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Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Donkey Kong Country 2: Video Game Review



History is neither written nor made without love or hate.
Theodor Mommsen


Released:  December 14, 1995
Publisher: Nintendo




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Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (also known as DKC2 to fans) is an adventurous platform game developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), produced by Rareware, and published by Nintendo. It stars Diddy Kong and his girlfriend Dixie Kong. 


Donkey Kong Country 2 begins after Donkey Kong has been kidnapped by Kaptain K. Rool, leaving Diddy Kong and his girlfriend, Dixie Kong, to rescue him. Together, the two of them travel to various different and distinct parts of Crocodile Isle and rescue Donkey Kong.

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My favorite game of the series and my top game for the snes of all time. This game brings many good memories about my childhood and I shall review this with honor and pride.

As mentioned above, you control two characters and you must guide them through the end of the level. That is not the only action a person is going to see here, There are also underwater levels that people need to explore as well as barrel shooting from one barrel to the other. At certain stages, there might be a animal friend that will help the player out, This gives some extra depth for the game play and I always welcome animal buddies.

My perspective: The first action people might notice about this game is how the kongs are moving around. With them being kongs, it made sense that it will be a game about platforms. This is true, though the main concept comes from the Mario games many people come to know and love. I bought this game because I did not know what to expect since I was a young kid around the age of seven. I just took games that people seem to recommend to get because back in my days, the Internet was not known as much as people would want to know.

I picked this game up because my cousin recommend me this game. I bought it, played it, and was not disappointed on the purchase. The game consists of eight worlds total. Each world has their own theme from pirates, volcano’s, swamps, amusement park, and much more. The difficulty was not that bad. This game will be hard if the person playing is young and does not have patience with platforms.

Nostalgic: This was my second game I picked up for my SNES and took care of it as a dog would take care of its bone. The game’s music is one direction I did not took seriously and took it for granted. If a person compares music from today and the past, I wonder where did artist today got the idea of having beats with pathetic lyrics of women in bed. I got nothing against people who like rap. I am just the guy who prefers music with no lyrics.

Overall, if you own a Wii or a SNES, get this game.

9.5/10


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  1. Bryan DominguezMarch 30, 2011 at 6:43 PM

    I remember this game. I remember i bought it for gameboy and not for super nintendo. Although, i would have to say Donkey Kong Country is my all time favorite game when I was growing up. I remember I once had the option to buy Donkey Kong Country 2 or Mario Kart but I chose Mario Kart. Although, I got a little confused with the gameboy game because of the lost world levels. The boss on the second game was harder, but both games were fun. The girl was more resourceful because she was able to use her ponytail to fly across distant places. Donkey Kong will probably be one of my favorite games and I enjoyed playing it.

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