![]() The player can fast travel between sections of the level with designated warp pads and can swap between characters in designated swap barrels. Unlike prior Donkey Kong games, the objectives can be completed in any order. The worlds' themes include underwater, forest, jungle, and industry. There are five such golden banana-rewarding objectives for each of five playable characters across seven themed worlds-200 goals in total, in addition to a connecting overworld. Minigames include races, minecart rides, and barrels that shoot the characters as projectiles. Most of the puzzles are simple and involve rearranging items, manipulating switches and tiles, or matching items as in the game Concentration. ![]() Rool crowns, the Nintendo coin, and the Rare coin) are required to complete the game. Of 3,831 total collectible items, 1,810 (1,680 colored bananas, 100 golden bananas, 8 boss keys, 1 blueprint, 15 banana medals, 4 K. While exploring the in-game world and completing puzzle minigames, the player collects two types of bananas: colored bananas, which are color-coded differently for each Kong character, award the player with banana medals and can be traded for access to each world's boss fight and golden bananas, a certain number of which are required to unlock each new in-game world. After a tutorial, the player embarks as Donkey Kong to rescue the others from their kidnappers and stop K. Rool and his reptilian Kremlings invade the idyllic DK Isle and kidnap Donkey Kong's friends, planning to power up their Blast-O-Matic weapon and destroy the island. The game follows a traditional storyline for the series: King K. Gameplay ĭonkey Kong, the player-controlled character, runs toward an enemy in a jungle-themed world.ĭonkey Kong 64 is a 3D platforming adventure game in which the player, as Donkey Kong and his friends, explores an island and collects items to progress through minigames and puzzles. The " DK Rap", a song featured in the introduction, garnered notoriety as one of the worst songs to feature in a video game. Retrospective reviews of Donkey Kong 64 were mixed critics considered it emblematic of the tedium in Rare's "collect-a-thon" adventure platformers. It was rereleased on Nintendo's Wii U Virtual Console in 2015. Critics said Donkey Kong 64 did not match the revolutionary impact of Donkey Kong Country but was still among the Nintendo 64's best 3D platform games.ĭonkey Kong 64 was Rare's final Donkey Kong game prior to its acquisition by Microsoft in 2002 and the last major Donkey Kong game until Jungle Beat (2004). Some cited its gameplay and visual similarities to Banjo-Kazooie as a detriment. ![]() Reviewers praised the exceptional size and length, but criticized its camera controls and emphasis on item collection and backtracking. It won the 1999 E3 Game Critics award for Best Platform Game and multiple awards and nominations from magazines. The US$22 million marketing campaign included advertisements, sweepstakes, and a national tour.ĭonkey Kong 64 received acclaim and was Nintendo's top seller during the 1999 holiday season, with 2.3 million units sold by 2004. Donkey Kong 64 was the first game to require the Nintendo 64 Expansion Pak, an accessory that added memory resources. It was published by Nintendo in North America in November and worldwide in December. A 16-person team, with many recruits from the Banjo group, finished it in 1999. It was conceived as a 2.5D platformer similar to Country before becoming a more open-ended game using the engine from Rare's Banjo-Kazooie (1998). Rare began working on Donkey Kong 64 in 1997, following the completion of Donkey Kong Country 3 (1996). In multiplayer modes, up to four players can compete in deathmatch and last man standing games. The player completes minigames and puzzles as five playable Kong characters-each with their own special abilities-to receive bananas and other collectibles. As the gorilla Donkey Kong, the player explores themed levels to collect items and rescue his kidnapped family members from King K. ![]() It is the only Donkey Kong game to feature 3D gameplay. Donkey Kong 64 is a 1999 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64.
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