Donkey Kong Land III

Donkey Kong Land III
Developer	Rare
Publisher	Nintendo
System	Game Boy, Game Boy Color, 3DS Virtual Console
Release Date	Game Boy US October 1997 EU October 30, 1997 Game Boy Color JP January 28, 2000 3DS Virtual Console JP May 7, 2014 (GBC) EU October 30, 2014 US February 26, 2015
Rating	ESRB: K-A

Donkey Kong Land III (known in Japan as Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong) is the final game of the Donkey Kong Land trilogy, and it was released as a companion for Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. It would be the last side-scrolling Donkey Kong game to be released until Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat. While it came out in most regions as a Game Boy game, it took longer to be released in Japan, and it ended up being released as a Game Boy Color game. That version featured some minor tweaks, in addition to being colorized.

Story

Most of Donkey Kong Island, including Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have gone off to find the mysterious "Lost World". Eventually Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong decide to go off on the adventure and they come into conflict with the Kremlings along the way.

Gameplay

The game is similar to Donkey Kong Country 3 in most ways, although not to the degree that Donkey Kong Land 2 is to Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. This game also reverts to normal world maps. The only supporting characters appearing in this game are Wrinkly Kong (once again saving games) and an unnamed Bear (who plays card games). However, there is still an unlockable "Lost World".

Legacy

It is the last of the Donkey Kong Land games as well as the last Donkey Kong sidescroller made by Rare. The next Donkey Kong games made by Rare were Diddy Kong Racing and Donkey Kong 64.

Ports/Remakes

• In 2014 (2015 in America), it was released for download through the 3DS eShop as pat of the 3DS Virtual Console. The releases matched the original system release, so in Japan the Game Boy Color version was used, while in America and Europe the Game Boy version was used.