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.: 6 June 2003.: 9 June 2003.: 12 December 2003Mode(s),Donkey Kong Country is a 1994 developed by and published by for the, as part of the Donkey Kong franchise created. The game centers on the duo of and his nephew, who are on a quest to recover their stolen banana hoard from and his henchmen Kremlings.Development began shortly after Rare founders, brothers, ran experiments with a (SGI) workstation to render 3D.
Nintendo became interested in Rare's work and acquired 49% of the company, leading to the production of a game for the SNES using and SGI technology. The Stamper brothers expressed interest in creating a standalone Donkey Kong game and assembled a team of 12 developers to work on the game over 18 months. Donkey Kong Country is the first Donkey Kong game that was not produced or directed by the franchise's creator, though he was involved with the project.Following an aggressive marketing campaign, Donkey Kong Country received critical acclaim and sold more than nine million copies worldwide, making it the and has been cited as one of the. It was ported to the and consoles, and was made available for Nintendo's. Donkey Kong Country is the first game in the and was followed by two sequels on the SNES: in 1995, and in 1996. In 2017, the game was released as a part of the. The player controls (top) in 'Jungle Hijinxs' , the first level of Donkey Kong Country.Donkey Kong Country is a in which the player guides protagonists (DK) and (Diddy) through 40.
DK and Diddy are the game's main characters and the only playable characters. The player can switch between Kongs if both characters are present. The main modes of travel are running, jumping, and rolling; all of which both characters are capable. DK and Diddy have different advantages; DK defeats enemies more easily and has a handslap move that reveals hidden bunches of bananas, while Diddy is faster, smaller, and can jump higher than DK can.Levels contain enemies, bananas, and other objects and collectibles. Enemies can be defeated by stomping, rolling, barrel-throwing, and by using an animal. The game has a variety of enemies, each with varying skills and defenses; for example, the crocodile-like must be stomped on because of their forward-facing jaws; rolling into them will cause the player to lose a Kong. When that happens, the leader quickly runs off the screen (or falls off the screen in the Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance remakes) and only one Kong is on the screen.
If the lone Kong takes damage, the player will lose a life and restart the level from the beginning, or at the previous Star Barrel. Bananas are the most common collectible; collecting 100 bananas grants the player an extra life. Bananas also guide the player through the levels and sometimes indicate the presence of another collectible or hidden area. Other collectibles include K-O-N-G letters and extra life balloons, which both help the player gain extra lives. When an item is collected, a corresponding counter briefly scrolls.
Barrels are common objects; an element retained from the first Donkey Kong game. Wooden barrels can be picked up and thrown to defeat most enemies and reveal bonus rooms. Barrels with a red DK icon revive a Kong when one is absent. Barrel cannons propel the player-character in the direction the cannon is facing. In later levels, the player must time the releases between barrel cannons to progress. Barrels covered with stars allow the player to resume progress from his or her position in the level.Bonus rooms are hidden in almost every level; they are accessed by destroying walls and entering hidden barrel cannons.
Bonus rooms contain challenges in which the player-character can earn additional lives and items, and sometimes gain new shortcuts through the level.In many levels, the player can gain assistance from various 'animal friends': Rambi the, Expresso the, Enguarde the, Winky the, and Squawks the. Each animal provides a different type of aid; Rambi is powerful and can defeat most enemies with a swift charge, Expresso can run quickly and jump long distances, Enguarde can skewer most fish with a quick thrust of his, Winky can jump high and defeat certain enemies the Kongs cannot, and Squawks provides light in dark levels with a. Players can collect Animal Tokens; when three identical tokens are collected, the player-character is transported to a timed bonus level in which the player plays as the animal.The in Donkey Kong Country are themed to resemble ecosystems—jungles, factories, underwater, mountains, treetops, caves, mines and ruins—that are shared with many levels in that world. A series of map screens are used to track the player's progress. Between each level, the player can navigate the character to the desired area; if a level has already been completed, the player can return to the map screen. Each level is marked with an icon; unfinished levels are marked by Kremling heads while completed areas are marked by heads of the Kong family members. Each world contains three way-points that house the three other members of the Kong family;,.
