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Secrets galore! 1996 entry was probably the most diverse and deep of the trilogy, with varied environments, puzzles and level types, and with tons and tons of hidden bonuses and extras to find for the 103% completion. Its main innovation, however, was an expansive interactive map (with another bunch of secrets) for Dixie and the baby but strong Kiddy Kong to explore. Nintendo 64 (the next-gen) was around the corner, but that didn't hurt the incredible 1996 Christmas we had with this game. Here we play the first world.

Considered by many as the best of the Countrilogy and probably the finest Rare game in 2D, 1995 DKC2 (which some still mistakenly call Diddy Kong's Quest) still plays as a blast today, its artistic effort is the greatest in the series and David Wise peaked as well with his finest soundtrack. Here we play first 30 minutes / first complete world.

"It's not 32 bit... it's Super Nintendo". It was that hard to believe what Rare achieved graphically in 1994 with this classic, one of the most important games for SNES' last years. Pretty different to Mario's platforming adventures and focused on environments and exploration, Donkey's return after a decade of absence will be always remembered for its lush fake-3D stages, its animal mechanics, the incredible atmosphere, the elegant ambient music and the great co-op mechanics with Diddy, the new member of the Kong family. With this gameplay clip you can relive a bunch of levels from the first world. Turn the volume up!

The most advanced of the first DK games introduced the modern logo of the franchise... and little else (annoying bees, perhaps?). DK was the bad guy once again, and the forgotten bugman Stanley was the protagonist. Gameplay is fast and fun, and hey, it's a shooter! But it's not that Donkey...

Konami is proud of the football simulation Pro Evolution Soccer 2015. We have almost 20 minutes gameplay from a friendly match with FC Bayern München vs. Real Madrid in Munich. It's from the German version of the game, so everything you read and hear is German. Sorry for that.

What the heck is this? Is Dr. Kawashima's ancestor an ape? How do you PLAY that? After several months of investigation -specially with the second mode- we found out this 1983 title was a funny NES experiment to make kids learn some maths between vines and numbers.

The original Donkey Kong had its barrels and whatnot, but its mechanics probably defined Mario better than DK. Its 1982 sequel, however, was probably the most fun of the ape's three first games, and also defined the real foundations of the character and the franchise: vines, bananas, jungle environments, jumpers, platforms... and Mario being the bad guy. Well, that last point isn't exactly defining, but interesting nonetheless. Take that, silly plumber!

Konami is proud of the football simulation Pro Evolution Soccer 2015. We have 15 gameplay from a friendly match with FC Barcelona vs. FC Schalke 04 in Berlin. It's from the German version of the game, so everything you read and hear is German. Sorry for that.

We preview the recently announced Overwatch, a departure from the norm for Warcraft developers Blizzard.

The game that started it all for Nintendo in 1981. The first historic work of Shigeru Miyamoto and the debut for both Mario (here Jumpman) and DK. The arcade became a real fever (competition between veterans still lasts today) and it was adapted to more than 20 platforms (!), but here we play the pretty good NES port. Barrels, jumps, crazy hammers and girl kidnapping would never be the same in videogames...

We talked to Cezary Skorupka, Game Designer on JuJu and discussed their attempt at getting parents to play games with their children.

We had a chat with Alexis Le Dressay, Creative Director at Eugen Systems and talked about twitch-based gameplay and their attempts to bring the genre back to its roots.

We caught up with Maxime Josse, Space Dev Commander on Etherium and talked about his awesome job title, micro-management free Real-Time Strategy and removing the "fastest clicker wins" element.

We snagged a couple of minutes with Orsolya Tóth, PR & Community Manager at Neocore Games and discussed the progression of the episodic and Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing.

We stepped outside with Alexey Sazonov, Sales and Marketing Director at HeroCraft and talked about Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, and some more Turn-Based Strategy.