Dixie Kong's Barrel Of Support Spirits. Farewell Everyone, Thank You ALL For Making This Thread An Excellent Place For DK Fans!

[Doc Monocle]

As far as the Tiki Tribe, I wouldn't be against keeping them around. Not necessarily as major antagonists, but as joke villains that pop up on occasion still trying to get revenge on the Kongs despite getting beaten every time? There's some fun to be had from that.

The tikis, in my opinion, represent a very bothersome event-- the displacement of Donkey Kong's most iconic villain, you know who. A largely popular reaction to it might cause K. Rool to fade slowly into the appendix of a Kong history book, and I would be sore for that!

 

[Mariomaniac45213]

As far as the Tiki Tribe, I wouldn't be against keeping them around. Not necessarily as major antagonists, but as joke villains that pop up on occasion still trying to get revenge on the Kongs despite getting beaten every time? There's some fun to be had from that.

This is the best way to do it. To keep all 2 of the Tiki Tak Tribe fans out there happy. I wouldn't have them as main antagonists ever again but they could appear in the background of levels causing shenanigans. Maybe show them fighting Kremlings in the background and they always lose in comical fashion.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Tiki's could also serve as the weaker drones, as Gnawties and the like. As I doubt those will be back, even if the Kremlings return.

 

[ZeroJanitor]

I could easily see Tikis being absorbed into the Kremling Army, kinda like how Mario games made Shy Guys and Bob-Ombs a staple of Bowser's army after SMB2.

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

Given the Kremlings/K Rool haven't really utilized magic as a major component in their schemes, utilizing the Tiki Tribe for the likes of that would make sense.

 

[InASnowBoundLand]

Excuse me.

Gnawty > Klump
Gnawty > Kritter
Gnawty > Krusha

If I were making the new DK, these would be the mathematical relationships I'd make everyone work under. Gnawty is essential!

 

[RetrogamerMax]

As far as the Tiki Tribe, I wouldn't be against keeping them around. Not necessarily as major antagonists, but as joke villains that pop up on occasion still trying to get revenge on the Kongs despite getting beaten every time? There's some fun to be had from that.

That would be kind of neat. Imagine a new DKC game where K. Rool and the Kremlings return as the main antagonists and the Tiki Tribe come back as side villains for the first level or something. That would be cool and funny to see the Tikis come back in a minor role like that only to get their ***** run over by the Kongs faster than last time.

 

[Planet Cool]

This is the best way to do it. To keep all 2 of the Tiki Tak Tribe fans out there happy. I wouldn't have them as main antagonists ever again but they could appear in the background of levels causing shenanigans. Maybe show them fighting Kremlings in the background and they always lose in comical fashion.

Wouldn't that be kind of mean to the folks at Retro who created the Tikis?

Tiki's could also serve as the weaker drones, as Gnawties and the like. As I doubt those will be back, even if the Kremlings return.

Excuse me.

Gnawty > Klump
Gnawty > Kritter
Gnawty > Krusha

If I were making the new DK, these would be the mathematical relationships I'd make everyone work under. Gnawty is essential!

I gotta be honest, I never really liked Gnawties. The name is brilliant, but their design doesn't do it for me at all. That vacant, walleyed stare will forever haunt my nightmares. Now, Neeks... there's a Goomba analogue I'd love to see again!

Of course, if I could pick one and only one non-Kremling enemy type to bring back in future DK games, I'd pick Zingers.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Wouldn't that be kind of mean to the folks at Retro who created the Tikis?





I gotta be honest, I never really liked Gnawties. The name is brilliant, but their design doesn't do it for me at all. That vacant, walleyed stare will forever haunt my nightmares. Now, Neeks... there's a Goomba analogue I'd love to see again!

Of course, if I could pick one and only one non-Kremling enemy type to bring back in future DK games, I'd pick Zingers.

You do have a point. Disrespecting the Tikis with Kremlings beating them up might be disrespecting Retro in a sense.

And hell yeah! They should bring back the Zingers. Maybe the next big Zinger could be Prince Zinger or Princess Zinger who wants revenge on the Kongs killing their mom and dad in the first two games.

 

[Mariomaniac45213]

I mean the Tikis are bad guys its not like DK/Diddy didnt lay the smackdown on them in Returns. Why cant the Kremlings do the same?

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I mean the Tikis are bad guys its not like DK/Diddy didnt lay the smackdown on them in Returns. Why cant the Kremlings do the same?

I guess. But Planet Cool has a point about the Kremlings beating up Tikis as kind of a sign of disrespect to Retro. Bad guys beating up other bad guys seems kind of weird don't you think?

 

[Doc Monocle]

I guess. But Planet Cool has a point about the Kremlings beating up Tikis as kind of a sign of disrespect to Retro. Bad guys beating up other bad guys seems kind of weird don't you think?