Funky is a surfer who operates 'Funky's Flights', a service that allows the player to visit the overworld map. Candy is Donkey Kong's love interest and operates the save points, which are the only way to save the game in the original SNES version. Cranky is the original arcade Donkey Kong who offers to the player hints and complaints. The last level of each world is a boss battle that takes place in a small arena. When the boss is defeated the player returns to the overworld map.Plot On a stormy night, Donkey Kong assigns Diddy to guard his hoard of bananas as part of Diddy's hero training, and promises to relieve him of the duty at midnight.
Later that night, the overpower Diddy, seal him in a barrel, and steal all of the bananas, leaving a trail of bananas behind them. The next morning, DK wakes up and realizes he forgot to relieve Diddy. Cranky Kong begins to deride him, and DK resolves to find Diddy and the two Kongs set off to rescue their bananas from the Kremlings. Development. The official announcement poster for the development of Donkey Kong Country, showcasing the eponymous protagonist's new pre-rendered appearance and claiming to be 'the world's first fully-rendered video game'.Before Donkey Kong Country 's production, 's Tim and Chris Stamper had invested and programmed experiments with a workstation, with the initial intent of developing a boxing game. Although their efforts did not progress beyond the stages of initial development, senior staff who visited their studio at were impressed with their progress after being shown a working demo.
Was dispatched to Japan to advise then-president of Nintendo about securing a deal with Rare. Following talks, Nintendo acquired 49% of Rare, which culminated in the production of a new title using Alias and SGI technology, and Rare became a. The Stampers expressed interest in making a game based on Donkey Kong, for which Nintendo gave permission.Rare assembled a team of 12 people to work on the game, and according to product manager Dan Owsen, 20 people worked on Donkey Kong Country during its 18-month development cycle. Upon reviewing Rare's first playable version of the game, Nintendo directed Rare to significantly reduce the difficulty because they wanted it to appeal to a broad audience and thought the game's numerous secrets would provide sufficient challenge to hardcore gamers. Designer and his team arranged the stages so players with good timing could flow between obstacles without waiting. At this point, Donkey Kong creator – though otherwise mostly uninvolved with the project – made some last-minute suggestions, such as Donkey Kong's 'hand-slap' move, that were incorporated into the final game.
'There was some wrangling over the look of Donkey Kong; we wanted to modernise the look and give him a different personality. Shigeru Miyamoto had some very strong ideas on what he should look like.' Brendan Gunn, Nintendo LifeThe Donkey Kong character was redesigned to have a distinct, three-dimensional appearance. Using the introduced in 1994's version of, the character gained a new look that continues to be used in nearly all games featuring him.
Until 's purchase of Rare in 2002, all Nintendo games featuring Donkey Kong credited Rare for the use of their Donkey Kong model. To develop DK's movements in the game, Rare staff spent hours at nearby watching and videotaping gorillas. They found that on the rare occasions when the gorillas moved, their movements were 'completely unsuitable for a fast-paced videogame', and thus DK and Diddy Kong's moving animations were loosely based upon the of horses.Adapting to the then-cutting-edge Silicon Graphics workstations was a tense challenge for Rare, with a single 3D model requiring 'ages' to render.
David Wise reported that the team would often go home at 11PM, and by the next morning the images they were rendering at the time may have completed. The expensive equipment required careful control; Gunn claimed that the SGI machines required a massive unit to cool them to prevent overheating, whilst the team worked in the summer heat without relief. However, Gunn affirmed they believed the novel result was worth the extensive time required and heat generated by the units.Rare created a redesign with the intent of updating the appearance of Donkey Kong Jr.
For a new audience. However, Nintendo thought the model was too great a departure from Donkey Kong Jr.' S original look, and insisted that Rare either rework it to match Donkey Kong Jr.' S original appearance or present it as a new character. Mayles decided a new character suited the updated DK universe, so he kept the redesigned model and initially renamed the character 'Dinky Kong', but after legal advice Rare changed its name to Diddy Kong. The development of Donkey Kong's redesign for the game: Miyamoto's sketch, Rare's sketch and final render.Donkey Kong Country is one of the first games for a mainstream home video game console to use 3D graphics, a technique used in the earlier 1993 game for the, and later in Rare's, released the same year. Rare took significant financial risks in purchasing the expensive Silicon Graphics equipment used to render the graphics;, Rare's composer from 1985 to 1994, said the company purchased the workstations for £80,000 each.
