Super Donkey Kong 2 is a pirated NES/Famicom port of the SNES game Donkey Kong Country 2 and was supposedly made by Taiwan Shin-Shin Electronics Co., Ltd. (as their "K" logo, shown in other pirates such as the Earthworm Jim 2 pirate and The Panda Prince, along with Family's logo from Family Kid appears hidden within the game).
Overview
Just like with Donkey Kong Country 4, the controls, graphics and audio are similar to the SNES game, but downgraded to suit the NES hardware. The player can only control Diddy Kong alone, and due to the lack of Dixie Kong a single hit from an enemy will result in death, much like in Super Donkey Kong '99. Several things from DKC2 are present in the game including banana coins, crates, the K-O-N-G letters and the goal target at the end of the level which is also accompanied by Diddy's victory dance. Notably, there are only three levels in this game.
The map screen for Gangplank Galleon is present in this game, but the only thing you can do here is to press A to start the next level. The first level is a replica of Pirate Panic from DKC2 (sans Rambi and a few other things) while the second level is based on Mainbrace Mayhem, and the third level is based on Rattle Battle complete with Diddy transforming into Rattly, though Rattly cannot run or use his Super Jump ability. After the third level the player is taken to a screen which features a "THE END" message accompanied with the Game Over image (which is also present in the Game Over screen).
Trivia
- By pressing A + B + Select at the title screen a password screen will show up. If the player enters the password "STAYCOOL", a screen with the Family logo, some Chinese text, a trademark registration number and a logo (金豹 "Gold Leopard") also seen in Mortal Kombat 4. In some versions of the ROM, the password is instead "HLSP1129", and the Gold Leopard logo is displayed a second time instead of the Family logo.
- The hidden password system appears to be non-functional aside from accessing the various logos, possibly because it only has three levels.
- This is one of two Donkey Kong Country bootlegs to feature a working animal friend, along with The Panda Prince.
- This is the only known game, bootleg or otherwise, with an 8-bit Jib Jig tune (the music played in Mainbrace Mayhem).
- Diddy Kong's sprite from this game appears in the BootlegGames Wiki logo.
- Despite the fact there is a Super Donkey Kong out there, this game came before it. In Super Donkey Kong's NSF file, you can hear Pirate Panic's music from SDK2.
- Like in Action 52, the player can go back to the title screen during gameplay by pressing Select while the game is paused.