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SNES : Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble Reviews

Below are user reviews of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble and on the right are links to professionally written reviews. The summary of review scores shows the distribution of scores given by the professional reviewers for Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. Column height indicates the number of reviews with a score within the range shown at the bottom of the column. Higher scores (columns further towards the right) are better.



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this is a great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: April 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I think that all of the Donkey Kong Country games are the best SNES games out there. It really ... that companies have started to forget about SNES. It is so hard to find SNES games anymore. I have as much fun playing SNES that I have playing my N64. I haven't been able to buy this game due to it is very hard to find it. I do own DKC 1 and 2. I have rented in the past DKC 3 and I really liked it. The graphics are awesome and the levels are even more challenging than the other DKC games. In this game the colors are really bright. If I was to suggest one of the DKC games I would say buy this one but then again it is really difficult to find one. A good spot to look is ... if you really want one because I doubt that ... will be getting more in. I might be wrong but ... is selling less and less SNES games so I have a feeling that they wont be selling them soon.

Awesome Game, My favorite SNES game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Of all of the Donkey Kong games, this one is definitely my favorite. This game is very fun, and the graphics are incredible for a Super Nintendo game. Sure this game can get long: you need to find all of the bonus coins, DK coins, and banana birds in order to get to the boss in the bonus world, but that makes this game fun, and ensures that you have to look extra hard to find all those bonus levels! If you have a Super Nintendo, you must have this game. This game has given me hours and hours of pure fun, and I haven't been disappointed once!

Even Better than the last two DK games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

After having great success with Donkey Kong Country and DK2, Nintendo decided to make DK3 for the Super Nintendo and make it even better than the previous two versions. Nintendo had a very tough task to do in making this game even better, but they did.

Donkey Kong Country 3 includes two new main characters, Dixie Kong (who was also in DK2) and Kiddy Kong to to replace Donkey and Diddy Kong. It also includes graphics that are a lot better than many other SNES games. There are also many new bonuses and great secret places you need to find to beat the game.

The object of DK3 is the same as DK1 and 2. You need to beat every level and world in the game. After each world there is a boss that is more challenging than the regular places in the world. But in DK3 you need to collect all of the bonus coins and DK coins as well as beat every level to beat the game which makes the game more fun and challenging. You also need to collect all of the banana birds. You need to find them in special areas in cove's by playing a game similar to Simon where different lights light up in different orders and you have to repeat it in the same order.

Dixie Kong and Kiddy Kong have a lot of friends along the way. Wrinkly, the old monkey at the save cave is always complimenting you. Funky Kong is at Funky Rentals where he gives you cool new water equipment like motor boats, water-skis, jet-ski's, etc. And a another great addition to the game is Swanky's Sideshow, a tent where you can play games head-to-head against Cranky Kong to earn bananas and coins to earn extra lives and buy stuff.

If you are looking for a great adventure game or want to get the newest DK title, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble is the game to get for your Super Nintendo.

Still a thrill

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

DKC3 was the last installment of Rareware's monkey series for the SNES, and was basically the game to get your child for Christmas of '96 if you didn't plan on tracking down the then-newly-released Nintendo 64.

Overall, DCK3 is a solid platformer game. It suffers in reviews because it lacks the originality of the first and the huge gameplay leaps of the second, but nothing about this title is remotely buggy or broken. Lots of levels and environments to traverse, and Rare included some interesting scenarios this time around that mix up the normal 'run and jump' gameplay (reversed controls, riding a rocket that needs constant refueling, dodge lightning, etc). There are memorable boss fights and an overworld filled with secrets that is explored through upgradable vehicles. There's even a family of bears scattered across the world that will help you if locate the right items for them.

Graphics are as sharp as the first two installments, and the music has a catchy, laid back tropical flavour (also seen in the brighter design of the enemies). The only nitpicks are the lack of story (Rare poked fun at this in the first two games, here they just don't try) and the character selection. It's odd that the series is called "Donkey Kong Country" and Donkey and Diddy are reduced to mere cameos here. Kiddy Kong brings back the heavy/light dynamic of the first game, but overall Dixie is still more useful and maneuverable. In the end though, this is a wonderful platformer that holds up well by today's standards. If you've still got an SNES, it's worth tracking down a copy.