I did not think of the politics until Planet Cool said this! I fully agree with them. Though, it would have something of a realistic (please do not burn me for saying "realistic") portrayal of how opposing factions exist regardless of having a common enemy.

 

[InASnowBoundLand]

Kremlings beating up Tikis seems too meta to me, and in a tacky way, not like Cranky Kong charming meta. Like fanbase grudge manifested meta.

And that's coming from someone who doesn't even really like the Tikis at all. Let's just move on I say. The pillar Tikis may have a place and maybe the other ones down the road. But I don't really care to see any Tikis in the future.


IMO, Gnawty is cute and creepy at the same time. And very memorable, the first enemy anybody who played DKC sees. They were also in DK64!

I do like Neeks too, but I'd take Gnawties over them for sure. Especially if you consider that Gnawties being beavers -- animals that can swim -- is under explored. I think you can do more with Beaver enemies than rats. And they hit the Goomba enemy trope better than Kritters, who are perhaps too tall or may be best used for other functions.

 

[Deleted member]

I like the idea of turning the Tikis into the Shy Guys of the franchise which someone proposed earlier.

It would help expand DK's roge gallery and at the same time not interfere with the role of the Kremlings as main enemies.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I did not think of the politics until Planet Cool said this! I fully agree with them. Though, it would have something of a realistic (please do not burn me for saying "realistic") portrayal of how opposing factions exist regardless of having a common enemy.

But that has nothing to do with politics though. I was the one bringing up politics in the last page since me and CannonStreak were talking about the Kongs spraying graffiti in New Donk and the cops chasing after them being controlled by Khief K. Rool or politician K. Rool who wanted to make Pauline disappear so he could win the political race and become mayor. We brought up these ideas because of the graffiti conspect art in Odyssey that was shown online yesterday.

 

[Doc Monocle]

But that has nothing to do with politics though. I was the one bringing up politics in the last page since me and CannonStreak were talking about the Kongs spraying graffiti in New Donk and the cops chasing after them being controlled by Khief K. Rool or politician K. Rool who wanted to make Pauline disappear so he could win the political race and become mayor. We brought up these ideas because of the graffiti conspect art in Odyssey that was shown online yesterday.

I meant the politics between two developers. As far as the New Donk City discussion is concerned, I did not even know exactly what you and SonicSmasher1 were talking about, other than hearing interesting words.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I meant the politics between two developers. As far as the New Donk City discussion is concerned, I did not even know exactly what you and SonicSmasher1 were talking about, other than hearing interesting words.

So me and CannonStreak were talking about the DK graffiti conspect art from Odyssey at first and than we talked about all the stuff I listed above in the last post since SonicSmasher brought up New Donk City police trying to arrest the Kongs.

 

[Mamboo07]

What's all of this tiki talk?

 

[Doc Monocle]

What's all of this tiki talk?

At the time, we were discussing whether the tikis from Donkey Kong Country Returns should be incorporated into the Kremling army.

 

[MrGameguycolor]

I like the idea of turning the Tikis into the Shy Guys of the franchise which someone proposed earlier.

It would help expand DK's rogue gallery and at the same time not interfere with the role of the Kremlings as main enemies.

I still stand by Cjzero's idea (I think he said it) of the next DKC being a 3 way battle between the Kremlings, Tiki's, and Snowmads for DK Isle in the most comical way possible.

 

[Doc Monocle]

So me and CannonStreak were talking about the DK graffiti conspect art from Odyssey at first and than we talked about all the stuff I listed above in the last post since SonicSmasher brought up New Donk City police trying to arrest the Kongs.

Understand, I have not the slightest inkling about Odyssey. It is just a name to me, so I do not even know if the police chase in the discussion really happened, or if you and SonicSmasher 1 were just having fun with a hypothetical idea.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I still stand by Cjzero's idea (I think he said it) of the next DKC being a 3 way battle between the Kremlings, Tiki's, and Snowmads for DK Isle in the most comical way possible.

More like it should be a fatal four way match between the Kongs, Kremlings, Tikis, amd Snowmads over DK Isle.

Understand, I have not the slightest inkling about Odyssey. It is just a name to me, so I do not even know if the police chase in the discussion really happened, or if you and SonicSmasher 1 were just having fun with a hypothetical idea.

Me and CannonStreak were just coming up with our own fun ideas.

 

[Planet Cool]

It's one thing for the Tikis to stick around and another for them to join the Kremling army. I like Diddy Kong 's idea of them being relegated to the Lost World. That would actually be very cool. You think now that the Krems are back, the Tikis are history and then, bam, there they are! Rare ideas and Retro ideas, living together, mass hysteria! Oh, maybe Tiki Tong gets a rematch in the Crocodile Core analogue!

