Donkey Kong Country
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Donkey Kong and Diddy chase King K. Rool across their island to win back a stolen banana hoard. Its pre-rendered 3D graphics made the SNES look a generation ahead and saved Nintendo's holiday season.
Kit's verdict · 8.4/10
A stunning showpiece with a killer soundtrack, a touch shallower than its sequel.Kit · Sadkitty Games
Loved
- Graphics that still look striking
- David Wise's legendary music
- Animal buddies are a blast
Not so much
- Bosses are repetitive and easy
- Hit detection can feel slippery
Play it if anyone who wants a gorgeous, tough-but-fair platformer with great music.
Skip it if players who want the precise feel of a Mario game.
Cheats & codes
Every Donkey Kong Country cheat we know
Start with 50 lives.SNES · On the file select screen, highlight a file and enter the code; a sound confirms it.
Single-player only. Cheats can turn off achievements and some saves; use them on a spare save.
Tips
Play it better
- Roll into enemies and then jump at the end of the roll to clear long gaps.
- Collect K, O, N and G letters in each level for an extra life.
- Funky's Flights let you fly back to earlier worlds once you've found him.
- Save at Candy's Save Point every time you pass one; there's no auto-save.
- Collect three matching animal tokens to enter a bonus round full of extra lives.
- Swap to Diddy for speed in tricky jump sections and to DK for heavy enemies.
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Trivia
- Rare rendered its characters on expensive Silicon Graphics workstations, then compressed them into sprites.
- It sold over nine million copies, making it one of the best-selling SNES games.
- David Wise wrote most of the music with help from Eveline Fischer and Robin Beanland.
- It was the start of Rare's run as Nintendo's most important second-party studio.
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