Donkey Kong Land
Template:Infobox Donkey Kong Land, known in Japan as Super Donkey Kong GB, is a video game that was developed by Rareware for the Game Boy. Released in 1995, it was a handheld follow-up of Donkey Kong Country, and the game's pseudo sequel. The game was also one of the few Game Boy games to feature a specially colored cartridge (yellow), which was also used on the sequels, Donkey Kong Land 2 and Donkey Kong Land III. It was one of the first games to feature Super Game Boy special features, including a rendered jungle border across the television screen.
The game is often mistaken as a Game Boy 'port' of Donkey Kong Country. Although this is true in the manner that the two games play the same using the same engine - it is false because not only is the storyline different, but Donkey Kong Land has different levels, enemies, and bosses from the ones featured in Donkey Kong Country.
Story
According to the game's instruction booklet, the story takes place after the events of Donkey Kong Country, where Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are discussing about their latest adventure to Cranky Kong. Cranky admits that the adventure was more successful than he thought, although claiming that it was only because of the "fancy graphics" and that "Kids'll buy anything nowadays". After Cranky goes on about the games of his time, the two other Kongs try to convince him that it was not only fancy graphics that made Donkey Kong Country great, but that it "was just plain fun". However, this did not convince the old monkey, so Donkey and Diddy decide to have an adventure on an 8-bit system, with King K. Rool stealing the Banana Hoard again. Once the bet is decided, Cranky Kong arranges everything, and calls King K. Rool to come and take the hoard overnight. Afterwords, the two heroes decide to rest for the adventure ahead of them.
Levels
| Levels and Bonus Areas Areas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangplank Galleon Ahoy! | ||||
| # | Level | Bonus Areas | Type of Level | |
| 1 | Jungle Jaunt | 2 | Jungle | |
| 2 | Freezing Fun | 1 | Snow | |
| 3 | Simian Swing | 2 | Jungle | |
| 4 | Deck Trek | 2 | Ship | |
| 5 | Rope Ravine | 2 | Snow | |
| 6 | Tire Trail | 3 | Jungle | |
| 7 | Riggin' Rumble | 2 | Ship | |
| 8 | Congo Carnage | 3 | Jungle | |
| 9 | Arctic Barrel Arsenal | 3 | Snow | |
| 10 | BOSS LEVEL: Wild Sting Fling | 0 | Ship | |
| Kremlantis | ||||
| # | Level | Bonus Areas | Type of Level | |
| 11 | Tricky Temple | 1 | Temple | |
| 12 | Kremlantis Kaos | 0 | Underwater Ruins | |
| 13 | Reef Rampage | 0 | Coral | |
| 14 | Snake Charmer's Challenge | 1 | Temple | |
| 15 | Chomp's Coliseum | 0 | Underwater Ruins | |
| 16 | Nautilus Chase | 0 | Coral | |
| 17 | Swirlwind Storm | 1 | Temple | |
| 18 | BOSS LEVEL: Seabed Showdown | 0 | Underwater Ruins | |
| Monkey Mountains and Chimpanzee Clouds | ||||
| # | Level | Bonus Areas | Type of Level | |
| 19 | Pot Hole Panic | 1 | Cave | |
| 20 | Mountain Mayhem | 2 | Mountain | |
| 21 | Track Attack | 2 | Clouds | |
| 22 | Spiky Tire Trail | 2 | Cave | |
| 23 | Sky High Caper | 1 | Clouds | |
| 24 | Landslide Leap | 2 | Mountain | |
| 25 | Collapsing Clouds | 2 | Clouds | |
| 26 | BOSS LEVEL: Mad Mole Holes | 0 | Caves | |
| Big Ape City | ||||
| # | Level | Bonus Areas | Type of Level | |
| 27 | Balloon Barrage | 2 | Skyscraper | |
| 28 | Kong Krazy | 1 | Blimp | |
| 29 | Construction Site Fight | 2 | Construction Site | |
| 30 | Fast Barrel Blast | 2 | Blimp | |
| 31 | Skyscraper Caper | 1 | Skyscraper | |
| 32 | Button Barrel Blast | 2 | Construction Site | |
| 33 | Oil Drum Slum | 1 | Skyscraper | |
| 34 | BOSS LEVEL: K. Rool's Kingdom | 0 | Blimp | |
Gallery
Boxart
- UnitedStatesDKL65.jpg
US Boxart.
- JapanDKL65.jpg
Japanese Boxart.
European Boxart.
Screenshots
- DKLJungleJaunt65.gif
The game's first level.
Diddy Kong in Freezing Fun.
Donkey Kong in Tricky Temple.
Diddy Kong about to jump on a Whirlwind Tire.
Diddy Kong encounters two Snappers.
Beta elements
- Main article: Donkey Kong Land/Beta elements
