Overview
- Also Known As
- Super Donkey Kong GB (Japan)
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
Game Boy
26th Jun 1995
24th Aug 1995
27th Jul 1995
3DS eShop
- 2nd Apr 2014, ¥400
- 16th Oct 2014, £3.59
- 26th Feb 2015, $3.99
Nintendo Switch Online (Subscription)
- 22nd Nov 2024
- Series
- Tags
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Donkey Kong Land (3DS eShop / GB)
Mobile monkey magic
Donkey Kong Country was a fun and popular platformer for the SNES, but not everyone thought it was great. Some people (possibly Mega Drive / Genesis owners) said the game was in fact quite poor and any fans were deluded fools drawn to it for reasons other than gameplay – or, as Cranky Kong says, “put a few fancy graphics and...
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About The Game
Monkey mayhem comes to Game Boy with all new Kong adventures!
Donkey Kong teams up with his sidekick, Diddy Kong, for new adventures and gorilla antics.
Facing high flying pigs, deadly Zingers and reptilian Kremlings our duo swing back into action!
Challenged by incredible perils they clamber their way through the mysterious pirate ship, perils in the snow, an unbelievable aquatic temple, and crazy capers in the sky. Grab a vine and join the thrills in the Land of Kong!
Comments 9
IIRC, one of my classmates back in elementary school had this game for the Game Boy.
The original SNES game is still topnotch, though the Game Boy Color port is somewhat decent.
I played the crap out of this game back in ze day. Probably got more enjoyment out of it than I did with the SNES games, even though it's obviously not as strong. But hey, portable!
Just to avoid confusion ('cause we don't want that), I only played the SNES original and Game Boy Color port. I don't think I ever played the original Game Boy vesrion of the game; I do have somewhat of a recollection of one of my classmates having it, but I'm not sure.
I notice that there are hearts in the bottom of the screens. Does that mean that you have more health than you do in the original SNES classic, or is it the life count?
Yeah, it's the life count.
I absolutely hated this game. Everything just kind of blurred together so half the time you couldn't see what was coming ahead. Maybe on the 3DS this will be better, but on GB it was pretty much unplayable.
bring this to the 3ds vc in NA/US
bring this to the 3ds vc in NA/US
this game has been rated for a 3ds vc by the esrb
Should have been in colour!
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