Donkey Kong Country is a 2-D side scrolling platform video game developed by Rare, featuring the character Donkey Kong. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1994. Following an intense marketing campaign, the original SNES version sold over 8 million copies. It was the first Donkey Kong game not to be produced or directed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Instead, it was produced by Tim Stamper.
The game was rereleased on Nintendo’s Virtual Console service on 7 December 2006 in Australia, 8 December 2006 in Europe, and 19 February 2007 in North America.
The object of Donkey Kong Country is to make it through 39 different side-scrolling levels and recover the Kongs’ banana hoard, which has been stolen by the Kremlings. Each level is uniquely themed and consists of varying tasks such as swimming, riding in mine carts, launching out of barrel cannons, or swinging from vine to vine. Players lose a life if they get hit by any enemy or fall off the screen. When the player has lost all their lives, the game is over. However, the player can gain additional lives by collecting items scattered throughout the levels, including bananas; golden letters that spell out K–O–N–G; extra life balloons; and golden animal tokens that lead to bonus levels. There are also many secret passages that can lead to bonus games where the player can earn additional lives or other items.
Players of Donkey Kong Country control one of two characters: Donkey Kong or his nephew Diddy. The player can switch between characters if they are both on the screen. Donkey Kong is the larger and stronger of the two, and can defeat enemies more easily. Diddy Kong is faster and more agile, and can take out multiple enemies at once.
In several levels players can gain assistance from various animals, who are found by breaking open crates. These helpers include Rambi the Rhino, Expresso the Ostrich, Enguarde the Swordfish, Winky the Frog, and Squawks the Parrot. Each animal can be found in an appropriately themed level: for example, Enguarde can only be found underwater, and Squawks will be found in caves. Some animals can also give players access to bonus games.
The game can be played solo or by two players. In two–player mode there are two types of play: “Contest” and “Team”. In Contest mode players take turns playing each level as quickly as possible; the object is to complete the most levels in the fastest time. In Team mode both players instead play together, with one player controlling Donkey Kong and the other controlling Diddy. According to the game’s instruction manual, this is a good way for inexperienced players to play alongside more experienced players.
Donkey Kong Country uses of a series of map screens to track the players’ progress. Between each level players control their character on the map screen, navigating to the next level they want to play. Each level on the map is marked with an icon: unfinished levels are marked by Kremlings (the game’s main enemy), while friendly areas are marked by members of the Kong family.
During play the game interface hides most game-related information, such as the number of bananas, letters, and animal tokens collected; as well as the number of lives remaining. When an item is collected the relevant information briefly appears on the screen.
| Developer(s) | Rare |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Designer(s) | Tim Stamper (producer) |
| Composer(s) | David Wise Eveline Fischer Robin Beanland |
| Platform(s) | Super NES Game Boy Color Game Boy Advance Virtual Console |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Platform, side-scroller |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: K–A (SNES), E (GBA, VC) OFLC: G (VC) |
| Media | 32-megabit SNES cartridge GBC cartridge GBA cartridge |
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