Current Events > fuck this stage. fuck dkc3. fuck rare. fuck nintendo.

(+) Yeah! (+)

https://youtu.be/6OFhuOeg6EI

such a bullshit stage


---

Is TC DarksydePhil?

---

It doesnt look that hard at all

---

Wtf I beat that stage when I was 8. Pffft
---

wow i don't even remember that level

but it looked ez pz since you can barrel over those bees

---

FabIe posted...

It doesnt look that hard at all

the timing is tight on the ascent

ive bounced twice and still couldnt make it to the end platform.

---

Are you perhaps down sided tc? Learning disability maybe?
---

krazychao5 posted...

wow i don't even remember that level

but it looked ez pz since you can barrel over those bees

This. The thing that's most aggravating about DKC3 is how there are barely any normal platforming levels. Damn near every level has some elaborate gimmick that makes the level feel like a chose to play. The other two games did not take the gimmicks anywhere near to the extreme that that one did.

---

Expected Rocket Rush, got Rocket Rush

---

It's pretty difficult, but there's harder platformer stages out there.

---

I played through this level not too long ago on SNES Online and I had to use save states to beat it. That last portion is just brutal.

Of course, I beat it as a kid years ago, back when I didn't have save states, but this time...

---

yea fuck this one deep

https://youtu.be/_m2WcOYp0u8

---

I find that if I have a hard time with a stage I just put it down for a week and come back. Usually when I do that I beat it within 2-3 attempts.

---

Shadowplay posted...

This. The thing that's most aggravating about DKC3 is how there are barely any normal platforming levels. Damn near every level has some elaborate gimmick that makes the level feel like a chose to play. The other two games did not take the gimmicks anywhere near to the extreme that that one did.

Agreed, on top of its overall lighter tone and having to deal with Kiddy Kong.

Not a bad game, but arguably the weakest of the SNES trilogy.

---

Fazeo13 posted...

Are you perhaps down sided tc? Learning disability maybe?

wtf

---

Fazeo13 posted...

Learning disability maybe?

there's harder games one cant comprehend with that problem.

screw husk of vergil on the highest difficulty :(.
---

Before I clicked on the topic I knew what level it was. Lol

---

Shadowplay posted...

This. The thing that's most aggravating about DKC3 is how there are barely any normal platforming levels. Damn near every level has some elaborate gimmick that makes the level feel like a chose to play. The other two games did not take the gimmicks anywhere near to the extreme that that one did.

Oh shut up you liar. You already got factually owned the last time you tried to claim that 3 had way more gimmick levels then 2.

---

Mod Logic, I agree that Rocket Barrel Race is a hardcore pain in the ass. Someone said they got through it by flipping thr controller upside down. Rare are a buncha sadists sometimes.

---

viewmaster_pi posted...

wtf

Hopefully the mods het his ignorant ass.

---

Lil_Bit83 posted...

Oh shut up you liar. You already got factually owned the last time you tried to claim that 3 had way more gimmick levels then 2.

Well, I'm interested in hearing the argument because I always felt 3 had way more gimmicky levels than the others rather than straight platforming.

---

fan357 posted...

Before I clicked on the topic I knew what level it was. Lol

Haha same. Well mostly. I figured TC was talking about Rocket Barrel Race, or Lightning Lookout.

---

it doesn't necessarily matter if dkc2 had more 'gimmick' levels (however we're defining that term) if the impression is still that dkc3 had too many.

in terms of what took a step back i'm too far-removed from a playthrough of either or a watchthrough but i do remember stages in 3 seeming to meander. like it doesn't really point you the right way and you just found it. it reminded me of playing an early patch of dragon quest 5 actually. i ended up getting really lost because the translation seemed to skip to an area well ahead of where i was.

---

BakonBitz posted...

Well, I'm interested in hearing the argument because I always felt 3 had way more gimmicky levels than the others rather than straight platforming.

Counted the levels with gimmicks between 2 and 3. 3 has one more gimmicky level then 2. Which is not way more. And Rare has always liked gimmicky levels, even before DKC was a thing. Some are fun, some are a nightmare to get through.

Plus they used the weak ass argument that DKC2 doesn't really have strong gimmicky levels. Which is pure bullshit.

