Donkey Kong's Got Range - Vidjagame Apocalypse 428

Vidjagame Apocalypse

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4.8 • 930 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 113 minutes

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Donkey Kong, just like the plumber who debuted alongside him in 1981, has expanded far beyond his arcade roots to appear in everything from racers to rhythm games over the years. To celebrate Kong's 40th anniversary, let's take a look at five different genres covered by the ape's impressive oeuvre of games, after which we'll get into Chris' impressions of Zelda: Skyward Sword, scratch our heads over the $1.5 million Mario 64 cart, and hear the historical periods you think Assassin's Creed Infinity should explore.

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0:00.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Manscaped, who just launched their fourth generation performance package and their Shears 2.0 nail grooming kit.
0:07.5	Join the Manscape movement by going to Manscape.com for 20% off plus re-sh shipping with the code Laser Time. Oh, Hey everybody and welcome to episode 428 of
0:45.6	Vigil Game Apocalypse.
0:46.8	I'm your host Michael Repares coming to you
0:49.1	from the Justin Allen Memorial Studio of the Airwaves.
0:52.3	If you want to get on on the studio naming action
0:54.4	go to Patreon.com slash Laser Time who else is joining me?
0:58.0	Mm, baby Kong, Chris Antista.
1:00.0	End.
1:01.0	Justin Allen, I'm just an Allen, I'm just Matthew Allen.
1:05.0	You're just one Allen.
1:06.0	Against an army of Allen.
1:08.0	Clan Allen, we're a big group of last name people.
1:12.0	Sure.
1:13.0	It's, yeah, we've got a fun show, Chris yesterday informed me, that reminded me, I should say, that
1:20.3	we just...
1:21.3	He already knew, he's Wikicky pares he already knew of course
1:23.7	Donkey Kong just passed his 40th anniversary donkey Kong is slightly younger
1:29.9	than me now that is is 40 years of sucking. That is... I told you a terrible franchise. I told you. I told you. It's always been bad. I told you guys. Even at its best, best Donkey Kong just bearable. It is only
1:44.7	sometimes been bad. It's it's just usually bad. Shut up man. It's usually bad. It's
1:51.3	It's started I To be honest, when I look at the original game, I'm like, all right, I gotta, I have to do this. I have to, and I should remind our listeners to occasionally do this, you know, the kind of person who judges
2:03.8	Mario 64 based on modern 3D platforming standards, yes, if you compare Donkey Kong to games at the time,
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