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Donkey Kong Country

Donkey Kong Country has been revisited a handful of times over the years. Its visual style and gameplay design were first adapted to the Game Boy as Donkey Kong Land in 1995 – then the original game itself was ported to the Game Boy Color in 2000. In 2003, it went portable again, ported to the Game Boy Advance. But this Virtual Console release marks the first time the game has been re-presented again on a console system, in its original form, with no sacrifices made in the translation. A sacrifice may be offered of some of your nostalgic feelings for this title, as its revolutionary-in-1994 visuals aren't as spectacular any more, now in 2007. But DKC's gameplay is still a lot of fun, and it's still easy to see why this was the game that saved the Super.

Trotzdem ließen sich Spieler wie Fachpresse von den vorgerenderten Primaten, der stilsicheren, charmanten Aufmachung und dem flotten Spielablauf einlullen wie nie zuvor: Unzählige Awards und Bestnoten waren die Folge. Noch heute entdeckt man gelegentlich einen Games-Journalisten, der seine Hype-Wertung von damals gerne ungeschehen machen würde. Freunde kultivierter Jump’n’Runs machen mit DKC aber immer noch einen sehr guten, wenn auch nicht überragenden Fang, der nur wenig gealtert ist.