


Abnormal Ammo: All get orange grenades.In 2015, the game was officially confirmed to see its long-awaited re-release on the Wii U's Virtual Console service, following years of fan speculation that the game may never see a release due to rights issues regarding the Jetpac minigame, and possibly the original source code. The higher-ups mandated that Donkey Kong 64 be a Tech Demo Game for the Expansion Pak and the marketing stated that the game was simply too big to work on the base N64 hardware.

Other members of the Kong family, like Cranky Kong and Funky Kong, help out by equipping the heroes with new moves, weapons, hints, and more.ĭonkey Kong 64 is one of two Nintendo 64 games that require the Expansion Pak to run (the other being The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask). Most Golden Bananas are found by winning mini-games or solving simple puzzles (most of which involve hitting switches with the correct characters). One of the biggest differences between Donkey Kong 64 and its spiritual predecessor is the decreased emphasis on running errands for NPCs. Once all seven bosses are defeated, the path to the final gauntlet-and King K. Each of the five playable Kongs has five Golden Bananas and one hundred regular bananas to find in each level the former open the way to other levels, whereas the latter open the way to each level's boss. The game resembles other platformers of its day, like Super Mario 64 and especially Banjo-Kazooie, in that it's mainly about exploring large nonlinear levels, fighting enemies, and picking up collectibles. Rool and his Kremlings from building the Blast-O-Matic, a gigantic laser cannon with the power to destroy Donkey Kong Island. In it, Donkey Kong and a team of his friends-Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong, and Chunky Kong-must stop King K. It is the fourth main game in the Donkey Kong Country series, and the last Donkey Kong game that Rare made before parting ways with Nintendo to join Microsoft.

Donkey Kong 64 is a 3D platformer produced by Rare and Nintendo for the Nintendo 64, released in 1999.
