------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multiplayer FAQ DONKEY KONG 64 For Nintendo 64 By Gold Mage Email: tjhunt@gmail.com Created on: 15/4/03 Last update: 20/12/05 Version: Final This document is the hard work of me. This document cannot be changed or altered in any way, You are welcome to ask my permission if you would like this guide posted on your website. This document is for private use only. If you wish to contact me about this guide please check the Contact Me section at the bottom of the guide on details for emailing me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| CONTENTS |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ 1. AUTHOR'S NOTE 2. VERSION HISTORY 3. CHARACTER PROFILES - Donkey Kong - - Diddy Kong - - Tiny Kong - - Lanky Kong - - Chunky Kong - - Krusha - 4. GAME TYPES - Survival - - Coin Hoard - - Time - - Wins - - Capture - - Capture Pad - 5. GAME ARENAS - Battle Arena - - Monkey Smash Arena 1 - - Monkey Smash Arena 2 - - Monkey Smash Arena 3 - 6. SECRET CHARACTER: KRUSHA 7. CREDITS 8. CONTACT ME ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 1. AUTHOR'S NOTE |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ Donkey Kong 64. One of the great platform games. Though it has been over shone by the current games of today, the Donkey Kong are still fun to play today. I got out my Nintendo 64 and got bored so I put in DK64. I started mucking around and I versed my brother at the Multiplayer. As usual, I beat him. But he did get close into killing me a few times. Then it got me thinking. So I started to right up this FAQ. Now here it is for you. The actual Multiplayer for Donkey Kong is quite fun. I realized this when I started playing the game again. I forgot about it as I got my PS2. But now I've started playing my old games again. Maybe I am becoming an old gamer a lot earlier than I thought I would. I guess it can't be all that bad, can it? Well thank you for reading this FAQ. I will catch up with you some other time. -Gold Mage (Thomas Hunt) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 2. VERSION HISTORY |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ Version 1.0 18/4/03 After a few days of work I composed the finished product of the Multiplayer FAQ for Donkey Kong 64. Version 1.01 7/5/03 Well I put some line breaks in because everything seemed to be squashed a little too much. Then I fixed the map for Monkey Smash Arena 1. Final Version 16/10/03 I added the top line thing and fixed the mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 3. CHARACTER PROFILES |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ As with some game where you choose characters. Each character has his or her own unique talents. Each of the characters has abilities that can help you out when it comes to fighting your friends in battle. Read about the characters in their selected profiles below. Then choose the one you would like to use and learn to use them to your advantages. Make your own strategies and so on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ DONKEY KONG ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Height: Tall Speed: Slow Weapon: Coconut Cannon Info: Donkey Kong is a big and not very fast when it comes to movement. He is however a fairly strong character when it comes to battle. His attacks are strong in close-combat and he can deal some tough combos. His gun, the Coconut Cannon is a fast-shooting weapon. Using Donkey for some sniping is a good idea. If you do get into close-combat, using heavy combos is the only way to avoid getting killed. There is no point in running as Donkey is too slow. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ DIDDY KONG ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Height: Short Speed: Fast Weapon: Peanut Popguns Info: Diddy is quick. That is good advantage. He is also the best jumper out of the characters. When it comes to close-combat Diddy can attack then run away then attack again. Diddy's attacks are fairly quick as well. But because he is a quick character he is not a good idea to use in the Battle Arena. Because he may fall off easily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ TINY KONG ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Height: Tiny Speed: Fast Weapon: Feather Bow Info: Tiny is a very good character. She is the smallest of the characters and is very hard to catch if you are chasing her. Her advantage is to be able to hide very easy like Diddy. The other characters are fairly big, thus Tiny can hide and attack when the opponent least expects it. Her weapon Is the Feather Bow. This is a good weapon. It shoot rounds very quickly So this is ideal for quick escaping or sniping. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ LANKY KONG ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Height: Medium Speed: Slow Weapon: Grape Pipe Info: In my opinion, Lanky is only good for people who are good at the Multiplayer. Lanky is slow, hard to control when attacking and the speed of the ammo when fired is slow as well. I like to think as Lanky as a handicap so your opponent has a chance against you. He is quite good when it comes to close-combat but his attack are hard to control. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ CHUNKY KONG ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Height: Tall Speed: Very Slow Weapon: Pineapple Launcher Info: Chunky is a big dude. You will need to know how to use him well before you even think about using him. His attack are quite strong and surprisingly fast. They only real problem is that he cannot hide very. Chunky is a walking target. The speed of his weapon fire is not fairly Fast either. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ KRUSHA ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Height: Tall Speed: Very Slow Weapon: Orange Launcher Info: Krusha is a secret character that you can get in the game. I have added a section of this FAQ to explain how to get Krusha. Krusha's Grenade Launcher does shoot out the exploding oranges that you find in the game. This makes Krusha a character you would use in close-combat more than anything. He is basically the same as Chunky when it comes to attacks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 4. GAME TYPES |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ In the Multiplayer there are a range of different Game Types that you can change. Changing different game types will change rules and other stuff. Playing in different game types feels like your playing a whole different game, so play all of them t see which is your favorite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ SURVIVAL ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is a battle to the end. Each character will have a certain amount of lives and you each hunt each other down until the last one standing. Using the advantage of each character and bring it out and using it is very good in this game. Study the area, remember where melons and ammo crates are and you should do pretty good. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ COIN HOARD ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this game you will have to collect as many coins as you possibly can in the time limit. Remembering where coins are is a good idea. Also, if your opponent is beating you, attack them and they drop their coins. But be warned, if they attack you, you'll drop your own. So you have to be on the lookout for other people in this game and concentrate on collecting the coins as well. