Donkey Kong Land III

Template:Infobox Donkey Kong Land III (or Donkey Kong Land 3) is a video game for the Game Boy released by Nintendo in 1997. Loosely based on the Super Nintendo game, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!, it is the third and final entry in the Donkey Kong Land series. Like previous games in the series, it features enhancements for the Super Game Boy and is housed in a yellow cartridge. The original Game Boy game was never released in Japan—however, it was eventually ported to the Game Boy Color and released in Japan on January 28, 2000, as Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong (ドンキーコングGB・ディンキーコング＆ディクシーコング).

Story

File:DKL3TitleScreen.png

The title screen

The game's story takes place after the events of Donkey Kong Land 2, where it is said that the laid-back place, Donkey Kong Country, has had a hive of activity in the recent days. During the story, announcements of a contest to find the fabled Lost World, which was said to have dominated legends for centuries, attracted "would-be" explorers all over the world to seize the long awaited chance of fame and fortune. Of these explorers were Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, who had left Dixie Kong holding the toddler, Kiddy. Wanting to become part of the competition herself, she and Kiddy decided to show the other competitors that they were just as good as they are. The story's description ends with Kiddy, not knowing much about what was going on, following Dixie into the jungle.

Levels

File:WorldMapDKL3.png

The overworld map of the Northern Kremisphere in Donkey Kong Land III.

The game features over thirty levels, each with a similar theme to the levels in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. Each non-boss level also contains two Bonus Levels, which must all be completed to unlock Time Attack mode.

Levels and Bonus Areas
Cape Codswallop
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of level	Music theme
1	Red Wharf	2	Stilt	Stilt Village
2	Seabed Shanty	2	Coral	Water World
3	Ford Knocks	2	Stilt	Stilt Village
4	Total Rekoil	2	Mill	Mill Fever
5	Koco Channel	2	River	Enchanted Riverbank
6	Liftshaft Lottery	2	Mill	Mill Fever
7	BOSS LEVEL: Barbos Bastion	0	Coral	Big Boss Blues
Primate Plains
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of level	Music theme
8	Coral Quarrel	2	Coral	Water World
9	Minky Mischief	2	Tree	Treetop Tumble
10	Jetty Jitters	2	Stilt	Stilt Village
11	Black Ice Blitz	2	Snow	Hot Pursuit
12	Riverbank Riot	2	River	Enchanted Riverbank
13	Miller Instinct	2	Mill	Mill Fever
14	BOSS LEVEL: Bleak Magic	0	Snow	Big Boss Blues
Blackforest Plateau
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of level	Music theme
15	Rocketeer Rally	2	Falls	Cascade Capers
16	Vertigo Verge	2	Cliff	Rockface Rumble
17	Polar Pitfalls	2	Snow	Cascade Capers
18	Surface Tension	2	River	Enchanted Riverbank
19	Tundra Blunda	2	Snow	Cascade Capers
20	Redwood Rampage	2	Tree	Treetop Tumble
21	BOSS LEVEL: Arich Attack	0	Tree	Big Boss Blues
Great Ape Lakes
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of level	Music theme
22	Jungle Jeopardy	2	Jungle	Jungle Jitter
23	Footloose Falls	2	Falls	Cascade Capers
24	Deep Reef Grief	2	Coral	Water World
25	Karbine Kaos	2	Machine	Nuts and Bolts
26	Simian Shimmy	2	Tree	Treetop Tumble
27	Rockface Chase	2	Cliff	Rockface Rumble
28	BOSS LEVEL: Krazy KAOS	0	Machine	Big Boss Blues
Tin Can Valley
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of level	Music theme
29	Tropical Tightropes	2	Jungle	Jungle Jitter
30	Clifftop Critters	2	Cliff	Rockface Rumble
31	Rickety Rapids	2	Falls	Cascade Capers
32	Bazuka Bombard	2	Machine	Nuts and Bolts
33	Ugly Ducting	2	Tube	Cavern Caprice
34	Stalagmite Frights	2	Cave	Cavern Caprice
35	BOSS LEVEL: K Rool Duel[sic]	0	Tube	Big Boss Blues
The Lost World
#	Level	Bonus Areas	Type of level	Music theme
36	Whiplash Dash	2	Tube	Hot Pursuit
37	Kuchuka Karnage	2	Machine	Nuts and Bolts
38	Haunted Hollows	2	Cave	Cavern Caprice
39	Rainforest Rumble	2	Jungle	Junglle Jitter
40	Barrel Boulevard	2	Machine	Nuts and Bolts
41	Ghoulish Grotto	2	Cave	Cavern Caprice
42	BOSS LEVEL: K Rools Last Stand[sic]	0	Cave	Big Boss Blues

