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For over 25 years, the premier source for Donkey Kong Country and Rare's shared universe! Home of the Kongversation podcast. Posts by Hyle! Contact me at [email protected].

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DK Vine @dkvine.com · Jun 19
Everyone is discussing Donkey Kong and the notion of “Donkey Kong lore” lately. Don’t be afraid. You’ve taken your first step into a larger world. Yes, Donkey Kong has a wonderfully rich mythology. Allow us to guide you.

First, Diddy Kong Racing and how DK is (still) part of Rare’s shared universe!
The Donkey Kong Universe: Exploring Diddy Kong Racing's Enduring Legacy
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The second Donkey Kong Bananza DLC event is NOW LIVE! You have one week to pick up a boulder (with relative ease) and Turf Surf across Hilltop Layer to unlock the in-game statues of Chunky and Lanky Kong!
DK Vine • News • Don't Move Slow, Do Jump High: The Second DK Island & Emerald Rush DLC Event Is Live in Donkey Kong Bananza
You have one week to frantically Turf Surf through Hilltop Layer to earn the Chunky and Lanky statues from Void Kong.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Music from the Nintendo Switch game Super Mario Party Jamboree is now available on the #NintendoMusic app!

Music from Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is also available!

Listen here: ninten.do/6013tnbAZ
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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In light of Banjo-Tooie's 25th anniversary, Gregg Mayles has divulged a bit more insight into how Tooie would have interacted with Banjo-Kazooie and Donkey Kong 64 via the scrapped Stop 'N' Swop feature.
DK Vine • News • Gregg Mayles Teases Previously Undisclosed Stop 'N' Swop Information
The legendary Rare designer has shared yet another detail on how the Stop 'N' Swop feature would have unified Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Banjo-Tooie.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The Festival of Plenty is near, but the only ham we're serving is on these stupid contraband portraits. Join us at 11 AM EST/8 AM PST (4 PM GMT) for more Sea of Thieves: Season 17 Smugglers' League-based nonsense! Will we reach Super Smuggler status before Season 18?

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The pirate Captain Cussin' Russel holds a Notorious Hoarder Shovel as he buries a portrait of a pig on a beach. Rare Regalia rings are on his fingers. Screenshot from Sea of Thieves.
November 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Just made a BlueSky account for Banana-related reasons, and to follow tabletop gaming folks/artists.

Thanks for @dkvine.com for bringing me into the online space for DK enjoyment. 🌼

Please enjoy this Emerald Rush nonsense I recently pulled off. First time hitting max Emeralds outside of Lagoon!
November 23, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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I’ve been attempting to clear Emerald Rush worlds in the order they’re unlocked before moving on. Thought I’d have to jump to Hilltop Layer, the third unlocked, for Tuesday’s Chunky/Lanky event before finishing Canyon Layer, but I’ve finally cleared Difficulty 7 tonight!

I’m 215 hours into Bananza.
Zebra Bananza Donkey Kong & Pauline (dressed in VoidCo clothing) celebrate on the Emerald Rush Final Results screen for Canyon Layer, Difficulty: 7. Screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza.
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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And last but not least: the framed Kameo key art signed by the team, a case created as a joke by the Xbox QA team to house the very limited number of OG Xbox demos that were pressed, and the autograph of Romi Park.. voice actor of Edward from Full Metal Alchemist! Also: Japanese Kameo.

Dinner time!
A framed painting of the Kameo key art, a mockup of Kameo for the original Xbox, and an autograph from Kameo seiyuu Romi Park.
November 22, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🕸️🍃 Donkey Kong Country 2 Web Woods diorama color • 3D files
➡️ Download 3D print model: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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The video game character I relate to the most is the crab in Donkey Kong Bananza cowering within the confines of an upturned relic of the 1990s, sheltering themselves from the harsh light of the world outside.
A crab nests within an upturned Rare-style minecart on the Kongo Beach of Donkey Kong Island. DK & Pauline approach slowly as to not be startling. Screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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The muscles of the Kong Bananza aren't just for show! 💪

