Editing Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Advance)

|title=Donkey Kong Country

|image=[[File:DKC GBA Cover.jpg|250px]]

|publisher=[[Nintendo]]

|genre=[[Genre#Platform|Platformer]]

|modes=1–2 players

|platforms=[[Game Boy Advance]]

|input={{input|gba=1}}

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==Story==

{{quote|What? This old chestnut again? Even I'm fed up of hearing it by now!|Cranky Kong}}

The manual features the same abridged version of the original story that the [[Game Boy Color]] [[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|remake]] uses (to [[Cranky Kong]]'s chagrin). In game, another version is shown as an opening cutscene. An in-training [[Diddy Kong]] is overpowered by a group of [[Kremling]]s led by [[Krusha]] (rather than [[Klump]] like in the original manual), who proceed to dispose of him and steal [[Donkey Kong]]'s [[banana hoard]]. Cranky Kong alerts him of this the next morning, and he vows to find Diddy and his [[banana]]s.

===Modes===

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|The Game Boy Advance version has two mode select screens: player selection (left) and a gameplay selection between the main game and two exclusive modes (right).

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When selecting a new file, the player can choose either single player or multiplayer; once the player selects a mode, they cannot change it unless they delete it and start a new one. In multiplayer, the first player controls Donkey Kong while the second player controls Diddy Kong. In multiplayer, if either Kong is hit, the other player must press {{button|GBA|select}}, as instructed on the screen, to take over with their Kong. The game keeps a score for both players, to keep track of how many levels they have completed.

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!Description

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|A single player controls both Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong.

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|Two players cooperatively take turns playing through the levels. The first player controls Donkey Kong, while the second player controls Diddy. Players can change turns by switching the Kongs or by losing their Kong.

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==Characters==

===The Kong Krew===

There are a few Kongs who help Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong along their journey, and they each appear in one of the [[#Supporting location|supporting locations]].

!colspan=3 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|'''Playable'''

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKCGBADonkeyKongSprite.png]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[Donkey Kong]]

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKCGBADiddyKongSprite.png]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKCGBA Cranky stand.png]] [[File:DKCGBACrankyKongSprite.png]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[Cranky Kong]]

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKCGBA Funky.png]]

===Amiable Animals===

Aside from the supporting Kongs, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are also assisted by [[Animal Friends]] during the game. Each Animal Friend is imprisoned within an [[animal crate]] depicting a silhouette of their face. The Animal Friends only appear in certain levels, and the Kongs cannot take them to other levels. Every Animal Friend has their own unique abilities.

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKCGBARambiSprite.png]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[Rambi]]

|align="center"|[[Jungle Hijinxs (Donkey Kong Country)|Jungle Hijinxs]]

|align="center"|[[Manic Mincers]]

{{quote|Look at the state of this lot-and I bet they'll still bash you to a pulp!|King K. Rool}}

Various types of enemies appear throughout the levels, attempting to get into Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's way. The [[Kremling]]s are the main enemies of the game.

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===The Bosses===

At the end of every world, the Kongs must fight a boss, each guarding a portion of the stolen bananas. Most of the bosses are a larger version of an enemy.

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:Master Necky DKC GBA sprite.png]] [[File:Master Necky Snr. - DKC GBA sprite.png]] [[File:DKCGBA Master Necky mad.png]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[Master Necky]] and [[Master Necky Snr.]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[Necky's Revenge]]

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==Items==

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|style="text-align:center"|[[Photograph|Camera]]

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==Objects==

===Mechanisms===

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===Barrels===

Barrels are the most common object in the game. There are many different types of barrels in the game, each with its own purpose and use.

!colspan=5 style="background:saddlebrown;color:white"align=center|'''Throwable barrels'''

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DK Barrel DKC GBA sprite.png]]

|style="text-align:center"|[[DK Barrel|Buddy Barrel]]s

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|style="text-align:center"|[[File:DKC GBA TNT Barrel.png]]

==Supporting locations==

During their adventure, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are assisted by three other members of the Kong Family who operate their own location in every world.

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|This area is ran by [[Cranky Kong]], who gives random level hints.

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|Funky's location acts a flight service as in the original, though its main purpose is to host a series of [[Funky's Fishing|fishing challenges]].

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==Levels==

Compared to the original, a few levels have swapped positions with nearby levels.

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[[File:Candy's Dance Studio.png|200px|thumb|Gameplay of the Candy's Dance Studio minigame]]

*An intro cutscene is played when the player starts a new file, which is an abridged version of the story from the manual.

*A "Time Attack" mode has been added, called [[DK Attack]], where Donkey and Diddy Kong must collect objects and complete the level in a certain amount of time.

*Some enemies come in different colors (normal Gnawties are blue, normal Kritters are purple, etc.) The original colors of some of said enemies are briefly featured in the credits.

