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After a long and gruelling battle with the powers that be, the DK Vine Tumblar is proud to announce that our Klump post, which contains an official Nintendo-owned render of the classic Donkey Kong baddie, has been reinstated. If you find yourself in need of access to this render while away from any reliable source of electricity, it can be found on Page 29 of the Donkey Kong Country manual.

Artwork of Klump from Donkey Kong Country (1994).

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2019 DK Vine Holiday Card. Happy Holidays!

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Celebrating Hbomberguy’s incredible 101% stream of DK64 that raised over $340,000 for Mermaids UK.

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2018 Holiday card created for DK Vine.

Have a smashing holiday.

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Artwork of Klump from Donkey Kong Country (1994).

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Illustration I created for DK Vine’s 2017 Holiday Card.  Can you spot all the references?

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DK Vine’s stalwart Podcast The Kongversation marks the premiere of Season 5 with an episode all (well, mostly) about recent news regarding the Nintendo Switch!  Episode streams live Saturday at 4:30 PM for 5$ and up supporters of DK Vine’s Patreon, and you can have your questions answered on air by calling the DK Vine Hotline at 1-281-410-KONG.

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Happy Holidays folks!

2016 holiday card created for DK Vine. Physical postcards featuring this image were sent to Rare, Playtonic Games, and Retro Studios (all developers of games featuring elements in the card image) as well as all the supporters of DK Vine’s Patreon.

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In Donkey Kong Country 3, completing Krematoa results in the submap gaining a red tint. However, in addition to that, revisiting levels within Krematoa reveals that they all become tinted red as well. 

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“Keep going!” “You can do this!”

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Read your video game credits.  You never know when you’re gonna encounter stuff like, say, current President & CEO of Retro Studios Michael Kelbaugh credited as a voice actor in Blast Corps.

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Don’t think there was any obligation to put the Rare logo here, making the time-capsule-ness of this image all the more nifty.

Prima Nintendo 64 Game Secrets book.

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Friend-of-the-Site Malik a.k.a TheCartoonGamer has lent out his vocal cords to provide another charming installment of Did You Know Gaming? centered on Banjo-Kazooie.  Give it a watch and better your day.

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This installment of The Geek Critique follows on from the last as Josh, Chad, and Hyle a look at the other titles under DK’s belt (the one with rocket bongos attached to it) between the buyout of Rare and the reveal of Donkey Kong Country Returns.

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Friend-of-the-Site Josh brings us another episode of The Geek Critique, analyzing Donkey Kong’s initial console gaming outings following the buyout of Rare in 2002.  DK Vine site founders Chad and Hyle also stop by to...well I don’t know if “assist” would be the right word...

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From a Japanese store promo for Donkey Kong Country.

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Left: Dippy the Diplodocus from Banjo-Tooie, who appears only in cutscenes. Right: The texture used for the underside of Dippy’s tongue. Let it not be said that the Banjo team wasn’t thorough.