Maybe there is a portal or wormhole in the ocean that connects to Mario's world. Or maybe DK Island is in Mario's world, but the other earth with the rare characters has some sort of access point. Maybe some weird and wacky Bermuda triangle sort of situation, where there's a Warp spot or something.
@@DaNintendude I like the idea of the Crystal coconut being some sort of key
Dude, it looks like your channel is beginning to grow at a pretty good pace. The DK64 video got 10k views and this one already has almost 3k. I'm glad to see a fellow Rare fan succeed. Keep it up!
Thanks so much! The DK vid is approaching 20k now and Rare is gaining quick. I'm really thankful. I've been working hard for it! Hope to continue to have fun and bring banger content! Thanks for being supportive!
Very fun narrative timeline! Great job!
Thanks so much! Appreciate that :)
I love this kind of stuff lol. With all these worlds and characters together, the ingeniousness, creativity and atmosphere of the world Rare created really can't be understated.
Yes! It’s so vibrant yet filled with variety. It’s incredible!!
Good job I like the connections you made. The work you did was well worth it! Keep it up! 🎉
Thanks so much for watching! I really appreciate it and the encouragement!
Awesome video! Congrats on the channel blowing up!
Thank you! You will always be one of my first supporters bro 😁 you encouraged me when I first started and told me it was good so that drove me to continue. Much love!
Criminally underlooked channel. Great video thanks 😊
Thanks so much!! Trying to get out there more!
Cool video. I appreciate how much thought and work went into this. It's great to see :)
Thanks so much for watching!! I appreciate that :)
I was always a bit fascinated by how Rare connected their games via cameos and references and thought about a connected universe.
It always intrigued me as a kid!
This awakens such childlike wonder in me and makes me smile from ear to ear.
I love it!
Guess all of us have done something like this when we were younger but never to this extent.
So true. Definitely contemplated this as a kid and would have loved a video like this about it. In a way just fulfilling my childhood and for others!
Loved this video so much! It makes so much sense! Great work again buddy!
Thanks for watching it 😎
fantastic job, we always thoughts these things when we were younger, playing these games
Right?! Thanks for watching
i love this video!
Thanks so much for watching again! 😎
Jiggy I’m loving your content! These are the in depth videos I thrive on. The hidden content; the conceptual connections; the LOREEEEE. You’re killing it man, keep up the in depth research and connections. Also I love how you and your editor made the map! So cool! Great job!
I actually edit everything myself. My brother just did the art of the islands and I laid them out and animated everything :) but he did a great job! And thanks for watching!
@@jiggylookback My guy… you are one very talented MF all around then! Can’t wait to see more. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
@@tommichael4154 thanks! I work really hard on my content and grown a lot over my time on TH-cam! Definitely got more in the tank! Appreciate you!
So happy this came out tonight, I needed a good vid for a distraction ❤️
Well I hope you enjoyed it! I had fun making it.
This was really interesting! Thank you!
You bet! Thanks for watching!
Awesome video. A lot more games that were connected than I thought. I love it when games connect to each other like how Wrinkly Kong plays Mario 64 on an N64 in DKC3
So many connections, but that’s what you get when have a developer like Rare who’s been around a while and has lots of good games in the catalog. Love the connections
This is my favorite video ever, ever since I was a kid I was always so fascinated by the Kremisphere and my mind was blown when I grew up and saw its original SGI renders
That is unbelievably high praise and made me feel really good! Thank you so much! Hope to keep bringing more content!
What an amazing video. I love it. Thanks for the awesome content
Thank you for watching!!
really love that about nintendo(also capcom.:3) in that it is funny to think of these series being on the same world having things like dk/banjo-kazooie stopping king k. rool and grunty blowing their homes up(even if a little late in the bear and birds case.) or just the image alone of conker existing in the mario universe.(even if outside a few jerk moments/bad habits he's honestly not that bad a guy,moreso mature screwy squirrel if he got lazy if anything.)
