No, that was a very hard boss! You won't find any haters here. I would definitely try the advice posted above. Good luck!
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze |OT| There's always money in the banana stand
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No, that was a very hard boss! You won't find any haters here. I would definitely try the advice posted above. Good luck!
You're not alone. I watched a stream the other day where these 2 people spent over 40-minutes trying to beat that boss. He's pretty damn tough.
Yeah, they're easy to forget. And that is a tough boss.
Use those items. No shame in that. +Heart, Banana Juice makes it easier.
Just want to say I LOVE the bosses so far in this game. Very challenging and rewarding. Completely different from your typical platformer boss.
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
You can actually stock up to three Partner Barrels.
Get Dixie in another level, and bring her with you. Basically, you'll have FOUR Dixie's to burn through with the boss.
Get Dixie in another level, and bring her with you. Basically, you'll have FOUR Dixie's to burn through with the boss.
You're probably missing the bonus room that you have to enter while riding the log. After the N go underneath the next Puffton (Big owl) and you'll go through a passage in the wall to a bonus room. It might be the one after that though, so if you die then just go to the next one.
TheSpaceBetween
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The lack of an Iwata Asks is really grinding my gears. C'mon Iwata, take a break from trying to save Nintendo and have a nice laughing session with your friends at Retro Studios.
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heh, I never even thought of using items or stocking up on barrels. would have saved me a good couple of tries on the level 2 boss. He was pretty rough.
But at least now I can brag about my mad skillz
But at least now I can brag about my mad skillz
Iwata: what is Retro Studies [laughs]
That sounds about right, never hit a bonus room and all the other pieces were clearly visible
Freezie KO
Banned
Ha. Wouldn't surprise me.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Because Iwata is under a lot of stress these days and some laughing would do him good. He should do Pikmin 3 too so he can get double the laughs.
OrbitalBeard
Member
God, I can't stop thinking about this game.....and I've already finished it!
That's the mark of a true classic right there. I'm dying to play through the entire thing again!
Bravo Retro, bravo.
That's the mark of a true classic right there. I'm dying to play through the entire thing again!
Bravo Retro, bravo.
jts
...hate me...
Considering recent events and results, he probably thinks that doing a new Iwata Asks, light-hearted as it is, wouldn't be very honourable or well taken at the moment.
I took a few screenshots, there shouldn't be any spoilers in them though, just a scene from the first trailer, an Easter egg, and an enemy figurine.
This was a scene in the first trailer but it looks so good that I had to take a screenshot of it.
If you hang out in the water at the very stat of Amiss Abyss for a while some whales will swim by in the background.
Best enemy in the game. I love how the fishes eyes are Xed out.
This was a scene in the first trailer but it looks so good that I had to take a screenshot of it.
If you hang out in the water at the very stat of Amiss Abyss for a while some whales will swim by in the background.
Best enemy in the game. I love how the fishes eyes are Xed out.
Awesome shots, Kinsei.
A few thoughts on them:- The giant creature in Amiss Abyss is such a marvelous bit of creature design... that we only see for a few seconds! Seriously, yet more proof of the mind-boggling artistry and attention to detail in this game. So many unique assets!
- In addition to the whales in the background of Amiss Abyss, I recall seeing submarines, as well. Add to that the sunken pirate ships, the kelp forests, the schools of fish, the bioluminescent barnacles and seaweed... It's quite a place!
- Chum Chucker Charlie is indeed an instant classic.
I seriously dig all of the Snowmads, especially Waldough, Tuff Tucks and Harold. Nocturnowl
Member
Oh no, this makes those new kremling disasters of barrel blast/jet race canon!
Yes, why wont you ask about the best games on your console Iwata?
They have the same shape as the ones from Returns I think, continuity.
While we're on about this stages background elements, you don't have to wait around for them but there's a group of patterned sea horses that swim by at one point, only noticed it on my last run.
The perfect Dark
Banned
DLC. Next Retro project.
I would love that game. GOAT.
Phatosaurus
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2-K done, finally. Fucking hell, fuck those penguins.
3-K was easy by comparison. Much slower pace, I had time to think through my next move, etc.
Only took about 10 tries, if that.
On to collecting the KONG letters in world 4!
3-K was easy by comparison. Much slower pace, I had time to think through my next move, etc.
Only took about 10 tries, if that.
On to collecting the KONG letters in world 4!
The Xtortionist
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Yep. I used Cranky for 4-1, 4-3, 4-B, 4-6, 5-Boss and 6-Boss. Dixie for everything else.
MaverickHunterAsh
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Two more thoughts as I continue advancing through the game:
5-K is utterly delightful. Best K level yet in my opinion. It's not even that hard, but the game just makes you feel like such an accomplished badass for completing it!
6-2... holy shit, I was not prepared for this. The serene visuals combined with David Wise's nostalgic, melancholy score combine to create unrivaled atmosphere. In a soundtrack full of incredible music, this one is easily my favorite so far. Just crazy good.
