Donkey Kong Land

Donkey Kong Land
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Studio	Rare
Publisher	Nintendo
Erstveröffent- lichung	June 26, 1995 July 27, 1995 August 24, 1995
platform	Game Boy
genre	Jump 'n' run
Game mode	Single player
control	Game Boy D-pad and buttons (with SGB and SNES : SNES controller )
medium	module
language	English
Age rating	USK PEGI

Donkey Kong Land is a platformer game released by Nintendo for the Game Boy in 1995 .

In 1996, Donkey Kong Land 2 was the direct successor to the Game Boy.

Gameplay

Donkey Kong Land is based on the game Donkey Kong Country published in 1994 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System , but has specially developed game worlds and levels and thus, contrary to popular opinion, is neither a direct implementation nor a remake of the SNES model.

The background story underlying the gameplay is about the fact that Cranky Kong annoys the monkeys Donkey and Diddy Kong with the claim that Donkey Kong Country has only become a success because of the great graphics and modern music. In order to prove that they can also be successful on an 8-bit system like the Game Boy, Donkey and Diddy Kong allow their main opponent King K. Rool to steal their bananas and then set out to recapture them.

The player controls the protagonists in the game through different levels, which usually run from left to right ( side scrolling ). In each level, in addition to reaching the end point, the goal is to find all the hidden bonus rooms. If this has been implemented, a "!" Is displayed on the overview map next to the level name. As in Donkey Kong Country, bananas and KONG letters can be collected in the levels (KONG). An extra life is credited for 100 collected bananas. If all KONG letters are reached, you get to the save menu and can save the game status. Furthermore, so-called "Kong-Taler" can be found, through which you can win extra lives in some bonus rooms.

Donkey Kong Land consists of four game worlds ( Gangplank Galleon Ahoy ! , Kremlantis , Monkey Mountains & Chimpanzee Clouds and Big Ape City ) and a total of 30 levels (9-7-7-7). All bosses in the game were reintroduced and not taken over from Donkey Kong Country. The only exception is the final boss King K. Rool.

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Donkey Kong Land's development studio is Rare , with the game concept from Tim Stamper and the game design primarily from Andrew Collard. Paul J. Machacek was hired as chief developer , Nintendo was active as publisher .

The game has sold an estimated 3.91 million units, making it the top-selling game in the Donkey Kong Land franchise and # 9 on the list of top-selling Game Boy games.

A total of two sequels to the game were released, which were also designed for the Game Boy: In 1996, Donkey Kong Land 2 , which is based on Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest , and in 1997, Donkey Kong Land III , based on Donkey Kong, followed Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! .

Some of the music by Donkey Kong Land has been newly composed, but some of the pieces are based on the soundtrack by Donkey Kong Country , DK Jamz, composed by David Wise , Robin Beanland and Eveline Fischer .

The game modules are designed for the Game Boy , but can also be played on the downward compatible Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance . With the help of the Super Game Boy , the games can also be played on the Super Nintendo. A special feature of the modules is their choice of color; In contrast to the other game modules of the Game Boy, these are not gray, but yellow. Only the games in the classic Pokémon series developed by Game Freak were also published in color - the Pokémon Blue Edition in blue, the Pokémon Red Edition in red and the Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition: Yellow Edition also in yellow.

Since 16 October 2014, Donkey Kong Country - next to Donkey Kong Country 2 and III - in the eShop of the Nintendo 2DS and 3DS erwerb- and downloadable.

Web links

• Donkey Kong Land at Nintendo
• Donkey Kong Land at MobyGames (English)
• Donkey Kong Land in the Donkey Kong Wiki (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Official Game Instructions from Donkey Kong Land, pages 2–3
2. ↑ ^{a b} Donkey Kong Land Credits (Game Boy) ( English ) MobyGames . Retrieved October 8, 2019.
3. ↑ Game Boy Land : Software Sales . Internet Archive . Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved on February 9, 2014.
4. ↑ Donkey Kong Land / Details . Nintendo . Retrieved October 8, 2019.