Donkey Kong Country (series): Difference between revisions

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|first=''[[Donkey Kong Country]]'' ([[List of games by date#1994|1994]])

|latest=''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo Switch)|Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]'' ([[Nintendo Switch]]) ([[List of games by date#2018|2018]])

|franchise=''[[Donkey Kong (franchise)|Donkey Kong]]''

|staff=[[Tim Stamper]], [[Gregg Mayles]], [[Chris Sutherland]], [[David Wise]], [[Leigh Loveday]]

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==List of games in the series==

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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country]]''

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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Country (Game Boy Color)|Donkey Kong Country]]'' (Game Boy Color)

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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong Land (series)|Donkey Kong Land]]''

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|''Donkey Kong Land'' is a series of three games on the [[Game Boy]] which are similar to their counterparts on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. ''[[Donkey Kong Land]]'' contained new levels, themes, bosses, and enemies, ''[[Donkey Kong Land 2]]'' changed levels from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'', and ''[[Donkey Kong Land III]]'' contained new levels entirely using enemies and themes from ''Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble''. ''Donkey Kong Land III'' received a Game Boy Color port.

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!colspan="2"style="font-size:125%;text-align:left"|''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''

The ''Donkey Kong Country'' games are sidescrolling platformers. The player plays the role of two [[Kong]]s, who must reach the end of each level while avoiding enemies and obstacles. The player can collect [[Banana]]s and [[Red Balloon|Extra Life Balloon]]s to gain [[Extra life|extra lives]]. Various types of [[Barrel]]s are present throughout the levels, which can be used to defeat enemies, reveal hidden passages, or traverse through levels. [[Animal Friends]] often appear throughout the levels, which can assist the player, be ridden, and transformed into by the player.  

In the original trilogy of games, the player can switch between two Kongs, and use a [[team up]] move in the latter two games. In all three games both Kongs act differently, are sometimes required to reach certain areas. If the player takes damage, the Kong that they are playing as runs off the screen and the player is required to use the other Kong until they get them back, usually with a [[DK Barrel]]. With one Kong the player cannot use a team up move. If the player takes damage with one Kong, they lose a life. In the games developed by [[Retro Studios]], rather than being fully-featured playable characters, the Kongs besides Donkey Kong acts as powerups expanding Donkey Kong's health and moveset, although they are fully playable in multiplayer and ''Tropical Freeze'''s Hard Mode. When the player loses the health gained by the additional Kong, the player loses the Kong. While the original trilogy only allowed the player characters to take one hit in a deliberate effort to reduce clutter<ref>[http://www.nowgamer.com/features/895227/the_making_of_donkey_kong_country.html The Making Of Donkey Kong Country - NowGamer] (accessed February 20, 2012)</ref> on the screen, Donkey Kong can now take multiple hits, with a visible indicator showing his remaining health.

==Graphics==

The rendered 3D model of Donkey Kong would serve as the basis for all of his subsequent appearances, with all subsequent games featuring him up until Microsoft's acquisition crediting Rare for providing the model.

===Protagonists===

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!Diddy Kong

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[[File:Cranky Kong Artwork - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|145x145px]]

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===Antagonists===

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===Kong Family===

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[[File:Funky Kong Artwork - Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.png|145x145px]]

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!Candy Kong

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!Wrinkly Kong

===Animal Friends===

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===Others===

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==Enemies==

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!Gnawties

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!Snowmads