
It is not mandatory to collect every single item, but it is required if the player is aiming for 101% completion. The gameplay is heavily based upon item collection, and each stage features several items for each Kong to collect. The player can select between available Kongs by entering the various Tag Barrels located around the worlds. Each Kong has a unique set of abilities that are learned when the player purchases potions from Cranky Kong at his lab. Rool himself, as they are battled by all the Kongs. Unlocking all the Kongs is mandatory for completing the game, as the bosses can only be defeated by a certain Kong, with the exception of King Kut Out and K. Only Donkey Kong is available from the start, and the other Kongs are unlocked as part of the storyline. The player controls one of the five available Kongs, and must venture into open and vast worlds similar to those found in Super Mario 64. The Kongs also meet the Banana Fairy Queen, who lives in the Banana Fairy Island and asks the Kongs to catch all the Banana Fairies that ran away because of the Kremlings with a Banana Camera.ĭonkey Kong 64 has a similar gameplay to other 3D platformer games on the Nintendo 64, such as Super Mario 64 or Banjo-Kazooie. As Donkey Kong collects Golden Bananas, he eventually saves Diddy Kong in Jungle Japes, Lanky and Tiny Kong in Angry Aztec, and lastly Chunky Kong in Frantic Factory. Lumsy asks Donkey Kong to release him from the cage by defeating various bosses and retrieving their keys. Lumsy, a giant Kremling that was kicked out from the Kremling Krew and trapped inside a cage for refusing to help K. At the beginning of his quest, Donkey Kong finds a mysterious island with a cave on it. Once Donkey Kong gains the new ability from Cranky's potion, he is able to start his quest to save the other Kongs and claim his Banana Hoard. Donkey Kong then goes to Cranky's Lab, where Cranky Kong offers homemade potions that give him and the other Kongs different abilities needed throughout the adventure, but only if Donkey Kong completes his training barrels first. Squawks then suddenly appears in the house and tells Donkey Kong that all of his precious Golden Bananas disappeared from the cave, and the other Kongs have vanished. Meanwhile, Donkey Kong is shown at his treehouse, doing push ups while listening to DK Rap in his radio. Rool orders three of his minions, a Klump, a Kritter and a Kasplat, to steal Donkey Kong's Banana Hoard, which consists of several Golden Bananas, and imprisione the other Kongs, so as to buy time and distract Donkey Kong while the Kremling Krew repairs the damaged Blast-O-Matic.Ĭranky Kong talking to DK about the incident. When the Crocodile Isle is placed in front of Donkey Kong Island, K. Due to Snide's absence, Kritters are charged with operating the Blast-O-Matic and piloting the island, but they are shown to be quite inexperient and work lazily, which causes the island to crash in a rock in the way to Donkey Kong Island, and the Blast-O-Matic to become heavily damaged because of the crash. Rool is planning on destroying Donkey Kong Island completely using the Blast-O-Matic, a powerful machine capable of causing severe damage created by Snide, the Blast-O-Matic engineer, who switched sides after a paranoid King K.

The Kremling Krew is shown sailing a fortified, technological version of Crocodile Isle to the Kongs' island. The story begins in the peaceful Donkey Kong Island, which is the homeland of the Kongs. Rool's Ship, with the Blast-O-Matic pointing at Donkey Kong Island. It was originally named Ultra Donkey Kong and was rumored to be for the Nintendo 64DD, but it got reworked into Donkey Kong 64. Rool has his Kremling crew capture Diddy Kong, Tiny Kong, Lanky Kong, and Chunky Kong and seize DK's hoard of Golden Bananas. However, due to the incompetence of the crew aboard, the island crashes, and the Blast-O-Matic malfunctions. Rool from destroying the Kongs' homeland, the Donkey Kong Island, with a powerful machine called Blast-O-Matic, which is located in a metal version of Crocodile Isle.

In the game, Donkey Kong and his friends set off in a quest to stop the evil King K. The game requires the use of the Expansion Pak in order to function and was the first Nintendo 64 game to do so.

It is a follow-up to the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy for the Super Nintendo console, taking place after the events of Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!. Donkey Kong 64 is a 3D platformer game developed by Rare and released for the Nintendo 64 console in November 6, 1999.
