K3

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K3
View of K3
Map in the original version
The world map of K3 in Donkey Kong Country 3 for the Game Boy Advance.
In the Game Boy Advance version
Game Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Level(s) 5
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“I've been up here for weeks getting ready for my attempt to conquer K3.”
Blizzard, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

K3 is a snowy, frigid mountain and the fifth world of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Like most mountains in high altitude, K3 is covered in snow and ice and constantly wracked by blizzards and snowstorms. Because of the setting, most areas, including the boss level, take place in the snow. Due to the slippery surface, sledding is used as a means of traveling through K3: there is one level where the Kongs use a Toboggan and a later level featuring Lemguins, which move by sliding on their bellies. K3 also has rocky cliffs and crevices, some of which the Kongs have to go up. A large waterfall runs through K3, appearing to be flowing into the main Northern Kremisphere map. Right next to the waterfall peak is a factory that the Kremlings have relocated to following KAOS's defeat in Mekanos.[1]

Aside from levels, K3 has some unique areas. The secret cave of K3 is Glacial Grotto, which is located to the left of Blizzard's Basecamp. The Brother Bear of K3 is Blizzard, who resides in Blizzard's Basecamp, where he asks Dixie and Kiddy Kong to deliver a present to Blue.

K3's comes from either K2, the second highest mountain on Earth, or Broad Peak, the twelfth highest mountain formerly known as "K-3". Either way, such a namesake may have been chosen because it begins with a "K," similarly to Kremling names.

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Profiles[edit]

  • Player's Guide (page 5): The frozen wastes of K3 never see any season except winter. It's tough for hairy toes to maintain a steady footing on the ice, especially when you have to jump over sliding Lemguins or dodge the polar projectiles hurled by a sinister snowman.
  • Nintendo Power vol. 89 (page 37): Winter always has an icy grip on the slick summit of K3. This is the hunting ground of Bleak the Snowman, the most ruthless righthander to ever chuck a dirty snowball. Watch you step on the slick slopes or you might slide into a bottomless crevasse. And be sure to warm your frozen toes at Blizzard Bear's Base Camp.
  • Nintendo Power vol. 91 (page 59): Welcome to the steeps and deeps of icy K3, the highest pointed peak in Donkey Kong Country. Few warm-blooded creatures actually brave these winter environs. Be sure to warm your hairy toes at Blizzard Bear's Basecamp. An avalanche wiped out the trail to his cabin, but you might find another route somewhere near Lemguin Lunge.

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Names in other languages[edit]

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 雪山K3[2]
Yukiyama K3
Snow Mountain K3

French K3
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German K3
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Italian K3
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Spanish K3
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References[edit]

  1. ^ M. Arakawa. Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Player's Guide. Page 76. "KRACK-SHOT KROC After the Kaos debacle at Mekanos, a subsidiary of Kremling Industries relocated to K3. Security is tight at the factory. There’s even talk about a hired gun working there."
  2. ^ Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Kremis-tō「クレミスマップ」fold-out