Donkey Kong Land III

Donkey Kong Land III
Developer(s)	Rareware
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Platform(s)	Game Boy, Game Boy Color
Release date	Game Boy October 1, 1997 October 30, 1997 Game Boy Color January 28, 2000 Virtual Console (3DS) May 7, 2014 October 30, 2014 October 31, 2014 February 26, 2015
Genre	Platformer
Rating(s)	ESRB: - Kids to Adults CERO: - All ages
Mode(s)	1 player
Media	Game Boy: Cartridge Game Boy Color: Cartridge Nintendo 3DS: Digital download
Input	Game Boy: Control pad Game Boy Color: Control pad Nintendo 3DS: Control pad

Donkey Kong Land III (or Donkey Kong Land 3) is a video game for the Game Boy developed by Rareware and published by Nintendo in 1997. It is loosely based on the Super Nintendo game, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, as it shares a similar setting and characters and stars Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong. Donkey Kong Land III is the third and final entry of the Donkey Kong Land series. Like its two predecessors, it had specific Super Game Boy enhancements, including its own border, this one pocket watch themed, and is housed on a yellow cartridge.

The original Game Boy game was never released in Japan. Instead, it received a Game Boy Color port in 2000, with the unique title, 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). Unlike Wario Land II's port, it is not backward compatible with the Game Boy, which is evident from the transparent cartridge the game is contained in.

Like its two predecessors, Donkey Kong Land III was released on the Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console. The Game Boy Color port was released in Japan on May 7, 2014, while the original Game Boy port was released in Europe and Australia in October 2014 and North America in February 2015.

Story

The game's story takes place after the events of Donkey Kong Land 2, and the Northern Kremisphere is at peace once more. 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. Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Baron K. Roolenstein all hear of the contest, and the Kongs set out leaving Dixie Kong with her cousin, Kiddy Kong. Wanting to become part of the competition themselves, she and Kiddy decided to show the other competitors that they are just as good as the others. The story's description ends with Kiddy, not knowing much about what was going on, following Dixie into the jungle.

Dixie and Kiddy will confront Baron K. Roolenstein at the end of Tin Can Valley, and upon defeating him, he will retreat to the Lost World. In order to access the Lost World, the Kongs must collect all of the DK Coins and Watches in the Northern Kremisphere. DK Coins are found within each level, and Watches are obtained by finishing Bear's Memory mini-game in each world. In order to access the mini-game, the heroes need a certain amount of Bonus Coins, which are won from Bonus Areas within each level. Within the Lost World, the Kongs must collect all the DK Coins and the final Watch to have a final showdown with Baron K. Roolenstein. Emerging victorious from the battle will crown Dixie and Kiddy as the victors of the contest. Baron K. Roolenstein will then concede the remaining six Watches and allow the Kongs to try out the Time Attack mode.

Gameplay

Donkey Kong Land III continues the Donkey Kong Country-style gameplay. The player controls two different characters, Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong, as they progress through levels. Along the way, several minions of K. Rool and other obstacles hinder the two. Items, including Bananas and Bear Coins, are also scattered throughout levels. Dixie and Kiddy retain most of their abilities from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Dixie can use her ponytail as a whip or spin in it a helicopter-like fashion to slow her fall. Kiddy is a heavyweight, allowing him to hurt certain enemies Dixie can't (i.e. Krumple). However, they both lost the ability to pick each other up and throw each other due to the limitations of the Game Boy; the Team-up ability has been removed. When exploring levels, the pair must avoid enemies and use their attributes to safely move on. In levels, they can come across bonus rooms and items essential to finish the game. Also within each world is a Sheepy Shop run by Bear. If Dixie and Kiddy have enough Bonus Coins, Bear will allow them to play Memory, a memorization based mini-game.

Certain levels allow the usage of Animal Buddy companions. The Kongs can transform into these animals by using Animal Barrels. There are a variety of buddies in the game, and they can help progress through the levels they're featured in. Enguarde the Swordfish returns from the previous games, being an adept swimmer, and can use his bill stab attack to defeat aquatic adversaries. Enguarde lost the ability to do a charge stab, but is no longer needed because there are no bonus rooms found by breaking open a wall underwater. Ellie the Elephant returns and can now use her water spray attack without having to acquire more water. She also no longer has a Sneek phobia. Squawks the Parrot is playable, unchanged from previous games, he can freely fly around and use a nut-spitting attack to defeat enemies encountered, including Buzz enemies. Lastly, Squitter the Spider is the fourth playable animal buddy. He can use a web spit attack and create web platforms to get over abysses, or gain height.

