The game uses a series of world map screens to show the progress you are making, where you are able to control the characters on it, so you can navigate to what level you want to play next. On his journey, Donkey Kong collects bananas from the vastly different regions, while also defeating enemies, such as the reptilian Kremlings and other hazardous creatures that are native to the island. He then starts to embark on a journey to recover it and on his journey he is helped by some of the other Kongs, as Diddy Kong accompanies Donkey Kong on his quest, Cranky Kong provides hints, while Funky offers transportation around the island. The story of the game is that Donkey Kong is at his home, when he finds out that his ‘Banana Hoard’ has gone missing, as it was stolen by King K. You can also take part in bonus games, where you are able to gain shortcuts through a level, or receive extra lives or other items. If you loose all your lives, the game is over, though you are able to get extra lives by collecting items that are found throughout the levels, such as bananas, golden letters and extra life balloons.
However some enemies cannot be killed in this way, which means you have to throw a barrel at them or use the assistance of one of Donkey Kong’s animal friends, such as Rambi the Rhino, Expresso the Ostrich and Squawks the Parrot. You begin with a minimum of 6 lives and you can loose a life if you get hit by an enemy or if you fall of the screen, and if both characters are on the screen at the same time, you are able to switch between the two, though if one of the characters has lost a life, you are only able to play as the character who is still alive. To defeat an enemy, you need to either do a roll or jump, though Donkey Kong can also use the hand slap.
Each level is uniquely themed, consisting of different tasks, such as riding in mine carts, swinging from vine to vine or launching out of barrel cannons. Donkey Kong is the larger of the two and can defeat enemies easier than Diddy can, but Diddy is the faster of the two and is more agile than Donkey is. Many enemies appear on each level and they all vary in difficulty, with them usually becoming harder to kill when you get further into the game. In Donkey Kong Country, you are able to control one of two available characters, Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong, as you play in over more than 40 different side scrolling levels. The SNES game was mostly famous for being one of the first home console games to use pre-rendered 3D graphics, and Rare’s design of the Donkey Kong character would be used in all future games that featured him in it.
The game is a port of the original Donkey Kong Country game, which was released on 21st November 1994 for SNES. The original game was also ported to the GBC on 4th November 2000 and was later re-released on the Wii Virtual Console, Wii U Virtual Console and the New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console, in 2007, 20 retrospectively. It was developed by Rare and published by Nintendo. It was released on 6th June 2003 for GBA. A revolutionary SNES classic ported to the GBA!ĭonkey Kong Country is a platforming game.