Reviewing SNES-Era Donkey Kong Renders

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  @josephb.4640 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1xXJsAbr8&amp;t=760">12:40</a> - It is theorized that this &quot;Fedora Kong&quot; is actually Donkey Kong Jr. as an adult, who would also be Donkey Kong&apos;s father, since Cranky is his grandfather. This means that Donkey Kong&apos;s official government name is &quot;Donkey Kong the Third.&quot;

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• SK

  @SketchCraftian · 3 years ago

  It&apos;s heavily hinted at that Lanky Kong is the same species as the Manky Kongs. Lanky Kong wanted to join the other kongs so bad so he hung around them all the time, and they basically took him in cause he was just a funny dude. So apparently that&apos;s all it takes

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• GU

  @GuestZer0 · 3 years ago

  When I was a small kid, I always liked opening the manual and getting lost in these renders. I very much appreciate these in-depth looks.

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• UN

  @untrustworthybagel · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1xXJsAbr8&amp;t=746">12:26</a> i adore that poor, stupid looking stingray so much

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• PA

  @paulgilbert5278 · 3 years ago

  These renders were very charismatic and full of personality

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• SM

  @smashers6971 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1xXJsAbr8&amp;t=926">15:26</a> The worm pie and Groovy Gravy are explicits jabs to Earthworm Jim due to the Sega CD version of the game having a hat the titular character could wear with a cheat code being DK’s head with an arrow through it, so rare not only brought that jab, but in cranky’s video game heroes screen at the end of the game you can see Jim’s gun alongside Sonics shoes next to a trash can with a sign stating “No hopers”<br><br>Also the renders of Diddy and Dixie with the controllers are actually used in game for the mode select, the solo Diddy one is for just 1 player, Diddy and Dixie holding the controller together is for 2 player co op, and the one where they’re fighting over the controller is for the 2 player race mode. Pretty great video regardless!

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• CA

  @calebdonaldson8770 · 3 years ago

  I simply adore these early 3D renders. The exceptionally cartoony designs paired with vivid colors and a lush, waxy look make them aesthetically pleasing to the eye. I feel like modern renders are so obsessed with realism and clean, corporate-friendly designs that they fail to embrace pure zany imagination. So what if a few designs look clunky or dirty? I&apos;ll take gruesome over generic any day.

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• DA

  @DaNintendude · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV1xXJsAbr8&amp;t=1446">24:06</a><br>In defense of the Kremlings in DKC3: <br>The ones from the first 2 games are the usual Kremling Krew, originating from Crocodile Isle. <br>But the ones in DKC3 are from the Northern Kremisphere. Their designs are bland, weird, and doofy. Almost all of the Kremlings have severe underbites, while only 1 from Crocodile Isle did in DKC2. <br>This makes the DKC3 gang almost feel like <i><b>Discount Kremlings.</b></i><b></b> <br> <br>And that fits perfectly with the story of the game. K Rool is kept secret until the end of the game, and new players may get the impression that these Kremlings belong to KAOS instead. <br>K Rool is treated like a joke in this game. He kidnapped DK and made KAOS, sure. But when you meet him he immediately jokes about his nonexistant wife, and he&apos;s defeated by getting a big eggshell dropped on him while he&apos;s taking a joyride around the bay. <br>This bunch of weirdos is just all he could find while he was undercover, and they fit how incompetent he seems to be in this game. <br> <br>When K Rool reappears in DK64, he&apos;s back with his Kritters, Klaptraps, and other newcomers that fit in more with the Crocodile Isle crew. Without a need to be undercover, he gladly ditched the DKC3 Kremlings and went back to his old krew.<br> <br>Even though I hate the DKC3 Kremling designs, I can at least appreciate why they look the way they do. DK Barrel Blast redesigned Kopter specifically to look more like the other Kremlings. And while I do prefer his new design, it&apos;s a shame they ditched his underbite-- one of the key features of Northern Kremisphere Kremlings.

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• MA

  @maximus4765 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s interesting to me how Earthworm Jim for a time was seen as the Sonic to DK&apos;s Mario but that fell through after Sega itself lost the console wars and Jim basically died in EWJ 3D. That&apos;s what the &quot;Groovy Gravy&quot; was referring to. Jim says &quot;Groovy&quot; a lot.

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• IL

  @ilikethecokev2 · 3 years ago

  For being 30 years old, I think they&apos;ve still aged quite well.

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• LO

  @lonecom685 · 3 years ago

  I love early CGI renders so much and it&apos;s probably because of these old Nintendo games. There&apos;s something so cool about looking back at these old images, which could only have been created at that specific moment in history (mid to late 90s). Donkey Kong, in particular, is such a funny character to begin with, that these images become relics. The Union Jack render broke me into pieces XD! Please, keep up with the good work.

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• KR

  @KremBotop · 3 years ago (edited)

  The 3d artists quickly figuring out fur by the second game made the renders look even better. The whole set looks timeless and full of charm

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