It would be awesome to see that level of cross over happen sometime
Jiggy, just found your channel a few days ago. All I have to say is keep it up, fantastic quality and content generally!!!
Thank you so much! I've got more on the way!! Appreciate you watching!
The Rare universe is probably my favorite gaming universe since Rare is my favorite gaming company. They made a lot of my all time childhood favorites. The original DKC trilogy for SNES as well as Diddy Kong Racing and DK64. As well as Killer Instinct, Goldeneye, Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, Conkers Bad Fur Day, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Star Fox Adventures, Grabbed By the Ghoulies, Blast Corps, and Kameo: Elements of Power. Truly and underrated company. Their games always had some of the best things about any games, the music, the characters, the graphics and art design, the story plots, etc. Truth be told I would love to write a book about them maybe even make a documentary. Hell a theme park attraction based on the universe of their games could even work.
They are one of my favorites as well! I make all sorts of content about it obviously haha! If you ever want to join my discord it’s just filled with Rare fans and we share gaming collections, ideas and just have fun!
Bro at this is the best connected map of the Rare ever! You should keep this up with more additions into the future!! Like Nintendo, Sony, and more!! Great Video!
Yeah I totally think I will do that. Update it periodically. I may even do Nintendo, Sony and Sega worlds too...for funsies.
The Rareverse is my favorite in all of gaming and seeing it all mapped out so joyously sates a curiosity I've held since early childhood back when Rare was just getting on the map with DKC! It's times like these I wish Rare has retained all their contributions to the Donkey Kong universe, just not being able to use the Donkey Kong, so they could have continued DK games and maybe even crossed over DK and Banjo more. Maybe they'd have called him Dumpy Kong since he's as strong as a dumptruck. On the Nintendo side, they may have gone back to DK and DK Jr. type games and characters, maybe even making a Ms. Pac-Man-esque Mrs. Donkey Kong as a mother to Junior. One can dream.
Yeah I wish Rare retained all that too.
This was fun to watch. Nice job! 👍
Thanks so much for watching! Really appreciate it :)
Discovering your channel has been such a nice surprise! Loving the vids ❤
Thanks so much! I hope to keep bringing fire! Appreciate you watching!
yeah, just the video I needed, cheers from Brazil!
Cheers!! Thanks so much for watching! Very cool you see this in Brazil!
I don't know why I never considered all these Rare games could be connected to each other like this. Now it seems so obvious!
Excellent video, thanks for taking me down this rabbit hole!
Someone described me as the Charlie Day meme from it’s always Sunny where He’s freaking out with a pinboard that everything is connected. Thats exactly how I felt 😂😂
@jiggylookback hahaha this is entirely accurate and we're here for it!
This was really well put together. I love Rareware games!
Thanks so much! I love them too!
This was such an interesting take on analyzing the Rare lore. And ngl, I always figured that all of these games were connected to one another, not because of similar styles, but because you would see references all over each game in any shape or form. As a huge Rare fan, I find stuff like this to be very cool and interesting.
Thanks so much for watching! I love all things Rare as well and I loved making this video! I have lots of content planned and other videos so if you’re a huge rare fan be sure to subscribe or join my discord (or both?) you’d fit right in!
Rare in my eyes is one of the best game developers and certainly on the 64 back in the day!
@@jiggylookback yeah I just subscribed to you, and I definitely would like to join your Discord server.
@@TheGoldenJiggy in my bio on my channel the discord link is! Not sure if I can send it here but I’ll try:
discord.gg/gVTmEPyQyR
Amazing video! Seriously a gem 👍🏼
You’re a gem! Haha
Hell yea man! New sub! Gonna watch a bunch of videos
Dude! Thank you! I hope you like them! More to come!
Bro your channel is the best i dont realy see much youtubers talk about rare so yours is a nice surprise
Thank you so much!! I’m working really hard! Trying to put out content I would want to watch. I love Rare!
