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[SnakeFighter64]

Now this says to me that it could be a 3D game. Every DK 2D platformer (besides Jungle Beat) has the Country branding, but Donkey Kong 64 doesn’t because it’s a different kind of monkey game. Perhaps this game is similar.

Regardless, I wouldn’t worry about characters like Cranky, Diddy, Dixie, or even Funky. The LEGO sets and the movie shows that they’re sticking around. Hell, maybe Smash Bros convinced them to bring K Rool back.

I do have a few questions though. 1) What has Necro gotten right before. And 2) what precisely do they say about Donkey Kong?

I remember this from a leak a while ago. The leak said it was 2D but Nintendo EAD didn't want to call it Country because they don't want to "work on an installment in a series they didn't create". Which is stupid. They basically described a game with all the aspects of a country game in that leak, as far as characters went. But Nintendo was insistent on calling something that looked and quaked like a duck a crawdad.

Honestly it will probably go down in history as one of the most minorly irritating DK games if these leaks are true.

 

[Noipoi]

I remember this from a leak a while ago. The leak said it was 2D but Nintendo EAD didn't want to call it Country because they don't want to "work on an installment in a series they didn't create". Which is stupid. They basically described a game with all the aspects of a country game in that leak, as far as characters went. But Nintendo was insistent on calling something that looked and quaked like a duck a crawdad.

Honestly it will probably go down in history as one of the most minorly irritating DK games if these leaks are true.

If it's a good enough game the name doesn't matter much to me.

I see a lot of people talking about it being a Mario x DK adventure, though. While I wouldn't exactly mind, I know some people who'd have an aneurysm over it...

 

[SnakeFighter64]

You know, I always wondered, even as a kid. When DreamWorks was making cartoons with Nickelodeon, why they didn't make a Shrek cartoon? It was their biggest franchise after all. Like, Penguins made sense. Kung Fu Panda made sense. And then they do... Monsters vs. Aliens, and then desert Nick for Cartoon Network for the Dragons cartoons.

As a kid I never got it. It made all the sense in the world to me for Nickelodeon and DreamWorks to make a Shrek cartoon together, and then when Dragons blew up for them to do that cartoon on their network. But I guess banking on MvA was too much of a blunder and that blew the relationship.

Imagine an alternate timeline where they did what I lined out instead, their relationship bloomed, and DreamWorks was bought by Paramount/CBSViacom instead of Universal Studios? Doesn't that feel like a better timeline?

If it's a good enough game the name doesn't matter much to me.

I see a lot of people talking about it being a Mario x DK adventure, though. While I wouldn't exactly mind, I know some people who'd have an aneurysm over it...

By some people you mean Hyle Russle. Doing that would make the man pop open a vain in his forhead and/or throw a tantrum the size of a texas oil well.

I just get worried that they'll insist on having things be close to DKC, some of the characters and aesthetics etc, but not be quite right and be different in weird in off putting ways for the sake of being "their DK" instead of just giving us more of the DK we want without feeling the need to personalize it.

 

[Noipoi]

By some people you mean Hyle Russle. Doing that would make the man pop open a vain in his forhead and/or throw a tantrum the size of a texas oil well.

I’m not one to take joy from people’s suffering, but I admit I’m morbidly curious to see exactly how he’d react to such an announcement.

 

[Speed Weed]

Donkey Kong bullet hell shooter

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Nickelodeon is doing a Turtles Forever 2 type of thing for the 87 Turtles comic series in June. The 2012 and Rise Turtles will be involved…and here is a picture of the cover

 

[PLATINUM7]

Nickelodeon is doing a Turtles Forever 2 type of thing for the 87 Turtles comic series in June. The 2012 and Rise Turtles will be involved…and here is a picture of the cover
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Mirage Leo, Rise Raph, 2012 Mikey and 03 Donnie.

You know, I wonder how a Turtles Forever deal with The Last Ronin would go.

 

[Noipoi]

The Hidden Treasure of Cleveland

 

[Wario Bros.]

When the online servers for 3DS and Wii U die, be sure to support the Pretendo Network service to keep the fun alive.