Also, I have to vouch again for the forest totems. I love those. Tippin' Totems is one of my favorite levels of DKC Returns. They're as important a part of DK Island's forest as the rope bridges and Ewok houses (to me, anyway).

 

[Doc Monocle]

I still stand by Cjzero's idea (I think he said it) of the next DKC being a 3 way battle between the Kremlings, Tiki's, and Snowmads for DK Isle in the most comical way possible.

Perhaps the best way to keep the peace, maintain the traditional villains, and satiate the desire of fans for a rich plot is to let there be a three way battle, as you said, for the island, with alternate storylines featuring Tiki, Kremling, and Snowmad 'upperhand' scenarios. All ,however, are beaten by the Kongs.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

So gentlemen, any cool ideas for K. Rool's potential next persona gimmick? I would like a Aztec gimmick like K. Roolzuma or a Egyptian gimmick like K. Roolramus or a samurai gimmick like K. Roolgun. A wrestling gimmick would be cool as well.

 

[GAINAX]

So gentlemen, any cool ideas for K. Rool's potential next persona gimmick? I would like a Aztec gimmick like K. Roolzuma or a Egyptian gimmick like K. Roolramus or a samurai gimmick like K. Roolgun. A wrestling gimmick would be cool as well.

If the next game is being developed in Japan,I think a Samurai persona would be appropriate!
Also, having spent many of my days exploring the country, there are loads of beautiful places they could base levels on.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

If the next game is being developed in Japan,I think a Samurai persona would be appropriate!
Also, having spent many of my days exploring the country, there are loads of beautiful places they could base levels on.

I would love to see levels based off of Yakushima and Hokkaido. Especially Yakushima for how unique of place it is:

Spoiler: Yakushima

 

[ZeroJanitor]

https://www.reddit.com/r/donkeykong/comments/kycxkj
Here's some cute fanart of Dixie and Squawks!

 

[Doc Monocle]

So gentlemen, any cool ideas for K. Rool's potential next persona gimmick? I would like a Aztec gimmick like K. Roolzuma or a Egyptian gimmick like K. Roolramus or a samurai gimmick like K. Roolgun. A wrestling gimmick would be cool as well.

What would you think of a chef design? It sounds strange, but perhaps it is finally time that he had a REAL reason for stealing our favorite ape's bananas... say, he could be trying to bake a gargantuan banana cream pie to entice a giant monster that he tries to use to devour the Kong island. Odd, but I tried.

 

[Planet Cool]

If you could bring back exactly ten Kremlings in the new DK game, which ones would you pick? Here are my choices:

• Kritter
• Klaptrap
• Klump
• Rock Kroc
• Klobber
• Kruncha
• Re-Koil
• Bazuka
• Kopter
• Koindozer

If you're wondering why I picked Kruncha instead of Krusha, it's because of Krusha's spiny mohawk. Something like that wouldn't fly in the more functional-minded modern DK games. You put spikes on something and the player assumes it's not safe to jump on. Krunchas don't have that problem. (EDIT: Then again, Big Sphens have mohawks too...)

So gentlemen, any cool ideas for K. Rool's potential next persona gimmick? I would like a Aztec gimmick like K. Roolzuma or a Egyptian gimmick like K. Roolramus or a samurai gimmick like K. Roolgun. A wrestling gimmick would be cool as well.

To be honest, I wouldn't mind if he was just King K. Rool from now on. It's his most popular persona, and Nintendo probably wants to keep him easily recognizable for branding/marketing purposes.

If I had to pick something new, I'd probably make him... either a wizard or some kind of Ming the Merciless/Palpatine-style galactic conqueror. Imagine him building a Blast-O-Matic the size of the Death Star. Donkey Kong Country 6: The Krempire Strikes Back!

If the next game is being developed in Japan,I think a Samurai persona would be appropriate!
Also, having spent many of my days exploring the country, there are loads of beautiful places they could base levels on.

If they're going with a Japanese setting, they could make a silhouette level where you're running behind screen doors! Maybe only parts of the level are obscured, so you're constantly going from silhouette to non-silhouette.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

What would you think of a chef design? It sounds strange, but perhaps it is finally time that he had a REAL reason for stealing our favorite ape's bananas... say, he could be trying to bake a gargantuan banana cream pie to entice a giant monster that he tries to use to devour the Kong island. Odd, but I tried.

A chef gimmick would be cool if done right.

 

[Mamboo07]

If the next game is being developed in Japan,I think a Samurai persona would be appropriate!
Also, having spent many of my days exploring the country, there are loads of beautiful places they could base levels on.

What about a mountain world where you fight a giant centipede based on Omukade as the boss?

