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For over 25 years, the premier source for Donkey Kong Country and Rare's shared universe, including Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, Dinosaur Planet, Yooka-Laylee, and more! Home of the Kongversation podcast. Posts by Hyle! Contact me at hyle@dkvine.com.

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Remember that you don’t need a Nexus to play the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack. It plays on any preexisting Evercade or Super Pocket hardware, and the new versions of Kazooie and Tooie work astonishingly well with the D-Pad!

static.klipy.comBanjo & Kazooie fly in the Saucer of Peril inside the Alt: Banjo & Kazooie fly in the Saucer of Peril inside the Star Spinner attraction at Witchyworld. Banjo gives the peace sign with his fingers as they fly past the viewer. GIF from a Japanese Banjo-Tooie commercial.
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Three more days. Are you ready for the Nexus generation? evercade.link/nexus

This is underwear time. Now is the time and this is the place.

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5 days to go! Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie arrive on one physical Evercade cartridge on October 30th. Watch both adventures in action, then tell us: which game are you starting first? Pre-order the Banjo-Kazooie Double Pack now. evercade.link/banjo

It's Sea of Thieves Community Weekend! Join us at 11 AM EDT/8 AM PDT (3 PM GMT) as we engage in the festivities, adding our own treasure maps to the Quest Map while taking those posted by other crews. What treasures await us? Twitch Drops await YOU if you decide to watch! www.twitch.tv/dkvine

The Game Boy Color remake of Donkey Kong Country (known as Donkey Kong 2001 in Japan) was shown off at Space World 2000, so that's likely what the costumed Diddy and Donkey Kong were promoting! The biggest DK-related Space World 2000 mystery concerns Diddy Kong Pilot.

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Diddy Kong Pilot officially debuted at E3 2001, but the bizarre early build of the game with Super Mario characters has been referred to as footage from Space World 2000. That was nine months before E3 2001. No contemporary sources reference Diddy Kong Pilot ACTUALLY appearing at Space World 2000.

Diddy Kong Pilot WAS at Space World 2001, but that was a tweaked version of its E3 build from that May, likely where the debuting Redneck Kong was replaced with Candy... with nary a plumber or princess in sight. The game would be reworked with a new roster one more time before becoming Banjo-Pilot.

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Social media loves talking about how everything is getting worse. But what’s something that you’ve seen get _better_ in your lifetime?

Count Batula feeds Conker a drumstick in Bad Fur Day. Conker feels no remorse for eating it, despite once befriending a chicken who's literally named Drumstick. Batula feels no remorse for serving it, despite the presence of Vampire Chickens in Ghoulies. When will the candidates address this issue?

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It might've taken 8 years, 7 months and 3 days, but your pirate can finally remember their favourite clothing combinations in Sea of Thieves. Hundreds of them. Enjoy!

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15回ぐらい同じ色のペンで塗り重ねるよ!ハロウィーンなのでマッドナイトまんしょんず

It would really upset him if he knew I was just jumping into Star Fox Adventures to have hours of fun playing ball with Tricky.

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Dammit @dkvine.com do you have to play Star Fox Adventures right now you're ruining my footie.

Yeah, DK. That’s the reaction all of us ‘90s kids are starting to have when our birthday rolls around. Happy birthday, Donkey Kong! (If you’re confused, we figured out this fictional gorilla’s date of birth by extrapolating it from in-game details. The Donkey Kong Jr. Math holds up.)

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While the DKU’s internally consistent lore is mostly accidental, you CAN care about it! It’s dumb… but fun! You can even determine Donkey Kong's EXACT birthday by studying a few select appearances. Learn how we figured out the day DK exited the birth canal! (Kotaku is not invited to the party.)

On the next #Kongversation, Jeff and I will sink our teeth into vampires! Specifically, vampires within the shared world of Rare! How do the undead bloodsuckers of the Panther Kingdom, Ghoulhaven Hall, and beyond compare with our own vampiric folklore?

