Like Mega Man 9 and New Super Mario Bros, which drew heavily on Mega Man 2 and Super Mario Bros 3 respectively, Returns was based heavily on what was regarded as the "definitive" game which was the first DKC, and largely ignored anything that came after it. Other classic games were going back to the drawing board per-say, and Donkey Kong was no exception. Returns was part of the whole retro trend that was going on at the time. In a negative fashion, it was a huge collectathon and as a result it slowly killed this type of gameplay resulting in it being non-existent today. Rool in his King persona and as a result might have contributed to his lack of wardrobe changes from here on out. The Land games are viewed from the outside as simply Game Boy versions of the Country games (which is kinda true for Land 2), and as such don't add or subtract anything overall.ĭK64 borrowed heavily from the first game and is the game that made Candy and Wrinkly regulars as far as the PAON stuff goes. Outside of Funky's design and a few cameos that's mostly sticking DKC3 artwork into a game (Swanky in Mario Superstar Baseball, Ellie and Barnacle Bear in the Donkey Konga games, Kopter in Barrel Blast) nothing from this game is brought up at all. He looks awful compared to the other Kongs, and advertising blew him up as the main character because marketers were and still are sexist pricks.ĭKC3 is also ignored at large by Nintendo itself. Kiddy himself probably contributed to DKC3's unpopularity. However, outside of the gaming community it is largely ignored. It cemented Diddy Kong along with Cranky and Funky (along with animal buddies Rambi and Enguarde) as essential characters and gave us Dixie, whose appearance in DKC3 as the main hero upped her importance somewhat (and probably would be more popular if it weren't for the marketing for that game). The lack of Donkey Kong himself outside of an appearance in the final boss fights in DKC2 and 3 probably didn't help.ĭKC2 is kind of in the middle. It's largely because the first DKC sold the most and is thus well-known, not to mention it's the one that gets the most referenced in any post-DKC game. I'm sure we've all had similar encounters.Ĭould it be that DKC2 and DKC3, despite being games that a lot of us fans see as pretty high quality classics are actually pretty unremarkable, unmemorable, and the least iconic games of the franchise in the eyes of the "general gaming public"? The new games are more recent, so that part makes sense. Weird enough, since that's when DK was at this most popular, unless I'm remembering wrong. This isn't the first encounter I've had with someone who has really only known the beginning and the effective end of Rare's run on the Donkey Kong franchise.
"I really only really remember the first DKC, DK64, and the new games. "He was in DKC3, DK元, and the port of DKC3." I said patiently. "Oh, so I guess he was only in one game?" "Chunky is Kiddy's older brother." I explained. "Do you remember Chunky Kong?" I wondered. "I mean, I know there was a two, but I don't remember what it was about." "There was a three?" He asked incredulously. "You know, from Donkey Kong Country 3?" I said. He is by far the most obscure playable Kong character. Setting aside the fact that the only DK characters featured in this line are DK, Diddy, and Dixie (understandable since they are the most frequently used in Mario sports and Kart games after Double Dash) it was his reaction that got me.
While the associate was ringing up my purchase, I expressed my disappointment that there was not a figure of Kiddy Kong in the Super Mario line of merchandise.
So I went to this game store one town over from where I'm at to buy these two figure keychains of Diddy and Dixie.
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