 

[Doc Monocle]

If you could bring back exactly ten Kremlings in the new DK game, which ones would you pick? Here are my choices:

• Kritter
• Klaptrap
• Klump

I would select the first four identically. For the remaining six:

1. Krusha (sorry, he is simply too... original)
2. Klinger
3. Kan Kannon be Kounted with Klump?
4. Krook
5. Kackle
6. Kudgel/Klubba

 

[Diddy Kong]

It's one thing for the Tikis to stick around and another for them to join the Kremling army. I like Diddy Kong 's idea of them being relegated to the Lost World. That would actually be very cool. You think now that the Krems are back, the Tikis are history and then, bam, there they are! Rare ideas and Retro ideas, living together, mass hysteria! Oh, maybe Tiki Tong gets a rematch in the Crocodile Core analogue!

Also, I have to vouch again for the forest totems. I love those. Tippin' Totems is one of my favorite levels of DKC Returns. They're as important a part of DK Island's forest as the rope bridges and Ewok houses (to me, anyway).

Oh I absolutely love this! I envisioned something exactly like this! Do we have some sort of psychic telepathic bond ? Because this is exactly my mental image.

They could similarly incorporate the Snowmads in a similar fashion, you know, make them actual nomads and attack you randomly from battleships, or make them inhabit Gorilla Glazier?

I think Nintendo working on Donkey Kong now might make all these things possible. I could even see them incorporate some of the Jungle Beat enemies as the evil Kongs. I'm not against certain Jungle Beat elements as the beat em up battles against bosses. Those where really cool.

 

[Phoenix Douchebag]

So i started to play the original Wii Version of DKCR. I beat DKCR on 3DS in both the Classic and Modern styles, and because my City is back at Phase 1, i guess i need to entertain myself somehow.

Retro's DKC games are great, but im sad that they don't use the RARE mythos as much as i would like. Maybe i should buy DKCTP on Switch later on (i already have it on Wii U, but i really don't use it nowadays)

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

Returns is probably the hardest DKC game for me to judge because there's always been some element which impeded the experience a bit. The waggle in the Wii version is annoying (making the decision to not allow traditional control more baffling in hindsight) and the 3DS version's default button layout with the d pad (which is what I prefer to use for Country games) isn't great and can't be changed. Its probably tied with Galaxy 2 as the Wii game I really wish was on Switch with standard controls and 60FPS.

 

[Diddy Kong]

Returns is probably the hardest DKC game for me to judge because there's always been some element which impeded the experience a bit. The waggle in the Wii version is annoying (making the decision to not allow traditional control more baffling in hindsight) and the 3DS version's default button layout with the d pad (which is what I prefer to use for Country games) isn't great and can't be changed. Its probably tied with Galaxy 2 as the Wii game I really wish was on Switch with standard controls and 60FPS.

I have some kind of feeling that this might actually happen. Maybe as a pre-release for the next upcoming DK title by Nintendo? But strangely enough, I see it as a likely scenario.

Anyway, I have a strong fondness of Returns because it being the one game that actually put DKC back on the map. A little. In hindsight it was just a nostalgic blast from the past, for nice profits. But there was real dedication shown in the game, and just like DKC, I appriciate it a lot for it being the first game in it's direction. DKC2 and Tropical Freeze obviously are better titles than DKC, and Returns, but that's because I feel they mastered the formula that was layed out with the game prior. That's why I am more critical of DKC3 here than most others... Because I felt they fell from the even more perfected formula that DKC2 left them.

 

[Mariomaniac45213]

Nintendo Life continuing their love for the series.

 

[Justin Little]

I also thought of the idea of there being a three way battle amongst the Tikis, Snomads, and the Kremlings with the Kongs stuck in the middle of it all. Would be a cool way to merge RARE and Retro's games together. Speaking of merging, I saw this scrolling through twitter.

So here's something I wanted to talk about in terms of the new rumored Donkey Kong game coming soon to Nintendo Switch, here's theory I crafted called the Minecart Theory #DonkeyKong pic.twitter.com/UorzvqbiDa

— Sxips (@sxips) January 16, 2021

Basically, there might be more evidence that the next game could have a mixture of RARE and modern designs incorporated in the next game. Also, Smash has included stuff from future games like Luigi's Mansion 3 so the Blast o Matic and DK Island could comeback.

I also like to point on one little detail. Diddy's final smash has him take out a completely different jetpack, one that looks somewhat futuristic. Could it be from a new game? Will the Kongs go to space? Find out on the next Donkey Ball Z!

 

[GAINAX]

Do you guys think we could get a new DK themed Switch console along with the new game, and if so would you buy one?
With the rumours about a new 4K compatible version of the console on the horizon, I could see it being a possibility!
Personally, I'd only get it if it meant upgrading to new hardware.