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Not perfect but it'll do.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off by saying that this is a great product. I enjoy it quite a bit and it arrived from the seller very quickly!

But, alas, nothing is perfect in this world. I was expecting a fairly close port of the original game... but this is pretty different. The graphics were a BIG let down, and the included mini-games fall far short of fun/interesting... and to be honest with you I could not even find a reason for the mini-games other than wasting a few minutes- you don't get life balloons or bananas for winning! Controls are also VERY poor. Nintendo fudged a little bit and you can tell you get some assistance but at the same time there are parts where only blind luck will get you through and others where this same assistance actually gets you killed! It's still a GREAT value though... original SNES carts are not easy to come by and are priced higher than this too. It's also very functional and well deserving of four stars!

DK country!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is really pretty fun. The evil crocidle (he's not what your imagining, he stands up, his belly is gold, and he is a king)k.rool has stolen all of donkey kong's (donkey kong is a famous video game character, he is an ape, but he's kind of cute) bannanas! You'd probably think a pretty cruddy plot, huh? Well, it's not that bad. You even have help from Donkey kong's nephew, diddy kong! Cranky kong, candy kong, and funky kong will also help you.

Now let's talk about the gameplay. You see this is a side-scrolling game which is a view from the side where you can jump, enemies will hurt you and make you lose lives, if you lose them all, its game over which makes you lose check points, etc. (places in levels [you start from the beginning of the level, you must find your way to the end to progress to the next one] where you can continue from if you lose) Diddy kong will fallow you wherever you go however he does not limit your speed. On the level-selection map, left on control pad makes you go back to levels you have already beaten, right makes you continue forward a level, one that may or may have not be beaten. Up and down are the same (you might need them giving left and right no effect depending on where you are). The A button makes you start the level you are on, start opens the menu where you can save, etc. select asks you if you wnat to quit, and the B button lets you cancel these two menus. In a level, up lets you climb up ropes you have jumped on, right makes you move right, left makes you move left, down makes you duck and clib down ropes, and when you are playing as donkey kong down and the B button is a special attack. A button is jump, and the B button is most important. By holding down B, you can go MUCH faster. It is actually essential for some places. If you just press the B button, you swiftly roll into and enemy (you can also jump on them to beat them). Select lets you switch between donkey kong and diddy kong (however whoever is beaten the one behind take his place) and finnaly start lets you pause (you can quit the level if you have beaten it). The graphic are AWSOME even though this game was orginally a 16-bit snes game. You can do all of the levels over again, you can even battle the bosses again, and you cn EVEN battle k.rool (the final boss) again (however don't worry, its still saves once you beat the game). The game is really fun, you can ride on four animals, a rhino, an ostrich, a frog, and a sword fish (only underwater). There are also two mini games, one where you have to time your button presses to dance right, and one where you must fish specific fish using your hook. And finnaly, there's DK attack where you must improve your score as you do timed stages (the ones you have beaten in the real game), bannanas which are like coins, get 100 and you get an extra life, instead add to your score, you can pick up more time in various places, etc. All in all, it is a really great game, if you like DK games, Want a cute sidescroller, or like sidescrolling games, you should get it.

Expresso the Ostrich

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This was the best game i have ever played!!!I think everyone should get to play this!!!This game was really fun!,challenging,and has good graphics!!!
You can play as donkey kong ,diddy kong,and rambi the rhino,expresso the
ostrich,engaurde the swordfish,and winky the frog.Donkey kong countery 2
is really fun too!!Get this game!!

A classic

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you played Donkey Kong as a child like I did, this game will take you back. It's fun, just the way it was back then. There are better graphics now, since technology has advanced since it was originally made, so it's more pleasing to the eye as well.

A little challenging than the SNES

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved donkey kong country when it came out on SNES and now it's on GBA which is a little more difficult with the bosses and some levels. Im glad they didn't change the music in the levels they were awesome when you play DKC. vulture culture/ice age/oil drum alley were the levels with the music I liked.

Love This Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Bought this for my gba, LOVE it. I wouldn't say it's easy, but it's not terribly difficult either. Great Buy

THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hey. Have you dreamed of having a fun video game that's challenging but fun? Well I have the answer! It's call Donkey Kong Country! It is so much fun. My friends and I are so addicted to it. Now I really don't like video games that much (hey im a girl) but this game is just so much fun. I suggest that you BUY THIS GAME!!!

This game is not really difficult

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: February 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I found this game, ok... i guess. it wasnt really all that great. I mean, sure, at first it's fun but then I simply began to play for the pleasure of finding out what the next level was about. I was also playing the Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and I played more often because it was more fun and then I beat the game. Once I beat the game I began to play Donkey Kong and it was SO easy. I beat it in a few days of 1 hour per day. If you want a game that is really difficult and will last quite a while, dont pick this game. It was extremely boring.

Still my favourite game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Donkey Kong Country is the number one videogame of all time, as far as I'm concerned. I'm hardly what you'd call a videogame connoisseur, but my brother (who is) agrees that this game is a classic. The music is excellent, too!

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME IF YOU HAVE ANGER MANAGEMENT PROBLEMS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is a lot of fun, the graphics are very nice, and the music is okay. Plus it has two new minigames which are pretty good. But some of the levels, especially the later ones, are very very very very very... (3 hours later) ...very very very very hard. I remember I was stuck, on one infamous occasion, on the level "Millstone Mayhem" (they like to alliterate) and it was so difficult that I went so far as to renounce all monkeys before clearing it. It's a lot easier for me now than it was, though. Oh, and after defeating Normal Mode and getting about ninety percent of it completed (I think), you can unlock Hero Mode, where you just play as Diddy Kong. I liked this because I got to play as one of my very favorite Kongs, but I also disliked it because there aren't any Save Barrels and Diddy has all the disadvantages.
Overall, this game is a lot of fun, and it's pretty much worth buying, unless you get easily frustrated at harder levels. Then you might want to think about it.

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