Donkey Kong Land III

Template:Infobox Donkey Kong Land III (or Donkey Kong Land 3) is a video game for the Game Boy released by Nintendo in 1997. Loosely based on the Super Nintendo game, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, it is the third and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land series. Like previous games in the series, it features enhancements for the Super Game Boy and is housed in a yellow cartridge. The original Game Boy game was never released in Japan; however, it was eventually ported to the Game Boy Color and released in Japan on January 28, 2000, as Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong (ドンキーコングGB・ディンキーコング＆ディクシーコング).

Story

File:DKL3TitleScreen.png

The title screen

The game's story takes place after the events of Donkey Kong Country 3, where it is said that the laid-back place, Donkey Kong Country, has had a hive of activity in the recent days. During the story, announcements of a contest to find the fabled Lost World, which was said to have dominated legends for centuries, attracted "would-be" explorers all over the world to seize the long awaited chance of fame and fortune. Of these explorers were Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, who had left Dixie Kong holding the toddler, Kiddy. Wanting to become part of the competition herself, she and Kiddy decided to show the other competitors that they were just as good as they are. The story's description ends with Kiddy, not knowing much about what was going on, following Dixie into the jungle.

Levels

File:WorldMapDKL3.png

The overworld map of the Northern Kremisphere in Donkey Kong Land III.

The game features over thirty levels, each with a similar theme to the levels in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. Each level also contains two Bonus Levels, which must all be completed to unlock Time Attack mode.

Levels and Bonus Areas
Cape Codswallop
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
1	Red Wharf	2	Stilt
2	Seabed Shanty	2	Coral
3	Ford Knocks	2	Stilt
4	Total Rekoil	2	Mill
5	Koco Channel	2	River
6	Liftshaft Lottery	2	Mill
7	BOSS LEVEL: Barbos Bastion	0	Coral
Primate Plains
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
8	Coral Quarrel	2	Coral
9	Minky Mischief	2	Tree
10	Jetty Jitters	2	Stilt
11	Black Ice Blitz	2	Snow
12	Riverbank Riot	2	River
13	Miller Instinct	2	Mill
14	BOSS LEVEL: Bleak Magic	0	Snow
Blackforest Plateau
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
15	Rocketeer Rally	2	Falls
16	Vertigo Verge	2	Cliff
17	Polar Pitfalls	2	Snow
18	Surface Tension	2	River
19	Tundra Blunda	2	Snow
20	Redwood Rampage	2	Tree
21	BOSS LEVEL: Arich Attack	0	Tree
Great Ape Lakes
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
22	Jungle Jeopardy	2	Jungle
23	Footloose Falls	2	Falls
24	Deep Reef Grief	2	Coral
25	Karbine Kaos	2	Machine
26	Simian Shimmy	2	Tree
27	Rockface Chase	2	Cliff
28	BOSS LEVEL: Krazy KAOS	0	Machine
Tin Can Valley
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
29	Tropical Tightropes	2	Jungle
30	Clifftop Critters	2	Cliff
31	Rickety Rapids	2	Falls
32	Bazuka Bombard	2	Machine
33	Ugly Ducting	2	Tube
34	Stalagmite Frights	2	Cave
35	BOSS LEVEL: K. Rool Duel	0	Tube
The Lost World
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
36	Whiplash Dash	2	Tube
37	Kuchuka Karnage	2	Machine
38	Haunted Hollows	2	Cave
39	Rainforest Rumble	2	Jungle
40	Barrel Boulevard	2	Machine
41	Ghoulish Grotto	2	Cave
42	BOSS LEVEL: K. Rool's Last Stand	0	Cave

Characters

Playable Characters

Image	Name	Description
File:Dixie Kong DKL2.PNG	Dixie Kong	Dixie Kong makes her final appearance in the Donkey Kong Land series. Her long ponytail can help her use the Helicopter Twirl to hover above pits and other obstacles; this ability can also be used to defeat various enemies. She, along with Kiddy, is searching for the mysterious Lost World.
File:Kiddy Kong DKLIII.PNG	Kiddy Kong	The younger but strangely stronger cousin of Dixie returns to help her discover the Lost World and defeat the greedy reptile Baron K. Roolenstein. He can stomp baddies by jumping on them; he can also defeat those bad guys by rolling over them.

Supporting Characters

Image	Name	Description
File:Wrinkly Kong DKLIII.PNG	Wrinkly Kong	Sadly, Donkey Kong Land III is the last game in the whole Donkey Kong franchise in which Wrinkly Kong is depicted alive, not counting any remakes. She appears in the Wrinkly Refuge levels, where she saves the player's game. She is always shown playing video games, possibly on a Nintendo 64.
File:Bear DKLIII.PNG	Bear	Bear is a Brothers Bear that owns the Sheepy Shop in every world of the game. He is offering the Kongs to play a memory game for a certain amount of Bonus Coins. He also provides hints pertaining to other levels and offers the Kongs to test his teleport, which can warp them to any location in the Northern Kremisphere.

