The only video to even come close to accurately describing the experience of playing Beaver Bother.

I know everyone has pointed it out, but the Beaver Bother monologue was a creative writing masterpiece. So relatable and funny at the same time. wELLlll dONNnnee!

That Beaver Bother rant was well worth the 4 year wait. Bravo. 👏

"Beaver bother is the unholy spawn of Satan" - This sentence made my entire week, thank you.

Here here here we go

After more than 2 decades, Beaver Bother still causes my heart to sink whenever I think about it. Successfully completing it is one of the few life goals I know for sure to be forever unattainable. God, that music.

33:31 when your minigame is so unfun and poorly designed it turns the reviewer into the AVGN for a couple of minutes

Never has there ever been a better assessment of 'Beaver Bother' than yours. Well done, sir; this made my whole week! Lol

Am I allowed to cry at the Beaver Bother bit? You've come so far since laughing at yourself for saying the word "Rare" in a Banjo video. I'm so proud. You already know video good. But Hell I'll say it, video good!

It's insane to hear how confident you are in your speech compared to the Banjo reviews. Insane glow-up

I'm one of the folks that was waiting and hoping to see this come out some day, and I'm excited to watch! Thanks for your hard work on this and for enduring my messages years ago asking "when is it coming?" haha

Normally don't comment on any videos i watch, but this was such a pleasant surprise in my sub box. I assumed the channel was lost forever, and so happy to be wrong!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe DK64 still has that world record over 20 years after the fact.

One of the things that really makes Beaver Bother infuriating is that the beavers (as with most enemies in the game) have an aspect of their coding that specifically prevents them from falling off of ledges. But, that coding has a bug with its location detection, so there are ways that level geometry can converge to allow enemies to fall off of ledges when that's normally impossible. Beaver Bother is built around this bug You have to actively exploit a bug in the location detection code for the beaver's movements in order to complete the bonus game. The way the bug works means that the beavers can only fall into the central hole when they are moving at a very specific angle and they hit a very specific point on the hole's geometry. WHY WOULD YOU BUILD A MINIGAME LIKE THIS!?!?!?

"DK64's first impressions suffers heavily without the same level of care seen in the Banjo games" Honestly, the lack of care and polish might be one of the biggest gripes I have with Donkey Kong 64 as a whole. It has so much personality and fun stuff on one end, but is so lacking and devoid of personality in other respects, but even then that doesn't even begin to cover the amount of weird bugs and hit detection issues the game has. It just lacks that polish I'm used to seeing in Rare games, which makes me wonder just what the development time for this game was (I at least knew this wasn't made by the same team as the Banjo-Kazooie team at Rare, after all, Banjo-Kazooie came out the previous year and Banjo-Tooie came out the year after, it'd be impossible for them to crank out three games year after year like that). Also, I agree with you regarding "too many collectables", it's not so much the amount of collectables, it's that you have to be a certain Kong to collect certain collectables, which means you need to go back to the Tag Barrel and swap them out constantly whenever you come across anything that requires a certain Kong to either pick up or do anything with. Other than that, I don't have much to add on top of what you said, I either agree or found your observations fascinating regardless. This was well worth the wait! (you really had me in stitches with that Beaver Bother bit, by the way, not to mention it's all 100% accurate)

Once every 6 months or so I look for reviews of games I played as a kid. And now I find your 2 videos that amounts to more than 80 minutes! This Sunday got so much better now!

OMG!! I started to wonder if this would ever come? I’ve been waiting years for this

Dude the beaver bother description is so amazing 😂😂☠️ spot on thank you hahaha

The music in Angry Aztec takes a few musical motifs directly from Rimsky-Korsakov's symphony "Sheherezade" to good effect I'd say. Just noticed that recently.

I can't believe I've waited almost several years for a review of a game I've never even played.... ...worth it

That beaver bother rant is legendary.

About the beginning area... there's more, boys and girls: if you skip the area with glitches, then guess what? You can't swim, use oranges, throw barrels, or climb. In other words, that makes the tutorial even more mandatory! Isn't that just _swell?_

The rant leading up and culminating around 36:15 had me in tears!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The information density is just perfect. Never played this game but I feel like I know it inside and out

damn I dunno who this Kit Sovereign dude is but it sounds pretty rad This is a pretty incredible watch. It's wild to see the lengths you went through to illustrate the various points, and I'm glad I was able to help contribute to that. What an undertaking and a joy to watch.

