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E3 Special Report
E3 Special Report
Donkey Kong
64
Looks like another Christmas hit
for Nintendo The Skinny: Donkey Kong 64
This title is sure to please any Format: Nintendo 64
Donkey Kong enthusiast.
The demo we played displayed Publisher: Nintendo
a full 3D explorable environment Developer: Rare
featuring exploding barrels, hand
stomping, big jumps and a mini- Release: November 22, 1999
game where you have to pound the Requirements: N64 Expansion Pak
bad guys in a maze within a certain (included with game)
amount of time. The demo, of Donkey Kong is a franchise that
course, only whetted our appetites has yet to be screwed up. Rare has
for more. too good a reputation to drop the
The final version will be com- ball on this one. This will be the
pletely non-linear with fully explor- hands down favorite of the Christ-
able 3D environments (a la Zelda mas season.
64). The New Tetris
Players will choose between
Donkey Kong or Diddy Kong as Nintendo is throwing their hat
well as from new characters such into the Tetris ring again. Can they
as Tiny, Chunky and Lanky. You teach old dogs new tricks on the
will be required to move all N64 and is it worth the $60 price
five characters down dif- tag?
ferent paths through 8
different worlds com- Features include:
peting in up to 40 mini-
games. • 7 unique play envi-
ronments such as Ja-
How does it play? pan, Egypt, Greece
It was all very similar to Super and Russia
Mario 64 but with a more fre-
netic energy. Like “Mario,” the
ability to explore wherever and • Use building blocks
whenever you like without time in an attempt to create
constraints is a big bonus. one of the "seven won-
There is the standard inclu- ders"
sion of hidden bonus stages and
power-ups such as peanut pistols, • Multi-player action for up to
pineapple launchers, and fruit four people. Players can screw
grenades which keeps the their opponents by
game on a fun, lighthearted sending them
level. "garbage" blocks
which appear when
Is it worth it? lines have been cleared
Even if we said 'No,'
you'd still buy it, right?
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