Standard Edition
StandardIn the box
- Super Nintendo cartridge
- Box with cover art
- Instruction booklet
SNES
About the Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is a 1996 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).
Platform
- Update patch
- No patch
- Time to beat
- about 4.8 hours
- Plays offline
- Yes
Overview
Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! is a 1996 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). It is the third installment of the Donkey Kong Country series, and serves as a sequel to 1995's Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest. It was also re-released for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) in 2005. The game was made available to download on the Wii's Virtual Console service in 2007, as well as for the Wii U's Virtual Console in 2014.
The plot centers on Dixie Kong and her cousin, Kiddy Kong, in their attempts to save the captured Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong from the series' villain King K. Rool. The game is set in the "Northern Kremisphere", a fictionalized version of northern Europe and Canada. Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! utilises the same Silicon Graphics technology from its predecessors, which features the use of pre-rendered 3D imagery. The game received positive reviews upon release; critics praised the visuals and various aspects of gameplay, but noted a lack of innovation.
Official trailer
Gameplay video. Watch on YouTube
Gameplay
SNES Longplay - Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble, Nintendo Longplays. Watch on YouTube
Screenshots
Game details
- Genres
- Platform
- Developer
- Rare
- Publisher
- Nintendo, Hyundai
- Series
- Donkey Kong Country
- Platforms
- Super Nintendo, Wii, Wii U
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Modes
- Single player
- Yes
- Local multiplayer
- Yes
- Online multiplayer
- No
- Co op
- Yes
- Age ratings
- ESRB
- E
- CERO
- A
- PEGI
- 3
Release dates
| Platform | Region | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Super Nintendo | North America | 1996-11-18 |
| Super Nintendo | Japan | 1996-11-23 |
| Super Nintendo | Europe / PAL | 1996-12-19 |
Editions
Players Choice
In the box
- Super Nintendo cartridge
- Players Choice box
- Instruction booklet
Super Donkey Kong 3: Nazo no Krems Shima (Super Famicom)
In the box
- Super Famicom cartridge
- Box with cover art
Space and patches
Update patchNo patch
DLC
No DLC. Super Nintendo games had no downloadable content.
Playable today
Playable offline todayYes
No online features on the cartridge; every mode works today on any Super Nintendo, and the game is on Nintendo Switch Online.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ever released on disc | Yes, on Super Nintendo cartridge |
| Ever released in the store | Yes, 24 December 2007 On the Wii Virtual Console. Later on the Wii U and New Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console and in the Super Nintendo library of Nintendo Switch Online in 2020. |
| In the store to buy today | No The Wii, Wii U and 3DS shops have closed. Playable with a Nintendo Switch Online membership. |
| Can be downloaded again if you already bought it | Yes Wii, Wii U and 3DS Virtual Console purchases can still be downloaded again. The Nintendo Switch Online version needs an active membership. |
| Disc runs with no patch | Yes |
| Disc runs with the final patch | Does not exist No patch was ever released. |
| Has online features | No Not on the cartridge. The Nintendo Switch Online version plays its two-player modes online with friends. |
| Online servers running today | Does not exist |
| Playable offline today: campaign | Yes |
| Playable offline today: local multiplayer | Yes Two players, as a team or against each other in a contest mode. |
| Playable offline today: online multiplayer | Does not exist No online play. |
| Playable offline today: DLC | Does not exist No DLC. |
Online
Plays offlineYes
Reception
- Aggregates
Outlet Platform Score Scale GameRankings SNES 83 100 - Critics
Outlet Score Scale Electronic Gaming Monthly 32.5 40 Famitsu 30 40 Game Informer 9 10 Official Nintendo Magazine 98 100 Next Generation 3 5 AllGame 4.5 5
Staff and cast
- Staff
Role Name Developer Rare Publisher Nintendo Director Tim Stamper Producer Andrew Collard Designers Andrew Collard, Paul Weaver Programmer Mark Wilson Artists Mark Stevenson, Neil Crook Composer Eveline Fischer
Notes for collectors
- Dixie Kong leads, with her baby cousin Kiddy Kong as partner.
- Sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide, 1.7 million of them in Japan.
- Came out two months after the Nintendo 64 launched in North America, which is often blamed for lower sales than the first two.
- The Game Boy Advance port of 2005 has a new soundtrack by David Wise.
Credits
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Developer
- Rare
- Director
- Tim Stamper
- Released
- 1996-11-18
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Region
- US
- Time to beat
- about 4.8 hours
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