Talk:Donkey Kong 64

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[edit] Mysteries

"The most famous of the mysteries is a useless monkeyport linking to a pillar where a banana balloon was the only thing of use to be found."
This is the donkey kong 64 testing room. It was added in so rare developers can test to see sprite changes while playing in game. But I do not remember any monkeyport to it. Everytime I got in I had to go to Snide's hideout and press A and B at the same time in the mini-game select screen. Now I don't know if this "mystery" should be removed or left alone, because
1: It is wrong facts, but
2: It actually is HIDDEN in the game which might make it considered a mystery.
I don't know what to do with it, I think you guys should decide. Gliabrant 01:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Cranky Kong is DK's father

That's a controversial claim to make, and lacks evidence. Although I think that's probably true, there are a lot of people who disagree. As there's little proof either way, perhaps it would be best not to assume.

[edit] DK Rap

Its only notable by being connected to this game. Therefore it should be included in this article rather than have a separate one. El cid the hero 21:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

It is also included in Super Smash Brothers Melee --LuminousSpecter 17:21, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

It's related to the game, but also to Super Smash Melee as LuminousSpecter stated. Plus if the two articles were merged, the lyrics to the song would take up a considerable amount of space. Daniel Olsen 05:21, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

OpposeThat's pretty long for the article, it's better off in it's own, especially since it's also in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Julz 21:44, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Something I just noticed in the article "The "DK Rap" was the first-ever incidence of the word "hell" being spoken aloud in a Nintendo game." In the NES game Rambo, one of the characters says "You have 48 hours to get in, complete your assignment and get the Hell out". Proof of this can be seen in the Angry Video Game Nerd's video on Rambo on gametrailers.com. Don't know if that changes much, but I just thought I'd let you guys know and have the appropriate people decide what should be done --The-elementalist (talk) 07:38, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Screenshot?

This could really do with a screen shot – they’re more informative than marketing pictures. -Ahruman 10:46, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

screenshots do help.

[edit] Re-release

Donkey Kong 64 needs to be rereleased so that there can be a modern Donkey Kong that doesn't use bongos.

A compilation would also be nice.

It seems however that Rare and/or Nintendo are not inclined to do a remake of Donkey Kong 64 to be on the Nintendo DS and/or Wii, although Donkey Kong 64 will by on the Virtual Console as a downloadable game. --PJ Pete

Please note that it is against Wikipedia policy to talk about the content of a wikipedia page here as described in Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Anonywiki 14:26, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

If it's going to be on VC, I think that Jatpac and the Arcade version of the game may be taken out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.154.10.27 (talk) 15:20, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] what is this?

"Also, there is a very useful cheat in the game. If you go to the treehouse and simian slam the hammock 10 times, go to the outside of K Lumsy's house. An octopus will be there and asks you to be his friend. If you say yes, he go's away and never comes back, which ruins the cheat. If you say no, however, he gets angry and tries hitting you. He misses and breaks K Lumsy's house wall. K Lumsy gets so mad, he BREAKS THE CAGE HIMSELF and kills the octopus. Many people haven't believed this but it is real."

whether this is true or not, shouldn't this be under the mysteries section and changed to encyclopedia style wording

Well, then, why doesn't somebody prove it? Allyourbasearebelongtousomg (talk) 18:14, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Widescreen

Do you think it should be added that this game supports anamorphic widescreen? Just asking. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.52.188.239 (talk) 00:21, 14 January 2007 (UTC).

The screen actually is pressed from the sides. --PJ Pete

[edit] Strength and Speed of the Kongs

In this game, Chunky Kong is the strongest and Tiny Kong is the weakest. However, to order it, Donkey Kong is the second strongest Kong, Lanky Kong is the third strongest. Since the SNES Donkey Kong games, Diddy Kong lacks power with his hands like he carried something but was much weaker than Donkey Kong and Diddy's default attack in this game is his tail, which is much stronger than his hands. To order the speed, Diddy Kong is the fastest, Chunky Kong is the slowest, Tiny Kong is the third fastest, because of Donkey Kong described as "He's bigger, faster, and stronger, too". --PJ Pete

[edit] GameShark

Some GameShark Codes of this game, for Character Modifier, on the MAIN MENU, some other characters can replace Donkey Kong, e.g. Lanky Kong, Chunky Kong. --PJ Pete

