History Trivia / DonkeyKongCountry1

* KillerApp: ''Donkey Kong Country'' sold ridiculously well thanks to its strong marketing campaign and 3D graphical style, ending up as the 3rd best-selling SNES game. The game was so popular that it kept the SNES relevant even as the UsefulNotes/PlayStation released in Japan right after launch.
* ManualMisprint: The tracklisting for the "[=DK=] Jamz" ended up suffering from an error due to the inclusion of "Jungle Groove", imported from the [[NoExportForYou Japan-exclusive]] "Jungle Fantasy" release. As such, the Jungle and Map themes had their names swapped and the main theme was given the comparatively bland name of "Theme". The sound test of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version managed to fix this with "Theme" now being named "[=DK=] Theme", the Jungle theme having the title of "Simian Segue" and divided into two parts, and the Map theme baring the title of "DK Island Swing".
* TroubledProduction: The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version had to be recreated from the ground up. The original files were stored on floppy disks in an unusable format, so the team had to rip art assets from emulators.

** One of the original pitches had [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wario]] as the game's BigBad.

* SpiritualAntithesis: To, of all things, ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames''. The whole reason this game has its famous pre-rendered graphics was because Nintendo wanted Rare to make something that looks better than ''Aladdin'' and its Creator/{{Disney}}-animated sprites.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Rumors have persisted that Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto dislikes how ''Donkey Kong Country'' turned out, and is even believed to have said that it "proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good." He has never expressed such sentiments, as the interview with ''Electronic Gaming'' that the quote supposedly came from doesn't exist.

* SpiritualAntithesis: To, of all things, ''VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames''. The whole reason this game has its famous pre-rendered graphics was because Nintendo wanted Rare to make something that looks better than ''Aladdin'' and its Creator/{{Disney}}-animated sprites.

** After beating the game, Cranky Kong would come out and claim that he did it himself in [[NoDamageRun a single life]] and in [[{{Speedrun}} less than an hour]]. This is actually the remnant of a gameplay mode that would have featured Cranky Kong as a JokeCharacter [[https://youtu.be/1Lhf4g5cuRM who was slow and bad to control]], showing that the old simian was just all talk. The idea of Cranky Kong being a playable character would be revisited nearly 20 years later in ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountryTropicalFreeze'', which would show that he is [[CoolOldGuy definitely not all talk]].

** One of the original pitches had Wario as the villain.

* ImageSource:
** FollowTheMoney
** FurryBaldness (right half)
** HumanoidFemaleAnimal
** JungleJapes
** MinecartMadness (top-left)
** PowerUpMount (bottom-left)
** SlippySlideyIceWorld (bottom-right)
** UndergroundLevel (top-right)
** UnderTheSea

* QuoteSource:
** PaletteSwap

* InspirationForTheWork: The catalyst for the game was the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames version of]] ''[[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Aladdin]]'', which used cutting-edge technology to turn traditional animation into video game sprites. The massive success of the game prompted Nintendo to invest in both Rare and CGI workstations to make a game that turned even more advanced computer animation into sprites.

* InspirationForTheWork: The catalyst for the game was the UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis [[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames version of]] ''[[VideoGame/AladdinVirginGames Aladdin]]'', which used cutting-edge technology to turn traditional animation into video game sprites. Nintendo invested in both Rare and CGI workstations to make a game that turned computer animation into sprites.

** Also with ''VideoGame/Vectorman''. Both games drew a lot of press for their use of computer graphics in their sprite work.

* DuelingWorks: The game was released around the same time as Sega's ''[[VideoGame/Sonic3AndKnuckles Sonic & Knuckles]]'', which also heavily promoted itself through a technology gimmick (the lock-on cartridge). A commercial for ''Donkey Kong Country'' famously took jabs at Sega and how the Genesis couldn't handle a similar game.

* GodNeverSaidThat: Rumors have persisted that Shigeru Miyamoto dislikes how ''Donkey Kong Country'' turned out, and is even believed to have said that it "proves that players will put up with mediocre gameplay as long as the art is good." He has never expressed such sentiments, as the interview with ''Electronic Gaming'' that the quote supposedly came from doesn't exist.

* ManualMisprint: The tracklisting for the "[=DK=] Jamz" ended up suffering from this due to the inclusion of "Jungle Groove", imported from the "[[NoExportForYou Jungle Fantasy]]" release in Japan. As such the Jungle and Map themes had their names swapped and the main theme was given the comparatively bland name of "Theme". The sound test of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version managed to fix this with "Theme" now being named "[=DK=] Theme", the Jungle theme having the title of "Simian Segue" and divided into two parts, and the Map theme baring the title of "DK Island Swing".

** Rare wanted to include true co-op multiplayer instead of the tag-out system in the final game, but various issues with the game's design and SNES hardware limitations prevented it from being implemented.

* TroubledProduction: The UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version had to be recreated from nothing with the help of reverse-engineering emulation rips due to the original files being on unusable files stored in floppy disks.