Although both games use the same engine and share some resources, Donkey Kong Land possesses its own storyline, different levels and worlds, some new enemies and bosses.ĭonkey Kong Land was re-released on the Nintendo 3DS via the Virtual Console in Japan on April 2, 2014, in Europe on October 16, 2014, and in North America on February 26, 2015. The game is often mistaken as a Game Boy port of Donkey Kong Country. It was also one of the first games to feature Super Game Boy special features, including a rendered jungle border to adjust the aspect ratio to the television screen when playing the Game Boy cartridge in the Super Family Computer/Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The game was also one of the few Game Boy games to feature a specially colored cartridge (yellow), which was also used on the sequels, Donkey Kong Land 2 and Donkey Kong Land III. It was a handheld follow-up of the game Donkey Kong Country.

Super Family Computer/Super Nintendo Entertainment System via Super Game Boy,ĭonkey Kong Land (スーパードンキーコングGB, Super Donkey Kong GB in Japan) is a platformer game developed by Rareware and released for the Game Boy by Nintendo in 1995. North American boxart of the game Donkey Kong Land for Game Boy. Not to be confused with the game it was based off, Donkey Kong Country.

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