The original Donkey Kong Country trilogy for 🌸the Super Nintendo has, without a doubt, some of the best soundtracks in the history of gaming. Nintendo is very much aware of this, seeing as it rece✱ntly added the music from the first and second entries to the new Nintendo Music app.
Back in November, after the company added the Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong’s Quest soundtrack to the app, I was left wondering if it was going to take long to add music from the third game to the trilogy. After more than 2 months, it finally happened: for Donkey Kong fans all aroun𝔍d the world to listen to anywhere and anytime.
This wonderful addition keeps proving how both late 2024 and early 2025 are great for Donkey Kong fans: Nintendo added the soundtracks of the entire DKC SNES trilogy to the Nintendo Music app, 🀅 back in December, , a modern remast💮er of the excellent Wii platformer from 2010, is coming out on Nintendo Switch this January 16.
The only thing truly missing from this party is a completely new Donkey Kong game (not a remaster, a port, or a re-release), but there’s always the possibility that Nintendo is waiting to launch the Nintendo Switch’s successor before announcing a project like that.
The surprisingly beautiful soundtrack of Donkey Kong Country 3
Released on the SNES back in November 1996, Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong’s Double Trouble! was a late addition to the 16-bit console’s catalog, and yet it immediately became one of its best offerings, since Rare managed to maintain the same level of quality as its predecessors. Aside from its flawless gameplay and cutting-edge graphics, its beautiful soundtrack, composed by (with the help of longtime series’ composer, David Wise) was one of its most impressive and memorable features.
Like the previous two games, Donkey Kong Country 3 featured a versatile soundtrack that fits the atmosphere depending on the situation: Songs like Brother Bear and Swanky’s Sideshow are fun and lighthearted, while other songs like Treetop Tumble and Big Boss Blues can be atmospheric and intimidating. While the soundtracks of its predecessors are arguably better, Donkey Kong Country 3 still introduced gamers to some of the best music in Nintendo’s history, and they’re all worth listening to via the Nintendo Music app.
Since music from the entire original SNES Donkey Kong Country trilogy is now available on the Nintendo Music app, the company should keep moving forward and add themes from subsequent games in the series, like Donkey Kong 64 or Donkey Kong Land. Another glaring omission is music from the other DKC games that Rare didn’t develop: Donkey Kong Country Returns and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. With the release of Returns HD right around the corner, I’m sure Nintendo will put those soundtracks in the Nintendo Music App sometime this year.
Published: Jan 7, 2025 08:56 am