This is an awesome video! Lots of fun to watch.
I have to say though, I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that DK Jr. Is not our current DK.
Another epic video dude!!! I want more banjo!
Thanks so much for watching banjo is coming!
As a huge old school Rare fan and a Sea of Thieves apologist since launch day (still wear the day 1 patch and the launch crew sniper), my life is immeasurably better knowing that grabbed by the ghoulies takes place after it.
Yep but not too far haha
me: I gotta work in the morning, better go to sleep
my brain as soon as it hits the pillow:
Sounds like my life.
The algorithm has showed me 3 of your vídeos in one day lol, You've earned a sub
Heck yeah that’s great to hear! Thanks so much for watching :)
So many of my favorite childhood games all in the same universe !!!!
HECK YEAH!
I like this! You get my sub!
Heck yeah!! Thanks for subbing! Glad you liked it!
Great video and editing! Love it alot.
Thank you so much for watching! I really appreciate your kind comments! I had a lot of fun making this one!
@jiggylookback np..I've b33n checking out all your videos. The production values are top notch really. I'm a rom hacker starting to make video content myself and we seem to like a lot of the same stuff so I'll keep up with your content!
@@TheNintenja heck yeah! Love rom hacks! If you want to join my discord I highly recommend it! We’d love for you to share your hacks! (Me personally!)
@jiggylookback sure I'll join sounds awesome and thanks for the invite! I'm loving the channel. I see you are making your own n64 Era style plat..that's amazing. I'm trying to start doing a snes Era style rpg myself!
@@TheNintenja dope! Love that stuff! And yeah been working on it a while I should have a video update soon! Can’t wait!
As a huge Mario fan, I've never been too keen on the idea of DK sharing a world with these other Rare characters. I firmly believe that any connection that _did_ exist has been severed.
And Nintendo has always been connecting Mario to DK, and with Mario on his own world. Even as far back as Donkey Kong '94, in which the Big City is on the same planet as the Mushroom Kingdom. Mario Odyssey expanded upon Big City, making it New Donk City. Further cementing DK Isle as being on Mario's World.
It just never made sense to me that the Rare games would all be connected.
However, we can't ignore the references to the Mario and DK worlds in the Banjo games! This has lead me to come up with my own headcanons and theories.
*#1: L.O.G. Meddling*
A lot of Rare games show extremely self-aware characters that know they're in Video Games. Some of the instances in Banjo and Conker go FAR beyond the jokes Cranky would crack in the OG DKC games. Mario does not live in an explicit "video game world," but Conker and Banjo do.
Diddy Kong Racing is the only direct point of contact between Diddy, Banjo, and Conker. And Banjo references Diddy Kong Racing in Nuts and Bolts. But Diddy Kong Racing had a remake on the DS that RETCONNED those 2 guest characters.
So if it was retconned, how does that work for the Rare side? What if the Lord of Games picked up Banjo and Conker, and placed them in the LITERAL VIDEO GAME of N64 Diddy Kong Racing. This isn't the actual events that occurred in Mario's universe, this is a literal video game in Banjo's. Mario/DK exists as a video game world in the Rare universe, which is separate from the normal non-video game world in Nintendo's games.
*#2 Warp point:*
Came up with this while reading other comments on the video. What if there's a Bermuda triangle-esque area that connects Mario's World to the Rare earth via a Warp point. You would boat or fly to that area and suddenly be teleported to the other world. It would be somewhere around DK Island on Mario's world, and somewhere around Timber's Island in the Rare World. Where and what the warp point is doesn't matter, as long as the kongs can access it.
With all this being said, I thought this was a really cool video. Love all the details and connection points you found. I usually just ignore stuff like this, due to the Mario contradictions, but I ended up having a lot of fun pondering new ideas on how to work around those contradictions (even if I don't believe them).
