In Barrel Bayou, if you watch this Kloak
he'll eventually toss out a chest with a green extra life balloon. But if you move the screen and come back, he'll respawn and, you guessed it, toss out another chest
with another extra life balloon. This is one of the fastest ways to grind
for extra lives, but we can also spawn eight chests to lag the game and despawn objects Mario is coming up on his 35th anniversary. We've been playing Mario games,
for a long time. We made wall kicks work on frozen tundras, we crossed searing volcanoes with giant mechanical death-traps, we blasted out of launch stars
through outer space, and we played casual board games
on a Saturday afternoon Besides being a bit of a retrospective,
all that is to say, with so many players beating Mario
games, you've got plenty of people crafting difficult challenges to stretch those games
beyond their intended biosphere. I myself have done the Turbo-Box challenge,
beating levels with one, half or zero A-presses is a good one, and speedruns remain one of
most popular types of challenges to date. But I was surprised at one particular challenge
that managed to allude public interest, hiding under the ol' M hat for so long. Now maybe this challenge existed in some form
before, but in the year of 2018, it struck shining, sparkling, silver. Can't be gold, because, well… The No Coin Challenge took
the internet by storm. The idea was unbelievably simple: take all the shiny coins painted throughout the various levels of a Mario game, and don't touch any
of them. Mario, as you know, is a greedy coin grubber, so he has to have 1000s of coins to collect across each and every one of his games. But when you flip the idea from all to none, you realize just how many coins there actually are. For all the simplicity in the idea, execution
requires ludicrous amounts of skill and dedication. It's easy then to see why people enjoy watching
the challenges, and also easy to pick up a Mario game to try the challenge out yourself. Videos began popping up everywhere, on my
feed at least, and it was only a matter of time then until the challenge migrated to Donkey Kong. Donkey Kong Country is in many ways
like Mario's 2d platformers; both have Nintendo mascots jumping
with relative ease across platforms, both have loads of goodies and secrets to find, and both have world maps with little buttons on them. The common collectible is also near identical. Mario has his coins,
while Donkey Kong has bananas. Why? Because, well he's a monkey,
you can't really argue with that— Both items float casually in the air, both are littered along pathways throughout the adventure, and neither are required for progression. Naturally then, we should have a series of
games with an exciting, difficult, but totally doable challenge. Just jumpity jump around those bananas,
without a peel to worry about, right? Who turned out the lights? There's one, tiny little problem. People quickly realized, that beating Donkey
Kong Country without any bananas, is kind of impossible. Donkey Kong Country Returns has an overripe
16 bananas to collect in the very first level. The original doesn't do much better, only
getting to level two. Well, how does my favorite game in the series
do? For Diddy Kong's Quest…what? It's Diddy's Kong Quest? You're kidding. Oh my gosh it's right on the title screen. Donkey Kong Country 2 does better; we can get past level one,
level two, and even level three. Then there's the fourth level, Lockjaw's Locker. Your controls are locked for the first second, forcing two bananas into your inventory, and then the long string of bananas twists into a cruel, fruity cage with two more bananas on the way down. But throwing out the entire game, just because
of one offset early on, seems a bit too dismissive. So, I want to direct your attention to the lovely ui counting our
failures in the top-left corner. Why does it count? Is it to expose our shame? Well, what if I told you the Kongs weren't
obsessed with bananas? They're obsessed with— balloons. After all, no mere monkey could devour the
sheer gross volume of bananas absorbing into their inventory throughout the adventure. Instead, 100 bananas trade in for 1 balloon,
denoting our number of extra lives. How do I know they're balloons? Well you can collect balloons, you get a balloon
popping sound when you die, and— are you really nitpicking this? The point I'm using to pop the idea here,
is if you can't beat Donkey Kong Country 2 without collecting a single banana, can you
beat Donkey Kong Country 2 without collecting a single extra life? We only have to avoid collecting 100 bananas, and any busty balloons floating
around the game's levels. Well after some research, the answer is, yes…sort of. You can't beat Donkey Kong Country 2, without
collecting 100 bananas. You can however, beat Donkey Kong Country 2,
without collecting 100 bananas. These guys. Klobbers are these weird Kremlings that hide
in a barrel their entire lives, and when you get close, they pop out
and start knocking you around. There's a TNT variant that's actually pretty
dangerous, but most of them are just a big, pain, in my backside. However, the yellow ones are pretty integral
to this challenge. The Kongs will lose a banana bunch for each
bump taken from a yellow klobber. That is, 10 regular bananas. This is the only way we can stay under our
100 banana quota. At the very basic level
you must simply reach Jungle Jinx, or if you don't want to collect any Kremkoins,
Red-Hot Ride. These are the first levels in the game to
feature the Yellow variant of the Klobber, and as long as you can get to Funky Kong with
two banana coins in each world, you can simply fly back to these levels
and unload all your bananas. This challenge hits one particular difficulty
spike in Gloomy Gulch, as the world has no yellow
Klobbers and Funky Kong is all the way over there. Certainly doable, however. So I gave the challenge a shot. I easily made it to Red-Hot Ride with 43
bananas and I unloaded all of them. So far so good, and then I walked the plank
in Rattle Battle. My first death, alright fine. But then it happened again, and again, and by Krazy Kremland,
just halfway into the game, I was out of lives. Game Over. We have a bit of a problem. You only have five lives to beat the
entire game, and you can't save, because the game resets all your lives, and all of your bananas, whenever you load your file. Using the save feature would ruin the point
of the challenge, but so would save states, which is what I needed to actually get to
the end of the game. So yes, I'm not as good a player as I thought
I was, but it's more than that. I'd say a challenge is only as good as gets
the player to think about the game in a new way. The “No Coin Challenge”, for example, gets you jumping around the levels in a new way as you attempt to dodge the pieces of
gold. The problem with the “No Extra Life Challenge”,
is there's no exact science to it; sliding into a few extra bananas here and
there doesn't really mean much when Klobber can just unload all of them for you. Other than a few levels where you need to
minimize your banana count, there's really only one thing
that gets in your way: death. So it basically devolves