 

[Noipoi]

My headcanon is that all the BBQ's (Pick up ten items off the ground, take a picture of a certain type of Pokemon, etc) aren't fun quests for you to do, but actually the protagonist's ADHD running wild.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Randomly remembered and am now revisiting a part of my baby era childhood. VHS tape shows based on toys that just came in the box with said toy. Specifically Play-Doh’s Doh-Doh Island Adventures. and Fisher Price’s Little People tapes. I was obsessed with these. And now as an adult I wonder what possessed them to make entire cartoons not to play on television or to sell separately but to put in the box with the toy

Man, toddler me was so obsessed with Fisher Price’s Little People. Especially the ones with the animals in the sets (I was the animal kid in my class). I had the completed farm, zoo, circus, Noah’s ark, and Dinosaur lines just so I could have as many animals as possible. And as an adult I still have none of them and am probably going to spend a fortune re-acquiring them (if I ever have a fortune to spend).

 

[Noipoi]

Man, toddler me was so obsessed with Fisher Price’s Little People. Especially the ones with the animals in the sets (I was the animal kid in my class). I had the completed farm, zoo, circus, Noah’s ark, and Dinosaur lines just so I could have as many animals as possible. And as an adult I still have none of them and am probably going to spend a fortune re-acquiring them (if I ever have a fortune to spend).

BASED

And now as an adult I wonder what possessed them to make entire cartoons not to play on television or to sell separately but to put in the box with the toy

Money

 

[SnakeFighter64]

BASED


Money

As a kid and as an adult it bothered me that they made so many animals but the only wolf they ever made was the big bad wolf from little red riding hood. That doesn't belong in a zoo and it was the only animal kid me could think of that I was "missing". I guess that didn't do snakes either but they never really did small animals (other than birds and the occasional fish).

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Man, toddler me was so obsessed with Fisher Price’s Little People. Especially the ones with the animals in the sets (I was the animal kid in my class). I had the completed farm, zoo, circus, Noah’s ark, and Dinosaur lines just so I could have as many animals as possible. And as an adult I still have none of them and am probably going to spend a fortune re-acquiring them (if I ever have a fortune to spend).

That just reminded me of this edutainment game featuring the Little People that I played extremely often as a kid. Simpler times...

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The Hidden Treasure of Cleveland

That's just Splatoon 3

 

[Z25]

Now this says to me that it could be a 3D game. Every DK 2D platformer (besides Jungle Beat) has the Country branding, but Donkey Kong 64 doesn’t because it’s a different kind of monkey game. Perhaps this game is similar.

Regardless, I wouldn’t worry about characters like Cranky, Diddy, Dixie, or even Funky. The LEGO sets and the movie shows that they’re sticking around. Hell, maybe Smash Bros convinced them to bring K Rool back.

I do have a few questions though. 1) What has Necro gotten right before. And 2) what precisely do they say about Donkey Kong?

Haven’t heard of them but looking into it, they predicted the end of service for ea sports game and other stuff. Also have some other rumors like far cry 7 is a launch title for switch 2.

hes apparently the editor in chief at universe Nintendo.. so having connections is not impossible.

all they said is next game is not country despite a rumor going around it was.

Donkey Kong bullet hell shooter

His coconut gun can fire in spurts.

If it hits ya, it’s gonna hurt!

 

[Shroob]

Donkey Kong bullet hell shooter

Not the Touhou crossover I expected.

 

[Noipoi]

all they said is next game is not country despite a rumor going around it was.

Hmm. And here I was hoping they were hinting towards an announcement being close. In the next direct, perhaps.

Aw well.

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Koji Kondo is going to be inducted into the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame.

Good. Guy is like the Video Game soundtrack equivalent of John Williams at this point.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

You know it’s weird. I was the animal kid, which led into me becoming the dinosaur kid, and then the alien kid. But I never got into Pokémon till I was in college. The closest I got was a Neopets plush I got in a McDonalds happy meal that I thought was a Pokémon (that I still have remarkably, it’s a red Gelert). Probably cause the anime aired on Cartoon Network, and my mom didn’t let me watch Cartoon Network until I was in the 4th grade (in a desperate attempt to get me to stop watching preschool shows) but I still never watched Pokémon so I wasn’t really exposed to its content. I don’t think I ever really understood that Pokémon were supposed to be like animals until after I started playing smash in high school and even then it was confusing as a newcomer thanks to the likes of Mewtwo, Lucario, and let’s face it, Greninja. It’s a shame. I had a ds and a 3DS as a kid. If I had known I’d probably be a jaded Pokémon fan like the rest of you.

