Donkey Kong Land 3 ROM

Also, be sure to check out Donkey Kong Land 2.

Donkey Kong Land 3 is a 1997 platform game in the Donkey Kong series for the Game Boy, later being ported to the Game Boy Color in Japan under the name Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong. It was developed by Rare and published by Nintendo. Like its predecessors, Donkey Kong Land III served as the portable version of and follow-up to its SNES counterpart, in this case Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble!, was enhanced for the Super Game Boy, and was packaged with a “banana yellow” cartridge.

Donkey Kong Land III plays very similarly to Donkey Kong Land 2. The player controls two different characters, Dixie and Kiddy, and only one Kong appears on-screen at a time. Dixie and Kiddy retain most of their abilities from Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! Dixie can use her Helicopter Spin to whirl her ponytail on the ground or glide in midair. Kiddy is heavier and stronger and can defeat strong enemies such as Krumples by jumping on them, whereas Dixie cannot.

In each world, the Kongs must complete the levels in order until reaching the world boss, whom the Kongs must defeat to unlock the next world. As the Kongs explore a level, they must avoid enemies along the way and collect items such as bananas and bear coins along the way. Every Bonus Level is accessed from a Bonus Barrel, and the reward for completing a Bonus Level’s objective is a Bonus Coin.

Some levels have an Animal Barrel, which transform the Kongs into the pictured Animal Friend, whose abilities are often required to complete a level or to reach hidden areas. Each Animal Friend has their own set of abilities. A contest has begun with big prizes for the first person who discovers the Lost World. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong have already left to find it, leaving a disgruntled Dixie Kong behind.

Deciding to prove herself every bit as capable as them, Dixie partners up with her toddler cousin Kiddy Kong. Baron K. Roolenstein and the Kremling Krew are also searching high and low for the fabled land. The level archetypes are the same as in Donkey Kong Country 3, which takes place in the “Northern Kremisphere”. While the levels have the same environments and the Donkey Kong Country 3 bosses return, the worlds and stage layouts are all unique.