All of a sudden, two Kritters come up on which Diddy defeats and then send a blue Krusha, ( Klump according to the original game's manual), in as backup, overpowering Diddy and then seal him inside of a DK Barrel. Shortly after, Diddy was hearing some strange noises ( Kremlings) and asking whom it is in a scared manner. One rainy night, Donkey Kong had told Diddy Kong to guard his banana hoard as part of his 'hero training'. Note: The first two paragraphs are based off the starting cutscene in the Game Boy Advance version of Donkey Kong Country. It is one of the 21 games included on the SNES Classic Edition and was made avaliable on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch Online application for the Nintendo Switch on July 15, 2020.

For handhelds, Donkey Kong Country was ported exclusively over to the New Nintendo 3DS's Virtual Console in March 2016. Around the same time, the games were released on the Wii U's Virtual Console in Europe and Australia, in Japan on November 26, 2014, and in the United States and Canada on February 26, 2015. On November 25, 2012, for reasons unknown, Donkey Kong Country and both its sequels were delisted from the Wii's Virtual Console worldwide except in South Korea, but on October 30, 2014, the games were relisted only in Europe and Australia. In late 2006/early 2007, Donkey Kong Country was released on the Wii's Virtual Console. Later in 2000, there was a remake for Donkey Kong Country on the Game Boy Color and later in 2003, a remake was made for the Game Boy Advance.

Some magazines even said that it could compete against the newest PSX games. Donkey Kong Country was the second best-selling SNES game (second only to Super Mario World) and the first to use 3D pre-rendered graphics on a SNES game. It was the first Donkey Kong game to feature Donkey Kong as a playable character. Once Rare left Nintendo, Nintendo gave the rights of Donkey Kong to Paon, a second party developer who has so far currently made DK: King of Swing, DK: Jungle Climber, and Donkey Kong Barrel Blast. The game is considered by many Donkey Kong fans as the best game in the series, and would later spawn many sequels by Rare. Donkey Kong Country was followed by two sequels: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! in 19. It the first game to feature Donkey Kong's current design. Donkey Kong Country also had a certificate of Player's Choice on the box cover a year later. The Donkey Kong Country game managed to be a huge success to the Nintendo industry and was game of the year when it was first released. It is also the first game in the original Donkey Kong Country trilogy. Donkey Kong Country (also called DKC or Super Donkey Kong in Japan) is a game in the Donkey Kong series, and is the first Donkey Kong game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994 that is developed by Rare and published by Nintendo.

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