Donkey Kong Country Exposed - Rare Promo

[shadowlink1994]

Donkey Kong Country 1 was the best! its a shame 2 years later DKC 3 was pretty much a failure because of the nintendo 64 launch

[megaDudeMegaDude]

Holy shit, mip map interpolation with phong shading? Are these guys for reaaal? RAD!

[markedfodeath]

Thumbs up if you had the VHS tape as a kid.

[Ditherliss]

Oh god, I miss this. Back then is when people still cared about games. Now every day it's "omg activision and sega shit out 3 games this week go buy them all right now".

[Captainoftheseass]

11:15 Hi my name is Dave, and . I . like to party.

[SpontaneousJunk]

dang i wish i remembered more of the 90's

[LeProfessionnel2]

Classic memories but...where's Killer Instinct part :p ?

[solofalcon]

i want everything in the room at 6:03

[truthIsStranger]

Nintendo really knew how to do the promotionals. While they were on VHS... while Sony was helping N' with the CDNES.... then Playstation, and PS Mag, shipping demo CDs. RIP Nintendo. All the best ideas, stolen.

[truthIsStranger]

wait did I forget to say RACIST OPENING lol

[RandomGuyRabbit]

I still have the tape for this, but I really can't remember exactly what this was from.

[Sw33tSm0k3]

ummm ?? Wasn't Rareware a BRITTISH developer at the time ?

Why the hell is this in America, and why is everyone in this video an american ?

fake ?

[truthIsStranger]

@Sw33tSm0k3

Rare was clearly depicted as located in England in this video, and the word is spelled "British."

not everyone thinks you are worth lying to. *Some* people will do it to themselves regardless, and we leave your moron ass by the wayside.

Don't ask me to think more critically simply because you can not, people are not here to make sense of the world for you.

[Sw33tSm0k3]

@truthIsStranger where in this video is rare clearly depicted as being located in England ? please enlighten me.

[truthIsStranger]

@Sw33tSm0k3

5:10 - 5:15

[LuisferMosh]

@09:50 How many bananas would generate A life? 1000? D:

[boldsign]

100 bonus levels my ass!!!

[Nibor7301]

32 MEGABYTES?!! That's a MASSIVE game! It'll take HOURS to download from the internet!!

[DeadCrescendo]

There is so much 90's in this video...delicious delicious 90's....*nostalgia* I remember getting this in the mail, came in a jungle green box with the leaves and all that all over it. Popped this in my VCR and was just like "HOLY COW GAMES WILL NEVER LOOK BETTER THAN THIS!" Well, they may look better...but they certainly have gotten a lot less fun on average. Thanks for posting this.

[MightyWebScorpion]

@02:17 Dan is Harry Potter

[metalWeirdo77]

When you say 'Rare Promo' do you mean Rare is in hard to find or Rare as in the developers ;)

lulz

[ireland474]

bring me back to the 90s please

[truthIsStranger]

@ireland474

stop paying your mobile bill and you shall be transported

[eminemneo]

Wasn't this some show? but i miss shit like this! snes and sega genesis and ps1 and n64 are the best,golden games of our childhood!

[MrSeantoohey]

Lol the bit wars!

[tranquelmischief]

I loved it when he said "biggest game ever." Sure felt like it back then, now we got physics engines for games like God of War 3.

[sk8rdood67]

This whole video reeks heavily of the 90s. Lol

[enginenum1]

i got this tape when i was a kid,so did half the kids at my elementary school.awesome times

[coldbrewbeer]

Hey you wanna banana?

[gizaha]

Beta elements: 2.44 donkey can't kill enemy with jump, actualy he can in final versions. 8.09, blue balloon different sound. 8.25, when level start, there are some debug numbers on the right. 8.50, i don't know if im right, but the music loops in this point, maybe there weren't use the same music as final, or it's edited in the video. 9.52, WRF 655 BANNANAS??? I Guess the game wasn't so grateful with free lives. I don't remember the game very much, there been 17 years, thumbs up please

[EWJOEtv]

Got this at a Threft Store Today For 50 Cents, Good Deal?

