You obviously don’t understand how Donkey Kong 64 functions, even on a basic level. You don’t HAVE to pick up the regular color coded bananas, just enough to unlock the boss (which Kong’s bananas, it matters not). There are 5 golden bananas each level for every character, so you don’t need to collect the bogus 3500 sum you mentioned. No Kong’s objectives are the same, so I don’t see the “chore” it takes to go back to a level and get the later characters’ golden bananas, you’re not even coming close to doing the same things over again. Hell, you typically NEED the later characters to unlock blocked off portions of the level. Where is the chore of returning to a level, when if you go back you see something new?! And if you’re going through a level with a certain Kong and getting their golden bananas, you practically trip over ALL of the regular bananas/coins you can get. Also the ammo and crystal coconuts can be picked up by every Kong, as can the special coins and banana medals (the later two of which aren’t even needed). It’s not even close to being the repetitive scavenger hunt you make it out to be. You’re hardly accurate. Great game.