Also mad props for saying the two Tricky the Triceratops are separate characters. Always confused me how people saw them as the same person. Just doesn't make sense.
And also I gotta mention that DK Jr is DK's dad. I know about the DK64 thing, but I think 1 time out of all the other times before and afterward that DK has been Cranky's grandson isn't enough to prove that. I would of course change my mind if Nintendo ever made them officially the same, though.
Sorry for writing such a huge wall of text lol
Very Cool! Thanks for watching! I literally just love talking about this stuff. And yeah so many connection possibilities. I did my best with what I have so far. I just love it!
I am beyond excited for your explanation I have been thinking about this FOR YEARS AND YEARS. I always wondered WHAT IS BEYOND BANJOS & KAZOOIES WORLD? Is there more that we havent seen beyond the woods? So curious!! I wonder where Threeie would take place if we ever got one! Would it be in the same world? I wonder if Grunty has been living on the island longer than Kazooie or Banjo?
Right? So much to consider. Hopefully I can answer some of these questions and maybe make your brain think harder.
Probably, she was already there 20 years in the past in Grunty's Revenge.
@@banjo9158 Great point! I just have a feeling she's been living there for a long, long time. She's got a castle set up with a labyrinth of portals to other worlds (or pocket dimensions??) There is no doubt that she is a powerful witch, so she must be pretty old and lived there for awhile!
@@MAIMEDWOLF I always like to think Gruntilda is 50 years old when the events of the first game happen. to have that mentality that she is having a mid-life crisis, and that being one of the reasons why she kidnap Tooty, it makes the situation even funnier.
@@MAIMEDWOLF Given that Boggy travelled from Freezeezy Peak to Hailfire Peaks, I'm guessing portals to other worlds unless everyone can use that method. Also worth noting that Spiral Mountain despite the name appears to be an isolated valley in Isle o Hags, which is perhaps around the Northern Kremisphere?
Great video dude! A lot of great connections here. I always love stuff like this ha! I am always open to talk DKU/Rareniverse stuff! Watched it with the GF and she was surprised and pleased to have the art in. Shes subbed now too and we look forward to more related content. Cheers bro! ❤👌
Heck yeah that’s awesome man! Glad you guys liked it! Tell her her art was AWESOME!
I can just imagine James Bond meeting Banjo and Kazooie lol
That would be an epic meeting for sure 🤣 I wonder how it would play out
Smash Bros is all a kid's wild dream of his collecction of figurines fighting each other. Master Hands are his hands and are meant to be the top beings in the world of smash.
In Brawl his own identity of master hand is prisonned by Tabu and brings on the "other dimension" idea in which all have to team up to defeat them, including rescuing Master hand & Crazy Hand and them helping reach out to the other dimension in the Ultimate game
10:19 One thing about including Smash Bros. is that Smash Bros. is technically a different universe known as the World of Trophies, where the Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong of Smash Bros. are not the same Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong of the Rare World, but are living Trophies, or Plushies in the original, based on them. However, the World of Trophies seems to be connected to the Kirby Universe, located in the Candy Constellation, home of Master Hand and Crazy Hand.
Wow! I didn't expect senpai to notice me.
Cobra Triangle needs to get it's flowers!!! That game is so highly underrated
I’ll have to review it at some point. Do some NES titles. It could be a location out there :)
I love this so much bro
Thanks man! Really appreciate that! Did you see the N64 video is getting some love too? It shot up like 500 views in the last day or two and keeps growing!
Still hilarious to think about how, before the DS remake of Diddy Kong Racing, Conker’s Bad Fur Day was canon to the Mario universe.
Right?!
Even after the remake, Tiptup is still there, and he is a Banjo character.
@@banjo9158Yeah. Just not Conker anymore. Lol
But Smash is it's own thing where all the fighters are trophies.
