Donkey Kong Land

The Donkey Kong Country series, consisting of the games Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land III, is a series of games for the Game Boy. The games are based on the Donkey Kong Country series for the SNES.

3.1 Background Story
3.2 gameplay
3.3 Game Worlds
3.4 Units Sold
3.5 Trivia

4.1 Background Story
4.2 gameplay
4.3 Game Worlds
4.4 Units Sold
4.5 Alternate Version

General

The Donkey Kong Country games are in some ways as a handheld remake of the SNES game Donkey Kong Country 1-3, but it is not at the games, as often wrongly assumed to direct reactions. The games have their own game worlds and levels, as well as modified if similar actions. Like the SNES role models was developed the Donkey Kong Country series by Rare and published by Nintendo. The games were designed for the Game Boy, but are playable on the downstream of the compatible Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. With the help of the Super Game Boy games can also be played on the SNES. The games modules are all yellow.

Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country is based on the SNES game Donkey Kong Country, but has neudesignte game worlds and levels. Also, new enemies were introduced. Protagonists of DKL are Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. The music is based on the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country.

Back story

Cranky Kong annoys Donkey and Diddy Kong by claiming that Donkey Kong Country was only because of the great graphics and modern music to success. In order to prove to him that they can also dispute on an 8 -bit system, such as the Game Boy, a successful adventure, the Kongs can steal their bananas at the session of King K. Rool and malicious break then into a new adventure.

Gameplay

The player controls the protagonist through the levels. It obstacles have bypassed and enemy to be defeated. In addition, one or more bonus rooms are hidden in each level, which is necessary to find it. If you have found all the bonus rooms in a level, an exclamation mark next to the appropriate level will appear on the map. As in the example the letters SNES KONG must be collected, which are distributed over the entire level. However, one obtains unlike Donkey Kong Country no extra lives, but access to the memory screen. Often can be found " Kong dollars " through which one can gain some bonus rooms extra life, so-called. As in the SNES version you will also receive an extra life for 100 bananas.

Game worlds

Overall, DKL is composed of four game worlds with a total of 30 levels and four bosses.

Gangplank Galleon Ahoy! (9 levels boss Wild Sting ): A game world that revolves around the pirate ship Gallionsplanken from King K. Rools fleet. The ship was also seen in Donkey Kong Country 1 & 2. The levels are relatively easy to solve. The bosses Wild Sting represents a ray
Kremlin Antis (7 levels boss Colossal Clambo ): The world Kremlin Antis consists of dilapidated temple ruins, which are partly under water. As a boss, the gigantic clam Colossal Clambo must be defeated. The name of the game world is probably based on the mythical island of Atlantis.
Monkey Mountains and Chimpanzee Clouds (7 levels boss Hard Hat ): The game world consists of the eponymous " monkey mountain " and the associated " chimp clouds". The boss Hard Hat is a mole.
Big Ape City (7 Level King K. Rool boss ): A high-altitude town that is accessible by Zeppelin. As King K. Rool boss waits personally.

Units Sold

From Donkey Kong Country estimated 3.91 million units were sold. Thus, it is the most successful game of Donkey Kong Country series and the ninth- best-selling Game Boy game.

Donkey Kong Country 2

Donkey Kong Country 2 is based on the SNES game Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy 's Kong Quest. In DKL2 Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong are the protagonists dar. The soundtrack is based on the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country 2 It was planned that Donkey Kong Country 2 as the SNES model will bear the additional title Diddy 's Kong Quest. This idea was discarded but before publication, so as not to give the impression that we are dealing with a direct implementation of DKC2 at DKL2.

Back story

Donkey Kong has been kidnapped by the malevolent King K. Rool. This calls for the bananas stock of Kong as a ransom. This will not tolerate Diddy and Dixie Kong and set off to rescue Donkey Kong from the clutches of K. Rool.

Gameplay

In Donkey Kong Country 2 Diddy and Dixie Kong, the player controls through various levels. This bonus games must be found and completed in order to obtain a Kremmünze. These are needed to obtain the muscular Kremling Klubba entry into the lost world. In addition to the Kremmünzen also DK coins must be collected. A total of 47 Kremmünzen and 40 DK coins can be found by the player. In addition, bananas, banana trees, balloons and the letters KONG can be collected. For the collection of all four letters, a balloon or 100 bananas you get an extra life. Also banana coins are frequently found in level, they will be required as means of payment with other members of the Kong family. Can be stored in the game as the SNES role model in the school Kong, Wrinkly Kong which passes.

Game worlds

DKL2 is the only game of the Donkey Kong Country series, which are similar to those of the SNES game worlds idol usually very strong. The wear level, with a few exceptions, the same name as the level in DKC2, but were mostly completely redesigned. DKL2 consists of seven game worlds with 38 levels and four different bosses.

