Donkey Kong Land 2
Developer:	Rare
Publisher:	Nintendo
Release date:	September, 1996
Genre:	Platformer
Game modes:	Single player
ESRB rating:	Everyone (K-A)
Platform:	Game Boy
Media:	4-megabit cartridge

Donkey Kong Land 2 was the sequel to 1995's Game Boy hit, Donkey Kong Land. Produced by Rareware and published by Nintendo, it was enchanced for the Super Game Boy with different shades of color as well as a 16-bit banana border on the edges of the television screen. Like the original, it came packaged in a "banana yellow" cartridge. Image File history File links Donkey Kong Land 2 US Box Art This image is of cover art for a video or computer game, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either publisher of the game or the company which produced the game. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... The Golden R Rare logo as of 2005. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This is listing of computer and video game genres with a brief description and examples from each genre. ... Platform games, or platformers, are a very popular genre of video games that originated in the early 1980s. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... The megabit is a unit of information storage, abbreviated Mbit or sometimes Mb. ... In a variety of electronic equipments, a cartridge (in video game terms, cart, game pack, or Game Pak) can be one method of programming different functionality, providing variable content, or a method by which consumables may be replenished. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... Donkey Kong Land is a video game developed by Rareware for the Game Boy. ... The Golden R Rare logo as of 2005. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... The Super Game Boy is an adaptor cartridge for Nintendos Super Nintendo Entertainment System, as well as the Super Famicom in Japan. ...

The title screen shows Diddy and Dixie Kong.

DKL2 was both a semi-port and a follow-up to the Super Nintendo smash hit, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It starred Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong as they set off to rescue Donkey Kong from Kaptain K. Rool and the Kremling Krew. While it featured the same level names as DKC2 (except for Castle Crush, changed to Dungeon Danger; and Haunted Hall, changed to Krazy Koaster), the level layouts were brand new, as well as some of the maps. Many fans consider DKL2 to be an actual sequel in Donkey Kong continuity, because of insinuations that Crocodile Isle was risen from its watery grave at the end of DKC2 (things that support this include the fact that the blue energy life source in the Lost World no longer flows, as it burned out in DKC2, and the fact that Crocodile Cauldron and Krem Quay were combined into Krem Cauldron). Image File history File links Screenshot of Donkey Kong Land 2. ... Image File history File links Screenshot of Donkey Kong Land 2. ... The European SNES design is identical to the Super Famicom. ... The first level of gameplay. ... Diddy Kong is a talking monkey in the Donkey Kong series of video games. ... Dixie Kong is one of the playable characters in many of the Donkey Kong games. ... Donkey Kong (Japanese:ドンキーコング), often shortened to DK, is a gorilla character from Nintendo that appeared in many video games since 1981. ... King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. ... A Kremling Krew cast photo from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddys Kong Quest. ... In fiction, continuity is consistency of the characteristics of persons, objects, places and events seen by the reader or viewer. ... Spoiler warning: Crocodile Isle was the home of the Kremlings before it was destroyed by Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong over the span of Donkey Kong Country 2 and Donkey Kong Land 2. ...

Funky Kong and Wrinkly Kong both made their Game Boy debuts in this game. All of the animal buddies from DKC2 returned, save for Glimmer the Angler Fish, despite his appearance in the picture used for the box art. Funky Kong was a character Rare added to the Donkey Kong franchise in Donkey Kong Country. ... Wrinkly Kong as she appears in Wrinkly Kong is an elderly gorilla and the wife of Cranky Kong. ...

Trivia

• Sometime you'll see DKL2 listed with a subtitle as Donkey Kong Land 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. This was removed shortly before the game was released. While no reason has been given, it's likely that they wanted to avoid making people think this was an exact port of DKC2, which had the same subtitle.