They said that DKCR was their biggest game yet and they've been working on it for around 2 and a half years, which says to me it'll be of a good length. I'm hoping for 8 worlds plus a lost world myself. Perhaps introducing a 'puppet' bad guy to the mix is their way of shaking the stolen banana hoard story up a bit.Īnyone want to guess at how many levels we might see? Do you think we'll see roughly as many levels here as we saw in each entry in the SNES trilogy, or do you think there may be considerably less, what with the extra amount of detail and extra layers in the levels? In an interview, one of the developers said the team were getting carried away writing a complex story, but he told them that Donkey Kong having his bananas stolen is all that's needed. I am still gonna bet that the Tikis are simply doing K. Metroid Prime had brilliant animation, obviously, but this is a very different kind of animation.

The animation is top notch - it still surprises me that the same team behind Metroid Prime is behind it.

I like how Diddy points (just like Rare's old renders!), and the weird mask thing gives them a ' you again' look. His eye squinting, especially! And you're right, Shinobi Kong! I didn't catch that, but the little guy gets inside the beast right before the battle starts. The flying 'burst' where Kazooie can hit enemies? No doubt a jetpack burst could have happened too.Īnd watching it again, that Tiki's really cute. Kazooie Flying? Jet pack fuel that make DK fly. The egg shooting from front and behind? Diddy's answer would have been the Peanut gun. The talon trot? Maybe a constant jetpack hover function. If Rare wanted to make a proper DK64 instead of B-K, some moves could have been replaced with Diddy instead of using Kazooie. But I'm sure everyone's talked about this similarity to death. It's starting to feel more that B-K is a true sequel to DKC compared to DK64 and even more-so with DKC Returns. And the fact that Banjo rolls (like DKC) compared to the DK64 kick. Yeah, I was thinking about the similarity between the Kazooie hover and the Diddy jetpack the other day. It's as if the concept of the DKU refuses to die. Weird, right? So if they're drawing from B-K, it's not surprising to see other small elements from it creep in in various places. Retro said the only other place they're looking for musical inspiration outside of the original DKC games is Banjo-Kazooie.

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