Current TAS (as of 2019-08-14)

Hello friends, here is my TAS of DKC4, I hope it helps you. A few strats are pretty hard to pull of RTA, but people said that about SMB1, so I don't know. :P Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/_7egIspQZCU

Flying Donkey Glitch

Hello friends, in 4-1 there appears to be a glitch where the Kongs can run on air.

Here is my encounter of the glitch. After getting hit by the Kremling with Diddy, it switches to Donkey and he can now fly.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/234676184?

Here is EnchantressofNumbers encountering the glitch, note that in this video, no damage was taken, Diddy just starts flying.
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291040858

Right now we don't know how it works but I have some suspicions about the platform to the left. A similar glitch is observed in the Aladdin bootleg made by the same company, as engines are often reworked in bootlegs, this may have something to do with it.

Update: Thanks to EoN for resparking my interest, I made a lot of headway on replicating the glitch, doing so several times.

Getting it and jumping down a pit!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291424484

Getting the glitch and testing its limits/
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291424481

Getting the glitch as Donkey again
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291424486

as far as I can tell, it relates to killing the Kremling at the right moment/place in relation to the platform that goes up and down. Unfortunately, I do not have a setup, but it is replicable if you at least try to mimic my movements.

Here are some of the other videos, SR only embeds a certain amount of videos per guide, these were the first few replications of the night and they went awry, but are still demonstrations of the glitch.

Getting it again (then dying)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291424485

Getting it again and not dying immediately
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291424482

Getting the glitch (but dying)
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/291424483

Gnawty Strategies

Hello friends,

I thought now would be a good time to put up some strategies for the Gnawty fights as they had been much improved since the old days of running this game and allow for big saves.

Gnawty 1: Intercept Rolling is key. 
Roll into Gnawty to stop his leap animation and pass through him. Repeat
https://clips.twitch.tv/TrappedSlipperyMageGivePLZ

Gnawty 2: Intercept Roll + Jump on Gnawty
Roll into Gnawty to stop his leap animation and pass through him. Jump on him to stop his jump animation. Repeat
https://youtu.be/FmcB52BNduU

Big thanks to EnchantressOfNumbers for producing this video on request, this was her strat for Gnawty 2.

new tas, dated 12/23/2020

this isn't by me, just thought i'd post it here to help anyone that might new to/still be running this game

[TAS] NES Donkey Kong Country 4 by illayaya & crazyjesse in 12:56.27

more info here: https://tasvideos.org/6974S

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYTfhB1G2q4

Name	Author
Current TAS (as of 2019-08-14)	BootlegPickle 5 years ago
Flying Donkey Glitch	BootlegPickle 6 years ago
Gnawty Strategies	BootlegPickle 6 years ago
new tas, dated 12/23/2020	evaprodyt 4 months ago