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Earlier this month, Nintendo finally lifted the lid on Super Nintendo World's expansion Donkey Kong Country. It's scheduled to open next month on 11th December 2024 and ahead of the big launch, Universal has revealed the entrance and welcomed the first guests to the park. As highlighted by our...

Just a few short days after releasing Donkey Kong Land onto the Nintendo Switch Online classics library, Nintendo is following it up by also putting Donkey Kong Land 2 on the service. The Game Boy game is now available for subscribers to the service, but that begs the question: how many days...

We love a bit of niche video game history here at Nintendo Life, and the work of Mr Talida (aka Keshi Corner) has caught our attention on more than one occasion. This is the 3D scanning specialist that has ensured rare Zelda and Mario figures from the 1980s and '90s live to fight another day and...

Nintendo has a surprise drop for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. A classic Game Boy title has landed on the service tonight, in the form of Donkey Kong Land. Only the first game in the series is available, which originally launched in 1995 for the original Game Boy. Developed by Rareware, it...

This month is a special one for Donkey Kong Country, marking the 30th anniversary of the game's release across several regions. So, to celebrate, a group of ROM hackers has got together to create three new ROM hacks for those who consider themselves experts at the game, which are all inspired...

For the 30th anniversary of the original game's release, DKC Mirrored gets a full complete release. Experience the entire game again … but with a twist! All levels and tilemaps, sprite positions etc. have been flipped horizontally. You still move from left to right, but this time around from the...

In a recent AMA on YouTube, the former Rare composer Grant Kirkhope gave some insight into the making of Rare Treats: Donkey Kong 64 Revisited — his upcoming remix album that will see him rearranging classic tracks from his original Nintendo 64 soundtrack for Donkey Kong 64. This included an...

Thirty years ago, Donkey Kong Country blew our minds with its computer-generated graphics — and kicked our butts with its challenging platforming, mine-cart stages, and barrel-cannon sequences. Now it can kick them all over again with three new hacks that increase the difficulty. Challenge...

If you've been a part of the Nintendo gaming community for a while, then chances are you're well acquainted with 'DK Rap', the charming introductory theme tune seen in 1999's Donkey Kong 64. It's gained significant notoriety and love over the years, though many fans do concede that the song...

Yesterday marked the 30th anniversary of Donkey Kong Country's UK release, and so to celebrate, a musician and animator by the name of Bulby has decided to mark the occasion in style, releasing a new video featuring a Mega Man-style remix of one of the game's most famous tracks: Aquatic...

Believe it or not, Donkey Kong Country for the SNES has turned 30 years old after originally launching in the UK on 18th November 1994. Often regarded as one of the greatest platformers of all time, Donkey Kong Country was the first in an SNES trilogy from developer Rare, and was really the...

Over the years, there have been quite a few fanmade conversions of Nintendo's classic arcade game Donkey Kong for the ZX Spectrum, as well as an official version from Ocean Software released in 1986. But earlier this week, a new port was dropped from the homebrew developer Artonapilos and the...

Nintendo and Shigeru Miyamoto have revealed details about the upcoming Donkey Kong Country addition to Super Nintendo World in Osaka, Japan. The Nintendo Direct announcement confirmed the expansion's opening date — December 11, 2024. We've seen glimpses of the park before, but this Direct gave...

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD's 16th January 2025 launch is still months away, but as the new year nears, Nintendo is ramping up excitement with a sneak peek at some pre-order goodies. Today, My Nintendo Store UK showed off some of the swag that'll come with DKCRHD (we're not really calling it...

Get ready, everyone! A Nintendo Direct is coming soon. But don't expect news on upcoming Switch games or the rumored 'Switch 2'. This time, Nintendo will give us a 10-minute preview of the new Donkey Kong Country area being added to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Japan. You can...

In a surprising twist for retro gaming enthusiasts, a new cheat code for the classic Super Nintendo game "Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest" has been unearthed almost three decades after its initial release. This discovery has sent ripples through the gaming community, showcasing that...

A new cheat code for Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest has indeed been discovered, 29 years after the game's original release on the SNES in 1995. This discovery was made public on November 5, 2024. Here's the translated tweet: The newly found cheat code allows players to exit...

DK Bros. has been released by the developer 10yard. It has been a long time in the making! DK Bros. is a two player co-op hack of the original Donkey Kong arcade game. It maintains all the original gameplay mechanics. Two players working together simultaneously smashing barrels, collecting...

It's been a little over a year since F-Zero 99 shadow-dropped onto Switch and, after receiving a bumper update earlier this month, it looks like Nintendo still has some event ideas up its sleeve. While digging through the files of the recent 1.5.0 update, dataminer 'LuigiBlood' uncovered...

Publisher Knights Peak and developer VEA Games have announced that their upcoming platformer Nikoderiko: The Magical World will be launching on the Switch eShop on 15th October 2024. Looking like a bit of a cross between Donkey Kong Country and Crash Bandicoot, Nikoderiko sees you follow the...