into an endurance test: can you or can you not
beat the game with only five lives. Is the “No Extra Life Challenge” possible? Yes. It is worth time and effort? I'll let this reenactment answer
for me: "Alright let's get Dixie and What? No. You gotta be kidding wait, wait wait a minute How am I supposed to be beating this challenge if that kind of thing kills me,
that is so dumb! There's no way, that killed me I was not happy about this one. …So, what now? Does the four banana cage of Lockjaw's Locker
lock us into a tragic legacy of impossible and un-worthwhile challenges? Well, I want to escape your banana
prying eyes from Lockjaw's Locker to focus insteadon the next level, Topsail Trouble. We can get all the way to the
checkpoint barrel in Topsail Trouble without touching a single banana. But then, this macabre string of bananas meets
us on the rigging. We can't jump over them, and we're faced with
a familiar dilemma. However, we have free movement this time, and I would like to present to you
a vital technology— damage boost. Our protagonists, Diddy and Dixie, use a buddy
system throughout the game. If one Kong takes damage, the other taps in;
it's basically an extra hit point. But it's more than just a life system. Upon taking damage,
the game grants invincibility frames, just under 2 seconds of flickering monkey goodness where the Kongs can touch
any damage source, and also an additional mid-air jump. This is a standard safety net video games
often employ to help you recover from a bad move, but in a no-banana challenge, this becomes
a web of branching strategies to dodge that sinister floating fruit. We can skip many obstacles, but only while
we have both Diddy and Dixie, and also a source of damage. Once we activate a damage boost, we're out
of ammo until the next DK barrel. Foundationally, in a level
with multiple banana blockers: plot the DK barrels, and try and use a damage boost to get
past all the blockers in-between them. There are more strategies, of course, but
without the damage boost we'd be out of luck on a lot of stages. Case in point, Topsail Trouble. By jumping with Dixie from the bottom knot
and gliding into the very foot of the Klinger, we can damage boost across our banana blocker. This particular strategy would be all the
cause for celebration, except— now there's a Zinger in our way. If we tried to jump over the giant bee, we'd
grab some bananas. There is a DK barrel below
for another damage boost, but we'd still be stuck collecting a banana. I tried plenty of ways to get past the buzzkill
and the damage boost almost… but I just couldn't do it. If you've played the game before,
you might be thinking, well why don't I just
use the warp barrel? …Bananas. That's no good. Each warp room has an exclamation point with
four unavoidable bananas. Now maybe you're thinking, what about having
Rattly jump over the bananas? Well, Rattly's tall noodle of a body hits
a dang banana on the way to the warp room. So the warp room won't work… but Rattly, he will. For those unaware, Rattly is an animal buddy
with the primary gimmick of jumping really, really high. By holding down A as this banana-glyph kindly
alludes to us, Rattly can perform a superjump. This alone won't solve our problem, but we
can superjump from this mast, hop off Rattly Yoshi-style, damage boost off the Zinger, and skip the entire problematic section from before. Good, we're about halfway done. Next we carefully avoid some socket bananas,
grab this DK barrel, and turn around. We can damage boost this banana blocker, but
we don't have a DK barrel to reload before the level's next blocker. So, we grab this hidden hook, jump into the
bonus barrel, break out the juice box as we wait 15 seconds
because of the banana blockade jump down, hit the Zinger, grab the respawned DK barrel, damage boost through the other Zingers, damage boost on this Zinger so Dixie
can float over the bananas, jump from the second socket banana
over to the level target, and carefully, but excitedly, tap the back edge of the target
to beat Topsail Trouble, with no bananas. If you stopped at Lockjaw's Locker, you would
have missed all of that. We're talking strategy, we're talking technical
precision; we're talking pure rage towards yellow fruit. We may not be able to beat DKC2
without collecting a single banana, but minimizing the bananas
for each level has the markings of a great challenge. And by playing levels individually, we can throw out the trash, and give ourselves a break
between the more notorious levels. Hello everyone, this is Particular Mushroom, and the question I'm definitively answering today is: how many levels can you beat in
Donkey Kong Country 2 with zero bananas? But we're giving every level a chance, so
I also came up with three tiered goals: The gold medal is awarded to each stage
we can manage to get absolutely zero bananas in. The silver medal is awarded to each stage
where we grabbed some bananas but still found the minimum, and if the level is trouble,
we can give it a bronze medal for at least collecting under our completely arbitrary
limit of 20 bananas. That's for my own sanity, please understand. With the rules set, let's go. I'm about to use the word banana,
like a banillion times. Notice: While the use of save states is allowed
to reset to the beginning of a level, all levels in this challenge were completed from
start to finish without the use of a single save state in between. Using save states during a level to complete
the challenge is punishable by a fine of up to 500 particular points. As the first level, Pirate Panic
is also the easiest. There's not much to note here except there are some bananas directly
under the checkpoint barrel, so as long as we don't die… first level of the game
I think we can manage that. This is a good warm-up level as things immediately
pick up. Not two steps into Mainbrace Mayhem and we
have our first banana blocker, an arc of bananas. We have one Click-Clack to work with, but a damage boost will
not make us immune to collecting bananas. We need a way to go over, or under. Useful only one other time
in the entire challenge, the crouch slide immediately
squashes your hitbox to a size needed to slide
under them 'naners. But of course, stylish people like me bounce
off the Click-Clack as it's flipping over to barely, and beautifully loft over the bananas. The next blocker seems a bit direr, but it's
nothing a good team-up toss can't solve; there's a ledge hiding slightly out of view. The team-up toss is a candidly useful tool
utilized throughout these levels. However, both Kongs will collect
bananas during a team-up toss, and the toss ignores ropes, so the utility is mostly employed to reach
high places and bridge long gaps. I used a team-up toss again in Mainbrace Mayhem,
and a few banana dodges later, we're at the end of level target. Tap the target on the side to avoid the
precarious produce, and we're on our way. Gangplank Galley is basically Pirate Panic
2.0, which is to say, pretty easy. We can avoid a string of bananas by team-up
tossing into a blast barrel, and beyond that, playing skillfully is the simple way to net
a zero banana level. The end of level target has a danger that
should be noted, though. If you hit the target from too high up, say
