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blackhakumen · 4 years

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Mini Fanfic #474: The Kongs and Friends Plays Some Donkey Kong Country (SSBU)

Diddy/DK: (Excitedly Made Their Way into the Mansion's Living) Guys! Guys! You would not believe what we got! Oh my god!

Kazooie: (Texting While Laying the Back of her Head On Banjo's Shoulder, Rolling her Eyes) Please don't tell me it's a year supply of bananas again.....

DK: ('Scoffs') No, Kazooie. We didn't get another box of bananas. (Yet.....)

Banjo: What is it, you guys?

Diddy: Check it out! (Excitedly Shows Banjo and Kazooie Three SNES Gaming Cartridges) Video Games of our past adventures!! Donkey Kong Country!

Banjo: (Already in Awe at the Sight of the Cartridges) Woah........

Kazooie: The whole trilogy, huh? (Smirk a Little) Neat. I take it you guys got from a nearby game store?

DK: (Nodded Excitedly) It was laying around there with our faces on it. Of course we had to buy these bad boys and play them here!

Diddy: I'm already seeing it now..... Zapping across jungle to jungle, pulverizing K. Rool and Kremlings in their own game, and all while obtaining the best reward ever known to men.....

DK: (Pumps Two of his Fist into the Air) Our Bananas Hoard!!!

Kazooie: (Rolls Her Eyes Once More) Ah yes. How can we ever forget your obsession of keeping a cave full of uneaten bananas safe?

DK: ('Scoffs') Honestly.... I'm not that obsessed over it. I'll have you know that our banana hoards are in good hands.............(Whispers into Diddy's Ear) Diddy, remind me to call Cranky later.....

Diddy: We'll worry about all of that later, big guy. Let's just set back and play our games for now, yeah?

DK: (Sighs in Defeat before Slowly Smiling) Yeah.... You're right, little buddy. I mean, these are our games we're playing here! It just might be the best thing ever known to-

Couple of Levels Later.......

DK: (Eyes Widened) .......Well.......(Let his Controller Drop) That was something....

Diddy: Geez....I know we expected a challenge, but I had no idea this would be this hard.........

Kazooie: (Shrugged) Maybe it's because of difficulty spike curve....

Diddy: Maybe.....

Banjo: (Turns to DK) Were your adventures back in the day was always this hard and intense or......

DK: Nah. I don't think so, Banjo my mam. I mean, sure, we may have gotten into some neat death situations here and there, but we always made it through..... Somehow. B-But you know, maybe I'm just getting a bit rusty here. (Picks Back up.his Controller) I'm sure in a couple of Levels, I'll be just-

More Levels Later........

DK: (Throws the Controller Down in Frustration) Damnit!! So close!

Diddy: Kazooie, I think you were right about this game having difficulty spike curves.......

Game Over Shows up on Screen

Diddy: (Pouts at the Game Over Screen) Ah man....We already got Game Over and everything....

DK: I know, right? I don't remember any of us getting beaten up like that!

Banjo: (Frowns Sadly at the Screen) Aww..... You guys look so sad and hurt in the screen.....

Diddy: (Hugs Banjo Arm on his Side) Don't worry, buddy. We're here. We're okay.

Kazooie: (Gently and Affectionately Ruffles the top of Banjo's Hair on her Side) Yeah, 'hon. Try not to let it get to you, okay?

Banjo: ('Sniff') Okay.

DK: ('Sigh') You know what? Forget this. (Takes the First DK Out of the SNES) I don't need to beat this game to prove I beat K. Rool where he stand. (Smiles Proudly while Chuckling) I Banana Slamma'd that crazy croc out of that ship so hard that he might've saw stars!

Diddy: (Gives DK an Unimpressed Look) Not funny, big guy.

Kazooie: (Gives DK an Unimpressed Look as Well) Didn't even make us chuckle.

DK: ('Ugh') Whatever. Can we just play the next game now?

Diddy: Alright....(Picks up the Next Game From the Coffee Table and Takes a Quick Look at it) Huh. Looks like my game's up next.

Kazooie: Your game?

Diddy: (Smiles Brightly) Yep. My Quest! (Chuckles Lightly) I'm guessing it was when Dixie and I saved DK from K. Rool and his actual band of pirates.

Banjo: Who's Dixie?

Diddy: My cute girlfriend.

Banjo/Kazooie: (Eyes Widened Genuinely Surprised) Girlfriend?