[Koolkitties]

@EWJOEtv great deal. five or so years ago i got it for twelve at a gamestop. Their SNES prices were awful.

[Stephastated]

free men.

[LargoLaGrande]

Rare was such a great company on the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64

I had this Tape.. where is it?! :)

[AdamTheGood]

good marketing video for the time. made my dad want to buy me the game back then.

[antilukeskywalker]

32 megs, that makes it the biggest game ever. Oh how times have changed.

[AcidBong]

I HAD THIS VHS TAPE!!

[FlanDoEntertainment]

I have it too.

[Chr1573r]

Rareware back in the day <3

[spunkyhungry]

I remember watching this promo on tv before the game came out! I think I must have been 9 years old. This is a fun game. I used to rent it from the video store a lot when I was a kid, and I just recently bought a used copy at a flea market. I was playing it today, and it brings back memories. So much fun. :)

[heerogunkenobi]

man this promo brings me back such great memories of the golden age of games in the 90s and back when rare actully made really really good games now there nothing :(

[Formalhault]

Gotta love the roundness.

[maganaonline]

I got one of these videos in the mail in September of '94. Donkey Kong Country went to the top of my Christmas List immediately. My Mom latter told me that they had to do a lot of looking around to find a copy.

[TechReid]

KLOBB



[rootbeer543]

Gamers these days have no idea what a good game is.

[corionzielig]

I have one of the original vide cassettes here...but actually I overwrote it with an episode of Gargoyles.

[AWKMARIOfan]

i have this

[skatefreek]

I literally just bought this tape from Goodwill for 49 cents, great condition. How much is this thing worth anyway?

[BollyBibby]

This guy reminds me of a combination of Weird Al and Screech

Oh and 3:50

[MrFireballWhisky]

No Killer Instinct bumper at the end?

[CoTeCiOtm]

Man, what an awesome opening song! Back when game makers cared about every single details including promos like this one.

[spoonshiro]

I remember getting this as a bonus with Nintendo Power. Good times.

[whatever678]

My friends and I still quote some of the lines in this video as inside jokes.... ahh man what a childhood.

[Shmeepazoid]

NOT ON SEGA

[CrazyGamerDragon64]

I wish they would release video game music on CD's in America more often

[spikeriley]

Wow, such memories, as my older brother got this video because he was subscribed to Nintendo Power.

[evo404]

Cringed my way through that intro sequence to the totally awesome rock music. Glad I did, cool video.

[NekoFox08]

aha can't have the 90's without douchebag backward baseball caps, and horribly colored t-shirts. :D

[CeeCasper]

vests are popular again.lol

[ravenguise]

Hey cool didnt know egon spengler was on the donkey crew

[rexrabbiteer]

ahhh... back when gamers used to call Lives Men

[ThePoisonSword]

Wow, back when 32 megs was the biggest game ever.

I love the middle-finger to SEGA at the end. It's so weird to think back to when those were the main players in the field. Total nostalgia.

[Cellpwn]

This is so '90s. Awesome.

[bune88]

@Cellpwn I nostalgia'd

[chupchupchupnanny]

I remember getting this tape in the mail, and wanted to go down to Redmond and go on a tour. We were so hyped when the testers were sitting around the table talking about how you had to get it!!!! Kids nag your parents every day until you get it! They didn't need much convincing because they were blown away by the video too.

[vistaway3008]

@chupchupchupnanny I too remember getting this video in the mail, and shortly after watching having mom drive me to blockbuster to rent it. ahhh the good ole days...

[Altitudes11]

@vistaway3008

I got it too! I was probably like 12 or something. I never got to play the game till like a year later, but I remembered all the little secrets they told you in this video

[akutabi]

I used to own this on VHS, brings back memories

[ProtomanZX22]

11:57 Dramatic DK!! XDD

[mr0ska]

hey redmond washington! thats right by seattle where i am.

