Editing Donkey Kong Land III

|release='''Game Boy:'''<br>{{release|USA|October 1, 1997<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110615021610/http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/gamelist.jsp?revealed=false&dsie=&dc=false&sh=donkey%20kong%20land&gf=&pf=&wifi=false&ww=&dw=&mic=&pap=&vc=&man=&rf=&nf=&pp=&sf=&ef= Nintendo - Customer Service | Game List]. ''support.nintendo.com''. Retrieved March 16, 2023.</ref>|Europe|November 1997<ref name=Rareware>Rare. [https://web.archive.org/web/19980705000419/http://www.rare.co.uk/recent/games/dkc3/ ''Donkey Kong Country 3'']. ''Rarewhere'' (Internet Archive: Wayback Machine). Retrieved February 18, 2015.</ref>}} '''Game Boy Color:'''<br>{{release|Japan|January 28, 2000}} '''Virtual Console (3DS):'''<br>{{release|Japan|May 7, 2014|Europe|October 30, 2014|Australia|October 31, 2014|USA|February 26, 2015}}

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'''''Donkey Kong Land III''''' (also formatted as '''''Donkey Kong Land 3''''')<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19980704233323/http://www.rare.co.uk:80/retro/backcat/gamepages/dkl3.html ''Donkey Kong Land 3'' on Rareware's official website (Wayback Machine)]</ref> is a [[Genre#Platform games|platform game]] for the [[Game Boy]] developed by [[Rare Ltd.|Rareware]] and published by [[Nintendo]] in 1997. It is closely based on the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] game ''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'', as it repurposes that game's graphical assets and thus features the same characters, enemies, and [[level]] environments. It also stars [[Dixie Kong]] and [[Kiddy Kong]]. ''Donkey Kong Land III'' is the third and final entry of the [[Donkey Kong Land (series)|''Donkey Kong Land'' series]]. Like its two predecessors, ''Donkey Kong Land III'' is housed on a yellow cartridge and has specific [[Super Game Boy]] enhancements, including a unique border of pocket watches.

The original Game Boy version was never released in Japan, and it instead received a [[Game Boy Color]] [[Reissue#Ports|port]] in 2000. It is not dual-compatible with original Game Boy units, as evident from the transparent cartridge where it is contained. However, on September 9, 2020, a [[List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content#Japanese Game Boy prototype|Japanese prototype of the Game Boy version]] was leaked. The Game Boy Color port was never released outside Japan.

After traveling through the worlds, Dixie and Kiddy are confronted by Baron K. Roolenstein at the end of [[Tin Can Valley]]. To access the Lost World, Dixie and Kiddy must collect every [[DK Coin]] and [[Watch (Donkey Kong Land III)|Watch]]. Within the Lost World itself, the Kongs must collect all the DK Coins and the final Watch to engage in the final boss battle against Baron K. Roolenstein. When the Kongs defeat him, they are crowned as the victors of the contest. Baron K. Roolenstein then concedes the remaining six Watches and allows the Kongs to try out the [[#Time Attack mode|Time Attack]] mode.

As the Kongs explore a level, they must avoid enemies along the way and collect items such as [[banana]]s and [[bear coin]]s along the way. Every [[Bonus Level]] is accessed from a [[Bonus Barrel]], and the reward for completing a Bonus Level's objective is a [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]. Some levels have an [[Animal Barrel]], which transform the Kongs into the pictured [[Animal Friend]], whose abilities are often required to complete a level or to reach hidden areas. Each Animal Friend has their own set of abilities.

Each world has a [[Wrinkly Refuge]], where [[Wrinkly Kong]] saves the player's progress, and a [[Sheepy Shop]], which is run by a [[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]]. If Dixie and Kiddy have enough Bonus Coins, the Bar allows them to play the [[cards]] memorization minigame if they have at least a number of Bonus Coins. The Kongs are rewarded a [[Watch (Donkey Kong Land III)|Watch]] for the first time they complete a challenge in a world. In most levels, there is a [[Koin]] guarding the [[DK Coin]], except for underwater levels, where the DK Coin appears by itself like in ''Donkey Kong Land 2''. The Kongs are required to obtain every DK Coin and Watch to access the final World, the Lost World.

