The Kongversation: Donkey Kong Universe Discussion

The Kongversation: Donkey Kong Universe Discussion

Let the weekly podcast from DK Vine be the anthem in your ears whether you’re on the street or feeling the Jungle Beat. In these uncertain times, you don’t want to just fight the power. You want to fight the power while playing with Nintendo Power! It’s a regular Rarevolution as we debate current events or the lessons of history from the Donkey Kong Universe: Donkey Kong Country, Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, Dinosaur Planet, Yooka-Laylee, Sea of Thieves, and much more. No kings. No tyrants. Just the power of the people. Oh, and we've also invited some apes, monkeys, bears, squirrels, lizards, and bats. © 2025 DK Vine and File Two Productions

Episodes

327 - E3 2015 Wrap Up

October 9, 2025 • 190 mins
We put E3 2015 to bed with an orgy involving the DK Vine staff. Well, not Jeff. Learn the thoughts, opinions and reflections of Matt, Cameron, Nick and Joe as DK Vine wraps up our wildest E3 yet.
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322 - One Weak Episode One Week Before E3

October 9, 2025 • 137 mins
With only a week until E3, we're scrambling to get things ready for the biggest time of the year (for a weirdo Donkey Kong website). We've got some Yooka-Laylee news to discuss at the very end of the show, but first some basic E3 pimping and lots more listener calls to plow through.
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324 - E3 2015 Microsoft

October 9, 2025 • 85 mins
The #Rarenaissance goes to the past! The #Rarenaissance takes to the seas! Rare fans unite, as Chad and Hyle are joined by Amir from Killer Instinct Central and Steve from Rare Gamer to talk about Gears of War 4! Wait, no. We're talking about Rare Replay and Sea Of Thieves, as well as the new Rare logo and return of the company's grand ethos of humor and world building. All this, plus a very special meetup we had with three Ra...
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323 - E3 2015 Preview

October 9, 2025 • 106 mins
Chad and Hyle are joined by DKVine staffer Jeff Onan to discuss everything they hope to see at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo! As the trio is fond of bragging, they have become quite good at "reading the tea leaves" over the years. Prepare yourself for both well-reasoned soothsaying and wild, blind stabs in the dark. All told, this episode encompasses DKVine's final predictions for E3 in the calm that precedes the bigges...
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325 - E3 2015 Nintendo

October 9, 2025 • 78 mins
So what do we think about the old N's showings? The boys give their thoughts on Donkey Kong's starring turn in Skylanders, Star Fox Zero and the ramifications this has on continuity, Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash and more! We also share our experience with Nintendo on the show floor at E3, including chance encounters in the men's room. Spicy stuff!
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328 - Emptying Our Call Sack

October 9, 2025 • 119 mins
Happy Xmas (E3 is Over)! It's been a ridiculous amount of time since we checked in with our listener hotline, but there's no better time than the present. Unless that time was a few weeks ago, so we wouldn't be in this mess at all. That probably would have been a better time.
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326 - E3 2015: Our Week With Rare

October 9, 2025 • 178 mins
Here's the inside story of Chad and Hyle meeting close to a dozen Rare staffers, both past and present, at E3. The most surreal week ever of our years of fandom involved lengthy conversations about Rare Replay, Sea of Thieves and the entire history of Rare. This episode is a day-by-day recounting of our time with the Twycross crew, and we share everything we believe we're allowed to discuss. Is the magic really back?
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330 - Mr. Iwata's Last Bow

October 9, 2025 • 128 mins
After taking a handful of listener calls, Chad and Hyle make a borderline inappropriate tonal shift into a somber and respectful (yes, really!) conversation about the sadly deceased corporate president, game developer, and gamer Satoru Iwata, and the legacy he has left us all.
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329 - MFWolfe's Comic-Caze Mission

October 9, 2025 • 107 mins
Chad and Hyle are joined by Kongversation caller and DK Vine Forum member Mitchell Wolfe to discuss the Donkey Kong Universe showings at San Diego Comic-Con 2015! Mitchell was in attendance and gives his recollections from the front lines on both Rare and Nintendo's presence at the only show nerdier than E3.
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1339 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayer 1300

