GBC vgreleasePAL=17 November 2000vgreleaseNA=5 November 2000JP=21 January 2001 GBA vgreleasePAL=6 June 2003vgreleaseNA=9 June 2003JP=12 December 2003 Virtual Console vgreleaseAUS=7 December 2006vgreleaseEU=8 December 2006vgreleaseNA=19 February 2007JP=12 December 2006South Korea26 May 2008

genre=Platform (Platform game), side-scroller (Side-scrolling game) modes=Single-player, multiplayer (Multiplayer video game) ratings= vgratingsESRB=K-A (SNES), E (GBA, VC)OFLCA=G (SNES, GBC, VC)ELSPA=3+ (SNES, GBC) platforms=Super NES (Super Nintendo Entertainment System)Game Boy ColorGame Boy Advance Virtual Console media=32-megabit SNES cartridge (Cartridge (electronics))GBC cartridgeGBA cartridge requirements= Donkey Kong Country is a 2-D side scrolling platform (Platform game) video game developed by Rare (Rare (company)), featuring the character Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong (character)). It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1994. Following an intense marketing campaign, the original SNES version sold over 8 million copies wordwide, making it the best-selling non-bundled SNES game of all time (list of best-selling Super Nintendo Entertainment System video games). It was the first Donkey Kong game not to be produced or directed by Shigeru Miyamoto. Instead, it was produced by Tim Stamper (Tim and Chris Stamper).

The game was rereleased on Nintendos Virtual Console service on 7 December 2006 in Australia, 8 December 2006 in Europe, 12 December 2006 in Japan, 19 February 2007 in North America and on 26 May 2008 in South Korea.