---

Counted the levels with gimmicks between 2 and 3. 3 has one more gimmicky level then 2. Which is not way more.

gimmicky is a term we should try and define before we move on, wouldn't you say?

or maybe it's kinda too subjective to be of any merit. one or the other. i think we can form arguments against dkc3 without potato chip terms.

---

Fluttershy posted...

it doesn't necessarily matter if dkc2 had more 'gimmick' levels (however we're defining that term) if the impression is still that dkc3 had too many.

Yeah, that's basically it.

It's like someone arguing that Fi in the original Skyward Sword wasn't that bad because Midna technically had more interruptions to gameplay, when it's really that it just feels like Fi interrupts way more because of how the game was designed.

---

right. but also i never played skyward sword. and i lost interest in twilight princess when midna got all nice to link, it was disappointing. beat the shit out of him!

---

3 just has a weird tone to it overall. The levels, the bosses, some of the music, level designs.


---

so the fact that they changed the bees was a huge early distraction for me. the buzzsaws somehow look less damaging.

the way the nature of the world feels off from a dkc world is hard to explain. i refuse to say that it's just not cohesive enough with 1 and 2.

---

Lil_Bit83 posted...

Someone said they got through it by flipping thr controller upside down.

It is easier that way but I bave beaten it the normal way too.
---

Someone said they got through it by flipping thr controller upside down.

lol, i missed this.

i'm actually more comfortable playing with it upside-down than i am rightside-up. what i looked up said this was more common among lefties but i'm sort of weird mixed-handed anyway.

and also i mean any game, not just this. just the snes controller in general. nes controller too.

---

this is the only stage i couldnt beat

i remember the lightning stage was quite challenging and the swimming stage with backwards control was annoying.

these 3 stages stood out from the rest.

---

Fluttershy posted...

Someone said they got through it by flipping thr controller upside down.

works in many games with reverse controls.
---

Reminds me of the ICP song Fuck the World or Lil Waynes Fuck You song.

---

this is what plays in TC's head whenever he tries to play DKC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkxqt9SVO4E

---

That's literally the last level.

You just gotta memorize it >_> That's all I can say

---

Fluttershy posted...

the way the nature of the world feels off from a dkc world is hard to explain.

DKC1 theme: Jungle
DKC2 theme: Pirates
DKC3 theme: Canada >_>

---

NeonOctopus posted...

DKC1 theme: Jungle
DKC2 theme: Pirates
DKC3 theme: Canada >_>

What's not to like, eh? \_()_/

---

The Nintendo Master posted...

Expected Rocket Rush, got Rocket Rush

I expected... I don't remember the name, but that level with the lightning.

Shadowplay posted...

This. The thing that's most aggravating about DKC3 is how there are barely any normal platforming levels. Damn near every level has some elaborate gimmick that makes the level feel like a chose to play. The other two games did not take the gimmicks anywhere near to the extreme that that one did.

And holy shit do I agree with this. The first game was nearly all platforming, the second had an okay level of gimmickery, but the third took it too far. (Interestingly, I'd also say exactly the same thing about the original Crash Bandicoot trilogy too.)

Yes, I do see everyone saying "ackshually there's only one more than DKC2!", I'm going to guess there's definitely a factor of what exactly one considers a "gimmick" here, but ultimately - what I can say for sure, is that in DKC2, it didn't feel like the gimmicks were being overdone. Maybe they were less intrusive, maybe DKC2 spread them out better and DKC3 clumped them together too much, dunno. But as someone who played through the series in order, once, DKC3 felt hugely more reliant on gimmicks than DKC2, whatever the reasoning for that may be.

---

Lil_Bit83 posted...

Oh shut up you liar. You already got factually owned the last time you tried to claim that 3 had way more gimmick levels then 2.

I think you got me mixed up with someone else, as I can't recall ever arguing with someone over DKC3.

---

I agree that DKC3 had alot of dumb gimmick levels, like the one where the controls are reversed underwater.

---

It's even worse on the GBA version. First half of the level is much harder and you get no checkpoint barrel iirc. Makes it a contender for hardest level in the series.

---

The reversed controls swimming level was worse for me. But I don't think anything in DKC3 is as hard as Animal Antics in DKC2. I'd probably put Screech's Sprint up there too.

---

dkc3 is so full of annoying, boring gimmick levels

they also basically stopped trying with difficulty and didn't even bother hiding dk coins most of the time