Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Template:Infobox Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! (know as Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Krems Shima in Japan) is the third game for the popular Donkey Kong Country (series) game series, Donkey Kong Country. It is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It also has a semi-sequel for the Game Boy, Donkey Kong Land III. The game stars Dixie Kong and her little cousin Kiddy Kong, as they travel through the numerous lands of the Northern Kremisphere in order to rescue Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from the Kremling Krew and their new leader, KAOS.

A remake of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance on November 7, 2005 with new features, most noticeably six new stages and an all-new soundtrack designed for the Game Boy Advance sound system. Also, on December 24, 2007, the game was released on the Virtual Console for the Wii in North America. On December 25, in was released in Europe and Australia.

List of Levels

Note that the following table lists the levels in the original order on the SNES version of the game.

Levels and Bonus Areas
Lake Orangatanga
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
1		Lakeside Limbo	2	Stilt
2		Doorstop Dash	2	Mill
3		Tidal Trouble	2	Stilt
4		Skidda's Row	2	Snow
5		Murky Mill	2	Mill
6		BOSS LEVEL: Belcha's Barn	0	Mill
Kremwood Forest
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
7	10	Barrel Shield Bust-Up	2	Tree
8		Riverside Race	2	Riverbank
9		Squeals on Wheels	2	Mill
10	7	Springin' Spiders	2	Tree
11		Bobbing Barrel Brawl	2	Riverbank
12		BOSS LEVEL: Arich's Ambush	0	Tree
Cotton Top Cove
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
13		Bazza's Blockade	2	Coral
14		Rocket Barrel Ride	2	Falls
15		Kreeping Klasps	2	Stilt
16		Tracker Barrel Trek	2	Falls
17		Fish Food Frenzy	2	Coral
18		BOSS LEVEL: Squirt's Showdown	0	Falls
Mekanos
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
19		Fire-Ball Frenzy	2	Machine
20		Demolition Drain-Pipe	2	Tube
21		Ripsaw Rage	2	Tree
22		Blazing Bazukas	2	Machine
23		Low-G Labyrinth	2	Tube
24		BOSS LEVEL: Kaos Karnage	0	Machine
K3
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
25		Krevice Kreepers	2	Cliff
26		Tearaway Toboggan	2	Snow
27		Barrel Drop Bounce	2	Falls
28		Krack Shot Kroc	2	Machine
29		Lemguin Lunge	2	Snow
30		BOSS LEVEL: Bleak's House	0	Snow
Razor Ridge
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
31		Buzzer Barrage	2	Cave
32		Kong-Fused Cliffs	2	Cliff
33		Floodlit Fish	2	Coral
34		Pot Hole Panic	2	Cave
35		Ropey Rumpus	2	Cliff
36	-	BOSS LEVEL: Barbos's Barrier	0	Coral
-	36	BOSS LEVEL: Kroctopus Krush	0	Falls
Pacifica
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
-	37	Dingy Drainpipe	2	Tube
-	38	Stormy Seas	2	Stilt
-	39	Sunken Spruce	2	Tree
-	40	Cliffside Blast	2	Cliff
-	41	Ripcurl Reef	2	Coral
-	42	Surf's Up	2	Tube
-	43	BOSS LEVEL: Barbos' Barrier	0	Coral
Kaos Kore
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
37	44	Konveyor Rope Klash	2	Jungle
38	45	Creepy Caverns	2	Cave
39	46	Lightning Lookout	2	Riverbank
40	47	Koindozer Klamber	2	Jungle
41	48	Poisonous Pipeline	2	Tube
42	49	BOSS LEVEL: Kastle Kaos (Part 1)	0	Kastle Kaos
		BOSS LEVEL: Kastle Kaos (Part 2)
Krematoa
#		Level	Bonus Areas	Type of Level
SNES	GBA
43	50	Stampede Sprint	3	Jungle
44	51	Criss Kross Cliffs	2	Cliff
45	52	Tyrant Twin Tussle	3	Cave
46	53	Swoopy Salvo	3	Tree
47	54	Rocket Rush	0	Cliff
48	55	BOSS LEVEL: Knautilus	0	The Knautilus

Differences in the GBA Port

There are many differences between the SNES version and the GBA version.

• Wrinkly Kong is now only located in Wrinkly's Retreat next between Funky's Rentals and Bazaar's General Store.
• The other areas where Wrinkly was is now replaced by Cranky's Dojo where the player can play a minigame to earn a Banana Bird.
• The original soundtrack of the game, which was notably darker in tone in most of the levels, had been replaced by a lighter-toned soundtrack that was composed by David Wise, who composed the soundtrack of the two first Donkey Kong Countries, but only had a limited involvement with the soundtrack of the third on the SNES, which was in majority composed by Eveline Fischer.
• The game introduces the new area, Pacifica, which is the 7th area, between Razor Ridge and KAOS Kore.
• The Brother Bear Barnacle is relocated to Pacifica, while Bachelor, a new character that only appears in this port, now takes residence in Lake Orangatanga.
• Anytime after completing Mekanos, the player can visit Bramble and he will give Dixie and Kiddy a Banana Bird.
• Funky Kong now has four minigames, depending on how many vehicles the player can rent.
• Swanky Kong now runs a virtual reality machine where only Dixie Kong can play. The player has to collect a certain number of stars to earn a Banana Bird. Also, Swanky wears the same attire that he wore in Donkey Kong Country 2, unlike the original, where his outfit was different.
• After beating Mekanos and Cotton-Top Cove, the player now has the option of being in either K3, Razor Ridge, and Pacifica.
• Barbos has been relocated to Pacifica while Kroctopus, a new boss, now inhabits Razor Ridge.
• The houses that the Brothers Bear live in, as well as the bears themselves, have been redesigned. Also, the same music is heard in every house and no longer changes according to the bear. (The music piece is also heard in Funky's Rentals, Swanky's Dash, and Wrinkly's Retreat.)
• There are now five extra banana birds to collect, increasing the total to 20.
• The game also borrows several elements from Donkey Kong Land III, the original Game Boy counterpart to the SNES version. These include automatically getting the DK Coin after defeating Koin.
• Oddly, Blizzard is now a grizzly bear, as opposed to the original, where he was a polar bear.
• The boss Squirt now has more attacks and has been made harder to defeat.
• The level Fish Food Frenzy has been slightly extended.
• When a DK Coin is collected it tells the player how many more are left.
• The Re-Koils move much faster.

Beta elements

Main article: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble/Beta elements

Trivia

• In this game, Wrinkly Kong is sometimes playing Super Mario 64 as heard from the Nintendo 64.
• The game was placed 23rd in the 100th issue of Nintendo Power's "100 best Nintendo games of all time" in 1997.