Donkey Kong Country (1994)
New Nintendo 3DS · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Wii · Wii U
4.11 from 3460 ratings
6360 members have it in their collection · 154 playing now · 846 backlogged · 388 wish listed
How long? Main story 4h · with extras 5h · 100% 5h (from 52 logged playthroughs)
Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles at the time. The two playable characters featured in the game are the titular character, Donkey Kong and his nephew, Diddy Kong. Together the two …
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Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a very unique look compared to most other games on consoles at the time. The two playable characters featured in the game are the titular character, Donkey Kong and his nephew, Diddy Kong. Together the two swing, climb, jump, swim, cartwheel, ride animals, and blast out of barrels on their way to recover their stolen bannanas from the evil King K. Rool and his Kremling army. The adventure takes you through a variety of different environments and levels that continually change up gameplay. Donkey Kong Country also provides plenty of opportunities for exploration with almost every level having a multitude of collectible, shortcuts, and hidden bonus areas.
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Details
- Developers
- Rare
- Publishers
- Gradiente, Hyundai, Nintendo, Playtronic
- Genres
- Platform
- Themes
- Action
- Franchises
- Donkey Kong
- Series
- Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Country
- Event
- Summer CES 1994
Release dates
- Nov 18, 1994 (Full Release) (Brazil) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nov 21, 1994 (Full Release) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nov 24, 1994 (Full Release) (Europe) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Nov 26, 1994 (Full Release) (Japan) Super Famicom
- 1994 (Full Release) (Korea) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Oct 1997 (Full Release) (North_America) Super Nintendo Entertainment System
- Dec 07, 2006 (Full Release) (Australia) Wii
- Dec 08, 2006 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii
- Dec 12, 2006 (Full Release) (Japan) Wii
- Feb 19, 2007 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii
- May 26, 2008 (Full Release) (Korea) Wii
- Oct 16, 2014 (Full Release) (Europe) Wii U
- Feb 26, 2015 (Full Release) (North_America) Wii U
- Mar 24, 2016 (Full Release) (North_America) New Nintendo 3DS
- Mar 24, 2016 (Full Release) (Europe) New Nintendo 3DS
Also available on
- Donkey Kong Country: Competition Cartridge (1994) · SNES
- Donkey Kong Country (2000) · GBC
- Donkey Kong Country (2003) · GBA
Related
Bundled in
- PSS-64 (Dec 1994) · SFAM
- PSS-63 (Dec 1994) · SFAM
- Super NES Classic Edition (Sep 2017) · Plug & Play
- Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Famicom (Oct 2017) · Plug & Play
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Rating distribution
5 stars
1277
4 stars
1415
3 stars
647
2 stars
104
1 star
17
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status GigaDeathNullGolem Nov 12, 2019
Never played this before. it plays okay I guess. but is a Rare technical marvel in so many ways. astounding sound and a lot of sprite animations and other tricks in certain places. The common complaints I have read are pretty valid. Connecting jumps feels a bit sloppy (doesnt help that you have two characters with different hit boxes). It …
Read moreNever played this before. it plays okay I guess. but is a Rare technical marvel in so many ways. astounding sound and a lot of sprite animations and other tricks in certain places. The common complaints I have read are pretty valid. Connecting jumps feels a bit sloppy (doesnt help that you have two characters with different hit boxes). It also gets tedious. I don't particularly like the 'claymation' aesthetic that nintendo got into on the closing curve of this era (to keep up with the competition of systems produced a bit later than theirs) but i'm also not playing it on a cathode/projection tv. Jesus though if this isn't a pretty slick soundtrack that is fresh and kinda neat to hear combined with very very Super Mario World-esque type sound effects. Pretty creative overall despite its flaws. Will have to check out later releases at some point.
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Status Reset_Tears Aug 14, 2019
Here's Donkey Kongtry, the game that sold a billion SNESes and made everyone go "Wow! Cool 3D game!" eyes.jpg
It sucks. This game just isn't that fun to play. The controls just feel off, and I could never tell if the apes were going to actually land on any of the ledges I needed to jump to. The levels are …
Here's Donkey Kongtry, the game that sold a billion SNESes and made everyone go "Wow! Cool 3D game!" eyes.jpg
It sucks. This game just isn't that fun to play. The controls just feel off, and I could never tell if the apes were going to actually land on any of the ledges I needed to jump to. The levels are very simple for the most part, and enemies likewise don't have much going for them. Every now and then you get a barrel-shooting level, and those are bad. And also, you sometimes get a swimming level, and those are the worst. Bosses are bizarrely extremely easy for the most part. Also, damn was this game trying to give me a seizure at times with its blinding light effects. All in all, just not a game I care for.
All that said though, the game does have that unique look to it, even if it's not really an aesthetic that wows me personally. I've watched a video or two on the making of the game, and it is admittedly impressive what they managed to achieve within the system's capabilities. I'm paraphrasing here, but I remember a part in the book "Console Wars" which had the CEO of Nintendo looking at early footage of this game, and saying "Wow, the Nintendo 64 is coming along nicely!" And someone had to explain, actually sir, this is Rare's SNES title. This game really did push the boundaries of its day, so I'll give it credit for that. I've been told the second Country game improves the gameplay a bit, so I might give that a go some time.
Status fireflys_locket Sep 10, 2017
One of my favorite games (alongside Mario) from when I was young. I finally played all the way through it on Virtual Console. I nearly tore my hair out.
Status StefyG Jul 8, 2017
Donkey Kong Country for SNES is missing a lot of cool content from it's GBA remake. The fishing and dancing minigames are missing, you can't save whenever you want, the graphics are changed or missing, the scrap book is gone, the story cut scenes are gone, the bosses are too easy, and I overall just miss the GBA version from …
Read moreDonkey Kong Country for SNES is missing a lot of cool content from it's GBA remake. The fishing and dancing minigames are missing, you can't save whenever you want, the graphics are changed or missing, the scrap book is gone, the story cut scenes are gone, the bosses are too easy, and I overall just miss the GBA version from my childhood.
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