Kazooie: (Gives Diddy a Playful Smirk) Well, I be damned, Diddy. We didn't know you got yourself a Lady-Friend?~

Diddy: (Chuckles Lightly while Blushing a Little) Yeah..... We've been dating for a long while now, you know? You guys should meet her. She's so cool.

Banjo: (Smiles Brightly) I wouldn't mind that in the sightest, my friend.

Kazooie: Double Date it is then. But before we do anything else....(Turns to Donkey Kong) I wanna know how this gorilla right here got himself kidnapped.

DK: Hey! It's not like I wanted to get myself captured or anything. It happened out of nowhere!.....Or at least I think that what happened....

Diddy: I'm sure we can worry about all of that later, you guys. Right now, I wanna see how this baby plays out. (Put the Game into the System) And who knows? Maybe this one might be a little more easier than the first one-

Few Levels Later.....

Diddy: Never mind. (Let his Controller Drop on the Floor) It's not even close of being easy.

DK: (Picks the Controller Up) Relax, little buddy. This guy got this-

Three Levels Later-

DK: This game is even harder than the first one! (Throws the Controller Down in Frustration) How is that even possible?!!

Kazooie: They really wanted to give you an actual challenge, huh?

Diddy: ('Sigh') Let's just get to the final game of the trilogy already.....(Picks up the Final Cartridge from the Table and Takes a Look at it) Looks like Dixie's the main character in this one. It's called "Dixie Kong's Double Trouble"

Banjo: (Noticed another Kong right beside Dixie on the Cartridge) Who's the fella over there?

Diddy: Oh that's Kiddy Kong. Dixie's younger cousin I think?

DK: Ah man. Diddy, I remember now. This was when those saved us from K. Rool that one time.

Kazooie: (Slowly but Surely Turn to Donkey in a Somewhat Irritated Look) How the hell did you got yourself kidnapped by a narcissist of a king TWICE in a row?

DK: I-

Kazooie: I mean, I can understand why he kidnapped Diddy since he's a bit if a pipsqueak.....

Diddy: Hey!

Kazooie: But you?!....... You're supposed to be the Biggest, Fastest, and Strongest member of the DK crew! Or at that's what your stupid rap song says about you!!

DK: (Glares at Kazooie) Hey! I am all those things! And the DK Rap is the best rap song ever known to man! I worked hard writing the lyrics and everything!

Banjo: Guys, come on. Knock it off. (Turns to Kazooie) Kazooie don't be hard on him for this.

DK: Tell her, Banjo!

Banjo: There's absolutely nothing wrong with being a Damsel in Distress.

DK: Yeah!- Wait. WHAT?! Banjo, I ain't a Damsel in Distress! I'm practically the kings of the jungles!!

Kazooie: (Rolled her Eyes) Highly doubt that the "King of the Jungles" would ever get himself kidnapped by a crocodile twice. Let alone someone who's supposedly punch a moon out of orbit once. ('Scoffs') Probably made that one up too.

DK: REALLY!!!

And with that, DK and Kazooie began to argue with one another, with Banjo trying to calm them down in between.

Diddy: ('Sigh') Welp. This is already a disaster.

'Cellphone Rang'

Diddy: (Picks up his Phone from the Table and Takes the Call) Yello?

???: (From the Other Line) Hello? Diddy?

Diddy: (Smiles Brightly once He Immediately Recognize that Voice) Dixie! Is that really you?!

Dixie: (Giggles Softly) In the flesh~ How ya doing, 'hon?

Diddy: Pretty good, not gonna lie. How about you and the jungle?

Dixie: We're doing good at our end. Not a lot of Kremlings set foot here lately. So that's a good thing.

Diddy: You kidding? That's great news! This place can gain a lot more bananas than it did before.

Dixie: (Giggles Once More) Yeah. That would be pretty great. Speaking of which, how's DK doing lately?

Diddy: (Takes One Look at Donkey Kong, Still Arguing with Kazooie, Before Looking Away) It's doing fine. Oh! Dixie, I meant to tell you. There's these two friends I really want you to meet someday.

Dixie: Really now?

Diddy: Yep! Their names are Banjo and Kazooie. I told how cool you are and everything.

Dixie: Aww~ Diddy, that's sweet~ Buuuuut if you ask me, I think you're pretty cool too, ya know?~

Diddy: (Giggles While Blushing) You're too kind sometimes, Dix~

Dixie: Thanks~ Hey. Diddy?.....

