NO NO NO! WRONG WAY!

CEL-EBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON!

>>716493346 (OP)
I never finished this game, but I always come back to it every couple of years. I'm not into racing games.

>>716493346 (OP)
Should I play this shit on my Wii U tonight or Floigan Bros on my Xbox SS

Favourite song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7siNuZ_Cnzo

>>716493346 (OP)
it sucked

>>716493859
for me. it's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17E2PiMw1Bw&list=RD17E2PiMw1Bw&start_radio=1

>>716493346 (OP)
https://youtu.be/y6uVZizNQis

It's crazy how Rare went from a shovelware mill to a high quality developer to an incompetent developer across just 10 years.

>>716497513
Honestly, 10 years is a long-time.

>>716498047
For that big of a shift, twice? Not really. One big shift, sure, but they somehow created a legacy and burned it within like 9 years.

>>716498435
You included NES-SNES-N64 and 6th Gen all in on decade, and act like those aren't pretty long eras of gaming.

>>716497513
>It's crazy how Rare went from a shovelware mill to a high quality developer to an incompetent developer across just 10 years.
Their licenseshit was rushed
Nobody wants to make a bad game and the vast majority of crappy licenseshit is like that because they have even shittier deadlines and inferior funding compared to non licenseshit games.
As for Rare of today, they couldn't adapt to changing times where teams that used to require barely people into the double digits now require three digits on average to get one game made.

Hated the drifting in this game. That's why I went with small characters.

>>716493859
I'm a big sucker for Christmast/Winter-Themed levels, so Frosty Village is a personal favorite. I think this is my favorite track of all the Winter ones
https://youtu.be/m6d6yeuRx6s?si=DO_U9SbJoRf2XhNn

>>716493346 (OP)
It completely mogs Mario Kart 64 in most areas. The only thing MK64 does better is item variety, and in turn slightly better multiplayer

>>716494605
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tl06IWSVQks&list=RDtl06IWSVQks&start_radio=1

As much as I love this song the silver coin challenge for it was ass.

I think we can all agree that the OST kicks ass and David Wise is a badass
https://youtu.be/JeMyiHfz-xM?si=kS_bwhOYt7Tvi0Z-

>>716498587
No, I think they went to shit before they left the N64, and I don't think they gained any consistency of quality until the SNES days.

>>716500397
Man i just love all the songs from that era. I can hear them all in my head, cristal clear.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXoaTcf_3vo

>>716498912
If they were making good games with small teams why did they need to change anything about what they were doing?
Their reputation was a guarantee people were going to try their games and spread the word if they were fun.

>>716502624
One of their big selling points was tech innovation. This did not scale well over time, and management was in shambled after MS buyout. By the time things stabilized things has ballooned way too far in the 2010s.

>>716493346 (OP)
It's a great game for playground rumors since it already had a bunch of secrets like the keys

I cant tell is the game slows sometimes or my PC is struggling to run a N64 game, ill blame the megabezel filters in that case

I could only beat the silver coins challenge with my brother. He would hunt for the coins while I would win the race.

Thanks to Wizpig I only got to play half the game.

>>716503429
Tell me a 3rd Banjo, a 2nd Conker, a 2nd Diddy Kong, or a sequel to Perfect Dark, in exactly the same engines and styles wouldn't sell.

SNES stuff lingering into the 64 era would have sold too. I did not toss my older consoles into the trash just because I bought the *better* one. Moving gen to gen has been foolish with the all or nothing approach of the companies selling them.

The DS version did one thing better.

>>716505549
The problem is they didn't get the chance. Like I said, the place was chaos after MS bought them.

>>716505747
I really wish Tiny and Chunky were in Bananza just to see how they'd handle updating them.

I never beat the game despite earnestly trying at 13, that's when I knew I was retarded.
I read some spoilers about some space level but could never find the balloons or whatever to unlock the later zone.
I had dreams the lighthouse turned into a rocket ship and went to space.

>>716505778
Was there a reason they wanted to be bought by nintendo/ms?

>>716506216
>Nintendo
Security + better funding/less red tape. They were already a huge part of Nintendo's exclusive pipeline for years.
>Microsoft
They did not want that. They didn't expect it.

>>716499125
im gona fuck that mouse

>>716497513
Make it 20. They fell off by the time Star Fox Adventures came out.

>>716506363
A lot of Rare's main talent left when the MS talks were even beginning. Nintendo didn't really see any value from what was left.