Characters

Playable characters

Image	Name	Description
File:Dixie Kong DKL2.PNG	Dixie Kong	Dixie Kong makes her final appearance in the Donkey Kong Land series. Her long ponytail can help her use the Helicopter Spin to hover above pits and other obstacles; this ability can also be used to defeat various enemies. She, along with Kiddy, is searching for the mysterious Lost World.
File:Kiddy Kong DKLIII.PNG	Kiddy Kong	The younger but stronger cousin of Dixie returns to help her discover the Lost World and defeat the greedy reptile Baron K. Roolenstein. He can stomp baddies by jumping on them; he can also defeat those bad guys by rolling over them.

Supporting characters

Image	Name	Description
File:Wrinkly Kong DKLIII.PNG	Wrinkly Kong	Donkey Kong Land III is the last game in the Donkey Kong franchise in which Wrinkly Kong is depicted alive, not counting any remakes. She appears in the Wrinkly Refuge levels, where she saves the player's game. She is always shown playing video games, possibly on a Nintendo 64.
File:Bear DKLIII.PNG	Bear	Bear is a Brothers Bear that owns the Sheepy Shop in every world of the game. He is offering the Kongs to play a memory game for a certain amount of Bonus Coins. He also provides hints pertaining to other levels and offers the Kongs to test his teleport, which can warp them to any location in the Northern Kremisphere.

Animal Friends

Image	Name	Description	First Level Appearance	Last Level Appearance
File:Ellie the Elephant DKLIII.PNG	Ellie the Elephant	The pachyderm ally returns in Donkey Kong Land III. She can spray unlimited water from her trunk. Unfortunately, she can no longer carry barrels; but, she is no longer scared of Sneeks.	Footloose Falls	Rainforest Rumble
File:Enguarde the Swordfish DKL2.PNG	Enguarde the Swordfish	Enguarde helps the Kongs swim easier and faster. Plus, his sharp pointed bill can snap the enemies in one shot!	Seabed Shanty	Deep Reef Grief
File:Squawks the Parrot DKL2.PNG	Squawks the Parrot	Squawks is a very important buddy. He is absolutely necessary for the Kongs to reach very tall and inaccessible areas.	Minky Mischief	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Squitter the Spider DKL2.PNG	Squitter the Spider	Squitter's webs can defeat the most of the enemies. They can also be used as platforms. Donkey Kong Land III is the only game in which Squitter can bounce on enemies and defeat them.	Koco Channel	Haunted Hollows

