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Chewy deciding he kind of liked Pokmon was a beautiful healing moment for this topic but it robbed us of our common enemy as he joined our side. I will now become your enemy.

I've been playing a little Donkey Kong Country on my SNES classic. I've played it a bunch over the years so this is an updated opinion as an adult, not a first timer thing like chewy and Pokmon. It's fucking bad you guys. The characters are too big on the screen so you don't have enough time to react to an enemy presence unless you already know they're going to be there. It's fucking insane. The little rats inside stone wheels coming for you are enormous and you have to jump on snakes you can't see to avoid them. What the fuck??? Then you got those vultures throwin seeds at you and if you want to jump on them you need to time it versus their fucking seed throws that kill you while some other shit is no doubt raining down upon you. Probably there's a series of kremlings trying to jump on you or some shit. It's also just bland compared to for example the two Mario games on the SNES classic. They're so bright and colorful and wacky in addition to being extremely tight and interesting platformers. The platforming challenges don't feel compelling to me at all, just jumping on tires and onto moving platforms.

Worst of all though? I almost can't even say it because it hurts too much, but someone has to tell the truth around here. The mine cart levels are GARBAGE!!!!!! These were my favorite levels as a kid and I was looking forward to seeing how they stacked up after finishing the lackluster first world but god damn. The challenge or the entire game is based entirely in the fact that you can't see enemies coming and the mine cart concept takes that idea to the extreme because you also are restricted to jumping as your only way to evade. It's extremely unfair. I can't imagine how bad the late gimmick levels must be.

I've been walking around acting like I've beaten this game before but now that I'm thinking on it I realize I've never finished a DKC game outside of the one on Wii because they always frustrated me too much. I had both of the first two on SNES and then on GBA and never finished either of them because I'd always get to some level that I absolutely hated. Have I been living a lie this whole time? Do I, the man who called DKC1 a fringe top 10 SNES game, actually hate Donkey Kong Country? I'm not planning on playing all the way through to see if it gets better after the first few worlds because something tells me it just becomes more and more of a bullshit game until it's over.

I'll give it props for two things though. One is the music which holds up very well, and the other is how crazy the world and everything is when you stop and think about it. Burly monkey fights burly alligators who walk on their hind legs before jumping on a giant vultures head because the vulture has stolen his bananas. Riding on other animals is kind of cool too i suppose and looks completely ridiculous.