[jovenATL]

I got this video in the mail many moons ago from Nintendo... I hate that they cut out the last part with the Killer Instinct preview

[devonjames10]

The biggest game ever? Retro games were epic.

[deprogramr]

I remember getting this video in the mail as a Nintendo power subscriber. Nintendo is so epic when you're a kid.

[VirtuaBlueAM2]

Why doesn't Nintendo do anything like this anymore?

[MitchZer0II]

@lacimangle Oh you scambots...

[MilwaukeeJAK]

Password? Diddy?! YEAH!‼

[TheZachReed]

Donkey Kong Country (The SNES trilogy) was the greatest series ever.

[video00111]

this video was pretty awesome back in the days.

[digitaldud]

This is a pretty crappy video because they're too cheap to go to Rare and actually talk to the developers, they just talk to some QA guys who happen to be in Nintendo's Redmond office.

[johnnyponny4]

I am going to bitch about Rare some more..In 2007, Tim and Chris Stamper, the creative force behind Rare, left the company. Thus Rare isn't really Rare any more. Thus, fucking greedy moneygrubbing american company Microsoft pretty much ruined the original Rare.

[Darkdarkseel]

I freaking love this game!

[offtheheazy6]

holy shit i cant believe thats what was cool back then...mullets and backwards baseball caps...haha good times

[houyo]

I used to own this video... Wow.

[ferm65]

ahh, you didn't show the secret killer instinct part at the end

[markusmachadoReturns]

It doesn't even make sense bitching about Rare anymore. The company is not the same, most of it's staff is gone and we'll probably never play a game with their style and humor again. Such a shame.

[Games5522]

@markusmachadoReturns Look to the timesplitters series. The developers of the series are made up of people who left Rare and were involved in making Perfect Dark and Goldeneye.

[markusmachadoReturns]

Damn I feel old now.

[krammy9goggler]

this looks like some sort of lost tim and eric sketch

[Bogo8831]

Holy shit 32 mb!!!

[noro182]

It's like if it were the mid 90's all over again. Thanks for uploading this.

[MasterQuest1984]

November 21st? WTF that's when DKC Returns comes out! :)

[Theiceman4real]

@MasterQuest1984 that was the point, lol

[thevisualboy37]

@MasterQuest1984 That's exactly what they were going for!

[mspeter97]

@MasterQuest1984 it's normal!

[MasterQuest1984]

Dan Oweson? Isn't he still working with Nintendo?

[KazumaPrime]

Ironically, the same tagline could be reused for this year.

Jungle Fever Returns November 21st.

[sexysteve268]

32 megs! LOL god how impressed were they!?

[DarkGreen2000]

@sexysteve268

lol we can save a microsoftword file with 32 mb

[ozziw]

The 90's... Oh my God, the 90's... It truly was rad, in every sense of the word.

[LAB1one]

November 21st can't wait...

[SOUTHWESTENZ]

@TheMariofan32 wow...seriously

[TheMariofan32]

@SOUTHWESTENZ Well I found out its my cousins friend, and he attended my school (where i go now!) his name is Neil Betteridge! I make games on Game Maker Pro, so I might ask my cousin to contact him for ideas! Sorry about the misleading comment. I'll delete it. (That was about 2 minutes before I found out, and I was so excited i put he was my cousin)

[SOUTHWESTENZ]

some sick beat footage like 2:49 what freakin level is that, night jungle without rain and donkey jumps on the big guy and he bounces off

[SOUTHWESTENZ]

after all these years its still the best imo only topped by its sequel

[xNeOsZx]

Dan <= Harry Potter

[SNESosT]

well, the release date that is, still an amazing game

[SNESosT]

game was made on my birthday.

[gorgack2000]

As a Brit I really didn't expect my local zoo to pop up in this video. Twycross Zoo FTW.

[Packers909]

32 MBs! The biggest game ever!

[joe1597]

@Packers909 32 Megabits. That's about 4 Megabytes.

