Bear (Donkey Kong Land III)

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Bear
A Bear owner of the Sheepy Shop in the Game Boy game, Donkey Kong Land III.Bear in Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong for Game Boy Color
A bear in the Game Boy game (left) and the Game Boy Color game (right)
First appearance Donkey Kong Land III (1997)
Latest appearance Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong (2000)

The bears are identical characters in Donkey Kong Land III, acting as a stand-in for the Brothers Bear from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! and strongly resembling Bazaar. However, Donkey Kong Land III's instruction booklet and Nintendo Power coverage refer to the bears as "the Brothers Bear."[1][2][3]

Overview

A Bear greets Dixie Kong upon entering the Sheepy Shop in Donkey Kong Land III.
Dixie meets a bear in his Sheepy Shop.

Bears operate a cabin called the Sheepy Shop in every world, including the Lost World. When Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong enter one's location, he provides them with a few options: the first one is to play the card game Memory, the second is a level hint, and lastly to teleport the Kongs to the main world map. He substitutes the typical role of Cranky and Funky Kong for the second and third options respectively.

If the Kongs win at Memory, the bear gives them various items, such as Banana Bunches, Extra Life Balloons, DK Coins, and bear coins. If they win for the first time in any location, the Kongs will receive a Watch.

The bears are fully animated in the original Game Boy version, but are reduced to a single frame in the Japanese Game Boy Color port.

Gallery

  • Animated sprite

    Animated sprite

  • Dixie meeting a bear in his Sheepy Shop in the Game Boy Color port

    Dixie meeting a bear in his Sheepy Shop in the Game Boy Color port

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning Notes
Japanese クマさん[?]
Kuma-san 		Mr. Bear

References

  1. ^ Donkey Kong Land III instruction booklet, pages 7 and 16.
  2. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 102, pages 64 and 89.
  3. ^ Nintendo Power Volume 103, pages 84 and 85.
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Donkey Kong Land III
Characters Bear • Dixie Kong • Kiddy Kong • Wrinkly Kong
Animal Friends Ellie • Enguarde • Squawks • Squitter
Bosses Arich • Barbos • Bleak • KAOS • Baron K. Roolenstein
Enemies Bazuka • Bazza • Booty Bird • Bounty Bass • Bristles • Buzz • Karbine • Klasp • Knocka • Kobble • Koco • Kopter • Krimp • Krumple • Kuchuka • Lemguin • Lurchin • Minky • Nid • Niknak • Rekoil • Skidda • Sneek
Levels Cape Codswallop Red Wharf • Seabed Shanty • Ford Knocks • Total Rekoil • Koco Channel • Liftshaft Lottery • Barbos Bastion
Primate Plains Coral Quarrel • Minky Mischief • Jetty Jitters • Black Ice Blitz • Riverbank Riot • Miller Instinct • Bleak Magic
Blackforest Plateau Rocketeer Rally • Vertigo Verge • Polar Pitfalls • Surface Tension • Tundra Blunda • Redwood Rampage • Arich Attack
Great Ape Lakes Jungle Jeopardy • Footloose Falls • Deep Reef Grief • Karbine Kaos • Simian Shimmy • Rockface Chase • Krazy Kaos
Tin Can Valley Tropical Tightropes • Clifftop Critters • Rickety Rapids • Bazuka Bombard • Ugly Ducting • Stalagmite Frights • K Rool Duel
Lost World Whiplash Dash • Kuchuka Karnage • Haunted Hollows • Rainforest Rumble • Barrel Boulevard • Ghoulish Grotto • K Rools Last Stand
Barrels Animal Barrel • Barrel • Barrel Cannon • Blast Barrel • Bonus Barrel • DK Barrel • Iron Barrel • Rotatable Barrel • Star Barrel • Warp Barrel
Other items and objects Banana • Banana Bunch • Bear coin • Bonus Coin • Extra Life Balloon • KONG Letters • Propellerpack • Star • Toboggan
Miscellaneous Gallery • Glitches • Media • Cards • Pre-release and unused Content • Quotes • Staff
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