Donkey Kong Land Swings Onto Nintendo Switch Online | Retro Dodo

Nintendo has added Donkey Kong Land to their Nintendo Switch Online Game Boy emulator.

Key Points:

Donkey Kong Land is a different game from its SNES counterpart and offers unique levels.
The Nintendo DMG (Game Boy) version features a distinct graphics style with influences from Super Mario games like Super Mario Land and Wario Land.
Fun gameplay involving collecting bananas and defeating foes can be enjoyed by subscribers to the base-level package of Switch Online.

The game marks another step in celebrating Donkey Kong Country's 30th anniversary and continuing retro gaming nostalgia.

Did you prefer the DMG or SNES version of Donkey Kong Land?

4 comments

It has some of the best DMG tunes. Way better that the next in DKL series.
Who thinks that Donkey Kong Land was influenced by Super Mario Land and Wario Land? They look totally different and also play quite differently.
- Yeah, not sure. It's very much Donkey Kong Country-style, with more or less the same rather heavy inertia physics, which is not at all typical on GB platformers (Wario Land even has zero inertia). DKL has DKC2 style rope climbing too (well I guess it's technically Donkey Kong Jr inspired to begin with).
  
  I played the shit out of that game back then, but wow, this was a painful game to play on the original game boy. They tried making it look like DKC, but all they did was making it a dark green mess, especially in the jungle levels. A light outline around characters would have made the game a lot more tolerable, but I'm sure they decided it was not looking "Donkey Kong Country" enough.
Did you prefer the DMG or SNES version of Donkey Kong Land?

I don't think there's ever been a SNEA version of DKL, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if there were a full fan "remake" on the SNES!