With these boulders destroyed, a passageway to a certain level can be found. This can be done by finding rare, barrel-shaped bombs inside some levels and blasting away large boulders. Though most levels are unlocked after beating its previous level, some levels can be accessed before later levels. A boss level also appears in each world and must be completed to progress. The game is divided into four worlds, each with seven normal levels, with the exception of the game's first world, Gangplank Galleon Ahoy!, which contains a total of nine. Additionally, after the Kongs find all the Bonus Levels in an area, an exclamation point appears above the level's circular marker in the overworld.

On the level select screen, names of the stages are no longer present, and the levels themselves have very few Bonus Levels, usually only having one or two. Because of the Game Boy's limitations, the game offers less than its 16-bit predecessor. The title screen for Donkey Kong Land, as seen with the Super Game Boy adapter.ĭonkey Kong Land is a 2-D platformer, designed for the Game Boy. Afterward, the two heroes decide to rest for the adventure ahead of them. Rool to come and take the hoard overnight. Once the bet is decided, Cranky Kong arranges everything and calls King K. However, this did not convince the old monkey, so Donkey and Diddy decide to have an adventure on an 8-bit system, with King K. After Cranky goes on about the games of his time, the two other Kongs try to convince him that it was not only fancy graphics that made Donkey Kong Country great, but that it 'was just plain fun'. Cranky admits that the adventure was more successful than he thought, although claiming that it was only because of the 'fancy graphics' and that 'Kids'll buy anything nowadays'. Although this is true that the two games play the same using the same engine, the storyline is different and Donkey Kong Land has different levels, enemies, and bosses from the ones featured in Donkey Kong Country.Īccording to the game's instruction booklet, the story takes place after the events of Donkey Kong Country, where Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are discussing about their latest adventure to Cranky Kong. The game is often mistaken as a Game Boy 'port' of Donkey Kong Country.

It is one of the first games to feature Super Game Boy special features, including a rendered jungle border across the television screen.

The game is also one of the few Game Boy games to feature a specially colored cartridge (yellow), which is also used on the sequels, Donkey Kong Land 2 and Donkey Kong Land III. Released in 1995, it is a handheld follow-up of Donkey Kong Country, and the game's pseudo sequel. Donkey Kong Landĭonkey Kong Land, known in Japan as Super Donkey Kong GB, is a video game developed by Rareware for the Game Boy.

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