Gangplank Galleon ( Level 5 bosses Krow ): Is the game world Gallionsplanken from Donkey Kong Country 2 modeled. Even the final boss is the same as in the SNES game. The levels have but mostly a completely new appearance.
Krem Cauldron (9 levels boss Kleever ): Krem Cauldron is made up of the DKC2 game worlds crocodile boiler and Kremkai. This world contains the most levels in DKL2.
Krazy Kremland (7 levels boss King Zing ): This world, although based on the game World Deep Kremland from Donkey Kong Country 2 and also has the same bosses, their structure however has been changed greatly.
Gloomy Gulch ( 5 levels boss Krow: The world itself looks just like the Donkey Kong Country 2 game World Dark Canyon, the level design soft but also strong in this game world from SNES model from.
K. Rool 's Keep ( Level 6 No final boss ): Looks very similar to the game world K. Rools Empire from DKC2. The levels are indeed those from DKC2 modeled in some ways, but built like any other level differently. This game world has no boss. In the last level of K. Rool 's Keep only a cutscene is played, in which the tethered Donkey Kong can be seen.
The Flying Krock (1 level bosses Kaptain K. Rool ): The counterpart to the Flying Crocodile from DKC2. Here is the final boss K. Rool must be defeated for the first time.
Lost World ( Level 5 Kaptain K. Rool boss ): The Lost World of DKL2. Here is the last level of the entire game, and the second battle with K. Rool is debatable. In this world no Kremmünzen can be fetched, but bonus games are still found. Creates a one of these, you get a DK Coin here.

Units Sold

Donkey Kong Country 2 was sold an estimated 2.35 million copies worldwide. On the list of most successful Game Boy games it therefore occupies 15th place

Trivia

At the end of the game, when evaluating the number of found by the player DK coins, the Nintendo characters Mario and Yoshi have a cameo.

Donkey Kong Land III

Donkey Kong Land III or alternatively Donkey Kong Country 3 is the last schienene part of the Donkey Kong Country series. It is based on Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! . The protagonists of the game are Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong. The music of DKL3 is modeled on the soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country 3. Donkey Kong Land III should carry the additional title The Race Against Time (Eng. "The race against time " ) originally, but this idea was discarded before its release.

Back story

The island of Donkey Kong Country is visited since the discovery of the fabled Lost World by numerous explorers. Donkey and Diddy Kong are among the first who want to visit the Lost World. Dixie Kong, meanwhile, fits on the small Kiddy Kong. Since Dixie comes over for adventure, she breaks up with Kiddy, to deny a new challenge and discover the Lost World.

Gameplay

Dixie and Kiddy Kong have to be controlled by various level. Here, as in the predecessor of central importance to find the bonus and DK coins. The DK coins will be here usually guarded by the Kremling Koin. Other items such as bananas, balloons, the letters KONG can be collected, for this the player extra lives. Also bear coins play a major role, they will be required as means of payment at the Bear Bear in " Sheepy Shop". There, the player can solve a memory game, provided he could find a certain number of bonus coins. For solving this memory game is obtained, depending on the success, different prices, such as bananas or even in each world once a DK coin and a stopwatch. The stopwatches are needed so that after finishing the game time games can be completed, its completion to reach a maximum of 103% game save is imperative. Against payment Bear are also tips or teleported the Kongs in already trodden game worlds. Saving is the game like in the SNES role model in the storage cavity of Wrinkly Kong. A total of 78 bonus coins, 42 DK coins and 12 stopwatches can be found.

Game worlds

DKL3 consists of six worlds with 36 levels and five different bosses.

Cape Codswallop (6 levels boss Barbos ): A village-like area that is located on a lake or river. Boss is the giant clam Barbos.
Primate Plains ( Level 6 bosses Bleak ): Bewälderte area that is crossed by a river and a small snow mountain has, on the snowman Bleak lives.
Black Forest plateau (6 levels boss Arich ): Also this game world is crossed by a river, also lies in it a small waterfall and two snow mountains.
Great Ape Lakes (6 levels boss KAOS ): In this area there are two small houses and a large lake, into which opens a waterfall. Boss is the robot KAOS.
Tin Can Valley ( 6 levels boss K. Rool ): This game world is similar to other game worlds. Even it to her is a lake with a waterfall. As a boss that must be defeated K. Rool for the first time.
Lost World (6 levels boss K. Rool ): Recent world of Donkey Kong Land III, which, unlike in Donkey Kong Country 3 must not only be found, but can be entered directly after completion of the previous worlds. Here K. Rool has to be beaten for the second time. Then the player is given the opportunity to complete time games, so far as he has collected the necessary stopwatches.

Units Sold

With an estimated 1.03 million units sold is Donkey Kong Land III of the weakest selling part of the Donkey Kong Country series. On the list of most successful Game Boy games it therefore occupies 15th place

Other version

In Japan, an improved and colored version of Donkey Kong Land III under the name Donkey Kong GB was on 28 January 2000: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong released for the Game Boy Color. The addition of this title is derived from the Japanese name of Kiddy Kong, Dinky Kong (Japaneseディンキーコングdinki Kongu ) from. The Japanese version was sold an estimated 280,000 times.

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