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Donkey Kong Land III
North American box art
Developer(s)Rare
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Designer(s)Gary Richards
Huw Ward
Writer(s)Leigh Loveday
Composer(s)Eveline Fischer
Platform(s)Game Boy, Game Boy Color
ReleaseGame Boy
Game Boy Color
Genre(s)Platforming
Mode(s)Single-player

Donkey Kong Land III (initially planned for release with the subtitle The Race Against Time[3]) is the third and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land trilogy of games for the original Game Boy and later became ported to the Game Boy Color exclusive to Japan. It was developed by Rareware and distributed by Nintendo. Like the other games in the series, Donkey Kong Land III served as the portable counterpart to the SNES game Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. In this case, DKL3 is both a remake and a partial follow-up to Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Like the other games in the Donkey Kong Land series, DKL3 was enhanced for the Super Game Boy and was packaged with a "banana yellow" cartridge. Donkey Kong Land III received a 81% at GameRankings.

A contest has begun with big prizes for the first person who discovers the Lost World. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have already taken off to find it, leaving a disgruntled Dixie Kong behind. Deciding to prove herself every bit of capable as them, Dixie partners up with her little cousin Kiddy Kong. Unfortunately, K. Rool and the Kremling Krew are also searching high and low for the fabled land. While never stated outright in the game, it's believed that the setting is the Northern Kremisphere, as the level archetypes are the same as in DKC3 (which took place in the Northern Kremisphere). While the levels have the same environments and the DKC3 bosses return, the worlds and stage layout are all unique.

Wrinkly Kong is the only non-playable Kong family member to make an appearance. A character simply titled Bear or "Brothers Bear" gives the player hints and can teleport them to another world (as well as host a card minigame), but judging from his appearance, it is most likely he's Bazaar Bear from DKC3. Animal buddies Ellie the elephant, Enguarde the swordfish, Squawks the parrot, and Squitter the spider all return. DKL3 also marks the only time in a Rare Donkey Kong game where neither Donkey Kong nor Diddy Kong actually appears.

Game Boy Color update

On January 28, 2000,[2][4] over two years after the game's European release, Nintendo released an updated Game Boy Color version of the game in Japan. Titled Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong, the updated version was incompatible with the original Game Boy and for some reason, it wasn't released out of Japan.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Nintendo - Customer Service / Game List". Retrieved 2009-08-05.
  2. ^ a b c d "'Donkey Kong Land 3'". NinDB. Retrieved 2009-08-05. {{cite web}}: External link in |work= (help)
  3. ^ Kong Land III "Donkey Kong Land III". Porplemontage. Retrieved 2011-06-20. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ "Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong for GBC". Gamespot.com. Retrieved 2009-08-05.
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