1/11/2024 0 Comments Reviews for donkey kong 3It’s a serviceable arcade game that’s fun for a ten minute spurt, but I doubt its one I’ll be revisiting now that I’ve finished it. But as it stands, Donkey Kong 3 is a strange mish-mash of pre-existing game ideas and aesthetics that doesn’t mesh together harmoniously. If they had swapped out DK for something like a queen bee character, or a giant beetle or some shit, it may have been remembered a bit more fondly as a strange original IP from Nintendo’s early days. That’s one of the many small grievances of this game Donkey Kong feels irrelevant in his own game. DK3’s loop point is the third stage, so here’s a picture of me making it to Stage 12. Like many arcade games of its day, DK3 doesn’t have an ending screen, so it’s generally agreed upon that such games are considered beat once you reach the point where they “loop” you back to the first level. In place of a laser-blasting space ship is… a can of bug spray that you need to blow up Donkey Kong’s ass to chase him off. To give credit where credit is due, DK3 gives a unique reskin to the concept rather than pitting Stanley and Kong against each other in space, the game takes place in a greenhouse (though that’s hard to parse in the NES version, which lacks the greenhouse background due to limited cartridge space). With the unprecedented successes of games like Space Invaders, Defender, and Galaga, it was seen as a fast track to a smash-hit cabinet, even if it wasn’t terribly original or exciting. Which makes it all the more strange that DK3 regressed into being a shooter, of all things.Īt this stage in the arcade scene, shooters were a dime a dozen. This was early days for Nintendo whereas nowadays they would slap Mario’s face on a game like this for the sake of brand recognition with reckless abandon, the 80s were a time when they were experimenting with a lot of bizarre things that broke the molds of their previous successes. Melee, his existence has been all but wiped from the annals of The Big N’s history. Other than a cameo as a trophy in Smash Bros. Okay, so Stanley might not be the most adored Nintendo character of them all. The Tezuka-esque artstyle used for DK3 was cute, though. He puked in Stacey’s shoes at her sweet sixteen house party? That Stanley!īro, that’s Stanley. What, you don’t know Stanley? Mario’s cousin who works as a fumigator? It’s Stanley, dude! I know you remember him from pre-calc class. What’s Donkey Kong 3 all about, then? Rather than Mario or Donkey Kong, the player takes on the role of a stout little dude named Stanley. ![]() Even though I “beat” it extremely quickly (one loop took me about 5 minutes to finish), I stuck around to complete 12 stages worth of this game, just because it was easy and rewarding to fall into that trance-like state that’s required to not suck at arcade games. In any case, Donkey Kong 3 ended up being a launch title for the NES in other regions as one of the original “black box” titles. Perhaps Nintendo took their time with their home conversion to give the arcade rendition a chance to rake in some change, but I’m a bit skeptical on that front. ![]() ![]() Whatever the case may be, Nintendo Switch Online subscribers have a new batch of free games to keep them busy in the meantime.Donkey Kong 3 wasn’t the third, fourth, or fifth release for the Famicom… but the sixteenth game on the system, coming out a full year after the console’s original release date. Other rumors have suggested that Nintendo plans on adding Nintendo 64 games to the Switch Online service, but there isn't as much evidence pointing in that direction. It would also be great to see some Game Boy and Game Boy Color games added to Switch Online as well, though it's possible Nintendo may skip over them in favor of going straight to the GBA. The Game Boy Advance was home to quite a few high quality game releases during its heyday, some of which have been hailed as the best handheld game releases ever. If Nintendo did add Game Boy Advance titles to its Switch Online subscription service, it could give it a significant boost. Current rumors suggest that Nintendo may be adding Game Boy Advance games to Switch Online next. Eventually, Nintendo will need to shake things up by introducing a new platform to Switch Online, though it remains to be seen which system it will go with. There are still quite a few classic NES and SNES games that Nintendo could add to the Switch Online service, but Donkey Kong Country 3 was one of the last ones that fans were really clamoring for.
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