You sound like an American Matthewmatosis. Also this is my favorite look at DK 64 on all of KZfaq :)

I never heard the Donkey Kong arcade game reference in the Creepy Castle theme until now and this video made my life richer for it.

I've been waiting years for this. I didn't think it was ever going to happen. Glad to see you're finally finishing the series which was the reason I discovered your channel.

Thank you so much! I loved the Banjo videos, and I have patiently waited for this one to appear. You make quality content, thanks again!

YOOOOOO I’ve been waiting for this for years! This is super cool! Thanks for making these!

Also this is an amazing analysis, incredibly underviewed on and on par with matthewmatosis’ reviews. You deserve way more views and way more subs. I hope you keep making content cause this is amazing

Dude it is so nice to have you back! Very excited to see more content from you in the future.

This analysis is super interesting! It points out a lot of things I felt without being able to tell during my playthrough

hahahaha your rant about the beaver mini game cracked me up! this is awesome great review

'Donkey Kong 64' is a game I do respect, despite not being one I find fun to play. It wanted to take what 'Banjo Kazooie' achieved and elevate it all tenfold; essentially going for the 'bigger is better' mentality. While most of it doesn't work smoothly in practice, it's an important step in 3D game design. It's been made aware to me for over a year now that this game is often pointed to as 'the downfall of the collectathon platforming genre' which doesn't make sense. Collectathons still continued to exist and do well in the early to mid 2000s, and they're a sub-genre that happened to pop up frequently in action-platformers. 'Donkey Kong 64' is just a severe victim of 'Early 3D Jank' at the end of the day; nobody really knew how to exactly make this work, so many blueprints were invented and tweaked and ideas were constantly thrown at a wall. The good parts stayed, but they wouldn't have had it not been for all the trial and error. Overall, not a good game, but not one that's without merit. If I want to play a good collectathon game these days, I always go for 'Super Mario 64', 'Spyro: Year of the Dragon', and 'Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear To The Rescue'.

Probably the best analysis of dk64 so far!!

Amazing as expected, hoping to have enough free time to watch part 2 today too!

YES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS AND I AM NOT DISPPOINTED!!!! well done man!!!! :))

The 3 best minigames in dk64 1. Shooting Gallery 2. Shooting Gallery 3. Shooting Gallery

Really like this review, and I found that flowers and mushrooms idea for Fungi Forest really cute for some reason XD

You make so many good points!! Thank you for this video.

I JUST REWATCHED THE OTHER VIDEOS IN THE SERIES!! WHAT A PLEASANT SURPRISE!!!

Have to say really liked this. I just like videos of people talking about DK64 in general but this went into great depths

Just recently replayed to 101 percent this game and this video made me like and subscribe. Great content

No way he's actually back Bless

I have a question for you. Do you think you're going to analyze any more of the Rare N64 games? Particularly Conker's Bad Fur Day. It doesn't quite fit the mold of the Banjos or DK64, but there's still a lot to analyze in terms of its mechanics, pacing, and even its own almost intentionally (in my opinion) anti-coherent overworld and general level design. I don't know if it's something you want to do, but it does feel perfect for your kind of analysis!

When you reached the moment you were about to talk about that minigame, I was on the edge of my seat, knowing far too well what you were about to bash: BEAVER BOTHER! BEAVER BOTHER! You did not disappoint.

This was a fantastic video and deserved a lot more views! Excellent work this made my Sunday a whole lot better. I keep my eyes blind to the facts that are DK64’s flaws because of my childhood nostalgia for it haha

Holy shit... The KING has returned!

When I heard _Yooka-Laylee_ had "minecart sections," I was very disappointed to find they didn't mean _DK64-style._

yo, as somebody who's always felt that his keen childhood nostalgia for these games is rarely reflected in critiques, i've watched your Banjo videos many times over. i didn't think we'd get the next installment and i'm so psyched somebody gets the same thrill from Creepy Castle as I do. great work!

Amazing I am very excited to watch this!

That beaver rant was hilarious 🤣 DK64 was my favorite game ever for a long time, but i can appreciate the criticism much more as i grow older. Very thoughtful video. You got a lot of talent

The legend is back

Having a bus fight in the beginning of the game would actually be really good. It’ll make it even more better. They don’t have a dark misty feeling but you know when you see the boss you have to face it. You have all your moves unlocked by there anyways except for the cranky move, you still have to earn that.

