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

Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is the third and final installment in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy. It was developed by Rareware, distributed by Nintendo, and released in late 1996 for the Super NES/Super Famicom. The game was also ported over to Game Boy Advance and released in November 2005.

Storyline
In this game, Dixie Kong and her toddler cousin Kiddy Kong have to discover the location of missing vacationers (they went on a fishing trip) Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong. Meanwhile, the Kremling Krew returns under the leadership of the mysterious cyborg KAOS, who K. Rool (called Baron K. Roolenstein in this game) is secretly controlling. Unlike the previous installment, which featured a pirate high-seas adventure theme, this game has more of a mix between a mechanical theme and a generic theme similar to the first game, but unlike Donkey Kong Country's often tropical sceneries, this game features locations much more similar to northern Europe and similar climates. The events of the game were located in the Northern Kremisphere, a hitherto unseen part of the DK Isles.

Characters
Supporting Kong characters returning from the previous games included
 * Cranky Kong,
 * He only actively appears in the game in Swanky Kong's sideshow attraction. Cranky Kong competes in mini-games to win coins and bananas. Unlike in the previous two Donkey Kong Country games, he doesn't give advice to the Kongs.


 * Wrinkly Kong
 * Wrinkly's save cave is where the player can save his or her progress. It is also where all the banana birds you collect are kept.


 * Funky Kong
 * Funky runs the boat rentals, where you get all your boats and upgrades. It was Funky who suggested that Dixie take Kiddy with her at the beginning of the game.


 * Swanky Kong
 * Swanky hosts his own sideshow attraction.

Returning animal buddies include:
 * Enguarde the Swordfish
 * Squitter the Spider
 * Squawks the Parrot

New animal buddies include:
 * Ellie the Elephant
 * Parry the Parallel Bird

The Brothers Bears
 * Bazaar: Runs a general store on the world map near Wrinkly's Save Cave and Funky's Rentals.
 * Barnacle: Found in Lake Orangatanga. He wants to complete his collection of shells. He was moved to Pacifica in the GBA version.
 * Brash: Found in Kremwood Forest. Holds the record of the fastest playthrough of the level Riverside Race (until it's beaten by Dixie and Kiddy).
 * Blunder: Found on the world map near Lake Orangatanga and Kremwood Forest. He accidentally reveals how to unlock the lost world.
 * Blue: Found in Cotton-Top Cove. He thinks that the other Brothers Bear forgot his birthday.
 * Bazooka: Operates a cannon in Mekanos.
 * Bramble: Runs a flower shop on the world map near Cotton-Top Cove and Mekanos.
 * Blizzard: Found in K3. He's the only one of the Brothers Bear who got a birthday present for Blue (but he needs Dixie and Kiddy to deliver it).
 * Benny and Bjorn: They operate chair lifts in Razor Ridge.
 * Barter: Runs a shop on the world map near K3 and Razor Ridge.
 * Baffle: Found in Kaos Kore. He specializes in cracking codes.
 * Boomer: Works with explosives in Krematoa, the lost world. When he's paid a certain amount of Bonus Coins, he clears paths to Krematoa's levels.
 * Bachelor: Only in the GameBoy Advance remake, replaces Barnacle Bear in Lake Orangatanga. Wants the kongs to pick up flowers and chocolates for his date.

