
This allowed them to have more detail in animations, for a 16-bit console, which was revolutionary at the time.

The graphics were made with expensive Silicon 3D graphic models and compressed into two-dimensional for the SFC/SNES. The game is known for being the first game to use pre-rendered sprites, creating a three-dimensional effect throughout the game. While Rare had made some popular games in the past, such as Battletoads for Famicom/NES, Donkey Kong Country is credited with making them well-known in the industry. The popular game is credited for its successful spin-off debut of Nintendo's very first game antagonist Donkey Kong from a decade before the game's release, as well as starting a new franchise entirely based around new characters and gameplay. " I'll hunt them down through every part of my island, until I have every banana from my hoard back!!" - Donkey Kong in the Donkey Kong Country Instruction Booklet ĭonkey Kong Country (スーパードンキーコング, Sūpā Donkī Kongu in Japan) is a platformer game developed by Rareware and first released for the Super Family Computer/Super Nintendo Entertainment System by Nintendo in 1994. Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch Online (SFC/SNES version) Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console (SFC/SNES version) Nintendo Wii U Virtual Console (SFC/SNES version) Nintendo Wii Virtual Console (SFC/SNES version)

Super Family Computer/Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Software description provided by the publisher.North American boxart of the game Donkey Kong Country for SNES.

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