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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

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In the original Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong went on an adventure to try and get their mounds of bananas back, but this second adventure will be a bit different.

The Kongs' biggest villain, Kaptain K. Rool (a huge crocodile) has taken Donkey Kong as a hostage, so it's up to Diddy Kong and his girlfriend, Dixie Kong, to get him back.

Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is a lot like Donkey Kong Country, except that it's even better. It didn't seem possible at the time for a 16-bit game, but this one has even better graphics than the original, better sound effects and music, and it's even more fun. There are new, helpful characters such as Wrinkly Kong (who saves your game), new animal buddies such as a snake with major hangtime, an awesome spider who has really got the science of web-making down to an art, and Rambi the rhino and Enguarde the swordfish are back and better than ever! Oh yeah, Dixie Kong is new too. She can twirl her head full of hair, which enables her to fight the force of gravity for a little while.

But what really makes Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest even better than the original is that it has more levels, and a lot more variety. There are even more secrets, more gameplay elements, and bigger and meaner bosses. When it comes to gameplay, the levels are more interactive, and there are a lot more things to collect and do. Instead of just collecting tons of bananas and extra lives (there's still a bunch of those waiting to be collected), there are 75 Kremcoins, a specially hidden DK coin in each level, and more, that gives this game unbelievable replay value.

Just like Donkey Kong Country, Diddy's Kong Quest is a 1-2 player game. You can play by yourself, or you can play with a friend in either competition mode or team mode.

In my book, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is the best game in the series, and not only is it one of the best games for the Super Nintendo, and one of the best platformers, it's one of the best video games of all time. If you liked the original, or if you like action/adventure games that never get old, I recommend getting Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. You will NOT regret it!

If it weren't for that stupid kid's negative review, the overall score would be a perfect 5. Looks like he's afraid of the challange. He's also scared of the music. I hate kid's reviews...


Graphics:10/10: A beautiful feast for the eyes. The graphics look better than the first!

Music:10/10: Great music! From the pirate-y music in the first world, to the spooky tune of Gloomy Gulch.

Sound:10/10: Just gotta love Diddy's monkey rap!

Gameplay:10/10: This time, you got Diddy and Dixie. They can now team-up and find secrets! You can also look for coins and get things such as hints, lost levels, or making Cranky like you!:) There is also a quiz from Swanky! You can save at the Kong Kollege, but make sure you carry some banana coins!

Overall, better than the first. Also, this game is going to be rereleased for the GBA later on! Buy it!

This is a really good game my son and I had lots of fun playing it day after day and nights too. We even went out and hunted for the players guide. When we found it, it really helped and now we're almost to the famous lost level. My son's 14 by the way and I'm 44 so you're never to old to play, well, almost never!

Three years ago my aunt and uncle was babysitting us and they rented this game.I loved it a whole lot,but after I beat "KROWS NEST",and "HOT HEAD HOP" I couldn't get 15 Kremcoins or beat the level after that.A few months later someone else that rented this game got it up to the third level in"krem Quay. My brother got it for christmas that year. About the game.This game has 50 levels. You can ride or transform into 7 anmials like Rambi,Squaks,Enguarde,Rattly,Squitter,Glimmer,and,clapper. Your mission is to rescue DK who was kidnapped by Kapt. K.rool by beating 5 bosses.This the sequal to Donkey Kong Country.I have the sequal to this game. -Rob Close 7/8/01

very fun great sequel better than first

it works!just in case you can't get all 75 krem coins:in the first level,go inside the cabin.come out and jump over the 2 bananas.go over to the first set of barrels with the crocodile on it.jump and get the bunch of bananas.go back to the two bananas and jump over them again.go inside the cabin and this time get the balloon.go outside and jump over the two bananas.go back to the barrels and get the bunch of bananas again.go back and make sure to remember to jump over the two bananas.go inside and a krem coin will appear.you have won all 75.

This is arguably my favorite video game of all time (I still can't determine whether I like this game or the 3rd one the best of the series). The game is huge--so many levels each with a ton of bonus levels which are all hard to find. One of the things that is so great about this game is that the game has so many and such a great varitey of levels that once you beat it, the beginning levels aren't boring (and vice versa). It has much greater replay value than the first DKC, better graphics, more levels, more bonus levels, more objectives, and a greater variety of characters and levels. DKC 2 will always be great fun no matter how advanced new-age gaming gets!

First off, let me say this, skip the GBA port of this game. Buy the SNES version instead for better controls and higher quality music. DKC2 is IMO, the best of the series. Challenging gameplay, wonderful music and great graphics at the time. Still fun after all these years!

This is without a doubt my favorite game of all time. As the second installment in the Donkey Kong series, it takes all of the positives from the first game, fixes some issues with difficulty and length, and raps it all up into the perfect package. This game is flawless. Despite not being able to play as Donkey Kong or even see him until late in the game, this is THE game to play in the series; probably THE game to play for the SNES. Story, characters, environments, soundtrack, gameplay. All of the basic elements of the video game are excecuted here to perfection.

First, what I think is one of the strongest points of the game. The music. By far the best soundtrack I've ever experienced for a video game, save for maybe a few Final Fantasy games. To think that an SNES game could generate such a rich, deep and atmospheric soundtrack is almost staggering in this day and age. Drums, horns, strings, and various unique sound effects make up this musical masterpiece. No level has an un-memorable song; it never gets old. Combined perfectly with the lush, detailed environments, the music stands out here as some of the best ever for a video game. Popping in this game and playing the Bramble Scramble level takes me back ten years to my childhood; it will stay with you for that long.

The level design in this game is phenomenal. The range of environments here is equally massive as it is balanced. Pirate ships, volcanoes, swamps, caves, forests, theme parks, castles, islands, glaciers, etc, etc, etc. All of the worlds have their own distinct atmosphere and flavor. Even some next-generation games today with the latest in graphics technology cannot match the pure beauty and artistic design of these environments. The flow of the game is also extremely impressive. There is no "bad" world. The levels make use of different layouts, enemies, allies, secrets and bosses to keep the experience fresh and exciting. This game pushed the side-scrolling genre to it's limits; it has all of the epic, awe-inspiring moments of an RPG without the annoying aspects of repetitive dungeons or turn-based action.

Speaking of gameplay, it's easy to learn and hard to master. One of the biggest gripes about the first Donkey Kong was that it was too short and too easy. Diddy's Kong Quest is neither. Obtaining 100% completion in this game is no easy task; again, it's on par with some of the toughest RPGs. As an SNES game, the control layout couldn't be more simple. Jump, run, hit things. But even in these simple actions, a whole lot of depth can be found. The bonus levels and secret sections within each level require intuitive thinking and full use of the surrounding environments.


I could say so much more about this wonderful game. But it just has to be experienced to understand how great a game this is. It ranks up there with Final Fantasy VII and Ocarina of Time, games that pushed their genres to new levels.


Long live Kong!

This is my favorite Donkey Kong game out of the 3. All of them are extremely good games-very entertaining. This one is kind of hard if you want to try to get all of the DK coins from all of the levels in order to get the proper ending. You can find some really fun cheats online for this game, which also makes it really fun.

Anyway, this game is one of the classics-up there with Super Mario World and Super Metroid. The soundtrack is amazing (like all of the Donkey Kong Country games), some of the levels get to be quite challenging (especially when you want to find all of the DK coins), and the graphics are really lush and beautiful. I would definitly recommend this game to everyone.