Animal Buddies

Image	Name
File:Ellie the Elephant DKLIII.PNG	Ellie the Elephant
File:Enguarde the Swordfish DKL2.PNG	Enguarde the Swordfish
File:Squawks the Parrot DKL2.PNG	Squawks the Parrot
File:Squitter the Spider DKL2.PNG	Squitter the Spider

Enemies

Normal Enemies

Kremlings

Image	Name
File:Bazuka DKLIII.PNG	Bazuka
File:Klasp DKLIII.PNG	Klasp
File:Knocka (NOT KRUSHA) DKLIII.PNG	Knocka
File:Kobble DKLIII.PNG	Kobble
File:Kopter DKLIII.PNG	Kopter
File:Krimp DKLIII.PNG	Krimp
File:Krumple DKLIII.PNG	Krumple
File:Kuchuka DKLIII.PNG	Kuchuka
File:Rekoil DKLIII.PNG	Rekoil
File:Skidda DKLIII.PNG	Skidda

Other Enemies

Image	Name
File:Bazza DKLIII.PNG	Bazza
File:Booty Bird DKLIII.PNG	Booty Bird
File:Bounty Bass DKLIII.PNG	Bounty Bass
File:Bristles DKLIII.PNG	Bristles
File:Buzz DKLIII.PNG	Buzz
File:Karbine DKLIII.PNG	Karbine
File:Koco DKLIII.PNG	Koco
File:Lemguin DKLIII.PNG	Lemguin
File:Lurchin DKLIII.PNG	Lurchin
File:Minky DKLIII.PNG	Minky
File:Nid DKLIII.PNG	Nid
File:Niknak DKLIII.PNG	Niknak
File:Sneek DKLIII.PNG	Sneek

Bosses

Image	Name
File:Barbos DKLIII.PNG	Barbos
File:Bleak DKLIII.PNG	Bleak
File:Arich DKLIII.PNG	Arich
File:KAOS DKLIII.PNG	KAOS
File:Baron K Roolenstein DKLIII.PNG	Baron K. Roolenstein

Time Attack Mode

Dixie Kong runs in Polar Pitfalls of Time Attack mode in Donkey Kong Land III.

A Time Attack mode can be accessed once the game is fully completed with all seventy-seven Bonus Coins and every DK Coin. Once this is done, the Kongs must defeat Baron K. Roolenstein to earn the mode from him.

During Time Attack Mode, the player is shown a list of several levels, one of each of the twelve level types. Each level is listed with a time to beat. These times must be beat in order for the player to finish Donkey Kong Land III 103%. As soon as the level is chosen on the list, the players must quickly begin the level. A timer is displayed as they run to keep track of how long they have been traveling. When the level is complete, the player's time is recorded, unless a higher score was made before. If the game's time has been beaten, an exclamation point will appear next to the level's name. Noticeably, the levels in this mode are not under their normal names, but instead under the name of their theme, such as "Machine" or "Tube".

Time Attack mode is accessed as soon as the player chooses their file. After the "Re-Enter Game" icon is hit, the mode can only by played again once the game is reset.

In the Game Boy version of the game, the most recent time is displayed on the bottom of the screen (unless the player exits a level with Start+Select or loses a life). For reasons unknown, this was removed in the Game Boy Color version.

Time Attack Times

Below shows the times needed to beat certain Time Attack levels.

Theme	Level	Time
Stilt	Ford Knocks	0:48.00
Mill	Liftshaft Lottery	1:30.00
Snow	Polar Pitfalls	0:53.00
River	Riverbank Riot	0:55.00
Coral	Seabed Shanty	1:20.00
Tree	Simian Shimmy	1:22.00
Cliff	Clifftop Critters	1:20.00
Machine	Bazuka Bombard	1:40.00
Falls	Rickety Rapids	2:00.00
Cave	Stalagmite Frights	1:45.00
Jungle	Tropical Tightropes	0:58.00
Tube	Whiplash Dash	0:46.00

Version Differences

A Japanese Game Boy Color version of the game was released in 2000 as "Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong" (Dinky Kong being Kiddy Kong's name in Japan). The game was not released outside of Japan. Among the notable features and changes:

• The game is now exclusively for the Game Boy Color, and no longer compatible with the Game Boy or Super Game Boy. It was housed in a transparent Game Boy Color cartridge.
• The game is in full color.
• The splash screen and title screen are slightly redesigned.
• The world maps are no longer animated. Water is now stagnant, Wrinkly Refuge and Sheepy Shop no longer have lights flashing inside, mills don't turn anymore, and smoke stays still.
• When there is text on screen, it appears one character at a time, like a typewriter, as opposed to the entire text showing up instantly.
• In the Time Attack screen, the player's most recent time is no longer displayed.
• Bear has only one frame of animation now.
• There is less slowdown during gameplay. This eliminates unfair deaths where the screen would lag with many sprites on the screen.

Glitches

Main article: List of glitches in Donkey Kong Land III

Beta elements

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III beta elements

Gallery

Reception

Donkey Kong Land III received a 81% at GameRankings.

Trivia

• Initially, Donkey Kong Land III had a subtitle called "The Race Against Time", which was later removed.
• Donkey Kong Land III is the only Rare Donkey Kong game in which Donkey Kong does not appear.
• The game's soundtrack consists of 8-bit re-orchestrations of the music from Donkey Kong Country 3. However, the tracks "Frosty Frolics" and "Pokey Pipes" do not appear; the snow and pipe levels use "Cascade Capers" and "Cavern Caprice" instead, respectively. In addition, "Rocket Run" is programmed into the game; however, it is unused and can only be accessed by ROM hacking.
• Several elements from Donkey Kong Land III were later used for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3, such as the DK coin automatically being collected when defeating Koin.
• In Wrinkly Kong's speech, "Kremlings" is misspelled as "Kremlins".