DKC1 RBO
| Game | Donkey Kong Country |
|---|---|
| Category Names | Reverse Boss Order, RBO |
| Leaderboards | here |
Rules & Advice
- Defeat all the world bosses in reverse order, then defeat K. Rool to beat the game.
- This is the hardest category in the game. It is strongly advised that you play All Stages or 101% for a while before doing RBO.
- This is the only category where life management is important. We use the "Split-Up Glitch" very extensively for the wrong warps, which means taking intentional deaths. Optimally you only need to grab the KONG letters in 1-1 to have enough lives, but that leaves you no room for error throughout the run. The video below grabs the life balloons at the start of 1-1 and it is highly recommended that you do as well. There are other spots in this route where you can get some extra lives if needed.
- This route only works on U 1.0.
Necky snr.
Please check out the wiki's Any% page for detailed tutorials.
World 6 Wrong Warp - Optimal
- This is literally the same as Any%, with the exception that we need to grab extra lives.
- This particular video showcases the pause buffer strat for the Dual Exit Warp. To perform this; Hold Jump and pause at the right time, release jump and Y, hold right and unpause.
World 6 Wrong Warp - Safe
- aprox. 5s slower than optimal
- Simply press B to pick the keg back up when you're rolling on it.
- 0:27 The second Krem might rob you off your steel keg here. If you don't want to risk it you can navigate through them more carefully.
- 0:35 A small optimization is done here, putting the keg down right before dropping down on the klaptrap.
World 6 Wrong Warp - Optimizations & Other Strats
Additional Notes
- This is the hardest category to complete in the game! You can softlock in many sections, forcing you to reset, and the warps are very difficult, so it is *strongly* recommended to run all stages/101% for a long while before trying to pick this up.
- This guide assumes you are familiar with the speedrun, and is just a more detailed explanation of the tricks. Watch the original recording when needed to reference the movement at your own pace.
- The beginning of the speedrun up to the World 6 boss is identical to any%.
- This route only works properly on 1.0 (U) version of DKC1. You need a slightly different route to run 1.1, but the fundamentals are the same. 1.1 requires you to play an extra half of a stage, so it's slower, but makes one certain warp easier.
- You can watch Fathlo23's 32:28 PB for an example of the 1.1 route here.
