A screenshot depicting one of Donkey Kong Country 3's protagonists, Kiddy Kong.

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, known as Super Donkey Kong 3 in Japan, is the third and final installment in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy. It was developed by Rareware, distributed by Nintendo, and released in late 1996 for the Super Nintendo and Super Famicom.

In this game, Dixie Kong and her toddler cousin Kiddy Kong have to discover the location of missing vacationers Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. Meanwhile, the Kremling Krew returns under the leadership of the mysterious cyborg KAOS, who K. Rool (called Baron K. Roolenstein in this game) is secretly controlling. Unlike the previous installment, which had a pirate high-seas adventure theme, this game has more of a sci-fi theme, and features robot and cyborg characters as some of the main villians. In fact, the game's final boss battles take place first in K. Rool's laboratory and second in his submarine, called the Knautilus (after the original Nautilus). The events of the game were located in The Northern Kremisphere, a previously unseen part of the DK Isles.

The game also features more RPG-like elements than the previous two titles, such as talking to characters, buying things, and collecting treasures.

Supporting Kong characters returning from the previous games included Cranky Kong, Wrinkly Kong, Funky Kong, and Swanky Kong. Returning animal buddies included Enguarde the Swordfish, Squawks the Parrot, Squitter the Spider, Squeaks the Parrot, and Flapper the Parrot. In addition to old favorites, there were new characters named Ellie the Elephant, Parry the Parallel Bird, a family of 13 by the name of the Brothers Bear, and a race of magical creatures called the Banana Birds.

The music was composed by Evelyn Fischer and David Wise.

Ports

Rare has announced that they are finishing up a port of Donkey Kong Country 3 for the Game Boy Advance system to be released at different points worldwide in 2005.