NAME: Donkey Kong Country 3-- Dixie Kong's Double Trouble
SYSTEM: Super NES
MAKER: Rare/Nintendo
PRODUCER: A. Collins/Shigeru Miyamoto
GENRE: Platform

GRAPHICS: 10. The best rendering I've ever seen on the SNES
MUSIC: 8. Most of it is very well-orchestrated
FUN: 7. Good the first time around, but later on it loses its appeal
REPLAY: 5. Getting all the Birds is a drag, and after that there's no reason to play again
DIFFICULTY: 7. Krematoa has a huge difficulty factor
ENDING: 6. Nothing to jump up and down about
STORYLINE: 4. Isn't this the same premise as DKC2...?
MULTIPLAYER: 9. One of the best parts of this game.
ORIGINALITY: 3. Another Kong Country
REALISM: 9. You can almost feel the rock cliffs and steel walls
CONTROL: 9. The only problem comes around when you're trying to water-skip
MATURITY: 3. One of the stars is even named Kiddy

No one saw this coming :). It's a third DKC!! ...And it's just like the first two. You have 
to understand here that I was only a moderate fan of DKC1, and the challenge of part two 
completely turned me off. However, the best aspects of the first two have been combined 
here. The challenge is perfect (number one was way too easy), the control is almost 
flawless (the hovering in two and mine cart levels in one were frusterating), and the 
visuals are hands-down the best I've ever seen on the SNES. Also, this game is amazingly 
fun to play... if you haven't beaten it before. Once that happens, it's little more than 
an over-priced coaster and an anti-boredom tool at parties (although the two-player co-op 
mode has gotten me in more than a few fights over who leads and when). And if you liked the 
first two, get this... but ONLY if you liked BOTH of them. Otherwise, put some serious 
thought into this. Good for a rental, so you won't ever beat it and spoil other 
run-throughs.

OVERALL: ******* 70%

Reviewed on Thanksgiving, 1998