Enemies

Normal enemies

Kremlings

Image	Name	Description	First level appearance	Last level appearance
File:Bazuka DKLIII.PNG	Bazuka	Bazukas are dragon-like Kremlings that hold large bazookas. With these, they can shoot barrels that could harm the Kongs. These enemies are indestructible; the game lacks TNT Barrels which are needed in order to defeat them, as seen in Donkey Kong Country 3.	Jungle Jeopardy	Barrel Boulevard
File:Klasp DKLIII.PNG	Klasp	These enemies hang from rope and move side to side in a fixed pattern. They are explosive, and once touched, the Kong gets hurt.	Jetty Jitters	Barrel Boulevard
File:Knocka (NOT KRUSHA) DKLIII.PNG	Knocka	Knockas are Kremlings hidden in barrels. When one Kong approaches them, they start running into him. They are no real danger, as they only try to ram the player, and can simply get grounded by jumping on them, knocking the enemies back into their barrel; after this, the barrel they hide in can be picked up and thrown to their doom.	Liftshaft Lottery	Barrel Boulevard
File:Kobble DKLIII.PNG	Kobble	Kobbles are the basic wandering Kremlings. They can be defeated by any attack method, but they are dangerous if they get touched by the Kongs.	Red Wharf	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Koin DKLIII.PNG	Koin	Koins are Kremlings that wear buckets on their heads and use DK Coins to protect them against the Kongs. The monkeys must find a Steel Keg and throw it over the Koin, then it will rebound off the wall; while the Kremling is distracted, the keg will hit it from behind. Thus, the Koin is defeated, dropping the DK Coin to the Kongs.	Red Wharf	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Kopter DKLIII.PNG	Kopter	These Kremlings wear helicopter blades that, by spinning, mantain them in the air. They can be defeated by simply jumping on them, unlike in Donkey Kong Country 3.	Footloose Falls	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Krimp DKLIII.PNG	Krimp	These Kremlings are aggressive small creatures. They are only wandering on the level map, just like Kobbles; they can also be defeated using any attack method, but if one Kong tries to roll into their front, he will get hurt. However, the Krimp's top and back side are vulnerable.	Koco Channel	Rainforest Rumble
File:Krumple DKLIII.PNG	Krumple	A very powerful Kremling that is almost invulnerable, as only Kiddy's jump attack can defeat it.	Jetty Jitters	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Kuchuka DKLIII.PNG	Kuchuka	Kuchukas are stationary Kremlings that cannot directly harm the Kongs, but can throw small bombs at them, which are dangerous. Although they hide in barrels just like Knockas, they can't be picked up; thus, they're indestructible.	Stalagmite Frights	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Rekoil DKLIII.PNG	Rekoil	Kremlings that are vulnerable to every attack pattern. However, they keep bouncing on their spring-shaped tails, making them a bit hard for the player to defeat them.	Total Rekoil	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Skidda DKLIII.PNG	Skidda	These Kremlings are only found in the snow levels of the game. They keep sliding out of control on the slippery icy ground, and the Kongs can defeat them by using any attack pattern.	Black Ice Blitz	Tundra Blunda

