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''Donkey Kong 64'' is a 3D Platformer Video Game Developed by Rare for the Nintendo 64 . It was Published by Nintendo and first released on October 31 , 1999 . The game requires the use of the Expansion Pak in order to function, and was the first Nintendo 64 game to do so. The initial release of ''Donkey Kong 64'' included the Expansion Pak with the game for free. ''Donkey Kong 64'' would later become a Nintendo 64 Player's Choice . The game is a follow up to the '' Donkey Kong Country '' trilogy on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . GAMEPLAY A Single Player adventure mode and a Multiplayer mode are both available. Single-Player (Adventure) The is a 3D adventure with strong platforming links, similar to that of Banjo-Kazooie . Much of the gameplay involves collecting various Item s, such as coins, bananas, weapons, keys and blueprints. IGN described it as the most " Collecting-ist " game ever. The main plot of the game is to collect the "Golden Bananas", which there are 200 of with a "Nintendo" tag and two extra special ones with a "Rareware" tag, which makes 202 Golden Bananas altogether (See "Mysteries and Glitches" for details). They are used for gaining access to a level, which is blocked by B.Locker, who has the number of Golden Bananas needed labeled on him for unblocking the level's entrance. There are 25 Golden Bananas in each level, 5 for each Kong, 5 from Snide after a Kong gives him special blueprints found in a Kasplat (40 total), and 15 others in various hidden places, such as mini-games. The Boss Keys are the second most important thing for completing the game. These are used for unlocking each of the eight locks on K.Lumsy's cage. Seven of them are collected by defeating a level boss. These unlock the next level(s)'s (sometimes two levels can be unlocked together, with different amounts of Golden Bananas needed for the B.Locker to unblock the entrance) entrance area because of an earthquake he causes with his tremendous joy. The third most important thing to collect are the colored bananas, which come in five different colors for each Kong. These are needed to feed Scoff for Troff to reach a key to unlock the entrance of a level boss for one specified Kong to battle. There are 500 bananas in each level, 100 for each Kong. Some are singular, some come in bunches of 5 and some are in balloons which are worth 10. The number of bananas needed to unlock the entrance to the boss is said on the entrance door, which every time Scoff is fed, the number of bananas needed is reduced. The fourth important thing is to free the four Kongs who are held captive in the first three levels. In the second level there are two Kongs being held captive in two different places. They are needed to collect the Golden Bananas and their colored bananas to feed Scoff and can be chosen to fight the level boss. After they are freed they can be played one at a time by going into the tag barrels, in which every Kong who was freed so far wants to be selected (by showing off), apart from Chunky, who, when in the spotlight, is scared to be chosen and says to pick Tiny instead. Unusual for its Genre is the ability to buy and upgrade weapons for each character featured in this game. Players are able to fire both regular and homing ammo, and can throw Orange Grenades . These weapons are useful for defeating enemies and helping to solve certain puzzles. Also available is a unique musical instrument for each Kong to play, which can destroy (almost) every enemy in the area. Multiplayer (Kong Battle) This can be played by up to 4 players at one time. It features 3 arenas and one special arena, and 6 gameplay modes. The 5 playable characters from the single-player adventure are also used in the multi-player mode, along with one secret character, Krusha . Game Modes
PLOT King K. Rool is trying to destroy Donkey Kong Island with a large laser called the Blast-O-Matic, but it malfunctions after a crash that puts his ship right in front of DK Island. To buy some time, he captures a handful of Kongs and locks them up. Then he steals Donkey Kong's precious hoard of Golden Bananas. As Donkey Kong frees his fellow apes, they set off to recover the Bananas and eventually defeat K. Rool and his army of Kremlings. CHARACTERS Playable characters .]] The following are the five Primate members of the so-called "DK Crew": Donkey Kong A large, muscular Mountain Gorilla , and the title character of the game, weighing 800lbs. He wears a red, monogrammed necktie. You start with him at the beginning of the game. His weapon is the Coconut Shooter , and his instrument is the Bongos . He collects yellow bananas. After he drinks Cranky Kong's potions, he coughs, smells it, waves his hand in front of his nose while looking