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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...

Donkey Kong Country turns 30 later this year. So, to celebrate this feat, a group of former Rare developers are getting together to swap stories about the game's development and its incredible legacy, at a panel at this year's EGX gaming event, taking place at ExCeL London. The panel is...

A little while back, we reported on a 'Lego Ideas' set featuring a recreation of the classic Donkey Kong game starring the titular villain alongside Pauline. Well, the set - courtesy of user 'By If You Build It' - has now surpassed 10,000 supporters and has qualified for an official review from...

There have been some truly gorgeous video game statues in our time, from the likes of the First 4 Figures Samus Gravity Suit statue from Metroid to the ludicrous Ghosts 'n Goblins statue from Dream Figures. We love one-off designs though; statues that likely won't be made available to the...

Nintendo has announced another batch of Switch Online icons you can only unlock by playing its digital retro library. After events for Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and even the original Donkey Kong game, it's now moved on to Rare's 1994 SNES hit Donkey Kong...

DidYouKnowGaming, a popular video game channel dealing in video game trivia and news about cancelled projects, has recently updated the second part of its series investigating every cancelled Nintendo 64DD game and in the process has helped debunk a persistent rumour about Donkey Kong 64...