Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

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Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Developer(s) Monster Games Retro Studios Nintendo SPD Group No.3 Publisher(s) Nintendo Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS Release date May 24, 2013 May 24, 2013 May 25, 2013 June 13, 2013 December 7, 2013 January 24, 2014 January 24, 2014 Nintendo Selects March 11, 2016 September 15, 2016 May 11, 2017 December 7, 2017 Genre Platformer Rating(s) ESRB: - Everyone PEGI: - Three years and older CERO: - All ages ACB: - General USK: - All ages Mode(s) Original Mode, New Mode Media Nintendo 3DS: Cartridge Digital download Input Nintendo 3DS: Control pad Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, known in Japan as Donkey Kong Returns 3D, is a side-scrolling 2.5D platformer title for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a port of the Wii title Donkey Kong Country Returns, with some additional content. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D is the 15th best selling game for the Nintendo 3DS, selling 1.52 million copies worldwide, as of March 31, 2014. It was selected to be one of the 2014 Platinum Reward choices for Club Nintendo members. Controls Tutorial Pig teaches the player how to perform a blow. This game offers two different control schemes. The default control scheme utilizes the . An alternative control scheme, which utilizes the , can be selected via the game's Options screen. Default Control scheme Solo & Co-op : Start Game (At title screen) : Walk, Run, Crouch or : Jump, Ascend (while using the Barrel Jet) or : Ground Pound, Roll (while moving), Blow (while crouching), Charge (while on Rambi) or : Grab barrels, vines, cling patches, Dismount Rambi : Pause Co-op only or (Donkey Kong): Carry Diddy Kong or (Diddy Kong): Ride Donkey Kong; Dismount Donkey Kong Alternative Control scheme Solo & Co-op : Start Game (At title screen) : Walk, Run : Crouch or : Jump, Ascend (while using the Barrel Jet) or : Ground Pound, Roll (while moving), Blow (while crouching), Charge (while on Rambi) or : Grab barrels, vines, cling patches and /: Dismount Rambi : Pause Co-op only and / (Donkey Kong): Carry Diddy Kong and / (Diddy Kong): Ride Donkey Kong and / (Diddy Kong): Dismount Donkey Kong Differences and additions After a few levels are played in succession, the game advises the player to "take a break," as "[they've] been playing for a while," much like Super Mario 3D Land, Paper Mario: Sticker Star, and Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move. Gameplay changes The port features a New Mode which: Adds an additional heart to the life meter, providing three hearts in the normal game, and two in Mirror Mode. However, despite offering an extra heart, Mirror Mode still removes all hearts from every level, preventing the player from recovering any damage. Adds additional items in Cranky Kong's Shop, including the Green Balloon, Crash Guard, and DK Barrel. The prices are lowered for the other items in Cranky Kong's Shop: 1 Life Balloon costs two Banana Coins each instead of three, 3 Life Balloon costs five Banana Coins each instead of seven, and 7 Life Balloon costs ten Banana Coins each instead of fifteen. Map Keys cost ten Banana Coins each instead of twenty. Banana Juice costs seven Banana Coins each instead of twenty. Heart Boosts cost three Banana Coins each instead of ten. Squawks costs five Banana Coins each instead of fifteen. Up to three items can be used in one level. Banana Juice only protects against five hits instead of ten, because of the raised item limit. If the player loses a life under the effects of Banana Juice, they will restart the level (either at the