Donkey Kong Land III features six worlds, with six levels in each world. A boss battle appears at the end of each world, and must be completed to unlock the following world. The game is only considered 97% complete if the player collects every Watch, DK Coin, and Bonus Coin; a full 103% completion is only possible if every high score is beaten in the Time Attack mode.

Items and objects

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Image	Name	Description
	Banana	Floating fruit found in every level. When 100 are collected, the player is granted one extra life.
	Banana Bunch	A bunch of bananas, worth ten bananas. Not as common as regular bananas.
	Bear Coins	Collectable currency needed to pay Bear and play his Memory game.
	Bonus Coins	Collectable coins found at the end of Bonus Areas.
	DK Coins	Rare, large, golden coins with the "DK" logo on them. There is one in each regular level and are not easy to find. Once all are collected Diddy Kong will become a video game hero.
	Extra Life Balloons	Floating balloons that grant an extra life upon collecting them. Usually in hard to reach places. Oddly, they resemble Diddy Kong, even though he is not playable in the game.
	K-O-N-G Letters	A set of four letters found in every level. If all four are collected, the player will earn an extra life.

Barrels

Image	Name	Description
	Animal Barrels	Barrels that transform the Kongs into the indicated Animal Friend.
	Barrels	Standard barrels that can be thrown like Crates, though they will roll on the ground and defeat multiple enemies.
	Barrel Cannons	Barrels that can fire the Kongs in a set direction.
	Boo Barrels	A type of Auto-Fire Barrel Cannon that appears in caves, but also has a tendency to disappear like a ghost.
	Booster Barrels	Special barrels that fly upward and then launch the Kongs. Not very common, but are abundant in levels that feature them, like Rocketeer Rally.
	DK Barrels	Touching one of these barrels will return a defeated Kong back to the game. If there's no defeated Kong, it functions as a standard barrel.
	Steel Barrels	Similar to the regular Barrel, but they can bounce off walls and can defeat stronger enemies.
	Tracker Barrels	Barrels that launch the Kongs upward, and then follow them as they move in the air.
	Warp Barrels	Barrels that transport the Kongs to the end of the level. Usually located in hard to find areas near the beginning of certain levels.

Levels

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

Characters

Playable characters

Image	Name	Description
	Dixie Kong	Dixie Kong makes her final appearance in the Donkey Kong Land series. Her long ponytail can help her use the Helicopter Spin 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.
	Kiddy Kong	The younger but 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
	Wrinkly Kong	Donkey Kong Land III is the last game in the 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.
	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 Friends

Image	Name	Description	First Level Appearance	Last Level Appearance
	Ellie the Elephant	Ellie returns in Donkey Kong Land III. She can spray unlimited water from her trunk without having to refill, but she can no longer carry barrels. She also no longer runs away from Sneeks.	Footloose Falls	Rainforest Rumble
	Enguarde the Swordfish	Enguarde helps the Kongs swim easier and faster. His sharp pointed bill can defeat the enemies in one shot.	Seabed Shanty	Deep Reef Grief
	Squawks the Parrot	Squawks is necessary for the Kongs to reach very tall and inaccessible areas.	Minky Mischief	Ghoulish Grotto
	Squitter the Spider	Squitter's webs can defeat the most of the enemies, and they can also be used as platforms.	Koco Channel	Haunted Hollows

