Editing Donkey Kong Country (section)

===Rereleases===
[[File:DKCRereleaseComparison.png|thumb|upright=1.25|right|alt=Diddy Kong rides a rhino, Rambi, and rams into a beaver enemy, Gnawty. The upper left screenshot shows the SNES version, the upper right shows the GBC version, and the bottom shows the GBA version.|Different versions of ''Donkey Kong Country'': the SNES original (top left), the [[Game Boy Color]] version (top right), and the [[Game Boy Advance]] version (bottom).]]

In 2000, Rare developed a port of ''Donkey Kong Country'' for Nintendo's [[Game Boy Color]] (GBC) handheld console.<ref>{{Cite web|date=31 May 2021|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBC / Game Boy Color) game profile I News, reviews, videos & screenshots|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/games/gbc/donkey_kong_country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610151258/https://www.nintendolife.com/games/gbc/donkey_kong_country|archive-date=10 June 2022|access-date=15 July 2022|website=[[Nintendo Life]]}}</ref> It was released in North America on 4 November 2000, in Europe on 17 November, and in Japan on 21 January 2001. The port was developed alongside the [[Perfect Dark (Game Boy Color video game)|GBC version of ''Perfect Dark'']]<ref name="IGN: Interrogating">{{Cite web|last=''IGN'' staff|date=25 July 2000|title=Interrogating Rare's Game Boy team|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/26/interrogating-rares-game-boy-team|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131025035108/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/07/26/interrogating-rares-game-boy-team|archive-date=25 October 2013|access-date=5 June 2020|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> and many assets, including graphics and audio, were re-used from the ''Donkey Kong Land'' games.<ref name="HG101: DKC">{{cite web|last=DiRienzo|first=David|title=''Donkey Kong Country''|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/donkey-kong-country|website=[[Hardcore Gaming 101]]|access-date=6 June 2020|date=25 January 2015|archive-date=25 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225224451/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/donkey-kong-country/|url-status=live}}</ref> Aside from graphical and sound-related downgrades due to the GBC's weaker [[8-bit]] hardware, the port is mostly identical to the original release.<ref name="IGN: GBCRev"/> One level was redesigned and another was added.<ref name="HG101: DKC"/> It also adds bonus modes, including two [[minigame]]s that supplement the main quest and support multiplayer via the [[Game Link Cable]], as well as [[Game Boy Printer]] support.<ref name="IGN: GBCRev">{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Craig|title=Donkey Kong Country|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/23/donkey-kong-country-8|website=[[IGN]]|access-date=6 June 2020|date=22 November 2000|archive-date=6 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606113034/https://www.ign.com/articles/2000/11/23/donkey-kong-country-8|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GSpot: GBCRev">{{Cite web|last=Provo|first=Frank|date=17 May 2006|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-review/1900-2657317/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185554/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-review/1900-2657317/|archive-date=26 January 2018|access-date=6 June 2020|website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> The GBC version was a runner-up for ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s annual Best Game Boy Color Game and Best Platform Game awards,<ref name="bestworst2000">{{Cite web|last=''GameSpot'' Staff|date=5 January 2001|title=Best and worst of 2000|url=http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020213041653/http://gamespot.com/gamespot/features/video/bestof_2000/|archive-date=13 February 2002|website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> and during the [[4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards]], the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] nominated it for the "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Family Game of the Year|Console Family]]" award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=607|title=D.I.C.E. Awards By Video Game Details ''Donkey Kong Country''|publisher=[[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]|access-date=24 July 2023|archive-date=24 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724205007/https://www.interactive.org/games/video_game_details.asp?idAward=2001&idGame=607|url-status=live}}</ref> It sold 2.19 million copies worldwide.{{sfn|CESA|2021|p=167}}

