Overview
- Number of Players
- 4
- Genre
- Release Date
Nintendo 64
24th Nov 1999
6th Dec 1999
10th Dec 1999
Wii U eShop
- 2nd Apr 2015, £8.99
- 16th Apr 2015, $9.99
- Series
- Tags
- Wikipedia
- en.wikipedia.org
Reviews
Review Donkey Kong 64 (Wii U eShop / N64)
He's finally back, but does he still kick some tail?
At the mere mention of Nintendo's first 64-bit console, many of us find it difficult not to get swept up by a wave of nostalgia. We drift through countless memories of flickering TV screens and eye-popping graphics, washing up on the shores of 3D gaming's first bold steps onto a Nintendo platform...
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Donkey Kong 64 News
Poll Okay, It's Time To Ask The Obvious - Will We Get Donkey Kong 64 On NSO?
The game turns 25 in Europe
Donkey Kong 64 — not the most beloved of Rare's titles, but probably the developer's most ambitious 3D platformer — turns 25 here in Europe today, 6th December 2024. DK and friends have a lot to celebrate lately: the Donkey Kong Land trilogy on Game Boy has trickled onto NSO over the past few weeks; the Donkey Kong...
Random Iconic 'DK Rap' Song Has Been Remade 25 Years Later
With help from rapper 'Substantial'
If you've been a part of the Nintendo gaming community for a while, then chances are you're well acquainted with 'DK Rap', the charming introductory theme tune seen in 1999's Donkey Kong 64. It's gained significant notoriety and love over the years, though many fans do concede that the song isn't actually that...
Random Ex-Rare Dev Explains The Origin Of Donkey Kong Country's Name
Take me home, country roads
When you think of the titles of some of Nintendo's most iconic platform games, many of them just make sense as they are: Super Mario World, Kirby's Dream Land, and Donkey Kong Country. It all fits as a naming convention, right? Well, according to ex-Rare dev Kev Bayliss, the inclusion of the word 'Country' in Donkey Kong...
Feature The Spookiest Levels In Non-Spooky Games
Melloween
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Feature The Many Faces Of Donkey Kong, Nintendo's 40-Year-Old Gorilla
Four decades of DK
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News Project64 Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary With A 3.0 Update
Fixes for "issues" with Donkey Kong 64 and more
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News New Letter Details Why Donkey Kong 64's Innovative "Stop 'N' Swop" Feature Was Removed
"We must ask that you remove this feature"
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Something tells us they're big fans
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Random Rare Forgot To Remove A Shotgun From Donkey Kong 64 Before Showing Miyamoto
There was a "look of horror" on his face
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Random If Cranky Kong Was Once Donkey Kong, What Does The Future Hold For Funky Kong?
DK devs weigh in
With Donkey Kong Country turning 25 last week and soaking up the lion's share of the anniversary headlines, we thought we'd give its younger sibling a chance to shine. Donkey Kong 64 celebrated its 20th birthday on 22nd November and we caught up with Mark Stevenson and
About The Game
Donkey Kong 64 is similar to Rareware's other Nintendo 64 platformer series, Banjo Kazooie, but starring Donkey Kong and his friends from the Donkey Kong Country games. Several new features have been added to the game, like being able to change between different characters with different weapons and abilities.
As with many platformer games players will run around the various levels, jumping, swimming, and climbing where needed. Each level has multiple objectives, such as collecting DK's stolen golden bananas, collecting bananas color coded to each of the five characters, and miscellaneous other objects that need to be found to eventually complete 100% of the game. The player starts only being able to choose Donkey Kong, and must rescue the other four characters from the early levels before they can be used. By visiting Cranky Kong in each level more moves can be learned for each character, allowing them to complete challenges and reach sections in levels that were previously inaccessible.
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OMG OMG OMG this was my favorite game back in the day!
GOTTA BE ON VIRTUAL CONSOLE NINTENDO
It would be great if they had this made as a remake for 3DS but Nintendo does got a few issues with RareWare. But I do believe it could happen because diddy kong racing was made by Rare and that game got its remake for DS so why not Donkey Kong 64?
How to download the game ?
Bringing more content does not always equals to being a better game. Case in point, Donkey Kong 64.
One of the most boring games I've ever played.
Is this game ever coming to VC?
This is my favorite game of all time.
If we ever actually get a #400 VC game for NA, (since the removed NA VC games don't count); I'd highly doubt DK64 would be it! And I'm not counting today's September 6, 2012 VC game Prince of Persia as the #400 game... I STILL THINK DK64 should've been released months & months ago!
Best. Game. Of. All. Time.
In Cranky's Laboratory is the smartest Ape you've ever seen
but Diddy blows his experiments to smithereens!
There is doom and gloom
when things go boom
in Cranky's Lab!
Weird, one of the screenshots up there appears to be of the testing room.
It was the worst $60 dollars I did not get for Christmas. Just this horrible game. If they cut out all the clown-goofy extras and reinstall the normal cast this game might have been worth something. But Rareware on purposely destroyed it and made "Banjo-Kazooie".
@HolyBlade Ninten"DO" what Cap"can't".
@donkeykong64 Agreed.
One of my favorite N64 games when I was a kid, still play it sometimes to this day. In my opinion, it's the best DK game ever made after DKC1(sorry but DKC2 is overrated in my book).
@RegalSin Boo frick'n hoo, I'll get you a bottle.
Just bought this on wiiU vc at 2 AM November 2nd 2019. I was just playing Luigi's Mansion 3 and for some reason didn't want to carry my Switch upstairs. Alcohol was involved.
DK64 is a great game but they added to much content and multiplayer could have been better( co-op would be cool)!
How can I buy the rom of this game?
when i heard that one of my favorite games i grew up with get's hated, and shat on, it made me angry, sad, frustrated, and depressed. i had a youtube channel and i tried to upload something on youtube, but now i am on a hiatus because i kept hearing my flashbacks of people disrespecting my opinions on purpose, which is why it's hard for me to ignore what people think. i don't feel like uploading anything on youtube right now, i'm sticking with posting my art on deviantart. regardless, i love this game! in my opinion, one of the best n64 games i've ever played, even for a universally acclaimed 1999 n64 game. I'm giving it a 10/10. And i love the DK rap, i don't care what the critics or what seth rogen said about that song.
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