Enemies

Normal enemies

Kremlings

Image	Name	Description	First level appearance	Last level appearance
	Bazuka	Bazukas are dragon-like Kremlings that hold large bazookas. With these, they can shoot barrels that could harm the Kongs. These enemies are indestructible; the game lacks TNT Barrels which are needed in order to defeat them, as seen in Donkey Kong Country 3.	Jungle Jeopardy	Barrel Boulevard
	Klasp	These enemies hang from rope and move side to side in a fixed pattern. They are explosive, and once touched, the Kong gets hurt.	Jetty Jitters	Barrel Boulevard
	Knocka	Knockas are Kremlings hidden in barrels. When one Kong approaches them, they start running into him. They are no real danger, as they only try to ram the player, and can simply get grounded by jumping on them, knocking the enemies back into their barrel; after this, the barrel they hide in can be picked up and thrown to their doom.	Liftshaft Lottery	Barrel Boulevard
	Kobble	Kobbles are the basic wandering Kremlings. They can be defeated by any attack method, but they are dangerous if they get touched by the Kongs.	Red Wharf	Ghoulish Grotto
	Koin	Koins are Kremlings that wear buckets on their heads and use DK Coins to protect them against the Kongs. The monkeys must find a Steel Barrel and throw it over the Koin, then it will rebound off the wall; while the Kremling is distracted, the keg will hit it from behind. Thus, the Koin is defeated, dropping the DK Coin to the Kongs.	Red Wharf	Ghoulish Grotto
	Kopter	These Kremlings wear helicopter blades that, by spinning, maintain them in the air. They can be defeated by simply jumping on them, unlike in Donkey Kong Country 3.	Footloose Falls	Ghoulish Grotto
	Krimp	These Kremlings are aggressive small creatures. They are only wandering on the level map, just like Kobbles; they can also be defeated using any attack method, but if one Kong tries to roll into their front, he will get hurt. However, the Krimp's top and back side are vulnerable.	Koco Channel	Rainforest Rumble
	Krumple	A very powerful Kremling that is almost invulnerable, as only Kiddy's jump attack can defeat it.	Jetty Jitters	Ghoulish Grotto
	Kuchuka	Kuchukas are stationary Kremlings that cannot directly harm the Kongs, but can throw small bombs at them, which are dangerous. Although they hide in barrels just like Knockas, they can't be picked up; thus, they're indestructible.	Stalagmite Frights	Ghoulish Grotto
	Rekoil	Kremlings that are vulnerable to every attack pattern. However, they keep bouncing on their spring-shaped tails, making them a bit hard for the player to defeat them.	Total Rekoil	Ghoulish Grotto
	Skidda	These Kremlings are only found in the snow levels of the game. They keep sliding out of control on the slippery icy ground, and the Kongs can defeat them by using any attack pattern.	Black Ice Blitz	Tundra Blunda

Other enemies

Image	Name	Description	First level appearance	Last level appearance
	Bazza	Bazzas are barracuda-like fish that swim in a straight line, appearing and disappearing in underwater holes. Like every fish enemy in the game, they cannot be defeated directly by the Kongs. Therefore, Enguarde is necessary to destroy them.	Seabed Shanty	Deep Reef Grief
	Booty Bird	These are fat bird enemies that hold various items in their belly. To get these items, the Booty Bird must be defeated by the Kongs. Every attack pattern is acceptable to defeat the bird enemy.	Ford Knocks	Bazuka Bombard
	Bounty Bass	The aquatic enemies, Bounty Basses, are a fish species that carry collectible items in them, just like Booty Birds. However, only Enguarde could smash them.	Seabed Shanty	Haunted Hollows
	Bristles	These hedgehog-like creatures are defended by their set of quills on the top and on the back side of them. However, their front side is vulnerable and not prickly. The Kongs may attack them on the face.	Liftshaft Lottery	Ghoulish Grotto
	Buzz	Buzzes are mechanical wasps found very often in the game. They seem to not get bothered by any of the Kongs attacks, so the barrels and the animal buddies' attack patterns are the only ways to doom those insects.	Ford Knocks	Ghoulish Grotto
	Karbine	These are owl-like robotic enemies that wield large carbines (hence their name). They cannot hurt the Kongs directly; however, using their weapons, Karbines can shoot fireballs, dangerous to the apes. They are invulnerable.	Karbine Kaos	Barrel Boulevard
	Koco	Kocos are clownfish-like enemies that swim aimlessly underwater. They are vulnerable to Enguarde's stabbing bill.	Seabed Shanty	Haunted Hollows
	Lemguin	Lemguins jump out of underground holes and slide on the icy ground, just like penguins do. Their beak and even their back side are the parts of their body that harm the Kongs. They can be defeated by stomping them on the top.	Polar Pitfalls	Tundra Blunda
	Lurchin	These urchin-like enemies stay underwater. They have spiky shells that protect them even by Enguarde's bill. However, the animal buddy may stab the Lurchins whenever they open up their shells, thus revealing their body.	Seabed Shanty	Haunted Hollows
	Minkey	Minkeys are monkeys that throw acorns at the Kongs; these acorns can only be dodged. Minkeys are invulnerable to any attack pattern.	Minky Mischief	Simian Shimmy
	Nid	Nids are spider creatures that wear planks of wood on their back; they constantly jump. They aren't really enemies, as they cannot hurt the Kongs anyway and neither be defeated. Also, their planks can be used as platforms for the Kongs. This way, the apes can reach higher places.	Minky Mischief	Simian Shimmy
	Niknak	These insect-like enemies appear to be flying beetles. They can be defeated by any attack pattern of the Kongs, and can also be used as temporary platforms to reach higher areas by jumping on their tops.	Ford Knocks	Rainforest Rumble
	Sneek	Sneeks are rat-like enemies and also the weakest enemies in the game. They walk aimlessly on the ground and can be defeated by any attack.	Red Wharf	Ghoulish Grotto

