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Rating
4.5from
This podcast has
525 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
www.DKVine.comExplicit
Yes
Date created
2013/01/25
Latest episode
2026/04/21
Average duration
165 min.
Release period
11 days
Description
Deep in the core of Donkey Kong and Rare fandom, DK Vine has long served as the root for celebrating the games branching off from Donkey Kong Country. Online since 1999, we've covered the launch of Donkey Kong 64, Donkey Kong Bananza, and everything between. And our golden fruit that tastes the sweetest? The Kongversation, the ripest Donkey Kong Universe audio program that's been nourishing ears since 2013. It's a new era for the Donkey Kong series. If you're just getting deeper into the fandom, be sure to give us a listen. And if you've been living underground for some time, you'll know we also cover related properties like Banjo-Kazooie, Conker, Dinosaur Planet, Sea of Thieves, Yooka-Laylee, and much more. Our mouths may be rancid, but we've still got Hearts of Gold. © 2026 DK Vine and File Two Productions
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1407 - Call Sack: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026/04/21
Hyle and Malik answer listener calls and comments from the DK Vine Hotline (1-202-630-VINE) about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie!
1406 - Spotlight: Mario Party 2
2026/04/14
The Kongversation shines the Spotlight on the second Mario Party, i.e., the one with all of the silly hats! Part-time DK Detective and full-time Mario Party fanatic Sxips returns to the show to help Hyle make sense of the time Donkey Kong put on a board game-themed stage play for Mario Land park guests. We're talking 1 vs. 3 Mini-Game Tree! We're talking haunted mansion orgies! We're talking, and guzzling, dusty Wiggler milk! Yum yum. Pour me some more of that lusty caterpillar juice, Hudson Soft.
1405 - The Super Mario Galaxy Movie: A Film Critique
2026/04/07
Broadcast live on https://www.twitch.tv/dkvine, it's another four-person roundtable episode on an Illumination Super Mario movie! We get into spoilers for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, discussing the Star Fox and marginal Donkey Kong connections, how the film improved on the original (and suffers in comparison), and the wild backlash it's receiving from critics and fans! Hyle also sticks something gross in his mouth, so stick around for that bit.
1404 - The Fall and Rise of Virtual Boy
2026/03/31
Why is a Donkey Kong and Rare fan community hung up on a Nintendo system lacking Donkey Kong and Rare games? In celebration of the launch of Virtual Boy - Nintendo Classics, Hyle and David discuss DK Vine's history with the red-and-black head trip, why we consider it Nintendo's most interesting failure, and how playing it on the Switch family of systems compares to the original!
1403 - Mario Tennis Fever First Impressions
2026/03/24
Hyle and Dustin discuss Mario Tennis Fever, Camelot's latest Cameo Game featuring Donkey and Diddy Kong, medical malpractice, adults embracing the diaper life, creepy romantic gestures, reverse vampiric spiders, loads of spilled goo, and sometimes the sport of tennis.
1402 - Stop 'N' Swop: A Denouement
2026/03/17
Is this finally all that there is to know about Stop 'N' Swop? The legendary scrapped feature across Rare's Nintendo 64 library was laid bare by bear and bird creator Gregg Mayles, revealing precisely how Banjo-Kazooie, Donkey Kong 64, and Banjo-Tooie would have interacted, what the Ice Key would be used for on both Donkey Kong Island and the Isle O'Hags, and what might have been taken out of Tooie into a future Rare game!
1401 - Dixie Kong in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
2026/03/10
The Kongversation is returning with the return of the return RETURN to Returns! Donkey Kong Country Returns HD received an unexpected update in January 2026, adding enhanced graphics, resolution, and loading times for Switch 2, as well as a new Turbo Attack mode... and Dixie Kong as a playable partner character!
1354 - New Year's Forecast 2026
2025/12/31
Broadcast live on https://twitch.tv/dkvine, the Kongversation's annual season-ending New Year's Forecast reckons with the monumental year we've just had for Donkey Kong... and looks at what 2026 might bring for the entire DKU!
