Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (called DKC3 for short) is the third and final game for the popular Super Nintendo game series Donkey Kong Country. It is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It also has a semi-sequel for the Game Boy, Donkey Kong Land III. The game stars Dixie Kong and her little cousin Kiddy Kong as they travel through the numerous lands of the Northern Kremisphere in order to rescue Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from the Kremling Krew and their new leader, KAOS.

A remake of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance on November 7, 2005 with new features, most noticeably six new stages and an all-new soundtrack designed for the GameBoy Advance sound system.

Also, on December 24, 2007, the game was released on the Virtual Console for the Nintendo Wii in North America. On December 25, in was released in Europe and Australia.

World 1 - Lake Orangatanga
1. Lakeside Limbo (Boardwalk) 2. Doorstop Dash (Mill) 3. Tidal Trouble (Boardwalk) 4. Skidda's Row (Snow) 5. Murky Mill (Mill) 6. BOSS: Belcha's Barn

World 2 - Kremwood Forest
1. Barrel Shield Bust-Up (Trees) 2. Riverside Race (Riverbank) 3. Squeals on Wheels (Mill) 4. Springin' Spiders (Trees) 5. Bobbing Barrel Brawl (Riverbank) 6. BOSS: Arich's Ambush
 * [Note: In the GBA port, Springin' Spiders and Barrel Shield Bust-Up were switched.]

World 3 - Cotton Top Cove
1. Bazza's Blockade (Coral) 2. Rocket Barrel Ride (Waterfall) 3. Kreeping Klasps (Boardwalk) 4. Tracker Barrel Trek (Waterfall) 5. Fish Food Frenzy (Coral) 6. BOSS: Squirt's Showdown

World 4 - Mekanos
1. Fire-Ball Frenzy (Factory) 2. Demolition Drain-Pipe (Pipe) 3. Ripsaw Rage (Trees) 4. Blazing Bazukas (Factory) 5. Low-G Labyrinth (Pipe) 6. BOSS: KAOS Kore

World 5 - K3
1. Krevice Kreepers (Mountains) 2. Tearaway Toboggan (Snow) 3. Barrel Drop Bounce (Waterfall) 4. Krack Shot Kroc (Factory) 5. Lemguin Lunge (Snow) 6. BOSS: Bleak's House

World 6 - Razor Ridge
1. Buzzer Barrage (Cave) 2. Kong-Fused Cliffs (Mountains) 3. Floodlit Fish (Coral) 4. Pot Hole Panic (Cave) 5. Ropey Rumpus (Mountains) 6. BOSS: Barbos' Barrier (SNES version)/Kroctopus Krush (GBA version)

World 7 - KAOS Kore
1. Konveyor Rope Klash (Jungle) 2. Creepy Caverns (Cave) 3. Lightning Lookout (Riverbank) 4. Koindozer Klamber (Jungle) 5. Poisonous Pipeline (Pipe) 6. BOSS: Kastle KAOS (first KAOS, then Baron K. Roolenstein)

World 8 - Krematoa
1. Stampede Sprint (Jungle) 2. Criss Kross Cliffs (Mountains) 3. Tyrant Twin Tussle (Cave) 4. Swoopy Salvo (Trees) 5. Rocket Rush! (Mountains) 6. BOSS: Knautilus

World 9 - Pacifica
1. Dingy Drain-Pipe (Pipe) 2. Stormy Seas (Boardwalk) 3. Sunken Spruce (Trees/Coral) 4. Cliffside Blast (Mountains) 5. Ripcurl Reef (Coral) 6. Surf's Up (Pipe) 7. BOSS: Barbos' Barrier
 * [Note: This world only appears in the Game Boy Advance port, right before KAOS Kore.]

GBA Port
There are many differences between the SNES version and the GBA version.
 * Wrinkly Kong is now only located in Wrinkly's Retreat next between Funky's Rentals and Bazaar's General Store.
 * The other areas where Wrinkly was is now replaced by Cranky's Dojo where the player can play a minigame to earn a Banana Bird.
 * The original soundtrack of the game, which was notably darker in tone in most of the levels, had been replaced by a lighter-toned soundtrack that was composed by David Wise, who composed the soundtrack of the two first Donkey Kong Country, but only had a limited involvement with the soundtrack of the third on the SNES, which was in majority composed by Eveline Fischer.
 * The game introduces the new area Pacifica.
 * The Brother Bear Barnacle is relocated to Pacifica, while Bachelor, a new character that only appears in this port, now takes residence in Lake Orangatanga.
 * Anytime after completing Mekanos, the player can visit Bramble and he will give Dixie and Kiddy a Banana Bird.
 * Funky Kong now has four minigames, depending on how many vehicles the player can rent.
 * Swanky Kong now runs a virtual reality machine where only Dixie Kong can play. The player has to collect a certain number of stars to earn a Banana Bird. Also, Swanky wears the same attire that he wore in Donkey Kong Country 2, unlike the original, where his outfit was different.
 * After beating Mekanos and Cotton-Top Cove, the player now has the option of being in either K3, Razor Ridge, and Pacifica.
 * Barbos has been relocated to Pacifica while Kroctopus, a new boss, now inhabits Razor Ridge.
 * The houses that the Brothers Bear live in, as well as the bears themselves, have been redesigned. Also, the same music is heard in every house and no longer changes according to the bear.  (The music piece is also heard in Funky's Rentals, Swanky's Dash, and Wrinkly's Retreat.)
 * Unlike the the GBA remakes of Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, this game doesn't feature the scrapbook and the pictures for the player to collect.
 * There are now 5 extra banana birds to collect, increasing the total to 20.
 * The game also borrows several elements from Donkey Kong Land III, the original Gameboy counterpart to the SNES version. These include automatically getting the DK Coin after defeating Koin.
 * Oddly, Blizzard is now a grizzly bear, as opposed to the original, where he was a polar bear.
 * The boss Squirt now has more attacks and has been made harder to defeat.
 * The level Fish Food Frenzy has been slightly extended.
 * When a DK Coin is collected it tells you how many more are left.

Trivia

 * In this game, Wrinkly Kong is sometimes playing Super Mario 64 as heard from the Nintendo 64.
 * The game was placed 23rd in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power's "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.