Donkey Kong Country (series): Difference between revisions

!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''

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|The series' first game is ''Donkey Kong Country''. It was released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1994 and is known for being the first game to use pre-rendered sprites, creating a 3D-CG effect throughout the game. Here, Donkey Kong is different from his appearances in [[Donkey Kong (series)|previous]], due to the new Donkey Kong being the grandson of the original, who is older and is now named [[Cranky Kong]]. In this game, the [[Kremlings]] steal his [[banana hoard]]. Donkey Kong takes his sidekick [[Diddy Kong]] to stop [[King K. Rool]] and get his bananas back.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''

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|''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}}s sequel ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995. In this game, Donkey Kong has been kidnapped by King K. Rool who is the alias Kaptain K. Rool. Diddy Kong takes his partner, [[Dixie Kong]] to save Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool. The game plays similarly to ''Donkey Kong Country'', and has new gameplay elements, enemies, and obstacles added.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]

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|The third game in the series is ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'', released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1996. In this game, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong both are captured by [[KAOS]], a new leader from the [[Kremling Krew]]. Dixie Kong takes her cousin [[Kiddy Kong]] with her and sets out to save Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from KAOS. KAOS is revealed to be a puppet of King K. Rool who is under the alias Baron K. Roolenstein. The game plays similarly to the former two games but has a large amount of new elements.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]''

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|''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' is a revival of the series, released in 2010. It is a 2.5D side-scrolling [[Wii]] developed by [[Retro Studios]] after a hiatus (excluding remakes) of over a decade. The game has new villains, called the [[Tiki]]s, who raid Donkey Kong's banana stash. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong set out to retrieve the lost bananas due to this. [[Cranky Kong]] also makes an appearance as the shopkeeper. This is the first Donkey Kong Country series game to not feature [[Kremling]]s or underwater levels.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''

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||''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' is a game developed by Retro Studios for the [[Wii U]], released in 2014. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong reappear, and Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong are playable characters with a similar role to Diddy Kong in ''Donkey Kong Country Returns''. [[Funky Kong]] also makes an appearance as the shopkeeper. The game's antagonists, the [[Snowmad]]s, freeze [[Donkey Kong Island]]. During the game, the Kongs try to defeat the Snowmads to restore the island back to its initial state.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Color)

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|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' was ported to the [[Game Boy Color]] in 2000. Several significant differences were made such as having only one Kong appear at a time, extended and exclusive levels, new minigames, and more. This was the only game in the series to be ported to the Game Boy Color.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''Donkey Kong Country'' (Game Boy Advance)

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|''Donkey Kong Country'' was remade for the [[Game Boy Advance]] in 2003, as the original code had been lost<ref>[http://www.dkvine.com/features/stamped_dkcgba.html DK Vine: The Donkey Kong Country GBA Trilogy]</ref>, requiring recoding from scratch and ripping of graphics from the SNES version using emulators. This remake features new changes to the game not in the Game Boy Color port. Changes include bosses made more challenging, redesigned graphics, replaced order of levels, new modes, a scrapbook, and more.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''Donkey Kong Country 2''

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|''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'' was remade for the Game Boy Advance in 2004 in the same way as the previous game. The title was shortened to ''Donkey Kong Country 2'', and features significant changes such as a [[Kerozene|new boss]], graphical makeovers, more [[DK Coin]]s to collect, and altered and replaced levels.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''Donkey Kong Country 3''

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|''[[Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!]]'' was remade for the Game Boy Advance in 2005. Like the previous remakes, major changes has been added. These changes include graphical makeovers, exclusive boss fights, a new soundtrack, and new and different methods of trading items and new areas, including the new world [[Pacifica]].

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D''

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|''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' was ported to the [[Nintendo 3DS]] in 2013, titled ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]''. The remake has additional new content. This includes New Mode (which includes additional items in [[Cranky Kong's Shop]] and a third heart added to the life meter), and a new world called [[Cloud (world)|Cloud]], which features additional levels that are not present in the Wii game.

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!colspan="2" style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze''

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|''Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze'' was [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|ported]] to the [[Nintendo Switch]] in 2018, adding a new easier mode where [[Funky Kong]] is playable for the first time in the series.

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