Bosses

Image	Name	Description
	Barbos	Barbos is the first boss of Donkey Kong Land III. She is encountered in Barbos Bastion from the world Cape Codswallop. Only the left side of Barbos can be seen, the rest remaining hidden off the camera. She shoots three Lurchins each time she is hit, and can only be defeated with these using Enguarde the Swordfish. Note: In this level, when hit by Enguarde, Lurchins act differently. Once they get pulled by the Enguarde's bill, the Lurchins bounce off the walls, ending up in Barbos, hitting her.
	Bleak	Bleak is the second boss of the game, found in Bleak Magic, the boss level of the second world, Primate Plains. He just stands still shooting large snowballs from his hat at the Kongs. He can be defeated by throwing barrels at him four times.
	Arich	Arich, the third boss of the game encountered in the level Arich Attack from Blackforest Plateau, is a large spider that attacks either by descending at the Kongs or by spitting small balls of venom at them. He can be grounded with four stomps.
	KAOS	KAOS, the fourth boss in the game, fights the two Kongs in the stage Krazy KAOS from the world Great Ape Lakes. He is a robot programmed by K. Rool to destroy the duo, as he tries to roast them two with his flames. The Kongs can only walk under him, but occasionally KAOS will stop in the middle of the screen and will begin spin blade-like platforms, which are necessary for Dixie and Kiddy to reach his weak point, his head. When these platforms come out of him, KAOS will also extend punching gloves that will push the Kongs off, so they must hurry up to his top.
	Baron K. Roolenstein	Baron K. Roolenstein is the fifth and final boss of the game, fought two times: first in the level K Rool Duel of Tin Can Valley, where he shoots electric beams at the Kongs (he will also fly through the level map trying to get the Kongs, and will start bouncing if hit by a barrel - four of these are needed to beat him), and second in the level K Rools Last Stand in the Lost World, where he will additionally throw bombs, his attack pattern otherwise remaining unchanged. If beaten the second time, the player wins the game.

Time Attack mode

The Time Attack menu

Dixie Kong walking in Polar Pitfalls in the Time Attack mode

The player can unlock the Time Attack mode by completing the game with every Bonus Coin, every DK Coin, and by defeating Baron K. Roolenstein in the Lost World. By doing so, the player can instantly access the Time Attack mode by opening a game file where it was unlocked. The "RE-ENTER GAME" option at the bottom allows the player exit back into the main game.

Time Attack lists twelve levels on a wooden dashboard. Each of these levels do not appear under their usual name but rather named after their theme, such as "Cave" or "Machine". The objective of Time Attack is for Dixie Kong or Kiddy Kong to complete a level within a time limit. Once this is done in every level, the player completes the game entirely, with a 103% ranking.

When the player starts the level, an on-screen timer appears at the bottom of the screen, keeping track of their time as move through the level. If the player completes the level under the default time or their previous time, it overwrites the previous time. If the player finishes a level below the default time, an exclamation mark appears next to the level's name.

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

Levels and times

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

USA

Japan

The Game Boy Color port, Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong, featured some differences from its original iteration. It is mostly a direct color port of Donkey Kong Land III and is not as different from the original like the handheld ports of the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy were.

General changes:

• The player's last time is no longer displayed on Time Attack.
• Due to the game being on a Game Boy Color (which boasts a faster CPU), there is less lag. An example is in Clifftop Critters, where less lag eliminates the possibility of deaths in which the Kongs lose a life from falling too far down.
  • Additionally, the title screen's Jetty Jitters demo is not synchronized, and the Kongs cannot reach the end of the level. This is because of timing differences between the Game Boy and Game Boy Color, which has a faster CPU.
• In the original version, there was a bug where Dixie and Kiddy could enter the Lost World without enough DK Coins; this was fixed for the Game Boy Color version.

