| Released By | Blaziken257 |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Status | Fully Playable |
| Platform | Game Boy |
| Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
| Genre | Action > Platformer |
| Published By | Nintendo |
| Game Date | 30 October 1997 |
| Patch Version | 1.2 |
| Release Date | 01 December 2016 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 5970 |
| Last Modified | 06 March 2017 |
Game Description:
Donkey Kong Land III is a platforming game for the Super Game Boy. It was later ported for the Game Boy Color as Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong exclusively in Japan.
Translation Description:
This is an English translation of the Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Land III (while the game got an English release, it was for the Game Boy, not Game Boy Color). The dialogue in this translation is largely based on the English text in the original Game Boy version of the game. Only a few changes were made to the text, such as spelling corrections.
The font is borrowed from the SNES version of DKC, as opposed to the one used in the original DKL3 for the Game Boy. This font looks cleaner, and contains both uppercase and lowercase letters, while the original DKL3 font only contained uppercase letters. As a result, the text is easier to read in this translation.
Besides editing text, certain other screens were modified and translated back into English, most notably the title screen.
In addition, a few features that were removed in the Japanese version of the game are restored in this translation, namely the world map animations and the last attempted time when playing the Time Attack mode. The Jetty Jitters demo is fixed as well. Bear’s animation has also been restored. Similarly, some bugs that were present in the original game have been corrected. These improvements were not present in the original v1.0 patch, and were gradually added in the v1.1 and v1.2 patches.
This translation patch is fully complete, and contains no known bugs, other than what the original game already had.
Enjoy! The patch should be applied to the Japanese game for the Game Boy Color, titled “Donkey Kong GB: Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong”. It will not work if applied to the original English game (titled “Donkey Kong Land III”) for the Game Boy!
ROM / ISO Information:
- Donkey Kong GB - Dinky Kong & Dixie Kong (J) [C][!].gbc
- Country: Japan
- Internal checksum: 8398
- CRC32: 28D7E8D3
- MD5: 22AFE691095C65F34AEABA3C283B2A9C
- SHA-1: 55B133B739A5472D477336647CB9EC97B7FA85A2
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Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| Blaziken257 | Hacking | Translation |
The best version of Land 3 - Made even better!
Reviewed By: cornholio309 on 10 Feb 2022If you never bothered with the Donkey Kong Land series, it’s a surprisingly well done conversion of the Donkey Kong Country games to the Game Boy. They’re not quite exactly ports either, given some of the radically different level design. It makes the whole thing feel sort of like a level add-on for the original DKC trilogy in it’s own cute weird way.
The only real drawback to the subseries is that the highly detailed sprites can be difficult to see on a real Game Boy screen due to the extremely limited palette Rare had to work with.
Come Land 3’s localization in Japan, and the whole thing was ported to the Game Boy Color, eliminating the above issue. While you still had to deal with an unlit screen, things are now much easier to see on the handheld and that glorious color makes a world of difference in the sprites. Unfortunately, we never saw this port to the Game Boy Color anywhere else.
Being able to play the game in English is wonderful and the speedup the system has in Game Boy Color mode eliminates some lag you’d see in the original non-colorized version during gameplay. Even if you’re cool with the uncolorized sprites, this difference alone makes this version much smoother to experience. The fixed up sprite animations that were cut were also really nice to see the author mess with! It wasn’t needed at all, but the fact they’re back shows a nice level of care with the hack.
Highly recommended, especially if you never gave the subseries a shot. This is the best entry in the series, and everything this hack does makes it better.
Version 1.2 Recommended - Yes
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The best version of Land 3 - Made even better! | cornholio309 | 10 Feb 2022 | 1.2 | Yes |
| Excellent! | JulianoFdeS | 21 May 2019 | 1.2 | Yes |
| The definitive version of Donkey kong Land 3! | ScottRubin | 17 Mar 2018 | 1.2 | Yes |