It's no bonafide replacement for DKC on SNES, but it's pretty nifty all the same. Rare did a decent job bringing their smash hit to GBC. It's rough around the edges, sure, but all the solid level design is brought over & the music is on par with DK Land. I didn't have an SNES till I became a game collector as an adult, so this was my intro to the series. It's not amazing, it's not abysmal ---- it's just a cool way to have DKC on the go.

I have a very faint memory of renting this game from Blockbuster for my green GameBoy Color :)

Frankly, it's just as good as the SNES original. Any downgrades in screen resolution and visual fidelity is made up for by the extra content and portability. Turn of the century Rare was just built different.

My first game. Got a gameboy color when I was quite young, 4 or 5 I think. Only ever had a few games for it, but this was the best. Because of this I actually prefer this gameplay to the SNES version. Visuals are great for a Color game, and I enjoyed trying to find the hidden ripe banana clusters, and I spent a lot of time in the fishing minigame.

Oh and King K Rool kicked my ass many times as a kid so that provided a huge sense of accomplishment.

It's obviously not the real deal, but impressive they managed to fit the og DKC into a GBC cartridge.

There is NO WAY this is above a 3.0. Has anyone here even played this? It's horrible.