beginning or checkpoint) with the invincibility intact (whereas the original removed the invincibility upon being defeated). After defeating Tiki Tong, the player can purchase the eight Rare Orbs from each of Cranky Kong's Shops for fifty Banana Coins apiece. Super Guide becomes available after losing five lives, as opposed to eight. Any items that do not get used are returned to the player's inventory. Level design changes The first DK Barrel was removed from Jungle Hijinxs, seemingly to increase difficulty. This change was previously observed when played in Time Attack mode in the original. The game introduces a new world, Cloud, as the ninth and final world with eight additional new levels; the Golden Temple, originally the ninth world in and of itself, becomes the new ninth world's final level. In Mangoruby Run, there are fewer members of the Tiki Tak Tribe watching the battle. Graphical changes Upon collecting all the K-O-N-G letters in any level in Mirror Mode, the red star icon will be replaced with a blue star icon next to the chosen level. However it isn't necessary for 200% completion and it doesn't unlock anything. Presumably due to technical limitations of the 3DS vs. the Wii: The game runs at 30 frames per second (with or without 3D), half that of the original version. The game models' textures are of slightly less quality. More loading screens were added. During level/world transitions, the background no longer scrolls. The "DK" logo transition lasts longer than on the Wii version and the logo takes up more of the screen than it did before. Worlds and levels Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D has been extended with a total of 8 levels, all of which are found in the new Cloud world. The Golden Temple stage, featured in the original Wii game, has been enclosed in the same world. Worlds and levels Jungle Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 1-1 Jungle Hijinxs 9 "Jungle Hijinxs" 1-2 King of Cling 7 "King of Cling" 1-3 Tree Top Bop 5 "Jungle Hijinxs" 1-4 Sunset Shore 5 "Palm Tree Groove" 1-5 Canopy Cannons 5 "King of Cling" 1-6 Crazy Cart 5 A remixed version of "Mine Cart Cruise" 1-K Platform Panic 5 Temple theme 1-B BOSS LEVEL: Mugly's Mound 0 Mugly's theme Beach Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 2-1 Poppin' Planks 5 "Poppin' Planks" 2-2 Sloppy Sands 7 "Poppin' Planks" "Sloppy Sands" 2-3 Peaceful Pier 5 A remixed version of "Poppin' Planks" "Mine Menace" 2-4 Cannon Cluster 7 "Mast Blast" 2-5 Stormy Shore 5 Stormy Shore 2-6 Blowhole Bound 5 "Aquatic Ambiance Returns" (DKCR version) 2-7 Tidal Terror 5 "Tidal Terror" 2-K Tumblin' Temple 5 Temple theme 2-B BOSS LEVEL: Pinchin' Pirates 0 Pinchin' Pirates theme Ruins Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 3-1 Wonky Waterway 7 "Ruin Rhapsody" 3-2 Button Bash 7 "Voices of the Temple Returns" 3-3 Mast Blast 7 "Mast Blast" 3-4 Damp Dungeon 9 "Ruin Rhapsody" 3-5 Itty Bitty Biters 7 "Voices of the Temple Returns" 3-6 Temple Topple 5 "Voices of the Temple Returns" 3-K Shifty Smashers 5 Temple theme 3-B BOSS LEVEL: Ruined Roost 0 "Savory Stu" Cave Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 4-1 Rickety Rails 5 "Rickety Rails" 4-2 Grip 'n' Trip 5 "Mine Cart Cruise" 4-3 Bombs Away 5 "Rickety Rails" 4-4 Mole Patrol 5 A version of "Red Rockin'" that lacks the chorus 4-5 Crowded Cavern 5 "Mine Menace" 4-K Jagged Jewels 5 Temple theme 4-B BOSS LEVEL: Mole Train 0 Mole Train theme Forest Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 5-1 Vine Valley 7 "Forest Frenzy Returns" 5-2 Clingy Swingy 5 "King of Cling" 5-3 Flutter Flyaway 7 "Tree Top Rock Returns" 5-4 Tippin' Totems 7 "Forest Frenzy Returns" 5-5 Longshot Launch 7 "Tree Top Rock Returns" 5-6 Springy Spores 7 "King of Cling" 5-7 Wigglevine Wonders 7 "Forest Frenzy Returns" 5-8 Muncher Marathon 5 "Tree Top Rock Returns" A frantic cover of "Forest Frenzy Returns" 5-K Blast & Bounce 5 Temple theme 5-B BOSS LEVEL: Mangoruby Run 0 "Mangoruby Rush" Cliff Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 6-1 Sticky Situation 9 "Sticky Situation" 6-2 Prehistoric Path 5 "Clifftop Concert" "Prehistoric Path" 6-3 Weighty Way 5 "Boulder Roller" 6-4 Boulder Roller 7 "Clifftop Concert" An upbeat cover of "Sticky Situation" 6-5 Precarious Plateau 5 "Boulder Roller" 6-6 Crumble Canyon 9 "Clifftop Concert" 6-7 Tippy Shippy 5 "Clifftop Concert" 6-8 Clifftop Climb 5 "Sticky Situation" 6-K Perilous Passage 5 Temple theme 6-B BOSS LEVEL: Thugly's Highrise 0 Thugly's theme Factory Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 7-1 Foggy Fumes 7 "Palm Tree Groove" 7-2 Slammin' Steel 5 "Factory Friction" 7-3 Handy Hazards 7 "Factory Friction" 7-4 Gear Getaway 7 "Factory Friction" "Mine Menace" 7-5 Cog Jog 9 "Life in the Mines Returns" 7-6 Switcheroo 5 A remixed version of "Life in the Mines Returns", with cyber-punk beats added 7-7 Music Madness 5 "Automatic Action" 7-R Lift-off Launch 0 "Factory Friction" 7-K Treacherous Track 5 Temple theme 7-B BOSS LEVEL: Feather Fiend 0 Feather Fiend theme Volcano Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 8-1 Furious Fire 5 "Burnin' Bop" 8-2 Hot Rocket 5 "Mine Menace" 8-3 Roasting Rails 5 "Lava Blitz" 8-4 Smokey Peak 5 A remixed version of "Palm Tree Groove" 8-5 Bobbing Basalt 7 "Burnin' Bop" 8-6 Moving Melters 5 "Burnin' Bop" 8-7 Red Red Rising 5 "Burnin' Bop" 8-K Five Monkey Trial 5 Temple theme 8-B BOSS LEVEL: Tiki Tong Terror 0 "Red Rockin'" "Tiki Tong Song" Cloud Level number Level name Number of Puzzle Pieces in the level Music theme 9-1 Crushin' Columns 7 "King of Cling" 9-2 Gushin' Geysers 7 "Poppin' Planks" 9-3 Spiky Surprise 5 "Ruin Rhapsody" A frantic cover of "Forest Frenzy Returns" 9-4 Mischievous Moles 5 "Rickety Rails" 9-5 Topsy Turvy 7 "Tree Top Rock Returns" 9-6 Tar Ball Fall 5 "Sticky Situation" 9-7 Robo Factory 9 "Factory Friction" 9-8 Lavawheel Volcano 7 "Burnin' Bop" 9-9 Golden Temple 5 Golden Temple theme Glitches and bugs My time to shine If players achieve a shiny gold medal after clearing a stage in Time Attack mode and, during the same session, receive a message window prescribing them to take a break, the window will appear to separate the medal and its sparkles. Additionally, while everything behind the message window is darkened, the sparkles preserve their brightness. This visual bug demonstrates that the layer corresponding to the sparkles was overlapped on the user interface elements. Perpetual Roll A design overshight in Topsy Turvy, a level in the Cloud world, causes Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong to remain stuck on the curved slope just beneath the Slot Machine Barrel as they attempt to climb it with a Kong Roll. If they stop rolling, they can continue moving normally. Nintendo eShop description A Breakthrough in Barrel-Bashing Technology Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D brings you more than 70 challenging levels of ground-pounding, barrel-rolling action, and now it comes to life with stunning 3D visuals for the Nintendo 3DS system. The original Donkey Kong Country Returns game has been rebuilt from the ground up for ease-of-play on Nintendo 3DS, and features local wireless multiplayer to share the excitement with your friends, plus an un-lockable ninth world with new collectible items and eight exciting new levels! Jump into the game in New Mode, enjoy the new ease-of-play enhancements, and find new items to help you during the game. Or, play the game in its Original Mode, featuring