Donkey Kong Country é um jogo de plataforma de rolagem lateral desenvolvido pela desenvolvedora britânica Rare em 1994. Ele apresentava gráficos 3D revolucionários pré-renderizados que dão ao jogo uma aparência muito única em comparação com a maioria dos outros jogos em consoles na época. Os dois personagens jogáveis apresentados no jogo são o personagem-título, Donkey Kong e seu sobrinho, Diddy Kong. Juntos, os dois balançam, escalam, pulam, nadam, giram a carroça, montam animais e explodem de barris a caminho de recuperar suas bananas roubadas do malvado Rei K. Rool e seu exército de Kremling. A aventura leva você a uma variedade de ambientes e níveis diferentes que mudam continuamente a jogabilidade. Donkey Kong Country também oferece muitas oportunidades de exploração, com quase todos os níveis tendo uma infinidade de áreas de bônus colecionáveis, atalhos e ocultas.

On a dark and stormy night in Donkey Kong Island, Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's nephew has taken the weighty responsibility of guarding DK's precious banana hoard for one night, as a part of his "hero training". DK entrusts Diddy with protecting the hoard until midnight, when he would be relieved, while DK himself goes to sleep as he is tired. Everything seems to go smoothly in the hoard until Diddy hears some noises. Diddy hears some voices outside and gets scared, asking who's there. King K. Rool, who had commanded his Kremling minions to steal the bananas. Two ropes drop from above and suddenly two Kritters appear. Diddy cartwheels them both easily, but then a Krusha (Klump in the instruction booklet) comes in as backup. As Diddy is not strong enough to defeat Krusha by himself, he is overpowered and defeated by the Kremling. The lizars seal Diddy inside a barrel and then throw it in the bushes. Donkey's grandfather, Cranky Kong, rushes inside the treehouse to tell Donkey Kong to wake up so he may tell him what happened. He then tells Donkey to check his Banana Cave. Donkey Kong is infuriated, exclaiming that the Kremlings will pay for stealing his banana hoard and kidnapping his little buddy. Donkey goes on to say that he will hunt every corner of the island for his bananas back.