Diddy: Hm?

Dixie: I miss you so much.

Diddy: I miss you too, Dixie. A lot more than I thought I would actually. But don't you worry. I'll come by and give you a visit first thing tomorrow!

Dixie: Really? That's awesome, but.... how are you going to do that?

Diddy: We have these Dimensional Rings where we could visit any place we want. I can ask the princess to let me borrow it for the day so I can see you.

Dixie: Oh my gosh! This is even more better than I thought!~ I can't wait to see you again, Diddy-Kins!~

Diddy: (Smiles Softly) Me too, Dix. Me too.

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titusmoody · 3 years

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It’s the end of the first quarter of 2021. Here’s a brief review of the things I watched/played/read.

Games

Donut County- pretty charming, very easy, fairly satisfying to play. I’d recommend Untitled Goose Game over this, though.

Heaven’s Vault- If you only have room in your life for one space archaeology game, play Outer Wilds instead. However, you get to translate alien writings yourself (in a simplified game way) in this one, so I’d recommend both.

Donkey Kong Country 3 103%- so many fun level mechanics in this one. The difficulty of finding and completing everything in the game was spot-on for me.

Donkey Kong Country 2 102%- Each level mechanic in this one is explored and used in far more interesting ways than DKC3, though I honestly had more fun with 3 this time around. This one is the “dark, edgy” one aesthetically which is extremely dumb. Also, there was a lot of guesswork involved in finding some of the hidden stuff, which I didn’t enjoy.

The Room 4- I like escape room games. This one was good. It continued 3′s trend of trying to shake up the format a little, which is fine (better here than in 3, I think) but I wouldn’t have minded if all 4 stayed exactly the same, just with new puzzles.

Spider-Man: Miles Morales- Everything about it was competent. Not only was each gameplay activity fine-tuned to feel good, but the structure of the game also kept kept you experiencing a good variety of each activity. PS5 graphics are good, too. Nothing about it really got me excited to play it, it was just a good after work unwinding thing.

Cyberpunk 2077- Exactly the opposite of Spider-Man in terms of quality consistency. There are aspects of this game that are amazing, horrible, and every step in between. However, I’ve thought about it quite a bit and will probably continue to think about it for both good and bad reasons.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair- Donkey Kong Country has better level design and controls. Well, the best levels of this were every bit as good as the best DKC levels, and maybe I’m just so familiar with DKC levels that I zone out a little during the boring bits, but had to pay attention to every moment of this game. Still, I didn’t have as much of an overall good time as the DKC games I played earlier.

Hue- Good 2D puzzle-platformer. I’m no longer surprised by these, but I still appreciate them, much in the same way as I like playing escape room games. I was under the impression for a few years that because I understood the potential of puzzle platformers, it meant I wouldn’t want to play any more of them, but that’s simply not true. I had a good time with Hue.

Shows

Gravity Falls- It’s fine. Pretty entertaining. I wish there were more low-stakes kinds of episodes, just to get more familiar with different sides of the characters. It would have made the characters and setting feel more rounded.

Cowboy Bepop- I didn’t get the hype for this show when I first watched it at 21, and now I can say that it’s simply not my kind of show. I have much more appreciation for it now than I did the first time, but it doesn’t hit me emotionally the same way that it seems to hit so many people.

Seinfeld- It’s Seinfeld. There was precisely one episode that I had never seen before, plus confirmation that I didn’t dream the episode that’s told in backwards chunks like Memento and is set in India.

Paranoia Agent- While it was disappointing that this ended up being a more simple morality tale than every Satoshi Kon movie I’ve seen, I still enjoyed watching this a lot.

Aggretsuko- I liked the mundane, every-day storylines like a modern, more empathetic Seinfeld. Unfortunately as the show went on, there were more and more wacky situations that no one actually gets into. I might watch the upcoming season if I hear that it’s less ridiculous.

Over the Garden Wall- This was really cool and I’m glad it exists. It’s ten episodes long, which is perfect for it. I thought it was at its weakest during the more lighthearted or humorous moments--precisely the opposite of Gravity Falls. The word “classy” comes to mind to describe this show.

Beastars- Really good when it isn’t falling into anime plot and dialog cliches. A lot of this first season is dedicated to introducing characters and the setting, which I thought was very well done. I’m curious to see what Season 2 is like.

