''Donkey Kong Land 2'' is a

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developed by Rare and published by

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for the

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. It is the sequel to the 1995 Game Boy game ''

Donkey Kong Land ''Donkey Kong Land'' is a 1995 platform game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. It condenses the side-scrolling gameplay of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game ''Donkey Kong Country'' (1994) for the han ...

'' and is part of the ''

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'' video game series. It was released worldwide in Autumn 1996. It was enhanced for the

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with different shades of color, as well as a 16-bit banana border on the edges of the television screen. Like the original ''Donkey Kong Land'', it came packaged in a banana-yellow cartridge. The game was followed by ''

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'', which was released in 1997.

Gameplay

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'' described the game as a conversion of '' Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''.

Plot

''Donkey Kong Land 2'' stars

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and

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in their quest to rescue

from Kaptain K. Rool and the Kremling Krew. While its stage names and world themes are borrowed from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest'' (except for Castle Crush, which became Dungeon Danger; and Haunted Hall, which became Krazy Koaster), the level designs are different. ''Donkey Kong Land 2'' had the same storyline from ''Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest''. The manual contains a simplified version of the story from its SNES counterpart - K. Rool has kidnapped Donkey Kong and is at Crocodile Isle, and it's up to Diddy and Dixie to save him.

Reception

''Donkey Kong Land 2'' is rated at 79.00% at

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based on five reviews. ''Nintendo Power'' praised the gameplay and graphics but criticized the similarities between the levels and those of ''Donkey Kong Country 2''. ''

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'' was positive to the game's side-scrolling action, hidden areas, music, and graphics. ''Nintendojo'' gave the game 8.5 out of 10, but was critical to its save system.

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gave the

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re-release a 7 out of 10, praising the amount of content Rare managed to cram into the game but criticizing it for being similar to Diddy's SNES version. By 1997, units had been sold worldwide.

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