Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest was the second Donkey Kong game for the Super Nintendo. It was released in 1995 and had Diddy Kong as the star. A port of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2004.
Storyline
When Donkey Kong is kidnapped by the evil Kaptain K. Rool, Diddy Kong and his girlfriend Dixie Kong set out to save him. The game is very largely pirate based.
Characters
Diddy Kong - In his first starring role the little chimp set out to save his big buddy from Kaptain Krool in this one he was the stronger of the 2 playable characters.
Dixie Kong - In her debut she starred alongside her boyfriend Diddy Kong to rescue their friend Donkey Kong, she was different from Diddy in that she was faster and her hair twirl technique (later usable by her sister Tiny.)
Non playable characters
- Cranky Kong - Cranky offers advice if you pay for it.
- Swanky Kong - Swanky runs a quiz show that allows you to win extra lives.
- Funky Kong - Funky allows you to Jump into one of his funky planes so you could travel to another world.
- Wrinkly Kong - Wrinkly offers you advice as well as allowing you to save.
- Donkey Kong - He appears at the end of the game and delivers the final blow to Kaptain K. Rool.
- Klubba - Guards the entrance the Lost World.
- Kaptain K. Rool - The games main villain and arch-enemy of the Kong family.
Trivia
- The subtitle of the game in North America was originally "Diddy Kong's Quest", but changed to "Diddy's Kong Quest" before release.
- When the player defeats K. Rool, Cranky tallies your Hero Coin total and compares that with the performance of other Nintendo characters. Mario, Yoshi and Link make an appearance.
- A few more cameo appearances of non-Nintendo characters' trademark devices are that of Sonic's shoes and Earthworm Jim's gun and tights by a trash can with a sign that says "No Hopers." Also, in Cranky's cabin, you can see a poster with Thunder, a character of the game Killer Instinct.
- All of Wrinkly Kong's math problems are wrong. Given the fact that this is a "Kremling College", the problems could've been completed by the more stupid of Kaptain K. Rool's ranks.
- This game is acknowledged as the first video game to have a built-in version of the "Die or Beat a Board" method of alternating between two players.
- Donkey Kong Country 2 was a Virtual Boy game for a short time in development
