It eliminates so much unnecessary travel time in the game and makes collecting items far less of a chore. It’s a bit jarring in places, but overall the Donkey Kong 64 Tag Anywhere mod is a welcome improvement. If dialogue is meant for a specific character then it will still reference that character, regardless of who you are using. Diddy battles the game’s first boss instead of DK. This can prove advantageous, as you can switch to a faster character or use Tiny’s floating jump to make avoiding incoming attacks a little easier. That said, you can change once you’re in a boss battle. In fact, in the Troff ‘n’ Scoff room (where you unlock a world’s boss battle), you must still use the barrel. You can still use the barrel at any point if you want to. For the first time, Chunky can see the game’s first banana. However, you can change while jumping, swimming, or falling. Doing so mid attack will cancel the attack too. There are some limitations on when you can swap characters.įor example, you can’t change while climbing or swinging. You still need to unlock these by visiting Cranky and Funky in the usual way. No longer do you need to find a tag barrel just to pick up a stray bunch of bananas!ĭespite having all the Kongs right away, they don’t have their weapon or extra abilities they can learn.

However, it does at least mean there’s even less backtracking you need to do.Ĭollecting items now feels like such a breeze.įaded-out items will instantly become solid the moment you change to the corresponding character. It’s a bit of a shame that you can’t unlock them in the usual way, especially as this doesn’t line up with the game’s story.įor example, Diddy Kong is no longer imprisoned in Jungle Japes, but cutscenes and dialogue will appear as if he were. It really streamlines the experience, as you no longer have to traipse back and forth to specific points in each world just to change character.Īll five characters are unlocked from the start of the game. In Donkey Kong 64 Tag Anywhere, you simply press left or right on the D-pad to cycle through all five playable Kongs. In the original Donkey Kong 64, you have to find a tag barrel in one of the game’s worlds to swap characters. What does the Donkey Kong 64 Tag Anywhere mod do?

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