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Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

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Donkey Kong Country
Developer(s) Rareware
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Platform(s) Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Virtual Console, Gameboy Advance
Release date Super Nintendo
(NA) November 22, 1996
(JPN) November 23, 1996
(EU) December 19, 1996
Gameboy Advance
(EU) November 4, 2005
(NA) November 7, 2005
(JPN) December 1, 2005
Virtual Console
(NA) December 24, 2007
(EU) December 25, 2007
Genre Platformer
Rating(s) ESRB: Kids to Adults
Mode(s) 1-2 players
Media 32-megabit Cartridge

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (DKC3 for short) is the third and final game for the popular Super Nintendo game series Donkey Kong Country. It is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It also has a semi-sequel for the Game Boy, Donkey Kong Land III. The game stars Dixie Kong and her little cousin Kiddy Kong as they travel through the numerous lands of the Northern Kremisphere in order to rescue Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from the Kremling Krew and their new leader, KAOS.

A remake of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance on November 7, 2005 with new features, most noticeably six new stages and an all-new soundtrack designed for the GameBoy Advance sound system.

Also, on December 24, 2007, the game was released on the Virtual Console for the Nintendo Wii in North America. On December 25, in was released in Europe and Australia.

Contents

[edit] Areas

All of the areas of the game, except for Pacifica.

[edit] GBA Port

There are many differences between the SNES version and the GBA version.

  • Wrinkly Kong can only be found in Wrinkly's Retreat between Funky's Rentals and Bazaar's General Store.
  • The other areas where Wrinkly was are now replaced by Cranky's Dojo, where the player can play a minigame to earn a Banana Bird.
  • There is a new soundtrack for the remake.
  • The game introduces the new area: Pacifica.
  • Barnacle is relocated to Pacifica while Bachelor now takes residence in Lake Orangatanga.
  • After completing Mekanos, the player can visit Bramble antime to receive a Banana Bird.
  • Funky Kong now has four minigames, depending on how many vehicles the player can rent.
  • Swanky Kong now runs a virtual reality machine that only Dixie Kong can play. The player has to collect a certain number of stars to earn a Banana Bird.
  • After beating Mekanos and Cotton-Top Cove, the player now has the option of being in either K3, Razor Ridge, and Pacifica.
  • Barbos has been relocated to Pacifica while Kroctopus now inhabits Razor Ridge.
  • The houses that the Brothers Bear lives in is redesigned.
  • Unlike the the GBA remakes of Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, this game doesn't feature the scrapbook and the pictures for the player to collect.
  • There are now 5 extra banana birds to collect, increasing the total to 20.


[edit] Full List of Areas and Levels

[edit] World 1 - Lake Orangatanga

  1. Lakeside Limbo
  2. Doorstop Dash
  3. Tidal Trouble
  4. Skidda's Row
  5. Murky Mill
  6. Belcha's Barn

[edit] World 2 - Kremwood Forest

  1. Barrel Shield Bust-Up (SNES version)/Springin' Spiders (GBA version)
  2. Riverside Race
  3. Squeals on Wheels
  4. Springin' Spiders (SNES version)/Barrel Shield Bust-Up (GBA version)
  5. Bobbing Barrel Brawl
  6. Arich's Ambush

[edit] World 3 - Cotton Top Cove

  1. Bazza's Blockade
  2. Rocket Barrel Ride
  3. Kreeping Klasps
  4. Tracker Barrel Trek
  5. Fish Food Frenzy
  6. Squirt's Showdown

[edit] World 4 - Mekanos

  1. Fire-Ball Frenzy
  2. Demolition Drain-Pipe
  3. Ripsaw Rage
  4. Blazing Bazukas
  5. Low-G Labyrinth
  6. KAOS Kore

[edit] World 5 - K3

  1. Krevice Kreepers
  2. Tearaway Toboggan
  3. Barrel Drop Bounce
  4. Krack-Shot Kroc
  5. Lemguin Lunge
  6. Bleak's House

[edit] World 6 - Razor Ridge

  1. Buzzer Barrage
  2. Kong-Fused Cliffs
  3. Floodlit Fish
  4. Pot Hole Panic
  5. Ropey Rumpus
  6. Barbos' Barrier (SNES version)/Kroctopus Krush (GBA version)

[edit] World 7 - KAOS Kore

  1. Konveyor Rope Klash
  2. Creepy Caverns
  3. Lightning Lookout
  4. Koindozer Klamber
  5. Poisonous Pipeline
  6. Kastle KAOS

[edit] World 8 - Krematoa

  1. Stampede Sprint
  2. Criss Kross Cliffs
  3. Tyrant Twin Tussle
  4. Swoopy Salvo
  5. Rocket Rush
  6. Knautilus

[edit] World 9 - Pacifica (GBA version only)

  1. Dingy Drain-Pipe
  2. Stormy Seas
  3. Sunken Spruce
  4. Cliffside Blast
  5. Ripcurl Reef
  6. Surf's Up
  7. Barbos' Barrier

[edit] Trivia

  • In this game, Wrinkly Kong is sometimes playing Super Mario 64 as heard from the Nintendo 64.