Talk:Donkey Kong Country 2/Archive 1

Plot

Like many games in the platform genre, the plot is not necessarily an integral part of the game, and therefore, much of it isn't discussed throughout the game itself.

I removed this part of the plot section, as it was unnecessary and too subjective for Wiki quality standards.

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.244.59.67 (talk) 09:20, 16 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Known in Japan as...

In Japan Donkey Kong was nown as the same name.

"Die or Beat a Board"

Could someone explain this?

Die or Beat a board is a multiplayer mode in platform games where two players alternate turns whenever the other dies. This was edited out anyways as it was not the first game to include this feature. Xtremeblur 05:55, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

removing rubbish

I'm removing the list of changes made in the game boy-ports, the world descriptions and the credits. Wikipedia isn't a FAQ neither is it an instruction manual. Film articles don’t contain massive lists of credits, so why should video game dittos? Masken 19:12, 10 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I re removed it after it was added again Guess who i am 13:00, 12 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The instruction manual part was understandable, but I added the list of differences found in the GBA port back on October 13. This article is on the game itself, and the GBA version includes many differences - some fairly significant - from the original SNES version. Those changes are definitely worth being noted, as the two versions are both popular (and a person reading this article may have one but not the other). Xtremeblur 06:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of removals, why was the information about the Famicom version removed? If it had to do with the screenshots, the screenshots should've been the only content removed.-Mega Man 5 4 May 2007 (UTC)

Start-Class rating

When was the last time this article was rated? I have made many various changes, including four large updates, over the past couple of months or so in an attempt to make it better. It's nothing too major, but it's definitely drastically different from when I first saw the article. Hopefully these changes get recognized, but I will try and continue with my efforts no matter. Xtremeblur 04:00, 15 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Note on bramble stages in the Trivia section

There is an item in the Trivia section that starts with "In all the bramble stages, each stage had a different color of the setting...." Why is this item even necessary? In all the DKC games (heck, in many video games in general), similar-looking levels are often colored differently. This should be removed... TanookiMario257 23:24, 12 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Title Screen

It appears that the Title Screenshot (as well as the screenshot below it) were taken with a below-average emulator; it's obvious when you look at the pictures that the graphics looked better on the SNES. Also, the Title Screen has "Super" written above Donkey Kong 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, which implies that the game was an edited ROM instead of an original. Could these pictures be replaced with "correct" screenshots? 71.199.25.62 23:08, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It was a pirate game for the NES, not a rom hack. In said game, there are about four levels, the game itself, along with the 'Donkey Kong Country 4' pirate game, which was made out of DKC 1, kinda scares me. Lesser Shadow (talk) 19:13, 25 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Super Donkey Kong is DKC's Japanese name, so it's a Japanese ROM. Digifiend (talk) 13:14, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Virtual Boy?

Is there a source for the info that it was originally to be released for the Virtual Boy? --Evildevil (talk) 19:36, 22 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Donkey Kong Country 2 Shot 1.png

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Fair use rationale for Image:Donkey Kong Country 2 Shot 2.png

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Any idea wtf this sentence is supposed to be?

"If you trespass Link on the coin collecting, his green vest is going to make part from the trash can too." Apofisu (talk) 15:42, 18 January 2008 (UTC) The DK Coins. Trespass should just have said pass. Digifiend (talk) 13:15, 2 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hyphen in title screen

I'm not suggesting that we change the name of the article or anything, but I noticed on the title screen that the title appears to be hyphenated: "Diddy's Kong-Quest". I wonder why I never noticed this before. I just thought that some people might find this mildly interesting. --Bando26 (talk) 23:19, 17 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Parrot chute panic screenshot

its a nice screenshot but why is it here? as most screenshots go, shouldn't the first level be the gameplay screenshot? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Diddy kong country23 (talk • contribs) 01:12, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Stickerbrush VS Stickerbush

