Release order

Every Donkey Kong Country game in order

25 games, from the first release to the upcoming Donkey Kong Country.

  1. 1

    Donkey Kong Country

    Rare — Donkey Kong Country is a side scrolling platformer by British developers Rare in 1994. It featured revolutionary pre-rendered 3D graphics that give the game a…

    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • SNES
    Nov 18, 1994
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    Donkey Kong Land

    Rare — Donkey Kong Land is a Jump & Run classic, developed by Rareware and released by Nintendo for the Game Boy in June 1995. Cranky Kong, jealous of all the…

    • 3DS
    Jun 26, 1995
  3. 3

    Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest

    Rare — Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest is the sequel to Donkey Kong Country. It was developed by Rare and is one of the best selling Super Nintendo games.

    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • SNES
    Nov 21, 1995
  4. 4

    Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble!

    Rare — Monkey Mayhem Lives On! Kiddy Kong is a portly primate toddler with incredible power and agility! He teams up with Dixie Kong to stop the ever-present army…

    • Wii U
    • Wii
    • SNES
    Nov 18, 1996
  5. 5

    Diddy Kong Racing

    Rare — Diddy Kong Racing is set on Timber's Island and revolves around Diddy Kong and his friends' attempt to defeat the intergalactic antagonist, a wizarding pig…

    • N64
    Nov 21, 1997
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    Donkey Kong 64

    Rare — K. Rool has kidnapped the Kongs! Can Donkey Kong rescue his friends, reclaim the Golden Bananas and save his homeland from certain doom? Take out some…

    • Wii U
    • N64
    Nov 22, 1999
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    Donkey Konk

    POP Multimedia — Donkey Konk was an online Donkey Kong 64-themed Shockwave game published for Camp Hyrule, also released on the official Donkey Kong 64 website.

    • Web
    1999
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    Donkey Kong 64 Lore Quiz

    Rare — Donkey Kong 64 Lore Quiz was an Adobe Shockwave quiz game developed by Rare and published by Nintendo in order to promote the release of Donkey Kong 64 on the…

    • Web
    1999
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    Kremling Krunch Game

    POP Multimedia

    • Web
    1999
  10. 10

    Kremling Krushin

    Kremling Krushin was an online Flash game released to promote the Game Boy Color release of Donkey Kong Country. It could be played on the game's official…

    • Web
    2000
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    Donkey Kong Racing

    Rare — Donkey Kong Racing is another canceled game, this one focusing on Donkey Kong instead of Diddy Kong. It would feature new Animal Friends such as a gigantic…

    • GC
    2002
  13. 13

    Donkey Konga

    Namco — Donkey Konga is a GameCube rhythm video game starring the ape Donkey Kong, developed by Namco and published by Nintendo. Instead of the standard GameCube…

    • GC
    Dec 12, 2003
  14. 14

    Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze

    Skyworks Technologies — Donkey Kong Country: Barrel Maze, or Donkey Kong Barrel Maze, is a browser game developed by Skyworks Interactive (formerly Skyworks Technologies) and…

    • Web
    2003
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    Donkey Kong Jungle Beat

    Nintendo EAD Tokyo Software Development Group No.1 — Donkey Kong Jungle Beat is a Nintendo GameCube video game featuring the ape Donkey Kong and played with the DK Bongos. It was released in Japan on December…

    • GC
    Dec 16, 2004
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    DK: King of Swing

    Paon — The normally quiet jungle is abuzz with excitement, because it's time for the ceremony to choose the king of the jungle! Or at least it would be if King K…

    • Wii U
    • GBA
    Feb 4, 2005
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    Barrel-Blastapalooza

    Barrel-Blastapalooza was an online Flash advergame hosted on the now defunct Donkey Kong Country official website, as well as in the Nintendo Arcade section…

    • Web
    2005
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    DK Bongo Blast

    Nintendo — A Donkey Kong racing game that would have used the DK Bongos. Was reworked for the Wii as Donkey Kong Barrel Blast, replacing the bongo controls with motion…

    • GC
    2006
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    Donkey Kong Barrel Blast

    Paon — Donkey Kong Barrel Blast is a racing game where the player can handle the selected character using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk, replacing the DK Bongos that…

    • Wii
    Jun 28, 2007
  21. 21

    Donkey Kong Country Returns

    Retro Studios — Under the influence of a group of evil Tikis, the animals of Donkey Kong Island have raided Donkey Kong's banana hoard and stolen his stash of bananas - and…

    • Wii U
    • Wii
    Nov 21, 2010
  22. 22

    Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze

    Retro Studios — All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new…

    • Wii U
    Feb 13, 2014
  23. 23

    Donkey Kong Country Returns HD

    Forever Entertainment S.A. — Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong are back for some ground-pounding action in this HD version of Donkey Kong Country Returns, originally released on the Wii…

    • Switch 2
    • Switch
    Jan 16, 2025
  24. 24

    Donkey Kong Country

    Rare — The developers at Rare intended to develop a Donkey Kong Country game for the Virtual Boy, but it was cancelled. The development went only as far as simple…

      TBA
    • 25

      Shadow Spotter

      Shadow Spotter is a game on the Nintendo Kids Club website.

      • Web
      TBA