from this hook here, the barrel will knock down an item
down from the item roulette. It's great to celebrate your victory with
a delightful Diddy dance, but if the roulette drops down some bananas… need I say more? So contain yourself, and do a short hop to
end the level. As previously discussed, Lockjaw's Locker
gobbles up our fruitless run with four bananas. For all the existential dread it causes though,
the rest of the level is fairly easy. At first glance, several tight corridors seem
to barricade our progress forward. However, water mechanics in DKC2
allow Diddy and Dixie to cozy up next to the various barrels, boxes, and bins, making otherwise tightly packed
banana bunches an easy avoidance. We've already discussed Topsail Trouble, so
with the bird boss down we have a pretty good score card for world 1. On to world 2, Crocodile Cauldron! Hot-Head Hop is hoppin' in first,
and once again we start with one of those stupid banana arcs. Thankfully, this one is far more straightforward; observe. Oh, I haven't explained the spin jump yet, have I? As the naming suggests, you spin into a jump. The jump is nothing special; the utility is
moreso you can take that jump any time during the spin,
such as, directly mid-air. Combined with lava little worse
than a cardboard popup, a spin jump easily breaks our banana blocker. A bit of precision platforming is all that's
left to bridge the gap. At the next hot-head hop, this orange krochead would love
to launch us into this sextet of bananas, so make another tight landing on
the green croc, and glide to safety. There's then a quartet of bananas
to glide past, and then the bananas leave us
alone for a bit. Just watch out for this chest, there's a banana
bunch inside. After the checkpoint we get Squitter, and next level. Ok so Squitter has a [sound] and a [sound]. The [sound] defeats enemies and the [sound]
makes platforms. Anytime, anywhere, with the only restriction
being a maximum of three. We can web over anything we want. It's a guaranteed no bananas as long as we
have the spider wearing sneakers. Just don't get complacent and take that krochead
onto the level target— if you get a stinkin' banana from that you will be a very sad monkey… She's dying on the inside I assure you. Now Kannon's Klaim is a level where we just
give up. Not literally, but, there are plenty of these banana blockers
right in the line of barrel fire, and well, there's just nothing we can
do to get around them. We have to take the first banana, and then we use the warp barrel, which brings us to the end of the level,
for a total of five bananas. Lava Lagoon of course starts off with another
banana arc, but we have a plan for that one too. Team-up toss to reach this sneaky ledge in
the corner, and spin jump past. Thankfully this first Clapper is not required,
and the rest are banana-free. Unfortunately, despite being able to slip
past even this line of bananas, the set right at the end of the level is impassible. At the very least, we can skip one of these
bananas by taking the hidden DK coin route, slipping over the blast barrel,
which only works as Diddy and skipping that banana right there, bringing the total to
four unavoidable bananas. Red-Hot Ride has yet another
banana arc at the beginning, and it finally gets us. We can't skip it. Using the Klobber we can bounce over the arc, but we can't cross this giant chasm without using the hot-air balloon
or gliding with Dixie. The best we can do is a spin jump into a glide,
collecting only that very first banana. Grabbing Rambi in this next section
can prove useful, but you have to watch out
for the horn's massive hit-box. When jumping onto the first balloon, turn around before you land
to avoid collecting the banana. Now pull back to allow the balloon to drop,
and then sneak under the fruit. You'll be doing that a lot this level. Rambi will trivialize the next section, but
the nope sign quickly gets in the way. Uhhh, ok? Anyway. After the checkpoint, if we hold on to this
DK barrel, we can knock out this Zinger to avoid some headache on the lower path. Progress a little further to reach this quartet. There is enough space to squeeze
through with a team-up toss, but with the balloon bobbing around,
getting the correct height is tricky. Instead, use a small trick. This wall blocks our entry,
but only so far down. So wait for the balloon to drop
to lava level, and slip underneath. Then team-up toss. For the final trial, the level presents its
tightest banana sneaks. Thankfully, we can dip into the lava fairly
deep and still catch the hot air back upwards. That ends the level with one banana. Much to my disappointment we must cheese
Squawks's Shaft to get the lowest score; hop into that warp barrel and collect four bananas. At least we made use of
the warp barrels while they lasted; they do not exist past world 2. Shatter the sentient sword to pieces and we're
done here. Our scorecard isn't too bad for world 2, but
thanks to several banana blockers, we could only get that gold medal
on one standard level. It won't be much better in world 3, Krem Quay. Barrel Bayou will be our first level to break
double digits, so let's break it down. Instead of barrel blasting around those dangerous
bananas, glide over to Rambi, get off Rambi, and glide over to the Zinger for a damage
boost. Take a diagonal to dodge three bananas, and
take a diagonal again to dodge more. Similarly, dodge another set at the checkpoint,
although you must aim your landing. Soon after, there we get stuck. This gap is too wide around
this barrel to glide across, so we must minimize damages by spin-jumping into the second barrel. Diddy's spin jump has a bit more girth to
it, so go ahead and switch to him. One banana doesn't sound too bad, but then
it happens again. Grab something from the Kloaks to down the
Zinger, and perform another spin jump. The gap is bigger this time
so the jump is a bit tighter. We're then forced to collect an agonizing
12 bananas, but the level isn't done yet. There's an absolute trawl of bananas that this arrow barrel
is more than happy to launch us into, but thankfully, we have a trick to
minimize loses. By waiting five seconds
after the barrel turns right, we can glide across the gap, into the barrel, and only collect three bananas. We might be able to cut out one of those three,
but for now, that's 16 bananas for Barrel Bayou. Glimmer's Galleon starts right off with a
tight slip past bananas. The dank, dark corridors are filled with these
tight maneuvers; while also dodging the local wildlife,
this can prove quite challenging. What is this? An invasive species? But it's all doable, up until the very end. This banana-glyph completely blocks the exit. Why. With tight squeeze and ocean breeze, we can
struggle through with four bananas in our inventory. Heh. Four. Why is it always four in these water levels? Thanks for the flashbacks. Krochead Klamber starts with what, a banana
arc, and the only ticket out is the Kutlass. A simple damage boost can get us over, but
then if we grab onto the cattail… bulrush? We're forced into this banana. So instead, we hover over the Kutlass as he
pulls the swords back. And then like one day I'm gonnna actually You know like, get it right, maybe?