>>716506681
I mean yeah. The writing was on the wall.

>>716506509
Blame Miyamoto for completely shitting all over their original concept.

WELL DONE! NOW TRY AND BEAT MY MEAT

>>716507115
The actual game was still going to be a mid tier Zelda clone. The GameCube/StarFox fuckery just took it from a 6 to a 3.

It's kind of coincidental how like in most games pigs are evil.

>>716507115
We actually have to kinda blame Rare because they willingly agreed to Miyamoto's offer because they didn't have enough faith in Dinosaur Planet as its own thing so late into the N64 lifespan with the GCN on the horizon. Straight from the director's mouth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO7ocvmoDBc

It's very fitting to post this in a Diddy Kong Racing thread because Lee also directed this game and it too similarly had a Nintendo character shoehorned onto what was originally Timber's game at the last minute to make it sell better. The interview makes it obvious he and Rare likely wanted to make the same lightning strike twice with the DP->SFA change.

>IT WAS MIYAMOTO'S FAULT
Still pushing that narrative?

Conker being so cute in this game tricked my parents into buying Conker's Bad Furday for me in the second grade and set me down the path to furversion. Good times.

>>716507728
>It's kind of coincidental how like in most games pigs are evil.
Name three.

>>716505549
>Tell me a 3rd Banjo, a 2nd Conker, a 2nd Diddy Kong, or a sequel to Perfect Dark, in exactly the same engines and styles wouldn't sell.
Here's the thing, Rare doesn't like sticking to old franchises
They'd rather focus on making new things

>>716506681
>>716507042
That's a misconception
It was the Goldeneye/Perfect Dark team who bailed to new places
Seavor, Mayyles, etc stuck around for years after the buyout

>>716499125
Same here. TT was just too good to ignore though.

>>716502624
HD development was brutal
Part of the reason why Nintendo struggled with the Wii U was because they were late to the party when adapting to it

>>716510278
Diddy Kong Racing, Zelda... Mother

>>716510278
Angry Birds
Rocket Knight
Tomba

>>716510701
Rare actually handled Gen 7 better than Gen 6 desu. If Nintendo actually bought them they probably would have made a few more good games before eventually rotting.

Taj is the Infomaniac of DKR

>>716510951
Honestly, I don't think Rare is a bad studio that makes shitty games but rather one that just needs better management steering the ship.
I enjoy riffing on Kinect Sports as much as the next guy but Rare wanting to pursue those games makes so much more sense when you look at their history as a company and for what it was worth, those games were the best you could have possibly gotten with that peripheral in mind.
Nuts & Bolts isn't flawless but most of the scathing reception it has mostly comes from being attached to the Banjo Kazooie IP
I'm not even franchise begging here because the concern is less
>Make games that bring back older genres and IPs
And more
>Make new games period
They haven't released anything new since 2018
I fully get that Sea of Thieves is keeping the studio afloat and I respect the passion the team has for it but even if Everwild wasn't the biggest thing I was looking forward to, I'm still disappointed that the first non-Kinect, non-live service game from the studio was an unfocused mess that got axed

>>716511805
This
Nintendo could have tardwrangled Rare through the 7th gen.
They already kinda did in the N64 days, that's why the Rare N64 games are so beloved

>>716512005
I think part of their chemistry worked was because that Nintendo unlike Microsoft actually made games themselves
By all accounts Microsoft was very hands off and on paper that sounds good, people HATE no-talent publishers pulling off creative meddling; just look at the horror stories with EA. But with Rare for all their ambition and creativity they worked better when they had someone outside with a similar design philosophy bouncing off ideas and feedback.
Was it flawless?
Fuck no, just look up Shiggy wanting to tone down Goldeneye's violence and suggested James Bond visited every npc you gunned down at a hospital but the fact that there was actual back and forth communication to begin with made things better.

>>716512761
>and suggested James Bond visited every npc you gunned down at a hospital
kek, did he really

Something I found interesting about the japanese version while watching a JP LP of the game
All bosses refer to themselves with オレさま, giving off a very arrogant attitude.

