<s>
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Dixie	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
1996	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Rare	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
SNES	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
third	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	O
series	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
sequel	O
to	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Diddy	I-Application
's	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
(	O
GBA	B-Device
)	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
centers	O
on	O
Dixie	O
Kong	O
and	O
her	O
cousin	O
,	O
Kiddy	O
Kong	O
,	O
in	O
their	O
attempts	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
captured	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
Diddy	O
Kong	O
from	O
the	O
series	O
 '	O
antagonist	O
King	O
K	O
.	O
Rool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Northern	B-Application
Kremisphere	I-Application
"	O
,	O
a	O
fictionalized	O
version	O
of	O
northern	O
Europe	O
and	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
from	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
mark	O
a	O
return	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
barrels	O
,	O
bonus	O
levels	O
which	O
reward	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
special	O
"	O
bonus	O
coins	O
"	O
,	O
DK	B-Application
coins	I-Application
,	O
animal	O
helpers	O
and	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
level	O
has	O
an	O
enemy	O
called	O
a	O
Koin	O
;	O
each	O
of	O
these	O
enemies	O
bears	O
the	O
DK	B-Application
Coin	I-Application
of	O
their	O
respective	O
level	O
,	O
holding	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
shield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returning	O
animals	O
include	O
Enguarde	O
the	O
swordfish	O
,	O
Squitter	O
the	O
spider	B-Protocol
and	O
Squawks	O
the	O
parrot	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
animals	O
include	O
Ellie	B-Application
the	I-Application
elephant	I-Application
,	O
who	O
can	O
suck	O
up	O
water	O
through	O
her	O
trunk	O
to	O
spray	O
enemies	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
Parry	O
the	O
"	O
parallel	O
bird	O
"	O
,	O
who	O
flies	O
directly	O
above	O
the	O
player-characters	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
collect	O
out-of-reach	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scattered	O
around	O
the	B-Application
Northern	I-Application
Kremisphere	I-Application
overworld	O
are	O
the	O
Brothers	O
Bear	O
,	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
bears	O
who	O
provide	O
the	O
players	O
with	O
hints	O
,	O
key	O
items	O
or	O
other	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Diddy	B-Application
's	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
and	O
Diddy	O
Kong	O
suddenly	O
disappear	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Northern	I-Application
Kremisphere	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
Kongs	O
collect	O
all	O
DK	B-Application
coins	I-Application
,	O
they	O
give	O
the	O
coins	O
to	O
Funky	O
,	O
who	O
in	O
exchange	O
gives	O
them	O
a	O
gyrocopter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Kongs	O
find	O
each	O
of	O
her	O
children	O
in	O
a	O
cave	O
,	O
where	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
birds	O
is	O
trapped	O
in	O
a	O
crystal	O
which	O
shatters	O
when	O
the	O
Kongs	O
complete	O
a	O
Simon-like	O
memory	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
began	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Diddy	B-Application
's	I-Application
Kong	I-Application
Quest	I-Application
,	O
utilising	O
the	O
same	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
(	O
SGI	O
)	O
and	O
Advanced	O
Computer	O
Modelling	O
(	O
ACM	O
)	O
rendering	O
technology	O
as	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
pre-rendered	O
3D	O
animations	O
are	O
turned	O
into	O
2D	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
via	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
service	O
on	O
18	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
3.5	O
million	O
units	O
worldwide	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
suggested	O
that	O
its	O
sales	O
were	O
hurt	O
by	O
its	O
November	O
release	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
when	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
console	O
was	O
popular	O
after	O
its	O
September	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
in	O
November	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
soundtrack	O
composed	O
by	O
Wise	O
;	O
the	O
team	O
originally	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
vague	O
hope	O
"	O
to	O
have	O
both	O
the	O
original	O
and	O
the	O
new	O
soundtrack	O
in	O
that	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
proved	O
unfeasible	O
due	O
to	O
cartridge	O
and	O
time	O
constraints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
holds	O
an	O
aggregate	O
score	O
of	O
83%	O
from	O
GameRankings	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
version	O
holds	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
75%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Next	O
Generation	O
critic	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
perceived	O
similarity	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
games	O
is	O
to	O
an	O
extent	O
superficial	O
,	O
noting	O
its	O
graphics	O
as	O
detailed	O
and	O
crispier	O
than	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
and	O
its	O
controls	O
as	O
refined	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
movement	O
and	O
action	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
precise	O
and	O
intuitive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucas	O
Thomas	O
of	O
IGN	O
opined	O
that	O
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
s	O
visuals	O
were	O
not	O
as	O
awe-inspiring	O
as	O
the	O
pre-rendered	O
CGI	O
of	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	O
,	O
but	O
admitted	O
that	O
they	O
"	O
still	O
looked	O
great	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
third	O
instalment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
,	O
Marcel	O
van	O
Duyn	O
of	O
NintendoLife	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
visuals	O
and	O
detailed	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
"	O
fantastic	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
version	O
,	O
a	O
reviewer	O
from	O
GamePro	O
thought	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
appeared	O
"	O
washed	O
out	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
backlit	O
screen	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
pre-rendered	O
sprites	O
did	O
not	O
"	O
show	O
up	O
very	O
well	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
from	O
Jeuxvideo	O
asserted	O
that	O
the	O
various	O
aspects	O
of	O
gameplay	O
made	O
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Doctor	O
Devon	O
commented	O
that	O
although	O
it	O
sounds	O
similar	O
to	O
its	O
predecessors	O
,	O
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Thomas	O
thought	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
in	O
Dixie	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
's	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Trouble	I-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Van	O
Duyn	O
criticised	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
's	O
port	O
for	O
replacing	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
music	O
with	O
new	O
compositions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Provo	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
port	O
's	O
music	O
was	O
"	O
catchy	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
just	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
the	O
originals	O
"	O
,	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
devotees	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
SNES	B-Application
game	O
may	O
not	O
like	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
editors	O
named	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
3	I-Application
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
both	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
(	O
behind	O
Tetris	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
)	O
and	O
Side-Scrolling	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
(	O
behind	O
Guardian	B-Application
Heroes	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Complex	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
number	O
65	O
in	O
their	O
The	O
Best	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
ranked	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
Country	I-Application
3	I-Application
58th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
SNES	B-Application
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
and	O
describing	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
satisfying	O
conclusion	O
to	O
Rare	O
's	O
cycle	O
of	O
16-bit	O
platformers	O
.	O
</s>
