Due to the game's Donkey Kong roots, I have the terrible mental image of Sabreman hunting down Rambi, Enguarde, and the other Donkey Kong
Country animal buddies and harpooning them in gory ways.
Not exact matches
Rambi reappears in Donkey Kong
Country Returns and Donkey Kong
Country Returns 3D as one of the only two
Animal Buddies from the previous three games to return (the other one being Squawks the Parrot).
Sure, we didn't get the shock value since we knew what Donkey Kong
Country looked like, but we got better levels, a great new character in Dixie, way more collectibles, a bonus world, trivia, new
animal buddies and a bigger challenge.
I was thinking of having them act as transformation replacements, still fully controllable, yet no time limits... so more like
Animal Buddies in the Donkey Kong
Country series.
Presumably these are a bit like the ones in Banjo - Kazooie (and the
Animal Buddies in Donkey Kong
Country 2/3/64), but the official site only says there'll be more information on them in the future.
Rattly was one of the great
Animal Buddies in the Donkey Kong
Country series that helped to shape the dynamic play experience of the game.
Though the
Animal Buddies were fun in Donkey Kong
Country, their inclusion feels far more integral in Donkey Kong
Country 2, with entire levels being dedicated to their mechanics.
The Kongs get assistance from
Animal Buddies again, the ones listed below all return from Donkey Kong
Country 2 with similar roles.