Bonus Rooms Shouldn't Be Bonuses (And How Precedent Shapes Games)

The Donkey Kong Country pentalogy is one of my favorite series on the planet, and yet only two of the games aced the optional collectibles, and it's not the last two or the first two! Obviously all of these games are great, but I want to narrow in on how each game does collectibles, which games do it best, and why I think their example should be emulated more often. Along the way, we'll get examples from Pikmin, Celeste, and Crash Bandicoot to help our argument. 0:00 - Part 1 (Setup) 5:20 - Part 2 (Analysis) #donkeykong #donkeykongcountry #bonusroom Links! Website: https://particularmushroom.com/ Discord:   / discord   Twitter:   / particularmushy   Extras Channel:    / particularextras