1412 - The DKU ReDraftee 2026 Analysis

What were the ReSultees of 2026's DKU ReDraftee? Hyle, Jeff, and Mitchell meet up to analyze their picks on episode 1410, then find out who the DK Vine's Patrons voted as having the winning teams! When it comes to the games of the DKU and its 3D worlds, which host is most in touch with the fandom?

Return to a time when the Star Fox series got regular games that were sequels to the one that came before! But what to make of the GameCube's Star Fox Assault, the 2005 follow-up to Star Fox Adventures? We look at the origins of Namco's contribution to the Star Fox mythos and how it took the series back to something a bit more traditional... while still pushing the gameplay forward and embracing Rare's characters and lore.

Finally! A fifth version of the Lylat Wars is coming to Nintendo Switch 2! Well, I guess it's the sixth if you count that LCD watch from Kellogg's brand cereals that you could get in the mail in 1993. However, nobody's going to need to eat a big bowl of cornflakes to repress their self-pleasuring inclinations when it comes to these character designs.

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!