Donkey Kong Land 2: Difference between revisions

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|release='''Game Boy:'''<br>{{release|USA|September 23, 1996<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19970606094724/http://www.nintendo.com/newsroom/articles/mysteryframe1.html Nintendo.com (Wayback Machine)]</ref><br> or September 30, 1996<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20190725200347/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/CrcAAOSwwrFdBeNl/s-l1600.jpg Nintendo Press Release sheet]</ref>|Australia|October 1996<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (AU) Issue #44, page 38.</ref>|Europe|November 1996<ref>''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) Issue #50, page 52.</ref>|Japan|November 23, 1996}} '''Virtual Console (3DS):'''<br>{{release|Japan|April 16, 2014|Europe|October 23, 2014|Australia|October 24, 2014|USA|February 26, 2015}}

|platforms=[[Game Boy]], [[Virtual Console]] ([[Nintendo 3DS]])

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==Story==

[[File:DKL2 Crocodile Isle.png|200px|left|thumb|The Kongs at the first world, Gangplank Galleon, from the Crocodile Isle map]]

The story is essentially a retelling of the events in ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''<ref>''Donkey Kong Land 2'' instruction booklet, [[Media:DKL2 Story manual.png|page 2–3]]</ref> and is the only ''Donkey Kong Land'' game with the same story as its ''Donkey Kong Country'' counterpart. [[Kaptain K. Rool]] and the [[Kremling Krew]] kidnap [[Donkey Kong]] and in exchange for Donkey Kong's safe return, the Kremlings demand the [[banana hoard]]. Diddy and Dixie decline and head on a journey on [[Crocodile Isle]] to rescue Donkey Kong.

Even after freeing Donkey Kong, both Diddy and Dixie must pay 47 [[Kremkoin]]s to [[Klubba]] to enter the [[Lost World (Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest)|Lost World]]. After completing the world, the mouth of the stone crocodile head opens. Diddy and Dixie go inside and battle Kaptain K. Rool again. The Kongs eventually defeat Kaptain K. Rool another time and then flee from Crocodile Isle. From a distance, Diddy, Dixie, and Donkey Kong watch as Crocodile Isle sinks into the ocean.

The game progression works the same as in other ''[[Donkey Kong Country (series)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' series. Each world has some levels (usually five or six) which the Kongs must complete in order until they reach a world boss at the end. After defeating the world boss, Diddy and Dixie can access the next world. Every world has a [[Kong Kollege]], where [[Wrinkly Kong]] can save the player's progress, and a [[Funky's Flights II|Funky's Flights]], where [[Funky Kong]] leases his [[Biplane Barrel]] for the Kongs to travel into another world.

Some levels have an [[Animal Barrel]], which transform the Kongs into the pictured [[Animal Friends|Animal Friend]]. Some Animal Barrels are required to enter while others are hidden from the main path and are optional to enter. As an Animal Friend, the Kongs can often defeat enemies more easily or reach hidden areas and items. In some levels, an Animal Friend is required to use its ability to progress, such as [[Squawks the Parrot|Squawks]], who can fly up vertical paths. When an Animal Friend crosses a [[No Animal Sign]], it turns back into the Kongs and an item is rewarded.

==Characters==

===Playable characters===

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===Supporting characters===

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===Animal Friends===

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==Enemies==

===Kremlings===

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|align="center"|[[Kannon]]

|align="center"|[[Kannon's Klaim (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Kannon's Klaim]]

|align="center"|[[Chain Link Chamber (Donkey Kong Land 2)|Chain Link Chamber]]

===Other enemies===

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==Bosses==

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==Items and objects==

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|By collecting an Extra Life Balloon, Diddy and Dixie are rewarded an extra life.

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===Barrels===

{{more images|section=yes|Light Barrel}}

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==Levels==

''Donkey Kong Land 2'' features most of the same worlds from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' except [[Krem Cauldron]], which is a fusion of [[Crocodile Cauldron]] and [[Krem Quay]]. Most of the levels have the same name but their layouts are different. Two levels from ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' were replaced with a loosely related counterpart: [[Haunted Hall]] with [[Krazy Koaster]], and [[Castle Crush]] with [[Dungeon Danger]]. There are 39 levels and 7 boss levels in the game.

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==Cheat codes==

*50 lives: {{button|GB|A}}, {{button|GB|A}}, {{button|GB|B}}, {{button|GB|B}}

*40 Banana Coins: {{button|GB|B}}, {{button|GB|B}}, {{button|GB|A}}, {{button|GB|A}}

==Reception==

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|align="left"|"''With more levels to play through and extra items to collect Donkey Kong Land 2 is certainly a bigger game than its predecessor, however it's not quite as impressive due to being a bit too similar to Diddy's SNES outing. Luckily the varied bunch of levels and enemies ensure that the game is still fun to play through. There's some cracking music, too, and with the amount of content Rare managed to cram into the game there's enough here to keep players occupied for some time.''"

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