Worlds

 * 1. Lake Orangatanga: A serene lake and the first world in the game, Lake Orangatanga has several boardwalks and mills in it. It also strangely has a snow spilled into it from a mountain above the lake. The boss is Belcha, a large, aggressive cursed barrel.
 * 2. Kremwood Forest: A large forest with a river running through it, it also has several giant trees in it along with a large mill. Its boss is Arich, a massive poison-spitting spider.
 * 3. Cotton-Top Cove: Called the best vacation spot in the North Kremisphere, it has several waterfalls in it along with a lake. The boss is Squirt, a crablike monster embedded in rock behind a waterfall that blasts water from his mouth.
 * 4. Mekanos: A small island filled with warehouses, drainpipes, and chemical factories, it is extremely polluted. The island may have once been forested as several large trees are seen on it (they are currently in the process of being chopped down). Its boss is KAOS.
 * 5. K3: A snowy mountain filled with slopes and battered with blizzards, there is a factory and waterfall located on it as well. Its boss is Bleak, an evil snowball-throwing snowman. The name is a reference to the 12th highest mountain on Earth, K-3 (now known as Broad Peak).
 * 6. Razor Ridge: A jagged mountainous area filled with cliffs and caves, it has a chairlift on it along with several large pools of water. The boss is Barbos, a giant sea urchin creature in a red lake. In the Game Boy Advance version, Barbos is replaced by Kroctopus the Kraken.
 * 7. Pacifica: An area added in the GameBoy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 3, it is a large aquatic area with a waterfall and forest in it, it also has a strong water current. There is also what appears to be destroyed ruins in the background of several levels. The boss is Barbos, the original boss of Razor Ridge.
 * 8. KAOS Kore: The final area and location KAOS Castle, it is oddly peaceful looking but has been known to have freak lightning strikes and the water is slightly poisonous. The boss is KAOS, and its inventor.
 * Krematoa: Similar to the Lost World from Donkey Kong Country 2 as both are secret areas and the Kongs must pay to clear rocks from the paths to enter the levels in it. Judging from its appearance Krematoa may have once been an island with an active volcano that sunk into the ocean. It is full of cliffs and caves and has a petrified forest in it. The name is a reference Krakatoa, a volcano near the Indonesian island of Rakata in the Sunda Strait. Boomer Bear, the Brother Bear of Krematoa, also specializes in explosives, which spoofs the original Krakatoa's explosive nature. The map music in Krematoa is different than the usual one from the other eight.

Bosses

 * Belcha
 * Arich
 * Squirt
 * Bleak
 * Barbos
 * Kroctopus
 * KAOS
 * KAOS/Baron K. Roolenstein
 * Baron K. Roolenstein (In Krematoa, after the game is finished)

Music
DKC3's soundtrack was composed by Eveline Fischer and David Wise, although Fischer produced most of the music in the game. Notably, when Wrinkly Kong is seen playing a Nintendo 64, a remix of "Inside of Castle Walls" from Super Mario 64 can be heard.

Game Boy Advance port
As with the past two Donkey Kong Country games, a Game Boy Advance port was developed by Rare (released on November 7th 2005). The title omits the original's subtitle: "Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!". Amongst the changes is Pacifica, a bonus world exclusive to the GBA version of the game, accessible halfway through the game. This differs from other GBA ports like Yoshi's Island, where new stages only become accessible after the game's completion. With Pacifia put into the game there was also a new boss put into the game (but not for Pacifica, which featured an old boss). The port also featured a new cheat menu and an all-new soundtrack composed by David Wise from the ground up which replaced the original, much to the sadness of some gamers. However, even GameSpot had said in their review that the music was in some cases better than the original, for example the boardwalk levels of Lake Orangatanga. The port also had a number of minor changes, including a brighter screen, around the time when the Game Boy Advance SP had the backlight refitted. Whenever you change from Kiddy Kong to Dixie Kong being in the lead, in the SNES version, Dixie blows bubblegum and pops it with her finger, which interrupts the "Change Partners" sound effect, and in the GBA port, it was changed to have them jump and land to change their positions, so that the "Change Partners" sound effect could be fully heard.

Puns

 * The Northern Kremisphere is derived from the Northern Hemisphere, which is the half of a planet's surface that is north of the equator.
 * K. Rool's submarine, the Knautilus, is named after the Nautilus, Captain Nemo's submarine in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
 * The Kremean War (that Bazooka Bear commonly talks about) plays on the name of the Crimean War.
 * The two chairlift operating bears are known as Benny and Björn which is a reference to Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus of the music group ABBA.
 * When Baron K. Roolenstein appears after the player defeats KAOS, he says, "I'd have gotten away with it if it weren't for you meddling kids", a line quoted from Scooby-Doo.
 * The level where the player faces Bleak is named Bleak's House, a name pun of the Charles Dickens novel Bleak House.
 * Skidda's Row is based upon the band Skid Row.