It still blows my mind how it seems that Retro can just do no wrong. They're maybe the most talented game development studio out there right now, and if they're not, they're certainly among the best.
5-K is utterly delightful. Best K level yet in my opinion. It's not even that hard, but the game just makes you feel like such an accomplished badass for completing it!
6-2... holy shit, I was not prepared for this. The serene visuals combined with David Wise's nostalgic, melancholy score combine to create unrivaled atmosphere. In a soundtrack full of incredible music, this one is easily my favorite so far. Just crazy good.
It still blows my mind how it seems that Retro can just do no wrong. They're maybe the most talented game development studio out there right now, and if they're not, they're certainly among the best.
Mango The Magician
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So I picked both this and the Prime trilogy up today (I've never played the prime games). So far I love it, stuck on the second level of world two though. By the way...
That background and it's music made me cry it's so good.
That background and it's music made me cry it's so good.
Allow me to take a moment and congratulate you for this fine decision.
So I pick both this and the Prime trilogy up today (I've never played the prime games). So far I love it, stuck on the second level of world two though. By the way...
That background and it's music made me cry it's so good.
Are you ready to have a new favorite game developer?
So I pick both this and the Prime trilogy up today (I've never played the prime games). So far I love it, stuck on the second level of world two though. By the way...
That background and it's music made me cry it's so good.
Goodness. Wait until you boot up Metroid Prime and realize that it was a GC game.
I want MP4.
Holy Order Sol
Member
So for the purposes of this soundtrack DKC3 seems to have been conveniently forgotten?
The perfect Dark
Banned
So for the purposes of this soundtrack DKC3 seems to have been conveniently forgotten?
But we have Diddy Kong Racing instead
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kiD9i8p_1_M
Mango The Magician
Banned
Lol, thanks.
Well, I played Returns and loved it, I've just really wanted to get into the Metroid series sense I've only played Other: M. It's gonna be hard to best the Zelda team and EAD in my opinion though.
I know what they are, just never played them since I for the logest time hated first-person games.Goodness. Wait until you boot up Metroid Prime and realize that it was a GC game.
I want MP4.
Just finished completing World 2 and all its hazards. 2-K was a monster, I died so many times that I eventually decided to just gun it for the puzzle pieces even if it meant my death. At the very least I would have them all and wouldn't have to worry about making my way through it again.
TheGreatMightyPoo
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Kills all enemies on the screen and they turn into powerups depending on what character tagteams with Donkey.
SuperAndroid17
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So for the purposes of this soundtrack DKC3 seems to have been conveniently forgotten?
DKC3's OST was made by Eveline Fischer and David Wise. Fischer produced most of the game's music
I haven't spent much time in this thread, but I just beat the game recently and wanted to say how much I loved the environments narrative of the Juicy Jungle and this guy. Was playing with a friend watching and we were trying to understand what was going on through each level, until we finally
So clever and fun.
got to the guy above and he's just lounging eating a Popsicle.
Oh, I mean in terms of visuals. Not that you didn't know that it was a GC game or anything
Phatosaurus
Member
[Sadness intensifies]I just realized that this guy...
...seconds later is this guy.
I noticed that earlier when I was flubbing around the secret exit wondering why Diddy couldn't get through it. Also if you spin attack into him, his body jiggles.
MaverickHunterAsh
Member
So for the purposes of this soundtrack DKC3 seems to have been conveniently forgotten?
That's not true at all. Isn't the music for the Lost Mangroves mine cart level a remix of the Brothers Bear theme?
And I thought the loading screen theme was a loose remix of DKC 3's overworld map theme, but I guess it could be something else.
Bear with me dudes/dudette as I just was freed from a brief ban. For the past week Ive been experiencing this masterpiece and been reading the thread and I must say, its quite refreshing to see such a large in unison love circle regarding the title. Its something that really doesnt happen often on the forum; so when you witness it, you know that the game being played by all of us is something truly special. 3D World had a much bigger pool of vocal haters within the thread and this is very much the opposite which is totally awesome.
For starters this game has very dream-like quality to it. Whoever was worried about a lack of grim environments and that feeling of lonliness we all gravitated towards in the old SNES games, I feel Retro really delivered the same feelings waiting to be evoked in spades (Scorch n Torch and Alpine Incline for example). At the same time, levels are thrown in to give the user feels on the complete opposite end of the spectrum (Hello 3-1). While Ive only made it World 4 since the 21st (Im taking my time collecting each letter and puzzle piece before I move to the next level) I dont think Ive ever played a 2D platformer that was so atmospherically engaging and pleasing to the eye. It really is on a whole other level compared to what else is out there and what has come before. As someone said in the DKCTF is the better than the Mario Us thread: Its the best Nintendo 2D platformer since SMW. Im going to have to agree with that.
