Editing Donkey Kong Island

'''Donkey Kong Island''' (also known as '''[[Donkey Kong Country (disambiguation)|Donkey Kong Country]]''',<ref>{{cite|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' instruction booklet|date=1994|publisher=Nintendo of America|page=12, 13, 16, 20-24, 26, 27, 30}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Teitelbaum, Michael|date=1997|title=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Rescue on Crocodile Isle]]''|publisher=Troll Communications|language=en-us|page=7|quote=The Kremlings were a race of nasty lizardlike creatures that lived in Donkey Kong Country.}}</ref><ref>{{cite|quote=Usually one of the most restful and laid-back places imaginable, Donkey Kong Country had become a hive of activity in recent days.|date=1997|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Land III'' instruction booklet|page=2}}</ref> '''The Kingdom of Kong''',<ref>{{file link|Boxart dkc front.png|''Donkey Kong Country'' box art}}</ref> '''DK Country''',<ref>{{cite|date=November 1994|title=''Nintendo Magazine System'' (UK) issue 26 (NMS Special)|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=Rare|deadlink=y|archive=web.archive.org/web/19980705012745/http://www.rare.co.uk/recent/games/dkc/castlist/cast_krool.html|title=K. Rool - Rarewhere: DKC Trilogy Cast List|publisher=Rarewhere|language=en-gb|accessdate=June 24, 2024}}</ref> '''DK Island''',<ref>{{cite|publisher=Nintendo of America|date=1996|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!'' instruction booklet|page=4-5, 19}}</ref><ref>{{cite|date=1997|publisher=Nintendo of America|language=en-us|title=''Donkey Kong Land III'' instruction booklet|page=23}}</ref> '''Kong Country''',<ref>{{cite|quote=A playful young tiger, Timber has been left in charge of the island while his parents visit their old friends over in Kong Country.|date=1997|title=''Diddy Kong Racing'' instruction booklet|page=23|publisher=Nintendo of America}}</ref> and '''Kong Island'''<ref>{{cite|author=Hodgson, David S. J.|publisher=[[Prima Games]]|date=June 17, 2003|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' Prima's Official Strategy Guide|language=en-us|page=2|isbn=0-7615-4334-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite|author=[[Konga Coliseum]] description|title=''[[Super Mario Strikers]]''}}</ref>) is a location inhabited by [[Donkey Kong]] and the [[Kong]] species in general. It first appears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''. Just like the [[Mushroom Kingdom]], Donkey Kong Island is frequently invaded, usually for its resources and treasures such as its [[banana]]s and the [[Crystal Coconut]].

 

The island is the main location of ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns]]'', its [[Nintendo 3DS]] [[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D|port]], and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Donkey Kong Country Returns HD|port]]. There are fewer Kongs on the island in this game, as the cast only includes DK, Diddy, and Cranky. Cranky Kong runs [[Cranky Kong's Shop|shop]]s across the island. The mountains of the island have been redesigned, as they include an active volcano and are no longer shaped like Donkey Kong's head. Many new characters are present on the island, be they allies like elephants, zebras, and [[Professor Chops|tutorial pig]] or enemies like [[Awk]]s, [[Chomp (Donkey Kong Country series)|Chomp]]s, and [[Toothberry|Toothberries]]. Temples are more prominent in this game, being a level archetype used once in each world. Artifacts called [[Rare Orb]]s are the goals of all such levels. Having them all and beating the game allows access to the interior of the [[Golden Temple]], which is not of the level archetype but is thematically linked to it.  

The game's story has the volcano on the island erupt, releasing the [[Tiki Tak Tribe]]. The tribe sets out and hypnotizes the island's wildlife, using them to steal bananas all across the island. The [[Tiki Tong Tower]] also rises out of the volcano, looming over the island for the entire game. The game has Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong travel across the island to retrieve the [[banana hoard]], with each world being a region of Donkey Kong Island. They progress counterclockwise and trend upward, though the [[Beach]] and the [[Cave]] are outliers to the "upward" portion. The final world is the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]]. The events there end with the the Tiki Tong Tower being knocked out, the Tiki Tak Tribe defeated overall, the volcano erupting countless bananas, and the animals being freed from the hypnosis.

 

The worlds of ''Donkey Kong Country Returns'' have similar themes to worlds of other ''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]'' franchise games that take place on Donkey Kong Island. When senior designer Kynan Pearson was asked if the worlds are depicting the same locations on the island, he approved of the idea.<ref>KynanPearson (August 12, 2021). [https://twitter.com/KynanPearson/status/1425940659152769030 Tweet by Kynan Pearson] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210812220225/https://twitter.com/KynanPearson/status/1425940659152769030 (Archived)]. ''Twitter''. Retrieved January 30, 2022.</ref>

Donkey Kong Island reappears in ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' and its [[Nintendo Switch]] [[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|port]]. The game features seven islands, which serve as the game's worlds. Donkey Kong Island is the sixth and final "main" island of the game (the seventh island, [[Secret Seclusion]], is a bonus world). During the game's intro, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Dixie Kong, and Cranky Kong are celebrating Donkey Kong's birthday. The view then moves far from the island to a fleet of [[Snowmads|Snowmad]] ships. A [[Pointy Tucks]] watches over the island, locates [[DK's Tree House]], and gives the info to [[Lord Fredrik]]; the leader of the Snowmads. Upon the leader nodding their approval, a group of Pointy Tuckses bring him a large enchanted [[Horn (object)|horn]]. Lord Fredrik blows into the horn, summoning an entity known as an [[ice dragon]]. The creature then flies toward the island and the Kongs are blown away by the intense wind. With the only threat to their conquest seemingly disposed of, the Snowmads seize the island for their own as their command ship stations itself on top of the [[Volcano (world)|Volcano]] and the ice dragon turns it into a snowscape.

 

Donkey Kong Island was also the main setting of the [[Donkey Kong Country (television series)|''Donkey Kong Country'' television series]]. On the show, Donkey Kong Island was renamed "'''Kongo Bongo Island'''" (or just simply "'''Kongo Bongo'''") and the island was also shaped differently, similar in appearance to a [[banana]] rather than DK's head. Like in the games, Kongo Bongo Island was home to the Kongs, among other creatures. Similar to [[Dinosaur Land]] in the ''[[Super Mario World (television series)|Super Mario World]]'' cartoon, some of the locations have different names on the show. For instance, Gorilla Glacier was called the White Mountains.

*[[Cloud (world)|Cloud]] (''Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D'' and ''Donkey Kong Country Returns HD'' only)

K. Rool's Keep.png|Donkey Kong Island in the background of K. Rool's Keep in ''[[Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest]]''