

But for my money, the best Donkey Kong ever made was the first Donkey Kong released in 1994. Heck, you may even find some old schoolers would toss some love in the direction of the arcade original.

There are certainly plenty of die-hards who consider the original Donkey Kong Country to be the best, and there are even folks out there crazy enough to think Donkey Kong 64 is a misunderstood masterpiece. If you were to ask someone what they think the best Donkey Kong game was, chances are the responses you’ll get will include Donkey Kong Country 2, or Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. In many cases, the games we loved on NES got weird yet often very influential sequels on the Game Boy. As these titles continued to evolve over the generations, there was a common thread amongst them that seems to be often overlooked. Gaming may not have started with the NES, but many of gaming’s most prominent franchises and concepts did.
