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I've been looking for a good place to talk about Donkey Kong '94 on Game Boy on SA for the past few days because I just finished up a review video for it last week. I found through the search that somebody was looking for a game to binge through during the holidays and somebody recommended DK94 via the 3DS virtual console. Well, that's exactly what I did, and I was blown away with how good that game is. 20 years old and it plays that well? Weird. Here's my video. Discuss! Had a good time making it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5HAV2UEfNQ I remember when I borrowed my cousin's copy of this game and playing through it while running errands with my mom when I was a kid. We got caught up in a auto shop for a good four hours, and DK94 was the only game I had on me. I steamrolled through it and never remembered what that game was until Mario vs Donkey Kong came out years later. It's too bad they kind of ran those games into the ground with the DS iterations.
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Jan 8, 2015 05:48
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it fuckin rules man
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Jan 8, 2015 05:52
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I know! Why was it kind of forgotten? I think MvsDK is great, but it lacks some style that 94 had. I make a joke in the video about the branding being off/misleading, but maybe that is really the case.
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Jan 8, 2015 05:54
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you have a nice voice op
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Jan 8, 2015 06:15
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DK94 was pretty heavily promoted by nintendo power, mostly b/c it was the flagship release game for the super game boy did and had SGB-specific borders and sounds coded in. it's a really fun game, had great mario movement, and probably makes for a hell of a speedrun i assure you that it was popular at release, but am not sure why it hasn't held popularity like a lot of other dmg games
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Jan 8, 2015 06:36
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your video has gotten me to try this game again, this time with the knowledge that there are special jumps. it's a good game
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Jan 8, 2015 07:27
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I played the hell out of Mario VS Donkey Kong, but then they introduced the minis in the series and they weren't very fun. And then they doubled down on them. And now it's entirely a series about minis. gently caress that
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Jan 8, 2015 08:20
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got this on my 3ds via club nintendo. real cool game and it blew my mind when i found out that the mario do a u-turn flip came from this
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Jan 8, 2015 08:27
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It's a really good game. A shame it was the only Game Boy game that really took advantage of the Super Game Boy.
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Jan 8, 2015 08:33
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the way it uses the super game boy colorization stuff is really good
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Jan 8, 2015 11:27
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The Super Game Boy was extremely win.
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Jan 8, 2015 12:40
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I just got a copy of this to play on my SGB like today after putting it off for ages. I'll have to look into these jumps before I keep going, namely the handstand and that sick wire trick I saw in your video. Jesus I'd love to see a speed run of this after I finish it.
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Jan 8, 2015 14:54
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This game would lend itself well to a speed run. I'd give it a shot, but playing through it twice in a couple days may have burned me out for a little bit, ha.
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Jan 8, 2015 15:22
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donkey kong '94 was a good as hell way to update a classic game and make you feel like you got your money's worth out of it
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Jan 8, 2015 15:29
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d k ninety four
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Jan 8, 2015 15:45
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holy poo poo how have I never played this?
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Jan 8, 2015 16:53
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it's cool how strongly mario's movement in dk94 influenced sm64's moveset
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Jan 8, 2015 17:06
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I've been saying this for years.
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Jan 8, 2015 18:41
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DK 94 rules. Always has, always will, and I will physically fight anyone who says otherwise. Passionate gamer here.
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Jan 8, 2015 18:57
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This is the best GB game for sure.
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Jan 9, 2015 00:47
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I saw you post your video in the internet critics forum. It a solid video. Sadly it got overlooked.
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Jan 9, 2015 00:54
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Are those games with the little wind-up toy marios kind of sequels to this one? I never played them but they reminded me of DK94.
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Jan 9, 2015 01:07
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I love Donkey Kong! Glad to see other people on here are enjoying a Donkey Kong universe game.
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Jan 9, 2015 01:23
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bonzibuddy64 posted:I love Donkey Kong! Glad to see other people on here are enjoying a Donkey Kong universe game. this is a mario game
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Jan 9, 2015 01:23
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elf help book posted:this is a mario game Er.. okay? So is the original "Donkey Kong". In DK94, you face off against Mario's old nemesis, the Kong who would later be commonly known as 'Cranky Kong'. I'm not sure what you're getting at, here - this game is still connected to the DKU.
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Jan 9, 2015 01:27
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this looks realy good. i had a game boy but i didn't have this
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Jan 9, 2015 01:30
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gameboy on the tv is epic they should make a ds cart reader for wii u
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Jan 9, 2015 01:58
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just bought this on the eshop. settling in for a night of good gaming with my old pal DK
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Jan 9, 2015 02:27
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Blackheart posted:Are those games with the little wind-up toy marios kind of sequels to this one? I never played them but they reminded me of DK94. Yeah, but only the GBA one is similar DK94. They are all fun tho.
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Jan 9, 2015 03:02
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For the people who didn't know about the backflips and the handsprings this game must have been impossible to beat. It was really good, I think this was the last GB game I had.
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Jan 9, 2015 03:28
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I am the one who recommended this game to the other guy in the OP and this game is one of the greatest ever made. 
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Jan 9, 2015 03:29
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zfleeman posted:I've been looking for a good place to talk about Donkey Kong '94 on Game Boy on SA for the past few days because I just finished up a review video for it last week. I found through the search that somebody was looking for a game to binge through during the holidays and somebody recommended DK94 via the 3DS virtual console. Well, that's exactly what I did, and I was blown away with how good that game is. 20 years old and it plays that well? Weird. 
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Jan 9, 2015 03:36
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Jan 9, 2015 03:38
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Mercury Crusader posted:A shame it was the only Game Boy game that really took advantage of the Super Game Boy. 
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Jan 9, 2015 04:04
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Real hurthling! posted:gameboy on the tv is epic
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Jan 9, 2015 04:16
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Give me a WII U a 3DS immediately
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Jan 9, 2015 04:17
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bonzibuddy64 posted:I love Donkey Kong! Glad to see other people on here are enjoying a Donkey Kong universe game. I'm a fan of Donkey Kong Jr.
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Jan 9, 2015 04:22
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Loved this game when it came out, but it was my friend back in middle school who owned it and the Super Gameboy, so I never ended up with a copy. Now might be the perfect time to pick it up on virtual console and play it again.
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Jan 9, 2015 18:49
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donkey kong '94 was good as hell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXaDv4B6EW8 liquid courage posted:I kinda wonder why Nintendo didn't do this for every generation of handheld. get that OUT of my face fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Jan 10, 2015 |
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Jan 10, 2015 17:07
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I just realized that the original donkey kong has never been a playable character. Every single game where you can play as 'donkey kong,' it's actually donkey kong jr. Sometimes the original donkey kong appears and he just has a ton of hate in his heart
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