Sometime, in the next Uh When we finally get it right, Dixie will have
enough height to pass over the cattail completely. Fly over to here and another banana-loaded
cattail is in our way. The Flitter provides enough of a spring board
to get across, but we also need to get past Kaboing here. The timing is pretty ridiculous. We need to bounce on the Flitter at near maximum
height to get over the cattail, and we also need to bounce at near maximum length to safely
land on the platform as well. And things only get worse from here. We need to safety land on this lily pad and switch to Diddy somehow without grabbing this banana to damage boost over this banana arc, and then… excuse me? I don't think this is even possible to land on
these krocheads without collecting a banana, so it becomes a minimizing game, and then this next section
is full of Flitters so maybe you can get through without collecting a single
banana, I don't know. And then there's this banana arc and like,
what do you do? Can you damage boost over it? I just don't know. Then the launch kroc forces you to collect
an entire banana arc [audible pain] and now you have one banana krocheads which,
sure you can dodge the banana, but the safe zone on
the krochead is smaller now, and these things are on a time limit. Ok so, I got 16, which is under the limit. It can be optimized more, sure, but you have
to collect at least one banana regardless, so we're gonna move on. As we enter the cabin inside Rattle Battle, we are greeted with a transform barrel
above a string of bananas. This looks worrisome, but for whatever reason
we pop out of the barrel with a jump. Yee Haw The proceeding galley is full of fruit; many
bananas are placed directly on path, to try and guide the player's jumps. Thankfully our highly flexible noodle can
slip through every single one of them. This was already perhaps my favorite level
in the base game, and it is probably my favorite level in this challenge too. Of all the dodges on display here, the most
noteworthy are the Kannon dodges. This first Kannon fires two barrels at normal
speed, and then a third in slow-mo. This is your chance to superhop
over the banana blocker. The next Kannon isn't so friendly. This massive banana arc just floats there, menacingly, while the Kannon's cannonballs whiz by. The only option is to stand on the edge of
the ledge, jump over a cannonball, and quickly get in a superjump. It's a suuuuper close call,
but completely possible. The last Kannon isn't as precise, but nothing
to sleep on either. And as you end this level, stay a mast away
from this terrible, raging inducing barrel stack. Some krochead put a hidden bunch of bananas
there. Like seriously? Finally, we get another zero bananas. Slime Climb is also possible to beat
without collecting any bananas, but only through convoluted strategy, precision maneuvering, and a fish that just
does not want to cooperate. Slimb Climb's gimmick is that you are constantly
being chased by a mass of water and its resident, invincible Snapjaw. The moment you enter the water, Snapjaw will
ready its oversized maw and fire. The catch, which is a blessing and a curse,
is that you have a few fleeting moments to get back to dry rigging and avoid damage. This means, any time we reach
a banana blocker, we could klutz into the water like a bumbling buffoon; and if Snapjaw is feeling generous,
we could get away with it. Could being the key word. Snapjaw is manipulable, but not so much reliable. So the strategy presented in this video is
not the only option, but the one that minimizes
the dipping of toes into the water. Quite the forward, but on to the level. It's time we introduce a new piece of tech,
after a quick setup. Leave this Click-Clack be, and take out the
Kruncha and the other two Click-Clacks. Head back to the DK barrel, grab it with Dixie,
and carry it to this spot on the rigging. This will trigger the rising slime, and after
a quick second, jump to the Click-Clack and take damage. We immediately get Dixie back, and gain invulnerability
to swim past the banana-glyph. Let's call this advanced version
of the damage boost, a damage swap. Because of this maneuver, we can team-up toss
past the upcoming banana arc, and take the blast barrel shortcut as well. Don't take the second one, it has bananas. For the next step, we need to cartwheel the
Kannon to take the invincibility barrel. Then jump to trigger the slime climb, getting
us past another banana-glyph. When you reach this rigging, take out the
Klingers; yeah, you can knock these guys out
and it's not all that obvious. Glide to the second mast to trigger
the slime climb again. Turn around and dip into the water once to
get back to the rigging, and a second time to reach the path forward. Dodge the bees, reach the Flitters, and take
out the first one. This last dip is the worst, but getting a running start seems to snap Snapjaw
into a good position behind you. If you make it out with both Kongs, you can
team-up toss to surpass the last banana arc. Grab the last invincibility barrel to ensure
victory, and take a nice break. You're gonna need it after this one. I know you were all looking forward to hearing
Stickerbrush Symphony, but unfortunately there's no hope for Bramble Blast. We're forced to collect way
too many bananas in this level, with almost no strategic options or route of escape. We can damage boost to skip maybe, what, four bananas? A pittance. Bramble Blast is not worth talking about because
it is very much “on rails”. The bananas can't be avoided because they're
placed on the only correct path, and if we don't take that path, we die. Or worse, get stuck in an endless loop of
barrel blasts. What is life, barrels don't hurt me. While there theoretically is a minimum banana
count, we're easily over 20, so it's not really in my best interest, or even, remote interest to figure out. On to levels that are actually interesting. After kicking Kudgel out of your swamp,
world 3 is over. Our scorecard denotes a lot of disappointment, but also two of our
most interesting levels as well. First up in Krazy Kremland is Hornet Hole. Both Zingers and bananas swarm the sticky
honey in attempt to end our run, but with good maneuvering we're just fine. The strategy here is of particular note. You can grab the bottom end
of the honey on the left, and alternating jumps from here perfectly dodges each and every banana. The zero run ends here though. A banana blocker completely envelops
the honey wall, our only route upward. It's possible to skip one or two bananas,
but you're bound to grab at least one. What a shame; the rest of the level is banana-free, with compelling, tight jumps,
and even a damage boost at the end. As one last note, Squitter is also banana
blocked so he doesn't do us any good. I managed a decent five bananas
in Hornet Hole. Whoops…it's fine we're not doing the
no life challenge anymore. Target Terror is figuratively,
and literally, on rails, so there's not much to talk about here. Way too many bananas. Now you get an earful of Stickerbrush Symphony, because Bramble Scramble is a long level
with a lot to discuss. As per usual, the level starts off with a
nice banana arc in our way; glide over the Krook, switch to Diddy, grab the DK barrel, pull back so the Krook notices your presence, and now jump on top on the hook
to damage swap, allowing Dixie to glide over the banana arc. The damage swap isn't mandatory,
but it sure is stylish. Other than a few bananas to look out for,
the first half of the level plays pretty standard. When you reach the nope sign,
fly over at a high altitude so the banana bunch gets stuck in the brambles; otherwise, you may have to
damage boost and glide over them. We have an opportunity
to get Squitter here, but this is the one time, the spider
cannot get us past the bananas, so we have to go the normal way. This cannonball trial seems pretty intimidating, until we realize the generous hit-box