Other enemies

Image	Name	Description	First level appearance	Last level appearance
File:Bazza DKLIII.PNG	Bazza	Bazzas are barracuda-like fish that swim in a straight line, appearing and disappearing in underwater holes. Like every fish enemy in the game, they cannot be defeated directly by the Kongs. Therefore, Enguarde is necessary to destroy them.	Seabed Shanty	Deep Reef Grief
File:Booty Bird DKLIII.PNG	Booty Bird	These are fat bird enemies that hold various items in their belly. To get these items, the Booty Bird must be defeated by the Kongs. Every attack pattern is acceptable to defeat the bird enemy.	Ford Knocks	Bazuka Bombard
File:Bounty Bass DKLIII.PNG	Bounty Bass	The aquatic enemies, Bounty Basses, are a fish species that carry collectible items in them, just like Booty Birds. However, only Enguarde could smash them.	Seabed Shanty	Haunted Hollows
File:Bristles DKLIII.PNG	Bristles	These hedgehog-like creatures are defended by their set of quills on the top and on the back side of them. However, their front side is vulnerable and not prickly. The Kongs may attack them on the face.	Liftshaft Lottery	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Buzz DKLIII.PNG	Buzz	Buzzes are mechanical wasps found very often in the game. They seem to not get bothered by any of the Kongs attacks, so the barrels and the animal buddies' attack patterns are the only ways to doom those insects.	Ford Knocks	Ghoulish Grotto
File:Karbine DKLIII.PNG	Karbine	These are owl-like robotic enemies that wield large carbines (hence their name). They cannot hurt the Kongs directly; however, using their weapons, Karbines can shoot fireballs, dangerous to the apes. They are invulnerable.	Karbine Kaos	Barrel Boulevard
File:Koco DKLIII.PNG	Koco	Kocos appear to be robotic fish that swim aimlessly underwater. They are vulnerable to Enguarde's stabbing bill.	Seabed Shanty	Haunted Hollows
File:Lemguin DKLIII.PNG	Lemguin	Lemguins jump out of underground holes and slide on the icy ground, just like penguins do. Their beak and even their back side are the parts of their body that harm the Kongs. They can be defeated by stomping them on the top.	Polar Pitfalls	Tundra Blunda
File:Lurchin DKLIII.PNG	Lurchin	These urchin-like enemies stay underwater. They have spiky shells that protect them even by Enguarde's bill. However, the animal buddy may stab the Lurchins whenever they open up their shells, thus revealing their body.	Seabed Shanty	Haunted Hollows
File:Minky DKLIII.PNG	Minkey	Minkeys are monkeys that throw acorns at the Kongs; these acorns can only be dodged. Minkeys appear to be invulnerable to any attack pattern.	Minky Mischief	Simian Shimmy
File:Nid DKLIII.PNG	Nid	Nids are spider creatures that wear planks of wood on their back; they constantly jump. They aren't really enemies, as they cannot hurt the Kongs anyway and neither be defeated. Also, their planks can be used as platforms for the Kongs. This way, the apes can reach higher places.	Minky Mischief	Simian Shimmy
File:Niknak DKLIII.PNG	Niknak	These insect-like enemies appear to be flying beetles. They can be defeated by any attack pattern of the Kongs, and can also be used as temporary platforms to reach higher areas by jumping on their tops.	Ford Knocks	Rainforest Rumble
File:Sneek DKLIII.PNG	Sneek	Sneeks are rat-like enemies and also the weakest enemies in the game. They walk aimlessly on the ground and can be defeated by any attack.	Red Wharf	Ghoulish Grotto

Bosses

Image	Name	Description
File:Barbos DKLIII.PNG	Barbos	Barbos is the first boss of Donkey Kong Land III. She is encountered in Barbos Bastion from the world Cape Codswallop. Only the left side of Barbos can be seen, the rest remaining hidden off the camera. She shoots three Lurchins each time she is hit, and can only be defeated with these using Enguarde the Swordfish. Note: In this level, when hit by Enguarde, Lurchins act differently. Once they get pulled by the Enguarde's bill, the Lurchins bounce off the walls, ending up in Barbos, hitting her.
File:Bleak DKLIII.PNG	Bleak	Bleak is the second boss of the game, found in Bleak Magic, a level in the second world of the game, Primate Plains. He just stands still shooting large snowballs from his hat at the Kongs. He can be defeated by throwing barrels at him four times.
File:Arich DKLIII.PNG	Arich	Arich, the third boss of the game encountered in the level Arich Attack from Blackforest Plateau, is a large spider that attacks either by descending at the Kongs or by spitting small balls of venom at them. He can be grounded with four stomps.
File:KAOS DKLIII.PNG	KAOS	KAOS fights the two Kongs in the stage Krazy KAOS from the world Great Ape Lakes. He is also the fourth boss in the game. He is a robot programmed by K. Rool to destroy the duo, as he tries to roast them two with his flames. The Kongs can only walk under him, but occasionally KAOS will stop in the middle of the screen and will begin spin blade-like platforms, which are necessary for Dixie and Kiddy to reach his vulnerable point, the head. When these platforms come out of him, KAOS will also extend punching gloves that will push the Kongs off, so they must hurry up to his top.
File:Baron K Roolenstein DKLIII.PNG	Baron K. Roolenstein	King K. Rool is the fifth and final boss of the game, fought two times: first in the level K Rool Duel of Tin Can Valley, where he shoots electric beams at the Kongs (he will also fly through the level map trying to get the Kongs, and will start bouncing if hit by a barrel - four of these are needed to beat him), and second in the level K Rool's Last Stand in the Lost World, where he will additionally throw bombs, his attack pattern remaining unchanged. If beaten the second time, the player wins the game.

