[QUOTE="Sepewrath"] The millions and millions of sells says otherwise, will DK as a character ever enjoy the success of the likes of Mario or Link? No. However even if you personally didn't like the game or even Miyamoto many would disagree with you both and tell you that those games were really something special platformer wise, granted they borrowed alot from Mario World like riding animals and in-stage secrets and bonuses. However it took many steps beyond Mario like in game co-op, the variety of enemies and roles of side characters. Also how you comment on how a game felt if you never played it? Your not giving any credit to games that were recieved better than the two you mentioned and you codemn us for the act? Your post really lacks credibility and is hovering on the facet that Nintendo can do no wrong. I would love to see a DK platformer in the vain of the old DKC games, even DK64 was a large departure from the DKC franchise since all the kongs played seperately of each other, there was no throwing barrels and alot of the precise jumping and barrel blasting was removed.Madmangamer364
The millions of copies sold only suggest that DK could sell games at one point, not that the series has been anything special of late. I'm not saying that DKC didn't have some qualities here and there or even that how myself or Miyamoto felt about the game is law or something. Much like anything else, it's just the opinions of two people in this case and nothing more. That being said, it also doesn't surprise me that despite the series' success back then, Nintendo has decided to try to take the series in a new direction. Seeing as how it borrowed so much from games like Mario and others (co-op, enemy variety, and roles of sub-characters aren't exactly innovations the series can take that much credit for), there was plenty of room for trying to spice things up a bit. As far as the comments regarding DK64, you got me! :P It's as simple as that, really. I realize that DK64 was a well-acclaimed game, much like plenty of other N64 Rare releases. I'd be astonished to think it's that drastically different from the other Rare platformers of that time, but as you've said, there isn't too much I can say on that because I haven't played it. A big mistake on my part that I'm willing to admit. Even so, a lot of what you said about DK64 doesn't exactly make me think that it was that mindblowing of an experience, but hey... :P
As far as the idea of thinking Nintendo has been perfect with the series, not by a long shot. I did say that it was disappointing to see DK take this experimental route that it has been going through lately, as it probably deserves better based on nostalgia alone. That being said, I don't think the series has turned out quite as bad as most are making it out to be, either, which is the reason why I brought up Jungle Beat and King of Swing to begin with. It has seen some moments in recent years, but the fact that none of the series' recent installments have seen any significant success, despite the quality of these games, has to say something. Actually, I think it says more now than the sales of the DKC said years ago. DK no longer has the luxury of faking advanced visuals, and it remains to be seen exactly what the series could ever do to make itself really stand out. Plus, seeing as how it isn't Mario or Zelda...or Pokemon...or Metroid...or even Star Fox, Kirby, and a handful of Nintendo's other franchises with an established identity, I'm not entirely sure how important the name Donkey Kong is to Nintendo from a current marketing perspective. That's why I'm at least giving Nintendo some credit for trying new things with the series to see what manages to stick. Maybe Nintendo will make a platformer like you mentioned one day, but hopefully, it'll finally find something it wants to do with DK and keep it there.
I completely agree Madmangamer364 with your first post and this one, the DK country series never stood out to me either. I always liked the original donkey kong and also how the DK in jungle beat seemed more like the original. Don't get me wrong the DK country games were good but after the first one they were all pretty much the same, they didn't even change the visuals for the sequels. One thing that always bothered me was that DK seemed almost overshadowed by all the other characters in the DK country games, along with that the cast of characters was getting to the point of too many characters like the sonic games, when in the end i just want to play as DK. And as far as DK64 goes what you said is pretty spot on for not even playing it, everything in that game is pretty much like the other rare 64 games and its never been that great to me either. Anyway this is all my Opinion and many people probably think otherwise. But as far as the series goes Id like to see DK get a new game with the production values that mario galaxy had, but im just not sure that would ever happen, but here's hoping it does.
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