on the brambles gives us plenty of dodging room. Bop the Kannon and switch to Diddy if you
haven't yet. Very carefully [dink] the jump button to gracefully
navigate between the two obstacles. You can easily pass the next banana string
with a damage boost, but to get through with both Kongs, you need to glide
not only around the bananas, but the crate too, otherwise the hitbox change
grabs you a banana. Tap Squawks free, and flap to the next section. If you have two Kongs, damage boost right
through this Zinger. Otherwise, you'll have to make a tight move between bananas and a spiky boi. This next section,
we have to collect our first bananas, but we can skip one of these three
with an odd trick. Didn't know you could do that, did ya? The brambles have a curved hitbox
to match their form, so under this banana there's a divot we can utilize. Hold down to minimize Squawks' bouncing,
and bolt through. We'll soon come across another banana blocker,
which we'll skip over with a damage boost. The hardest stuff is over now, but it's easy
to get carried away and die like I did! SO DUMB! AHHHH! I have to do the whole level again now if you didn't realize... We don't have a damage boost for this next
banana blocker, and as one more prickle in the bush, we have the toughest level target yet. Jump over, or crouch slide under this string of bananas, and just…lightly graze that flippin' level target— HOW IS THIS NOT CLOSE
ENOUGH— [sigh of relief] Mumbling monkeys, goodness! Skip Rickety Race, do we even need to look at it? Mudhole Marsh starts out
without a banana to be seen, but things pick up around the hooks, me bucko. We need to slide
under these bananas with Dixie, and slide under several more. Dixie's hair twirl
gets a real workout this level, with moments like these that
seem made for it. Oh no, Sonic, what did they do to
you? He's been horribly disfigured! Real talk I can't stand this stupid enemy;
really annoying, wastes your time. However it's no more difficult
in our banana-less run. Just don't get caught. Near the end of the level is
when things bog down a bit. We're supposed to bounce off the barrels to
reach the next platform, but the banana arcs ensure we can't do that. We have to roll underneath. I can't seem to clear this reliably, but switching
to Diddy seems to be the move. Take a damage boost at the Kannon, and provided discount sonic doesn't get ya, that's zero bananas for Mudhole Marsh. Rambi Rumble starts off with a tragic banana blocker, on the honey, no other options. We can skip a foreboding banana arc
with a spin-jump, but quickly we're back into bananas. We can make a few more tight jumps, and then more bananas. I can feel the tinge of sweat
with ten bananas at the checkpoint, but then the whole (water) bucket
gets thrown at me. Rambi has some wild charge maneuvers
which skips slews of bananas, but we are still forced to collect
way too many, easily racking in over 20. So this level is out. Interestingly, King Zing Sting actually has
bananas in it. What the heck game— ohhh we're ok, we can
fly right over them. Fling King Zing across the...thing, and let's
get the heck out of here. World 4 will probably end up as our worst
scorecard with half of the levels as failures. No reason to dwell in the past though; on
to world 5, Gloomy Gulch. Ghostly Grove revolves around these spooky
vines phasing in and out of existence, and despite whatever tragic backstory
permanently etched that devoid, haunting, wretched face, it sure is super cute—ahem. The ghostly ropes make up most of the maneuvers
this level. Most are not of note, however, two are impossible. There's a banana arc blocking the entire lane
here, so that ends our run. We can minimize collection with a bounce off
the Klobber into two of the bananas, and then gliding through the opening. The next blocker is of course the same thing but with two banana arcs; we munch the entire first arc [shudder], and then skip the next arc by jumping between bananas and a spikey boi. What's frustrating, is— Diddy, what are you doing? Okaaaaaaaa What's frustrating, is using Dixie we can skip
one of the bananas in the first arc, but then something about Dixie's hitbox forces
her to collect one of the bananas in the second arc. Either way, we have a net gain of four. The penultimate rope rumba has a banana right
in the line of jumping, but I find that a damage boost
is just what the doctor ordered. That's it. Now hold on here. Turns out, we can do better. You see I was thinking,
you had to take two bananas here. I knew you could touch the rope and only grab
one banana, but you still needed to grab two, to get to the other side. However, there's a different way
to go about this. This arc looks impassible, and alone it is. But we have some help. By teaming up and bouncing off
the Klobber's head, we get enough height, to throw ourselves over, this entire banana arc. Its unfortunate then we still get one banana,
but that's one less than two. So our total comes out to five bananas,
instead of six. Haunted Hall is a unique, thematically fitting,
and well-designed level… but there's way too many bananas here. Next. I like Gusty Glade for these cute,
thin platforms, but there's bananas on them. That's nothing a snake buddy can't handle,
but we'll have to break him free. He's on the other side of this cliff face… [Gasp] and there's a banana there too! We could easily team-up toss over, except
the camera won't budge until we are actually standing up there. We can manipulate this little restriction
by shifting the camera so that the banana is barely onscreen. When we throw now, the camera stops us clean
of the banana, and allows us to free Rattly. After carefully hopping under bananas, and
superhopping over this banana arc, we reach the aforementioned set
of thin platforms. We can superhop into a Dixie glide to get
past the first series of bananas. Don't worry, based on the trajectory in this
screenshot, Rattly will land on this platform and be just fine. The tallest platforms are devoid of bananas,
so we can glide from one to the other until we reach another banana arc. We need a well-timed spin jump to vault over. We'll spin jump over another banana arc, which just requires some Kutlass
clean-up service first. Then of course… why would you do this game? Why? I tried to get around it, but there are six
bananas here and we can only skip one of them. The game then has the audacity to do the same
thing again but with barrels. However, jumping into the first barrel
from underneath allows us to skip the far left banana. And we can damage boost to skip the very last
banana. Make sure you land on top of the cliffside, and with a good jump, you can glide over
the entire rest of the level, skipping another set of bananas,
leaving us with a total of nine. Parrot Chute Panic starts off with an entire grid of bananas. It's a banana bonanza! This looks pretty bad, but we can fit between
them with a meticulous glide. Next we'll meet Quawks;
that's Squawks without the S. The game wants us to ride Quawks
casually down the chute, but we're not gonna do that. You can just as well glide down with Dixie,
and I actually think it's easier that way. But we actually actually need Diddy here, who's gonna jump on Quawks, jump off Quawks, and hold left. Only Diddy can squeeze past
these two bananas, and we'll do this maneuver
a couple times more. For now, switch to Dixie and glide down
the next section. Hold right at the end, and even if you get
hit, there's a DK barrel right there. Glide down this next section, sifting between
the obstacles, and holding left here to dodge the danger. Switch to Diddy at the nope sign for our next
maneuver. You can go ahead and ride Quawks here, and
this banana is mandatory; even if we squeeze by with Diddy,
sudden damage will bounce us right up to it. What we really need Diddy for, is to skip
the three bananas inside this narrow chute. The next chutction is where things start to
get complicated. With Dixie in lead position, immediately jump
