Donkey Kong Country
Game Boy Color port of Donkey Kong Country.
Donkey Kong Country is a platform developed by Rare, released 17 November 2000 on Game Boy Color.
What Donkey Kong Country is
Donkey Kong Country is a platform game developed by Rare and released in 2000. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Game Boy Color only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Donkey Kong series
Donkey Kong Country is the 73rd of 190 entries we hold in the Donkey Kong series. The next entry was Read the Unfinished Donkey Kong Country Story...and then Finish the Adventure! in 2000.
What it launched against
Donkey Kong Country launched on 17 November 2000, within three weeks of Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island, Jet Grind Radio and The Operative: No One Lives Forever.
Released around the same time: Counter-Strike, Escape from Monkey Island, Jet Grind Radio, The Operative: No One Lives Forever.
Official trailer
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