i didnt buy anything from funky (well besides a dixie barrel early on but i didnt even use it) or use funky mode so there is that. ive also so far succeeded in getting every kong letter in every level i have unlocked (that.. has kong letters anyway)
really fun game! dixie is in it! sure i miss some things from the snes trilogy (cooler bonus rooms, bigger animal buddy focus, tagteam/team up mechanics, dkc3 map in general) but actually playing the game i didnt actually mind it that much? gonna note here the level gimmicks are generally really fun
regarding bonus rooms it turns out theyre actually pretty fun! theyre actually more like the collect the stars ones but with bananas instead of stars so you also get lives alongside the puzzle piece and such i actually like it! still miss the variety though and also this bonus room in particular STINKS
throughout the entire game (though i havent beat any of the temple levels or every secret level in the 5th and 6th world yet) ive only found one level that i didnt like and that was panicky paddles (really not helped by the fact that i had to replay THIS level for another secret level FRICK you panicky paddles). the rest was really solid|! even the minecarts and rocket barrel levels were more fun than i expected. one of those, twilight terror, is even one of my favorites though its mostly because of stickerbrush symphony
speaking of which im really lovin all those dkc2 references i love dkc2 thakn you for stickerbrush symphony thank you !! a note about the stickerbrush symphony remix or wahtever in twilight terror is that i like how its slightly more fast paced! the music generally is really good! i cant particularly shoutout any level that doesnt have a remix bc im not familiar with the soundtrack yet but im likely to find at least a few tracks to latch onto later. just like i did with the other dkcs
another note is that the partner kong mechanics are also pretty fun though by that i mean mostly dixie and cranky. dixie has the cool hairlycopter (whoops.. rayman reference) and the speed boost underwater is fun while crankys cane bounce is just really fun and i like how he can destroy spikey enemies underwater. wait hes kinda like rattly with the cane bounce isnt he...
however. i didnt particularly like any of the bosses! the final boss was just mostly tedious with.. honestly very forgettable rock music (and rock tracks in the general mario series have a good chance to be one of my favorite tracks from the game, see: bowser battle 1 and honeylune ridge caves in odyssey) and me beating him was honestly totally unexpected tbh. on the take i beat him it didnt feel like "oh oh This Is The One" no i just thought "oh wait. thats the final hit ." like a second before landing on him for the final time. anyway this took me around 50 minutes, it was less than i expected and also i think it was shorter than how long the dkc3 boss took me?
but i liked the ending custcene! it was cute
ok so now that ive beat the game. next up is getting every kong letter and beating the tough hard levels so i can just get hard mode for dixie and chip away at it slowly... from what ive been told it seems like even getting hard mode will take a while so. ough
Ok So Basically: monky game highly enjoyable