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Donkey Kong 64 is a Nintendo 64 game developed by Rare, Ltd. and published by Nintendo.

Synopsis[]

King K. Rool is up to his usual tricks as he now plots to take down Donkey Kong and the entirety of his home, DK Isles, with his latest invention, the Blast-o-Matic. However, before he can do so, his minons accidently crashes his massive, battleship fortress onto a large rock causing it to remain montionless right across from DK Isles. Despite this setback, the Kremling Krew had not only managed to take all of Donkey Kong's Golden Bananas, but also capture and lock up his friends. K. Rool the awaits his Blast-o-Matic to be repaired as Donkey Kong sets out on his quest to rescue his friends, take back his Golden Bananas, and prevent the destruction of DK Isles.

Gameplay[]

Donkey Kong 64 plays much differently from the Donkey Kong Country games, being the first Donkey Kong game that is a 3D platformer. The player controls Donkey Kong and eventually his friends, Diddy Kong, Tiny Kong, Lanky Kong, and Chunky Kong, throughout DK Isles in their quest to collect Golden Bananas. The Golden Bananas functions as the game's primary collectable as they are required to access the other levels throughout the game by getting past B. Locker. There are a total of 8 main playable levels with half of them being accessed from DK Isles and the other half being accessed from Crocodile Isle. However, all of the levels are blocked off and the player must retrieve the Boss Keys from defeating the bosses which can be given to K. Lumsy who will then unlock the way to the other levels.

Donkey Kong 64 takes a lot of its gameplay mechanics Super Mario 64. The player can control Donkey Kong (and the other Kongs) in a 3D open field by moving them around. The Kongs possess their own basic attacking moves that can be comboed by pressing the B Button multiple times which the Kongs having a three-hit combo.

Characters[]

Playable[]

Allies[]

Animal Transformations[]

Animal Buddies[]

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Bosses[]

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Multiplayer[]

In this multiplayer mode, players must try to get the highest score out of their opponents. Up to 4 players can play at one time and have a character choice of Donkey, Diddy, Tiny, Lanky, or Chunky. It is also possible to play as a Krusha if you have photographed 15 Banana Fairies in Adventure Mode.

Trivia[]

  • Donkey Kong 64 is the first and only 3D game that features Donkey Kong as the principal hero.
  • It is one of a few Nintendo 64 games requiring the use of the N64 Expansion Pak. On the Wii U's Virtual Console, however, no Expansion Pak is needed.
  • Grant Kirkhope is the voice of both Donkey Kong in Donkey Kong 64, Mumbo Jumbo in Banjo-Kazooie, and Drill Sergeant Jamjars in Banjo-Tooie.

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