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You didn't see this coming from a mile away even if it hit you in the face, now did ya? Well look out, because here is my very first Donkey Kong-related drawing in over two years!

For those of you not in the know, i.e all you current watchers, allow me to explain. Back during 2017, I created this weird human AU of Donkey Kong 64 called the DKverse after being inspired to Hell and back by Tom Fawkes's run of the game. WiiLikeToPlay may have also played a huge part in this, given how the 2015-era cast of nerds each took turns as one of the D-Krew. It started out somewhat simple, and it would be the last time I blatantly used bases without drawing over them as references. The story of the DKverse got started with an invasion of the island by Lanky's old gang, what I then called the "Orang-Troops", and then over time things slowly became more and more complicated, what with the other Kongs getting girlfriends, siblings, wives, friends, partners in crime, cousins, children, what-have-you, then I got the brilliant idea to characterize Lanky as this twitchy, paranoid nutcase who misses the days before he was unwillingly inducted into the Orang-Troops and had a secret hidden demon inside him for a long time until one day it finally broke out and oh yeah, I tried to say he had psychosis, but it came across more like schizophrenia. Eventually, I played the favoritism card too much and made all the Kong stories about Lanky and all the Kremling stories about Mad Jack. Eventually I gave up during February of 2019, when I was starting to get into the Mega Man fandom, and by the time I created the arc about DK's young son Tri's first tooth, I decided, that's that, it's all over for poor DK and his pals. Yep, that's right, Tooth and Nail was the not-so-grand finale of the DKverse, because clearly I had a lot more fun making a story about Robot Masters than I did about humanized monkeys and gators.

So I got this grand idea while watching MegamanNG's playthrough of Donkey Kong 64, which I had only recently discovered while I was making my journal entry about what songs from other games would fit the Robot Masters. Why don't I try to draw the characters again!? Only this time I've given them slight redesigns to befit their actual personalities! You know how the first 3 DKC games being released a year apart and 64 being released 3 years after the 3rd actually factored into my DKC timeline, which meant that Kiddy had aged up into a toddler by the time the Blast-o-Matic was about to wipe the island into smithereens? Well, maybe kjsteroids and that one trailer for the sadly-cancelled Donkey Kong Racing might not be so off after all, and each adventure only took place a few weeks after the last, and after 64, that was it, and they had to make up their own silly games. So Kiddy is now back to being a baby.

So yeah, there we go. Our main hero, DK, has hiking boots now and I've slightly fixed up his hair and shirt. Diddy and Dixie are now sleeveless as their official character designs should be, and Diddy now has gym shorts and sneakers whereas Dixie decided to lose the midriff and wear some more leggy pants and even some rainboots. Kiddy's hair now looks like a snowy mountaintop for some reason as is stated on the official character design. Lanky, of course, went through some revisions and changes, and now I've decided that maybe the T-shirt and suspenders are something he wears by choice, and he's now depicted with a slight stubble and fewer freckles. Tiny didn't really need to be fixed much. And Chunky now has shorter, scruffier hair and his pants and shoes have been overhauled.

Anyway, that's the playable Kongs for ya. Tune in next time as I get to the helpers, you know, the likes of Cranky and Candy and whatnot.

DKC+64 - . Game by Rare.
Base (used as a reference) - yaya54320bases

Description
You didn't see this coming from a mile away even if it hit you in the face, now did ya? Well look out, because here is my very first Donkey Kong-related drawing in over two years!

For those of you not in the know, i.e all you current watchers, allow me to explain. Back during 2017, I created this weird human AU of Donkey Kong 64 called the DKverse after being inspired to Hell and back by Tom Fawkes's run of the game. WiiLikeToPlay may have also played a huge part in this, given how the 2015-era cast of nerds each took turns as one of the D-Krew. It started out somewhat simple, and it would be the last time I blatantly used bases without drawing over them as references. The story of the DKverse got started with an invasion of the island by Lanky's old gang, what I then called the "Orang-Troops", and then over time things slowly became more and more complicated, what with the other Kongs getting girlfriends, siblings, wives, friends, partners in crime, cousins, children, what-have-you, then I got the brilliant idea to characterize Lanky as this twitchy, paranoid nutcase who misses the days before he was unwillingly inducted into the Orang-Troops and had a secret hidden demon inside him for a long time until one day it finally broke out and oh yeah, I tried to say he had psychosis, but it came across more like schizophrenia. Eventually, I played the favoritism card too much and made all the Kong stories about Lanky and all the Kremling stories about Mad Jack. Eventually I gave up during February of 2019, when I was starting to get into the Mega Man fandom, and by the time I created the arc about DK's young son Tri's first tooth, I decided, that's that, it's all over for poor DK and his pals. Yep, that's right, Tooth and Nail was the not-so-grand finale of the DKverse, because clearly I had a lot more fun making a story about Robot Masters than I did about humanized monkeys and gators.

So I got this grand idea while watching MegamanNG's playthrough of Donkey Kong 64, which I had only recently discovered while I was making my journal entry about what songs from other games would fit the Robot Masters. Why don't I try to draw the characters again!? Only this time I've given them slight redesigns to befit their actual personalities! You know how the first 3 DKC games being released a year apart and 64 being released 3 years after the 3rd actually factored into my DKC timeline, which meant that Kiddy had aged up into a toddler by the time the Blast-o-Matic was about to wipe the island into smithereens? Well, maybe kjsteroids and that one trailer for the sadly-cancelled Donkey Kong Racing might not be so off after all, and each adventure only took place a few weeks after the last, and after 64, that was it, and they had to make up their own silly games. So Kiddy is now back to being a baby.

So yeah, there we go. Our main hero, DK, has hiking boots now and I've slightly fixed up his hair and shirt. Diddy and Dixie are now sleeveless as their official character designs should be, and Diddy now has gym shorts and sneakers whereas Dixie decided to lose the midriff and wear some more leggy pants and even some rainboots. Kiddy's hair now looks like a snowy mountaintop for some reason as is stated on the official character design. Lanky, of course, went through some revisions and changes, and now I've decided that maybe the T-shirt and suspenders are something he wears by choice, and he's now depicted with a slight stubble and fewer freckles. Tiny didn't really need to be fixed much. And Chunky now has shorter, scruffier hair and his pants and shoes have been overhauled.

Anyway, that's the playable Kongs for ya. Tune in next time as I get to the helpers, you know, the likes of Cranky and Candy and whatnot.

DKC+64 - . Game by Rare.
Base (used as a reference) - yaya54320bases