A sequel to a video game wizard

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well, here it is. Donkey Kong Country3. I liked this game because, surprisingly, it's alot easier than the other DK's!
In this game, You are the duo of Dixie Kong, Diddy's girl, and Kiddy Kong, a huge primeape who is a lot younger for his size. A new foe awaits you in the lost world, named Baron K Roolinstien, and his huge robo-companion.
It's a game for all ages.

An Oldie but a Greatie

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I discovered this gem after I bought my own SuperNintendo system a couple of years ago. My sister REALLY wanted me to get it, and I am really glad I listened to her! I just really wanted to get back to the genious of 2-d side-scrolling games. Anybody who's grown up with 3-d is probably just the opposite (I remember the first time I played Pong at a friend's house when Atari was new).

When it comes to fun simple yet still detailed games that also have amazing graphics it is hard to beat DK3. I am always disapointed in newer adventure/platform games because there is no option but to play solitary, or watch someone play. With the DK games, you can have a great time with two people!
The best thing about playing this game was playing it with my sister, because she remembered playing it in college just as I did (although I didn't play 3 then, only 2). It is definitely a game that stays with you long after you've played it. Now, how many games made today can you say that about, and say with an ecstatic smile?
It is games like this that make purchase of this (at least) three-generations-back system and remain disillusioned so far with the new GameCube which I got for X-mas.
Now to start pushing harder for a Nintendo 64 for my birthday!

Game of the Banana Bird

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I remember playing this game back in the day... of course I started with the first two, which I own and unfortunately I cannot say I own this one, but my friends and I used to be half obsessed with saving these banana birds and going to see them all with (I forgot her name, the Grandma monkey). It was our motivation to play, I also remember getting a hovercraft from Funky, that was fun to use. If I'm recalling correctly, it was the easiest of the three games to beat, we did it by renting it successively instead of buying it, but that's my point, we rented it sooooo much we SHOULD have bought it and now I sincerely wish I had. I had fun playing this game and isn't that all anyone is really looking for?

This is a really great game/ and it gets better!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is a game that not only gets better as the levels go on but it also gets harder. At one point my son and I decided that we would have to go and hunt down the player's guide. Wow! What a difference that made. There are levels of play that I am sure we would still be fighting to get through if not for this. We had a little trouble finding the guide so go to your used video game stores or order it directly at nintendo.com. Anyway get this game and get the guide and you won't come out of your house or get any sleep for quite awhile!!

You can't go wrong with donkey kong.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is one of my all-time faveorite games for any system.I also own the first donkey kong country and I can definatly say that this games is definatly better than the original.First off,the music.The music from any of the donkey kong country games is one of the stand-out features.Often creepy and melencholy always entertaining and beautiful.It is a form of techno but also very ambient and melodic.Then we have the enviroments that go along with the music and some of my faveorite levels are the cliff-top levels with the sound of howling wind and airy synth and the under-water levels which have a gorgeus aquatic,japanese-style folksong sound and beautiful coral with rippling graphics.

The levels themselves are ingenius,I don't know why nintendo keeps releasing portable versions of donkey kong country when the sequels are infinitly better.in every level there is basically one gimmick that is repeated throughout in every variation and form and Rare came up with some incredible ideas for their levels.One level has you on a rope that has been lit on fire and you must keep climbing to avoid the flame or avoid falling of entirely and while this may not sound like something they could keep interesting or challening all the way to the end of the level,they do a perfect job of mixing things up and makeing the level progressivly harder and harder.There is also a level that takes place in a pipeline and when you swim in the water your right and left are inverted so you have to avoid fish and other nasties by controling your character mirror-image style,definatly challenging!This is basically the game and let me tell you,it never gets old you will always come back to this game and find it very challenging.If you don't own this game I suggest getting it before it has disappeared entirely.

MAKE A GBA PORT OF THIS GAME!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

THIS IS THE BEST SNES GAME!!!!!! If they make a port for GBA of this game, it will be the best GBA game EVER!!! Now, I know I'm complaining to the wrong people, but I DO HOPE that they make a GBA port. They should also make ALOT of Mini-Games. NOW, WHO AGREES?!!!


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