 

[Shroob]

You know it’s weird. I was the animal kid, which led into me becoming the dinosaur kid, and then the alien kid. But I never got into Pokémon till I was in college. The closest I got was a Neopets plush I got in a McDonalds happy meal that I thought was a Pokémon (that I still have remarkably, it’s a red Gelert). Probably cause the anime aired on Cartoon Network, and my mom didn’t let me watch Cartoon Network until I was in the 4th grade (in a desperate attempt to get me to stop watching preschool shows) but I still never watched Pokémon so I wasn’t really exposed to its content. I don’t think I ever really understood that Pokémon were supposed to be like animals until after I started playing smash in high school and even then it was confusing as a newcomer thanks to the likes of Mewtwo, Lucario, and let’s face it, Greninja. It’s a shame. I had a ds and a 3DS as a kid. If I had known I’d probably be a jaded Pokémon fan like the rest of you.

Hey now, I'm not jaded.


I'm obsidian.

 

[Noipoi]

You know it’s weird. I was the animal kid, which led into me becoming the dinosaur kid, and then the alien kid. But I never got into Pokémon till I was in college. The closest I got was a Neopets plush I got in a McDonalds happy meal that I thought was a Pokémon (that I still have remarkably, it’s a red Gelert). Probably cause the anime aired on Cartoon Network, and my mom didn’t let me watch Cartoon Network until I was in the 4th grade (in a desperate attempt to get me to stop watching preschool shows) but I still never watched Pokémon so I wasn’t really exposed to its content. I don’t think I ever really understood that Pokémon were supposed to be like animals until after I started playing smash in high school and even then it was confusing as a newcomer thanks to the likes of Mewtwo, Lucario, and let’s face it, Greninja. It’s a shame. I had a ds and a 3DS as a kid. If I had known I’d probably be a jaded Pokémon fan like the rest of you.

I wouldn't call myself jaded anymore, actually. I was most jaded post Sw/Sh, but Legends Arceus mellowed me out. Showed me they could still make good ****.

I actually think the franchise is heading in a good direction, all they need to do is optimize their goddamn games

 

[TheMightyP]

Oh

Also show's over, Pokemon released a statement

 

[Shroob]

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Afaik this is about people modding PalWorld to actually include Pokemon, not the game itself.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Mirage Leo, Rise Raph, 2012 Mikey and 03 Donnie.

You know, I wonder how a Turtles Forever deal with The Last Ronin would go.

none of them will stand a chance in that fight

 

[TheMightyP]

Afaik this is about people modding PalWorld to actually include Pokemon, not the game itself.

Side note, I'm kinda surprised they haven't gone after Showdown.

But given that they actually do support an active competitive scene, I think it's intentional to keep it up.

 

[Shroob]

Side note, I'm kinda surprised they haven't gone after Showdown.

But given that they actually do support an active competitive scene, I think it's intentional to keep it up.

I've wondered that forever tbh.


Sims have existed long before Showdown yet they've just, never cared. It's weird.

 

[Noipoi]

Side note, I'm kinda surprised they haven't gone after Showdown.

But given that they actually do support an active competitive scene, I think it's intentional to keep it up.

I've wondered that forever tbh.


Sims have existed long before Showdown yet they've just, never cared. It's weird.

Don’t jinx it

 

[TheMightyP]

I've wondered that forever tbh.


Sims have existed long before Showdown yet they've just, never cared. It's weird.

I think it's in their best interest to just keep it up, given that a lot of comp players use it to practice, and again, they actually do care about the comp scene.

Like there's no way they aren't aware that it exists, it's been up and running for decades now.

 

[Shroob]

I think it's in their best interest to just keep it up, given that a lot of comp players use it to practice, and again, they actually do care about the comp scene.

