

Roolenstein) had kidnapped Donkey and Diddy and it was up to Dixie and Kiddy to save them. This time it was Dixie who took the lead role and the newcomer was Kiddy Kong.

Rare's last SNES game was Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble. Some people see DKC 2 as the best game in the DKC trilogy. As with its predecessor, this game was also a hit. The Banana coins were there so you could buy things such as advice from Cranky and his wife Wrinkly. To complete the game fully you needed to collect all of the DK coins and when you reached a certain amount you could access a secret level. This game brought in a couple of new features such as DK coins and Banana coins. Rool was back, but this time with the name Captain K. The bad guy was the same as the first, K. Most of the enemies were dressed a pirates and alot of the levels featured ships and piratey things. The second installment had the same idea as the first except there were different levels and characters. In this game the newcomer was Dixie, the object of Diddy's affection. Well he didn't really have a choice because he had been kidnapped by K. Instead of Donkey taking the lead role, he took a back seat in this game and let Diddy be the star. The sequel was named Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. After the immediate success of DKC, a sequel was inevitably in the works. This game has been hailed by some as the game that saved the SNES. In some levels you could also ride an animal which each had their own strengths such as Rambi the rhino who could break through some weak walls. Once defeated you you gained more bananas to go back into you hoard. Most of the bosses were larger (and harder) versions of common enemys in the normal levels. After a certain amount of levels you had to fight a boss. The aim of the game was to make your way through a variety of different levels such as jungles, forests, underwater and factorys to take back your banana hoard which was stolen by the evil reptile King K. In DKC you could play as two different charcters, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong (Donkey's best friend). Rare brought in a lot of new characters including family members and bad guys and it was one of the first games to use ACM (Advanced Computer Modelling) graphics (the same thing used for films such as Jurrasic Park and Terminator 2). This game was very different from the Arcade and NES games. The first DK game Rare made was Donkey Kong Country. DK disapeared until 1994 when Nintendo handed the DK franchise over to Rare.