1353 - Sea of Thieves: Season 17
2025/12/30
Hyle and Jeff check back in with Sea of Thieves, giving their thoughts on the game's recently-concluded Season 17! Subtitled "Smugglers' Tide," it gave the creaky seasonal structure a much-needed refurbishment and a fresh wainscoting of storytelling. Narrative? In a DKU game? What does Sea of Thieves think it is, Donkey Kong Bananza?
1352 - Donkey Kong Bananza: Emerald Rush
2025/12/23
The Kongversation wraps up its 2025 Donkey Kong Bananza coverage with one last look at the game's DLC! Hyle is joined by Sxips to discuss the intricacies of Emerald Rush, the monthly events that kicked off in October, the statues celebrating DK series heritage, and how the mode can serve as a bridge to the next Donkey Kong game! Note: This episode contains spoilers for the Emerald Rush DLC.
1351 - Tiers of a Kong: Donkey Kong Country 2
2025/12/16
Out of the 24 (Krocodile) core, singular characters in the game, how does the cast of Donkey Kong Country 2 rank? Hyle and Jeff put the Kongs, Animal Buddies, Bosses, and other errant notables of Diddy's Kong Quest through Tier Maker to see how they stack up to each other... using only the criteria of their performance and presentation up to that point in history!
1350 - Rare Collection 1 First Impressions
2025/12/12
It's a Hyle and Matt chat about Rare Collection 1, the new 12-game compilation on Evercade! Featuring a dirty dozen of Ultimate Play the Game and Rare Ltd. classics, DK Vine's primary concern is the first-ever reissue of Conker's Pocket Tales. Does Conker's solo debut still hold up? Did it ever? What do we think of this format and the Evercade itself? And what future Rare Collections would we like to see?
1349 - Manual Transmission: Donkey Kong Country 2
2025/12/09
Just as Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest improved on the original in numerous ways, so too did its classic instruction booklet! Once again written by Nintendo of America's Dan Owsen, with story by Rare newcomer Leigh Loveday, it's 30-plus pages of immersive table setting and subversive tablecloth pulling!
1348 - 30 Years of Donkey Kong Country 2
2025/12/02
Celebrating three decades of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest! Hyle and Dustin discuss how the second Donkey Kong Country game still holds up to this day, now made ever more relevant thanks to Donkey Kong Bananza.
1347 - Donkey Kong Bananza: DK Island
2025/11/25
The Kongversation returns home to DK Island! Miles from off of KotBox joins Hyle to discuss the immaculate love letter to the Donkey Kong series in Donkey Kong Bananza's DLC capper. From the obvious references to the most obscure Easter eggs, we leave no stone unturned on DK Island! Note: This episode contains spoilers for the DK Island DLC.
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Nick Vez 2023/12/22
Can’t get enough
Insightful
Funny
Charismatic
They just really care about the fans at DKvine and they continue to churn out amazing content. Bravo.
_Leg 2024/10/22
Just talk about games
Too much politics
Bromeliad1 2020/08/27
Entertaining podcast with passionate fans
If you want to hear some guys get passionate about Donkey Kong, Rare games, or similar, this podcast is perfect. These guys are long time fans and you...
(Mario500) 2023/08/11
A Review of "The Kongversation: Donkey Kong Universe Discussionm
I had often found what I had believed to had been certain parts of what I had believed to had been certain recordings of this "The Kongversation: Donk...
Etrian Adventurer 2023/08/01
Is mostly good.
It is really cool listening to truly passionate DK universe fans talk about Donkey Kong. The host does like to insert his stupid political opinions an...
AvaandScarlettFamliyFavorites 2023/02/12
Future
Future
Nawaf-KFC_94 2018/07/29
The Power of Nostalgia and Immersion Awaits!
This Podcast has fueled my nostalgiac into my senses. You guys are awesome, especially Hyle, which I can relate to like the old glory Rareware games. ...
Nosjacob73 2016/08/09
This is a funny great show!
It always puts a smile on my face to hear Hyle and Chads voices every week with a new episode of the Kongversation! The show is great! It really takes...
Jim Low 2016/08/05
"A wonderful podcast"
The Boxcar Children sent me here!
Someone incomplete 2016/01/21
The Closest Thing to Making Me Smile Like I Used To
I clutched my DK plush at night;
My tears made damp my bed;
Until I heard a sound so right:
"I'm raping apes," he said.
My eyes dried up, my hairs ar...
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