Why does everyone keep referring to the song as Stickerbrush? I have always heard it called Stickerbush in every OST listing such as http://dkmegasite.vgfort.com/sounds.php http://www.soundtrackcentral.com/cds/donkeykongcountry_trilogy.htm even note 16 http://www.en.game-ost.ru/info.php?id=1151 has it listed as Stickerbush symphony http://vgmrush.com/album.php?id=61 http://www.gametrax.net/albums/318881/index.html can someone please tell me why it keeps getting changed to stickerbrush symphony. Ledah (talk) 20:38, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No one is responding to this and this provides more links so I am changing it back to stickerbush it is not stickerbrush just because you say so narsaksaslee one of your own links says bush. Ledah (talk) 17:47, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I don't really check the talk pages of articles, but yeah you're kind of right. Problem is, one reliable source says otherwise. So yeah I'll change it back. I must have misread the soundtrack central listing as Stickerbrush becuase one other source had said it was stickerbrush which is listed there. As a side note I'll remove the "vandalism" comment that I had written on your page. NarSakSasLee (talk) 20:49, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I know there has been a lot of people labeling it as Stickerbrush on Youtube and it has come to the point even Google tries to correct it as Stickerbrush if you put Stickerbush. I in no way mean to vandalize this page just wish to make the information accurate and as I have found more listings as Stickerbush than Stickerbrush I wanted to go with the consensus. Ledah (talk) 21:37, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hahaha, well becuase Google used it I assumed that was the correct spelling. But Google I suppose has its fair share of (human) errors. If the next time you have a problem with the article can you please inform me on my talk page? As I've said before I don't really check article talk pages that often. I also seemed to have annoyed you which could have been avoided. NarSakSasLee (talk) 22:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It was called 'Stickerbush' until dkvine.com unofficially renamed it to 'brush' because of the GBA port's name. The same people came up with the incorrect name for the mines song 'Mining Melancholy'. David Wise himself refers to it as 'stickerbush' and not 'stickerbrush' - a stickerbrush doesn't exist, however a stickerbush is some kind of US slang for a type of shrub. It's been six years since the last reply but I felt like completing this since no one said it the truth. Being a Dixie Kong I should know this... --DixieKongJD (talk) 10:15, 28 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your input haha. NarSakSasLee (talk) 00:14, 15 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Images

I've reverted the edits by one editor who removed a lot of images. They were liscensed correctly so why not use them? Please discuss this here please NarSakSasLee (talk) 13:17, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Because images don't simply need to be "licensed properly" in order to be used. The fact that these are non-free images means that use of the MUST be minimized to image that are only necessary to the readers understanding of something. Having 10 non-free images is FAR too much. Most FA video game articles allow only 2, however, I think 3 is ok here: 1 for the game box, 1 for a gameplay screen, 1 for a soundtrack shot. Please read Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Thanks. --Torsodog^Talk 18:18, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Instead of removing all the images, how about have at minimum 5 images? Most of the featured content articles have more than 10 images. NarSakSasLee (talk) 19:08, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I still don't understand what part of that policy you are talking about to support your claim. If you are right then can give me a few days to determine which to keep and which to discard? Even if it is less than 5 images that I am allowed to place here? NarSakSasLee (talk) 19:11, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't seem to understand the difference between non-free images and free images. Most featured articles have more than 10 FREE images, yes, but almost no featured articles have more than ~3 non-free images. Please, look at comparable featured video game articles here. And I am citing "Contextual significance. Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding." from Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. These images are not significantly increasing a readers understanding of anything. Actually, most of the images are almost the same. There really should be no more than 3 images on this page. Sorry. Also, I'm going to remove the Japanese name in the lead again. I had a similar experience when promoting Star Wars: Rogue Squadron to FA. It is a German game, and the Japanese game is named something completely different, but the Japanese name is not bolded in the first sentence of the lead. That is simply giving it too much undue weight. And considering this game is an English language game, there is really no reason to have the Japanese name in the lead like that. Also, I have bought this up at the Video Game Project's talk page. --Torsodog^Talk 19:25, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay but I still don't understand the "FREE" part. I took the screenshots myself from my computer so aren't they in a way "FREE"? NarSakSasLee (talk) 20:54, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Nah, since the game was made by someone else, they still own the rights to any of the game's screenshots, even if you took them yourself. --Torsodog^Talk 21:00, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Then how did other editors obtain "free" images? (Thanks for explaining by the way glad we cleared most it up) NarSakSasLee (talk) 21:02, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No problem about clearing it up. It is pretty confusing. Anyways, the other editors didn't obtain "free" images, they are still non-free. BUT, Wikipedia allows editors to use some non-free images in articles to show readers something they wouldn't be able to understand as well without the image. So, for example, the game's box is ok to have in the article, and image of the game's gameplay is ok too. The acticle wouldn't be able to explain the box and gameplay well without being able to show the readers too. It is kinda hard to explain, but I tried. Does that make sense? --Torsodog^Talk 21:38, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for the late reply but university work stuff came in the way. I kind of see what you are referring your analogy is difficult to implement. However I get gist of what you mean. NarSakSasLee (talk) 15:40, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lawsuit

