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| {{italic title|List of ''Donkey Kong Land'' pre-release and unused content}} | | {{italic title|List of ''Donkey Kong Land'' pre-release and unused content}} |
| This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. | | This is a list of pre-release and unused content for the game ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. |
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| ==Early ideas== | | ==Early ideas== |
| Several creatures and characters who were originally going in this game were abandoned for unknown reasons. These creatures and characters included a fish enemy that was apparently named Pucka (with [[Fangfish]] listed as "Pucka Jr."), an unnamed [[Kong]] who wore a hat and what appears to be a baby ram named Ram Bunkshus (planned to be an [[Animal Friend]], according to the game's main programmer Paul Machacek).<ref>Paul_Mach1 (March 6, 2017). [https://twitter.com/Paul_Mach1/status/838782425048170496 Tweet by Paul Machacek]. Retrieved March 11, 2017.</ref> All these unused characters were first advertised in an issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'', which included renders.<ref>''Nintendo Power'' Volume 69, page 93.</ref> | | Several creatures and characters who were originally going in this game were abandoned for unknown reasons. These creatures and characters included a fish enemy named [[dkwiki:Pucka|Pucka]], an unnamed [[Kong]] who wore a hat and a what appears to be a baby ram named [[dkwiki:Ram_Bunkshus|Ram Bunkshus]]. All these unused characters were first advertised in an old issue of [[Nintendo Power]], which included pictures of them. |
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| Ram Bunkshus' name is derived from "rambunctious", which means to be entirely hyperactive, and the word includes the prefix "ram". Little is known about Ram Bunkshus, although the issue mentions that he is probably an adept climber and sprouts a healthy set of horns. Ram Bunkshus is also in the free 24-page booklet of ''Donkey Kong Land'' from UK's ''Nintendo Magazine System'', in which he is instead named Ram Head. The booklet claims that he is "harder than any [[Klump]] or [[Krusha]]".<ref>''Donkey Kong Land'', ''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) WORLD EXCLUSIVE Review booklet, page 18. "'''''RAM HEAD''' Oo-er! Looks like this fellow jumped straight out of a Clive Barker flick! Where he lurks within Donkey Kong Land shall remain a mystery until you actually play the game yourself. He’s harder than any Klump or Krusha though, rest assured of that!!!''"</ref>
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| Pucka.png|Pucka, the unused fish enemy from ''Donkey Kong Land''
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| Ram Bunkshus.png|Ram Bunkshus, an [[Animal Friend]] that was eventually dropped from ''Donkey Kong Land''.
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| DKL Beta-Ram Bunkshus Alt Artwork.png|Frontward-facing render of Ram Bunkshus
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| DKL-Unused Hatted Kong.png|The unnamed, hatted [[Kong]] dropped from the final version of ''Donkey Kong Land''.
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| UnusedKong.png|Alternate image of the Kong
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| </gallery>
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| ==Early screenshot==
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| A screenshot released during the game's delay seems to depict the [[bonus room|Bonus Level]] of [[Kong Krazy]]. However, the layout of the shown portion is slightly different from the final game. In the screenshot, both [[Mincer]]s are in a slightly different position, with the first being off-screen in the final version, and the floor under the [[Blast Barrel]] is either not present or not visible in the screenshot. The direction of the Mincers also appears to be flipped in the screenshot.
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| DKL NMS - Pre-Release Screen.jpg
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| </gallery>
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| ==References==
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| {{Stub}} | | <center><gallery> |
| | Image:Pucka.png|<center>Pucka, the unused fish enemy from ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]''. |
| | Image:Ram Bunkshus.png|<center>Ram Bunkshus, a possible [[Animal Friend]] dropped from the final version of ''Donkey Kong Land''. |
| | File:DKL Beta-Ram Bunkshus Alt Artwork.png|Frontward-facing render of Ram Bunkshus. |
| | File:DKL-Unused Hatted Kong.png|The unnamed, hatted [[Kong]] dropped from the final version of ''Donkey Kong Land''. |
| | Image:UnusedKong.png|Alternate image of the Kong. |
| | </gallery></center> |
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| {{Pre-release and unused content}} | | {{Pre-release and unused content}} |
| [[Category:Pre-release and unused content|Donkey Kong Land]] | | [[Category:Pre-release and unused content|Donkey Kong Land]] |
| [[Category:Donkey Kong Land|*]] | | [[Category:Donkey Kong Land|*]] |
