Donkey Kong Land III
Developer(s)	Rareware
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	September, 1997
Genre(s)	Platform game
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: K-A (Kids to Adults)
Platform(s)	Game Boy
Media	4-megabit cartridge

Donkey Kong Land III is the third and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land trilogy of games for the original Game Boy. It was developed by Rareware and distributed by Nintendo. Like the other games in the series, DKLIII served as the portable follow-up to the bigger SNES Donkey Kong Country game that preceded it. In this case, DKL3 is both a port and a partial follow-up to Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Also like the other games in the DKL series, DKL3 was enhanced for the Super Game Boy and was packaged with a "banana yellow" cartridge. Image File history File links Donkey Kong Land III 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. ... Rare, Ltd. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by jumping to and from suspended platforms. ... 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 and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ... 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. ... Donkey Kong Land is a video game developed by Rareware for the Game Boy. ... For the entire Game Boy series of handheld consoles, see Game Boy line. ... Rare, Ltd. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... Donkey Kong Country is a video game developed by Rare and Nintendo, featuring the popular arcade character, Donkey Kong. ... Super Game Boy Box art. ...

DKL3 has probably the most unique storyline out of the other Donkey Kong Lands. A contest has begun with big prizes for the first person who discovers the Lost World. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have already taken off to find it, leaving a disgruntled Dixie Kong behind. Deciding to prove herself every bit of capable as them, Dixie once again partners up with her little cousin Kiddy Kong. Unfortunately, K. Rool and the Kremling Krew are also searching high and low for the fabled land. While never stated outright in the game, it's believed that the setting is in the northern part of the Northern Kremisphere, as the level archetypes are the same as in DKC3 (which took place in the Northern Kremisphere). While the levels have the same environments and the DKC3 bosses return, the worlds and stage layout are all unique. Donkey Kong ) (or sometimes referred to simply as DK) is a character from Nintendo that has appeared in many video games since 1981. ... Diddy Kong is a fictional character in the Donkey Kong series of video games. ... Dixie Kong is a fictional video game character in the Donkey Kong series. ... Kiddy Kong Kiddy Kong (known as Dinky Kong in Japan) was created by Rareware to be partnered up with his cousin Dixie Kong in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kongs Double Trouble! for the game. ... King K. Rool from Donkey Kong Country. ... A Kremling Krew cast photo from Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddys Kong Quest. ...

Wrinkly Kong is the only non-playable Kong family member to make an appearance. A character simply titled Bear in the credits runs a casino, but based off his appearance it's most likely he's Bazaar Bear from DKC3. Animal buddies Ellie the elephant, Enguarde the swordfish, Squawks the parrot, and Squitter the spider all return (see Donkey Kong's animal buddies). DKL3 also marks the only time in a Rare Donkey Kong game where neither Donkey Kong nor Diddy Kong actually appears. Wrinkly Kong as she appears in Wrinkly Kong is an elderly gorilla and the wife of Cranky Kong. ... Genera Ailuropoda Ailurus Helarctos Melursus Ursus Tremarctos Arctodus (extinct) A bear is a large mammal in the family Ursidae of the order Carnivora. ... In the Donkey Kong Country series of video games, including Donkey Kong Land and Donkey Kong 64, Donkey Kong and his simian friends have a series of animal buddies that can be found throughout levels and then used to assist the player in finding bonuses or defeating the Kremlings and...

The game's title screen as seen on the Super Game Boy. The stopwatch border is based on the stopwatches you could collect during gameplay.

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Bosses

At the end of each world there is a boss you have to defeat to advance to the next world. Here is a list of the bosses that appear on the game:

Cape Codswallop: Barbos the sea Lurchin
Barbos is a large version of the enemy Lurchin. Players have to turn into Enguarde the Swordfish in order to defeat her. Barbos would spit three Lurchins at you. In order to attack Barbos, you have to her with one of the Lurchins. You have to get three Lurchins in to Barbos's mouth to defeat her. #Enguarde the Swordfish is a character created by Rare for the Donkey Kong Country series. ...

Primate Plains: Bleak
Bleak is a large snowman who shoots snowballs from the top of his hat. You have to throw barrels at Bleak four times to kill him. His shots become more unpredictable after each hit.

Blackforest Plateau: Arich
Arich is a large spider boss. He will stay at the top of the screen and fire small balls that bounces off the walls. Once he bounces around, you have to attack him by jumping on top of him.

Great Ape Lakes: Kaos
Kaos is a robot made by K. Rool. Players have to wait for his blades to appear, jump on them, and then jump on his head, where he will be damaged. However, you are sometimes knocked of his blades by his arms that would come out and punch you off. Once attacked, he descends and swerves back and forth.

Tin Can Valley: K. Rool
The game's final boss. On this game, K. Rool has got a rocket pack that makes him fly. He fires electric beams at you. You can hurt him with barrels that appeares. However, when you hit him, he will bounce around uncontrollably. His attacks become harder to dodge as the battle progresses.

The Lost World: K. Rool
K. Rool appears again after getting all the DK Coins. He is tougher than before. He still shoots electric beams, but he also throws bombs too. He uses these weapons interchangeably and unpredictably. As before, you have to hit him with a barrel to damage him.

Trivia

• Donkey Kong Land 3 originally had a subtitle called The Race Against Time. This was dropped before the actual release, probably to allow it fit in better with the other (subtitleless) Donkey Kong Land games.

• When Donkey Kong Land 3 was released in Japan, it was actually reprogrammed for the Game Boy Color, under the title 'Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong' (Kiddy Kong is known as Dinky Kong in Japan). The game took advantage of the Game Boy Color's hardware by displaying the game in color. This version was not released outside of Japan.

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External links

• Donkey Kong Land III at MobyGames