Nintendo Europe has confirmed that the three Donkey Kong Country games available on the Wii Virtual Console are going to be removed from the service on November 25th. There’s currently no explanation as to why Nintendo has decided to remove these retro classics. So, if you’re desperate for your Donkey Kong fix and have yet to download them, then these are the games you need to get.
- Donkey Kong Country
- Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong Quest
- Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Quest
Thanks, Sebastian Mårtensson
That’s some bull. Hope it doesn’t happen in the states!
Yeah, aside from Rare still having their names attached to the original games I don’t understand why Nintendo would remove this series. They’re all classics! it’s really unfortunate. Lucky for me I already own the games.
This might be the doings if Microsoft… evil!
It’s probably because they want to put them on the Wii U eshop instead.
But that shouldn’t really matter though.
They really wouldn’t be necessary. When the 3DS eShop came out, all of the DSiWare except for a few made-for-DSi apps were available without having to remove them from the DSiShop.
They did it to the US as well. Kinda spoke too soon there.
Ok, i’ll download them right now
The only reason they would do that is because they are planning on releasing new enhanced versions of them.
Donkey Kong Country Saga from Retro Studios maybe? All 3 original games + DKCR? I could get into that considering I never played DKC 2 or 3.
DKC2 is the best of the bunch in my opinion. Amazing music and tight gameplay. The levels are great. One of my favorite games of all time.
That would be awesome but is it only in EU its going down or also here in the states. If not in the states then it cant really be… i guess.
just download it on snes emulator for laptop…. no biggie
That’s illegal.
No for at least 24 hours :P
so is oral sex
That is ilegal just to presidents
Already own all three games in original format, but lack the SNES to play it, so, yeah, emulation is perfectly legal for me.
I have one and two in cartridge format, and the VC version of 3. So luckily, I’m all set already. But thanks for the heads-up!
they are going to release them on IOS since they want to make more money and want to put the games on a superior platform
check IGN if you dont believe me
Yeah, no. Lol on iOS being superior, though.
You had me Lol when you ended with “…IGN…”
is that why IGN has far more hits than this fanboy war creating website?
IGN are not biased since they have a Nintendo sony and MS team…stop being butthurt
Yea but a retarded comment is retarded
Like anyothe website, IGN is completely biased. So it really doesn’t really matter in the long run. If you enjoy something, great. Have at it. Otherwise don’t push it in people’s faces.
I remember that they were extremely biased on star fox adventures.They even blamed shigeru for it.
Right, because he’s so damn untouchable. Wii Music.
Everybody makes mistakes. He’s not perfect, but he’s among the best.
But i love Star Fox Adventures i_i
Also,they made Shigeru sound like he should never makes games again.
Oh your absolutely right. It is not like the site is dedicated to Nintendo News ONLY.Not even the name tells us this.What is this website called um….My Nintendo News.Damn the name is really misleading too.
I’m being sarcastic by the way.
um it was confirmed that nintendo not allowing it
i think we know what Retro is working on ;) why else would they hire the Uncharted artist who’s good with jungles & such
they r also looking for someone who can do hand painting…
Well, that’s depressing…
Well just for you
You sir, have made a good point.
likin the gravatar
Hopefully this is in anticipation of an HD upscale on eShop. Either that or Microsoft forcing Rare to take them off.
I think is the later but wen they finish removing rare logo from the game everything will be back to normal
LOL at the fanboys blaming microsoft when Nintendo owns the rights to DK
They do, however, this also means the people who made the game have control too.
Nintendo owns the rights to Donkey Kong and Rara the rights to King K Rool ;)
*Rare
No they don’t or else he wouldn’t be in supper sluggers for Wii.
No, Rare own the Country series, however do not own DK. MS probably want it to be taken down, so Nintendo don’t own any of their stuff.
No Nintendo 100% own the Country series, Rare never own anything at all.
Weird. Will probably be on the WiiU eshop anyway
imagine if they made people buy it again on the wiiU eshop since the wii eshoip is in Wii mode and a seperate entity to the U shop
no, you do know you can transfer old games to the new wiiu console right?
Well you can transfer any Wii VC games youve bought onto Wii so no that wouldnt happen, unless someone doesnt care or is an idiot.
But if they re released it whit pad play i will dl it it again
Weird. Good thing I’ve already downloaded them. I bet they’re going to make some collectors edition trilogy pack or something of that nature.
note that diddy kong racing wasn’t up for download for the wiishop as well…. which was also created by rare. if they’re trying to do the collectors then their own donkey kong came from nes would all be gone as well.
