Editing List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content

{{italic title|List of ''Donkey Kong Land III'' pre-release and unused content}}
This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]''.
==Early build==
''Donkey Kong Land III'' was going to have the sub-title "The Race Against Time;"{{ref needed}} it was later removed, presumably due to the fact that the other two installments in the ''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]'' series did not possess sub-titles, so it would seem slightly pointless to give ''Donkey Kong Land III'' one.

==Unused data==
===Music===
[[File:Rattly DKLIII unused.png|thumb|The incomplete Rattly, with Dixie's sprites displayed in its place.]]
''Donkey Kong Land III'' has an unused track in the game. It is an 8-bit version of Rocket Run, the music played in [[Rocket Rush (level)|Rocket Rush]] in the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] version of ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]''<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ac8Ru3u91w</ref>

===Rattly the Rattlesnake===
A glitched version of [[Rattly the Rattlesnake]] is available by hacking (specifically, by using the GameShark code 010600DF)<ref>[[tcrf:Donkey_Kong_Land_III#Glitched_Rattly|The Cutting Room Floor - Donkey Kong Land III.]] Retrieved 28 November, 2014.</ref>. He has some properties left over from ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', including jumping high, and being able to jump on any enemy, including enemies that the Kongs cannot jump on (such as [[Buzz (enemy)|Buzz]] and [[Bristles]]). A Rattly icon can also be seen on the bottom of the screen as well, which is taken from ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. However, upon entering or exiting a bonus level, Rattly will become glitchy, turning into an immobile smoke ball, which is the same sprite used when switching Kongs. It is likely that Rattly is simply leftover code from ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', since ''Donkey Kong Land III''{{'}}s game engine is essentially a modified ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' game engine.

==Japanese Game Boy prototype==
On September 9, 2020, a prototype of an unreleased Japanese [[Game Boy]] version of ''Donkey Kong Land III'' was leaked. It shares the name with its predecessor, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'', likely owing to how the previous game was named ''Donkey Kong Land'' in Japan instead of by its English title, ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. On the title screen, the ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' logo is designed after the European ''Donkey Kong Land III'' logo.

As with the released [[Game Boy Color]] build in Japan, the world map and [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]] are not animated.
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DKL3 GB Japan prototype boot screen.png|Boot screen
DKL3 GB Japan prototype title screen.png|Title screen
DKL3 GB Japan prototype world map.png|Dixie on the Cape Codswallop world map
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==References==
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