1410 - The DKU ReDraftee 2026 Special

The DKU Draft returns for its third year! And are 3D platformers having a moment? They are. Looking to finally topple the Jeff Dynasty, Hyle and Mitchell hope that they'll have the right picks when the three teams draft the best lineup of DKU 3D platformer worlds! Then, the trio once again attempts to draft the most popular lineup of DKU games! All games are eligible to be drafted, including newcomers Donkey Kong Bananza, Mario Kart World, and more!

Hyle and Jeff cast the upcoming Donkey Kong movie from Illumination and Nintendo! Which Hollywood celebrities and comedians can capably fill the shoes, neckties, prehensile tails, and golden belly armor of the Donkey Kong series' stable of characters?

Season 18 of Sea of Thieves returned pirates to the oft-neglected Devil's Roar region, opening up the all-new Sanctuaries of the Banished and Ashen Garrisons, along with giving an actual reason to visit Molten Sands Fortress. But did the renewed focus on the most overlooked corner of the game make us say volcaNO or volcaYES YES YES?

Hyle and Malik answer listener calls and comments from the DK Vine Hotline (1-202-630-VINE) about The Super Mario Galaxy Movie!

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.

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.

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!

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.

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!

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!