The wind-up mechanical Kritter from off of Frantic Factory was originally planned as a track hazard in the 2007 Wii racing game.

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After 14 years, the Kongversation finally does an episode on Viva Piñata. Actually, the first episode of a multi-part Spotlight series celebrating the game's 20th anniversary! Dustin and I recount the development, ambitious multimedia plans, and eclectic cast of Rare's cult classic garden simulator!

Still the second-best-selling Switch 2 title after Mario Kart World, Bananza has finally passed the milestone of five million copies sold worldwide.

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DK Vine projects that Bachelor Bear has defeated incumbent Barnacle Bear on the Lake Orangatanga episode of the Kongversation! Was this a stunning rebuke over the promised gift shop that's failed to open on Barnacle's Island for 30 years, or was it all down to spoiler candidate Belcha? Find out on a new Destination DKU episode!

The new Evercade cartridge includes Blaze's enhanced native ports of Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie, full of new surprises and long-ballyhooed features.

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The Super Mario Mash-Up Pack is ported over in its entirety, with no added textures for the Diddy skin's eye skin.

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Watch your neck, Master Necky Snr.! Start a garlic hoard, Donkey Kong! Sculpt some crosses out of those Silver Coins, Timber! Vampires exist in the Donkey Kong Universe. There's no use in denying it. But Jeff and I are here to explain the rules for dispatching them, and how much their presence in Rare's shared world is impaled by actual vampiric folklore, on a bloody mess of a Kongversation!

The prolific Emmy Award-winning voice actor provided the voice of Rash in Battletoads (2020) and Diddy Kong in 2023's The Super Mario Bros. Movie.

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The karts are out of gas. The Emperor has given Donkey Kong (Gladiator) a thumbs-down verdict. Luigi with the Big Sausage has gone from bratwurst to burst. But the memories remain! David and I remember the legacy of the often controversial Mario Kart Tour in its Spotlight episode!

Materia Collective's latest DKU release brings in David Wise for a redo of his Diddy Kong Racing soundtrack.

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