

I could have just as easily picked English 1.0 (see both title screens here), but I picked 1.1 due to personal preference. The title screen was also changed - basically the logo was reverted to the English 1.1 logo. I didn't like seeing it in ALL CAPS before. Yes, there's actually lowercase this time. I also used the DKC SNES font instead of the original DKL2/3 font - I thought it looked much better, and it also has uppercase and lowercase. Rool's Last Stand, among other things) and tweaked a few other things, mainly minor punctuation fixes in Bear's dialogue. Nonetheless, I fixed some typos (namely the misspelling of "Kremlin gs", and the lack of punctuation in K. So if you've played the original English version, it should be familiar to you.

This hack uses the Japanese version as a base (hacking the original GB version and making it work for the GBC would have been far too much work), but the text is heavily based off the original English script. And you all can now enjoy the colorful version in English! I had not known anything about assembly, or even pointers, but I've since learned quite a bit and I've finally been able to complete this. This, honestly, is something that I've wanted to do for years, starting in late 2007, but at the time I was a very inexperienced hacker. The GBC version was Japanese exclusive for more than a decade. I have a great surprise for all DK元 fans: a hack that translates the Game Boy Color version from Japanese to English! As some people know, there was an English version released for the Game Boy and the Super Game Boy, and three years later, there was a Japanese version released for the Game Boy Color.
