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A large rocky outcropping in the mountains. Should i climb it? I want to climb it.

A mountain stream cutting between mossy rocks. Should I splash in it? I want to splash in it.

Hyle from off of DK Vine standing in the mountains wearing a shirt with realistic depictions of K. Rool and Donkey Kong fighting each other.

I fled MAR10 Day like it’s the Purge and decided to spend the day hiking in the mountains. You know, where gorillas live. (I haven’t found any yet.) The plumber man can’t find me up here!

Shirt from @theyetee.com

The cheery faces of Conker and Berri, a red squirrel and chipmunk respectively, smile at you over a green grid-like background disappearing into the distance. Title below reads 'Rock Solid Revitalised', and the image also features the logos for Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal and TikTok.

It was Conker's Bad Fur Day's 25th anniversary last week, and to mark the occasion @robinbeanland.com, the original composer of that bawdy ordeal, has whipped up a remix of its iconic club music! 'Rock Solid Revitalised' is available now on a bunch of music platforms. Marvellous.

DK Vine • News • Mario vs. Donkey Kong Slides down Your Switch, Breaks into Your Home This MAR10 Eve Plus, Mario's Tennis and Mario Clash are serving as the outcasts who glow red but guide the sleigh tonight.

Do you still believe in Mario vs. Donkey Kong? You'd best tuck yourself in bed, because it's already making its rounds this MAR10 Eve!

Denzel Washington and Sir Ben Kingsley

I've never actually thought about it, but going by how these movies tend to cast... maybe Jason Alexander?

He was the main villain of Diddy Kong Racing and Diddy Kong Racing D-

Oh, oh. You mean the voice actor. He was in Boogie Knights and the episode of Frasier where Frasier wouldn't pay a parking toll.

Except Chidi Ajufo is dressing for the part of Krunch!

Luis Guzmán announced as the voice of Wart in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Wart has a character icon utilizing his head and crown.

Following K. Rool's resurgence with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Donkey Kong Bananza, and now Luis Guzmán voicing Wart in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, we're 2 out of 3 for classic video game villains from my childhood returning to prominence.

You're up, Wizpig.

I've finally let Big Ape City go as the setting of the original arcade game, but not as its own separate location. In fact, I think Bananza actually supports the notion that Big Ape City is the Kong-run city near DK Island, while NDC is a human city on the other side of the world.

That is weird! Everyone knows it's usually the music of @robinbeanland.com that's associated with Pitchfork.

The Dreadfully Evil, a pirate's galleon. Above the door to the captain's cabin, the ship's name is engraved into the Rare Regalia Ship's Crest. Above, a cat named Sniffles is perched on the railing near the wheel. Screenshot from Sea of Thieves.

Join us at 11 AM EDT/8 AM PDT (3 PM GMT) for our weekly Sea of Thieves stream! The time has changed, but so has Season 18. Now in Act 3, we'll attempt to breach the Ashen Garrisons in the Devil's Roar while the majority of the crew feels the effects of sleep deprivation!

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Donkey Kong shares a tender moment with Pauline as K. Rool’s rotten banana mush begins to dissipate in New Donk City. Screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza.

I still can’t believe what a near-perfect game Donkey Kong Bananza turned out to be.

A Rare Collection! ✨

Yoshi's Island meets DIDDY KONG RACING!!

#supermario #diddykongracing #diddykong #donkeykong

Adventure with the 64-bit era's most famous bear and bird in a brand new enhanced port of Banjo-Kazooie, featuring improved resolution and better frame rates! Play it on the @rare.co.uk Super Pocket, available now for preorder! https://hypermegatech.com/rare-edition/

Hopefully, Wart won’t also be turned into flaming roadkill within five seconds of reappearing.

a cartoon gorilla is driving a green vehicle in a video game . Alt: Swanky Kong screams while driving a kart on a pier in a jungle. GIF from The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

In all honestly, Wart is still not as shocking as seeing THIS guy pop up in the original Super Mario Bros. Movie.

Bananza runs the risk of gradually desensitizing Donkey Kong geeks into forgetting the years where we’d have minimal fan service. Swanky Kong was one of the deepest pulls in 2023!

I'm ready for MAR10 Day!

Nintendo right now

Same! Super Mario Bros. 2 was one of my earliest gaming memories, and not understanding the history behind it, I was disenchanted with Super Mario Bros. 3 when it came out and "reverted" the style back to the first game.

Subcon, Shy Guys, Phantos, Mouser, Fry Guy. That's my Mario.

Hey, Nintendo.

You wanna really make up for the loss of Banjo-Kazooie?

Unlikely. Bananza was nipping at the heels of DKC2. I haven't felt as passionate about a video game as I do about Bananza since I was a kid.

Between this, Donkey Kong as a powerhouse franchise with its entire history being honored, and the return of the Virtual Boy, it sort of feels like I've been running Nintendo when I sleepwalk.

Before Donkey Kong Country lured me away like a sultry homewrecker, I was a Super Mario kid. And because of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the Super Mario Bros. 2/Super Mario USA/Doki Doki Panic characters had an outsized presence in my understanding of Mario's world.

So... this is surreal.

The Kongversation (Season 14) t-shirt by Dustin Jackson. Features the Kongversation Season 14 album artwork, a golden microphone in the center of the swirling, goopy Banandium Root, on a yellow shirt in two different designs (one with the Kongversation logo and microphone and one without).

Allow your Root to show and let the whole Underground World know that you groove to four-hour podcasts about apes with the t-shirt of the #Kongversation's upcoming Season 14! It's now available on our merchandise page in three different colors, with or without the logo!

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I'll be doing another episode of the podcast on it at some point in the next few months!

Nonsense. I have very diverse and eclectic tastes.

Banjo-Tooie coming to NSO in 2024 reminded me of how much I genuinely love that game, giving it the edge over SFA. The recency bias for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has also faded, as it would have also been up there a few short years ago.

Level with Me: Spooky (Conker’s Bad Fur Day) Still feeling Spooky? Let’s discuss the most striking stage in Conker’s Bad Fur Day.

Huh, so today is the 25th anniversary of Conker's Bad Fur Day? Cool.

I played through and wrote about the game last year for @sourcegaming.info. It's hardly one of my favorites, but it is a fascinating game and I do appreciate it.

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Top 9 games made with my9games.com. 1. Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest 2. Donkey Kong Bananza 3. Sea of Thieves 4. Banjo-Kazooie 5. Grabbed by the Ghoulies 6. Diddy Kong Racing 7. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! 8. Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze 9. Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair

Donkey Kong Bananza really shook up my Top 10 List last year. This is just my Top 9 though, since everyone is doing it with my9games.com. Enjoy all of the brown-furred animals.

(Currently, Banjo-Tooie would be #10)