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Diddy Kong Racing was a good game, and it was better than Mario Kart 64.  There, I said it.Regarding Donkey Kong 64, it was not a bad game, really. I recall liking it, even though I was never able to 100% it because of the Donkey Kong arcade game you had to play to get one of the medals. I got the Jetpack one just fine, but not Donkey Kong.  What was weird about it and threw me off was, it didn't feel like a Donkey Kong Country game. It felt like Banjo-Kazooie. Now, I love me some Banjo-Kakooie, naturally, but I thought I was getting Donkey Kong Country. If I wanted to play Banjo-Kazooie, I would just play that! I can't describe why I felt this way, but I did. Anybody else with me on that?
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If it doesn't have "country" in the title, then you got what you paid for.
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Ex-Rare composers Grant Kirkhope, David Wise, Steve Burke confirmed to work on Playtonic Games' spiritual Banjo sequel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-qoiowzfKc&feature=youtu.be quote:[Since Playtonic’s official “coming out” last week , there’s been a brass band-load of speculation around who will weave musical fabric for our debut game – and pretty much all of it was accurate. http://www.playtonicgames.com/
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Feb 16, 2015 19:59
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Steve is a fool, Werther's Originals are worth more than gold.
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Feb 16, 2015 23:56
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I'm less worried about who's making music and much more about who's making the game into a game. That's a role that seems to be heavily overlooked.
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Feb 17, 2015 04:36
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Yorkshire Tea posted:If you don't think King K'Rool Kardboard Kutout doesn't redeem an entire game then we don't live in the same universe. I don't because that boss fight was a piece of poo poo and not fun at all.
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Feb 17, 2015 04:44
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How do you rank the Kardboard Kutout above the boxing match?  At least the boxing match had the different members contribute in a meaningful way beyond operating as fungible ammunition.
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Feb 17, 2015 04:47
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Kurieg posted:How do you rank the Kardboard Kutout above the boxing match? Kutout's just weirder, and they're both amazing concepts, but the fact that the Kongs don't matter as anything more than ammo really makes the fight click. Where are the Kongs going? Why can't they just beat up the Kremlings behind the wall? Why does it keep making those noises? Why is anything happening at all? Kutout answers none of these questions. And it's great for it.
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Feb 17, 2015 05:37
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good lp so far. I have a suggestion: make a train like the log choice in part 7 but longer and then attach the front and back end together and drive around a horrible ouroboros
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Feb 17, 2015 06:50
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Gulping Again posted:Did I miss anything that I didn't obviously omit because it did not merit discussion? Diddy Kong Racing was a good game with great music. I hope somebody does the racing adventure thing again.
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Feb 17, 2015 10:23
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Kurieg posted:How do you rank the Kardboard Kutout above the boxing match? Donkey's section is alright but should've been the final one, considering it's HIS game and firing yourself out of a cannon as the final strikes would've fit more. Diddy's flying controls were never meant to combine with his shooting controls, especially when you're also trying to avoid attacks at the same time. Tiny's is gross but aside from being a little long has nothing really wrong with it. Lanky's barrel buttons have really touchy hit detection. Chunky's section doesn't really give you any real challenge or indication that what you're doing makes any sense at all, not to mention it doesn't tell you that you have to use the Primate Punch. In other words, because King K Rool's fight is really bad, meanwhile King Kutout is silly and novel in a game that refuses to innovate in any meaningful way otherwise.
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Feb 17, 2015 15:10
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Unknown Quantity posted:meanwhile King Kutout is silly and novel in a game that refuses to innovate in any meaningful way otherwise. Too bad it's a lovely boss fight that has literally 0 danger from the boss itself, and 99% of the times you lose is not because of the weak rear end lasers but because you have basically a 4 frame window in the last legs to hit him, which you have to pull off three times, and if you miss you lose that Kong. No silly gimmicks or goofy sound effects will change the fact that from a design standpoint King Kutout is the worst boss in a game where the bosses peaked at the third level and went sharply downhill from there until the final boss. Yeah, he made me laugh, and then I actually had to fight him. He got way less endearing and way more annoying at that point. And while I agree with your points with the final bosses somewhat, I do have some counterpoints: Diddy's flying controls WERE meant to combine with shooting controls. You do it plenty of times throughout the game. It's more that his flying controls were never meant to work in such cramped quarters and his shooting controls while flying were never meant to hit targets that small. It's still the shittiest section in the entire boss fight but saying the controls were never meant to be combined is not entirely truthful. I found that Lankey's Barrel buttons had fine hit detection, it's more a problem with trying to get K. Rool to go in the proper path. It's much easier if you just travel in a diamond and lead him around that way. Why would I not Primate Punch K. Rool in Chunky's section? It's his strongest melee move and K. Rool moves slow enough to pull it off. The rest of your complaints stand though, that bit was nonsensical, even for that character (who i found more nonsensical than lanky).
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Feb 17, 2015 15:34
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I wonder if the vehicle building skills you learn in this game transfer to besieged at all.
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Feb 17, 2015 15:48
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Red Suit posted:I wonder if the vehicle building skills you learn in this game transfer to besieged at all. Probably not that well. Besieged considers material stress quite well.
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Feb 17, 2015 16:13
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Kurieg posted:How do you rank the Kardboard Kutout above the boxing match? I mean, I don't, but Kardboard Kutout is basically everything I ever loved about Rare's sense of humour piled into a boss fight.
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Feb 17, 2015 16:54
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I thought they were both pretty fantastic. You know, unlike nuts and bolts.
