Trivia / Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

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• Dummied Out: Diddy and Dixie's mourning sprites, as well as death and victory themes made especially for the final bosses.
• First Appearance: Of Dixie Kong, Wrinkly Kong and Swanky Kong.
• Serendipity Writes the Plot: Two levels, Haunted Hall and Castle Crush, were left out of Donkey Kong Land II because of the Game Boy's technical limitations, as the system couldn't handle Kackle's sprites or the graphics for Castle Crush.
• "Take That!" Tit-for-Tat: At the end of Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Sonic's shoes and Earthworm Jim's gun are seen next to a trash can that says, NO HOPERS when Cranky ranks Diddy alongside Mario, Yoshi, and Link, depending on how many DK Coins they found throughout the game. This was done in response to two separate take thats; a promotional video for the Sonic & Knuckles game had the line, "Can an old gorilla beat this new team? No way!", and the Sega CD version of Earthworm Jim had the unlockable "Worm Kong" mask, which resembled Donkey Kong with an arrow through his head, in response to the original Donkey Kong Country game outselling the original Earthworm Jim game in retail sales.
• What Could Have Been:
  • There was an earlier version of Kackle from Haunted Hall named Mr. X◊, who didn't make it to the game.
  • According to David Wise, Stickerbush Symphony was originally meant to be a follow up to Aquatic Ambience. However, due to the lack of true water levels, it was almost cut from the game before becoming the music for the bramble stages. He said it fit due to the Soundtrack Dissonance of the Nintendo Hard stages.
  • Klubba was originally going to be the boss of the Lost World before being replaced by a rematch with Kaptain K. Rool. His attacks would have been similar to Kudgel’s.
  • There were brief plans for a version of the game for Virtual Boy.
  • The game has some sprites of Diddy and Dixie mourning, which have been Dummied Out. They seem to have been meant for when they lose a bonus game much like with DK and Diddy in the first game, rather than the screen freezing in the actual game.

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