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Donkey Kong Country (1994)

Rare

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 … Read more
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. Read less
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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

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FiretheFlameLord

Review FiretheFlameLord 5/5 · Aug 5, 2023

DONKEY KONG COUNTRY REVIEW:(GBA)

Donkey Kong Country is a 2003 platform game.Rare, the producer of the game, and Nintendo, the distributor, have done a great job.The story of the game is as follows.Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong (1981) and Donkey Kong Jr. It is a reboot of the Donkey Kong franchise, set long after the events of (1982). The original Donkey Kong comes of …

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Donkey Kong Country is a 2003 platform game.Rare, the producer of the game, and Nintendo, the distributor, have done a great job.The story of the game is as follows.Donkey Kong Country, Donkey Kong (1981) and Donkey Kong Jr. It is a reboot of the Donkey Kong franchise, set long after the events of (1982). The original Donkey Kong comes of age, moves to Donkey Kong island and transfers the mantle of "Donkey Kong" to his grandson, receiving the nickname Cranky Kong.One night, King K. The Kremlings, led by Rool, invade Donkey Kong Island and steal the Kongs' banana stack. Donkey, along with his nephew Diddy, goes on a journey to get back the banana stack and defeat the Kremlings. Two Kongs, K. He travels across Donkey Kong Island, fighting the Kremlings and their henchmen before reaching Rool's Pirate ship, the Gang-Plank Galleon. Two of them are K. He takes on Rool and seemingly defeats him, starting a fake credit roll that claims the Kremlings are improving the game, but K. Rool returns to continue the fight.But the Kongs persevere, K. He defeats Rool and takes back the banana stack.in this game consisting of 6 sections, you are trying to pass the section by killing the creatures.The music of the game is beautiful.If you are not too obsessed with graphics and you like retro games, this game is for you.My rating for the game: 10/10 (y) Good games to everyone 🙂

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Yaru

Status Yaru Feb 12, 2021

I started Tree Top Down with 99 lives and finished it with 26.

Fck that particular level.

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Yaru

Status Yaru Feb 12, 2021

As one of the first games I ever played I am very proud to report that about 20 years later I still suck tremendously at it.

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Mako_Bomb

Status Mako_Bomb Aug 24, 2020

Another DKC game beaten. Definitely not as good and DKC2 but a great game nonetheless. Onto DKC3 to Complete the series.

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GigaDeathNullGolem

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 …

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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 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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Reset_Tears

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 …

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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.

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Retrobert

Status Retrobert Aug 1, 2019

Beat the game without finding all the bonus stages. I'm at around 70% at this moment. I also defeated all bosses without getting harmed with exception of the final boss. Lets see how long it takes me to find all the bonus rounds.

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Retrobert

Status Retrobert Jul 30, 2019

I'm currently playing Donkey Kong Country again. This time around, I'm aiming to complete it 100%.

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fireflys_locket

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.

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StefyG

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 …

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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 my childhood.

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HaDodges

Review HaDodges 4/5 · Sep 13, 2013

It took me being an adult and highly inebriated to come to the realization that this isn't Super Mario Bros.: Retooled: the Spin-Off. While Mario has some exploration elements to the game, more so now than the 2D platformers of the day, there was always a countdown to death by shrinkage. This lead me to rush through Mario levels at …

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It took me being an adult and highly inebriated to come to the realization that this isn't Super Mario Bros.: Retooled: the Spin-Off. While Mario has some exploration elements to the game, more so now than the 2D platformers of the day, there was always a countdown to death by shrinkage. This lead me to rush through Mario levels at top speeds, enjoy the thought put into timing out enemy placement for people to hop right along the levels. When I played Donkey Country when it came out, I basically applied the same principles. Same controller, same dimension, IP-spin-off all equated to my prepubescent mind as same game. Nope. Not at all. Not a bit. Donkey Kong really is all about exploration. Nooks and crannies littered with bananas to reclaim. Hence no countdown clock. The amount of secrets areas is a joy. The dynamic between Donkey and Diddy is also great. Not basic reskinnings of one another, they each work just differently enough to need to switch between the two. Playing a co-op game requires total cooperation, communication and an understanding that you don't need to prove you can beat the level, but know when to switch back and forth for certain tasks. It's well executed and any error and difficulty is on the player(s). Sit down and revisit this game sometime. It's enjoyable at a slow-pace.

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