I mean that’s true, but seeing as it’s the one game a lot of these characters connect to it’s worth mentioning. Didn’t feel like I needed to get into smash lore really haha
The timelines thing is a crazy idea to consider. I always figured that the "Funny Animal" lands were part of the planet the Nintendo places (Mushroom Kingdom, Hyrule, so fourth), a separate dimension from normal Earth.
I mean could be! But perfect dark does specifically happen in 2023 and Killer instinct says in the distant future and they both take place on earth. And Sea of Thieves which is Pirate technology (muskets and ships) happens around Banjo time.
Just so much to consider!
I really like this idea! I wanna make a timeline chart based off of it
Very cool!
This is a good video. It made me cut the rare logo in my arm.
That’s pretty hardcore. And I dig it.
Battletoads also connects to Double Dragon.
Meaning there's probably other connections to other Arc System works games as well?
I guess Battletoads takes place a little bit closer to the Perfect era, assuming the Double Dragon Earth and Rare Earth are the same
So many connections. I didn’t want to speak too much on Battletoads cause I haven’t played much but could very well!
Finally, the Rareware Cinematic Universe we have been asking for.
Happy to have helped. Imagine this as one big game and you could explore the worlds. Amazing!
This is a rare universe
Absolutely
After seeing your DK64 video, I got so excited during today's Direct Partner Showcase at the Rare stuff coming to NSO, thinking 'this is it - DK64!' - Maybe next time :') This new video was a lotta fun
Haha thanks for watching. I was really hoping for Diddy Kong Racing more than anything to be honest but at least we got some Rare games. More to come I’m sure.
Question, then the Rare-verse takes place in Mario's universe, since, you know... ♪D-K... Donkey! Kong!♪
Double Dragon is also part of the Rare-verse, thanks to the Battletoads crossover.
Yeah that’s really awesome!
Well done
Thank you so much!
this video feels like old youtube, and I mean that in the best way possible
I take that in the HIGHEST of compliments! Thank you so freaking much!
THIS SHOULD BE INTERESTING
Hope you like it!
If you're going to include the entire DK franchise into the timeline, I would like to know where Donkey Kong Jungle Beat figures in. I've always believed it to be a prequel to the DKC trilogy hence why none of the other Kongs ever show up, but still; the setting and terrain are so vast and diverse that you have to wonder WHERE every one of the kingdoms seen in the game are located…
Here is something wonderful I will be doing in the future.
Examine every game franchise and exploring the islands/world specifically in that series. So DK is def high on that list!
@@jiggylookback that will be cool. I also personally don’t consider the Donkey Kong Land games to be canon since the storyline breaks the 4th wall too much
The only issue I have is that we can argue that Kazooie's joke about Elvis from Perfect Dark and the JFG posters could merely be the case of PD and JFG being games in the Rare world. After all, Banjo Tooie shows an N64 on the menu that might imply that Banjo and Kazooie owned an N64 at some time and with multiple characters making 4th wall jokes implying that they know about their adventures being games, particularly in Banjo Kazooie and Cranky Kong's cynical humor. That said, it's still very likely that JFG could still be in the same universe as DK and crew, but given PD is supposed to be our Earth in the same way as James Bond is that series would likely be in an alternate timeline which is where I also think KI takes place in since the Sabrewulf in KI is actually a werewolf in reference to the third entry in the Sabrewulf series, Knight Lore, the original Sabrewulf that hunted Sabreman was an invincible but otherwise ordinary jungle wolf. Speaking of Sabrewulf, this also implies that the Underwurlde and Gunfright both exist given that the former is the 2nd Sabrewulf title and the latter shares a similar art style.
All that said, it's still theoretically possible that Perfect Dark and Killer Instinct do indeed take place on the Rare Universe. It's possible that the Kong Islands are either too small to exist on the world maps of those two titles or that the cartoonier cast actually live on a separate planet and "our" Earth is merely another planet in the Rare Universe.
So many potential rabbit holes. It’s definitely fun to theorize and connect the dots!
Well done!
Thank you!! I tried!