Rare developed a new compression technique that allowed them to incorporate more detail and animation for each sprite for a given memory footprint than had been previously achieved on the SNES, which better preserves the pre-rendered graphics. Both Nintendo and Rare call the technique for creating the game's graphics Advanced Computer Modelling (ACM). Marketing Donkey Kong Country had a US marketing budget of $3.76 million. To promote the game, held an online promotional campaign through the Internet service that involved downloadable video samples of the game, a trivia contest in which 800 people participated, and an hour-long conference attended by 80 people, in which, Peter Main and answered questions.
A 15-minute VHS tape titled Donkey Kong Country: Exposed was sent to subscribers of magazine. The video, which was hosted by comedian, shows a brief tour of Nintendo of America's headquarters in and footage from the game in the final stages of development. Several game testers provide tips on accessing bonus levels and performing tricks in the game.
Various interviews promote the level of graphical complexity as revolutionary for contemporaneous game systems. A segment at the end of the video reminds viewers that the game is available only on Nintendo's 16-bit console and not on rival 32-bit and CD-ROM based consoles (such as and ) that boasted superior processing power. The tape was regarded as a marketing success that significantly contributed to Donkey Kong Country 's sales.Nintendo of America partnered with for a promotional campaign in which the packaging for Kellogg's breakfast cereals would feature Donkey Kong Country character art and announce a prize giveaway.
The campaign ran from the game's release in November 1994 until April 1995. Audio composed most of the music for Donkey Kong Country, with also contributing. One track, composed for Killer Instinct by, was adopted and arranged by Wise for use as Funky Kong’s theme.
Wise started composing for the game as a musician; he has said that he originally assumed the music he composed for the game would later be replaced with compositions by a Japanese composer, because he understood the importance of the Donkey Kong license to. Later asked Wise to record three jungle tunes that were merged to become the 'DK Jungle Swing', the first level in the game. Wise said, 'I guess someone thought the music was suitable, as they offered me a full time position at Rare'.Donkey Kong Country is known for its atmospheric music that mixes natural environmental sounds with prominent and percussive accompaniments. It features a wide variety of musical styles that attempt to evoke the environments in which they appear. The music varies throughout the game and includes music from levels set in Africa-inspired jungles, caverns, oceanic reefs, frozen landscapes, and industrial factories.
Wise cited 's music for the Mario and Zelda games, and Geoff Follin's music for, -based film soundtracks released in the 1980s, and early-to-mid-1990s rock and dance music as influences on the soundtrack for Donkey Kong Country. Wise wanted to imitate the sound of the synthesiser.The game's was released on under the title DK Jamz. It was sent to news media and retailers in November 1994 as a promotional item, and was released to the general public in March 1995. DK Jamz consists of 50 tracks; tracks 24 to 48 are completely silent and the remaining two tracks are 'secret' bonus tracks not listed on the disc cover. The soundtrack was also the basis of an collaboration titled 'Kong in Concert', which Wise later praised. Reception ReceptionAggregate scoresAggregatorScore(SNES) 89%(GBC) 90%(GBA) 79%(GBA) 78%Review scoresPublicationScore(SNES)(GBA)(SNES) 9.25 of 10(SNES) 31 of 40(SNES) 9.5 of 10(Wii) 8.5 of 10(GBC) 9.0 of 10(GBA) 8.0 of 10(GBC) 8.3 of 10A+Donkey Kong Country was very successful upon release in November 1994. Within a month of its launch in the United States, its sales reached nearly 500,000 copies.
