DK64! I didn't think I'd ever see the day! As much as I loath this game in my memories I am going to get this and see if I dislike it as much as I think I do.
The game has its issues, but I remember the boss fights being superb and the mine cart stages being some of the best in the series. Plus, we don't get exploration-based 3D platformers anymore, especially since Nintendo abandoned them with Mario Galaxy.
I don't disagree. I think I was in the 8th grade when this came out, maybe 7th but I remember playing the game and enjoying it but I also remember my cousin and I sitting around playing a 2nd play through and we both out of the blue just said something like "I never really liked this game."
I love the DK series to absolute death and DK is my main in Smash Bros. Believe it or not I refuse to use Diddy in Smash because I loath the fact that the peanut pop gun and jet pack originated in DK64. Retro made them more excusable so I've begun to accept them but Smash Wii U and 3DS still use the 64 Rocket Barrel design and it once again pisses me off. Silly I know, but I can't change the way I feel.
Aside from having to collect all them bananas I think the one thing that really irked me about DK64 was it's tone. Now I'm not the type who needs to look into things as being something deep or dark that only the mature can accept but the first 3 Country titles had an eerie realistic and seriousness to them. With each game the characters got a little sillier and they always popped their eyes and such but DK64 felt like Banjo Kazooie to me. The music, characterization, sound affects, and well everything just seemed so silly to me! Sure DK punched the moon in Returns but that was serious business! Even with Jungle Beats random jelly kingdom that game was serious business all day ere day!!
Dk 64 turned the massive DK isle into that little rock. The ambient noises from the Country titles turned into story book Banjo Kazooie songs. They weren't bad but just didn't fit for me. The humor was really bad for me unlike every other Rare game before and after it.
But I tell you what angered me more than anything after I finally beat the game 102% or 201% or what ever it was. I realized Dixie wasn't mentioned in the game at all! Only the blasted manual! What an F U to fans who loved Dixie but got her stinky little sister instead! A character who was designed and functioned in almost the exact same way as Dixie! Same almost goes for Kiddy but I was never attached to him! I mean why was Dixie not in the game? Why did Rare have to go all Sonic Team and invent Tiny! With a full on outfit as well. Take half of those clothes off and go climb some trees!
Luckily with Tropical Freeze the sins of the paste were vanquished.