Time Attack mode

Dixie Kong runs in Polar Pitfalls of Time Attack mode in Donkey Kong Land III.

A Time Attack mode can be accessed once the game is fully completed with all seventy-seven Bonus Coins and every DK Coin. Once this is done, the Kongs must defeat Baron K. Roolenstein to earn the mode from him.

During Time Attack Mode, the player is shown a list of several levels, one of each of the twelve level types. Each level is listed with a time to beat. These times must be beat in order for the player to finish Donkey Kong Land III 103%. As soon as the level is chosen on the list, the players must quickly begin the level. A timer is displayed as they run to keep track of how long they have been traveling. When the level is complete, the player's time is recorded, unless a higher score was made before. If the game's time has been beaten, an exclamation point will appear next to the level's name. Noticeably, the levels in this mode are not under their normal names, but instead under the name of their theme, such as "Machine" or "Tube".

Time Attack mode is accessed as soon as the player chooses their file. After the "Re-Enter Game" icon is hit, the mode can only by played again once the game is reset.

In the Game Boy version of the game, the most recent time is displayed on the bottom of the screen (unless the player exits a level with + or loses a life). For reasons unknown, this was removed in the Game Boy Color version.

Time Attack times

Below shows the times needed to beat certain Time Attack levels.

Theme	Level	Time
Stilt	Ford Knocks	0:48.00
Mill	Liftshaft Lottery	1:30.00
Snow	Polar Pitfalls	0:53.00
River	Riverbank Riot	0:55.00
Coral	Seabed Shanty	1:20.00
Tree	Simian Shimmy	1:22.00
Cliff	Clifftop Critters	1:20.00
Machine	Bazuka Bombard	1:40.00
Falls	Rickety Rapids	2:00.00
Cave	Stalagmite Frights	1:45.00
Jungle	Tropical Tightropes	0:58.00
Tube	Whiplash Dash	0:46.00

Version differences

A Japanese Game Boy Color version of the game was released in 2000 as "Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong and Dixie Kong" (Dinky Kong being Kiddy Kong's name in Japan). The game was not released outside of Japan. Among the notable features and changes:

• The game is now exclusively for the Game Boy Color, and no longer compatible with the Game Boy or Super Game Boy. It was housed in a transparent Game Boy Color cartridge.
• The game is in full color.
• The splash screen and title screen are slightly redesigned.
• The world maps are no longer animated. Water is now stagnant, Wrinkly Refuge and Sheepy Shop no longer have lights flashing inside, mills don't turn anymore, and smoke stays still.
• When there is text on screen, it appears one character at a time, like a typewriter, as opposed to the entire text showing up instantly.
• In the Time Attack screen, the player's most recent time is no longer displayed.
• Bear has only one frame of animation now.
• There is less slowdown during gameplay. This eliminates unfair deaths where the screen would lag with many sprites on the screen.

Staff

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III staff

Glitches

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III glitches

Pre-release and unused content

Main article: List of Donkey Kong Land III pre-release and unused content

Reception

Donkey Kong Land III received an 81% at GameRankings.

According to Rareware's website, 600.000 copies of Donkey Kong Land III had been produced as of 1999 .

Trivia

• Initially, Donkey Kong Land III had a subtitle called "The Race Against Time", which was later removed.
• This is the only Rare Donkey Kong game in which Donkey Kong does not appear.
• The game's soundtrack consists of 8-bit re-orchestrations of the music from Donkey Kong Country 3. However, the tracks "Frosty Frolics" and "Pokey Pipes" do not appear; the snow and pipe levels use "Cascade Capers" and "Cavern Caprice" instead, respectively. In addition, "Rocket Run" is programmed into the game—however, it is unused and can only be accessed by ROM hacking.
• Several elements from Donkey Kong Land III were later used for the Game Boy Advance port of Donkey Kong Country 3, such as the DK coin automatically being collected when defeating Koin.
• In Wrinkly Kong's speech, "Kremlings" is misspelled as "Kremlins".