What is it about this level that makes it so bad? I've tried

>>2925509
way too many bananas to collect

>>2925509
Even as a kid I thought DK64 was a slog. I really started to feel the burn by the time I hit Crystal Caves, I entered the level for the first time and the camera started panning around and I thought "here we go again..."

I loved this level and game in general. My least favourite was probably Creepy Castle or Gloomy Galleon, but still good. The only thing that annoyed me was Beaver Bother. I know OP is not alone in his opinion and lots of people share it, but I really liked this game.

>>2925537
Same, my favorite level was actually Fungi Forest. I loved all the collectible stuff.

>>2925512
This. It's great fun but actually finishing it is just a massive chore. The fastest speedrun for the game is 14hours ffs

>>2925681
Are you getting your information from Twin Galaxies or something? Even SDA, while completely outdated, doesn't have times that high.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5EyP_EyfE0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfjdfqbBEOQ
http://speeddemosarchive.com/DonkeyKong64.html

When I was a kid, I never beat DK64 because I was scared of the Crystal Caves. I don't know why. Whenever I tried to go in there, I would get paranoid as fuck.

The other thing in games that used to scare me back then was the "Challenger Approaching" screen in Smash 64.

Funnily enough, now I rarely get scared at anything. Movies and video games don't scare me and I've even been in very dangerous situations in real life and wasn't scared at all. I'm very level headed in panic situations.

>>2925681
101% runs are about 6 hours now, though.

>>2926307
I had something similar with the sea snakes at Pinnacle Rock in Majora's Mask. I quit the game for like a year before eventually beating it.

>>2925509
I've both N64 and Wii U VC versions of this game, wich one is better?

I don't know why, but I could never even finish Banjo-Kazooie, whereas I did a 101% completion on DK64.

There was a lot of collecting but I thought, upon getting 101% that people were exaggerating a bit about DK64 being such a chore, to me it was fun

>>2926395
The one that you enjoy playing the most.

>>2926410
Already compared, it looks like crap in HDTVs, the frame rate may be slower in my N64, but the RGB mod plus a Sony Professional CRT Monitor, the colors and brightnes just kick the but of emulated VC shit!

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>>2926307
>I was scared of the Crystal Caves. I don't know why.

I know why. Felt really good when I finally teleported up there and killed him.

>>2925509
I tried beating this game 100% and I've collected almost everything up until K.Rools area inside his mouth. All the banannas, all the coins, all the blueprints, all the upgrades before that point, and I couldn't bother to finish it off.

>>2926395
I have in on VC and I only managed to beat some of the later minigames with save states/pause abusing. I've read it's easier on N64. There's one minigame I remember where you have to shoot a banana while avoid shooting the Kongs, the only 'legit' way to beat the later repetitions of those would have been guessing for me.

I loved this level! Hated Frantic Factory, though.

>>2926581
>59.94 fps on N64
>60.00 fps on Wii-U

That's not that much slower