[edit] Reception

"However, Donkey Kong 64 is considered by many to be the best Donkey Kong game to date, at least in the Nintendo 64 era. It is also generally considered to be the best platform game on the N64." Who calls Donkey Kong 64 the best DK to date? I call it the worst game in the Donkey Kong Country series to date...Furthermore, it's the ONLY DK game for the N64, right? So saying it's the best DK game in the N64 era is rather misleading. Also, how is it considered the best platformer for the N64? Super Mario 64 and BOTH Banjo-Kazooies were not only more groundbreaking, they were flat-out better games. I've talked to other people about this and that seems to be the general consensus. Don't get me wrong, I like Donkey Kong 64, but it's nowhere near as good as the other N64 platformers I mentioned or the DKC games for the SNES (particularly the second). I'll leave the text in the article for a week or two, but I'm going to remove it later on unless someone can cite references. --pie4all88 05:57, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Diddy Kong Racing was also on the 64. It was considered to be the best DK game, because it took the whole storyline of donkey kong country, and explained it better, and added more game play. And I checked gamefaqs and it is rated number 10 on the top 10 best games for N64 but I don't know. I think it needs more references. But I for one agree it was the best Donkey Kong game (the last good donkey kong game, the rest sucked) Gliabrant 01:38, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Size of the back-up memory on the cartridge

How much data (in bytes, kilobytes, etc.) can the Donkey Kong 64 game pak hold on back-up RAM (you know, the memory where the data about all your progress in the game is)?--Mathsexpressions 23:51, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Game Alteration

Somehow, I managed to alter the game's information with a Controller Pak. How else can I hack DK64?--Mathsexpressions 00:26, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controller Pak Support

Why doesn't Donkey Kong 64 support the Controller Pak? How can I delete all of the back-up data on my Donkey Kong 64 cartridge?--Mathsexpressions 00:46, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Pop in another game that does support the controller pak. Delte that way. Voila. Psst. Questions like this aren't meant to be in Wikipedia. www.gamefaqs.com has lots of info on lots of games. Lots42 23:59, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Japanese language titles

For all articles on Donkey Kong games, you need to put in what they're called in Japan including the Japanese characters. --PJ Pete

[edit] How is the DK Rap a Copyvio?

People use it on websites all the time. How is this a Copy Violation?

Just because something is on a website doesn't mean it's public domain. There's copyright violations all over the internet. Pagrashtak 16:43, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

And those websites say "(C) Nintendo".

So how does that make it a copyvio?

What the crap do you want me to do?

Ask Nintendo about it?

I can't believe you deleted info that was already decided to stay. Angry Sun 16:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

"(C) Nintendo" is an indication that Nintendo owns the copyright (Although, it may actually be Rare). Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text. In fact, you may have seen the large "Do not copy text from other websites without permission. It will be deleted." notice displayed on every page you edit. If you want to contact Nintendo or Rare and convince the copyright holder to release the text into the public domain or an acceptable free license, then you may be able to reinsert the text. Pagrashtak 16:50, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

Hmm which email would be correct...PR Contact? Angry Sun 16:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

You can try if you want, but realistically that's not going to happen. Pagrashtak 18:29, 18 May 2007 (UTC)


Well than mister smart guy.

What Email should I contact? Angry Sun 20:45, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Chunky Kong's weight

In this article, it says he weighs 1800 but in the list of Donkey Kong characters, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Donkey_Kong_characters#Chunky_Kong, it says he weighs 2000. Someone might want to change one of them.--MunchableSandwich 14:07, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DS and VC

Is this true? No Vitual Console port soon? Please give me a source, just so I know.

Stating that It's rumoured a DS port will be created, then it shouldn't be here.Claycrow 01:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dk Rap says Hell?

I remember when I first got the game, I heard the "Dk Rap", I thought: "They just said Hell!?!" I later noticed in the subtitles that they didn't say hell, but heck, which is it? I'm pretty sure it's only heck.Claycrow 01:54, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ...a Glitch section..?

Why? I thought this was supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a speculative fan-site! --66.217.98.4 09:57, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Dk64 jungle.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 21:14, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gregg Mayles credit removed

I removed the big Gregg Mayles as Designer credit since he DIDN'T WORK ON THIS GAME. Unless the game's closing credits, GameFAQS.com, Mobygames.com, etc. are all lying. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.101.75.47 (talk) 01:01, 8 April 2008 (UTC)