Donkey Kong Country

GameFAQs Detailed Reviews

"So its Super Mario World, only with MONKEYS!" "...I love it!"	Aganar	9/10
Donkey Kong Is Back With 3-D Goodness!	Baradur	9/10
A revolutionary game that's a few levels short from perfection	Chicken Inspector	10/10
A few minor flaws, but overall an amazing game that everyone needs to experience.	chrono trigger fan	9/10
The start of a great SNES series.	Cold Metal	9/10
Platform gaming it was meant to be	D'Hoost	9/10
A stellar beginning for a brilliant Jump and Run series	darthjulian	10/10
Clearly pushing the SNES to its limits.	Fallen One	9/10
One banana at a time	horror_spooky	9/10
Get down 'n' dirty in the jungle	Light_Inside	9/10
A Masterpiece	mauro7inf	9/10
Fascinating level designs, revolutionary visuals, and an oddly appropriate soundtrack mesh together for one of the SNES's best.	Myzery_Clown	9/10
A fun ride, but also a rather short and forgettable one.	NT220	8/10
Rumble in the jungle!!....and other assorted places....	Overdrive	5/10
Great atmosphere and music save this otherwise mediocre platformer.	Phediuk	6/10
Another innovative platformer from the masterminds at Rare	Psycho Penguin	9/10
Kome join the Kong Klub in this Klassic!	Retro	9/10
Gorilla warfare.	Sprock	9/10
Excellent production values and solid platforming prove DK can make just as good a game as Mario.	SSpectre	9/10
Two simian goofs go to retrieve their stash of bananas from a sneaky pirate captain	stonedwal	9/10
One of the best platformers for the SNES	Wiej	9/10
Barrel busta.	XxVortyxX	8/10
The most hyped platform game of 1994?	Yakuza	9/10
It looks pretty, but it's still a little better than your average 16bit platformer.	Zylo the wolf	8/10

GameFAQs Full Reviews

More than simple monkey business...	Absolute Nobody	10/10
I will punch you if you don't like this game.	Archmonk Iga	10/10
Sweet, sweet graphics do make the game... when done right that is.	BimmyandJimmy	8/10
Together with Yoshi’s Island, the best platformer of all time, that simple.	Braben	10/10
Gimme back my bananas!!!	BrakZero	10/10
Welcome to the jungle...	discoinferno84	8/10
How come Donkey Kong's not a donkey?	Doodleheimer	8/10
The first game in the best platformer series ever	Leetdude	9/10
Monkey business... no, a lumbering ape of a game... no, I wouldn't want to travel to this country... argh, I'm sorry.	Lord Alan	4/10
Donkey fans will be disappointed to learn that there are none in this game, but platformer fans rejoice!	MaxH	9/10
A classic game that started a classic series	Ofisil	8/10
Banana Slamma Rama!	RHarrison	9/10
The game that changed my life	sbarrosc	10/10
Still a nice solid game even today	Shivan Reincarnated	8/10
Good monkey.	Spektre	10/10
Witness a tragedy of a gorilla's bananas being stolen by reptiles...on this game.	SuperBear	9/10
A good game to start a great series.	TBnumber81	8/10
A masterpiece of design, with a very fun game tucked away in there as well	terrisus	10/10
Lousy ports can't match up to a classic!	X-Naut	10/10

GameFAQs Quick Reviews

A monkey in a barrel now that's innovative...	A.Harris	10/10
One of the best games for the SNES	Bat On	9/10
Great graphics, fun platformer	Blackjack4x	8/10
Truly a revolution in platform gaming.	Dark Templar	10/10
The game that revitalized the big D!	Duke Nukem	9/10
A revolutionary game that started a revolutionary series!	ElementalKnight	8/10
Awesome gameplay, awesome music, awesome replay(and the graphics are kinda nice too...)	EPoetker	10/10
Donkey Kong in his own series, Oh yeah!!!	Funk Punk	9/10
The Game That Started Such a Great Series...	GScotty	10/10
Revolutionary!	joeyissoweird	9/10
The game that revolutionized Super Nintendo graphics. Too short though.	khachik	8/10
15 Years of Greatness	KuchikiYuna	10/10
This is the game that saved the Super Nintendo from a early death	LegendaryFrog	9/10
A Revolution in 16 Bit Video Gaming	LRayden	10/10
A revolutionary advance in SNES graphics!	MI4 REAL	9/10
Mario Who? Sonic the What?	Sephirstein	10/10
It saved Nintendo	Sey me	9/10
Monkey Magic	simbug89	8/10
Superb 2D platformer featuring imaginative levels and incredible graphics	THayes	9/10
A game as valuable as DK's prized banana hoard.	Tokyo Fusion	9/10

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