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Donkey Kong Country

Remember when Nintendo randomly pulled the Donkey Kong Country games from the Wii Shop Channel? Well, now they’re back! All three Donkey Kong Country titles can be purchased on the digital Wii shop once again. I suppose their return has something to do with the recent Wii U Virtual Console releases.

Thanks to Jake for the tip.

Four new games will be available on the Japanese Wii U Virtual Console next week. They are as follows:

Donkey Kong Country (Super Famicom, 823 yen)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (Super Famicom VC, 823 yen)
Donkey Kong Country 3 (Super Famicom VC, 823 yen)
Detana!! TwinBee (PC Engine, 617 yen)

The games above are hitting the Japanese eShop on November 26.

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Donkey Kong Country became well-known for its pre-rendered 3D visuals. However, pursuing such a style came with a heavy financial burden for Rare. For the machines the team was using, each costed about £80,000.

Former Rare staffers Brendan Gunn and David Wise opened up to Nintendo Life about Donkey Kong Country’s visuals, noting:


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