away and then throws the potion bottle behind him. The potions give him the moves ''Baboon Blast'', ''Strong Kong'', and ''Gorilla Grab''. Diddy Kong Donkey Kong's first sidekick from Donkey Kong Country . A Monkey in a red baseball cap and vest. He can jump farther than Donkey Kong, and is armed with a Jetpack , but he does not have as much strength. His weapons are the Peanut Popguns, and his instrument is the Electric Guitar . He collects red bananas. Diddy is playable once Donkey Kong frees him in Jungle Japes. He holds Cranky Kong's potion bottles with both hands, falls with the potion going into his mouth, drinking like a baby, and chokes. The potions give him the moves ''Chimpy Charge'', ''Rocket-Barrel Blast'', and ''Simian Spring''. And he's a cool monkey. Tiny Kong A tailless monkey or Chimpanzee who is the younger sister of Dixie Kong from the ''Donkey Kong Country'' games. Her Pigtails allow her to temporarily float through the air, and she can shrink in size to fit into places the other Kongs can't reach. She can Monkey-Port to areas that the others can't get to. Her weapon is the Feather Crossbow , and her instrument is the Saxophone . She collects purple bananas. Tiny can be played once Diddy Kong rescues her in Angry Aztec. Whenever she drinks the Potion at Cranky's Lab, she football kicks it to her hand, her lower body shrinks, she falls, her lower body goes back to its original size, and she kicks the Potion Bottle. The Potion enables her to do ''Mini-Monkey'', ''Pony-Tail Whirl'', and ''Monkey-Port''. Lanky Kong A newcomer in the ''Donkey Kong series''. An Orangutan whose long arms allow him to Handstand . He can also inflate himself to allow himself to float. His weapon is the Grape Shooter , and his instrument is the Trombone . He collects blue bananas in the 8 levels. Lanky's IQ tends to be lower than Diddy,Wembley,and Tiny's but higher than Donkey and Chunky's. Lanky is accessible once Donkey Kong frees him in Angry Aztec. Whenever he drinks the Potion at Cranky's Lab, he uses his feet to carry it, but it can't reach it to his mouth, he tuts, then his arms tremble and he falls with the potion getting push into his mouth by the ground; after he drinks the Potion, his head enlarges, and as he pulls the Potion Bottle from his mouth and his head shrinks back to its original size. The Potion enables him to do ''OrangStand'', ''Baboon Balloon'', and ''OrangSprint''. Chunky Kong A strong yet cowardly Mandrill weighing 1800lbs. He is the older brother of Kiddy Kong and cousin to Tiny Kong . The Juggernaut of the Kong family, he is the strongest out of all the Kongs and can lift heavy objects, but he is slow and can't jump high. His weapon is the Pineapple Launcher , and his instrument is the Triangle . He collects green bananas in the 8 levels. Chunky can be found in ''Frantic Factory'' and only Lanky can free him. Whenever he drinks the Potion, he finds it delicious and rubs his tummy, his lower body inflates, shakes his arms and legs for a while and at last, it deflates. The Potion enables him to do ''Hunky Chunky'', ''Primate Punch'', and ''Gorilla Gone''. Rambi A powerful rhinoceros. Donkey Kong can transform into him with a Rambi box in ''Jungle Japes''. Enguarde A swift swordfish that Lanky can turn into with an Enguarde crate in ''Gloomy Galleon''. His name is derived from the French "en guarde". Other playable characters
Non-playable characters Cranky Kong Cranky is DK's father and Wrinkly's husband. He aids the playable characters by allowing them to purchase potions, which give them necessary abilities. If you give him 15 banana medals, he'll also let you play Jetpac on his computer to win the Rareware Coin. Funky Kong Funky is the large ape with a hat and vest. He provides the playable Kongs firepower in the form of guns which shoot various types of jungle-related items. Candy Kong Candy is DK's main Love Interest . She provides the playable Kongs with surprisingly destructive musical instruments, and also expands their collective life meter at specified points throughout the game. Kongs can go to her headphones found in areas of a level to recover the energy of their instruments instead of re-visiting her. Her music shop is found in every level of all 7, except for ''Jungle Japes'' and ''Fungi Forest'', though her headphones are found in every level of 7 except for ''Jungle Japes''. Kongs can receive the last melon of the three from her if the level, ''Crystal Caves'' is unlocked. Her music shop is larger in ''Creepy Castle'' than it usually was. In this game, she looked much different than she was more notable in ''Donkey Kong Country''. Compared to the other ''Donkey Kong'' games she appeared in, this game did not include the official render of her, despite the fact she appears in this game. King K. Rool King