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Feb 17, 2015 17:26
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Update! P.A. Master joins me as we finish off Logbox, unlock the best vehicle part, and take our first look at Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts Part 9: Logbox 720 Act 6 & Jiggoseum Act 1 [YouTube]/[Polsy]
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Feb 18, 2015 21:08
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Official Banjo timeline, right here.
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Feb 18, 2015 21:38
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T.T. got upset that all his times got beat in Diddy Kong Racing, so he dabbled in time travel to try to get even faster. Unfortunately, this caused consequences. He became Trophy Thomas. And to his dismay, his records keep getting smashed. He is in a hell of his own making. Also, the talk of repainting sonic car reminded me of something you said you were going to do: Change a car just by the paint job. The show is Medabot. The robot is named Metabee. For some reason.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:10
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Kgummy posted:The show is Medabot. The robot is named Metabee. For some reason. Medabots, and Metabee's name is a portmanteau of Metal Beetle.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:34
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Chimera-gui posted:Medabots, and Metabee's name is a portmanteau of Metal Beetle.
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Feb 18, 2015 22:40
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kalonZombie posted:Official Banjo timeline, right here. Where does Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing fit in? And Banjo Pilot? Why has Banjo been in so many racing games
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Feb 18, 2015 22:45
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majormonotone posted:Where does Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing fit in? And Banjo Pilot? I got you covered don't worry 
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Chimera-gui posted:Medabots, and Metabee's name is a portmanteau of Metal Beetle. This is getting really Meta.
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Feb 18, 2015 23:00
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Dex01 posted:I got you covered don't worry Are you trying to say that Banjo died in that plane crash, and this is vehicle hell(the hell for people who died in vehicles)?
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Feb 18, 2015 23:04
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Dex01 posted:I got you covered don't worry You missed an important point raised by PA Master. 
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Feb 18, 2015 23:05
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I can't believe Boggy gave Banjo steroids.
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You know this video is a pretty good representation of N&Bs reputation: There's a lot of whining and moaning about the game and how it functions, and then an incredibly silly vehicle rolls out and laughs and fun are had in spite of the bad game design.
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Why do all your "getting around the level" vehicles have the tray in them? I know it's mandated in the main hub area, but why in the other areas?
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Trick Question posted:Why do all your "getting around the level" vehicles have the tray in them? I know it's mandated in the main hub area, but why in the other areas? Probably because most missions are transport item A to location B, and he wants to select one thing every time.
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Feb 19, 2015 00:07
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Make a rickshaw, commonly referred to in some countries as a tuk-tuk.
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Heya, Dex. Don't quote me on this because it's been a while, but... much like with parking the trolley by the Jig-O-Vend machines to scoop all the Jiggies, you can park it on the pink square by Mumbo's Motors so you don't have to move each individual crate.
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So - the Jiggoseum. Do you think it could have anything to do with London 2012? I believe they announce the host for the Olympics 7 years ahead of the games, so London 2012 would have been announced in 2005 (I believe the day before the 7-7 terrorist attacks, but that's not important). That's early enough to make it into a game in 2008, right? Of course my reaction at the time like much of the nation (I was a very cynical 21 year old) was that I wished that Paris has won because (given the awful reputation of the London Underground at the time) it would have been quicker to get to! But it was undoubtably a massive influence on the British zeitgeist - I mean, even more than sporting events normally are*. Having an Olympic style stadium would seem to be in keeping with what British people were concerned with, but maybe I'm just looking post-facto because it was the best Olympics ever**. [* BTW - England for the 6 Nations this year! Or France... Or Ireland... Or Wales... or the teams who won't win. I like Rugby, but I'm not really that patriotic!] [** Your mileage may vary.]
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Tofu Survivor posted:Heya, Dex. Don't quote me on this because it's been a while, but... much like with parking the trolley by the Jig-O-Vend machines to scoop all the Jiggies, you can park it on the pink square by Mumbo's Motors so you don't have to move each individual crate. He did this in an earlier episode. Usually he just has too many boxes from areas far apart to make that helpful.
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I went to see Robot Wars being filmed once! A long, long time ago, when I was but a young child who thought robots were wicked awesome, as opposed to being a young adult who thinks robots are wicked awesome. It was a really great evening out, actually. More fun than this game. My mum won a T-shirt with Sgt. Bash on it and I am literally wearing it right now because it's old and huge and therefore the best for sleeping in. (My mum won the T-shirt because the people who were keeping the crowd entertained in between fights were asking for robot concepts and she said hers would be called MaxiMum because my mum is great.) My dad also knew a group of people who had a 'bot that did decently well, because he works at a military engineering college and I guess TV robot fights are the kind of thing professors at military colleges do for fun. He also knew one of the regular expert judges on Scrapheap Challenge. (American name: Junkyard Wars) Those are all my Robot Wars stories.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:13
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Can we talk about how good P.A. Master's announcer voice is? That was the best part of the video.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:19
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Okay, after extensive research, I have completed the definitive Banjo Timeline.
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Feb 19, 2015 04:39
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Pyroi posted:Okay, after extensive research, I have completed the definitive Banjo Timeline. But where's the original Xbox re-release of Conker's Bad Fur Day fit?
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Pidmon posted:But where's the original Xbox re-release of Conker's Bad Fur Day fit? The timeline where Banjo fails to defeat Gruntilda and King Jinjo floods the world.
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Make the Great Glass Wonkavator.
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