Donkey Kong 64

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Description

Donkey Kong 64 is similar to Rareware's other Nintendo 64 platformer series, Banjo Kazooie, but starring Donkey Kong and his friends from the Donkey Kong Country games. Several new features have been added to the game, like being able to change between different characters with different weapons and abilities.

As with many platformer games players will run around the various levels, jumping, swimming, and climbing where needed. Each level has multiple objectives, such as collecting DK's stolen golden bananas, collecting bananas color coded to each of the five characters, and miscellaneous other objects that need to be found to eventually complete 100% of the game. The player starts only being able to choose Donkey Kong, and must rescue the other four characters from the early levels before they can be used. By visiting Cranky Kong in each level more moves can be learned for each character, allowing them to complete challenges and reach sections in levels that were previously inaccessible.

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Promo Images

Alternate Titles

• "DK64" -- Common abbreviation
• "ドンキーコング６４" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Groups

• Animals: Fish
• Animals: Primates (monkeys or apes)
• Donkey Kong games
• Gameplay feature: Game completion percentage
• Gameplay feature: Multiple endings
• Gameplay feature: Photography
• Games made into books
• Games with hidden / unlockable full games
• Setting: Aquatic / Underwater

User Reviews

It's... Banjo-Kazooie. Except with a little... no, it's Banjo.	Nintendo 64	Vance (101)
Very Good Game Marred by Item Collecting	Nintendo 64	SamandMax (78)
A beautifully constructed game	Nintendo 64	gamewarrior (5048)

Critic Reviews

Total! (Germany)	Nintendo 64	Nov, 1999	1 out of 6	100
Retroage	Nintendo 64	Jan 30, 2008	9.3 out of 10	93
Gaming Target	Nintendo 64	Jun 22, 2000	9.1 out of 10	91
Jeuxvideo.com	Nintendo 64	Dec 21, 1999	18 out of 20	90
IGN	Nintendo 64	Nov 24, 1999	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Dec 22, 1999	9 out of 10	90
Player One	Nintendo 64	Dec, 1999	87 out of 100	87
Random Access	Nintendo 64	2005	8.4 out of 10	84
Nintendo Life	Nintendo 64	Jun 17, 2009		70
Gamekult	Nintendo 64	Oct 20, 2000	5 out of 10	50

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Edit.	1	GAMEBOY COLOR! (2002) Mar 17, 2009

Trivia

Expansion Pak

This game was originally shipped with the N64 memory Expansion Pak included in the box, as this was one of the first games to require it.

Mini games

In the game, you get to play the arcade classics Donkey Kong and Jetpac during different stages.

Awards

• Total! (Germany)
  • Issue 01/2000 - Best N64 Platformer in 1999

Information also contributed by Kalrac

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• Donkey Kong 64 at Wikipedia (Provides useful information about Donkey Kong 64 which is free to edit by anyone.)