11-22-2019, 09:57 PM
Anniversary: Feel Old Everyone, Donkey Kong Country Turns 25 Today
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<p><em>Hmm.</em> It’s almost like video games themselves are conspiring to make us feel our age recently. Earlier this week <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/super_smash_bros"><strong>Super Smash Bros.</strong></a> <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/anniversary_super_smash_bros_for_nintendo_64_is_now_20_years_old_in_europe">turned 20 in the PAL region</a>, and today we posted about <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/gbc/pokemon_gold_and_silver">Pokémon Gold and Silver</a></strong> <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/anniversary_its_been_20_years_since_we_first_glimpsed_johto_in_pokemon_gold_and_silver">reaching the same milestone</a>. Well, what with November historically being <em>lousy</em> with video games releases and Mother Time refusing to stop rolling on and on, we just can’t get away from these anniversaries.</p>
<p>As devout DK fans (or, indeed, those of you that read the headlines before clicking on articles) will know, Rare’s Super Nintendo platformer <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/snes/donkey_kong_country">Donkey Kong Country</a></strong> today celebrates 25 years on this planet. It may have turned up as the 16-bit era was winding down and new-fangled polygons were starting to catch gamers’ eyes, but its innovative use of sprites created from 3D models looked <em>mind-blowing</em> on a SNES back in the day, and kept many Nintendo fans happy as the nascent field of 3D gaming stumbled into existence on home console hardware.</p>
<p>Rare was on the cusp of a remarkable period that would see the UK developer produce some of the finest and best-selling games on Nintendo platforms. Visually, Donkey Kong County might not have aged as gracefully as some platformers of the era, but it was a landmark release and would go on to shape the big ape’s appearance and adventures for many years to come.</p>
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<p>We’d tell you to fire up your Switch and give it a play for old times’ sake, but DKC isn’t yet available with the <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/09/guide_the_20_snes_games_on_nintendo_switch_online_ranked_by_us">other Super NES games</a> via your Switch Online subscription. Donkey Kong Country <em>does</em> feature on <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/hardware_review_the_snes_classic_mini_is_the_perfect_link_to_the_past">the SNES Classic Mini</a>, though, and there are multiple other ways to play it if you’re feeling nostalgic. Failing that, you could always play <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze">Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze</a></strong> and appreciate how far DK has come in two-and-a-half decades of platforming. Go on, <em>go bananas.</em></p>
<p><em>Is that the end of the video gaming anniversaries for the day, then? Not on your life – consoles get released in November too, you know! If we didn’t stick to ‘significant’ five-year increments, the site would be filled with nothing but celebration posts marking the passage of time and our inexorable journey away from childhood and into the unknown abyss…</em></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/11/...-25-today/
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="DKC" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/abaeeda2a87ca/dkc.original.jpg"><img src="http://images.nintendolife.com/abaeeda2a87ca/dkc.900x.jpg" alt="DKC"></a></figure>
<p><em>Hmm.</em> It’s almost like video games themselves are conspiring to make us feel our age recently. Earlier this week <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/n64/super_smash_bros"><strong>Super Smash Bros.</strong></a> <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/anniversary_super_smash_bros_for_nintendo_64_is_now_20_years_old_in_europe">turned 20 in the PAL region</a>, and today we posted about <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/gbc/pokemon_gold_and_silver">Pokémon Gold and Silver</a></strong> <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/11/anniversary_its_been_20_years_since_we_first_glimpsed_johto_in_pokemon_gold_and_silver">reaching the same milestone</a>. Well, what with November historically being <em>lousy</em> with video games releases and Mother Time refusing to stop rolling on and on, we just can’t get away from these anniversaries.</p>
<p>As devout DK fans (or, indeed, those of you that read the headlines before clicking on articles) will know, Rare’s Super Nintendo platformer <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/snes/donkey_kong_country">Donkey Kong Country</a></strong> today celebrates 25 years on this planet. It may have turned up as the 16-bit era was winding down and new-fangled polygons were starting to catch gamers’ eyes, but its innovative use of sprites created from 3D models looked <em>mind-blowing</em> on a SNES back in the day, and kept many Nintendo fans happy as the nascent field of 3D gaming stumbled into existence on home console hardware.</p>
<p>Rare was on the cusp of a remarkable period that would see the UK developer produce some of the finest and best-selling games on Nintendo platforms. Visually, Donkey Kong County might not have aged as gracefully as some platformers of the era, but it was a landmark release and would go on to shape the big ape’s appearance and adventures for many years to come.</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="Rambi" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/f04eb4cb8e855/rambi.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/f04eb4cb8e855/rambi.original.jpg" alt="Rambi"></a></div>
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<p>We’d tell you to fire up your Switch and give it a play for old times’ sake, but DKC isn’t yet available with the <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/09/guide_the_20_snes_games_on_nintendo_switch_online_ranked_by_us">other Super NES games</a> via your Switch Online subscription. Donkey Kong Country <em>does</em> feature on <a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/09/hardware_review_the_snes_classic_mini_is_the_perfect_link_to_the_past">the SNES Classic Mini</a>, though, and there are multiple other ways to play it if you’re feeling nostalgic. Failing that, you could always play <strong><a href="http://www.nintendolife.com/games/nintendo-switch/donkey_kong_country_tropical_freeze">Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze</a></strong> and appreciate how far DK has come in two-and-a-half decades of platforming. Go on, <em>go bananas.</em></p>
<p><em>Is that the end of the video gaming anniversaries for the day, then? Not on your life – consoles get released in November too, you know! If we didn’t stick to ‘significant’ five-year increments, the site would be filled with nothing but celebration posts marking the passage of time and our inexorable journey away from childhood and into the unknown abyss…</em></p>
</div>
https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/11/...-25-today/