Graphical changes:

• The splash screen and title screen were slightly redesigned.
• The game features fewer animations. The world maps are not animated, and the interior of Wrinkly Refuge and Sheepy Shop do not have flashing lights. Bear is also no longer animated.
• When text appears on-screen, it appears one character at a time, somewhat like a typewriter. The original version displayed all the text at once.
• The game does not clearly indicate when it is paused. This is because the screen does not darken upon being paused, unlike the original.

Revisional differences

Two versions of this game are known to exist for the North American release. The easiest way to tell the difference are the two title screens.

v1.0

v1.1

Cheat codes

Like its prequel, Donkey Kong Land 2, Donkey Kong Land III features cheat codes that the player can activate by entering a certain button combination from the title screen. This plays a sound effect, and most cheats go into effect when the player enters a save file.

Unlike Donkey Kong Land 2, this game only uses the D-Pad for its button combination instead of the and buttons. Cheats appear in both the original and Color versions of Donkey Kong Land III, whereas cheats did not appear in the Japanese version of Donkey Kong Land 2.

• Pressing Up, Down, Up, Left, Right grants Dixie and Kiddy fifty extra lives.
• Pressing Up, Up, Down, Left, Right causes the player to play the mini-game Memory after they exit from the title screen.
• Pressing Up, Down, Left, Left, Down, Up, Right unlocks every area except the Lost World. The Watches, Bonus Coins, and DK Coins are not unlocked.
• Pressing either Left, Up, Down, or changes the level of the title screen's gameplay demo, depending on the number of times every button is pressed. The Kongs eventually die in every gameplay demo, except for the default Jetty Jitters demo in the original Game Boy release:
  • One time: Rickety Rapids
  • Two times: Whiplash Dash
  • Three times: Deep Reef Grief
  • Four times: the gameplay demo resets to the default Jetty Jitters.

Staff

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III staff

Glitches

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III glitches

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content

Gallery

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  Dixie Kong

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  Kiddy Kong

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  Baron K. Roolenstein

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  Title screen running on Super Game Boy

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Reception

Reviews
Release	Reviewer, Publication	Score	Comment
Nintendo 3DS	Dave Frear, Nintendo Life	9/10	"Rare have once again stuck a lot of content into the game, providing good value for your money. Like the rest of the series it features a varied collection of enemies and locations for you to work your way through. It may not do anything new but it does do things well. Donkey Kong Land III is a good looking, great sounding Game Boy title, but more importantly it's a lot of fun to play. The best of the DKL trilogy and one of the best options for 3DS-owning platform fans.'"
Nintendo 3DS	Joe Merrick, Nintendo Insider	8/10	"Donkey Kong Land III is a decent enough platformer, but it feels somewhat half-hearted. There’s less to do outside the stages and they aren’t quite as creative as you’d expect from the series. That’s not to say it is bad, as it does what it provides extremely well, rather that it falls short of expectation. There’s still fun to be had, and it’s definitely worth playing if you’re a fan of the series.'"
Nintendo 3DS	Bryan Rose, Nintendo World Report	7/10	"I’ve come to the same conclusion with Donkey Kong Land 3 as I have with its predecessor. It’s a relatively fun game for a few hours, with tons of leeway for replay. The graphics were more annoying than DKL2, enough to impede gameplay, but in the end I still had fun with the game. It provides a few hours of enjoyable gameplay, and again it’s a nice trip down memory lane.'"
Aggregators
Compiler		Platform / Score
GameRankings		81.25%

Sales

According to Rareware's website, 600,000 copies of Donkey Kong Land III had been produced as of 1999 .

Name in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ドンキーコングGB ディンキーコング&ディクシーコング Donkī Kongu Jībī Dinkī Kongu ando Dikushī Kongu	Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong

Trivia

• Despite his name being featured in the title, Donkey Kong does not appear in Donkey Kong Land III. However, he is mentioned in the manual's story. Aside from Diddy Kong Racing, this game is the only title of the Donkey Kong series that he does not appear in.
• 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, for example, when the player automatically collects the DK Coin from defeating Koin.