I personally try to make the "Rare Universe" more comprehendive!
If we look at Rare, it must be taken at some factors:
1. "Nintendo Rare" and "Microsoft Rare" will make two universes as the split-up will break things up.
2. Goldeneye, Mickey's Speedway and various licensed products Rare have done can't be canon as Rare themselves don't count them as "real original work".
3. Super SMash Bros. are all spin-offs and don't have a lineal line with there normal counterparts.
a) The Nintendo Rare Universe:
Yes, here we have a collaborating universe where Rare's Sabrewulf crew, Banjo & Kazooie, Conker the Squirel, Mr. Pants, Jet Force Gemini crew etc.
goes with Nintendo's Donkey Kong (obviously) crew, Mario's crew and Star Fox crew. On a side note; yes Battletoads could arguably exist in same universe, but are distant from the others because they share little in common to co-exist.
However, Killer Instinct is something very difficult to piece togheter just as Perfect Dark as they focus on humans and more to the "real world". I would rather think they could be in same universe at different times.
b) The Microso´ft Rare Universe:
Now it is only Rare's Universe. All connections with Nintendo are cut due to owner-shift. That won't erase the past but for evreything past the early GameCube days are now over.
Sabrewulf crew, Banjo & Kazooie, Conker the Squirel, Mr. Pants, Jet Force Gemini crew etc. is still the same. Killer Instinct and Perfect Dark is staying the same.
So beside the Donkey Kong connection loss, it remains the same.
Oh I forgot about Mickey’s Speedway which is hilairous because I have it and had it growing up. DARN IT.
Cool ideas! Some similar and splitting the timeline between Microsoft and Nintendo is interesting.
Almost like a multiverse which I briefly touched on with like blasts corps.
So cool how we can come up with so many theories and ideas.
I don't think DK can just be cut, even in the Xbox era. Diddy Kong Racing events are referenced in Nuts and Bolts.
@@banjo9158 That I don't know about. Where does that happen in the game?
@@jiggylookback Yeah it was a decent game! A bit hard tho for a kart game.
Yeah I think they give some clearity if to make it hold in todays landscape.
@@WarioSaysSo someone mentioned Mickey connecting and got into Kingdom Hearts which would doubly connect with Pirates of the Caribbean and sea of thieves lol what a tangled web we weave
I just love the fact that the funny monkey game takes place in the same universe as the game with the great mighty poo.
Absolutely lol
Which means that so do the Mario games.
one fun thing of note is that you can actually connect the Marioverse to this without opening the floodgates.
The main lynchpin that connects pretty much everything to Mario would be Super Smash Bros, However by the lore of SSB that is not the actual Mario and thus can't connect anything by default. SSB is effectively it's own mostly* contained setting based around the idea of the Spirit of what each character represents to the fans being given life.
Without SSB, the Marioverse then becomes slightly more simple.
Pikmin gets connected as Mario Golf has them show up on occasion when your ball goes through a patch of flowers, F-Zero and Animal Crossing get a connection through Mario Kart, Metroid gets connected as Samus has appeared a couple times in Mario RPG titles. Legend of Zelda gets a much stronger tie as Link has appeared several times as well as had Mario enemies show up in Link's Awakening. and Finally Punch Out gets connected as Mario was the Referee in the original game.
All of these can be reasonably fit into a single overall setting with the exception of Pikmin which would need timeline stuff similar to Perfect Dark and Killer Instinct did.
* I say Mostly cause it's debatable that Sora may actually be the real deal that simply ends up arriving in the SSB world to save its dying heart somehow. but that is an entirely separate can of worms to deal with.
I love the Sora theory and I think I’ll make a Nintendo one of these at some point
I’m pretty sure Blast Corps did all the demolition work on Timber’s island so they could build the race courses. Then Wizpig followed BC back after they did the space levels and attacked the island. 😉
I dig that haha
Don't forget "DK Mode" in Goldeneye, which clearly shows there was some genetic experimentation using the DNA of the extinct Kongs.
