Small detail, but it actually says 'さぁ' rather than 'さあ', although you'll likely find little consensus on how the pronunciation or intonation varies between the two. Keep up the good work!

A purple Yooka-Replaylee scrapbook with the characters appearing on the cover is placed on their sunbathing rock in Shipwreck Creek. Screenshot from Yooka-Replaylee (Xbox Series X/S).

Is Yooka-Replaylee worth your time? What platform should you play it on? My feature-length review addresses it all, while also making the usual contractually-mandated references to Vendi and goldfish.

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The One Book meets Yooka & Laylee in a cavern in Shipwreck Creek. Screenshot from Yooka-Replaylee (Xbox Series X/S).

The DK Vine review of Yooka-Replaylee will be posted a bit later today. Still, after staying up too late playing it last night, I'll say it's definitely an upgrade from the original (and I REALLY LIKE the original!). No wasted space, better flow, and it has way more heart and humor.

More to come.

I interviewed Amanda Dyer, the original model for Tsukihime's Arcueid Brunestud!

She details her life in 90's Japan and provides never-before-seen images from the photoshoot that Takashi Takeuchi was inspired by!

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Honkai writer Shaoji asked Nasu about a DDD sequel in which Nasu replied perhaps in a parallel world because he has too much on his plate.

He instead used concepts planned for DDD in FGO. For example, Beast IV's "Comparison" ability was originally DDD's Kanata Ishizue's.

So you're saying there's a chance!? (if I jump to a parallel dimension)

DK Vine • News • Rare Is the Latest Studio Hit by Layoffs, as Everwild Is Canceled and Gregg Mayles Retires Another massive round of layoffs impacting Microsoft and Xbox Game Studios sees Rare impacted, with the long-in-development Everwild shuttered. Meanwhile, the legendary Gregg Mayles is retiring after ...

Shit sucks, shit sucks, shit sucks.

DK Vine • News • Monkeys Be Shopping: The DKU Merchandise Roundup (Hollywood Donkey Kong Edition) The Donkey Kong movie redesign, and how it will harmonize with the Rare model from the last 30 years, is revealed in a new range of Donkey Kong products at the Nintendo TOKYO/OSAKA/KYOTO stores.

A new range of Donkey Kong products on sale today in Nintendo's Japanese shops provides some surprising insight as to how they'll balance DK's classic Rare design with his Hollywood makeover on the Switch 2.

A picture from the Playtonic Christmas party copying the JoJo's meme format "Oh? You're Approaching Me?" with blue flames around Scott as he saunters towards Christmas presents in a room full of people in the background. People dressed as an elf and santa can be seen handing out bags

Oh? You're approaching me?

(Obscure reference to punching sheep with gigantic demon fist in NieR Replicant, or Master Hand idk)

Ah yes, the proverbial sicko of meme fame

DK Vine • News • Donkey Kong Country Is Now Open in Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan Years in the making, the Donkey Kong Country theme park expansion is finally open in Osaka, Japan. Watch Cranky Kong's introductory video to Mine Cart Madness and more!

Donkey Kong Country has now opened at Universal Studios Japan. Watch Cranky Kong's introductory video to the Mine Cart Madness roller coaster at the link below, along with new Shigehisa Nakaue illustrations of Donkey Kong cast members!

DK Vine • News • Blow Your Pants off with One Hour of Yooka-Replaylee Glitterglaze Glacier Footage Featuring Playtonic's Gavin and Steve Studio Head Gavin Price and Senior Community Manager Steve James sit down with an already out-of-date build of Yooka-Replaylee's Glitterglaze Glacier!

While the wait to play Yooka-Replaylee keeps us cold, Playtonic has provided fans a fig leaf: a one hour developer commentary and playthrough of Glitterglaze Glacier!

(Reminder that Lovecraft also was a happy guy in general😊)

A plush Diddy Kong by San-ei Co., Ltd perched atop an antique globe.

I have a drawer full of Donkey Kong and Rare-related goodies once intended for Twitter giveaways. But we're no longer posting on Twitter. What to do, what to do... oh!

Would you like to win this plush Diddy Kong by San-ei Co., Ltd? Repost and follow @dkvine.com. I'll draw the winner on December 10!

YouTube video by Nintendo UK The complete Donkey Kong Country series on Nintendo Switch

Really wild to see Nintendo embracing all five Donkey Kong Country games, Rare and Retro, as one complete lineage. Love the editing and segues between one game and the next!

It’s a surreal time to be a fan!

One of the things that wowed me when I got to visit Rare in 2016 was how lovely the grounds around Manor Park actually are. It’s almost a proper storybook English forest befitting the games they’ve historically made. One of the most creatively juicy spaces I’ve ever seen.

The Donkey Kong Country box atop a black background with "PLAY IT LOUD" above it in an off-white Impact font in a recreation of the ending shot of the original Donkey Kong Country television ad.

We're celebrating 30 years of Donkey Kong Country with a LIVE #Kongversation this Thursday at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT (6 PM GMT)! Join @thecartoongamer.bsky.social and me as we reflect on three decades of the modern DK and everything the series has meant to us and our community!

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