We might have been lifelong gaming pals had I not turned supervillian for a brief moment. After telling his mother about the crime I had committed, she essentially banished me from their home, and I don’t think I ever went back. When he saw that all three save files showed 0 percent, he (understandably) flipped out and started screaming at me. In the blink of an eye, I deleted his save data and he nearly caught me in the act.

In that instance, I was over at a nearby friend’s place playing the game when he stepped out of the room for a moment. I’ll briefly mention the scenario that took place a few years prior involving Super Mario World. Whatever my 10-year-old mind was thinking at the time, I regret it to this day, and I still think of it as one of the most cruel things you can do to a video game player. It’s possible that I was trying to delete my own save data so as to return the cartridge back to him as if I had never actually used it at all. Maybe I didn’t want to see his save file with more progress than I had achieved.

Within seconds, I had committed a grave error that would lead to a dramatic confrontation. On the main menu screen, I deliberately moved the cursor to the option for deleting save data. I didn’t play through the entire game before I had to return it, and during one of my final sessions with it, something tragic happened. I happily used one of the two free slots and enjoyed the game thoroughly. With three save slots, you would think this wouldn’t be an issue at all. He had a save file at a very high percentage, and his one condition for letting me borrow the cartridge was that I not delete his save data. At some point not too long after it came out, I would borrow DKC 2 from a cousin, but not one I normally saw all that often. I don’t actually remember when I first played it, but I do recall some rather embarrassing and uncomfortable moments associated with it and even earlier with Super Mario World. And it actually didn’t hurt that Donkey Kong himself was almost nowhere to be found.Īs it released later in the SNES’s life cycle, Donkey Kong Country 2 had just enough time to shine at the end of 1995 before the Nintendo 64 came out the following year. The numerous secrets, variety of levels, and incredible soundtrack work in harmony to create a platformer to rival the best Mario titles.

Opinions may differ on favorite entry or playable character, but out of the Super Nintendo trilogy, there’s no denying how playable, charming, and satisfying it was and still is to cartwheel and spin your way across Crocodile Isle. The original Donkey Kong Country was unique for its pre-rendered 3D graphics converted into a 2D platformer, and although its gameplay was pretty good at the time, it wasn’t until the sequel, DKC2: Diddy’s Kong Quest, that the series really hit it out of the park.

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