The Kongversation: Donkey Kong Universe Discussion

1406 - Spotlight: Mario Party 2

The Kongversation shines the Spotlight on the second Mario Party, i.e., the one with all of the silly hats! Part-time DK Detective and full-time Mario Party fanatic Sxips returns to the show to help Hyle make sense of the time Donkey Kong put on a board game-themed stage play for Mario Land park guests. We're talking 1 vs. 3 Mini-Game Tree! We're talking haunted mansion orgies! We're talking, and guzzling, dusty Wiggler milk! Yum yum. Pour me some more of that lusty caterpillar juice, Hudson Soft.

1405 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: A Film Critique

Broadcast live on https://www.twitch.tv/dkvine, it's another four-person roundtable episode on an Illumination Super Mario movie! We get into spoilers for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, discussing the Star Fox and marginal Donkey Kong connections, how the film improved on the original (and suffers in comparison), and the wild backlash it's receiving from critics and fans! Hyle also sticks something gross in his mouth, so stick around for that bit.

1404 - The Fall and Rise of Virtual Boy

Why is a Donkey Kong and Rare fan community hung up on a Nintendo system lacking Donkey Kong and Rare games? In celebration of the launch of Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics, Hyle and David discuss DK Vine's history with the red-and-black head trip, why we consider it Nintendo's most interesting failure, and how playing it on the Switch family of systems compares to the original!

1403 - Mario Tennis Fever First Impressions

Hyle and Dustin discuss Mario Tennis Fever, Camelot's latest Cameo Game featuring Donkey and Diddy Kong, medical malpractice, adults embracing the diaper life, creepy romantic gestures, reverse vampiric spiders, loads of spilled goo, and sometimes the sport of tennis.

1402 - Stop 'N' Swop: A Denouement

Is this finally all that there is to know about Stop 'N' Swop? The legendary scrapped feature across Rare's Nintendo 64 library was laid bare by bear and bird creator Gregg Mayles, revealing precisely how Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Banjo-Tooie would have interacted, what the Ice Key would be used for on both Donkey Kong Island and the Isle O'Hags, and what might have been taken out of Tooie into a future Rare game!