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|align="center"|[[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]]

|Bears operate a [[Sheepy Shop]] in every world, where the Kongs can play [[cards]] if they have collected enough [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]s. The Kongs can spend [[bear coin]]s for level hints or to use a Bear's teleportation device, which warps them to the [[Northern Kremisphere]] map.

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|align="center"|[[File:DKL3 Banana Bunch GBC.png]]

|Collectable currency that Dixie and Kiddy can use at the [[Sheepy Shop]] for Bear's teleportation service or to play [[cards]] for the first time.

|align="center"|[[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]s

|One appears at the end of every [[Bonus Level]] or by completing its objective. The Kongs are required to collect them to play the cards challenge in each world.

|align="center"rowspan=2|[[KONG Letters]]

|rowspan=2|A set of four letters found in every level, in order from K to G. If the Kongs collect all four KONG Letters, they earn an extra life.

|align="center"|[[File:DKL3 Watch GBC.png]]

|align="center"|[[Watch (Donkey Kong Land III)|Watch]]

|The Kongs are rewarded a Watch for completing a cards challenge the first time for each world. Like DK Coins, the Watches are also required for entering the Lost World.

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|align="center"|[[File:DKLIII Tracker Barrel sprite.png]]

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!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|<big>Levels and Bonus Areas</big>

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|{{color-link|Cape Codswallop|white}}

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|{{color-link|Primate Plains|white}}

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|{{color-link|Blackforest Plateau|white}}

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|{{color-link|Great Ape Lakes|white}}

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|{{color-link|Tin Can Valley|white}}

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|{{color-link|Lost World (Donkey Kong Land III)|white|The Lost World}}

The player can unlock the Time Attack mode by completing the game with every [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]], every [[DK Coin]], and by defeating Baron K. Roolenstein in the Lost World. This earns them a 97% [[completion]] score, and from the file select screen, the player always starts on the Time Attack menu from the save file in which they unlocked it. The player can select the "RE-ENTER GAME" option at the bottom to play the main game.

In the Game Boy version, the most recent time is displayed on the bottom of the screen (unless the player exits a level with {{button|gb|start}}+{{button|gb|select}} or loses a life). This was removed from the Game Boy Color version, a holdover from the [[List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content#Japanese_Game_Boy_prototype|Japanese prototype]], which did not have enough ROM space to include this feature, and wasn't restored in the final release despite more available ROM space.

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*The world maps are no longer animated: the water and smoke no longer move, the mills no longer turn, and lights no longer flash from the interior of [[Wrinkly Refuge]] and [[Sheepy Shop]]. This is a holdover from the [[List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content#Japanese_Game_Boy_prototype|Japanese prototype]], which did not have enough ROM space to include coding for the map animations, and wasn't restored in the final release despite more available ROM space.

*[[Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)|Bear]] does not have any animation frames.

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Like its predecessor, ''Donkey Kong Land III'' has cheat codes that the player can input from the title screen by entering a certain button combination. When the player enters a cheat, a sound effect. The game uses the D-Pad for its button combination unlike ''Donkey Kong Land 2'', which uses the {{button|GB|A}} and {{button|GB|B}} buttons. Both versions of ''Donkey Kong Land III'' feature the same cheat codes:

*Pressing {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Paddown}}, {{button|Padleft}}, {{button|Padright}} allows the player to play [[cards]] after exiting from the title screen.

*Pressing {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Paddown}}, {{button|Padleft}}, {{button|Padleft}}, {{button|Paddown}}, {{button|Padup}}, {{button|Padright}} unlocks every area, except for the Lost World initially. The [[Watch (Donkey Kong Land III)|Watch]]es, [[Bonus Coin (Donkey Kong franchise)|Bonus Coin]]s, and DK Coins are not unlocked. Once the Lost World is reachable, every level in this world is unlocked.

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DKL3 Title Screen rev1.png|Title screen running on [[Super Game Boy]]

==Names in other languages==

|Jap=ドンキーコング{{ruby|GB|ジービー}} ディンキーコング{{ruby|&|アンド}}ディクシーコング