LMAO I NEVER USED THAT. INCREDIBLE
I remember commenting on some of your videos when you first started, and it's honestly incredible to see how good your videos have become since then. I can tell you've put a lot of work into improving, and I'm happy to see your videos are starting to take off more. Your narration is SO good now--you've definitely hit your stride! It sounds completely natural and I can see you're intentional about keeping a good pace. The hard work you've been putting in is really evident. I also love the extra work you put into the editing here, especially the islands that you kept adding throughout the video. (Did you make those yourself, btw?) Glad to see your efforts are finally paying off more and more!
This comment means the world to me. Truly I have worked and evolved so much and too little fanfare to it gets tough, but like I always say I don't quit and I don't run and I will be Hokage. LOL. My brother actually did the art for me as I am a terrible artist, I He did a really great job. Thanks so much for watching and being supportive I really appreciated this comment.
@@jiggylookback Yeah, I understand it must feel absolutely deflating when you put your heart and soul into a video and it gets hardly any views. Glad to see you've pushed through. You've got thousands of people who are cheering you on and love to see what you produce. I know it isn't a lot compared to the super popular channels, but if you envision all of the 3 and a half thousand people in a giant room together, that is a *lot* of people. 99% of YT channels don't make it past the first year--the fact you have is something to be proud of in itself. I once tried starting a channel and just stopped after like 2 videos lol, so you have clearly done far better than me. It takes a painful amount of time to build your craft and build your audience--but I just checked and the video you posted only yesterday is popping off with almost 20K, and it's still going. Let's hope you can ride the wave and capitalize while the YT algorithm is shining down upon you.
I think I saw in another comment that you were planning to do a Defending B-T video, and if that's the case, I look forward to what you have to say for that one. Again, amazing work with this video and I'm excited to see what you have coming up in the future! Cheers!
@@nickw8160 yes I am planning to do Tooie! You’re so right it’s such a grind and a ton of work. I’m happy I pushed through and found some success. I’m going to keep grinding and working maybe even harder to bring more!
I'm not a rare fan, but video is very high quality, and I was entertained. Good on you.
Thanks so much! I worked really hard on it and well all my videos in general! Thanks for watching!
Correction:
there are 2 Krocodile Islands, one sunk at the end of DKC2 and the other is the mechanical replacement.
Despite the name, the Northern Kremisfere is on the south of Kong Island, but it's not precisely clear if it's part of the island itself of a nerby arcipelago (i'd go with the latter, considering we don't see anything resembling the Kremisfere in DKCR and DKCTF)
Yeah the mechanical one is shown. And yes you’re right man. I’m dealing with too many games I made that mistake :/ uuuggg that’s literally a fact
@@jiggylookback it happens: I was trying to make a Mario timeline once, being very precise with each infos the games offers... and then I read the manuals and all comes crumbling down.
Like, did you know that the Lost Levels is in a parallel world and it is mentioned ONCE in the Japanese manual and nowhere else!? That could have explained why Luigi and Peach are kidnapped in SM3DL... the frustration is real...
Second comment just to say that I love this video, usually only DKvine talks about these things and I don't have good enough English to do anything. Thank you very much for your service to the community.
You’re welcome! Your engagement and comments are very much appreciated and welcomed here!
And I thought that the Ubisoft universe was insane.
I feel like this makes more sense if we look at through Dinosaur Planet's perspective rather than Starfox Adventures imo. Since Timber was supposed to Sabre and Sabre was supposed to be fox lol
But this is awesome 😁🤘 i love this video
Haha well Kev Bayliss told me that the two Trickys were related haha
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@@daymanfighterofthenightman there is my little insider knowledge
Well, ain't this an interesting topic? It's intriguing to think of how many connections there are between Rare's catalogue of games.