#DonkeyKongBananza
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Kameo: Elements of Power and Perfect Dark Zero both celebrate their 20th anniversary today! Well, they're not actually celebrating, they're merely data and incapable of expressing emotion, but you and us? We can celebrate. To all the pummelled Trolls and Infection mode brawls!
A half-and-half image of Kameo, from Kameo: Elements of Power, and Joanna Dark, from Perfect Dark Zero, with each side showing half of each character's face, sort of combining to to make Kamanna. Well no, there's a clear dividing line, and the hair doesn't line up. It's a fun image anyway and we're thinking about it too much.
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Long ago, a congregation of crocodiles made their way deep, deep underground - and there found a power that would change them, and the course of the world around them, forever. Thanks to the vent of energy in Krocodile Kore, the Kremlings evolved into a diverse and powerful species, developing an advanced ancient society. But while the fortunes of the Krempire ebbed and flowed through the ages, nothing in their history would prove so disastrous as the rool of a certain Kaptain-King, whose unprecedented greed led him to provoke the young leader of their neighboring island. After all, what could those flea-bitten apes do against the mighty army of tooth and scale and klaw? And thus begins the story as we can witness it. It is a tale of defeat, destruction, and despair: a story of baddies in a cartoon platformer series who feel the suffering and consequences of their rotten ruler and his poor decisions; who directly reflect their king's follies in their fates and their forms - whose change in status and fortune can be directly traced from game to game. It is a tale of misery and mockery; a people who lost their strength and their homeland, cut off from the powers that created them, in-universe and out: forced to lie low, go into hiding, and disappear entirely. But ultimately, it is a tale of revenge, recovery, and revival. The earth shakes, the jungle trembles: the Kremlings are back in action. THE KREMLING KRONOLOGY A longterm streaming project by Altermentality (and kommunity!) Playing every game kontaining at least one Kremling (including remakes and kameos) Poring over supplementary materials (instruction manuals, komics, strategy guides, and more) Kommunity discussion, theorizing, fun, KROC APPRECIATION <3 ...All in kronological [release] order! Starting December 5, 2025 twitch.tv/altermentality youtube.com/altermentality (eventually)
November 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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Thanks to @evercade.co.uk, we now have proof that this game was real and not some weird @dkvine.com fever dream we all had 25 years ago.
Conker's Pocket Tales on the Evercade.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest 30th anniversary is today, so I made this art
November 21, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (Super Donkey Kong 2) was released in Japan on this date 30 years ago! If the original DKC was everything I had wanted in a game at the time, DKC2 was what pushed me over the line as a lifelong DK and Rare obsessive. The greatest 2D platformer of all time!
Diddy Kong holds a Super Famicom/PAL SNES controller with the green, blue, yellow, and red buttons while giving a thumbs up. Render from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest.
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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I was giving Diddy Kong his birthday spankings in Donkey Kong Bananza (30 spanks for DKC2’s 30th anniversary), knocked his cap off, and realized that, in addition to the DD pin and millimeter of flesh between his eyes, he’s now developing a cowlick like Donkey Kong.
Diddy Kong standing in a grassy patch on Donkey Kong Island with his cap flying off. A tuft of brown fur is sticking up on the top of his head. Screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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25 years since we released Banjo-Tooie! Have a boss-montage. Bosses are always the most fun to make. See how big and strong Mr Patch is!
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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While today marks Banjo-Tooie's 24-year, seven-month-and-eight-day anniversary in the EU, it's also the 25th anniversary of this second helping of bear and bird landing in America! Please use this post to reminisce over its connected worlds, new abilities and murder of Bottles.
The box art of Banjo-Tooie as it was released on the N64, featuring Banjo, Kazooie and Mumbo staring you down with looks of happy intimidation. The box also happily exclaims that the game is 'only for' Nintendo 64, which was accurate at the time. Nowadays you can play it on Xbox Series S/X, via Cloud Gaming or even Nintendo Switch. Isn't modern gaming delightful? ISN'T IT?
November 20, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I've steadfastly argued for years that Donkey Kong Country 2, which celebrates its 30th anniversary in Japan on November 21st, was actually delayed two weeks in the Americas to the week of December 4th. The reasons behind it were always unclear (I've got theories), but this vintage ad backs me up!
An excerpt from a "World of Games" ad in Electronic Gaming Monthly (December 1995) showing that Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest would be available on Dec. 4 for $56.99. Virtual Boy Wario Land, meanwhile, was out on Nov. 20 for $62.99. Happy 30th anniversary, Virtual Boy Wario Land!
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The #Kongversation finishes discussing Donkey Kong Bananza's post-game! It's the most difficult Bananza Rehearsals, the best character resolutions, and the simple joy of harmonizing Stickerbush Symphony with a bunch of disco rocks.

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The key art to the Kongversation's "Donkey Kong Bananza: The Post-Game (part 2)" episode. The Elephant Elder, Snake Elder, Kong Elder, Zebra Elder (not pictured), and Ostrich Elder (not pictured) surround Donkey Kong & Pauline in a Bananergy pocket within the Harmoneel. A Li'l Eelevator wiggles in front of them.
November 20, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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I woke up in a cold sweat this morning, panicked over the realization that Donkey Kong 64 was missing individual color-coded sporting goods for each character.

And then the universe provides.
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Extremely rare banana putter given out to Nintendo employees who participated in the marketing of Donkey Kong 64.
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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What's this? You can play as the Demon Queen herself in the JUST released Claire a la Mode? You betcha! Beebz is ready to kick some butt!
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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The Idaho Crew is back on our Twitch channel at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, and they're backing THIS sweet ass up into Soul Calibur VI! That's right: They're once again creating DKU characters in Soul Calibur's robust Character Creator! Requests will be taken. Hearts will be broken. 🍑💔

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A nightmarish recreation of beloved DKU character Mr. Pants, a pasty Englishman wearing nothing but a bowler hat and red briefs, in Soul Calibur VI's Character Creation mode.
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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The #Kongversation finally comes home to DK Island! On the next episode, I'll be joined by @kotbox64.bsky.social to discuss Donkey Kong Bananza's DLC return to the surface and the reunion with the Kongs. It might be shameless reference porn, but at least it's finally shameless reference porn for US!
Donkey Kong & Pauline stand in a circle with Dixie Kong, Diddy Kong, Rambi, Cranky Kong, and a green parrot (possibly Squawks) on an overlook on Donkey Kong Island. The wreckage of the Gangplank Galleon is visible behind them. Screenshot from Donkey Kong Bananza.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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This is a terrific overview of one of the most unique tales in Nintendo history. You've got politics of corporate ownership running into creative pride, giving way to unique circumstances that allowed fans a once-in-a-lifetime shot of influencing the direction of their favorite series. A must watch!
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I've been waiting a long time for this moment.

This is a full documentary on King K. Rool, his character, his boss fights, and his fall from grace along with the DK series. But more importantly, it is the story of how DK's fanbase rallied to make a series in limbo shine again under one jolly roger.
King K. Rool: The Villain Fans Refused To Let Die -- Designing For Komeback
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November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM