It'll take you a sizable span of time to reach Kaptain K. Boss battles also require all sorts of crazy acrobatics and barrel-tossing skills. The increased variety of hazards and enemies means there are lots more ways to die, and the sadists at Rare put together some truly challenging levels. You can still stockpile extra lives by gathering bananas, grabbing 1-up balloons, and collecting K-O-N-G letters, but don't let the ability to hoard lives lull you into thinking that Donkey Kong Country 2 is an easy romp. Every level has secrets that you'll only find by experimenting with the team attack. This move lets you collect items, activate switches, and grab vines that would normally be unreachable. You can then throw your apelike cannonball at things by pressing the A button. Just tap a button, and the lead character will pick up and carry the straggler. The duo can also join forces and perform a team throw, something that wasn't possible in the previous game. Diddy can pick up and throw barrels more rapidly, while Dixie can twirl her ponytail to float for brief periods. In DKC2, the two characters that you can alternate between, Diddy and Dixie, each bring something unique to the table. In Donkey Kong Country, DK and Diddy were functionally identical. Once again, riding on top of friendly animals frequently comes into play, with a spitting spider and a high-jumping snake joining the rhino, swordfish, and parrot from the first game. Its 50-plus levels still fall into the "run to the right, jump over gaps, and avoid enemies" school of level design, but they're larger, involve a lot more climbing and backtracking, and give you many more opportunities to swim, swing from vines, and ride in mine carts. The team throw lets you reach places and items that are outside the characters' leaping range.ĭonkey Kong Country 2 isn't just a set of new levels put together with the assets from Donkey Kong Country. Now, Nintendo is giving Wii owners another chance to enjoy this winner of a platformer by making it available for the Wii's Virtual Console.
The sequel has more levels, the computer-modeled graphics are more detailed, and there's plenty more for you to see and do.
A contemporary American poet once said, "two is not a winner and three nobody remembers." Clearly, he wasn't talking about Donkey Kong Country 2, a platformer for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System that simultaneously fills the mighty shoes of its predecessor while also exceeding it in every way.
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