*The millstones now spin through in-engine sprite rotation to make the animation more fluid than the separate sprite frames of the original. The same effect is applied to K. Rool's cannonballs.

**Also, as in the sequels, bonus rooms can now be reentered.

*The Blast Barrels that send the Kongs near the end of the level are replaced by [[Warp Barrel]]s.

**When the heroes enter a Warp Barrel, they are sent into a short area that contains a group of bananas that spell out the word "WARP". In the original version of the game, as well as in the Game Boy Color version, the original barrel simply sends them to the end of the level and not into this short area.

***Queen B. now has several Zingers surrounding her when she gets hit and turns red, which all must be taken out with barrels before she can be damaged again. The Zingers' placement changes after each hit. Her red color is now a tinting of the base sprite rather than a palette change.

***Really Gnawty, rather than making high leaps after being hit, leaps over to the side of the stage, and causes stalactites to fall from the ceiling, before leaping around again.

***After defeating the enemies that Dumb Drum drops, as it attempts to crush the player, the player must throw TNT Drums at it to damage it.

***The player battles both Master Necky Snr. and Master Necky simultaneously. Rather than tossing an increasing number of nuts, Master Necky Snr. and Master Necky each toss a single nut at the same time, before either can be hit.  After one is defeated, the other will toss four nuts before being vulnerable.

***Temple Tempest is the sixth level in Vine Valley, rather than the fourth. This makes Orang-utan Gang and Clam City the fourth and fifth levels, respectively.

***In Gorilla Glacier, Ice Age Alley and Croctopus Chase swapped placements, and so too have Rope Bridge Rumble and Torchlight Trouble.

*Very Gnawty and Really Gnawty swapped colors, but in accordance to the normal Gnawties' color change, Really Gnawty is now blue instead of grayish-green.

*Some unused elements from the original that were still kept in its data were used in this remake. Examples include Necky's falling feathers when defeated, Cranky Kong's walking sprites and most of his unused dialogues.

*Various foreground objects were added to some level environments that lacked them (ex: temple levels with trees in front, beams in mine levels).

**Several small animals not present in the original also appear for aesthetic purposes, like birds, lizard, frogs, bats, spiders, and rats.

**The game exclusively features the "Hero Mode", unlocked for getting at least 90% completion on a save file. In this mode, the player controls a yellow-clothed Diddy, who must complete every level without the help of Continue Barrels or DK. However, the player can get the 101% the same way as in the original.

*When the player saves the game, it also saves the number of lives and bananas the Kongs have, unlike in the original, which resets the count to five extra lives and no bananas every time that the game is reset.

*The game has more sound effects and character voices, particularly from ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]'', and enemies have different sound effects when beaten.

**Donkey, Diddy, and King K. Rool now reuse their voice clips from ''Donkey Kong 64''.

*K-O-N-G Letters spin around as in the sequels, instead of always facing the screen; they also no longer sparkle or shimmer. This makes their animations more consistent in the series.

*The Two Player Contest option (while starting a new file) was removed. This option was removed in the remakes of its two sequels as well.

*[[Very Gnawty]] appears in [[DK's Tree House]] after defeating [[Really Gnawty]]. When it realizes that the Kongs have arrived, Very Gnawty hops past them and out of the front door. This can be performed only once per file, however.

*The cast of characters take place on [[Gangplank Galleon]] instead of DK's Tree House.

**Only the enemies, world bosses, and animal buddies are shown with their names during the cast scene; the Kongs and King K. Rool are not listed.

**After the cast of characters finishes, the Kongs are all shown on the Gangplank Galleon contemplating their adventure, when King K. Rool forces them off with the threat of using the ship's onboard cannons to blow up Donkey Kong Island. As the Kongs swim back to shore, K. Rool promises to return as his ship sails away. Cranky then criticizes the ending as a cheap attempt at [[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest|setting up for a sequel]].

==Development==

Some of the floppies containing the original graphic assets were lost, while the surviving ones were disorganized and mostly unusable. To remedy this problem, team members ripped the sprites using an emulator.<ref name="DK Vine"></ref> Most of the backgrounds were redone from the ground up to fit the Game Boy Advance's screen resolution, scale, and color palette.

==Reception==

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==References to other games==

*''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]'': At the end of the game, Cranky complains that the new detail of K. Rool escaping and vowing to return is a cheap way to promise a [[Donkey Kong Country 2 (Game Boy Advance)|sequel]].

==Staff==

==Gallery==

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DK Diddy Thumbs Up.png|[[Donkey Kong]] and [[Diddy Kong]]

==Names in other languages==

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==References==

==External links==

{{NIWA|SmashWiki=Donkey Kong (universe)#Donkey Kong Country|StrategyWiki=1}}

*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Game-Boy-Advance/Donkey-Kong-Country-266551.html Nintendo UK Game Boy Advance site]

*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/n08/a5nj/index.html Japanese Game Boy Advance site]

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