K. Rool is DK's arch-nemesis. He plans to destroy DK Island with his new invention, the Blast-O-Matic. He becomes the final boss. K. Lumsy K. Lumsy was captured and imprisoned by K. Rool after disobeying his order to smash the DK isles. K. Rool has ordered K. Lumsy to stay in his large and heavily locked cage until he decides to shape up and get smashing. Along the way, DK will run into him and help set him free. Wrinkly Kong Wrinkly is Cranky's wife and DK's mother. Wrinkly dies in the time between ''Donkey Kong Land III'' and ''Donkey Kong 64'', which in the game, she says she passed away after DKC3. As in previous games, she gives the Kongs hints about various level objectives. Troff 'N' Scoff Two creatures who are always hungry. Troff is a Pig , and Scoff is a Hippopotamus . One of them has eaten too much, and has bulked up beyond measure. The other wants to be as fat as the one that currently is, so he asks that you feed him. Feeding him enough bananas will cause him to grow twice as fat as the other, after which he uses his mighty girth to boost the other one to a key for you. Their goal is to get as fat as they can, and they grow bigger in each new world. Snide Snide is a Weasel who once worked as an engineer for King K. Rool until he got the boot from his boss. Snide has now decided to help the Kong family in their quest. Throughout the game, you can visit Snide's hideout and bring pieces of a blueprint of K. Rool's Blast-O-Matic. Once all of the pieces are in, you'll be rewarded. Squawks Squawks the parrot has shrunk back to his original size of how he appeared in ''Donkey Kong Country''. He appears when a Kong is introduced, also to carry the small Tiny Kong to a high area and drop her in the hole after she plays her Saxophone on her musical pad with the Saxophone on it. He cannot carry Tiny Kong at her original size or any of the other Kongs.
LEVELS ''Donkey Kong 64'' contains 8 levels in addition to an overworld and the final boss arena. The levels are as follows:
The overworld contains four Banana Fairies, two Battle Crowns, five Golden Bananas to collect for each of the 5 protagonists and secret Golden Banana with Rareware logo (regular ones have a N64 logo on them), and the secret Golden Banana is only collected by Tiny Kong when she follows the Banana Fairy to get it. Each other level contains 5 golden bananas and 100 regular bananas to collect for each Kong (excluding Hideout Helm, there's no bananas), one Battle Crown and two Banana Fairies. BOSSES
MYSTERIES AND GLITCHES ''Donkey Kong 64'' has several hidden features, which sparked rumors of secret extra modes when it came out.
DK RAP Unlike most Nintendo 64 games, the intro movie to the game featured a full-length song with vocals. This song, the "DK with his coconut gun, the quicker female Tiny Kong , the handstanding Lanky Kong , the pistol-wielding Diddy Kong , and the strongman Chunky Kong . "DK Rap" was the first-ever incidence of the word "hell" being spoken aloud in a Nintendo game. It ought to be pointed out that Rare is a British company, and in Britain the word "hell" is not viewed with anything like the opprobrium it is in the US. In order to avoid future controversy, when the Rap was used in later games, most notably Super Smash Bros. Melee , "hell" was replaced with "heck". "DK Rap" was also used in Donkey Konga and as the background music for the Kongo Jungle stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee , a video game for the GameCube . The song is performed by James W. Norwood Jr., who used several different voices and effects for the remix in ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'', but used the same voice for the original ''Donkey Kong 64'' version.
SEQUELS Rareware was purchased by Microsoft in 2002, meaning they can no longer develop original games with the ''Donkey Kong'' franchise for the home Video Game Console s (they can still develop games for the handheld). Following this, the franchise branched off in multiple directions.
RECEPTION ''Donkey Kong 64'' was released to generally positive reviews. Review scores range from 70% to a perfect 100% with an average of 88% on Game Rankings . The most commonly cited issue was the lackluster multiplayer mode and unwarranted tediousness/difficulty of some parts such as Beaver Bother. GameSpot claims "it lacks enough "wow factor" to exert the revolutionary influence that Donkey Kong Country had"1 and IGN reporting that while it is "not the leap and bound that Donkey Kong Country was for Super NES, {Link without Title} is still an excellent platformer all the same."2 However, it is generally considered to be one of the better platform games on the N64, standing alongside the '' Banjo-Kazooie '' series and '' Super Mario 64 ''. AWARDS
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