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Let's take a closer look at the Marsh track for Super Yooka-Laylee Kart! We think our art team nailed the transition of Moodymaze Marsh from Yooka-Replaylee to a race track! Wouldn't you agree?

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The karts are out of gas. The Emperor has given Donkey Kong (Gladiator) a thumbs-down verdict. Luigi with the Big Sausage has gone from bratwurst to burst. But the memories remain! The #Kongversation remembers the legacy of the often controversial Mario Kart Tour! www.dkvine.com?p=podcasts&s...

The karts are out of gas. The Emperor has given Donkey Kong (Gladiator) a thumbs-down verdict. Luigi with the Big Sausage has gone from bratwurst to burst. But the memories remain! The #Kongversation remembers the legacy of the often controversial Mario Kart Tour! www.dkvine.com?p=podcasts&s...

Death, despair, and frenzied weapon hoarding? Just another night in Idaho. The Crew is back, streaming Conker's Bad Fur Day multiplayer RIGHT NOW on our Twitch channel! www.twitch.tv/dkvine

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Billy Corgan revealed who he thinks is the most influential drummer of the 21st century—and his answer might surprise you tinyurl.com/bp6eazmy

Our most precious Mario Kart Tour memories in tomorrow's episode of the #Kongversation.

Most Winkybunion wealth isn't in Rusty Buckets or Treasure Troves — that's just a few Jiggies. Most is productive business capital: industries that create goblins, kidnap bears, and suck life force. Tax that wealth and you're taxing the witch that employs us all. Klungo’s Portrait Chompa explains.

Most billionaire wealth isn't in yachts or jewelry — that's just a few percent of it. Most is productive business capital: companies that employ people, build things, and fund research. Tax that wealth and you're taxing the businesses that employ us all. Cato's Adam Michel explains.

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Ben & Jerry's Banana Cream Pie (2012-circa 2014): Banana ice cream, loaded up with marshmallow swirls, pastry cream swirls, and chunks of real pie crust. Sold exclusively at Wal-Mart.

I spy trouble on the horizon! But there always is whenever we stream Sea of Thieves. See what natural disasters and acts of Poseidon befall us and other crews as we set sail in our weekly stream at 11 AM EDT/8 AM PDT (4 PM BST). www.twitch.tv/dkvine

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While the CD isn't shaped like Diddy's head (as is tradition), there's no, no, no wrong way to enjoy Diddy Kong Racing music! @davidwise.bsky.social and @materiacollective.com have teamed up for 23 new arrangements from DKR, now available on vinyl, CD, and digital platforms.

dkvine.comDK Vine • News • David Wise's Rare Treats: Diddy Kong Racing Revisited Available Today!Materia Collective's latest DKU release brings in David Wise for a redo of his Diddy Kong Racing soundtrack.

While the CD isn't shaped like Diddy's head (as is tradition), there's no, no, no wrong way to enjoy Diddy Kong Racing music! @davidwise.bsky.social and @materiacollective.com have teamed up for 23 new arrangements from DKR, now available on vinyl, CD, and digital platforms.

dkvine.comDK Vine • News • David Wise's Rare Treats: Diddy Kong Racing Revisited Available Today!Materia Collective's latest DKU release brings in David Wise for a redo of his Diddy Kong Racing soundtrack.

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Hold your plate up, we've got some lovely line art for this week's helping of #FanArtFriday. Look, there's The Great Mighty Poo being all big mouthed, courtesy of ColourMeFun and a completely nonthreatening underwater SeaOfThieves scene by mrsmaloux, both of Twitter/X. Eat up!

If only Nintendo had realized that Rare's Mr. Pants appeared as an actual character cameo in Banjo-Tooie, making the beloved Game Boy Advance puzzle game "It's Mr Pants" a quasi-Donkey Kong spinoff, they'd have never ended the Emerald Rush events when they did. We're all in agreement.