Donkey Kong 64

I loved Donkey Kong since I first played DKC way back in 1994. Since then, I treasured the franchise. So, when I first played this back in the day, I wasn't disappointed in the least. I enjoyed playing it as much as Banjo Kazooie.

King K. Rool returns once again in his mechanical Crocodile Isle, seeking to destroy DK Island with his new weapon, the Blast-o-Matic. To hinder Donkey Kong's progress, K. Rool's minions capture and imprison his four companions and steal his horde of golden bananas. Now, DK must set out to rescue and rally his friends to retrieve his banana horde and stop K. Rool once and for all.

Accompanying Donkey Kong are Diddy Kong, the small but spunky Tiny Kong, the clownish orangutan Lanky Kong, and the cowardly but superstrong Chunky Kong. Each Kong has their own unique attributes, weapons, moves, and musical instruments to wield against the Kremlings. Occasionally you'll be able to play as classic animal friends like Rambi the Rhino and Enguarde the Swordfish. Plus, Squawks the parrot frequently shows up to give you advice.

Being a Rare game from the late 90s, DK64's gameplay borrows many elements from Banjo Kazooie. New moves can be learned by buying Cranky Kongs potions, while you'll need to collect Golden Bananas and ordinary bananas to respectively unlock new levels and access the games bosses, which progressively get tougher. Funky Kong sells you weapons and ammo upgrades, while Candy provides musical instruments and additional health.

The graphics and level designs are beautiful with a wide variety of colors and textures that bring the world and characters of Donkey Kong to life like never before. All of the characters, both Kongs and Kremlings, emitted quirky and cartoonish voice effects fitting for a Rare game. There was even some limited voice acting in the opening cutscene.

Rare legend Grant Kirkhope once again outdid himself as a composer. All of the game's music is excellent and matches each level's atmosphere. DK Island has a soft tranquil theme, Jungle Japes has jaunty and modernized version of from DKC1, Aztec Temple is mysterious and Egyptian sounding, and Creepy Castles sounds dark and ominous. But rounding them out is the DK Rap that's so cheesy and jarring, it's hilarious to listen to.

There were downsides, though. The game was infamous for the sheer number of collectibles, which made it time-consuming and frustrating. You don't only collect bananas, but coins, blueprints, crowns, and even banana fairies you'll capture by taking photographs of them. Plus, the levels were enormous and required a lot of exploration, backtracking, and swapping Kongs via the tag barrel to get everything. While it isn't necessary to beat the game, any completionist could spend days' worth of gameplay to achieve 100% with this game.

Nevertheless, Donkey Kong 64 is as great as other Rare titles like Banjo Kazooie and it's still enjoyable today for true fans of the franchise. I'm hoping it's released on the Nintendo Switch.

This game is great. It has great game play and replay value, always going back to try and get that 101%!!! Anyway it has great music, especially in fungi forest and crystal caverns and it also is fairly difficult to collect all 200 bananas. Or is it 201? You will find out if you try and complete the game in every possible way. This game has good graphics and will keep you going for hours and hours. It also has two bonus games: THe original donkey Kong and if you get 15 banana medals, the classic "Jetpac" game. Overall this is a great game. I would put it up (not quite as high) with Zelda 64 (best game ever made) and Super Mario 64. This game also features Donkey and Diddy, Tiny who you can tell is related to Dixie (the hair twirl move you get later)Lanky, a fairly random clown of a orangutan and last of all Chunky, who appears to be related to Kiddy. Big, chunky, and STROG AS HECK!!!

Donkey Kong 64 was the first ever game to be released for the Nintendo 64. This game was made in 1999, Donkey Kong has starred in several Donkey Kong games in the earlier years, in the 1980's he was in his won game donkey kong 1,2,3 and then in the 1990's he was in Donkey Kong Country with Diddy Kong. I give this game 10 out of 10.

The Donkey Kong series is one of the most different adventure video games! The characters, the action, and the sure thrill of adventure makes this game a fun non-stop playing time! Below is a brief look how I think the game is!

Game Play: The game play is very good. There is really basic controls here and is easy to perform. Novice gamers should have a good time here!

Graphics: The graphics are wonderful especially for the N64! The backgrounds are really beautiful!

Difficulty: The game is easy but as it goes on you find out that it will become more difficult!

Music: The music is great! Just fantastic catchy tunes through out the game! In My opinion its some of the best music ever in a video game!

Sound: The sound is great. Nuff said!

Overall: I have always loved Donkey Kong 64! If you like excellent adventure up games then I strongly recommend you play this game!

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No I believe you mean this game was one of the last games for the N64 to be released, as the N64 was released in 1996. It was, however, one of the first to use the N64's Expansion Pack, and also was one of the best looking games on the N64. Other than that, however, the game isn't that great. Basically you travel to eight areas, all very large. After the fourth world I was getting tired of the game. There is a lot of stuff to collect however, so that's a plus if your into that kind of thing. Basically it was just very basic to me, the multiplayer is pretty cool however. A large cast of characters you play as too, which is nice. Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are present, as are newcomers Tiny Kong, which is Dixie Kong's sister, Lenny, and Chunky Kong, who I have no idea where they fit in at. If you missed this game the first time in the 90's, then by all means try it out, if you want the best of 90's Donkey Kong action, go for Donkey Kong Country 1-3 on the SNES.