Who would not love somewhat DIY arts and crafts challenge? They’re enjoyable, they get you doing one thing, and more often than not, you may come out of it with one thing particular, or no less than a enjoyable story. Sadly, that is the story of 1 fan’s Donkey Kong Bananza challenge gone horribly mistaken, and whereas it may well’t be enjoyable for the poor man on the middle of it, watching it unfold certain has been fairly humorous.
Not too long ago, a TikTok person (via Kotaku) by the title of Gardner shared that they wished to color their Swap 2 cartridge of the critically acclaimed 3D platformer yellow. The rationale behind the transfer is a straightforward one rooted in nostalgia: Nintendo has beforehand launched Donkey Kong video games with banana-yellow cartridges, like Donkey Kong 64, which Gardner flashes on digicam as a reference level within the first of two movies.
I can already hear everybody groaning and screaming at their screens. I used to be there too, but it surely’s price it to take pleasure in the remainder of this cringe-inducing experience.
Gardner then proceeds to crudely pry aside the crimson crimson Swap 2 cartridge, displaying a number of failed approaches earlier than it’s lastly cracked open. As soon as it’s, they take away the cardboard with the sport information on it and take the spray paint can to every half of the cartridge casing. The primary video ends as they piece it again collectively and insert the sport within the console solely to search out it will get caught about midway via and might’t truly match again into the slot.
One touch upon the primary video reads, “Looks like the paint may soften and stick within the system when it heats up. This looks like a nasty thought.” If solely that commenter knew how proper they’d be inside simply 24 hours.
To make issues worse, Gardner returned with a second video a day later displaying that regardless of the system’s resistance to the painted-over case, they insistently jammed the sport in anyhow, the place it’s now irretrievably caught. They even take a pair of pliers to the system however merely can not pull it out, as a substitute chipping the yellow paint and even breaking the cartridge. Finally Gardner relents, hilariously saying, “With out tagging Nintendo, someone let me know what I ought to do to get it out of my system. Once more, I am chilling as a result of I will play the sport for some time however I might love your ideas.”
As you may anticipate, Gardner’s ridiculous journey for a yellow Bananza cartridge has already gone viral. Some chimed in with what they believed to be recommendation, like a number of feedback suggesting they need to’ve simply 3D printed a yellow case and reprinted the sport’s artwork, however lots of the commenters are additionally simply poking enjoyable at Gardner’s dedication and misfortune.
One remark merely reads, “It is NOT THAT SERIOUS,” alongside a crying emoji. One other jokes, “Man buys a Swap 2 with Donkey Kong inbuilt!!!” Essentially the most devastating of the bunch merely says, “Is now a nasty time to say it is not even the fitting shade of yellow?” Ouch.
I assume the massive takeaway right here is that the subsequent time you need to undertake a DIY challenge along with your costly gaming system, please simply ask across the web earlier than doing a really expensive quantity of injury. I hope they’re actually having fun with Donkey Kong Bananza, as a result of that appears to be the one factor that Swap 2 goes to be taking part in for the foreseeable future.