The Kongversation: Donkey Kong Universe Discussion

Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! On this joyous High Holy Day, Hyle crews up with Nick to speculate about what we're going to see in Sea of Thieves. I'm guessing pirates, right?

The Kongversation examines the life history of the Kong who started it all. We're not talking Godzilla! No, we're talking gorilla. Cranky Kong!

Hyle's back from his honeymoon, still exhausted from the excessive drinking at his bachelor party (and the circumstances of his current move). Still, he's raring (and Playtonicing) to go, so join him and Chad as they discuss the recent reveals for both Yooka-Laylee and Sea of Thieves at gamescom in Cologne, Germany!

Crack a beer open and think of your favorite Playtonic community manager, because it's time to celebrate Hyle's actual bachelor party! Chad rounds up an unrelenting onslaught of well-wishers to augment the unrelenting onslaught of alcohol. Fair warning... this one is a little unhinged!

Rare recently, for some reason, revealed the secrets behind the making of It's Mr Pants. Because we're diseased individuals, this was the greatest day of our lives. Here's everything you ever wanted to know about Pants (but were afraid to ask).

Hyle teams with Nick this week to give an insightful perspective on the new Amazon Kindle exclusive tome "Banjo-Poonzooie: An Erotica Parody". Put the kids to bed early for this one.

Yooka-Laylee's Toybox is here! The pre-release Steam sandbox for intrepid Kickstarter backers was distributed last week, but already controversy has erupted on the DK Vine Forum about the "tone" "of" "the" "game". Yes, we'll be discussing the character of Inept, but we'll also actually get into whether the damned thing is fun to play. You see, it turns out some people PLAY video games instead of j...

With the page turned on San Diego Comic-Con for another year, Hyle is joined by DK Vine Forum members The_acz and Special Agent Ape to discuss their time at the event. They were personally at the Sea of Thieves panel hosted by Rare, as well as the Donkey Kong-related shenanigans thrown by Nintendo! Learn all about what Rare revealed for Sea of Thieves, what Donkey Kong trivia questions were being...

Now on the other side of E3, it's time to fully purge the Call Sack of the listener messages that have been accumulating since winter. Every topic concerning the Donkey Kong Universe, Rare, Playtonic, and Nintendo is on up for grabs as we give the show over to you at home. Would you like to call in and be on a future episode? Give us a ring at 1-281-410-KONG!

The Kongversation escapes from LA! Yes, Chad and Hyle wrap up their exhaustive E3 2016 coverage with some stray anecdotes and thoughts from the time spent on the show floor (such as when they talked about ghosts with Phil Spencer). Afterwards, they wash it all down by answering long overdue listener calls!

When last we left off, we were just entering the doors of Rare headquarters. What happened on the inside? Who did we meet? What did we see? Take our hand as we tour Rare Ltd. in the most surreal Kongversation of all time.

Surprise! A few weeks ago we had the amazing experience of being invited to Rare Ltd. in Twycross to tour the studio, meet the staff, and play Sea of Thieves before anyone else. Here's the first chapter in the untold story of our week at Rare.

Hyle is joined by "future DK Vine staff member" Mitchell Wolfe on this, the Nintendo episode of the Kongversation's E3 2016 specials! Mitchell was at E3 alongside Chad and Hyle and actually got to play Zelda (no small feat considering the lines). They talk a bit about that game before delving into the Donkey Kong Universe offerings for Nintendo: The new Donkey and Diddy amiibos, Mario Party Star R...

Now that the cat's out of the bag (and the bag's in the Sea of Thieves) about us going to Rare headquarters a few weeks back, we discuss E3 2016's Microsoft Monday festivities! The big Sea of Thieves coming out party was impressive. We just didn't know that we were actually going to play a part in it...

It's time once again for E3! We know Sea of Thieves and Yooka-Laylee will both make big appearances at the show, but what other surprises could be in store for the Donkey Kong Universe? We invite our listeners to call in and speculate with us in this special E3 kickoff!

It's the second part of the Yooka-Laylee news orgy! In this episode, we try to pivot to talk about the gameplay-centric reveals in Edge Magazine, but our callers keep wanting to discuss "those" implications in the story. Just when we thought we were out, they pull us back in!

Playtonic has revealed a plethora of information on Yooka-Laylee, including the story, the supporting characters, and, oh, yeah, a certain goldfish beloved by the DK Vine community. It's time for a Yooka-Laylee news orgy!

It's the Kongversation season 4, episode 20! Naturally, there's only one topic we could do. It's a character history of Funky Kong! This is one dank episode. It's some good ass podcast.

Which characters should get into the DK Vine Hall of Fame Class of 2016? The debate is on, so for this episode we invited our listeners to call in to stump for their favorites. Ready to cast your ballot? Vote at www.dkvine.com/halloffame through May 21st of 2016!

Internet chatter has it that Retro's next game is neither Donkey Kong Country nor Metroid, but rather a completely new IP. We spend this episode trying to come to term with this news, reflecting on Retro's massive contributions to the series along the way. Will we play their new game? Who do we think will develop a DKC game next, and do we think a new DKC is even remotely likely anytime soon?

It's been an interesting week for fans of Nintendo. From Star Fox Zero's release (that's been contentious in the DK Vine community) to renewed rumors of a Monster Games-developed Diddy Kong Racing, it would have been enough to base an entire episode around. But then Nintendo seemed to set their entire company on fire by announcing that the NX, and Zelda, are delayed until March of next year... and...

This is a big one! We sit down with legendary character designer Steve Mayles (the artist behind Dixie Kong, K. Rool, and Banjo-Kazooie) and games journalist-turned-Playtonic wordsmith Andy Robinson to discuss Yooka-Laylee! We leave no stone unturned or sacred cow untipped: Will Yooka-Laylee appear at E3? When are the backer rewards coming? Does the Nintendo NX change their plans for the Wii U ver...

On this episode, Chad is forced to face the consequences of a wager made a couple of weeks ago and eat a dangerous amount of spaghetti. As a result, DK Vine staffer Nick "Spuzzwick" Prol sits in with Hyle to discuss his magnum opus called DKU Comix (www.dkvine.com/comix).

This week, Chad is suffering from low energy and is disinterested in everything (save for Minecraft)! Hyle is battling anxiety and succumbing to crippling panic attacks (so many Skylanders figures to buy)! Naturally, their thoughts are on only one thing: The sweet release of death. But what happens when you die? Let's took towards the Donkey Kong Universe to find out!

Before toys-to-life and LEGO-branded everything, kids had to get their jollies through articulated hunks of plastic called action figures. On this episode, we look at the history of Donkey Kong Universe action figures, from the original Donkey Kong figure line from 1999 all the way to Jakks Pacific's World of Nintendo series.