Like there's no way they aren't aware that it exists, it's been up and running for decades now.

They've def turned a blind eye to PKHex until recently, and even then it's more of just an idiot-proof hack check.


Outside of people who RNG Manipulate, I don't at all think people play Pokemon at a comp level legit.

 

[Z25]

Side note, I'm kinda surprised they haven't gone after Showdown.

But given that they actually do support an active competitive scene, I think it's intentional to keep it up.

People really oversell pokemon caring about fan projects. Like they don’t give a damn. Uranium was the last game shut down and that’s because they were making money behind the scenes on the wiki. At least that’s what I heard when I was on staff at one of the biggest Pokemon forums at the time.

 

[TheMightyP]

Outside of people who RNG Manipulate, I don't at all think people play Pokemon at a comp level legit.

I mean try training a Comp Pokemon in a pre-HD game.

You got your answer

People really oversell pokemon caring about fan projects. Like they don’t give a damn. Uranium was the last game shut down and that’s because they were making money behind the scenes on the wiki. At least that’s what I heard when I was on staff at one of the biggest Pokemon forums at the time.

They're definitely more lenient than Nintendo as a whole, but they can still strike if they feel like it.

 

[cashregister9]

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Also show's over, Pokemon released a statement
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The potential oncoming storm of discourse may actually get me to block the word "Pokemon"

Obnoxious Dexit stuff didn't even get me this close to doing that.

 

[Shroob]

I mean try training a Comp Pokemon in a pre-HD game.

You got your answer

They're definitely more lenient than Nintendo as a whole, but they can still strike if they feel like it.

Honestly, even in the HD games, comp players take it to the next level since they need 0 IVs in Attack or Speed.


I legit cannot imagine hunting Legendaries only to reset over and over and over again just to make a single number 0.

 

[Wario Bros.]

People really oversell pokemon caring about fan projects. Like they don’t give a damn. Uranium was the last game shut down and that’s because they were making money behind the scenes on the wiki. At least that’s what I heard when I was on staff at one of the biggest Pokemon forums at the time.

What about Prism? That also got taken down in about the same month.

 

[Shroob]

They've definitely made Comp easier than ever, but to this day they still haven't addressed all issues.


0 speed IVs is pretty vital for Trick Room Teams, yet they've never introduced say, a Rusty Bottlecap to fix this.


And Mints for as much of a godsend as they are still have an Achilles heel. Confusion uses your natural nature to calculate damage, so even if you Mint to a minus attack nature, the game calcs it with your original one.

 

[Z25]

What about Prism? That also got taken down in about the same month.

That one I’m not so sure on. That entire dev team vanished as did that game. Might be a similar scenario, maybe they never actually got a c and d and uranium scared them, or something else entirely.

 

[TheMightyP]

That one I’m not so sure on. That entire dev team vanished as did that game. Might be a similar scenario, maybe they never actually got a c and d and uranium scared them, or something else entirely.

They did get a C&D from Nintendo. It should be noted that they did rerelease Gen 2 two years later.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

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Heh, time certainly does fly, I've got that award too, since... Oh. This marks 10 years on this website

Excuse me, I'm gonna find a ditch to die in at the realization I'm in my mid to late 20's again, it'll happen to you so don't worry about me

 

[Z25]

On a different note, Zelda taking over the lost continent seems to be real:

In a new Instagram video posted by Universal Studios Orlando Epic Universe, Eiji Aonuma has been spotted.

Miyamoto is next to him (one picture from @TokyoGameLife).

Is Zelda coming to Universal sooner than we think? pic.twitter.com/fFrg0iRpZS

— Stealth (@Stealth40k) January 25, 2024

 

[Alphine Agnitio]

I think it's in their best interest to just keep it up, given that a lot of comp players use it to practice, and again, they actually do care about the comp scene.

Like there's no way they aren't aware that it exists, it's been up and running for decades now.

Yeah I think this is the reason personally

Its like Konami and Duelingbook: it doesn't undercut their profits but also isn't competiting or taking sales away directly nor adversly affecting their IP so they don't care enough to C&D, I imagine the negative PR would be too much