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ WINS ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ There is a target of kills in this game. The first player to score that amount of kills is the winner. This is like a race compared to Survival game. You will have to be on the alert on where your opponents are in this game. One false move and they can score a point, so be on your toes. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ TIME ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ The time is set up before the battle and then you have to score as many kills as you possibly can in that set time to win the game. Another version of the Survival game only with more pressure placed on you. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ CAPTURE ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A coin appears in the middle of the arena. When the first character picks it up, the other characters have to chase them to get the coin back and take it for themselves. Using a fast character like Tiny or Diddy is a great idea for this game. That way you can dodge attack better. The character that is holding the coin at the end of the time limit is the winner. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ CAPTURE PAD ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Once again the coin will appear in the middle of the arena but in this game you score points by carrying the coin over pads. The more pads you activate the more points. The character with the most points at the end of the game will win. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 5. GAME ARENAS |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ There 4 different Game Arenas in the Multiplayer for Donkey Kong 64. This section will tell you a bit about them and the stuff within them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ BATTLE ARENA ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This is the same arena that you go to when to find a K. Rool Pad. The thing about this pad is that its small so there is no need for a split screen. But if you fall off the edge you will loose a life so you have to be careful when it comes to controlling here. Attacking as fast as you can with combos is your only real option here. I think of this arena as a king of the mountain arena. You have to stay on top and keep the others off without been pushed off yourself. There are also items that appear every so often on the pad. Below is a description of the items and their use. Blue Banana: Freezes one opponent temporarily. Yellow Banana: Speeds you up temporarily. Oranges: Sends a shockwave over the arena Coconut Crystal: Makes you really big or really small. Ammo Crates: Pulls out your weapon with 5 shoots. Question Marks: Does a random thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ MONKEY SMASH ARENA 1 ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ | | / \ | || || | __/3 || || 2\__ __/--- |_| ---\__ | -----/4 1\----- | |__ -----\2_3/----- __| \--- | | ---/ \1 || || 4/ | || || | \ / |___| This diagram above is a map of the Monkey Smash Arena 1. At each corner there is a path that leads up to the top platform into the centre of the arena. This is where there are 4 Banana Pads (numbered). From here you can teleport to one of the opposite area of the map. Where you can see 4 on the map in the middle. If you look on the map from thee in a south east direction there is the other number 4 Banana Pad. See how they are opposite? This is a good way to get away from people when you know exactly where the other pad is. If you can recognize this is battle, this will really help in battle. But be careful, this plan isn't good if your opponent sees you go through the pad. The map is too small to pin-point it exactly. But like in Monkey Smash Arena 2 each of the starting chambers are different colours. If you can recognize the 4 different types you might be able to know where your opponent. If you can't you can always remember the Banana Pad trick. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ MONKEY SMASH ARENA 2 ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ __________ __________ | | | | | Blue Room|______|Green Room| | _____ _____ | |____ _| || |_ ____| || ____||____ || ||__|____ ____|__|| | __ ____||____ __ | || |____ ____| || ____||_ || _||____ | |_____||_____| | | Red Room ______ Purple | | | | Room | |__________| |__________| My favorite arena. As you can see on the map above, there are 4 starting chamber each of them is a different colour. This is a good way to find where you opponent is if they are trying to hide, or if they are waiting for you. In the central chamber there are to ramps in opposite corners that lead up to a second floor there are quite a few Ammo Crates up here. It's a good idea to come here if you are running low on supplies. But be careful, your opponents could be near. Another thing about this arena is the treat of ambush. If someone is to enter the chamber you are in, it may be hard to tell which entrance they used. So you have to pay a bit of attention on where opponent is. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ MONKEY SMASH ARENA 3 ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ___ ____| |____ / ___| |___ \ / / _________ \ \ / / | _____ 2|1\ \ / / | | | | \ \ _|_| | | | | |_|_ |_ _ | | | | _ _| | | | | | | | | \ \ | |_____| | / / \ \2|1________| / / \ \___ ___/ / \____| |____/ |___| This is a fairly basic arena. The only way to get to the top of the platforms is by Banana Port, but you will be one the opposite end of the chamber when you do this. There is also a moat that is around the outside of the arena, a good place to hide and spring out on your opponents. There are not many other places to hide in this arena. But if you pay attention to the colours of the ground you may be able to find your opponent. The thing about this arena is the big open spaces, hitting opponents from a distance may be a bit troublesome. Chasing your opponent and using close-range combat attack is a good idea here. ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ TIPS ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks to Powerplayer64@aol.com for this tip. "If you simply remain standing on a teleporter pad, other players cannot use it until you leave it, and believe me, they usually get fed up fast." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 6. SECRET CHARACTER: KRUSHA |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ As you may know, there is a secret character for the multiplayer. Krusha is a good character to use in the multiplayer but you will need to get used to him. Anyways, the way to get him: You will have to collect 15 Banana Fairies. That's it. Then you can activate him in the menu at the start up screen and then use him in multiplayer. You can only use him in the multiplayer and not the 1 Player game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________ / \ _____| 7. CREDITS |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ CJayC: For hosting GameFAQs Me: For writing this FAQ. You: For reading this FAQ. Rare: For the fun game. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _________________________________ / \ _____| 8. CONTACT ME |_____ \ | _______________________________ | / \ |/ | | \| / / \ | | / \ /______/ \______\ If you have any questions about my FAQ please feel free to email me at the address at the top of the page. Make sure you please follow these simple steps. +DO ask intelligent and legitimate questions. +DO post comments about the FAQ and suggestions to. +DO be friendly. -DON'T send junk email like ads and chain letters. -DON'T demand me to answer your question. -DON'T bash my FAQ. The Donkey Kong 64 "Multiplayer FAQ" is copyright of Gold Mage 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------