Former Rare Employee Explains Origin of Donkey Kong Country Name

One of the best remembered games on the SNES is undoubtedly donkey kong country, which conquered the entire community for its impressive graphics and gameplay. It’s been almost 30 years since its original release, and a former Rare employee shared why they gave it that name.

As you surely know, this installment of donkey kong It was released in November 1994 and has become a classic of the 32-bit era. However, fans have long wondered how its makers ended up adding the word “Country” to the title.

Because of this, and in response to a question on Twitter about how the game’s name came to be, a former Rare employee shared the reason that will surely surprise many.

Here you can see it:

Yes I do. because…
It was originally code named ‘The Country Project’ because @RareLtd were located in the middle of the countryside – so Nintendo decided to keep it in the name! There you go!

— Kev Bayliss – Video Game Artist (@Kev_Bayliss) April 4, 2023

As you can see, it was Kev Bayliss who confirmed that the title for the SNES was known as “The Country Project” during the development. This as a result of the fact that Rare was located in the middle of the field, or country in English.

Thanks to this, and once it was time to give the gorilla installment a title, Bayliss stated that Nintendo simply decided to keep ‘Country’ in the name to let donkey kong country was born.

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It is worth mentioning that surely many fans were unaware of this information, although it is not the first time it has been revealed, since in 2018 the current creative director of Rare, Gregg Mayles, provided the same information in another post Twitter.

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In the end, the origin of the name remains in the background and what matters most is everything it offered donkey kong countrya game that was considered completely revolutionary in its time.

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