Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

Diligent players should be able to blast through the entire game in around five hours, but there are plenty of secrets to watch out for.

Through and through, Donkey Kong Country 3 is a port of the SNES original title. While a fun title to play every once in a while, the short, linear levels can get a bit boring at times.

If Donkey Kong Country 3 was released today as an original title, it would redefine 2D platform gaming.

Keep in mind that Donkey Kong Country 3 is a new game for the GBA but it's not really a "new" game. If you're planning on purchasing it for someone as a gift do them a favor and ask them if they've already played this game on the Super Nintendo.

Donkey Kong Country 3 isn't a huge leap over "DKC2," but it's still a first-rate platformer with plenty to see and do.

The stylised visuals looks great after all these years (and better than most things on GBA, it has to be said), and the exacting, refined gameplay formula still had us as hooked now as it did back then.

DKC 3 is a passable casual adventure platforming title, but it just doesn't compare to the masterpiece of the original--how can you have a Donkey Kong game without the main ape anyways?

Great game highly recommend

Love this game. donkey kong country 3 >>>>>>> 2 >>>>>>> 1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> all mario games

In my opinion, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is the weakest entry of the mainline DK-games. Although it's still a good game, it suffers from several small but noticeable issues. One of the main problems is the level design. Many levels revolve around unique gimmicks, which sounds interesting in theory, but often leads to uneven gameplay. Unlike DKC2, where gimmicks felt well-integrated and good, DKC3's gimmicks feel forced and are a lot worse. The placement of DK Coins and Bonus Barrels is another minor issue, because they`re placed straightforward. A bigger flaw, in my opinion, is Kiddy Kong. His abilities, like the water bounce, add little to the gameplay. More frustratingly, he has one of the worst hitboxes I’ve ever experienced in a platformer. While the DK series has always had some odd hit detection, in DKC3 it becomes a real problem—especially with Kiddy, making the game unnecessarily frustrating in certain sections. Visually, the game looks decent, but the character designs, are often less appealing and strange. The backgrounds are sometimes beautiful but don’t reach the detail of the first two games and in some levels they even feel rushed or bland. The soundtrack, while good in parts, doesn’t come even close to the incredible music of the earlier titles. The difficulty is most of the time moderate, but spikes in the end. The boss fights are a slight improvement over those in DKC1, but not as good as in DKC2. Despite all these issues, DKC3 still has worlds where the game's full potential lies (Worlds 3, 4...), but other worlds highlight many of the game’s flaws at once (Worlds 1, 2...). This inconsistency is what holds the game back the most. In the end, DKC3 is a solid platformer, which doesn't reach the height of its predecessors. 7,6/10

Ensayo y error, y con solo un punto de guardado en medio del nivel, a veces no es ni divertido.

This is a review for the SNES version. This game for me is has overall very similar pros and cons to DKC2 but does some aspects better than its predecessor and others worse. Just like the other two games, the game controls very well, has great graphics, and amazing music (though I would say this game has the least impressive music of the trilogy, but it is still very good). One of the aspects I think this game shines in the most compared to both of the games that came before is accessibility towards 100%. Now it still has its fair share of super obscure secret areas. However, during my playthrough I got a fair number of the DKC Coins (which were very hard to find in DKC2 and in this game they are more of a consistent barrel puzzle with this certain enemy type, which I found to be more appealing) and Banana Birds (a new type of collectable to this game). In terms of difficulty, I would say it goes between DKC 1 and 2, harder than 1 but easier than 2. While DKC2 hit its major difficulty spike about halfway through, DKC3 hits it somewhat near the end. The last world especially is an annoying gauntlet of super gimmicky levels, but before you hit this point in the game it is generally pretty enjoyable. Two major weakpoints of this game are the animal buddies and the bosses. The elephant animal buddy in this game is definitely the worst animal buddy of the trilogy, basically being a worse Rambi (even the ability to **** in water and shoot water projectiles doesn't save the elephant from controlling poorly and most of its segments just being unfun). There is also a variation of the Squawks bird in this game that, instead of chucking egg projectiles, you have to carry barrels and awkwardly toss them at enemies, which is infinitely worse and just about as bad as the elephant (though thankfully the original version of Squawks does appear at a couple points in this game). The other animals play fine since they're basically copy pasted from DKC2. I'm already not typically a fan of the bosses in the first two games, especially in 2. But the third game somehow has even worse bosses than the second! Some bosses are certainly worse than others, but as a whole, there aren't really any enjoyable boss fights in this game. Overall, the pros and cons in this game balance it out to where I prefer it about the same to the second game and still much prefer the first game.