Despite its acquisition by Microsoft, Rare continued to produce games for Nintendo's [[Game Boy Advance]] (GBA) since Microsoft did not have a competing handheld.<ref name="IGN: History" /> It ported ''Donkey Kong Country'' as part of Nintendo's line of SNES rereleases for the GBA.<ref name="GSpot: GBARev">{{Cite web|last=Provo|first=Frank|date=11 June 2003|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-review/1900-6029844/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001035319/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/donkey-kong-country-review/1900-6029844/|archive-date=1 October 2019|access-date=4 June 2020|website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref> The GBA version was released in Australia on 4 June 2003, Europe on 6 June, in North America on 9 June, and in Japan on 12 December.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 4, 2003 |title=Go Banana's on Game Boy Advance |url=http://nintendo.com.au:80/nintendo/news/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030628171629/http://nintendo.com.au:80/nintendo/news/index.php |archive-date=June 28, 2003 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |website=[[Nintendo|Nintendo Australia]]}}</ref><ref name="NWR: GBARev" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=21 March 2021|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' (GBA / Game Boy Advance) game profile I News, reviews, videos & screenshots|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/games/gba/donkey_kong_country|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220711141621/https://www.nintendolife.com/games/gba/donkey_kong_country|archive-date=11 July 2022|access-date=15 July 2022|website=[[Nintendo Life]]}}</ref> It adds a new animated introductory cutscene,<ref name="IGN: GBARev" /> redesigned [[user interface]]s and world maps,<ref name="HG101: DKC"/> the ability to save progress anywhere, minigames, and a [[time trial]] mode.<ref name="IGN: GBARev"/> It features downgraded graphics and sound,<ref name="HG101: DKC"/><ref name="IGN: GBARev"/> the former due to the GBA's lack of a [[backlight|backlit]] screen.<ref name="DF Retro"/> The GBA version sold 1.82 million copies,{{sfn|CESA|2021|p=168}} including 960,000 in the US by August 2006. Between January 2000 and August 2006, it was the 19th highest-selling game for a Nintendo handheld console in the US.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Keiser|first=Joe|date=2 August 2006|title=The century's top 50 handheld games|work=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010052300/http://www.next-gen.biz/index2.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3557&Itemid=2&pop=1&page=0|archive-date=10 October 2007}}</ref>

The SNES version of ''Donkey Kong Country'' has been digitally rereleased for later Nintendo consoles via Nintendo's [[Virtual Console]] service. It was released for the [[Wii]] Virtual Console in Japan and Europe in December 2006, and in North America in February 2007.<ref name="NLife">{{Cite web|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' (SNES / Super Nintendo) game profile I News, reviews, videos & screenshots|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/games/snes/donkey_kong_country|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705190929/https://www.nintendolife.com/games/snes/donkey_kong_country|archive-date=5 July 2020|access-date=6 June 2020|website=[[Nintendo Life]]}}</ref> In September 2012, the game was delisted from the Virtual Console for unknown reasons, though ''[[Kotaku]]''{{'s}} [[Jason Schreier]] suggested it may have been related to licensing problems with Rare.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Schreier|first=Jason|date=26 February 2015|title=''Donkey Kong Country'' back on Wii U after mysterious two-year absence|url=https://kotaku.com/donkey-kong-country-back-on-wii-u-after-mysterious-two-1688194495|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126185157/https://kotaku.com/donkey-kong-country-back-on-wii-u-after-mysterious-two-1688194495|archive-date=26 January 2018|access-date=6 June 2020|website=[[Kotaku]]}}</ref> ''Donkey Kong Country'' returned to the [[Wii U]]'s Virtual Console in February 2015<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sirani|first=Jordan|date=26 February 2015|title=Six ''Donkey Kong'' games arrive on Virtual Console|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/26/six-donkey-kong-games-arrive-on-virtual-console|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606114703/https://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02/26/six-donkey-kong-games-arrive-on-virtual-console|archive-date=6 June 2020|access-date=6 June 2020|website=[[IGN]]}}</ref> and was added to the [[New Nintendo 3DS]]' Virtual Console in March 2016.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hillier|first=Brenna|title=3DS Virtual Console gets SNES classics – Earthbound Donkey Kong Country, more|url=https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/04/3ds-virtual-console-gets-snes-classics-earthbound-donkey-kong-country-more/|website=[[VG247]]|access-date=6 June 2020|date=6 March 2016|archive-date=24 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924234417/https://www.vg247.com/2016/03/04/3ds-virtual-console-gets-snes-classics-earthbound-donkey-kong-country-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was included in the [[Super NES Classic Edition]], a [[dedicated console]] released by Nintendo in September 2017,<ref>{{cite web|last=Soupporis|first=Aaron|title=SNES Classic Edition review: Worth it for the games alone|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017-09-27-snes-classic-edition-review.html|website=[[Engadget]]|access-date=6 June 2020|date=27 September 2017|archive-date=31 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531113738/https://www.engadget.com/2017-09-27-snes-classic-edition-review.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was released on the [[Nintendo Switch]] via the [[Nintendo Classics]] service in July 2020.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moon|first=Mariella|title=Nintendo Switch Online is adding {{'}}''Donkey Kong Country''{{'}} this month|url=https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-switch-online-adds-donkey-kong-country-for-july-053119477.html|website=[[Engadget]]|access-date=12 June 2022|date=8 July 2020|archive-date=12 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612231740/https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-switch-online-adds-donkey-kong-country-for-july-053119477.html|url-status=live}}</ref>