Donkey Kong Country

by Nintendo

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00002SVFZ
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: 1992
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (88 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,175 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo Super NES

Manufacturer Description

Donkey Kong is back with a new sidekick Diddy Kong in a crazy island adventure! Challenged by the crazed tribe of reptilian Kremlings they endeavor to get back their stolen banana horde! Armed with lightning-quick moves chest pounding muscle and awesome aerial acrobatics our duo is ready to face their cunning adversaries. With the help of Donkey Kong's quirky family and his wild animal mounts they squabble and scamper their way through unending monkey mayhem!

Product Description

Manufacturer Description Donkey Kong is back with a new sidekick Diddy Kong in a crazy island adventure! Challenged by the crazed tribe of reptilian Kremlings they endeavor to get back their stolen banana horde! Armed with lightning-quick moves chest pounding muscle and awesome aerial acrobatics our duo is ready to face their cunning adversaries. With the help of Donkey Kong's quirky family and his wild animal mounts they squabble and scamper their way through unending monkey mayhem!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic game -- one of the best ever!, June 12, 2007

By 

bixodoido (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Donkey Kong Country (Video Game)

Before this game came out in the 90's I remember seeing a video about it. I knew I had to have it, and bought it immediately upon release. The graphics were absolutely stunning, and are even pretty good by today's standards. The storyline was great and the characters instant classics. And so when I got my Wii one of the first things I did was download this game--one of the best I've ever played in over 20 years of gaming.



Needless to say this excellent game has stood the test of time. It is side-scrolling--pre 3-D--but that is one of the game's strengths in my opinion. There are some incredibly difficult levels (the mine cars are very tough), but the game is not impossible to beat and provides just enough challenge to really absorb you in it. Control is fairly simple but another plus--you don't need a whole slew of button combos to master this game, just some dexterity and practice.



I would recommend this game either on the Super NES or as a virtual game for the Wii. Whereas some older games are good just for their nostalgia factor, DK Country is certainly one that can be played and enjoyed even 13 or so years after it's original release.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most revolutionary games of the 16-bit era, December 22, 2001

By 

jasenao (Dothan, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donkey Kong Country (Video Game)

Now a blockbuster in making great platformers for Nintendo, Rare's biggest breakthrough was with this game, Donkey Kong Country. In ways, Donkey Kong Country is a lot like Super Mario World. Like Super Mario World, in Donkey Kong Country, the main ways to defeat enemies are by jumping on top of them and throwing things at them. Just like Mario and Luigi love to collect coins, Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong love collecting bananas, since they are monkeys.

King K. Rool, a huge alligator, has stolen all the bananas from the Kongs' Banana Hoard. So it's up to Donkey Kong and his friend Diddy Kong to try and track down King K. Rool and defeat him in order to get their mounds of bananas back. But it won't be so easy because along the way, there are several dangerous enemies that they'll have to look out for such as Kremlings, vultures, beavers, bees with a mean stinger, octopusses, and tons of others.

Fortunately for the Kongs, they do have a few friends on their side. The most famous of them is Cranky Kong, who offers tips, major trash talking, and interesting stories. Cranky Kong is actually the original Donkey Kong who threw barrels at Mario. Funky Kong is a real cool character who offers an easy way to travel between worlds, and Candy Kong is here to save your game. There are also a few animal characters to lend a helping ride such as Rambi the rhinoceros, Winky the frog, Enguarde the swordfish, and others.

The terrains in Donkey Kong Country are a wonder to behold. The main reason Donkey Kong Country was such a standout title when it was first released is because of its way above average graphics. Whether it's the characters, the terrains, or the backgrounds, the graphics all have a 3D-ish look to them, and they're almost too good to be included in a 16-bit game.

Donkey Kong Country also has great sound effects and music. A lot of the music is real catchy and unforgettable, and the sound effects fit the game to a tee. Everything else about Donkey Kong Country isn't bad either. The control is top-notch, the replay value has no limits, and this is a game that is always fun.

The other reason Donkey Kong Country was an instant classic when it was first released is because of its many spectacular environments. There is everything from jungles, underwater environments, polluted areas, tree tops, mine cart rides, and plenty more to be experienced. In each level, all you really have to do is get to the end of them since this is a 2D side scroller, but it's a lot more fun if you try and find as many of the secret areas as you can.

Like many of the other great 2D side scrollers such as Super Metroid, Donkey Kong Country is overflowing with secret areas. There are places in walls to break a hole in, almost invisible hidden barrels, and several other ways to find a secret. Whenever you save your game, it always tells what percentage (there is a total of 101% in the game) of secrets that you've found. THIS is what keeps the replay value so high, on top of the game being fun enough to go all the way through from start to finish, over and over again.

If you ever get tired of playing the game by yourself and want to challenge somebody or play along with them, you'll be glad to hear that Donkey Kong Country is a two player game. In two-player mode, you and a friend can work as a team (one person controls Donkey Kong and the other controls Diddy), or play the adventure game against each other in order to see who can get the farthest while losing the least amount of lives.

Donkey Kong Country is one of the best adventure and platforming video games of all time. If you have a Super Nintendo, I 101% recommend getting Donkey Kong Country. It's a classic!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Don't Get Much Better Than This, July 26, 2001

By 

Dan Wrigley (uk) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donkey Kong Country (Video Game)

When rumours of new 32-bit consoles were becoming a reality many fans began to forget about the Snes, that was of course until the release of `Donkey Kong Country'. A game so ahead of it's time that at it's first E3 showing many reporters mistook it for a N64 game.

With a revolutionary graphics engine and fantastic gameplay to boot, `Dkc' took the gaming world by storm and indeed acted as the final nail in the Megadrives coffin. Also notable is that this was the first `Big hit' from gaming giants Rare who would follow with the classics `Goldeneye' and `Perfect Dark'.

Another important point is that this game `is' completely without flaws, the rendering is perfect and the games music is one of the best soundtracks ever recorded. In technical retrospect `Dkc' is a 2d sidescroller with a 3d graphics overhaul, in English any fan of platformers should not be without this inspirational classic.

`Donkey Kong Country' was also the largest ever cartridge at the time carrying a massive (at the time) 32mb, and `til this very day the game remains a classic. If you still have a Snes or your a retro gaming fan like myself you should pick this up as soon as possible.

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