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Better 2d plat, dkc1 or Yoshi's island?
- Thread starter ClickyCal'
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I prefer DKC, but think they're both games. I know Island will win the vote though. I think of Island as similar to Tropical Freeze: both good games but not the second coming of 2D platformers as they are made out to be.
The actual platforming of DKC is definitely superior to me. The momentum, speed, and weight feel great, and the pace of encountering secrets is satisfying. Yoshi's Island is very slow and methodical by comparison, and the length of levels can sometimes feel exhausting. However, it's also just overflowing with creativity and fun gameplay mechanics at every turn in a way that DKC is not - DKC is a pretty simple game. Yoshi's Island is also more polished in terms of hitboxes and stability and such. Overall I think Yoshi's Island is the better and more ambitious game, but I personally like DKC more. Outside of the gameplay, I really think DKC's atmosphere remains super appealing, in no small part because of the amazing soundtrack.
i honestly find this hard to answer actually, but i gave it to yoshi's island because i feel like it has more charm and more variety
but it's very close for me
but it's very close for me
Oh my god, Yoshi's Island is vastly superior to DKC.
Now if we were talking about DKC2, that'd be a tougher question.
Now if we were talking about DKC2, that'd be a tougher question.
I voted for Yoshi's Island here... if only due to the fact that Nintendo has managed to successfully iterate and improve upon DKC multiple times over whereas most (if not all) of the Yoshi's Island successors have proven to be pale imitations.
Yoshi's Island has so much more creativity, variation, charm, brilliant enemy design etc etc. I agree that many levels are too long though.
DKC only stands out in the atmosphere (visuals/audio) department.
DKC only stands out in the atmosphere (visuals/audio) department.
Yoshi's Island is one of the Mario games I enjoyed less tbh. The artstyle is cute but gone is the great platforming. Still better than DKC though.
This for me is really close but I give it to Yoshis Island. DKC 2 and DKC3 curbstomp both of these games though and are the 2 best snes platformers.
Yoshi. It's one of my favorite games even today and I imagine I'll be saying the same thing 20 years from now.
Hah. It was early morning here. I meant that they're both good games ;-)
Yoshi's Island out of those two.
It becomes a different conversation if you compare YI to DKC2 though. Battle of the '95 games.
It becomes a different conversation if you compare YI to DKC2 though. Battle of the '95 games.
I hate DKC so most AAA platformers win against that piece of crap series for me.
Pitting it against YI is tantamount to putting me up against Brock Lesnar.
Pitting it against YI is tantamount to putting me up against Brock Lesnar.
Yoshi's aged better. The graphics for DK were impressive at the time but now they kinda freak me out.
I find Yoshi Island more relaxing to play nowadays. It has its challenging moments but Donkey Kong games feel like loads of Kongs were killed by spikes, drowning and in mine karts and and only one made it to the end. It's all personal taste though.
Tropical Freeze and NSMBU are completely unrelated to this discussion, not sure the relevance.
Gameplay is subjective but it definitely doesn't look better unless you prefer the hybrid of sprites mimicing faux-3D which hasn't aged greatly. Yoshi's Island looks like an adorable painting in a baby's room.
Yoshi's Island is so much better than DKC, it is no contest. The DKC series is unbeatable when it comes to ambience and atmosphere, but Yoshi's Island is a masterpiece in design - DKC is so simpler than it.