"The title re-entered the news when the rapper Diddy attempted to sue Nintendo for, as he claimed, illegally infringing upon his intellectual ownership of the name "Diddy." The court, however, rejected the case, explaining to his rapper that his use of the name did not grant the rapper retroactive rights to it. As Diddy later titled his subsequent album "Forever," this was thought to be a nod to the case and an indication that he had yet to accept the court's judgment." -- Where are the sources for this? NarSakSasLee (talk) 17:27, 27 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Strange sales figures

"Released in the year 1995 for the SNES platform Donkey Kong Country 2 has received mostly positive reviews from critics and has been well received by the public, selling 4.37 million of copies worldwide on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System platform. The total number of copies sold in Japan have been 2.21 million, and in the US 2.16 million"

Setting aside the strange language involved, this paragraph appears horribly inaccurate. Two sets of figures appear to have been retrieved from two sales charts (based on the sources) and added together. While this may cause only minor inaccuracies in numbers the omission of an entire territory, the one from which the game was created, surely knocks a couple of million from the worldwide sales! Also, into what territory would Australia fall? Conorflan (talk) 22:03, 14 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Umm yes. Sorry for taking so long to reply. I guess you are right. But I couldn't find the AU sales. Anyway happy slapping! I'm so tired from college. Please fix this mistake if you want yourself although don't deleted huge paragraphs please. And thank you for insulting my English skills. No really I'm just joking but its getting better. NarSakSasLee (talk) 23:53, 17 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't think I'd come face to face with the author, sorry. My grammar is not exactly encyclopaedia worthy, and it's not that the paragraph is bad, just strange - perhaps a little overstated. I'll have a hoke around and see what I can dig up on sales and maybe with a bit of back and forth it'll be sorted.

I could do with a bit of DKC2... Conorflan (talk) 21:13, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Its okay. Apology accepted. You didn't have to anyway I was joking. On another note what do you mean by you could do with a bit of DKC2? NarSakSasLee (talk) 14:31, 19 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed by referring to VG Chartz instead. 109.255.165.155 (talk) 01:32, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Vgchartz is not a reliable source, see WP:VG/S. Яehevkor ✉ 23:12, 19 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Soundtrack preview

Should the music preview be replaced with Stickerbush Symphony? As much as I like Hot-Head Bop, Stickerbush is considered to be the game's greatest song and is highly referenced. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.152.207.164 (talk) 04:10, 30 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I can't upload Stickerbrush because of copyright - you'd have to delete the Hot Head Bop song first and since I'm not an admin I can't do it. Plus you'll have to find a source that that song is the best. I know its true but it has to be written down so we can include it. NarSakSasLee (talk) 22:51, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The soundtrack is considered by critics to be one of the most beautiful soundtracks ever created for the SNES." Isn't that just a tad bit overzealous? It sounds like some fanboy wrote that, it's not very professional. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.127.246.7 (talk) 07:00, 23 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Not really. Its a fact and it sounds okay to me. What part of it is a bit over zelous? It is regarded as one of the best soundtracks for the SNES. NarSakSasLee (talk) 14:54, 24 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Spoken article

I am currently working on a spoken version of this article. TykeMan128 (talk) 21:24, 14 June 2019 (UTC)TykeMan128[reply]

I made some edits to the article for the sake of readability, and also to fix a few minor grammatical errors. TykeMan128 (talk) 21:25, 14 June 2019 (UTC)TykeMan128[reply]