Donkey Kong Island

Donkey Kong Island
Greater location(s)	DK Isles
Ruler(s)	Donkey Kong
Inhabitant(s)	Kongs Tikis (extinct)
Game(s)	Donkey Kong Country Donkey Kong Land Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! Donkey Kong 64 DK: King of Swing Donkey Kong Country Returns Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
First Appearance	Donkey Kong Country
Latest Appearance	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Donkey Kong Island (also known as DK Island, Kong Isle and Kongo Bongo Island in the Donkey Kong Country animated series) is the home of the Kong Family, many of their Animal Buddies, and several of their enemies. It is also the location where a majority of the games in the Donkey Kong franchise take place. It debuted in the game Donkey Kong Country.

Overview and history

Donkey Kong Island has been the Kong Family's home and mainland since Cranky Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. migrated there after the events of the original Donkey Kong 3. Cranky retired, and eventually the Kong Family branched out. Donkey Kong III is the current island protector and has taken various journeys across the island with Diddy Kong.

The island has taken many different forms. Originally, it was quite diverse; it has a large jungle on the bottom, pine forests above, icy mountains and a lone industrial area built by Kremling Krew. In Donkey Kong Land, there is a larger mountain range. In Donkey Kong 64, game featured completely different levels than the original Donkey Kong Country and Donkey Kong Land, with many levels taking place on both DK Island and the newly-rebuilt Crocodile Isle. Some locations were inspired by early Donkey Kong Country appearances however (i.e. Kongo Jungle to Jungle Japes).

Donkey Kong Island's latest appearance was in Donkey Kong Country Returns, however, it now appears drastically different than in previous appearances. It no longer appears in the shape of Donkey Kong's head, and now has a large Volcano protruding from it. The majority of the locales from Donkey Kong Country still match up well, however the region known as Gorilla Glacier no longer exists.This could be due to temperature issues turning it into a volcano. There is also a new Cliff world which features the first sign of extinct prehistoric life on Donkey Kong Island. The island is also now teeming with ancient temples, many of which appear to have been built by the Tiki Tak Tribe sometime before they were encased in the volcano. It is speculated that the emergence of this volcano may have been what drastically altered the terrain of the island.

Donkey Kong Island made two cameo appearances in Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, it can be seen in the background of the areas Gangplank Galleon and K. Rool's Keep. In the Game Boy Advance remake of Donkey Kong Country 2, these cameos were removed.

This area makes a cameo in beach-themed racing courses in the 2003 build of Diddy Kong Pilot.

Other appearances

In the animated series based on the game, Donkey Kong Island was called Kongo Bongo Island and looked like a crescent island (similar to a banana) rather than the shape of Donkey Kong's head. However, it is believed to be the same island, but with a different name. Like Dinosaur Land in the Super Mario World cartoon, some location names were different on the show. For instance, Gorilla Glacier was called the White Mountains.

List of locations

Donkey Kong Country

• Kongo Jungle
• Monkey Mines
• Vine Valley
• Gorilla Glacier
• Kremkroc Industries, Inc.
• Chimp Caverns

Donkey Kong Land

• Gangplank Galleon Ahoy!
• Kremlantis
• Monkey Mountains
• Chimpanzee Clouds
• Big Ape City

Donkey Kong 64

• Jungle Japes
• Angry Aztec
• Fungi Forest
• Crystal Caves

Donkey Kong Country Returns

• Jungle
• Beach
• Ruins
• Cave
• Forest
• Cliff
• Factory
• Volcano
• Golden Temple
• Cloud (Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D)

Donkey Kong Country : Tropical Freeze

• 6-1: Homecoming Hijinks
• 6-2: Seashore War
• 6-3: Aqueduct Assault
• 6-4: Blurry Flurry
• 6-5: Forest Folly
• 6-6: Cliffside Slide
• 6-7: Frozen Frenzy
• 6-8: Meltdown Mayhem
• 6-Boss: Volcano Dome
• 6-A: Dynamite Dash
• 6-B: Icicle Arsenal
• 6-K: Slippy Spikes

Neighboring Islands

There are several neighboring islands of Donkey Kong Island. These include:

• Northern Kremisphere:
• Banana Fairy Island: Home of the Banana Fairys.
• Sun Sun Island:
• Secret Seclusion:

Gallery

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Donkey Kong Island in the Japanese version of Donkey Kong Country (note the head icon in Donkey Kong's Treehouse missing).

Donkey Kong Island in the Game Boy Color version of Donkey Kong Country.

Donkey Kong Island's background sprite in Diddy Kong Pilot.

Donkey Kong Island in the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country.

Donkey Kong Island's left cliff in Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!.

DK Island in Donkey Kong 64

A frozen DK Island in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Lobbies in Donkey Kong 64

Jungle Japes

Angry Aztec

Fungi Forest

Crystal Caves

Theme

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Title	Description	Composer	Game
Simian Segue	The main map from the game	David Wise	Donkey Kong Country
World Map 1	The main map from the game	Takashi Kouga	DK: King of Swing
World Map 2
Simian Segue	The main map from the game	Minako Hamano Masaru Tajima Shinji Ushiroda Daisuke Matsuoka	Donkey Kong Country Returns
Jungle	The first submap from the game.
Beach	The second submap from the game.
Ruins	The third submap from the game.
Cave	The fourth submap from the game.
Forest	The fifth submap from the game.
Cliff	The sixth submap from the game.
Factory	The seventh submap from the game.
Volcano	The last submap from the game.
Golden Temple	The secret submap from the game.
Simian Segue	The main map from the game	David Wise	Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

Trivia

• In the overworld of Donkey Kong Island in the Japanese version of Donkey Kong Country, the overworld deleted the head icon for Donkey Kong on the treehouse and the trail the leads to Kongo Jungle.