"and a shooting gallery, and a shooting gallery, and a shooting gallery, and a shooting gallery, and a-"

I lost my shit at your wonderfully insane vocabulary and phrasing flex freakout re: Beaver Bother. Kudos sir you have made my day. Bravo

Omg i can’t believe you’re back

The beaver bother portion is art in video form

Your description of beaver bother is poetry

I agree; the music in Frantic Factory is truly amazing!

I have been waiting years for Veegie to make this review. Please also do Conker's Bad Fur Day when you get a chance. I can't wait to see this.

No way, is this real? You made my MONTH dude!

30:21 Subtitles. You don't say it, but I see you. 👀

I know its a lot of nostalgia but for me this game is perfect. I just love the vibe and the world and everythig

whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat i was literally sat watching your Banjo Tooie video yesterday and thinking about how this video will never come out lmao

I'm not sure how the backtracking in this game (seeing an obstacle that can't be overcome with a particular Kong at that time) is any different from backtracking in any other game such as Metroid or Zelda, or (to go back to the Mario games you referenced) realizing you can't reach something unless you backtrack and find a powerup such as a flying cape.

The Enguarde underwater sections in this game pretty much anticipated Maneater.

very entertaining!

Ive been subscribed for years just for this video, nearly died laughing about beaver bother lmao

There's one point that you forgot to mention on Gloomy Gaeon that saves the level imo. And that is the fact that unlike other n64 3D plats, you have no breath meter. This makes swimming a much more relaxed experience and lets you take things at a slower pace which fits Gloomy Galleon well. Still hate that mechanical fish though.

Game has a lot of charm and personality. If it wasn’t that absolutely bloated with character locked collectibles, it would actually be a great game. The mod that lets you swap characters any moment, is huge and actually saves this game.

So it's finally here!

The main positive about this game for me is it gave me an expansion pack, which I needed for better games. The game itself is a slog and a chore and I still bear resentment that I couldn’t 101% cause I had a PAL version and the mechanical fish is impossible without lag reduction which of course didnt occur to me and was not understood on the internet at the time, you were simply told ‘works for me, try harder’

33:30 Everything about this oh my gosh yes!!

I feel like I’m listening to the kid from Zombieland. “Remember to enjoy the little things.”

"With these relatively uncomplicated changes"=melts the N64's internals.

Sorry, who are you? [checks videos] Oh, the Rare reviewer! Welcome back!

30:23 Anyone else noticed? lol Anyways I subbed! For content and that piece of info alone lol

He did it. Mad lad actually did it!

This beaver bother rant is on point! 🤣

I screamed when I saw this was uploaded

Subscribed because of the beaver bother rant

Only just looked up and watched the older vids and I didn't realize you had a big hiatus

Donkey Kong is hated by people who resent the fact they dont have as much time to play it as they did as children.

You gotta talk about Conker's Bad Fur Day

W E L C O M E T O B O N U S S T A G E

20:18 I laught way more than I should have at this little roast:)

LET'S GOOOOO

YES LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

Holy cow, it really happened!

Playing Beaver Bother enough I can beat it on my first try consistently fills me with equal parts pride and shame

Can you please do Conker's Bad Fur Day next? We've all been waiting years for you to do that game.

OH BANANA

Nice video. Constructive criticism: The volume of your voice is way too high compared to your video evidence. Or more accurately, the videos are way to low in volume. Otherwise, nice job! 😊 The Beaver Bother section was relatable and hillarious

Yep, that is Beaver Bother.

Bro.... You ok bro? I feel like Beaver Bother may have broke you in every capacity lol

33:31 is where I think he say talking into his Mic and you can slowly see his eyes turn red. All the while the men in the white coats come and wrap him in his happy jacket bc he's actually talking to the wall bc DK 64 and stolen his sanity. He think he's still home playin DK 64 when he's been in his happy little room for years upon years hearing the happy music play over and over and over and over and over. Mr. Beegie time to take your medicine.... Mr. Veegie....

the beaver bother rant made me want to click the like button, but the video is currently at 420 likes so i will comment instead. well done

How is Gloomy Galleon worse than Terrydactyland?