504: Donkey Kong Country

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 122 minutes

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As the console wars heated up, Nintendo needed something big that wouldn't necessarily involve investing in new hardware that could potentially wreck the company. And that "something" arrived in the form of Donkey Kong Country, a fairly simple platformer by the technical wizards at Rare that nonetheless impressed millions with its newfangled pre-rendered graphics. This week on Retronauts, join Bob Mackey, Stuart Gipp, Diamond Feit, and Henry Gilbert as the crew works up a mighty hunger for bananas and discusses the finer points of those damn, dirty apes.

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0:00.0	This week on RetroNots, we hate every 8 we see from Chimpan A to Chimpan Z.
0:04.9	Hello everybody, welcome to another episode of RetroNots. I'm the leader of the bunch, my name is Bob, I'm finally here to cast some pods.
0:33.6	And that's all the wrapping I'll be doing because on this week our topic is Donkey Kong Country, a very important game that we've yet to cover in 16 years of RetroNots.
0:42.2	And we could wait another two years for its 30th anniversary, but I refuse to wait any longer because these are some important monkeys and apes and chimps and I think there's a bonobo in there, something I don't know.
0:52.2	They're impossibly related, but we'll talk more about their lineage very soon. Before I go any further, who is here with me today in the same room to talk about Donkey Kong's country?
1:00.4	It's me, Henry Gilbert, straightening my big red tie to show I've grown up. It's true, that's significant.
1:06.8	So become a man now. Who is our UK correspondent? Very important for this UK-based episode.
1:14.1	Hello, I'm Stuart J. and I'm Brokos, not from Donkey Kong Country, but from Shunky King Country.
1:19.5	Very nice. Is Shunky King the new name of Prince Charles?
1:23.4	It is, he is, yeah. I was satirizing him.
1:26.8	He sort of has big ape-like cans now, so I think that's appropriate. Yes, we are making fun of someone's medical condition, but let's go on.
1:34.0	Who is talking to us from Japan right now?
1:36.3	Hello, it's Simon Fight, and I'm wearing my lucky red cap.
1:39.2	Very nice, but it doesn't seem Nintendo on it, but you're not being a shill and I appreciate that.
1:44.4	And you know, this is just like the game itself. This brings together Japan, England, and also the marketing of Americans.
1:52.1	In the American pigs. I guess we're the play at Loud Group, putting the last bit on it.
1:57.8	Yes, we just checked our levels, we're not playing at too loud.
2:00.7	But, yes, Donkey Kong Country is a topic. We've mentioned Donkey Kong in the past.
2:05.8	I mean, very important in Nintendo history. You know that. I believe there's a Donkey Kong episode of Retro Nots, but this is going to be our fully devoted episode to this game.
2:15.8	And for this podcast, we're limiting our discussion to the very first game, Em related media, and I'm sure we will explore the rest of this series in future episodes.
2:24.8	But before I go on any further, I want to know from all of you, what is your history, Donkey Kong, the character, and then later his country?
2:32.3	Let us start with Stuart.
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