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Two Giant Men Play Donkey Kong Bananza (which *has* to be better than Astro Bot)

The Back Page · July 25, 2025

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01:39:19 - 01:39:40

... He's got his tie. Now he's got his briefcase. Off he goes. And there will always be a little bit of my brain that thinks about Donkey Kong's human briefcase in Smash Brothers. I see now how this this whole top five is basically a bit to dunk on the Donkey Kong Country Games. I can see this happening in real time now, Matthew. ...

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... And they used to describe the act of Donkey Kong holding another, picking up another character and instead of throwing them, walking, walking off the level to his death with them. And they used to refer to them as his briefcase because they were like, he's going to the office. He's got his tie. Now he's got his briefcase. Off he goes. And there will always be a little bit of my brain that thinks about Donkey Kong's human briefcase in Smash Brothers. I see now how this this whole top five is basically a bit to dunk on the Donkey Kong Country Games. I can see this happening in real time now, Matthew. Well, I'm not. Yeah. But I am saying that that suitcase is better than that series of games. So it's number five. It said the quiet part out loud. And with that, we can move on to number four. Yeah. Number four, because, you know, I'm I can't I can't maintain the bit long enough. ...

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