An impressive effort by Rare to make it work in the Game Boy hardware. The shortcomings vs the SNES release are obvious but expected, yet the game delivers a fairly good adventure that complements the console main game very nicely.
I love the silliness of the story in this game (only experienced via the instruction booklet, worth looking into it if you are playing a digital version). Another high point for me was the last world (City/Urban world) which I would have loved to see come to life in the console versions since it fits the tone of the original DK arcade game. I also enjoyed the addition of a couple of new enemies and all brand-new boss battles.
Now for the negatives: the screen size definitely affects the viewing and scale of the game, combined with a very weird camera movement and pan that doesn't do anything else than confuse the player and makes you miss platforms every now and then. New boss characters are cool, but the battle themselves are uninspired and on the simplistic side of things.
I love the silliness of the story in this game (only experienced via the instruction booklet, worth looking into it if you are playing a digital version). Another high point for me was the last world (City/Urban world) which I would have loved to see come to life in the console versions since it fits the tone of the original DK arcade game. I also enjoyed the addition of a couple of new enemies and all brand-new boss battles.
Now for the negatives: the screen size definitely affects the viewing and scale of the game, combined with a very weird camera movement and pan that doesn't do anything else than confuse the player and makes you miss platforms every now and then. New boss characters are cool, but the battle themselves are uninspired and on the simplistic side of things.