Donkey Kong Country cover

Donkey Kong Country

Critic score1 critic
First release
Nov 18, 1994
Developer
Rare
Genres
Platform · Action

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.

Also known as DKC, Super Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong, DKC1
… See more, Donkey Kong's Monkey Mayhem

Attributes

No Attributes added.

Details

Storyline, release dates, time to beat, age ratings, modes, links, keywords

Storyline
On a dark and stormy night in Donkey Kong Island, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's nephew has taken the weighty responsibility of guarding DK's precious banana hoard for one night, as a part of his "hero training". DK entrusts Diddy with protecting the hoard until midnight, when he would be relieved, while DK himself goes to sleep as he is tired. Everything seems to go smoothly in the hoard until Diddy hears some noises. Diddy hears some voices outside and gets scared, asking who's there. King K. Rool, who had commanded his Kremling minions to steal the bananas. Two ropes drop from above and suddenly two Kritters appear. Diddy cartwheels them both easily, but then a Krusha (Klump in the instruction booklet) comes in as backup. As Diddy is not strong enough to defeat Krusha by himself, he is overpowered and defeated by the Kremling. The lizars seal Diddy inside a barrel and then throw it in the bushes. Donkey's grandfather, Cranky Kong, rushes inside the treehouse to tell Donkey Kong to wake up so he may tell him what happened. He then tells Donkey to check his Banana Cave. Donkey Kong is infuriated, exclaiming that the Kremlings will pay for stealing his banana hoard and kidnapping his little buddy. Donkey goes on to say that he will hunt every corner of the island for his bananas back.Read more

On a dark and stormy night in Donkey Kong Island, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's nephew has taken the weighty responsibility of guarding DK's precious banana hoard for one night, as a part of his "hero training". DK entrusts Diddy with protecting the hoard until midnight, when he would be relieved, while DK himself goes to sleep as he is tired. Everything seems to go smoothly in the hoard until Diddy hears some noises. Diddy hears some voices outside and gets scared, asking who's there. King K. Rool, who had commanded his Kremling minions to steal the bananas. Two ropes drop from above and suddenly two Kritters appear. Diddy cartwheels them both easily, but then a Krusha (Klump in the instruction booklet) comes in as backup. As Diddy is not strong enough to defeat Krusha by himself, he is overpowered and defeated by the Kremling. The lizars seal Diddy inside a barrel and then throw it in the bushes. Donkey's grandfather, Cranky Kong, rushes inside the treehouse to tell Donkey Kong to wake up so he may tell him what happened. He then tells Donkey to check his Banana Cave. Donkey Kong is infuriated, exclaiming that the Kremlings will pay for stealing his banana hoard and kidnapping his little buddy. Donkey goes on to say that he will hunt every corner of the island for his bananas back.

Release dates
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nov 18, 1994
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nov 21, 1994
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Nov 24, 1994
All 15 release dates
Super Famicom
Nov 26, 1994
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1994
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
1996
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Oct 1997
Wii
Dec 07, 2006
Wii
Dec 08, 2006
Wii
Dec 12, 2006
Wii
Feb 19, 2007
Wii
May 26, 2008
Wii U
Oct 16, 2014
Wii U
Feb 26, 2015
New Nintendo 3DS
Mar 24, 2016
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
2h
Main + Extras
3h
Completionist
4h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Where to buy
Keywords
gravity, shark, death, 2.5d, frog
… All 88, flight, side-scrolling, animal-based, multiple protagonists, overworld, tropical, jungle, snow, snake, giant insects, high score, talking animals, silent protagonist, swimming, donkey kong, darkness, boss fight, digital distribution, anthropomorphism, bonus stage, monkey, throwing weapons, rhinoceros, nintendo power, world map, gorilla, protagonist's name in the title, crocodile, breaking the fourth wall, collectibles, virtual console, original soundtrack release, descendants of other characters, save point, ice stage, checkpoints, unstable platforms, real-time combat, underwater gameplay, instant kill, secret area, level select map, animal companions, fuel management, moving platforms, recurring boss, jellyfish, water level, franchise reboot, auto-scrolling levels, western games based on japanese ips, speedrun, boss assistance, not-so-bad guys, villain turned good, over 100% completion, mine cart sequence, monarchy, ambient music, resized enemy, adapted to - tv show, on-the-fly character switching, trilogy, ape, cliffhanger, fictional currencies, secret areas within secret areas, false death, pre-rendered backgrounds, greatest hits, armadillo, animal weaponry, buddy system, promo vhs, retroachievements, diddy kong, wii virtual console, cranky kong, nintendo 3ds virtual console, wii u virtual console, nintendo gateway system, battery save, player's choice

At a Glance

Critic Score
80
Main Story (IGDB)
2h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
3h
Completionist (IGDB)
4h

Overview

Multiplayer

  • Local co-opIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 1 Nov

Feature data: IGDB