the challenge of the original Wii version gameplay. Either way you play, you'll get to rail ride, barrel roll, and swing your way through lush, layered 3D visuals in more than 70 levels of banana-hoarding mayhem. Share your adventure by playing cooperatively with a friend via local wireless, and help each other get past tough spots as you search for lost bananas, puzzle pieces, and hidden secrets. Each level offers tricky challenges, so work together to recover Donkey Kong's beloved banana hoard! Additional systems and copies of the game are required for multiplayer mode. Promotional events On May 24, 2013, to celebrate the release of the game in North America, Nintendo partnered with the Los Angeles Zoo during the Memorial Day weekend, and held a Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D experience for fans. The day's activities included a visit from Donkey Kong, feedings of the zoo's gorillas, and a place where visitors could play Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. The Campo Gorilla Reserve was officially renamed to "Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D at Campo Gorilla Reserve." The actor playing Donkey Kong, Parker Mills, would later sue Nintendo on the ground that improper care during the event resulted in severe health problems. Staff Main article: List of Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D staff Gallery For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D. Promotional artwork of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong Promotional European release date Donkey Kong beating his chest at the beginning of the game Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong riding Rambi in Temple Topple Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong Free look of Donkey Kong Island The map of the special world added to the port. Media It has been suggested that audio and/or video file(s) related to this section be uploaded. Please upload all related music, sound effects, voice clips, or any videos for this section. See the help page for information on how to get started. Names in other languages Language Name Meaning Japanese ドンキーコングリターンズ 3D Donkī Kongu Ritānzu Surīdī Donkey Kong Returns 3D Korean 동키콩 리턴즈 3D Dongkikong Riteonjeu 3D Donkey Kong Returns 3D Trivia If the player waits on the Portable DK Barrel at Cranky Kong's Shop long enough, Cranky will make a The Legend of Zelda reference, saying, "It's dangerous to go alone. Buy this!" substituting the word "take" for "buy". In the U.K., anyone who preordered the game at GAME got a free banana keyring to support the release of the game. In Australia, EB Games would include a red Donkey Kong tie with the game if it was preordered. This game is one of the four games Donkey Kong plays on his Nintendo 3DS XL during his idle animation in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, along with Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. References External Links North America website European website Japanese website [Edit] Donkey Kong Country Returns / Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Characters Protagonists Donkey Kong • Diddy Kong • Cranky Kong • Rambi the Rhino • Squawks the Parrot • Super Kong • Tutorial Pig Bosses Mugly • Scurvy Crew • Stu • Mole Miner Max/Mole Train • Mangoruby • Thugly • Colonel Pluck / Stompybot 3000 • Tiki Tong Enemies Tiki Tak Tribe Big Zing • Flaming Tiki Buzz • Flaming Tiki Zing • Giant Pillar • Screaming Pillar • Tiki Boing • Tiki Bomber • Tiki Buzz • Tiki Doom • Tiki Goon • Tiki Pop • Tiki Seeker • Tiki Tank • Tiki Torch • Tiki Tork • Tiki Zing Other Ack • AckStack • Awk • Big Squeekly • Bobbin' Squeekly • Bonehead Jed • Bopapodamus • Buckbomb • Buckbot • Buzzbite • Cageberry • Char-char • Chomp • Cling Cobra • Electrasquid • Electroid • Fireball • Firebite • Firehead Ned • Frogoon • Hopgoon • Humzee • Jellybob • Kowalee • Leaping Flame • Mega Chomp • Mega Snaggles • Mimic • Mole Guard • Mole Miner • Muncher • Pinchly • Rawk • Ready-Bots (Pogobot • Pyrobot) • Shroom Chomp • Skellirex • Skittler • Skittler Pillar • Skullyrex • Snaggles • Snaps • Spore Chomp • Squeekly • Squiddicus • Squidly • Stilts • Super Snaggles • Tiki Zing (Factory) • Toothberry • Ultra Char-char • Vine Chomp • Wigglevine Objects Items Balloon Bunch • Banana • Banana Coin • Banana Juice • Crash Guard* • Red Balloon • Green Balloon* • Heart • Heart Boost • K-O-N-G Letters • Map Key • Puzzle Piece • Rare Orb Barrels Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • DK Barrel • Regular Barrel • Slot Machine Barrel Miscellaneous Bag • Container • Green surface • Rambi crate • Tire • Trapdoor Vehicles Mine Cart • Rocket Barrel Moves Barrel Roll (Cartwheel) • Blow • Ground Pound (Popgun Pound) • Ranged attack Levels Jungle Jungle Hijinxs • King of Cling • Tree Top Bop • Sunset Shore • Canopy Cannons • Crazy Cart • Platform Panic • Mugly's Mound Beach Poppin' Planks • Sloppy Sands • Peaceful Pier • Cannon Cluster • Stormy Shore • Blowhole Bound • Tidal Terror • Tumblin' Temple • Pinchin' Pirates Ruins Wonky Waterway • Button Bash • Mast Blast • Damp Dungeon • Itty Bitty Biters • Temple Topple • Shifty Smashers • Ruined Roost Cave Rickety Rails • Grip 'n' Trip • Bombs Away • Mole Patrol • Crowded Cavern • Jagged Jewels • Mole Train Forest Vine Valley • Clingy Swingy • Flutter Flyaway • Tippin' Totems • Longshot Launch • Springy Spores • Wigglevine Wonders • Muncher Marathon • Blast & Bounce • Mangoruby Run Cliff Sticky Situation • Prehistoric Path • Weighty Way • Boulder Roller • Precarious Plateau • Crumble Canyon • Tippy Shippy • Clifftop Climb • Perilous Passage • Thugly's Highrise Factory Foggy Fumes • Slammin' Steel • Handy Hazards • Gear Getaway • Cog Jog • Switcheroo • Music Madness • Lift-off Launch • Treacherous Track • Feather Fiend Volcano Furious Fire • Hot Rocket • Roasting Rails • Smokey Peak • Bobbing Basalt • Moving Melters • Red Red Rising • Five Monkey Trial • Tiki Tong Terror Cloud* Crushin' Columns* • Gushin' Geysers* • Spiky Surprise* • Mischievous Moles* • Topsy Turvy* • Tar Ball Fall* • Robo Factory* • Lavawheel Volcano* • Golden Temple Further info Extras • Gallery • Staff * Exclusive to the Nintendo 3DS version. [Edit] Donkey Kong games Donkey Kong Donkey Kong (1981, Arcade) • Donkey Kong Jr. (1982, Arcade) • Donkey Kong 3 (1983, Arcade) • Donkey Kong Jr. Math (1983, NES) • Donkey Kong Circus (1984, G&W) • Donkey Kong 3: Dai Gyakushū (1984) • Donkey Kong Hockey (1984, G&W) • Donkey Kong (1994, GB) Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Country (1994, SNES) • Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995, SNES) • Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (1996, SNES) • Donkey Kong 64 (1999, N64) • Donkey Kong Country Returns (2010, Wii) • Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014, Wii U) Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Land (1995, GB) • Donkey Kong Land 2 (1996, GB) • Donkey Kong Land III (1997, GB) Donkey Konga Donkey Konga (2003, GC) • Donkey Konga 2 (2004, GC) • Donkey Konga 3: Tabehōdai! Haru Mogitate 50 Kyoku (2005, GC) DK Racing Diddy Kong Racing (1997, N64) • Donkey Kong Barrel Blast (2007, Wii) Mario vs. Donkey Kong Mario vs. Donkey Kong (2004, GBA) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis (2006, DS) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (2009, DSiWare) • Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem! 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