Overall 8.2 Graphics 5.3 Sound 6.7 Addictive 6.7 Story 7.7 Depth 9.7 Difficulty 7.3
8.5
Donkey Kong Country review for the Game Boy Color! G@mehe@d
Donkey Kong Country on the SNES had several ports to other systems like the Game Boy Color or the Game Boy Advance. It might sound insane that Nintendo and Rare, made a port on an 8 bit system from a 16 bit game. It was done though and not only is there a new level, but there is also some bonus features and a better save mechanism. As consoles were getting more and more powerful. The portable game systems did not get much more advanced. The Game Boy Color had a faster processor and a full color screen unlike it's predecessor the original Game Boy. As more and more advanced titles were coming out for game consoles. Most of them had ports to the Game Boy Color. Some were cancelled like the original resident evil on the Game Boy Color, some were deluxe versions of older games, and most were just severally scaled down ports of games on the game consoles. This port of Donkey Kong Country, which was originally released for the SNES in 1994. Got a port for the Game Boy Color. The graphics and sound look completely different then the original because of the limited hardware capabilities of the Game Boy Color. Despite the technical challenges that Rare and Nintendo had to overcome. They managed to do it. They did what they could to make it as close to the original version as possible. They also added some needed changes. Like an improved save mechanism. There were also a bunch of bonus features, like some mini games, and a bunch of printable stuff that you could print on the Game Boy printer. GAMEPLAY A- : Just as original as the original. You do pretty much to same stuff like smashing barrels and enemies, collecting bananas and finding bonus rooms. The thing that's missing is the ability to switch between Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, in fact they are not both on the screen. Still the gameplay is just as good as the original and nothing is better then that. STORY C- : The story is no different then the original. King. K Rool, stole the Kong's banana hoard and they have to retrieve it. The story is simple which is nice, but it could use more work.GRAPHICS A: Nintendo and Rare did their best to make the graphics look good, there is a bit of slow down and break up but it's a rare happening. There is less colors then the original but the characters and models are still fluidly animated and it is very impressive by Game Boy Color standards.SOUND B+: They could have at least tried to make some more complex music, but the music is still good. Sadly some of the songs are recycled from Donkey Kong Land, not Donkey Kong Country. I have heard better music on a Game Boy Color, but at least it is faithful to Donkey Kong Country.ADDICTIVENESS A+: This game is so addicting I could play it forever. Anybody will want to keep playing, until they beat the game. I died a lot I really did, and I kept going and going.DEPTH A+: Not only does the game have a new level, but it also has a ton of bonus features, like some mini games, printable stuff, 2 player games, and even different languages. This game has some more stuff but that is something for you to discover.DIFFICULTY HARD: It is not as hard as the original but it is still pretty hard. A difficulty changing option would have been awesome, because the game is pretty hard.OVERALL RATING, B or 8.5
Graphics 9 Sound 9 Addictive 10 Story 5 Depth 10 Difficulty 8
Review Rating: 4.7/5
Submitted: 08-12-12
Review Replies: 0
9.3
Donkey Kong Country GBA Marcmoney
Donkey Kong Country is an awesome game. I never did found out that there was an actual game like this on Game Boy. Donkey Kong Country series is a wonderful and playful gaming that i would recommend playing. :) What I like about it is that it is like Mario. Whats even cooler is that it has Diddy Kong in it (even though that you cannot play multiplayer on this game). :( But it is still a good game to play. Donkey Kong Country has many tricks and techniques that gamers can really get into. The newer editions of this game is even more fun, it is way too dang fun to play. The Donkey Kong Country 1-3 on Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) is exactly similar to this game. The even newer one is Donkey Kong Country Returns on Nintendo Wii. It is even a bashing heck of a lot of fun!!! :D I would play this if you are crazy in playing Donkey Kong games. This is a whole lot of fun on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) and the Nintendo Wii, but this can be fun too if you took a chance at it. This can be an okay game, but i do not play it most of the time. :P So, try it out and hopefully you will love it. Gimme a comment of what you think about this Donkey Kong game! :D The best part about this is that it has the animals that are the rhino, the parrot, and the swordfish. I love them creatures in the game, they are useful and pretty challenging to not have fun with lol! :LOL: Donkey Kong Country, it is a heck of a game!!! :)
Graphics 5 Sound 8 Addictive 9 Story 10 Depth 10 Difficulty 4
Review Rating: 3.6/5
Submitted: 05-12-11
Review Replies: 0
4.4
A Far Cry From the Original and a Horrible Game in General! luigi25
Donkey Kong Country was a game I played on the Super Nintendo some when I was a kid. I got it for Christmas in 1994. It was one of the last video games from my childhood. After about 1995 to 96, I quit playing games, and looking back, I wonder why. Whatever the reason was, I took up an interest in them again back around the start of 2013. A year later, sometime in the spring of 2014, I started playing the original Donkey Kong Country on SNES again, and this was a series I wasn't very familiar with at the time. Here is where I discovered the Gameboy Color version of the first DKC game I grew up with.
Although, this is not that same game. The GBC port is a poorly done game due to it being brought to an 8-bit system from a 16-bit system that Nintendo released near the end of 2000 when I was in my final year of high school. You had the same problem with the Donkey Kong Land games, but for this one, it's even worse! I don't like remakes, ports, or ROM hacks of games that I enjoyed when I was a kid for the most part. It seems like every time a company or developer does this there are so many issues with the difficulty being too much or the game not playing properly. Donkey Kong Country for Gameboy Color has a lot of problems that make for a bad gameplay experience!