October 5, 2025 • 235 mins
Pauline is missing. Donkey Kong is imprisoned. Without any leads on where the Harmoneel that swallowed his partner has gone, or any clue where he himself is currently located, how will Donkey Kong possibly get his groove back? The Kongversation is joined by Pyrrhic Kong (Designing For) to harmonize the discussion on Donkey Kong Bananza's 13th world! Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 1300.
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1338 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayers 1200 - 1204

September 28, 2025 • 195 mins
To help shed some light (and some snake skin) on the deepest, darkest pits of Donkey Kong Bananza's 12th world, Hyle is joined by Joy Content (Kiddy Kong Facts) to discuss Radiance Layer! Face turns abound while DK and Pauline bound with the final Bananza form, but will their bond be the radiance that's extinguished in the end? Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 1204.
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1337 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayer 1100

September 21, 2025 • 280 mins
Pauline, meet Diddy and Dixie Kong! DK's present realigns with his past in Donkey Kong Bananza's Racing Layer, sending all four characters onto the track for a second go at Donkey Kong Racing! Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 1100.
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1336 - Sea of Thieves: Season 16 (Talk Like a Pirate Day 2025)

September 18, 2025 • 172 mins
Reapers Rule, apparently, but did Sea of Thieves: Season 16? Coinciding with the release of Donkey Kong Bananza, the Reaper's Bones-dominated period of Rare's ongoing pirate adventure had us make Skeleton friends, turn our back on humanity, and get into intense debates about Dracula and Shaquille O'Neal.
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1335 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayers 1000 - 1001

September 14, 2025 • 182 mins
The Kongversation gets out of the trunk and down into the junk! Hyle and the Idaho Crew's Adam go dumpster diving in Donkey Kong Bananza's Landfill Layer. Home of the Eelevators and Fractones who love being among detritus, this deceptively deep world is one Donkey Kong fan's trash... but our treasure. Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 1001.
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1334 - September 2025 Nintendo Direct

September 12, 2025 • 87 mins
Broadcast live at https://www.twitch.tv/dkvine on the day of the September 2025 Nintendo Direct, Hyle and Malik discuss all of the relevant Donkey Kong Universe news from the hour-long presentation! Donkey Kong Bananza DLC, Mario Tennis Fever, the absence of Donkey and Cranky from the main The Super Mario Galaxy Movie cast... and the return of the Virtual Boy! Okay, that one doesn't have much to do with DK, but Hyle's all about it.
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1333 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayers 900 - 903

September 11, 2025 • 125 mins
The Kongversation presents "The Elephant Kong" by David (Thomas) Lynch. What happens when Donkey Kong gets a trunk, promptly inhales some junk, and strips an entire sultry spa clean? You're going to shakey-shake your body when we discuss Donkey Kong Bananza's Tempest Layer, and if you don't, you are not a human being. You... are... an... animal. Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 903.
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1332 - 40 Years of Rare

September 7, 2025 • 129 mins
The Kongversation takes a look at Rare's 40th anniversary celebration! We discuss the surprise return of Conker's Pocket Tales, what went into Cameron and Dustin's own official art pieces, and what the studio has meant to us for the vast majority of our lives!
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1331 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayer 800

September 2, 2025 • 115 mins
The Kongversation unwinds in the Resort Layer of Donkey Kong Bananza! We discuss the giant fruit, Liftoff Ore, the introduction of Collectone, and that surprise Donkey Kong 64 callback as Donkey Kong and Pauline bond in the salty shores and melon rind! Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 800.
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1330 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayers 600 - 602 and Sublayer 700

August 24, 2025 • 280 mins
You can peck out any time you like, but you can never leave. The Kongversation reaches out and grabs ya with a detailed discussion between Hyle and Jeff on Donkey Kong Bananza's wonder-holed Forest Layer and the events of Sublayer 700! Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 700.
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1329 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Sublayer 400 and Sublayers 500 - 503

August 17, 2025 • 238 mins
The Kongversation Divides its time between Sublayer 400 and the Freezer Layer of Donkey Kong Bananza! And since there's a Freezer Layer, we had to have Freezer on as the co-host for this episode to figure out if the Zebras are getting milked and if DK is impressed with his horsey Bananza endowment! Note: This episode only contains spoilers through the end of Sublayer 503.
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