>>716512856
>He went on to explain that, towards the end of development, the team received a fax from Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, with a series of suggestions for the game. “One point was that there was too much close-up killing – he found it a bit too horrible. I don’t think I did anything with that input. The second point was, he felt the game was too tragic, with all the killing. He suggested that it might be nice if, at the end of the game, you got to shake hands with all your enemies in the hospital.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/26/goldeneye-james-bond-n64-nintendo-shigeru-miyamoto-gamecity

Honestly if the MI6 agent visited me in the hospital after near death, I'd be scared shitless

>>716510486
New campaigns

>>716511805
*that the first non-Kinect, non-live service game in ages since Nuts & Bolts (which came out in 2008)

>>716513041
I think that'd actually make for a great stinger. Bond visiting major characters, making it clear he could have killed them, and then the last guy tries to get the jump on him and Bond puts him out of his misery.

I will keep saying this until I die, diddy kong racing is and will always be better than mario kart, even mickey speedway was better

>>716499949
>>716493859
I dislike Frosty Village because it's by far the most difficult stage to beat T.T. In my last play through, it took me more time to beat Frosty Village than all other stages combined.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MN_SR4z_40s

>>716493346 (OP)
i never liked diddy kong.

>>716512935
I can't read runes is that Waga

I cant drive the hovercraft for shit

>>716514717
ore-sama

>>716493757
Based homebrew anon
Floigan Bros.
I knew the Xbox had Dolphin, but it also has DreamCast emulators?

>Character in Nuts & Bolts' name is a reference to T.T. and serves a similar purpose
>He's based on a Rare employee who at the time had blue hair
>According to DKVine he's genuinely one of the friendliest guys at Rare but they think it's hilarious he inspired one of the least likable characters in the entire Banjo-Kazooie series

>>716497513
Nintendo is the ultimate tardwrangler.

>>716515567
Too bad they can't wrangle their current crop of homegrown tards.

>>716515567
>Nintendo is the ultimate tardwrangler.
Unfortunately the only thing they can't tardwrangle is themselves

any excuse to post this image

>>716497513
>incompetent developer
Sea of Thieves is making infinite money though

>>716493346 (OP)
diddy ahh game

>>>/wsg/5932962

>>716515696
heh

>>716515389
They're OP when you learn them. Hopping on every turn and boost is key and snaking is easy to do. I struggle more with the plane and barrel rolling.

>>716505971
bro I never got to the space levels. Although to be fair I never owned it, just rented it a couple of times. The game gets really tricky and it can take a lot of time grinding out the silver coin challenges and Wizpig

>>716509763
No you see the only way they could put K. Rool into Bananza was by detaining him in a cell for years

>>716505971
>I had dreams the lighthouse turned into a rocket ship and went to space.
That actually happens.

>>716520741
Does that have a use?

>>716515389
Try a heavier character if you aren't already

>>716521994
A barrel roll counts as a boost, and you can do it repeatedly.

i liked the diddy kong racing bootleg circuit album that came out a few years ago

>>716493346 (OP)
The fact this game has NEVER been ported aside from the weird DS remake is a travesty. I could somewhat get it in the past when Rare wasn't working with Nintendo much, but we're nearly four years into N64 Online without any peep on the game coming over. With DK64 probably coming, the only other massive Rare holdover is Conker. We got Goldeneye before DKR. How the hell does that happen?

>>716523621
Same reason why it's taking Smash 64 and the remaining Wario Land games for so long
They don't want to blow their load too fast and space out releases to maintain interest

>>716523621
Not sure but I highly doubt Conker will ever be released officially on anything Nintendo again

>>716524114
Good riddance. British humor is a scourge.

>>716524114
Actually, you will note that the final battle with K. Rool is just a giant room of shit, much like that shit monster from Conker.

>>716493346 (OP)
It's the best racing game

>>716524114
They have an 18+ category for NSO, it's a non-issue

would this game benefit from me having a turbo button?

>>716500397
This is my favorite music for Dark Souls / Elden Ring invasions.

>>716510701
Maybe games are best without HD

https://files.catbox.moe/8j351h.mp4

That pig is a flying asshole

>>716493346 (OP)
Such a good game.

>>716515498
grotesque design

>>716493346 (OP)
Something about this game really captured me as a kid. It's surprisingly challenging which made it a perfect autism sink for an 11-year-old with too much time on his hands. There were enough tough parts you really needed to experiment, but also enough going on you rarely got completely hung up at one particular bit. It looked and sounded pretty good too.
It's one of the few games from my childhood I haven't revisited. Can anyone say how the challenge compares to F-Zero GX?

I prefer the track design and straightforward gameplay of Mickey's Speedway USA. But they both fall short to Mario Kart 64 because they have no mini-turbos.