[mrfellah]

Damn. Ken Lobb in person. The Klobb gun in Goldeneye is named by him.

[Intestified]

Masterful game, first video game I ever Played as well.

[TreyRust]

20 super computers? wow... we've come a long way xD

[SeanTheOriginal]

It's kinda funny knowing that the original game came out on Nov. 21, and the Wii re-make of it is coming out the same day, for the 16th year anniversary of it's release.

[professors84]

I totally remember getting this video in the mail back in the day. I had seen previews of DKC in magazines and I thought it looked alright, but this video TOTALLY sold me on the game and got me hyped like no game ever had before. Nintendo definitely succeeded.

[BohepansTheThird]

Maybe Navigator was right. Maybe we were stupid, if we didn't buy Donkey Kong Country! Maybe it was indeed the game of the decade!

[mrcow94]

donkey kong country was fucking amazing, of course we were surprised!

[DeeKey666]

i got this still on vhs lol

[Teufeldolch]

Oh, I remember this...

[erickro813]

How much is this vhs worth. I have a copy of it just wondering if i could get anything on it on ebay

[TheLoJiK]

Wow, I remember getting the video for this in the mail when I was about maybe 6?

[patojoker2xx7]

lol at donkey kong asking for a ride xD

[Primalvids]

The yanks took all credit for this game, even though it was designed and written by English programmers (rareware anyone?). All the yanks did was test it !!

[everetteli]

NOT

 on

SEGA

good ol' 16-bit wars

[RandomThingies]

the warning is awesome.

it basically called you a loser for hating animals :3

[gottalock]

I am pretty sure this was the promo video that all Nintendo Power subs received as a free gift prior to the release of the game. I remember getting one and I think its still in my moms basement.

[resincoatedlungs]

what a mullet.

[perfectionless]

Can't wait for the new Dk Country!!

[MathewWii]

Pause at 3:51

You'll thank me later.

[jhonnydrama]

i like at the end of it u get to see a sneak peek of killer instinct

[printerjam5]

Now Donkey Kong Country has returned, haha

[garr7690]

I never understood why I got this in the mail.

[SHOTASHORTS]

6:11 He whistled. I.. can't stop laughing at the whistle.

[CheddarCheesePlanet]

is that daniel tosh at 00:13

[MasterQuest1984]

@CheddarCheesePlanet

Daniel Tosh would have been like 18 back in 1994.

[HotPie1138]

Password?

Diddy?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH

[SFmaster23]

I'm so glad I never watched this back then and other media stuff like it and was able to enjoy the "magic' of the game alone without any outside influence.

[Jasonlords]

I got this tape in the mail when I was a kid. Got me so excited, rightfully so what a classic game.

[laesperanzapaz]

2.06 HOLY SHIT its joe scarborough!!

2.17 HOLY FUCK its harry potter!!!

[turbopower87]

"...Which makes this a 32-megabyte game, the biggest game ever..."

LOL!

[vio2112]

@turbopower87 Well, it was back in 1994. :)

[PersonMan92]

lol the 90s

[leodefine86]

EPIC! CLASSIC! A GAME FOR LIFE!

i miss those days!

[beastcake]

I want that DK suit.

[TheBreadfan]

So he went to the publisher for a 'making of' doc? The game was developed at Rare, I hate the way publishers take complete ownership of games.

[MasterQuest1984]

@TheBreadfan Donkey Kong is a Nintendo character, so of course they own the rights to the game. Duh.

[TheBreadfan]

@MasterQuest1984 Duh, yeah I know. Did you watch this video? Rare was barely mentioned. This IS a making of isn't it.

[JDudex1]

were they on crack back then ?

[wezite1983]

its funny how America sometimes take credit for games they didn't make. The guy he was speaking to on the phone to was Tim Stamper from twycross Leicestershire england. The game was made in the country side hence the name DK country. I bet americans think the GTA series was made in america to.....

