Donkey Kong Country (video game): Difference between revisions

[[File:DKC_trio_2290.jpg|frame|Diddy, Donkey, and Dixie.]]

 

 

Introduced in 1994 for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], and ported to the [[Game Boy Color]] four years later and to the [[Game Boy Advance]] six years after that, ''Donkey Kong Country'' introduced the groundbreaking technique of using pre-rendered 3D graphics in a 2D console game<ref>It had already been done in arcades.</ref>, and marked the final decisive milestone in the early-to-mid '90s [[Console Wars]] between the [[Sega Genesis]] and [[Super Nintendo]], with the latter emerging in the lead in the west. It also brought the star of ''[[Donkey Kong]]'' back into the limelight (though the game makes it clear that [[Legacy Character|the Donkey Kong you play as is different from the original, and that the original Donkey Kong is the older and aptly named Cranky Kong]]; the ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' games may have [[Ret Conned]] this though).