The Wise Ones soundtrack alone propels the game to extreme heights in a way that it made me re-realize how much a soundtrack can change, let alone shape a game experience for the user. The difficulty level has been difficult at times, but its as fair as fair can be for me. When I die, I know its my own fault and Ive never once gotten flustered to the point of raging. Even then when I start making dumb moves and dying over and over (most recently in 4's minecart stage), I know to walk away for a moment and take a breather. Thats what happens with these games that are 100% reliant on precise control and timing for success: As soon as you start screwing up over and over again stupidly, you just take a step back and let your brain and reflexes reset and then go back to it later. Youll most of the time end up nailing it pretty easily. It is exactly what has happened to me not only for a few of the levels, but for the boss battles as well. I ended my play session on Saturday night at Skowl and he wiped the floor with me a good half dozen times before I shut the system off. I awoke the following morning and beat him on my second try.
I introduced the DK to my friend last night and after witnessing his ears melt off due to the ground section music of Alpine Incline and Aquatic Ambience within Deep Keep, he wanted to give it a shot. He ventured over to Scorch N Torch and once again was blown away by the soundtrack. He caught onto the controls quickly (Pro C with analog is the way Im playing and I love it), had numerous deaths but with a constant smile on his face and enjoying every minute of it. In the end his words were: This is Aggravatingly Awesome.
Ill be posting a bunch more, but Im at work. Just wanted to post some immediate semi stream of consciousness thoughts.
Ah so nice to be back
For starters this game has very dream-like quality to it. Whoever was worried about a lack of grim environments and that feeling of lonliness we all gravitated towards in the old SNES games, I feel Retro really delivered the same feelings waiting to be evoked in spades (Scorch n Torch and Alpine Incline for example). At the same time, levels are thrown in to give the user feels on the complete opposite end of the spectrum (Hello 3-1). While Ive only made it World 4 since the 21st (Im taking my time collecting each letter and puzzle piece before I move to the next level) I dont think Ive ever played a 2D platformer that was so atmospherically engaging and pleasing to the eye. It really is on a whole other level compared to what else is out there and what has come before. As someone said in the DKCTF is the better than the Mario Us thread: Its the best Nintendo 2D platformer since SMW. Im going to have to agree with that.
The Wise Ones soundtrack alone propels the game to extreme heights in a way that it made me re-realize how much a soundtrack can change, let alone shape a game experience for the user. The difficulty level has been difficult at times, but its as fair as fair can be for me. When I die, I know its my own fault and Ive never once gotten flustered to the point of raging. Even then when I start making dumb moves and dying over and over (most recently in 4's minecart stage), I know to walk away for a moment and take a breather. Thats what happens with these games that are 100% reliant on precise control and timing for success: As soon as you start screwing up over and over again stupidly, you just take a step back and let your brain and reflexes reset and then go back to it later. Youll most of the time end up nailing it pretty easily. It is exactly what has happened to me not only for a few of the levels, but for the boss battles as well. I ended my play session on Saturday night at Skowl and he wiped the floor with me a good half dozen times before I shut the system off. I awoke the following morning and beat him on my second try.
I introduced the DK to my friend last night and after witnessing his ears melt off due to the ground section music of Alpine Incline and Aquatic Ambience within Deep Keep, he wanted to give it a shot. He ventured over to Scorch N Torch and once again was blown away by the soundtrack. He caught onto the controls quickly (Pro C with analog is the way Im playing and I love it), had numerous deaths but with a constant smile on his face and enjoying every minute of it. In the end his words were: This is Aggravatingly Awesome.
Ill be posting a bunch more, but Im at work. Just wanted to post some immediate semi stream of consciousness thoughts.
Ah so nice to be back
Wise did the GBA version. I would have loved to hear that game's version of Stilt Village in Tropical Freeze, actually. It was always one of my favourite Wise tracks.
You're not talking about Video Games Awesome by chance are you?
Does anyone know the locations of all puzzle pieces in 3-A (This one is supposedly right by a barrel cannon) and 4-A? Squawks ain't helpin too much. I'm missing one in each and it's clearly pretty well hidden. I've got (or at least thought I had) all of the tricks down with the shady rotating banana bunches, pulley rings and breakable walls.
I love throwing Tuff Tucks!
I love throwing Tuff Tucks!
In 3-A, I bet you're missing the one where
there is a Ferris wheel-like set of platforms.
leap into the blast barrel, then hold the "cling" button as soon as you shoot out of the barrel -- you'll grab a vine hidden behind the canopy as you fly through the air.
Whaaaaaat. Thanks man! Headin there now!
Referring to MP as an FPS really does not do it justice. FPAction Adventure comes closer I think.
Edit: Nevermind that, I misread your post.
To validate my post, I finally managed to beat a few more time attacks on gold (after much jumping past ledges or running into obstacles), but so far, I'm still having my ass handed to me for the most part.