[bounty2444]

@wezite1983 and i hate how english dont know how to brush their damn teeth

[wezite1983]

@bounty2444 yeah well with all the meth heads in your country am surprised you've got teeth to brush! Britain is a better country FACT!!! we have free health care a fair benefit system and we have human rights. America is filled with scum like you so before you start talking about the british public's teeth look at your black teeth and brush them ugly fuckers you watch to many films dick head..

[bounty2444]

@wezite1983 im not going to put myself at the level of a brit...considering how low it is all i have to say is remember the american revolution? nuff said

[fiveowed]

@bounty2444 Shut the fuck up you nob head!!! Stop talking shit about GREAT Britain you fucking retard. You talk as if you won that war yourself. Your shitty country couldent even win a war against the gooks Nuff said ya dick head.

[bounty2444]

@fiveowed lol GREAT britian? all you guys do is worship some fat bitch that dosent even have to do with the goverment at all britian is just a big ignorant pile of trash that act like their gods....and dont even say ooooo americans suck because america is comprised of every race around the world so when you diss america you diss the world....dumb brit

[SuperMario370]

@bounty2444 Fuck u,all you americans do is eat burger king and get divorces and yes im british retarded fuck

[SuperMario370]

@bounty2444 u guys cant even stop one man named osama binladden or however the hell you spell his name i, bet your a 350 lbs sitting eating burger king and filling a divorce slip

[bounty2444]

@SuperMario370 at least we know how to spell =p

[xtortugaviejox]

@wezite1983 Shut up, Redcoat.

[dubberman]

@xtortugaviejox

He makes a fair point though..

[dragonheartman]

@wezite1983 The game was developed in the UK, but published in the US. The US team is responsible for all the localization, marketing, etc., which would explain this video. The only thing they are taking credit for is pushing out this promotional video so N. Americans would be more inclined to purchase it.

[NephilimDJ]

@dragonheartman Even then his point about being in the country is a bit silly, the area were rareware is, is "Birmingham, England". with 1mil population, officially its a city.

[WiiFolderJosh]

@wezite1983 Well Retro Studios is american, and they're making a new DKC game which is 100x's better than the Rare developed games. :)

[Rapi2]

@WiiFolderJosh I haven't even played this, but I don't see how ANYTHING could be better than the Rare DKC games. They're my favorite ever and man those games are just perfect.

[johnnyponny4]

@WiiFolderJosh Of course the game is going to be better. They have 100x more advanced technology than 15 years ago. DKC was cutting edge for its time. Retro Studios is trying to be "America's Rare" and they are doing a pretty good job, now that Rare sucks. Pretty creative and imaginative for an American company. I wonder if they have as good sound composers as Rare did? But until they come up with an original game like "Banjo and Kazooie" or "Battletoads" I'm going to say Rare was better

[vikingscool]

@WiiFolderJosh Amen!

[TaikiKakeru]

This Game is so Old! :D For me the Best Game on the Snes!

[AWKMARIOfan]

I actually have this on VHS tape somewhere. It still has the sticker label and everything.

[spark20]

hey where's the secret clip???

[stupidstuffx]

"Stole the banana hoard", wait........why does that sound oddly suggestive?

[irapeprettygirls]

This is the best looking game I have ever seen. Nothing will ever be able to top in. This game has better graphics than the xbox 360 and the ps3 combined.

[romanemul]

9:52 He got more than 600 bananas

[nickjuly4A]

@romanemul How's that possible? Once you get 100 bananas it gives you a life and it resets to 0 xD

Must be a pre-production version or something. xD

[steve07269]

when duz dis game cum out it lookz so gud

[SegaVsNin]

I missed all the great things that Nintendo gave out to Nintendo Power subscribers. It was sad when they gave up the publishing. I've got a bunch of videos like this one, I even remember a local TV station played this video late one night. I was quite shocked to see it and even though I had already watched it a million times before I watched it again.

[Mikeys9607TE]

I never had nintendo power in ireland

[mithical87]

omg it's Ken Lobb.