I'd definitely be interested in seeing you cover other companies with videos similar to this. Nintendo, Sega and Bandai Namco especially.
I definitely will at some point!
I also feel that conkers country, was originally sunshine and rainbows, I think what happened was, it got distorted due to a wish that conker made. That's why it looks the way it is now in Bad Fur Day.
You should watch my Tail of Two Berris video. See what you think!
Its often mixed up that dk jr is the current dk, but in dk 64, its confirmed that he's the grandson of the original dk now known as cranky. Its often speculated that mario rpg is also connected considering certain enemies you encounter
In DK64 Cranky is current Dks father not grandfather in country he is stated to be the grandfather
DKVine will love this
Yeah right up DKVine’s alley!
I like the idea that a novelty mounted Banjo head was made for a promotion or by some weird taxidermist fan, got won by or sold to either the owner of the pub in Windy or one of its regulars who decided to give it to the owner to mount on the wall as a gift, then years later after it got all withered and creepy, got sold at a garage sale or pawn shop or something and wound up in the hands of whoever owns the mansion in Grabbed by the Ghoulies, who clearly was collecting creepy taxidermies.
Yeah exactly! Haha
Nuts and Bolts was just a dream/nightmare, not to be taken as canon
Currently still playing through it myself
0:47 and then there's Chunky
He’s alive!
I think its pretty much established that DK Isle and The Mushroom Kingdom exist in the same universe. I mean...Donkey Kong started out as a Mario character.
If they are separated in any way, its possibly just as it is in the Mario movie, where they travel the Rainbow Road to get there.
I’ll be doing a Nintendo Verse video at some point and will try to further the connection and really dive into just that
You are a genius
I don’t know about that but I’m glad you liked this haha
Seems pretty neat, but surprised you didn't mention another big connection: Spinal's Age from Killer Instinct(namely the first one) being 2,650 years old, which crossed over with the time of Killer Instinct means he was animated around the 400s-which would seem a fitting timepoint to slot in the Sea of Thieves games assuming he was a pirate alive then before his rebirth as a vengeful spirit.
Also you don't really need to fuss too much about Smash Bros., since the whole MO of that seriesis that they are figures(later trophies) of famous game characters reanimated by a magic force and living in an expanding world of imagination so that's it own entire thing there.
Agreed! And yeah I’m sure I missed a lot I haven’t played all of these equally. Killer Isntinct is cool but I haven’t played too much of that series. Thats a cool tidbit!
I believe that Link came from the same universe of Mario
The Mushroom Kingdom and Hyrule are in the same world. Interesting. I’m going to try to cover lots of different video game worlds maybe a straight up Nintendo one should be next
Krunch is only needed for beating the octopus
Haha 😎 I think I managed to with Conker if I remember right.
This falls apart because DKC2 has a ton of references to killer instinct. So i think the kong era is in the distant future, after humanity is extinct.
I wouldn’t say it falls apart. I have an answer for that.
The Chief Thunder image in DKC2 is a concept art and not what Chief Thunder actually looks like. Plus the character says he’s from Idaho in the wiki which doesn’t exist yet in this world until the Perfect Era. (Proposing the islands morph into what we know as our continents)
The Killer Instinct stage Astral Plane is in outer space and is potentially far away which time in space works differently so it COULD have started as a thing in the Racing era but then by the time the events of Killer Instinct that take place anywhere else they happen on Earth.
It could very well be CLOSER to the Perfect era. The number 3094 was made up and only a little Easter egg to the series being 30 and starting in 1994.
HOWEVER we do have Parrallel earths and things going on so it’s possible the timeline answer is wrong and it’s a multiverse happening simultaneously.
The truth is you could go a million different directions and explain just about everything.
Log in Nuts and bolts has knowledge of Killer Instinct and Battletoads and in the same game Banjo recounts his Diddy Kong Racing Adventure. Indicating maybe Log amongst other characters may have the ability to see the future or other worlds!