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DK Jungle Climber
Developer(s)Paon
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Platform(s)Nintendo DS
ReleaseJapan August 9, 2007
United States September 10 2007
European Union October 12, 2007
Australia November 15, 2007
Genre(s)Action, Platforming
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

DK Jungle Climber is a platforming video game developed by Paon and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was released in Japan on August 9, 2007.

DK Jungle Climber is the sequel to DK: King of Swing for the Game Boy Advance, featuring similar gameplay. However, the visuals have been designed to more closely resemble Donkey Kong Country and to add dual screen support.

Gameplay

Like DK: King of Swing, DK Jungle Climber features Donkey Kong as the main character. To navigate the levels, you must hold down L and R to jump, and alternating between L and R allows Donkey Kong to hold onto or let go of the pegs on the levels. When Donkey Kong is only holding onto one peg, he will spin, allowing him to climb up the pegs. It features new moves, new items and minigames. It also uses the dual screens to give the illusion of one tall screen. The game features a multiplayer mode for up to four players.

Stages

Stage 1: Sun Sun Island 1. Cranky's Teachin's 2. Sun Sun Beach 3. Jungle Beach 4. Cool Cool Cave 5. Cliffy Peak

Stage 2: Lost Island 1. Tropical Treetops 2. Glass Labyrinth 3. Road to Ruins 4. Forest Ruins 5. Toybox

Stage 3: Ghost Island 1. Spooky Woods 2. Veggie Patch 3. Boogity Bog 4. Toybox 2 5. Panic Factory

Stage 4: Chill n' Char Island 1. Falling Falls 2. Snowful Slope 3. Glass Laberynth 2 4. Fiery Volcano 5. Kremling Dock

Stage 5: High High Island 1. Space A-Go-Go 2. King Kruizer IV

Stage 6: Wormhole 1. Glass Labyrinth 3 2. Toybox 3 3. Planet Plantaen

Plot

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Screenshot of DK Jungle Climber.

Donkey Kong and his friends decided to take a well-earned vacation on beautiful Sun Sun Beach, located, of course, on tropical Sun Sun Island. After enjoying a splash in the ocean, a hungry DK and his friends saw a massive banana floating atop a mountain. Without a moment's hesitation, DK up and raced for the mountaintop. Who knows what kind of adventure he'll find there![1] When DK, Cranky Kong, and Diddy Kong reached the top, they encountered Xananab, an alien that looked like a banana. But they also saw King K. Rool and his four Kremling advisors making off with the five Crystal Bananas, five objects Xananab wanted back. DK agreed to help Xananab get the Crystal Banana back, thus starting off his next adventure, with Diddy at his side.

Donkey and Diddy (along with Cranky and Xananab) travel through several islands, including Ghost Island, Lost Island, and Chill 'n' Char Island. At the end of the last level of each island DK had to fight a Kremling mutated by one of the Crystal Bananas, and going into a machine. After beating the boss, they gained a Crystal Banana. At the end of Chill 'n' Char Island, after the boss, K. Rool and his final Kremling make way to the King Kruizer IV, an updated model of K. Rool's cruiser seen in Donkey Kong Country 2/Donkey Kong Land 2, Donkey Kong 64, and DK: King of Swing. They travel to the top of a very large island, High-High Island, to make it just a little too late. Fortunately, Cranky gives them a Booster Barrel (also seen in King of Swing), which they use to travel into the King Kruizer IV. Once inside, they travel through the vehicle, and DK has to fight the final Kremling, gaining a Crystal Banana once victorious.

K. Rool flees with his last device, going into a wormhole, which eventually leads DK and friends into Xananab's homeplanet, Planet Plataen. K. Rool is fought here, and, once defeated, uses the final Crystal Banana to mutate and become gigantic. Once DK defeats K. Rool in this state, K. Rool is defeated and the game ends. Xananab thanks DK, Diddy, and Cranky by making them the local celebrities and they are able to eat all the bananas they can eat. Eventually, the three monkeys head home, and humorously tie K. Rool to the back of the Banana Spaceship. It is not revealed what happens when they return home.

Reception

The game received positive reviews and was considered an improvement over DK: King of Swing. The game was also praised for its fun, practical controls and its vibrant visuals.

Trivia

  • Humorously, the alien Xananab when pronounced backwards sounds like "bananas".
  • Xananab's homeworld, Plataen, is also banana-related. When one mixes the "t" and the "n" in the name, you get the name Plantaen. A "plantain" is a food closely related to the banana, and is a popular dish in tropical countries.
  • Xananab will have a cameo in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as a trophy.[1]

References

  1. ^ DK Jungle Climber instruction booklet


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