off Quawks, damage boost, grab the DK barrel, and drop down the chamber such that we only
collect one of the six bananas. The maneuver is lighting fast (and a mouthful); you must dodge the first banana duo, and quickly move left to grab only
one banana from the second duo, without moving left too much to
grab another in the third duo. Then take one banana in this banana arc, hold
left, and quickly jump over the Spiny. Next up: Switch to Dixie,
damage swap, hold left, grab the two bananas because we have to, and glide the rest of the way down. Continue gliding through the level
until you reach an area with three Zingers and a banana string. Damage boost, and hold left. The last thing to do is slip past this
narrow line of bananas, but unfortunately for these first two,
it's a pixel perfect jump. I wasn't able to do it, but that's still,
seven bananas for me. Considering the effort it took to get under
double digits, I'm pretty happy with that. Web Woods has a few bananas you could
maybe hit at the beginning of the level, but then we get Squitter; need I say more? The one thing to point out is the camera
can be a bit of a pain point as it stubbornly refuses
to accommodate our play style, but it's nothing we can't get around. Kreepy Krow is the other weird boss that has
bananas. Oh, you want me to grab these? Ha ha, nope! The next banana blockers though, actually
require some effort. It looks hectic
with all the eggs flying around, but the eggs alternate between vertical and horizontal, aiming directly at the player. The key is to make the horizontal egg fall
down the inner rope, and quickly jump from the outer rope. Send the bird to its grave a second time,
and that's world 5. We're nearing the end now, world 6,
K. Rool's Keep. And Arctic Abyss, is hilarious. You are supposed to play this level entirely
as Enguarde… but you can just swim under
the transform barrel. That actually makes this level, pretty trivial,
at least for this challenge. Like this would have been bad news as Enguarde
but we just jump right over. Watch out for the bananas behind these Puftup, and the three Lockjaws
at the end of the level can be intimidating; otherwise that's it. Fun fact, you can't actually pick up this
DK barrel. With Windy Well, we finally get to play an
entire mine level. Too bad we can't go banana-less; the level
makes that very clear with two mandatory bananas. Wait…one mandatory? Ok, so if you pixel perfect jump the hook— I am not doing that. Still, go—good to know. Sorry Gusty Glade you've been demoted to bronze. Speaking of Gusty Glade, the wind returns
in Windy Well, but here the wind carries the Kongs upward in a mostly horizontal level. The updraft will intermit at certain locations
to allow the Kongs to bob and weave underneath Zingers
in a few vertical sections. Our controls are limited in the wind, so we'll
have to get creative. Case in point, right after the hook is a set
of two banana blockers. The only way out with two Kongs is to sneak
under the intended route, then team-up, drop off the platform, and toss. The level then plays standard fare until just
after the Klampon. Grab the hook and sneak under the next banana
blocker by holding left. After the checkpoint, leave the DK barrel
alone and take out the Krooks. Then use the DK barrel to take out
the first Zinger. These Zingers move left and right, so a well-timed
damage boost should skip all the bananas. Now for the trickiest segment. Stand above this Zinger, and wait for the
circling one to show its face. Taking the updraft now gives an easy climb. Just before the platform, we need to align
on either side to avoid the bananas and still knock on wood [click click]. The window is tight, but it doesn't help that
the edge is slanted. If you are on the left side, jump and hold
up to pass the next Zingers. Land on another tight platform, and prepare
for the worst vertical section. There may be a way around all the bananas,
but the best I can figure out is hold left just as the wind suspends to hit just one
banana, and one Zinger. Not our first banana, so whatever. That's a pretty good
three bananas collected. Castle Crush isn't that bad…in theory. There's nothing overly perilous
about going banana-less, but the level is basically a sidescroller, that's five minutes long. So if you mess up, in any capacity, you are
doing the entire thing again. For being “easy”, I spent way too long
on this level. Things to note: You can use Rambi but the
horn hitbox might not be worth it, when the four Spinies come up,
don't spin right into the bananas, I think you need Squawks to get past these bananas, and you are contractually
obligated to destroy that Zinger with TNT! Get out of town! This section near the end is by far the worst. Of course the Zingers are orbiting bananas,
of all things. I found I could jump over the first banana
to dodge the first Zinger, and the other two, I was able to hide in the corner. It's funny, there's a “harder” section
of spinning bees later on, but with more space it's comparatively trivial. Clapper's Cavern marks the return… well yes of Clapper,
but more significantly, Snapjaw; we will have to manipulate the fish again. There's a banana blocker right at the start,
and rather than damage boosting, we can take a secret high road with a bonus room. Lounge around for the timer to run out, and
we're placed in a secret section which skips that first banana blocker. Continue as usual…or, ok the Neek's facing the wrong way, what is wrong with the coin, and where the heck did you come from? Anyway at this blast barrel, we need to fall
back into it and hope Snapjaw doesn't get us, so we can land on the left platform and
jump over Kruncha. I've tried otherwise and this is the only
way I've make it work. Oh, or you could just do that I guess Next, take an icy cold plunge and damage boost. You should have enough time
to get to the barrel, and then completely ignore Enguarde. After the checkpoint we need some Snapjaw
manipulation. To dodge this arc of bananas, we need to dip
into the water, swim under Clapper, and bop the seal on the other side. Take note of Snapjaw lurking
at the bottom of the screen. If Snapjaw is too far on the right side when
you jump in, it will immediately sling to your position. Whereas if we wait for Snapjaw to turn
around on the left side, the fish swims up, and then readies the chompers,
giving us just enough time to escape. Except that's overthinking it because turns out
you can just glide over this banana arc. That would have been good to know earlier. This next part is pretty cool,
and not because of the ice. There's a hidden invincibility barrel here,
overlapped by, of all things, a banana. But with a team-up, our jump is exactly the
height we need, to grab the invincibility, but not the banana. We need this too; the only way to skip the
hook bananas is by letting the water float us up to the next section. From here, take out the Spinies,
let the water thaw out, and damage boost past
the double-triple threat. Bounce on Clapper, and say hello to the Zingers “Hello!” This way the barrel respawns above the ice. For the last section, we must lob the barrel
into one of the two Zingers, follow the barrel such that it continues
to take out Zingers, glide between banana and a spiky boi, and finally jump over Kruncha. Yee Haw. Chain-Link Chamber…[Breathe]… let's get this over with. To start off, we can skip this room with a
spin-jump, grabbing the chain-link below. Just as easily, we can skip the second room. From here, you must switch to Dixie, as only she can slip though
the bananas in this tight corridor. Pass the Krooks and… what am I supposed to
do about this? Well actually, there's a cannonball in this
corner, which goes into the cannon below, we fail the bonus room strategically, and skip those dreaded bananas… and then they do it again! Well actually, you may notice there's
a bit of a ledge up here; we can reach it
with a good old team-up toss. And just as I'm starting to feel good
