Back to the current, then, and Donkey Kong 64 has admittedly already celebrated its anniversary in North America — it launched on twenty second November 1999 there, a full two weeks earlier than Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Lanky Kong, Tiny Kong, and Chunky Kong would grace Europe with their presence. Japan’s anniversary will observe subsequent week, on tenth December.
Rare’s N64 library has been step by step rising over the course of the Expansion Pack subscription tier’s existence — Banjo-Kazooie kicked issues off in 2022, with GoldenEye 007 following in early 2023. Jet Force Gemini closed out final yr, whereas 2024 has given us Blast Corps, Perfect Dark, and Banjo-Tooie.
We’re nonetheless lacking a handful of different Rare-developed video games on the N64 — most notably, Conker’s Bad Fur Day and Diddy Kong Racing, the latter of which the sport’s composer Graeme Norgate both forgot that DKR is not on Switch or by accident revealed one thing (thanks for the tip, OtterXPT!). But certainly, given the glut of Donkey Kong-related releases and celebrations, Donkey Kong 64 makes essentially the most sense?
We assume this can be a fairly apparent query to ask, readers, however we need to ask it anyway — do you need to see Donkey Kong 64 on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack? More importantly, do you assume we’ll get it this month, or will or not it’s a 2025 drop?
Vote in our polls under to tell us what you consider Donkey Kong 64, and go bananas within the feedback.
