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I noticed tonight that I'd just never played this one, and couldn't decide what I wanted to do. "It's a big blemish on my gamer card!" I thought, and got to it in about an hour and a half. Well... Carried by aesthetics? Very much a platformer of its time otherwise, I didn't really think it was all that. Lots of blind jumps you just have to remember that are there or enemies placed that will immediately walk into you as soon as they load. Likely a limitation of screen real estate on the hardware with sprites the way they are in this game. I always heard that Diddy feels better to play as in this game but I don't get that honestly, DK feels far easier to use. There's not any extra movement abilities he misses out on or anything, he's just bigger. I get how this could leave a huge impact on someone that had never played better before, but sadly I've played other games.

Smiled so hard, mouth shaped like a banana.

The music makes this game so bearable with how hard the gameplay is. I love this monkey game

Fantastic game. Recommend playing this on Nintendo Switch Online and using restore points to your desired level of comfort. There are a few dud-levels that end up being unfair, but for the most part the game is an enjoyable, challenging adventure full of great vibes and even better music.

And it all culminates in a fantastic final boss.


Если кто-то скажет что все игры Нинтендо для казуалов, то эта игра является отличным контр-аргументом против этого. Платформер с большой буквы, где платформинг местами лютый... но за то больше ничего кроме платформинга тут и нет, просто прыгаешь по врагам, по платформам и всё, ничего лишнего, и одна ошибка и ты ошибся, начинай всё сначала уровня, а получишь гейм-овер, начинай всё с последнего сохранения, которое было пару лютых уровней назад... ИДЕАЛЬНО! XD

Just absolute perfection for me. From gameplay to the look of the game and how could I forget the soundtrack😫

think this is the game that cause my anger issues.. gameboy survived though

The first Donkey Kong Country is definitely a great platformer, but personally I find that it's a bit less polished than its SNES sequels. You can tell that the level design philosophy for the series was still being sorted out, as it's a bit choppy in places. The bosses, other than K. Rool at the end, underwhelm. Expresso is janky. In the end, though, you still have a game with fun gameplay, iconic visual design, and outstanding music, and it makes for a memorable game all the same.

Can't believe this game created 30 years ago! Just perfect. Try it please!

Muito bom esse jogo, um pouco difícil de prever as aparições dos inimigos, mas nada que atrapalhe a gameplay. As batalhas de chefe são um tanto variadas, o que não deixa a coisa repetitiva. Donkey Kong Country permanece um clássico absoluto e tomara que continue assim por muitas e muitas décadas.