In Donkey Kong 64, one of the minigames is "Beaver Bother" where you try to herd beavers into a hole. I've tried this a whole bunch and am having a really hard time beating it.
My strategy has been pretty much to just run up to the beaver closest to the hole and spam the B button, which the tutorial says is supposed to scare them. I don't see any visible evidence that it is working. What usually happens is the beaver will just stay near the hole, but not fall in, then go to either the right or left away from the hole. I've tried shoving the beavers in as well, but that doesn't seem to work. Jumping (A button) seems useless to me, so I haven't used it.
What is the trick to beating this minigame?
Best Answer
There's not much of a secret as there's only so many things you can do. You have the right idea to try and get the ones in that are closest to the hole, however, the way in which you move may make a difference in how it is panning out. If you go straight at them, it does very little to nothing, but if you move toward them from the side, they will run away. Follow the circle around and around fairly closely and wrap your circle around the nearest beaver. They will move toward the hole.
Here's a great example of somebody who has figured this out:
And here's somebody doing it completely the wrong way:
So you can see the difference if you watch both.