about this level, the third time, finally gets us. Excuse me? Diddy, what are you doing up there? How are you doing—ch—cheater! He's a cheater! Someone call Nintendo he's cheating the game— he's taunting me “Oh you wish you could do this and skip the bananas!” I thought we were on the same team Diddy! Unfortunately we have to take a banana here,
and the jump is hooooo, close! We need a decently perfect, max-height jump
to only grab one banana. We can then jump into a secret alcove to both
grab an invincibility barrel and to dodge the banana, and then
wreck everything in our path. Take the four bananas on your way up; I don't
think it's possible to dodge them and if it is, it's the tightest thing till Tuesday. Navigate this congested web of bees and then
face the cannonball barrage. Quickly climb past this banana, and dodge
the incoming cannonball by gliding on the right side. You might be dodging for a while as you search
for the perfect jump height to reach the ledge without touching the danger fruit. Next we have three near identical sections
where a duo of Zingers will chase you as you short hop across chain-links. If you jump the first section fast enough, you can actually despawn the Zingers, giving you ample time to make
the first of these tricky jumps. We have to short-hop and barely tap left to
land on the ledge without hitting the banana. The next section has another secret strat. If you spin off the ledge, you can skip all
the chain-links. This next jump requires you to tap the jump
button ever-so-slightly longer than before. Then we have the worst of the banana bunch. Let the Zingers go first, drop below and switch
to Diddy. Short-hop to the top and damage boost when
you get there. You have approximately 13 seconds to short-hop,
glide with Dixie, and slot onto the ledge beneath the bananas. It's painfully time and button sensitive. If you hold the button for any degree of time
you'll hit the chain-link, and the glide has a
tilting-ly tiny time window. And if you do get it, watch your monkey behind for the Klobber from the
depths of Crocodile Cauldron; he will ruin your run and you will
be a very very existentially sad mushroom. Ok? Jump around the nerd. Got it? GOT IT? And you're not done yet. We have to slip onto a ledge one more time,
and then barely graze that target in perhaps the narrowest range yet. And if you somehow manage,
that's a five banana score for you. Oh boy, Toxic Tower, hooray… Toxic Tower has an interesting
reputation preceding it; namely, the hardest level in the game. That is largely debatable, but the level does
present a difficulty spike through the main gimmick, rising toxic sludge. This toxic follows restlessly,
the entire level, which already places a good deal of
pressure on you as the player. But also, you have to play the level as a snake, a clunky, slow-moving, “I have to completely stop
to charge my superjump”, snake. If you are not good at
controlling the danger noodle, this level will pound your confidence into the ground. Then you hit the checkpoint barrel, and Toxic Tower becomes the easiest level
in the whole world. Squawks and Squitter have too much mobility
for anything else to even matter, and at the very least if you beat Rattly's section, these ones should be no trouble at all. The no-banana challenge, is the same way. The latter half of the level
is easily banana-less, with only about five
even remotely in the way. But the former half, call me a monkey in a
banana barrel because it's, not good. Rattly's section is loaded with bananas, and they are directly in your face
every stretch of the way. To make matters worse, they are all theoretically
possible to dodge. Remember we've got toxic trailing us, so we can't afford to take our good time
setting up a perfect jump. But the whole way up is tight, strategic jumps. How do you get past here, what do you do here,
but the worst of all are these. There are four bananas
with Zingers directly over their heads. Wait a minute that's not right. There are four Zingers
with bananas directly over their heads. If you bounce right on the corner it might
be possible to dodge the fruity things. No. No way. We're gonna do a Krochead Klamber again; I got through with 15 bananas,
good enough let's move on. That's world 6 complete, and despite the rough
finish, we ended up with a pretty good scorecard. There's only one level left now, at the Flying
Krock. Screech's Sprint tries yet again, to blockus with a banana arc
at the beginning of the level, but the top of this bramble doesn't
damage us, so we can glide right over. Climb past the Klingers, and
when you grab the chest— throw it away, there's bananas in there! Weirdly there's a banana in this corner too,
but it doesn't matter. This drop-down is simple, and then there are
two discount Sonics. There's no bananas here but…they're annoying. There's one more decently tight jump, and
then we have a new impasse. To break this banana blocker, switch to Diddy
and jump into brambles about here; this allows Dixie to damage boost
past the banana duo. Then we get to the race. Now the fact that we have to beat Screech
in a race could make dodging the bananas impossibly precise, but it isn't much of a problem. We can damage boost over Screech's head to
avoid the trigger that starts the race, to take our good time
with the rest of the course. Which is good, because some of these passages
have the smallest of entryways, even without any bananas. Then, we finally get here. Can you dodge these bananas? Probably. Do I care? No. There is a DK barrel found earlier in the
level to help damage boost through this blocker, but the section is far too long to get all
the way through. And there's another banana blocker,
and the finish line… is made out of bananas. What's the minimum here anyway? Four? Three? Two? Whatever. 16 bananas is fine enough. That's not the way to lead into the
final boss, but alas. At the very least, there are no bananas
inside the Flying Krock, and if you've gotten this far
in the challenge, King K. Rool is no trouble at all. Time to reflect and take it all in. [Sniff] he actually made it to Smash Ultimate,
that is so great. Catch ya in Ultimate K. Rool, buh-bye! And with that… we're not done yet! Did I get ya? Everyone who's played
this game before is like “Who is he kidding, why is he
pretending like the Lost World doesn't exist.” That's right, we've got
the whole Lost World left to do! Jungle Jinx is a tough level, but you just
gotta feel that bouncy rhythm. The first noteworthy maneuver is a team-up
toss at this ledge. A basic throw will cause us to slide right
back down, and yet, we need to stay clear of both
banana slammas and rolling rubber. We can jump when the tire rolls on screen, throw when the tire is directly above the Kongs, and if the height is right, land on
the ledge banana free. Gliding over this banana arc, we can just
as easily glide through these Zingers. You can also glide over the Spinies with a
well-timed jump, and we need to damage boost
to cross this gap. Geez those spikes are dangerous. You could get a splinter! The next banana arc needs a very tight maneuver,
and that's in part because the spin jump— it drops you off the ledge; you need to make
a standard jump work. Close one. Glide across this gap and dance around
the game's favorite enemy combo. The next set of spiky platforms is the level's
most dangerous, but particularly because these banana quartets prevent us
from bouncing off the tires. However, we can stand on an edge of a ledge,
and duck to avoid getting squashed. Skip the first platform entirely with Dixie,
and then switch to Diddy. Team-up, time one second after the tire falls
off-screen, and jump. Now…wait…umm, whatever works! I was supposed to land on the ledge with a
team-up toss, but as long as you have Dixie it's no problem. When you get to this banana string, we have
another tight maneuver. We have to avoid all the bananas down here,
