3/20/2023 0 Comments Donkey kong 3 world![]() ![]() ![]() There is a definite difficulty spike in Donkey Kong Country 3 when compared to the previous two games, but it’s a very tedious difficulty spike that just makes the game less fun to play rather than giving the player an enjoyable challenge that they can get their teeth into. I found the standard platforming on the regular levels was where I enjoyed the game the most, with the scrolling levels where you have to outrun some kind of threat being the ones I liked the least, mainly because on more than one occasion I was ahead of what was chasing me, but the screen didn’t scroll quickly enough, meaning I had to constantly stay in this halfway point where I wasn’t too far ahead but not too far behind, which made for a frustrating experience, especially as it could lead to unseen baddies killing me. The platforming itself is decent, for the most part, with anyone who has any experience with DKC 2 likely to be able to pick things up rather easily. This means that both characters bring their own unique positives and negatives to the table, which encourages the player to involve both of them if they want to see the entirety of the game. However, some areas of the game can only be accessed by Kiddy using his strength to throw Dixie high into the air in order to find hidden platforms. For instance, Dixie’s ability to glide by spinning her hair remains, meaning that some areas of the game will only be accessible by her. Like in DKC 2, part of Donkey Kong Country 3’s platforming is based around using the differing skills of each Kong in order to defeat baddies and find secret areas. As a result, a couple of the bosses you face will have a mechanised theme, and the game itself has a general feel of “Nature Vs Industry” to it also. Rool himself has had another makeover for this game, going from your standard evil monarch in the first game to a bloodthirsty pirate in the second, to what seems to be some sort of mad scientist and inventor in this one. Rool kidnapping both Donkey and Diddy Kong, forcing Dixie to team up with her toddler cousin, Kiddy Kong, in order to rescue them and bring down K. The story centres around the evil King K. Set in the Northern Kremisphere, the game sees the return of Dixie Kong, although this time she is the lead character rather than just playing backup to her boyfriend, Diddy Kong. Whereas the first two DKC games were generally standard platforming games where you moved from map to map in linear nature (excluding the special “Lost World” in DKC 2), Donkey Kong Country 3 has a slightly more open hub world and sometimes gives you a choice in what order you tackle each world. Originally released the autumn/winter time of 1996 for the Super Nintendo console, Donkey Kong Country 3 is a direct successor to the previous two games in the series, although it takes a slightly different approach to those releases. Did I enjoy myself? Read on, and you might find out! ![]() Well, Donkey Kong Country 3 got added to the SNES emulator just in time for Christmas, so I sat down over the holiday period and finally worked my way to the main boss for the first time ever. However, Nintendo has recently been adding each of the DKC games to its Super Nintendo emulator on the Switch, so I made the decision that if Donkey Kong Country 3 was ever added that I’d sit down and take the time to give it a proper playthrough to see if Young Mike had been out to lunch all those years ago when he decided to give the game a miss. For whatever reason the game just never captured my imagination, and as this was back when I was still in school and didn’t have a job, I decided not to pester my parents for it and save that pestering power for other games I liked the look of. However, despite my love for the first two games in the series, I never really took the time to play Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! back in the day. I’ve gone into detail in the past here on Gaming Respawn for my love of the first two Donkey Kong Country games, with Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest still currently holding the mantle of being my favourite video game ever.
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