Graphics 2/10: I think the graphics for this port are terrible! There is nothing about the game that is original! It is basically a dumbed down version of the DKC that I played throughout the later part of my childhood. I hate the way the GBC version looks! There are certain parts of the game that look broken, and then other parts are just poorly done abortions of the original SNES game! It looks to me like Nintendo tried but failed in making a game that was halfway decent looking. Maybe, I can be sort of generous but only to a certain extent. It still doesn't change the fact that this game looks like crap!!
Music 3/10: The GBC port has a soundtrack that isn't any different from Donkey Kong Land or the original Donkey Kong Country. There is one track out of the whole selection that is new, and that is the one for the forest levels in Vine Valley. All the other songs were just copied and pasted over from Donkey Kong Land or brought over from DKC on SNES and remixed/redone badly! Those from DKC do not sound nearly as good on this handheld 8-bit system either! Just like with a lot of ports, there is no originality with the music/sound effects or graphics. Both of these elements do not do well in this version because of how different the SNES and GBC are. Nintendo tried and failed here as well, but not quite as bad with the addition of the new track for the forest stages.
Gameplay 0/10: Donkey Kong Country for GBC plays a lot like the Donkey Kong Land games play. You play as either Donkey Kong or Diddy, and only one Kong can appear on the screen at a time. The player can still switch back and forth between Kongs at any time. The animal buddies return for this version, but when you touch the crate, you now transform into that animal like in Donkey Kong Land 2 and 3. Like before, you can only take one hit in this game unless you have transformed into one of the animals. The Gameboy Color version also has a better save system that automatically saves your game after you finish a level, so you don't have to remember to save your game, it does it for you.
This is just the same game as the original DKC. There is no originality to the overworld maps, levels, or anything else. The only exception is the addition of the new level called "Necky's Nutmare", and that level has no bonus stages in it (I couldn't find any!). It is impossible to reach all the bonus rooms because of the shotty gameplay. The controls are God-awful, and your jumps have too much momentum or not enough. You're going to constantly take damage and fall into bottomless pits when you shouldn't. Seriously, this version is unplayable!! Try playing it for yourself, and you'll see what I mean! The screen crunch is also bad, and so is the hit detection!
I've never played a game with such a big hitbox. You don't even have to touch an enemy to take a hit, you just have to be near them. Before you know it, you're dead due to the poor invincibility frames as well! It feels like you aren't even allowed to take damage in this game because of how you don't stay invincible for very long after getting hit. The buttons don't respond to input, and then other times they're too responsive!! This version is so inconsistent it isn't even funny!! There is no way to describe how bad this port is unless you play it for yourself!
The frame rate feels pretty choppy as well with a good deal of slowdown on certain areas. The screen crunch is also horrible. What really pisses me off is how bad the controls are and how sensitive they can be to input. The hit detection is horrible, especially on the final boss making it next to impossible to beat this game. That is the worst part of the game, and where most players will just melt down and quit! There are so many parts like: Mine Cart Carnage, Mine Cart Madness, Elevator Antics, and Gangplank Galleon that just plain suck! Please don't play this version of Donkey Kong Country because next to Sonic Genesis, it has the worst gameplay and design of any port I have ever played!!
Story 8/10: The story for this game is the same familiar storyline from the 1994 game. King K. Rool has stolen Donkey Kong's banana hoard. DK and Diddy must make their way through Donkey Kong Island and fight the Kremlings along the way. I can rate this part of the review about the same as I did in the original game because it hasn't changed at all. The game keeps the same characters and feels like the SNES version in this area.
Content 9/10: As mentioned before, this version of DKC only contains the same levels from the original game. So, you get the basic worlds from the SNES game: Kongo Jungle, Monkey Mines, Vine Valley, Gorilla Glacier, Kremcroc Industries Inc., Chimp Caverns, and Gangplank Galleon (the final level). The only optional content is Candy's Challenge, and the impossible task of reaching all the bonus rooms. Players still get a decent amount of gameplay without it being much more than 2 or 2 and 1/2 hours if you use save states and cheat your way through this mess of a game!
Difficulty 10/10: There is no doubt this game is hard! As mentioned above, the controls are terrible because they are so sensitive. Everything has to be done exactly perfect, or you'll take damage or roll off a cliff! It is almost insane how sensitive the controls are! You have to make sure you press the right buttons at the right time. You also have to be sure you jump on the enemies correctly, or you'll take damage. Not only that, but the visibility is also horrible. You can't see enemies and obstacles until it's too late which makes levels like Mine Cart Carnage harder than what they should be.
I mentioned before it takes about 2 or 2 and 1/2 hours to finish this game, but normally it takes longer than that because you find yourself dying all the time and having to replay the stages. This game tries to be generous with the way it auto-saves after you complete a level, so there are no Game Overs. None of that means anything with all the technical issues this version has! Most players will have to cheat their way through this remake with save states, otherwise you'll be stuck on this game forever! I don't feel like the GBC port is a fun version of DKC at all because of how hard it is!!
Overall 4.4/10: I really think this has to be one of the worst remakes of a beloved late childhood game I have ever played! The graphics look terrible, the soundtrack is boring/forgettable, the game is unplayable because of all the control issues and bad hit-detection. Luckily, there would be another version of DKC released almost 3 years later for the Gameboy Advance. That one, in my opinion is way better!! My advice is to not play the version of Donkey Kong Country on the Gameboy Color because it is nothing like the version most of us grew up with! If you play it for yourself, you'll see what I mean.
Graphics 2 Sound 3 Addictive 1 Story 8 Depth 9 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 3/5
Submitted: 11-10-17
Updated: 02-09-19
Review Replies: 0
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