Diddy Kong Racing was ported to the NDS. :)
Bu they took rare xharacters out for that
Oh no! They better not remove them in the U.S. I LOVE THOSE GAMES!!!!
Better take the safe route and buy the games before it’s too late.
That’s the amazing thing about having the original cartridges. It’s not like Nintendo will come to my house and go “Nah man, you can’t have those anymore.”
Nintendo will not do that not sure about microsoft though
They can go screw themselves. They’re just mad that Rare hasn’t made an actual game since joining them.
Yep they are mad cause rare is remembered in hight regard while they where whit nintendo and microsoft has the guy who killed rare
Yeah pretty much. What’s sad is that I actually did have some hope that they would make a solid comeback. Unfortunately that never happened, and all we can talk about with Rare is how awesome they once *were.*
And no, I’m not some angry fan-boy or anything; I owned an Xbox 360 and played the various Rare titles for it. They all looked great and everything (even Viva Pinata), but that’s not enough to craft an enjoyable gameplay experience. Perfect Dark Zero was disappointing, Banjo-Kazooie Nuts and Bolts was even more disappointing, and Kinect Sports made me wanna play Wii Sports.
It’s a shame.
I use to own a 360 loved viva piñata but it was not enough and nut and bolts was fun for me not platforming fun but enough perfect dark zero is the rare case in which it was more fun to play the original but by now they should have know that they did something wrong we the original on xbox arcade sold more
Period. X)
You should see the cost of sealed copies of DK Country on Amazon. $500 – $1000. Insane lol
Yeah, but the battery save can stop working.
Could it be that microsoft is angry cause every time a ex rare team shows up microsoft looks like more dump
WHY MUST THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nintendo and Rare belong together get out of the way Microsoft
they totally do it’s NEVER gonna happen tho ,_,
Is that what DKC3 is called over there? Cause in the US it’s called Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble.
It’s called Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble over here in UK/Europe too, so I don’t know where he’s got that from.
just download the rom
We have many options:
Download Rom
Download Snes emulator for wii
Download wad files for wii
Download Rom for R4 card
Download emulator for R4 card
Go to jail by Ip track down.
Lol but is usualy new games they track
True but you can pretty much get away with with
LOL no
Something tells me my real carts are about to become more valuable~
This is just in Europe, right? Sometimes Nintendo in another region will announce things that apply to everyone, so I wasn’t sure.
I smell funky business…
I don’t think this had anything to do with Rare or MS. Nintendo solely own the rights to this franchise, including all characters, even the name “Donkey Kong Country” as well…(hence: Donkey Kong Country Returns for Wii). My money is on HD Re-Re-releases of the original game with completely re-drawn/re-rendered sprites or something. Wii U collection? Gets more copies sold, also sells more consoles. Rare/MS have no say in this.
If they threaten to take it away in the US, I’m going to have to download them all! I played DKC an DKC 3 as a kid and loved them.
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It amazes me the fact to this point nobody in this page has make notice of the fact that the truth game is Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Double Trouble! and not Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Quest.
Are you shure? Lol
I see that Drybones2015 beat me there, but stil, been like the 200 coment the one that point out that mistake still amaze me.
Is cause some europe games are called diffrent only europeans gamers could see the error, did you knew star fox is called lylat wars in europe?
WHAT?!? Why in the world would they remove such classic masterpieces? Hopefully for an HD trilogy remake. Hey, who else wants a DK country HD trilogy release?
Me but i want all 4
They better put them on Wii U and all the other games or i’ll be pissed.
It’s probably a licensing thing.
Makes you wonder, is there some sort of collection game coming to the Wii U that has all of these games on it, and they don’t want it available on Virtual Console because they want more people to buy the game when it releases (then again, they never removed the Kirby games from VC when Kirby’s Dream Collection came out)? It’s just a theory. Kinda like why/when they took NES games out of every Animal Crossing game since the first game.
HD VERSIONS IN COMING THATS KINDA OBVIOUS
I wonder if it has something to do with Rare….
I have 1 and 2 on the Wii, I just hope this isn’t for the U.S. cause I don’t have money for games atm. If it is for the U.S. as well, I just hope they say something before taking them out, that way I have enough time to get a points card.
Screw RARE!!
Maybe Nintendo is putting all the Donkey Kong Country games on the Wii U?
Maybe Nintendo is putting the Donkey Kong Country series to the Wii U?
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i email nintendo and they said they didn’t have no idea that theses games being removed even in NA but when i checked the wiishop it was removed already.
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