Donkey Kong Land 2 is the first sequel to Donkey Kong Land for the Nintendo Game Boy and was released in 1996. The story mainly complies to its SNES counterpart; K. Rool kidnapped Donkey Kong, demanding the entire Banana Hoard as ransom, so it's up to Diddy Kong and Dixie Kong to rescue their kidnapped pal. A wild assortment of friendly animals like Rambi the Rhino, Squitter the Spider, Squawks the Parrot, Rattly the Rattlesnake and Enguarde the Swordfish help the two little monkeys in their adventurous mission. Each exciting level is filled with special traps, hidden items and dastardly Kremlings! Prepare yourself for the biggest Game Boy adventure yet!
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Plot-driven, earnest, resolved and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Platforms
- Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
- Developer
- Rare, Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo, Playtronic
- Released
- September 23, 1996
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.9/10 from 21 ratings.
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