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For over 25 years, the premier source for Donkey Kong Country and Rare's shared universe! Home of the Kongversation podcast. Posts by Hyle! Contact me at [email protected].

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With 20 days until Halloween, we'll pierce the veil between the world of the living and the land of the dead at 11 AM EDT/8 AM PDT (4 PM BST) by slashing skeletons, phantoms, and those purple guys until they drop their valuable bits. Then we'll probably sell the bits for gold.

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The Emissary table in an Order of Souls tent showing that there are four ships currently sailing as Order of Souls Emissaries. Screenshot from Sea of Thieves.
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It is possible to beat Donkey Kong Country 2 completely pacifist using a combination of secrets and glitches, allowing no enemy or boss to be harmed. Ironically, getting the true ending destroys Crocodile Isle, killing everyone on it anyway.

How to beat Donkey Kong Country 2 the pacifist way Most enemies in the game can be spared via damage boosting through them or skipped via team-up throws or Dixie's twirl. However, some bonus rooms require all enemies inside to be defeated. These can be avoided by using the secret that gives 75 Kremkoins*, allowing all bonus rooms to be skipped. *In the first level, enter the cabin, exit immediately. Collect the first banana bunch but not anything else. Return to the cabin, collect the balloon, Exit, collect the bunch again, but nothing else. Return, and it will contain a coin that gives you 75 Kremkoins. To skip bosses, get a glitch called "Bonus Storage" by pausing and exiting while failing a bonus. After this, use "Funky Skip" (get near the boss, hold L+Select, then tap Right, Left, Up, Down, Right, Left. Hold Up, press B, let go of Up and B, and press Down) which will put you on the world map. Reenter the world, then visit any NPC, and if done correctly, you will be put on the world map again but with the next world unlocked without fighting the boss. After beating all the Lost World levels (requires only getting to the beginning of K. Rool's Keep and the 75 Kremkoins) the final battle is unlocked. In this battle, the player needs to enter it, then die, and finally do another Funky Skip to enter the True Ending credits instantly, without harming K. Rool. In an exquisite case of irony, the True Ending cutscene shows Crocodile Isle being blown up and sinking into the sea, presumably killing everyone on it (save for K. Rool, who escapes on a boat). It seems all the pacifism was for nothing in the end. Source: YouTube user @kfin45, youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEmOV78AqBIFpzVdz8N6SU7UEllnn1FBR
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Fans who are eligible for the physical deck of DK Challenge cards should now be receiving confirmation notifications under their account at my.nintendo.com, telling them to check back "at a later date" on how to claim their reward.

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I did do that, yes, but I did move ahead slightly to the next town while still trying to level that one up. I do recall that was my breaking point, and I finally moved on and played the damn game until Diglett’s Cave, which I decided was a new suitable training area.

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Keep cool, my babies. Nintendo of America hasn’t lost your completion of that Bananza Boss Rush behind their desk. They didn’t vacuum up the record of you clearing the Final Rehearsal with zero skills. Your Donkey Kong Jr. Math calculations weren’t fed to the shredder. They’re just running behind.

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I actually got a Level 100 Blastoise, Raticate, and Pidgeot before leaving the grass outside of Pallet Town. It was madness and took me months.

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AKA why I stick to the Donkey Kong and shared Rare universe as an adult. My weirdo obsessive tendencies only mesh with Maylesian design philosophy.

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This week, new Mario Kart World merchandise became available from the Nintendo Store. If you squint, you'll even find Donkey Kong! Meanwhile, US-based distributor Little Buddy will soon be bringing SAN-EI's Donkey Kong Bananza plushes to North, Central, and South America!

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Can you believe it, it's been 1 year since we released Yooka-Replaylee! 🎂 🎉

To celebrate, we're giving away two unique versions of Replaylee to two lucky fans for Switch 2!

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Win an alternate cover copy of Yooka-Replaylee for Switch 2!
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