Talk:Donkey Kong Country

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~~I am currently in the process of fixing all the citation errors I have introduced; please do not revert the changes in the meantime. E to the Pi times i (talk | contribs) 18:48, 17 March 2018 (UTC)~~[reply]

This was a bit of a silly thing for me to say. In retrospect, I might have used {{In use}} or pre-prepared all the changes; I can't remember why I did it this way. Retro (talk | contribs) 20:01, 1 July 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The 'country' naming origin

Recently, the reason why the name of the came includes 'country' has come to light, via a tweet by the designer of the series Greg Mayles.

https://twitter.com/Ghoulyboy/status/1029314106690596868

"'Country' was the code name Nintendo gave the game after visiting Rare. We were located in the picturesque and rural countryside, hence the name 'country'. Somehow it managed to end up part of the game's name!"

This is definitely a piece of information that is substantial enough to warrant inclusion in this (and all other Donkey Kong Country) article. Does this warrant a new section or is it a sentence that should be added somewhere?

00aa0 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 19:35, 19 August 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I found an archive of Retro Gamer No.43

I'm not great with editing sources, so I thought I would link it here for someone to add later. I believe this sources Diddy Kong's origin? https://computerarchive.org/files/computer/magazines/retro%20gamer/Retro_Gamer_Issue_043.pdf

There is also a download for Gamepro No.65 here; https://www.retromags.com/magazines/usa/gamepro/gamepro-issue-65/ -Plague von Karma (talk) 14:22, 2 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

DKC team on the game's 25th anniversary

Donkey Kong Country’s original team shared their development memories in light of the game's 25th anniversary this month. It may include some details that can be good to include in the article.92.244.24.162 (talk) 10:55, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]