Movies

Scott Pilgrim vs the World- It’s a fun movie to watch. It definitely makes many of the characters’ flaws seem like more fun than it probably should, but I’m more bothered by the criticism I hear that boils down to “it’s a bad movie because the characters are bad people” which I suspect is an impression you only get if you lack both empathy and media comprehension.

Big- Kinda bad. It has iconic moments that are only possible with its weird premise, but it’s just not a premise that supports an entire good movie.

Phantom of the Opera- Way better and way worse than I remember. Has the precise right amount of horses.

Knives Out- Not really a movie I needed to watch a second time, but it sure is good.

District 9- I didn’t remember most of this movie and unfortunately I zoned out for most of this rewatch, so I still feel like I don’t know what it’s about.

From up on Poppy Hill- Not one of the top tier Ghibli movies, but still really good in a down-to-earth way that I like from Ghibli.

Enter the Dragon- I knew to expect everything to be turned up to 11, which is good because it really is a lot. I liked it, though.

Shutter Island- I have never actually liked this kind of twist-reliant movie. I thought I would for many years, but I was always disappointed. At least now I am aware that it’s not what I’m into.

Soul- The premise is much too convoluted, but it does have an excellent moment near the end.

Onward- I liked this one a lot. Why don’t more people talk about this one? It’s definitely better than Coco, which itself was really good.

A Silent Voice- The kind of movie that reminds me that sometimes Japanese storytelling is more to my taste than Hollywood style, in that scenes can be more emotionally ambiguous.

Tangled- Good in exactly the same way as Frozen and Moana. I can’t really complain, but this isn’t the same situation as puzzle platformers or escape rooms. In this case, I do get a little sick of being completely unsurprised. This movie was made first, so it’s only by chance that this is the one that I saw last.

Monsters University- A good movie, but it really doesn’t have to be about the same characters as Monsters Inc.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail- Still funny

The Departed- Good if you want an enjoyable crime thriller to watch, bad if you want a Scorcese movie.

Titanic- Getting very drunk and watching this with Brittany might be the best time I had in the past three months. Maybe I won’t think too hard about why a movie about the overdue, violent death of a social order resonates with me right now.

Prince of Egypt- Impressive and grand, but I didn’t really care about the characters or story.

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan- A good but not great (by TNG standards) concept for an episode that was made extremely enjoyable by the added budget and longer runtime of a movie.

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock- Not as good, but still watchable.

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home- The kind of ridiculous concept you’d only make when you’ve already had three successful movies and are confident that you’ll be able to make at least another couple. The gang go back to the 1980s (present day to the original audience) and save the whales. It’s apparently exactly the right movie to watch if this is the third consecutive Star Trek movie you’re watching.

Mamma Mia- A lot of fun, but has weird problems that seem like they would’ve been easy to solve at the script level. Maybe if the conflicts had been introduced early on instead of dragging the whole pace of the movie down for much of the last 20 minutes, I would’ve enjoyed the whole thing.

Books

The Well of Ascension- The second book of a trilogy. Very competent. Introduces a whole lot of minor conflicts that really keep the momentum going and give the characters short-term goals that contribute to the overall plot and their arcs.

The Hero of Ages- The final book in the same trilogy. Equally competent. I wish there had been more long-term payoffs, which is the trade-off you make by stuffing the books full of those short-term conflicts. Spoilers ahead, but not ones that I think ruin the experience of reading. It’s very odd that of three of the central characters, one dies, one becomes a god and then dies, and one becomes God.

Check Please- About as pleasant as it gets. Full of the type of minor character that sitcoms end up running into the ground because they’re too one-note (Creed from The Office, for instance) but in a series with a pre-planned length, there’s no chance for it to get stale. Plus, I really liked both of the lead characters.

Milkman- Good book about “The Troubles” in Ireland. Very odd collection of characters, but the narrator had an extremely enjoyable voice to read.

And Then There Were None- Classic mystery story for a reason. Feels more like a Hitchcock movie than Sherlock Holmes. I read it in one day both because the prose was easy and I wanted to know what happened next. Not much substance to it, unfortunately.

Homegoing- Extremely ambitous book where each chapter is narrated by the descendant of a previous chapter, alternating between two branches of the same family. I liked it quite a bit, though because I only finished it yesterday I don’t have much reflection done yet so my opinion has yet to solidify.

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