It also garnered much praise in retrospective reviews, with an 89 percent approval rating at the review aggregator. According to some critics, the game 'saved' the Super Nintendo Entertainment system, which faced growing competition from more technically proficient consoles like the and the.Reviewers praised the game's vibrant, colourful and 'groundbreaking' graphics. 's Lucas Thomas expressed surprise that Nintendo's 16-bit system could deliver rendered 3D models and praised the detailed character animations, 'lush backgrounds' and the 'verdant jungle' setting of the game. Said the game 'has all the elements of a classic; outstanding graphics, involving game play, and lots of hidden stuff'.
At review aggregator, the SNES version received an 89% score, the Game Boy Color version 90%, and the Game Boy Advance version 79%. Gave a positive review to the version of the game, saying it was 'improved with multiplayer minigames and a GB Printer feature', and that although 'the graphics lack the detail of the classic, they're still worth going ape over'. It was later ranked as the 90th-best game made for a Nintendo system in Nintendo Power 's Top 200 Games list in 2006.
Reviewed the SNES version of the game, and called it 'an amazing cart' while noting that the gameplay 'falls a hair short of the typical Nintendo blockbuster.' The game was awarded GamePro 's best graphic achievement award at the 1994.
It won several awards from, including Best SNES Game, Best Animation, Best Game Duo, and Game of the Year, in their 1994 video game awards. It also received a Nintendo Power Award for Best Overall Game of 1994 and two Kids' Choice awards in 1994 and 1995 for Favorite Video Game.
It is the only video game listed in 's top ten 'Best Products' of 1994; this achievement is somewhat overshadowed by the game's later inclusion in Time 's 2005 list of Top 10 Most Overrated Games of All Time. The game also rated ninth in 's 2003 list of the 25 most overrated games of all time. Although described as 'overrated' by some critics, the game has appeared on many lists.Donkey Kong creator allegedly criticised the game and called its gameplay mediocre. Miyamoto has since addressed these rumors and expressed fondness for the game, stating that he communicated with the Stampers 'almost daily' during the game's development.
The game eventually sold a total of nine million copies. In the United States alone, its re-release sold 960,000 copies and earned $26 million by August 2006. Between January 2000 and August 2006, it was the 19th highest-selling game launched for a Nintendo Handheld console in the US. Legacy Donkey Kong Country 's financial success was a major factor in keeping sales of the high at a time when the next generation of consoles, including the and the, were being released.
The game sold six million units in its first holiday season. After selling nine million units, Donkey Kong Country became the and set a record for the fastest-selling video game of all time. 's redesign of the Donkey Kong character has been used in all future games featuring him, including his appearances in the series and various Mario spinoff titles. Donkey Kong Country 's popularity spawned two direct sequels for SNES; was released the following year to critical acclaim and debuted the year after that.
Acquired Rare in 2002, so Nintendo has since maintained the series with (2010) for the and (2014) for the and the. In addition to starring in Donkey Kong Country 2, the character Diddy Kong was popular enough to feature in his; was released for the in 1997. Re-releases In 2000, a version of Donkey Kong Country was released for the (GBC) (known as 'Donkey Kong 2001' in Japan). The GBC version has a new stage in Chimp Caverns called 'Necky Nutmare' and a redesigned, longer version of Winky's Walkway.
Some of the music from the original game was replaced in the GBC version with music that originated in. In 2003, another version of the game was released for the; this version has increased brightness at the cost of contrast and colour saturation, to make the game easier to see on an unlit LCD screen. Both games have some new features, including new minigames, hidden pictures, and a Time Trial mode. The GBA version also has multiplayer games.
Both versions have lower sound fidelity and a number of minor changes; Candy Kong no longer runs a save point so players can save the game in any area.Donkey Kong Country was re-released on the for the in Oceania on December 7, 2006, Europe the next day, and in North America on February 19, 2007. The Donkey Kong Country titles were removed from the Wii Shop Channel in November 2012, but were reinstated for the in 2014. In Europe, Donkey Kong Country was released on the Wii U Virtual Console on October 16, 2014 and in Japan on November 26, 2014. On February 26, 2015, the first three Donkey Kong Country games were released on the Wii U Virtual Console (coinciding with the rereleases of the Donkey Kong Land trilogy on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console) and were reinstated for the Wii Virtual Console in the United States.
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