and Rare placed a Zinger just to block Dixie from gliding over. Too bad Rareware, we can actually slip underneath
and still make it to the ledge. We finally get to use the crouch slide again,
and to top this level off, grab the Klobber and truck that Zinger. We need to glide a lot in Black Ice Battle. The enemies aren't too difficult, but the game purposely inhibits
your view while in the air. You'll simply have to memorize
the two Zingers here, the three bananas here, and when given a multiple choice,
always take the far right passage. Ok I took a left here but this one doesn't
matter. Just after these two Zingers,
there's an alcove on the right; use the Klobber to reach the chest. There's a cannonball inside, which we want
to carry all the way down to these Zingers. The cannonball never breaks, so it's the best
plan to cut through these banana blockers. And that's it,
another successful zero bananas. Klobber Karnage is full of, well, Klobbers. Knocking us around everywhere is annoying,
but they aren't the main problems, of course. It's the vacant barrels that cause issues. When you reach the first set of face barrels, take the Dixie barrel and steer clear
of the proceeding bananas. At the third turn-barrel, shoot diagonally
to skip all that pesky produce, and some bees. Upon reaching the next turn-barrel,
switch to Diddy, shoot upwards and drop directly over the Dixie barrel, into
the Diddy barrel. Take the Dixie barrel at the next face set,
and that's the checkpoint. We've got TNT Klobbers now, but [pffft] all
they do is self-destruct. Stupid-head. The side-scrolling section here is loading
with bananas, but luckily we have strategy. The freedom to shoot in any direction means
anytime bananas tell us to shoot one way, we can shoot another and stay clear, with
some exceptions. There's a banana bunch, and a banana blocker,
that we can only skip with a damage boost. Which means we can't damage boost here. It's actually possible to get inside this
barrel without touching the banana, but it's a near perfect shot and
I can't seem to get it consistently. I would normally put the time in, but it's
not the only problem. There's a banana blocker at the end of the
final side-scroller too. Can we get here with both Kongs? Well, we can dodge most of the bananas with
sick moves like these… And then there's, this section. We can fire like so to skip all four fruits... but the moving barrel, despawns. Yeah, if you take the barrel off screen just
a little too far, it disappears. So we could have had zero bananas, but no, we have to damage boost here, which means we have to collect
one banana at the banana blocker. So I'll just take two and call it a day. Fiery Furnace takes the gimmick from last
level, and really turns up the heat. Instead of the free-turning barrels from last
time, now we get free-moving barrels. This gives us more options to succeed, and more to fail. Also discount Sonic is in this level so RIP— the difficulty bubbles up
after the first Krook, where we need to dodge Spinies, switch to
Diddy, pop in the move-barrel, carefully slip between bananas and a spiky boi, and zoom up to the next Zinger
to damage boost. Skip that first barrel and twirl down to the
second. As you pop into the barrel, hold right. You should slip through the next banana hazard,
and we're on to the next section. Switch to Diddy, jump into the move barrel,
fly next to the top Zinger, blast out, on the Flitter, and into the next barrel. Here's where tragedy strikes…
Diddy grabs the banana while he's dying. We don't have any other options. We need to damage boost
at the top of the screen so Dixie can skip
the next string of bananas. Oh well. For the upcoming segments, it's important
to know that move-barrels greater than one give a generously ample amount of time to
get the Kongs across the lava; it's often better to wait for Zingers to move out of the way, rather than try and zoom around them. 1 barrels on the other hand, are tight on
your fingers. This section has you going
up and around quickly to reach to the next barrel
while avoiding bananas. For the next move-barrel, we'll move
quick past the first two, and then brake for the third Zinger. The barrel transfer seems tough, but you can
overlap plenty. Then take to the top of the screen,
and wait as necessary. That Zinger is kinda just
chillin' in the lava there. This next obstacle is another problem. We can damage boost these Zingers, obviously,
but Diddy's gonna grab a banana again. You've ruined this run enough Diddy! Let's do something else. Well, what else is there? Flitter! If you just walk off the platform, the Flitter
will actually damage you, which boosts us past this obstacle. Now. There are four discount Sonics
left before the end. Given the chance they will ruin your run
even more than Diddy, don't let them. This one respawned and tried to [grunt]. There's one more move-barrel section but it's,
it's not a problem. Again, we are robbed of a banana-less run. Getting away with just one, however,
is nothing to laugh at. And that's it! There's definitely not a level called
Animal Antics that we have left to do… You can't make me! YOU CAN'T MAKE ME! Look you can't beat animal antics without
collecting any bananas, so why would you even do that to yourself? The one time the banana arc comes in clutch. Oh yeah and I guess you have to beat
K. Rool again, whatever. So, time to tally up the final scores! The number of levels you can beat,
in Donkey Kong Country 2, with zero bananas, is: 14! The number of levels we got
the minimum bananas in is: 10! And the levels we got under 20 bananas, is 9. If you include bosses, that's 21 levels. And if you include Stronghold Showdown,
the level where nothing happens, That's 22 levels. I know I'm throwing all kinds of numbers
around the screen right now, but surely The value is in the journey,
rather than the destination. But just in case you do like numbers, that's 84.6% of levels with
at least one medal, which bumps up to 87% if you include
bosses, and 87.2 if you include Stronghold, 61.5% of levels got gold or silver, which
bumps up to 67.4 if you include bosses, and that's 35.9% of levels with gold medals, we're rounding to the nearest
tenth place by the way. Trying to match or even beat these scores,
will seriously test your mettle. I didn't have much room to say while
sprinting through each level, but I really enjoyed this challenge. It got aggravating at times, sure; having to restart because I grabbed
one too many bananas, reaching an impassible
with no clear solution, discount Sonic; however, the vast variety of strategies the game
offers to combat the banana blockers, always gave me a grip of excitement
coming into a level and seeing what
new mechanic was on the table. And the satisfaction from finally finishing
a tough level was awesome. The levels with gold medals are all great, and even just getting
a silver or bronze medal was worth it. Just because a level ruined your perfect zero
didn't mean it was null and void. Some of the levels are a bit overbearing,
but most of them, are challenging, exciting, and absolutely worth your time. Rattle Battle, Topsail Trouble, Parrot Chute Panic,
Jungle Jinx, and Fiery Furnace are probably my favorite levels in this challenge. Slime Climb and Clapper's Cavern get honorable
mentions, but, Snapjaw is just too unreliable. I'll have every completed level is uploaded
to my Extras Channel (uncommented), so if you want to watch the levels
from start to finish, you can find them there. We'd have what, a 5-hour video if I walked
through all of them? I know some people think these videos will
just keep getting longer and longer, but I'm trying to make them shorter. Honestly. It's just nearly every level
was worth talking about. Anywho I hope you enjoyed watching this challenge,
thank you so much for watching, tell me what you liked, what you think I can do better, and have a barrel blast bonanza of a 2020. Cause who knows when I'll see you ag— This, is the worst thing, I have ever done!
