If you liked Banjo-Kazooie and Mario 64, then Donkey Kong 64 is the game for you. Most of you remember playing this game on the Nintendo 64 and being able to play as the five members of the D.K. Crew, Donkey, Diddy, Tiny, Lanky, and Chunky and also being able to transform into Rambi, the rhinoceros, and Enguarde, the swordfish in the mini games.
Each character has their own special moves, which are learned as the game progresses, and a mini-game that usually applies to their own unique moves.
If you liked Banjo-Kazooie and Mario 64, then Donkey Kong 64 is the game for you. Most of you remember playing this game on the Nintendo 64 and being able to play as the five members of the D.K. Crew, Donkey, Diddy, Tiny, Lanky, and Chunky and also being able to transform into Rambi, the rhinoceros, and Enguarde, the swordfish in the mini games.
Each character has their own special moves, which are learned as the game progresses, and a mini-game that usually applies to their own unique moves. One thing that I found frustrating was that as the characters learned new moves, they became increasingly difficult to execute with the complicated button combinations.
The 3D environments through out the game allowed us to take the Donkey Kong experience
a step further, similar to Nintendo’s Mario franchise with Mario 64. Either way both games transferred well from 2D to 3D.
The puzzles through out the game are similar to the ones seen in Banjo-Kazooie and another plus side is the weapons, like the cocoanut shooter, which are upgradeable as you progress in the game. In every level of the game there are also tons of different items that you must collect, turning this game into more of an explore and collect adventure, seeing that these items are essential to the game.
Blueprints are needed to complete levels, ammo must be collected for your weapons and gold medals are essential to upgrade your weapons and unique talents. Another new feature to the game is the multi-player arena which allows up to 4 players to enjoy the 3 different arenas to battle it out as one of the Kongs.
But after playing for awhile, game play tends to get boring in multiplayer seeing as how the characters move slowly and there are only so many weapons that you can play around with and levels you can play in. The plot of the game is continued after Donkey Kong Country, and yet again King K. Rool is trying to destroy Donkey Kong Island with a giant laser. To keep Donkey occupied he kidnaps some of the Kongs, locking them in a cage and takes Donkey’s Golden Bananas. In order to ruin King K. Rool’s plot to destroy the island, Donkey must free his fellow Kongs, get the Golden Bananas and defeat some baddies along the way.
Overall, most of us remember this game because it provided us with a 3D environment to explore Donkey Kong Island and characters from previous Donkey Kong games. I would give this game an 8.0 out of a 10.
