Customer Reviews

Donkey Kong Country

5 star:		(28)
4 star:		(18)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

The original Donkey Kong Country has the best sound and graphics on the SNES and it is safe to say the same for this GBC version. (it also may be the must fun for Game Boy Color) The only problem is that an autosave replaces candys save point as the way to save which makes it a bit easy but that doesn't matter. Either this or Super Mario Bros DX is the best GBC title. Anyone who fell in love with Donkey Country like I did must get this.

Before I bought this game, I was skeptical about how good it would be. I loved the SNES version of this game and I own it. In fact, I bought the SNES version the day it came out. I have explored everything througout the game and I thought that I would go back to it with the Game Boy Color version. Well, I did more than that! Once I pulled the game out of its little box, I was on it for hours. Rareware, one of the greatest game developers out there did a great job converting the game. Plus, there are lost levels for those who have mastered the SNES version. The best part about this is that all the little kids that missed this classic game the first time will have a chance to play one of Rarewares greatest games ever. I recomend this game if you are a big fan of the Donkey Kong Country series or of Super Mario Bros. DX.

This game is an ok remake of the SNES classic, but it falls short of its expectaions. Of course, Donkey Kong Country was an excellent SNES game so that's why I give this game the three stars but nothing more. The 8-bit GBC just can't handle the 16-bit game, and that's why the graphic quality and much of the sound is greatly diminished. The blurry visuals makes it hard for one to play the game during various levels ( the mine cart races come to mind) so its just not fun to play like its SNES cousin. Sure, there are some new minigames to play, but overall the experience is pretty much the same. Unless you're a Kong fanatic and want to relive this experience again, don't bother with this mediocre game. A note to Nintendo and Rareware, please just stick to the NES-to-GBC translations, and save any more SNES game remakes for the much more powerful Game Boy Advance.

I played Donkey Kong Country to death on the SNES, and I loved it so much back then that I bought this GBC version to see if it could live up to it, and it did! I immediately became addicted to it all over again- it's almost exactly like the original. The graphics & sound are not as good, but afer all, it's the gameplay that counts. Donkey & Diddy Kong can still bounce on tires, ride ostriches, rhinos & frogs, collect golden bananas, ride on runaway mine carts, cartwheel through enemies and swing on vines. If you've never played the original version, then you'd better get this one to see what you missed - it's an all-time classic Nintendo game, and definitely a must-have Game Boy game as well.

THIS GAME IS LIKE SO COOL.I MEAN THE OTHER DOUNKEY KONGS WERE GOOD BUT THIS IT JUST LEFT ME SPEECHLESS.IF YOU PLAYED DK ON SNES YOU WOULD SAY THE GRAPHICS ARE COOL FOR A SNES.BUT THE GRAPHICS ON GAME BOY COLOUR ARE EXACTLY LIKE THE SNES'S AND THATS AMAZING FOR A GAMEBOY.WE ALL KNOW GAMEBOY GAMES AS LITTLE MEN RUNNING AROUNG BUT THIS IS GREAT.

Donkey Kong is one of the best games to grace the Gameboy. Admitidly it has less colours than its counterpart but the gameplay is amazing. Donkey Kong is a must have game, there is so much fun to have with this game and there are loads of levels to complete so it willlast you a long time. Hidden within the levels are secret areas which you have to find if you want to fully completely finish the game, that is where the real challenge lies. Buy this game ASAP and you wont stop playing for a long time. Enjoy!!!!!

Even though i finished the SNES version, it is to long ago to remmember, so it's like playing a new game. Graphics are great, gameplay that is very addictive. Everyone should get this game

I Played Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo I own Donkey Kong Country for the GBA and I rented (and beat) Donkey Kong Country for Game Boy Color. I would highly Reccomend this game for Die-Hard DK fans. It has excellent Graphics for a GBC game. This game might be hard for younger gamers but for people ages 10 and up this is the one game you would ever want to play on a long boring car trip. For over 15 hours of barrel throwing, Kremling beating, and rope swinging this is THE game for your GBC.

Donkey kong was absolutely excellent on the SNES. I am so glad it is making its return for the handheld gamers. I have never ever been more pleased to own a game boy advance.

The original Donkey Kong Country came at the height of the 16-bit era and featured stunning CGI-rendered graphics and an awesome soundtrack. It was no easy task for Rare to compress this all into a Game Boy Color cartridge. Rare succeeded in some aspects, but fell short in the most vital ones.

To its credit, the game does manage to capture the general feel and essence of the SNES game, despite the hardware limitations. The screen is richly populated and detailed with stylings direct from the SNES game, downsampled of course. The levels are all here.

That said, think of the SNES Donkey Kong Country with Donkey Kong Land controls. Eew.

The problem with the game comes from its poor controls, hit detection, and general field of vision. The controls are clearly modeled after those in the Donkey Kong Land games, which I always thought felt way too "loose" for making precision moves and certainly not as tight as the SNES versions. Couple this with shoddy hit detection and you have a real problem. The enemies are much bigger than they really appear to be and trying to weave through dense fields of them (like in the forest stages) gets to be outright frustrating. Another point where this become apparently involves the derailed mine carts sitting on the tracks. Believe me - you will convince yourself that you successfully jumped over them only to have the game kill you. ARGH! That stage took me no less than a dozen tries.

The third dynamic that complicates the game is the smaller field of vision. Relative to the SNES incarnation, you just plain can't see as much at once. Now, of course, this is a very understandable limitation. However, the way it propagates itself in the game is not pretty. There are plenty of blind leaps of faith. In fast-moving stages (like the aforementioned mine cart stage), there is very little time to react to upcoming obstacles. Even if you remembered the layout of the stages in the SNES game, you still have the wonky hit detection to contend with.

Overall, I cannot really recommend this game to anyone unless they enjoyed the Donkey Kong Land games. This title has more in common with those than being a good port of the SNES game.

Pros: Good graphics and decent sound. Levels are faithfully built to mirror their SNES counterparts. Little was sacrificed in basic game structure.

Cons: Frustrating hit-detection and inaccurate controls. Field of vision seems too small.