Evolution of Game Overs in Donkey Kong Games (1981-2021)

The evolution of game overs in Donkey Kong games.

00:00 Donkey Kong (1981)
00:15 Donkey Kong Jr. (1982)
00:30 Donkey Kong 3 (1983)
00:45 Donkey Kong - Game Boy (1994)
1:02 Donkey Kong Country (1994)
1:33 Donkey Kong Land (1995)
1:48 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995)
2:19 Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996)
2:41 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996)
3:09 Donkey Kong Land III (1997)
3:31 Donkey Kong 64 (1999)
4:08 Donkey Kong Country - GBC (2000)
4:33 Donkey Kong Country - GBA (2003)
5:03 Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004)
5:21 Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest - GBA (2004)
5:50 Donkey Kong Jungle Beat (2004)
6:05 DK: King of Swing (2005)
6:20 Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! - GBA (2005)
6:49 Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2007)
7:07 DK: Jungle Climber (2007)
7:22 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009)
7:44 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem (2010)
7:59 Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010)
8:28 Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Feeze (2014)
8:48 Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars (2015)

[silence]

the first DKC game over screen had to be the darkest. DK and Diddy both injured badly and looking at the player like they blaming you for what happened to them.

[striker]

DKC 1: depression
DKC 2: aww man, try it again
DKC 3: when you get punished as a child without dinner and TV
DKCR: DAMMIT! it was so close

[obitwokenobi]

DKC 1's game over screen will never NOT be terrifying.

[jasminejohnston]

Fun fact: If you press the buttons on the SNES controller on DKC3’s Game Over screen you can make the letters bounce

[C-GXS]

1:14 This was the scariest when it was displayed on the full screen of the TV when I was little.

[kiminowak]

I NEVER thought I'd miss the Kremlings; considering the Game Overs for the original Country Trilogy and

[oryz]

The DKC games are just so unnerving. Maybe it's something about the darker colors, the "3d" visuals or the music, but they give off such an eerie aura. Especially the DKC3 game over screen.

[rexperfection]

DKC for the gbc's game over is basically this: STOP STARING INTO MY SOUL DIDDY KONG.

[dannytallman]

That DK scream at 7:13 was later re-used in Mario Kart Wii.

[fitzler.]

Bro, Donkey kong country 1 scared me so hard when I saw it the first time, I almost cried

[melchardcaranto]

1:59 I remember one time in Hawaii, the hotel room my family stayed in had a video game console in it, and I played that damn thing all the time, like you had no idea.

Donkey Kong was one of those games on it, and this game over sequence stuck with me.

[guzzy]

The original DKC one genuinely upset me as a young kid. Like the game way saying “look at what you did to those poor animals”. Still very somber for a Nintendo game.

[eldartaghiyev]

The DKC 3’s game over music is 1 of the best music in DKC 3.

[gater.]

0:57 little do we know that donkey Kong is flipping you off

[KOOPAS]

Glad to see the Game Over screen in DKC Returns being a direct spoof of the original one, with remade music from that game.

[MrMoron]

DKC: These animals are all bruised up and it is all your fault
DKC2:They were so close but failed only to be imprisoned
DKC3:Aw man you got caught in a crib but somehow feels very
DK64:NO THE WHOLE ISLAND IS BEING DESTROYED! WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!
DKCR: We failed....let's try again!
DKCTF:Oh no! we are stuck in ice! Let's break out an try again!

[internetdingus]

The DKC2 one now triggers my fight or flight response after seeing the irregularity screen

[leonardpayne]

0:06 Mario Game Over
0:12 Donkey Kong Wins
0:21 Donkey Kong Jr Game Over
0:27 Mario Wins
3:31 King K. Rool Wins

[SouthParkTearrance]

6:28 When you lose a boss fight and you have to start over:

[DONNIE_DINO]

1:13 i remember as kid see this game over screen and get pretty scared
3:32 this one OOOOF fuking childhood the very first time in my life i see a bad guy win
4:18 aaaand for last i really like the music in this one