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Donkey Kong Country

1994 side-scroller platform video game for the SNES
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Summary

Donkey Kong Country is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,382 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Tim Stamper[3]
  • Composer: David Wise[4], Robin Beanland[5], Eveline Fischer[6]
  • Publisher: Nintendo[7]
  • Genre: 2D platform game[8]
  • Developer: Rare Ltd.[9]
  • Part of the series: Donkey Kong[10], Donkey Kong Country[11]
  • Designed by: Gregg Mayles[12]
  • Commons category: Donkey Kong Country[13]
  • Platform: Game Boy Advance[14], Super Nintendo Entertainment System[15], Game Boy Color[16], New Nintendo 3DS[17], Wii[18], Wii U[19], Super NES Classic Edition[20]
  • Game mode: multiplayer video game[21], single-player video game[22], co-op mode[23]
  • Distribution format: Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak[24], digital distribution[25], digital download[26]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[27]
  • Publication date: November 18, 1994[28], November 24, 1994[29], November 26, 1994[30], November 2000[31], November 17, 2000[32], January 21, 2001[33], June 6, 2003[34], June 9, 2003[35], December 2006[36], December 8, 2006[37], December 12, 2006[38], February 19, 2007[39], May 26, 2008[40], October 16, 2014[41]
  • Distributed by: Nintendo eShop[42]
  • ESRB rating: Kids to Adults[43]
  • CERO rating: A (All ages)[44]
  • PEGI rating: PEGI 3[45]
  • USK rating: USK 0[46]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Donkey Kong universe[47]
  • Title: スーパードンキーコング[48], Donkey Kong Country[49]

Why It Matters

Donkey Kong Country has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Related Entities

Nintendo Rare Ltd. United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . nintendo.com. Retrieved . nintendo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . MobyGames. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . GameFAQs. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 34m ago · Matthias M. · 2026-10-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk rating → USK 0, USK 0
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'ca', 'ckb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl',
    Usk id → 8620, 8361, 17129
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Usk rating: USK 0"
  2. 10w ago · Matthias M. · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Usk id → 8620, 8361, 17129
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Usk id: 8620, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/142819075|Donkey Kong Country (#142819075)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5476|USK]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 15w ago · J 1982 · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Esrb game id → 83
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ P14470: Games/Donkey_Kong_Country"
  4. 17w ago · Xezbeth · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Games/Donkey_Kong_Country
    Publication date → +1994-11-18T00:00:00Z, +1994-11-24T00:00:00Z, +1994-11-26T00:00:00Z +16
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Games/Donkey_Kong_Country, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293309751|Donkey Kong Country (#293309751)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  5. 22w ago · J 1982 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → David Wise, Robin Beanland, Eveline Fischer
    Designed by → —
    Developer → —
    Genre → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: Donkey Kong Country"
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