Donkey Kong Country

1994 side-scroller platform video game for the SNES
VideoGame video_game Q518987
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Donkey Kong Country

Summary

Donkey Kong Country is a video game[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,473 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Donkey Kong Country's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Donkey Kong Country was directed by Tim Stamper[4].
  • Donkey Kong Country's composer is recorded as David Wise[5].
  • Donkey Kong Country's composer is recorded as Robin Beanland[6].
  • Donkey Kong Country's composer is recorded as Eveline Fischer[7].
  • Donkey Kong Country was published by Q8093[8].
  • Donkey Kong Country's genre is 2D platform game[9].
  • Donkey Kong Country's developer is recorded as Rare Ltd.[10].
  • Donkey Kong Country's part of the series is recorded as Donkey Kong[11].
  • Donkey Kong Country's part of the series is recorded as Donkey Kong Country[12].
  • Donkey Kong Country's designed by is recorded as Gregg Mayles[13].
  • Donkey Kong Country's Commons category is recorded as Donkey Kong Country[14].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as Game Boy Advance[15].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as Super Nintendo Entertainment System[16].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as Game Boy Color[17].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as New Nintendo 3DS[18].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as Wii[19].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as Wii U[20].
  • Donkey Kong Country's platform is recorded as Super NES Classic Edition[21].
  • Donkey Kong Country's game mode is recorded as multiplayer video game[22].
  • Donkey Kong Country's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[23].
  • Donkey Kong Country's game mode is recorded as co-op mode[24].
  • Donkey Kong Country was distributed by Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak[25].
  • Donkey Kong Country was distributed by digital distribution[26].
  • Donkey Kong Country was distributed by digital download[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Other[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 1994-11-24[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 876eecba-2171-4414-ab5b-bbd69ce9eb18[31]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Donkey Kong Country was published by Q8093[8]. It was directed by Tim Stamper[4].

Publication

Publication dates include November 18, 1994[32], November 24, 1994[33], November 26, 1994[34], November 2000[35], November 17, 2000[36], and January 21, 2001[37]. Donkey Kong Country's genre is 2D platform game[9]. Series this is part of include Donkey Kong[11] and it[12]. Recorded distribution format include Super Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak[25], digital distribution[26], and digital download[27].

Subject and Themes

Series this is part of include Donkey Kong[11] and Donkey Kong Country[12].

Why It Matters

Donkey Kong Country ranks in the top 2% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,473 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . nintendo.com. Retrieved . nintendo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q612975. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  30. [36] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.
  31. [37] . Giant Bomb. wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Composer David Wise, Robin Beanland, Eveline Fischer
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